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2005-2006 IMMAG Seminar Schedule

All seminars are held on Thursday, 4 PM, CA 1002
(unless otherwise noted)

Date

Speaker/ Affiliation Title

Host

2005

Nov 10 Yehia Daaka
MCG, Dept. of Pathology
Mitogenic Signaling by G proteins Wendy Bollag
ext. 1-0698
Nov 17 Harish Radhakrishna
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
Statin-induced endosomal sequestration of lysophosphatidic acid receptors Wendy Bollag
ext. 1-0698
Nov 24 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Dec 01
Eyal Raz, MD
Dept. of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA
Type-1 IFN: New assignments in the G-1 tract Andy Mellor
ext. 1-8735

 

Dec 08

Rosa Serra
Associate Professor
Dept. of Cell Biology

University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL

The role of TGF-b in skeletal development Xingming Shi
ext. 1-0599
Dec 15

Guy Reed, MD
Division of Cardiology, MCG

Overview: Center for Cardiovascular Research and Translational Medicine Robert Yu
ext. 1-0699
Dec 22 WINTER HOLIDAYS
Dec 29 WINTER HOLIDAYS

2006

Jan 03 Yousuke Takahama, PhD
Professor, Division of Experimental Immunology,
Institute of Genome Research University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
Chemokine regulation of T cell development in the thymus Makio Iwashima
ext. 1-6226
Jan 05 Richard Eckert, PhD
Professor,
Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland, OH
Making sense of skin - Regulating keratinocyte survival, differentiation, and death Wendy Bollag
ext. 1-0698
Jan 12 Gen-Sheng Feng
Professor
Burnham Institute
La Jolla, CA
Molecular signaling in stem cells and obesity/diabetes Lin Mei
ext. 1-8775
Jan 19

Craig Coates, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Entomology
Texas A & M University College Station, Texas

Mosquito transformation: site-specific integration, insulators, and germline specific genes  Joe Kaminski
ext. 1-6819
Jan 26 Alex Toker, PhD
Associate Professor
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Signaling Through Protein Kinase D to Cellular Survival Responses  Wendy Bollag
ext. 1-0698
Feb 09 Charles Chalfant
Virginia Commonwealth Univ.
Role of ceramide kinase in eicosanoid synthesis Erhardt Bieberich
ext. 1-9133
Feb 16 Jose Weisnger
Venezuela
"Osteoporosis in Chronic Kidney Disease" Carlos Isales
ext. 1-0692
Feb 23 Young-Joon Surh, Ph.D.
Chief and Professor National Research Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University

Redox-Sensitive Transcription Factors as Molecular Targets for Chemoprevention and Cytoprotection

Stephen Hsu
ext. 1-2317
 
Mar 02 Tom Clemens
University of Alabama
Birmingham, AL
Defining IGF-1 and  growth hormone actions in bone  Carlos Isales
ext. 1-0692
Mar 09 Karen Lyons, PhD
UCLA
BMP signaling pathways in the growth plate Xingming Shi
ext. 1-1097
Mar 16 Gang Bao, PhD
Professor & GRA Eminent Scholar, Laboratory of Molecular Bioengineering, Georgia Institute of Technology,
Atlanta, GA
RNA detection in living cells using nanoprobes William Dynan
ext. 1-8756
Mar 23

Ratna K. Vadlamudi, PhD
Associate Professor
Louisiana State University Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, New Orleans, LA

Cellular transformation and oncogenesis by PELP1/MNAR: A novel steroid receptor coregulator Darrell Brann
ext.1-7779
Mar 30 Anthony Campagnoni, PhD
Professor
UCLA School of Medicine
Myelin basic protein gene in the CNS and in the immune system Robert Yu
ext. 1-0699
Apr 06 MASTERS WEEK
Apr 13 Jon Levine, MD
Professor, Dept of Neurology, Northwestern University
Feedback, Fertility, and Fatherhood: Novel Roles for Neuronal Progesterone Receptors Wen-Cheng Xiong
ext. 1-5148
Apr 20

Ian Macara
University of Virginia

Parsing the polarity code - Par proteins and polarization in epithelia and neurons

Quansheng Du
ext. 1-7370

Apr 21
*Special Time*
12:00 pm
Seonhee Kim, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
 
Control of neural cell fate in the developing cerebral cortex Lin Mei, PhD
ext. 1-8775
Apr 24
*Special Time*
12:00 pm
Michael M. Francis, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Molecular regulation of neurotransmitter receptors at C. elegans synapses Lin Mei, PhD
ext. 1-8775
Apr 25
*Special Time *
12:00 pm
Stuart K. Calderwood Ph.D.
Professor and Chief,
Division of Molecular and Cellular Radiation Oncology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
The heat shock response and cancer Nahid F. Mivechi, PhD
Apr 27

Lindsay Hinck
Associate Professor
University of Ca,
Santa Cruz

The role of guidance cues in mammary gland development

Wen-cheng Ziong
ext. 1-5148

April 28
Fri,
*Special Time*
12 noon

Takashi Yamamura, PhD
Director, Dept. of Immunology
National Institute of Neuroscience
Tokyo, Japan

Glycolipid, Invariant NKT cells and Multiple Sclerosis

Robert Yu
ext 1-0699
Toshio Ariga

May 1
Mon,
*Special Time*
12 noon
Yunfei Huang, PhD
Department of Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Molecular mechanisms underlying neuronal activity-dependent neurite growth and synaptic modification Lin Mei, PhD
ext. 1-8775
May 4

Songhai Shi, PhD
Assistant Professor
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY

Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Mammalian Neuronal Development and Circuit Formation

Huashun Li
ext. 1-7364

May 11
 

CANCELED
Clinton T. Rubin, PhD
Distinguished Professor & Chair, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Director, Center for Biotechnology
State University of New York,
Stony Brook, NY

 

Carlos Isales
ext. 1-0692

May 18

Ying Song, PhD
Director of Research
Xytex Research Inc
Augusta, GA

Tissue Engineered Arteries and Off-the-Shelf Products

Carlos Isales
ext. 1-0692

May 25

Valera Vasioukhin, Ph.D.
Assistant Member
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA

"Cell polarity and cell adhesion in mammalian brain development"
 

Huashun Li, MD
ext. 1-7364

May 26

Masaaki Ikeda, MD PhD
Laboratory Head
Molecular Clock Project, Research Center for Genomic Medicine, Saitama Medical School
Hidaka, Japan

 

"Mechanism and role of the Bmal1 oscillation"

 

Lin Mei, PhD
ext. 1-8775

June 8 Xiangjian Zheng "Phospholipase D in angiogenesis: an application of the zebrafish model" Wendy Bollag, PhD
ext. 1-0698
June 15 Thomas G. Hinton, PhD
University of Georgia
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
"Acute and long-term effects of radiation on the environment: findings of the United Nations Chernobyl Forum." William Dynan, PhD
ext. 1-8756
June 22 J. Keith Joung, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology
Harvard Medical School,
Charlestown, MA
"Engineering Designer Zinc Finger Proteins" Joe Kaminski
ext 1-8785
June 27
*Special Day and Time 12 noon*
Seo-Hee Cho, PhD
Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
"Wnt2b/beta-catenin mediated canonical Wnt signaling determines the peripheral fates of the vertebrate eye" Lin Mei, PhD
ext. 1-8775

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