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2007-2008 IMMAG Seminar Schedule
All seminars are held
on
Thursday, 4 PM, CA 1002
(unless otherwise noted)
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Date |
Speaker/ Affiliation | Title |
Host |
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2007 |
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Aug 2 |
Margo Brinton Regents' Professor Department of Biology |
"Interactions between West Nile virus components & intracellular host proteins both positively & negatively affect virus replication." |
Carlos Isales, MD ext. 1-0692 |
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Aug 9 |
Susanna Greer, PhD Assistant Professor Dept. of Biology Georgia State University, Atlanta |
"Beyond degradation: Novel mechanisms of transcriptional regulation of MHC genes by 26S proteasome" |
Carlos Isales, MD ext. 1-0692 |
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Aug 16 |
Jenny J. Yang, PhD Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysical Chemistry Department of Chemistry Center for Biotechnology and Drug Design Atlanta, GA |
"Probing calcium signaling by protein design" |
Wendy Bollag, PhD ext. 1-0698 |
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Aug 23 |
Wendy, Bollag, PhD Professor, IMMAG, Regenerative Medicine, Program Director, Molecular Medicine Graduate Program, Medical College of Georgia |
"Regulating epidermal Keratinocyte function: A tale of two signals" |
Internal Speaker |
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Sep 6 |
Xia Lin, PhD Baylor College of Medicine |
"TGF-beta signaling by protein phosphatase" | Xingming Shi PhD ext. 1- 1097 |
| Sep 12 | Pravin Mhatre, MD G.S. Medical College, King Edward Memorial Hospital & Nowrosji Wadia Hospital. Mumbai, INDIA |
"Ovarian transplant: A new frontier" |
Ying Song, MD, PhD ext 1-9461 |
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Sep 20 |
David Kozlowski, PhD Assistant Professor, Cell Biology & Anatomy Program in Developmental Neurobiology, IMMAG |
"Regeneration of mechanosensory hair cells in the zebrafish lateral line" |
Internal Speaker |
Sep 27 |
Wen-Cheng Xiong, PhD Associate Professor, Neurology Program in Developmental Neurobiology, IMMAG |
"Cell adhesion signaling in axon pathfinding, iron homeostasis, & bone remodeling" |
Internal Speaker |
Oct 2 |
Binghe Wang, PhD Department of Chemistry Georgia State University Atlanta, GA |
"Going after the “Sweet Spot” in Selecting Aptamers for Glycoproteins" |
Robert Yu, PhD, Med.Sc.D 1-0699 |
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Oct 4 |
Lynnette McCluskey, PhD Associate Professor, Neurology Program in Developmental Neurobiology, IMMAG |
"Neural-immune interactions in the injured taste system" |
Internal Speaker |
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Oct 19 |
Susan Lees-Miller, PhD Professor, Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
"The role of phosphorylation in nonhomologous end joining" |
Bill Dynan, PhD ext. 1-8756 |
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Oct 25 |
Olga Kovalchuk, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Dept. of Biological Sciences University of Lethbridge Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada |
"Epigenetic Effectors Hold the Key to Understanding Bystander
Effects: Roles of DNA Methylation, Histone Modifications and MicroRNAs" or "Epigenetic dysregulation in carcinogenesis - an interplay between DNA methylation, histone modifications and microRNAome changes" |
Bill Dynan, PhD ext. 1-8756 |
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Nov 15
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Mone Zaidi, MD, PhD Professor, Medicine & Endocrinology Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, NY |
"Pathogenesis and Therapy of Osteoporosis" |
Carlos Isales ext. 1-0692 |
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Nov 22 |
Thanksgiving |
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Dec 20
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Ru Chih Huang, PhD Professor, Dept. of Biology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland | " Mechanism of drug action of terameprocol against cancer " | Robert Yu, PhD, Med.Sc.D 1-0699 |
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Dec 24 |
Winter Holidays | ||
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Dec 27
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Winter Holidays | ||
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2008 |
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Jan 10 |
Scott M. Wilson, PhD Birmingham, AL |
"Ubiquitin-stress in neuromuscular junction in ataxia mice" |
Lin Mei, PhD ext. 1-8775 |
| Jan 31 |
Makio Ogawa, MD, PhD |
"Connective Tissue Stem Cells" |
Carlos Isales, MD ext. 1-0692 |
Feb 7 |
Vincent Rehder, PhD Dept of Biology Georgia State University, Atlanta |
"Nitric Oxide: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Modulator of Neurite Outgrowth and Growth Cone Motility" |
Lynnette McCluskey, PhD ext. 1-5616 |
Feb 21 |
Yukai He, PhD Associate Professor Immunotherapy Center Medical College of Georgia |
"Lentivector Mediated Genetic Immunization: Basics and Potential Applications" |
Wendy Bollag, PhD ext. 1-0698 |
Feb 28 |
Margo Mayer-Proschel, PhD Associate Professor Dept of Biomedical Genetic University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY |
"Glial Precursor Cells and Their Progeny in Development and Disease" |
Erhard Bieberich, PhD ext 1-9113 |
Mar 3 |
Neocles B. Leontis, PhD **Dr. Leontis is a candidate for the Nanomedicine Endowed Chair faculty position.** |
"RNA Structural Bioinformatics and Nanotechnology in Molecular Medicine"
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Bill Dynan, PhD ext. 1-8756 |
Mar 13 |
Tom Morinelli, PhD Assistant Professor Division of Nephrology Dept of Medicine Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC |
"Angiotensin II AT1 Receptor Trafficking and Expression of COX-2" |
Wendy Bollag, PhD ext. 1-0698 |
Mar 20 |
Lihong Xu, PhD |
"Effects of Environmental Pollutants on Apoptotic Activities" |
Stephen Hsu, PhD ext. 1-2317 |
Mar 26 *Special Day* |
Ian J. Bruce, PhD, DSc Dr. Bruce is a candidate for the Nanomedicine Endowed Chair faculty position.
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"Nanobiotechnology: The Interface Between Nano- and Bio- Technology" |
Bill Dynan, PhD ext. 1-8756 |
Apr 3 |
Hsing-Jien Kung, PhD Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine Deputy Director, UCD Cancer Center University of California, Davis |
"Tyrosine Kinases, Neuroendocrine Differentiation, and Prostate Cancer" |
Lin Mei, PhD ext. 1-8775 |
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Apr 10 |
Masters Week - Spring Break | ||
Apr 17
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Laura E. Niklason, MD, PhD Dept. of Anesthesiology and Biomedical Engineering Yale University School of Medicine |
"Stem Cells for Vascular Engineering?" |
Ying Song, PhD ext. 1-9461 |
Apr 22 *Special Day* |
William Lennarz, PhD Dept of Biochemistry & Cell Biology State University of New York Stony Brook, NY |
"Studies on the Synthesis and Degradation of Glycoproteins" |
Robert Yu, PhD, Med.Sc.D |
Apr 24
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Alan Verkman, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine & Physiology University of California, San Francisco |
"Unexpected Roles of Aquaporins Discovered from Knockout Mice" |
Wendy Bollag, PhD ext. 1-0698 |
Apr 25 *Special Day & Time 3:00 pm* |
Brad B. Gersey, PhD Research Scientist NASA Center for Applied Radiation Research Prairie View A&M University Prairie View, TX |
"Challenges and Experimental Techniques Used in Space Radiation Dosimetry and Spacecraft Shielding Research" |
Bill Dynan, PhD ext. 1-8756 |
May 1 |
David P. Siderovski, PhD Associate Professor Dept of Pharmacology University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC |
"Regulators of heterotrimeric G-protein signaling" |
Quansheng Du, PhD ext. 1-3730 |
May 15 |
Jillian Hurst “UGA winner of 2008 MCG-UGA Student Seminar Exchange Award” |
Lysophospholipid signaling in cancer and development |
Jeniel Parmer, Presdient of the GSO |
May 21 *Special Day* |
Jin-ichi Inokuchi, Ph.D. Professor Division of Glycopathology Institute of Molecular Biomembranes and Glycobiology Tohoku Pharmaceutical University Miyagi, Japan |
"Pathophysiology of Membrane Microdomains Focusing on Diabetes and Deafness"
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Robert Yu, PhD, Med.Sc.D 1-0699 |
May 22 |
John Wataha, DDS, PhD Associate Professor Oral Biology and Maxillofacial Pathology School of Dentistry, Medical College of Georgia |
T"Nickel: inducing cells to 'cry wolf'....: |
Wendy Bollag, PhD ext. 1-0698 |
May 23 3:30 pm (note special date and time) |
Bing Xia, MD, PhD Director of Departments of Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, and Research Center of Digestive Diseases Min Chen, MD, PhD Department of Gastroenterology |
"Emergence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in China"
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Bill Dynan, PhD ext. 1-8756 |
| May 29 |
Ali Eroglu, DVM, PhD Assistant Professor, Medicine Program in Developmental Neurobiology, IMMAG |
"A Multi-Layered Approach to Oocyte Cryopreservation" |
Internal Speaker |
Jun 5 |
Charles Smith, PhD Director, MUSC Drug Discovery Core Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC |
"Sphingosine Kinase Inhibitors with Anti-Cancer and Anti-Inflammatory Activity" |
Wendy Bollag, PhD ext. 1-0698 |
Jun 12 (Note special time) |
Kapil Bhalla, MD Director, Medical College of Georgia Cancer Center GRA Cecil F. Whitaker Eminent Scholar in Cancer Professor, Department of Medicine Vice Dean for Cancer Research and Services Augusta, GA |
"Anti-Cancer Activity of HDAC Inhibitors: Role of HDAC6 Inhibition"
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Wendy Bollag, PhD ext. 1-0698 |
Jun 19 |
Riqiang Yan, PhD Associate Professor Dept. of Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio |
Impact of Dystrophic Neurites On AD Pathogenesis
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Lin Mei, PhD ext. 1-8775 |
Jul 3 |
4th of July Holiday
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Jul 17 |
Richard Fishel, PhD Professor, DNA Repair & Molecular Carcinogenesis Laboratory, Ohio State University. Columbus, Ohio |
Mismatch Repair: mechanisms and complexities |
Hernan Flores-Rozas, PhD, ext. 1-1371 |
Jul 24 |
Burton Wice, PhD Research Assistant Professor of Medicine |
Targeted Ablation of GIP-Producing Cells in Transgenic Mice Reduces Obesity and Insulin Resistance Induced by a High Fat Diet
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Carlos Isales, MD ext. 1-0692 |
Jul 31 |
Guifen Chen, PhD MCG Brain Discovery Institute, Augusta, GA |
"Neural activity in the hippocampal CA1 region encoding episodic memory" |
Joe Tsien, PhD ext. 1-3736 |