MSTP Weekly Seminar Calendar
Monday, December 8, 2008
12:00 p.m.
GENE THERAPY SEMINAR:
"RNAi therapy for neurodegenerative disease"
Ryan Boudreau, Ph.D., Davidson Lab
2189 MERF
12:00 p.m.
PULMONARY RESEARCH CONFERENCE:
"Cigarette Smoke Impairment of Lung Defense Against Infection"
Dwight Look, M.D., Internal Medicine
Damasio Conference Room, S715-Z GH
12:30 p.m.
MSTP GRAND ROUNDS:
“Recurrent Illness in a Young Child takes its ‘TOLL’”
Nick Ettinger, M6G, and
Bill Tabayoyong, M5G
Watzke Auditorium, Aud. 3 BSB
3:30 p.m.
BIOSTATISTICS PRECEPTORSHIP REPORTS:
“Testing for Genetic Association in the Presence of Population Stratification”
Yufang Zhang, Wang Lab and
“Partially Monotone Tensor Spline Estimation of Bivariate CDF with Current Status Data”
Yuan Wu, Zhang Lab
1117 MERF
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
9:30 a.m.
MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOPHYSICS SEMINAR:
“The molecular basis of neurosensory development in the mammalian ear”
Bernd Fritzsch, Ph.D., Biology
5-669 BSB
10:30 a.m.
PHARMACOLOGY SEMINAR:
"Calmodulin Kinase II Signaling in Heart"
Mark Anderson, M.D., Ph.D., Internal Medicine
Sahai Seminar Room, 2117 MERF
12:00 p.m.
NEUROLOGY GRAND ROUNDS:
“Impact of Early Interferon Beta-1b Treatment on Disease Evolution Over 5Years in
Patients with a First Event Suggestive of Multiple Sclerosis”
Barry Singer, M.D., Neurology, Washington University-St. Louis
Neurology Conference Room, 2141-2 RCP
3:00 p.m.
MICROBIOLOGY SEMINAR:
"Swarming motility and cell division in Bacillus subtilis"
Daniel Kearns, Ph.D., Biology, Indiana University
Watzke Auditorium, Aud. 3 BSB
4:00 p.m.
BIOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR:
“Epileptiform synchronies in vitro: Human tissue vs. disinhibition”
Richard Miles, French National Institute for Health and Medical Research
Kollros Auditorium, 101 BBE
5:00 p.m.
STATE OF THE COLLEGE ADDRESS:
"Overview of collegiate finances, the integrated strategic plan, and workforce issues in the College"
Paul Rothman, M.D., Dean, Carver College of Medicine
Sahai Auditorium, 1110A MERF
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
7:30 a.m.
CARDIOLOGY GRAND ROUNDS:
"Stem Cells for Myocardial Regeneration. Fact or Fiction"
Seyed Hashemi, M.D., Internal Medicine Fellow
Cullen Conference Room, 6426 JCP
12:00 p.m.
MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOPHYSICS WORKSHOP:
"Phosphorylation of Potassium Channels: From Neuronal Excitability to Channel Gating"
Durga Mohapatra, Ph.D., Pharmacology
5-669 BSB
1:00 p.m.
ANATOMY AND CELL BIOLOGY SEMINAR:
"Innovative strategies for co-delivery of CpG oligonucleotides and antigens"
Aliasger Salem, Ph.D., Pharmaceutics
MacEwen Conference Room, 1-561 BSB
4:00 p.m.
IMMUNOLOGY SEMINAR:
"TBA"
Vladimir Badovinac, Ph.D., Pathology
Seebohm Conference Room, 283 EMRB
Thursday, December 11, 2008
10:30 a.m.
BIOCHEMISTRY SEMINAR:
"TBA"
Andrea Duina, Ph.D., Biology, Hendrix College
Sahai Seminar Room, 2117 MERF
12:00 p.m.
PATHOLOGY GRAND ROUNDS:
"The dual role of TRAF2 in NF-kB activation"
Hasem Habelhah, Ph.D., Pathology
H.P. Smith Conference Room, W256 GH
12:00 p.m.
PEDIATRIC COMBINED RESEARCH SEMINAR:
"TBA"
Steven Stasheff, M.D., Ph.D., Pediatrics
102 CDD
12:30 p.m.
PHARMACOLOGY WORKSHOP:
"Novel Mechanisms for Production and Attenuation of Oxidative Stress in the Cardiovascular System"
Ricardo Peña Silva, Heistad Lab
Spivey Auditorium, Aud. 2 BSB
1:00 p.m.
INTERNAL MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS:
"Candidemia"
Daniel Diekema, M.D., Internal Medicine
Med Alumni Auditorium, E331 GH
Friday, December 12, 2008
9:00 a.m.
I.D. RESEARCH CONFERENCE:
“Regulatory switches controlling the acute and chronic phases of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence”
Tim Yahr, Ph.D., Microbiology
Med Alumni Auditorium, E331 GH
1:00 p.m.
PEDIATRIC GRAND ROUNDS:
“Pediatric Psychology: Children’s Hospital Consultation Service”
Linda Cooper Brown Ph.D., Clinical Pediatrics and
Brenda Engebretson PhD, Staff Psychologist and
Todd Kopelman PhD, Staff Psychologist and
Mary Ann Roberts Ph.D., Pediatrics; and
Tammy Wilgenbusch PhD, Staff Psychologist
Ziffren Conference Room, 1502 JCP
4:00 p.m.
BIOLOGY SEMINAR:
“Phylogenetics and historical biogeography of a neogene pantropical radiation”
Christopher Brochu, Ph.D., Geoscience
Kollros Auditorium, 101 BBE