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updated november 6, 2009

 November 2009
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009
12:00 Noon
Sticht Ctr Auditorium
Women's Health Research Seminar Series Barbara Nicklas, PhD
Internal Medicine, Geriatrics & Gerontology
Title: "Effects of Varying Dietary Protein Intake During Caloric Restriction in Older Adults"
Mon., Nov. 9, 2009
12:00 Noon
Room 1064
Hanes Building
Molecular Genetics & Genomics Program - Student Seminar Series Megan Spurgeon
PhD Graduate Student (Thesis Defense)
Title: "The Adenovirus E1B-55K and E4orf6 Proteins Limit PKR-Mediated eIF2α Phosphorylation During the Late Phase of Infection"
Tues., Nov. 10, 2009
4:00 PM
RH Dean Biomed.
Res. Bldg, Room 335
Molecular Pathology Marlena Westcott, Ph.D.
Instructor
Microbiology and Immunology
Title: "Cholesterol, Dendritic Cells and Infection"
Wed., Nov. 11, 2009
3:00 PM
Room 1064, Hanes
Biochemistry -
PhD Defense Seminar
Paul Holland
Graduate Student
Title: "Biochemical and Structural Studies of AlkB: A 2-oxoglutarate Iron(II) Dependent Dioxygenase"
Wed., Nov. 11, 2009
4:00 PM
RH Dean Biomed.
Res. Bldg, Room 335
Molecular Pathology K. Bridget Brosnihan, PHD
Professor, Surgical Sciences and
Physiology and Pharmacology
Director, Hypertension Core Laboratory
Co-Director, Molecular Medicine and Translational
Science Program
Title: "Contrasting Roles for the Renin-Angiotensin System in the Fetal Placenta and Maternal Uterine Placental Bed in Normotensive and Hypertensive Pregnancy"
Wed., Nov. 11, 2009
4:00 PM
Room 125, Winston Hall
Biology Dr. Robert Anholt
NCSU
Title: "The genetic architecture of behavior"
Thurs., Nov. 12, 2009
11:00 AM
PTCRC Auditorium
Physiology and Pharmacology Suzy Torti, PhD
Associate Professor
Dept. of Biochemistry
Title: "Nanoparticles as Anti-tumor Agents"
Thurs., Nov. 12, 2009
12:30 PM
Room 1064, Hanes
Biochemistry Research
Seminar
- Co-sponsored by
the Dept of Internal
Medicine, Section on
Molecular Medicine, and the
WFU Molecular Signaling Group
John F. Engelhardt, Ph.D.
Director of the Center for Gene Therapy
Professor/Head, Dept of Anatomy and Cell Biology
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Title: "Cytokine Signaling Through Redox Active Endosomes: The Redoxosome"
Thurs., Nov. 12, 2009
1:00 - 4:30 PM
The Friday Center
UNC-Chapel Hill
Sponsors: Duke Univ., NCSU, UNC Chapel Hill, UNC Charlotte, UNC Greensboro and Wake Forest Univ. 9th Annual NC Master's & Phd Career Fair
Please see attached flyer for more information.
Fri., Nov. 13, 2009
11:00 AM
Room 1064
1st Floor, Hanes
Molecular Medicine and Translational Science Seminar Series (MMTS 711) Daniel Deegan, 1st Year PhD Student
Title: "Development of a High Content Cell Based Assay for Renal Disease"
and
Steven Ray, 1st Year PhD Student
Title: "Solid Phase Analysis of Keratins and in vivo BMP-2 Release from Keratose Biomaterials"
Fri., Nov. 13, 2009
12:00 Noon
One Technology Place
Conf. Rm. 283, 2-floor
Div. of Public Health Sciences
Dept of Epidemiology & Prevention - Faculty Candidate
Ina Hoeschele, Ph.D.
Professor
Virginia Bioinformatics Inst. and Dept. of Statistics
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Title: "A Systems Approach to Investigate the Genetic Basis of Complex Diseases"
Fri., Nov. 13, 2009
3:00 PM
PTCRC Auditorium
Public Health Sciences -
Distinguished Speaker Series
David DeMets, PhD
Eminent Biostatistician, Clinical trialist, and Scholar
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Title: "Challenges in Clinical Trials; Some Old and Some New"
Fri., Nov. 13, 2009
3:00 PM
2-Fl., Manchester Hall
Calloway Center
Computer Science Nicolas Gillis
F.R.S.-FNRS Research Fellow
Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)
Department of Mathematical Engineering (INMA) and
Ctr for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)
Title: "New Variants of Nonnegative Matrix Factorization
for Sparsity Improvement and Maximum Biclique Finding"
Mon., Nov. 16, 2009
12:00 Noon
Rooms 5042 & 5043
Hanes Building
Molecular Genetics & Genomics Program - Student Seminar Series Kyle Binder
MD/PhD Graduate Student
Title: "In situ bioprinting of th eskin for burns"
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009
4:00 PM
RH Dean Biomed.
Res. Bldg, Room 335
Molecular Pathology Hang Shi, PhD
Internal Medicine/Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Title: "TBA"
Thurs., Nov. 19, 2009
11:00 AM
PTCRC Auditorium
Physiology and Pharmacology James Hickman, PhD
Professor of Chemistry, Biomolecular Sciences, and
Electrical Engineering
University of Central Florida
Title: "Nanotechnological Approaches for Spinal Cord Injury, ALS, and Alzheimer's"
Thurs., Nov. 19, 2009
12:00 Noon
Kitty Hawk Conf Rm
1st Floor, PPI
Div. of Public Health Sciences
Dept of Epidemiology and Prevention and Social Sci & Health Policy Health Sci Res Seminar Series
Angela Liese, PhD, MPH, FAHA
Associate Professor
Director, Ctr for Res. in Nutrition & Health Disparities
Arnold School of Public Health
University of South Carolina
Title: "Dietary Pattern Analysis: Transforming Nutritional Epidemiology to be Fun and Fruitful"
Fri., Nov. 20, 2009
11:00 AM
Room 1064
1st Floor, Hanes
Molecular Medicine and Translational Science Seminar Series (MMTS 711) Jaden Hastings and Sinan Zhu
1st Year PhD Students
Title: "TBA"
Fri., Nov. 27, 2009
Molecular Medicine and Translational Science Seminar Series (MMTS 711) No Class - Thanksgiving Holiday
     
 December 2009
Wed., Dec. 2, 2009
4:00 PM
RH Dean Biomed.
Res. Bldg, Room 335
Molecular Pathology David A. Horita, PhD
Biochemistry
Title: "TBA"
Thurs., Dec. 3, 2009
12:00 Noon
Kitty Hawk Conf Rm
1st Floor, PPI
Div. of Public Health Sciences
Dept of Epidemiology and Prevention and Social Sci & Health Policy Health Sci Res Seminar Series
Chadwick Miller, MD, FACEP
Assistant Professor, Director of Clinical Research
Dept of Emergency Medicine
Title: "Cost Implications of a Cardiac MRI Strategy to Diagnose Patients with Intermediate Risk Chest Pain"
Fri., Dec. 4, 2009
11:00 AM
Room 1064
1st Floor, Hanes
Molecular Medicine and Translational Science Seminar Series (MMTS 711) Debargha Basuli, MD and Sandeep Mannava, MD
1st Year PhD Students
Title: "TBA"
Wed., Dec. 9, 2009
4:00 PM
RH Dean Biomed.
Res. Bldg, Room 335
Molecular Pathology Chiara Degirolamo, PhD
Pathology/Lipid Sciences
Title: "TBA"
Thurs., Dec. 10, 2009
11:00 AM
PTCRC Auditorium
Physiology and Pharmacology Nancy Zahniser, PhD
Professor and Associate Dean
for Research Education, Dept. of Pharmacology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Title: "Pharmacologic and Biologic Regulation of Dopamine Transporters and Dopamine Transmission"
Fri., Dec. 11, 2009
11:00 AM
Room 1064
1st Floor, Hanes
Molecular Medicine and Translational Science Seminar Series (MMTS 711) TBA
Wed., Dec. 16, 2009
4:00 PM
RH Dean Biomed.
Res. Bldg, Room 335
Molecular Pathology Michelle Nicolle, PhD
Physiology & Pharmacology and Internal
Medicine/Gerontology
Title: "TBA"
Fri., Dec. 18, 2009
11:00 AM
Room 1064
1st Floor, Hanes
Molecular Medicine and Translational Science Seminar Series (MMTS 711) TBA
     
 January 2010
Thurs., Jan. 14, 2010
11:00 AM
PTCRC Auditorium
Physiology and Pharmacology Christos Constantinidis, PhD
Associate Professor
Dept. of Neurobiology & Anatomy
Title: "Neurophysiology of Memory and Cognitive Function"
Thurs., Jan. 28, 2010
11:00 AM
PTCRC Auditorium
Physiology and Pharmacology David Friedman, PhD
Professor and Associate Dean
for Research, Dept. of Physiology & Pharmacology
Title: "Neural basis of addiction, Effects of Alcohol and Stress on the Brain"
     
 February 2010
TBA    
     
 March 2010
Thurs., Mar. 18, 2010
11:00 AM
PTCRC Auditorium
Physiology and Pharmacology Luis De Lecea, PhD
Associate Professor
Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
Stanford University Medical School
Title: "Cellular/Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Sleep, Attention, and Complex Behavior"
 April 2010
Thurs., Apr. 8, 2010
11:00 AM
PTCRC Auditorium
Physiology and Pharmacology Alejandro M. Dopico, MD, PhD
Professor
Dept. of Pharmacology
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Title: "Alcohol Modulation of Fascular Function and Potassium Channels"
Thurs., Apr. 22, 2010
11:00 AM
PTCRC Auditorium
Physiology and Pharmacology Regina Carelli, PhD
Professor of Psychology and Director
of the Behavioral Neuroscience Program
University of North Carolina at Chapell Hill
Title: "Reinforcement, Substance Abuse, Dopamine Neurotransmission, Multi-unit Recording"
     
 May 2010
Thurs., May 13, 2010
11:00 AM
PTCRC Auditorium
Physiology and Pharmacology Linda Spear, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Psychology
Dept. of Psychology
State University of New York At Binghamton
Title: "Environmental and Developmental Contributions to Drug and Alcohol Abuse"
Thurs., May 20, 2010
11:00 AM
PTCRC Auditorium
Physiology and Pharmacology Allyson Bennett, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept. Physiology & Pharmacology
Title: "Development, Lifespan, Psychopharmacology"
     

 

 

 

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