Seminars
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August 2011
September 2011
Sheng Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Center for Metabolic & Degenerative Diseases
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, Institute of Molecular Medicine
"Genetic & Genomic Approaches to Study Human Brain Degenerative Diseases Using the Fruit Fly"4:00 PM, Monday, MSB 2.135
October 2011
Masao Kakoki, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
"Cardiovascular pathogenesis in mice underexpressing transforming growth factor beta1"4:00 PM, Monday, MSB 2.135
Peng Qiu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Division of Quantitative Sciences
MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas
"Discovering Biological Progression underlying Gene Expression Data"4:00 PM, Monday, MSB 2.135
Jeff Frost, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Integrative Biology & Pharmacology
University of Texas, Medical School
"Regulation of cancer cell motility and mitosis by the RhoA activating protein Net1"4:00 PM, Monday, MSB 2.135
November 2011
Qingyun Jim Liu, Ph.D.
Professor
Texas Therapeutics Institute
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, Institute of Molecular Medicine
"Regulation of Wnt/beta-catenin signaling by stem-cell-specific receptors"4:00 PM, Monday, MSB 2.135
Jianming Xu, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Baylor College of Medicine
"SRC-1 & Twist, the Evildoers in Breast Cancer Metastasis"4:00 PM, Monday, MSB 2.135
Denis Guttridge, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology, & Medical Genetics
Ohio State University
"Deciphering NF-kB Signaling Functions in Skeletal Muscle Differentiation & Disease"4:00 PM, Monday, MSB 2.135
Jun-Ming Zhang, M.D.
Professor, Director of Research
Department of Anesthesia
University of Cincinnati
"Activity-dependency of pathological pain"4:00 PM, Monday, MSB 2.135
December 2011
Eran Andrechek, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology
Michigan State University
"Modeling Breast Cancer in the Mouse: Genetic Tests of Genomic Predictions"4:00 PM, Friday, MSB 2.103
Xinzhong Dong, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
"Molecular and genetic analysis of pain and itch sensation"4:00 PM, Monday, MSB 2.135
Fred Pereira, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Co-Director
Interdepartmental Program in Cell & Molecular Biology
Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine
"Tuning Cholesterol for Hearing Sensitivity"4:00 PM, Monday, MSB 2.135
January 2012
William Mitch, M.D., FASN, FAHA
Gordon A. Cain Professor of Medicine & Chief of Nephrology
Department of Medicine - Nephrology
Baylor College of Medicine
"Mechanisms for and treatment of uremia-induced muscle wasting"4:00 PM, Monday, MSB 2.135
Gregg Roman, Ph.D.
Assoicate Professor
Department of Biology & Biochemistry
University of Houston
"G(o) activation is required for presynaptic inhibition during memory formation in Drosophila"4:00 PM, Monday, MSB 2.135
Armen Akopian, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Endodontics
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
"Interaction of TRPV1 and TRPA1 in control of inflammatory hyperalgesia/pain"4:00 PM, Monday, MSB 2.135
February 2012
Yi-Ping Li, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Integrative Biology & Pharmacology
University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Medical School
"Understanding the molecular mechanism of cachexia - The role of p38 MAPK"4:00 PM, Monday, MSB 2.135
David Kass, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Abraham & Virginia Weiss Professor of Cardiology
John Hopkins University
"NO/PKG Signaling in the Stressed Heart: A Moveable Feast"4:00 PM, Monday, MSB 2.135
March 2012
Jon Levine, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine; Director, NIH Pain Center
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
University of California, San Francisco
"Mysteries of the Nociceptor: Toward a Cell Biology of Pain"4:00 PM, Monday, MSB 2.135
Sarah Plowman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Integrative Biology & Pharmacology
University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Medical School
"Regulation of EGFR function by the lipid environment"4:00 PM, Monday, MSB 2.135
Jeff Rosen, Ph.D.
C.C. Bell Professor
Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Baylor College of Medicine
"Wnt/Fgf Interaction sin Mammary Stem Cells and Breast Cancer"4:00 PM, Monday, MSB 2.135
Robert S. Kass, Ph.D.
Chairman & Hosack Professor of Pharmacology
Columbia University
"Molecular Pharmacology of Cardiac Ion Channels: Disease-Associated Mutations and Patient-Specific Genetics"4:00 PM, Monday, MSB 2.135
April 2012
Donald Gill, Ph.D.
Professor & Chair
Department of Biochemistry
Temple University, School of Medicine
"Calcium Signal Transduction and Stress Sensing through STIM Proteins"4:00 PM, Monday, MSB 2.135
Mikhail Kolonin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Center for Stem Cell Research
University of Texas Health Science Center, Institute of Molecular Medicine
"Depletion of adipose progenitors as an approach to obesity prevention"4:00 PM, Monday, MSB 2.135
Channing Der, Ph.D.
Kenan Distinguished Professor
Department of Pharmacology
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
"Aberrant Ras and Rho signaling and cancer treatment"4:00 PM, Monday, MSB 2.135
A. Mark Evans, Ph.D.
Professor & Chairman
Department of Cellular Pharmacology
University of Edinburgh
"The Lkb1-AMPK signaling pathway is required for carotid body activation and thus the regulation of breathing by hypoxia"2:00 PM, Thursday, MSB 2.135
Brian Wadzinski, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Vanderbilt University
"Novel regulatory mechanisms for PP2A family members, key regulators of the cell"4:00 PM, Monday, MSB 2.135
May 2012
Irina Serysheva, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
"Insights into Intacellular Ca2+ Release by Cryo-EM"4:00 PM, Monday, MSB 2.135
Paul Dawson, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology & Pathology
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical School
"Molecular Mechanisms of Altered Bile Acid Homeostasis & Intestinal Function in Organic solute Transporter-Alpha Knockout Mice"1:00 PM, Friday, MSB 2.135
Karen Uray, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatric Surgery
University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Medical School
"The Role of PAK in Regulating MLC Phosphorylation in Intestinal Smooth Muscle"4:00 PM, Monday, MSB 2.135
Karen Guillemin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
University of Oregon
"Molecular dialogues with the microbiota: Insights from the zebrafish intestine"10:30 AM, Tuesday, MSB 2.135
