2008-2009 Seminars

2009 - 2010 IMMAG Seminar Schedule

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

Date

Speaker/ Affiliation

Title

Host

2009

Aug 20

Wen-Cheng Xiong, MD, PhD
Weiss Research Professor
IMMAG/Neurology
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA

"HJV-Neogenin Signaling in Iron Homeostasis & Chondrogenesis"

Xing-Ming Shi, PhD, ext. 1-1097

Aug 27

Lawrence Layman, MD
IMMAG, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA

"The Identification of Genes Important in Human Puberty & Structural Birth Defects"

Xing-Ming Shi, PhD, ext. 1-1097

Sep 3

Dorothy Tuan, PhD Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA

"LTR retrotransposons in the human genome: Are they junk DNA or beneficial to the human host?"

Xing-Ming Shi, PhD, ext. 1-1097

Sep 10

Edward Dennis, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Pharmacology
University of California,
San Diego
La Jolla, California

"LIPID MAPS Approach to TLR4 Signaling, Inflammation and the Omics Evolution"

Robert Yu, Med. Sc.D.
ext. 1-0699

Sep 17

Yanmei Tao, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
IMMAG - Developmental Neurobiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia

"Erbin regulates neuregulin signaling differentially in central and peripheral nervous system---implications in schizophrenia and neuropathy"

Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775

Sep 25

John Koomen, PhD
Assistant Professor
Molecular Oncology and
Scientific Director for Proteomics Core Facility
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Tampa, Florida

"Elucidation of Tumor Biology and Assessment of Cancer Patients using Quantitative Mass Spectrometry"

William Dynan, PhD, ext. 1-8756

Oct 1

William Smith, PhD
Professor and Chair, Dept of Biology Chemistry U of MI, Ann Arbor

"Allosteric Regulation of Cyclooxygenases by Fatty Acids and Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs"

Robert Yu, Med. Sc.D.
ext. 1-0699

Oct 2

*Special
Day & Time*

12:00 pm

Wei-Hua Wu, PhD
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health

Faculty Candidate for Developmental Neurobiology, IMMAG

"Replacement of Histone Variant H2AZ by the Multi-Subunit Chromatin Remodeling Enzyme SWR1"

Oct 8

Roberto Pacifici, MD
Herndon Professor of Medicine, Director, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipids
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

“T cells: unexpected players in the mechanism of action of PTH”

Carlos Isales, MD, ext. 1-0692

Oct 15

Kenji Uchimura, Ph.D
Principal Investigator
Section Chief
Department of Alzheimer's Disease Research,
National Institute for Longevity Sciences (NILS)
Japan

"Sulfated endothelial ligands involved in cell migration into lymph nodes"

Robert Yu, Med. Sc.D.
ext. 1-0699

Oct 22

X. Edward Guo, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University

"Calcium waves in osteocyte network under mechanical loading"

Xing-Ming Shi, PhD, ext. 1-1097

Oct 29

Regis J. O'Keefe, MD, PhD
Chair, Dept of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation; Director, Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester Medical Center

"Signals and stem cell populations involved in tendon repair."

Xing-Ming Shi, PhD, ext. 1-1097

Nov 5

X. William Yang, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics, Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, Brain Research Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, California

"Novel BAC Transgenic Mouse Models to Dissect Circuitry and Molecular Pathogenic Mechanisms in Huntington's Disease (HD)"

Wen-Cheng Xiong, PhD, ext. 1-5148

Nov 12

Cancelled

Clifford J. Rosen, MD
Senior Scientist, Maine Medical Center Research Institute

Carlos Isales, MD, ext. 1-0692

Nov 19

Roy Zent, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Nephrology), Cancer Biology, and Cell & Developmental Biology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

"Integrins and ILK in the Kidney"

Quansheng Du, ext. 1-7370

Nov 26

THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY - No Seminar

Dec 3

James Zheng, PhD, Professor
Dept. of Cell Biology, Emory University

"Actin Cytoskeleton in Synaptic Receptor Trafficking"

Wen-Cheng Xiong, PhD, ext. 1-5148

Dec 4

*Special Seminar
12:00 noon

Edward M. Callaway, PhD
Professor, The Salk Intsitute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA

"Unraveling Cortical Circuits with Photostimulation and Rabies Virus"

Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775

Dec 10

Cancelled

*Special Time
12:00 noon *

Chen-Ming Fan, PhD

Carnegie Institution of Washington
Department of Embryology
Baltimore, MD

"The Mammalian Musculoskeletal System"

Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775

Dec 14

Cancelled

*Special Time
12:00 noon *

Madepalli K. Lakshmana, PhD
Assistant Project Scientist
Department of Neurosciences
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California

Faculty Candidate for Developmental Neurobiology, IMMAG

"Novel role of LRP and RanBP9 pathway in APP processing and amyloidogenesis"

Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775

Dec 17

Jay McDonald, MD
Director of CMBD, UAB

“Survival on the Trip to Mars: Microgravity-Induced Bone Loss”

Carlos Isales, MD, ext. 1-0692

Dec 24

HOLIDAY - No Seminar

Dec 31

HOLIDAY - No Seminar

2010

Jan 7

Robert Yu, Med.Sc.D.
Professor, IMMAG, Developmental Neurobiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA

"Glycobiology of Neural Stem Cells: Functional Aspects".

Xingming Shi, PhD, ext. 1-1097

Jan 14

Shuang Huang, PhD
Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA

TBA

Xingming Shi, PhD, ext. 1-1097

Jan 21

Stephen E. Harris, PhDProfessor and Director of Research Department of Periodontics, Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, U. Of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio,
San Antonio, TX

TBA

Xingming Shi, PhD, ext. 1-1097

Jan 28

Feb 4

Feb 11

Feb 18

Yi Sun, MD/PhD
Professor, Department of Radiation and Oncology
Director, Divison of Radiation and Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

TBA

Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775

Feb 25

Mien-Chie Hung, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

TBA

Robert Yu, Med.Sc.D.
ext. 1-0699

Mar 4

Mar 11

Xi He, PhD
Professor
Children's Hospital Boston
Harvard Medical School

TBA

Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775

Mar 18

Mar 25

Renping Zhou, PhD Professor, Department of Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy Rutgers University

Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775

Apr 1

Apr 8

SPRING BREAK - MASTERS WEEK - No Seminar

Apr 15

Hua Zhu (David) Ke, MD
Scientific Executive Director, Bone and Mineral Metabolism, Amgen, Inc.

TBA

Apr 22

Apr 29

Chuxia Deng, PhD.
Chief, Mammalian Genetics Section
GDDB, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health

TBA

Xing-Ming Shi, PhD, ext. 1-1097

May 6

Akira Sawa, MD/PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Director, Program in Molecular Psychiatry, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Neuroscience, John Hopkins Hospital

TBA

Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775

May 13

May 20

May 27

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