MCMP Seminars - Spring 2009
All seminars are in RHPH 164 at 4:00 PM unless otherwise noted.
Click next to a speaker's name to read their abstract or research profile. Speakers with no university following their name are MCMP 696 students presenting a seminar to fulfill a graduate program requirement. Abstracts require Adobe® Acrobat Reader® to view. Acrobat Reader may be downloaded for free from Adobe's website.
Students should read the Student Seminar Guide. Contact Dr. Doug LaCount with any questions regarding the seminars.
Other seminar series: Interdisciplinary Life Sciences | Chemistry
| Jan 13: |
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Jan 15: |
Charles Kuntz - "The role of c-Jun in neurodegeneration and the emergence of new targets for Alzheimer's disease treatment" Abstract |
| Jan 20: |
Martin Conda-Sheridan - "Breaking Through the Blood Brain Barrier- Pluronic© Block Copolymers as Drug Delivery Agents to the Central Nervous System" Abstract |
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Jan 22: |
Available |
| Jan 27: |
Allison Arrendale - "Alpha Helical Stapled Peptide: A New Therapeutic Tool to Target BCL-2 Member Proteins to Induce Apoptosis" Abstract |
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Jan 29: |
Christina Marian - "The Many Mysteries of Quinone Reductase 2" Abstract |
| Feb 3: |
Niall Lue-Sue - "Hydrogels- An Alternative Method for Gene Delivery" Abstract |
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Feb 5: |
Available |
| Feb 10: |
Available |
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Feb 12: |
"How to Pick a Post-Doc" Panel
Panelists: Laurie Parker (MCMP), Yoon Yeo (IPPH), and Kevin Burris (Eli Lilly) |
| Feb 17: |
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Feb 19: |
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| Feb 24: |
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Feb 26: |
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| Mar 3: |
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Mar 5: |
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| Mar 10: |
Katsumi Kitagawa, Ph.D., St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - "Caspase-independent Mitotic Death (CIMD)"
Research | Abstract
Host: Dr. Tony Hazbun
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Mar 12: |
Available |
| Mar 17: |
No seminar - Spring Break |
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Mar 19: |
No seminar - Spring Break |
| Mar 24: |
Dr. John Mayer, Eli Lilly and Company - "Modulation of Melanocortin-4 Receptors" Abstract
Host: Dr. David Nichols
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Mar 26: |
Dr. Russell Finley, Center for Molecular Medicine & Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine
"Generating Gene-Gene and Protein-Protein Networks to Study Systems in Drosophila."
Research | Abstract
Host: Dr. Doug LaCount
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| Mar 31: |
Jinming Gao, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Oncology and Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
"Micellar Nanomedicine for Lung Cancer Imaging and Therapy"
Research | Abstract | Bio
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Apr 2: |
Qi-Zhuang Ye, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine - "Catalysis and Inhibition of E. coli Methionine Aminopeptidase"
Research | Abstract
Host: Dr. Chang-Deng Hu
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| Apr 7: |
No seminar - Axelrod Lecture |
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Apr 9: |
Available
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| Apr 14: |
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Apr 16: |
Dr. Daniel DiMaio, Von Zedtwitz Professor and Vice Chairman of the Department of Genetics, Yale University, and Scientific Director of the Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center - "Engineering a peptide hormone from scratch"
Research | Abstract
Host: Dr. David Riese
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| Apr 21: |
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Apr 23: |
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| Apr 28: |
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Dr. Brian Baker, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Notre Dame University - "T cell receptor cross-reactivity triggered by peptide-specific conformational dynamics in an unligated peptide/MHC complex"
Research | Abstract
Host: Dr. Chiwook Park
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Apr 30: |
Dr. Igor Stagljar, Associate Professor at the Department of Biochemistry and the Department of Medical Genetics and Microbiology , University of Toronto - "Driving biological Discoveries using the Membrane Yeast Two-Hybrid (MYTH) Technology: lessons from the human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR)"
Research | Abstract
Host: Dr. Tony Hazbun
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Apr 30: |
FINAL EXAMS |
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