Research Week 2008

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Prem Sahai Auditorium (MERF)

Signal Transduction in Phagocytosis: Lessons Learned from Dynamic Imaging

Dr. Sergio Grinstein
Pitblado Chair in Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute
Professor of Biochemistry, The University of Toronto

1:00 - 4:00 pm

MERF Atrium

Graduate and Medical Student Poster Session

2:00 - 3:00 pm

Prem Sahai Auditorium (MERF)

A novel sensor for Malarial DNA

Dr. Douglas Golenbock
Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Medical School

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Prem Sahai Auditorium (MERF)

A New Genus of Anti-Inflammatory and Pro-Resolving Mediators: Resolvins and Protectins

Dr. Charles Serhan
Simon Gelman Professor of Anesthesia (Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology), Harvard School of Medicine
Professor of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Director, Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfustion Injury, Brigham and Women's Hospital

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Prem Sahai Auditorium (MERF)

Antimicrobial Peptides: Redefining the Immune Barrier to Infection

Dr. Richard Gallo
Professor and Chief of the Division of Dermatology, University of California- San Diego

1:00 - 4:00 pm

MERF Atrium

Postdoctoral Fellows, Faculty and Staff Poster Session

4:30 - 5:30 pm

Prem Sahai Auditorium (MERF)

Genes and Cells that Control the Rate of Aging
Sponsored by The University of Iowa Center on Aging

Dr. Cynthia Kenyon
American Cancer Society Professor, University of California- San Francisco
Director, Hillblom Center for the Biology of Aging, University of California- San Francisco