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Monday, September 1, 2008


UNIVERSITY HOLIDAY-NO SEMINARS SCHEDULED

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Tuesday, September 2, 2008


12:00 p.m.
NEUROLOGY GRAND ROUNDS:
“Live Patient Presentation”
HyungSub Shim, M.D., Neurology
Neurology Conference Room, 2141-2 RCP


3:00 p.m.
MICROBIOLOGY SEMINAR:
"Contributions of CD8 T cells and Eosinophils to the Development of RSV Vaccine-Enhanced Disease"
Steven Varga, Ph.D., Microbiology
Watzke Auditorium, Aud. 3 BSB


4:00 p.m.
NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR:
"Using fMRI, and the Anterior Temporal Lobes, to Evaluate Competing Claims about the Human Conceptual System"
W. Kyle Simmons, Ph.D., Cognitive Neuropsychology Section, National Institutes of Mental Health
Seebohm Conference Room, 283 EMRB

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Wednesday, September 3, 2008


12:00 p.m.
MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOPHYSICS WORKSHOP:
"Molecular mechanisms of prostate cancer cell transendothelial migration"
Justin Drake, Henry Lab
5-669 BSB


1:00 p.m.
ANATOMY AND CELL BIOLOGY SEMINAR:
"Endoplasmic reticulum stress and liver steatosis (or, how I learned to avoid pate de foie gras)"
Thomas Rutkowski, Ph.D., Anatomy and Cell Biology
MacEwen Conference Room, 1-561 BSB


4:00 p.m.
IMMUNOLOGY GROUP SEMINAR:
"Innate Immune Sensing of Silica, Asbestos and Alum by the Nalp3 Inflammasome"
Fayyaz Sutterwala, M.D., Ph.D., Internal Medicine
Seebohm Conference Room, 283 EMRB

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Thursday, September 4, 2008


10:30 a.m.
BIOCHEMISTRY SEMINAR:
"Dynamic Interactions Between Nucleosomes and Stalled Polymerase"
Karen Adelman, Ph.D., Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, NIEHS
1117 MERF


11:30 a.m.
FREE RADICAL AND RADIATION BIOLOGY SEMINAR:
“ROS-switch Regulates Transitions between Proliferation and Quiescence Growth”
Ehab Sarsour, Ph.D., Radiation Oncology
Spivey Auditorium, Aud. 2 BSB


12:00 p.m.
PATHOLOGY GRAND ROUNDS:
"Endoplasmic Reticulum-derived Sphingolipid Metabolism Regulates Pro-apoptotic Bax and Bak and Mitochondrial Outer Membrane Permeabilization”
Jerry Chipuk, Ph.D., Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
H.P. Smith Conference Room, W256 GH


1:00 p.m.
INTERNAL MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS:
"Management of Chronic Hepatitis B"
Brian McMahon, M.D., M.A.C.P., Scientific Program and Clinical Director, Liver Disease and Hepatitis Program, Alaska Native Medical Center
Med Alumni Auditorium, E331 GH


4:00 p.m.
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY SEMINAR:
"Pushing the envelope: Dissecting the roles of Bocksbeutel and Otefin in Drosophila Development"
Belinda Pinto, Geyer Lab
Kelch Conference Room, 1289 CBRB

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Friday, September 5, 2008


9:00 a.m.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH CONFERENCE:
"Research on Viral Hepatitis in Alaskan Natives"
Brian McMahon, M.D., M.A.C.P., Scientific Program and Clinical Director, Liver Disease and Hepatitis Program, Alaska Native Medical Center
Bean Conference Room, SE301 GH


4:00 p.m.
BIOLOGY SEMINAR:
"Cell fate determination during early retinogenesis"
Lin Gan, Ph.D., Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Rochester
Kollros Auditorium, 101 BBE

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