Colloquia are held on Mondays at 11:30 a.m. in the Anders Room (4-6912)
unless otherwise noted.
Complete List for Spring 2008 |
January 7
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Christopher M. Tipton
(Laboratory of Dr. Jean M. Bidlack)
"Kappa Opioid Agonist Stimulation Leads to Inhibition of Inflammatory Mechanisms in the U-937 Human Monocyte Cell Line" |
January 14
|
Li Wang
(Laboratory of Dr. Mark B. Taubman)
"Smooth Muscle Cell (SMC) - Derived Tissue Factor Plays an Important Role in Mediating Intimal Hyperplasia After Femoral Artery Injury" |
January 21 |
Allison M. Gaudy
(Laboratory of Dr. Robert A. Mooney)
"The Degradation of Insulin Receptor Substrates-1/2 in Hepatic Insulin Resistance"
Ann E. Rossi
(Laboratory of Dr. Robert T. Dirksen)
"Heat-induced Alterations in DHPR-RyR1 Coupling and Calcium Homeostasis in Malignant Hyperthermia Knock-in Mice"
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*January 28
(10:30 a.m., 3-6408) |
Thesis Defense
Brian W. Jones
(Laboratory of Dr. Patricia M. Hinkle)
"Phosphorylation of the Thyrotropin-releasing Hormone Receptor" |
February 4 |
Pinwei Huang
(Laboratory of Dr. Yisang Yoon)
"Molecular Interactions of the Mitochondrial Fusion Protein Mitofusin 2"
David Meoli
(Laboratory of Dr. R. James White)
"Thrombin Induces Fibronectin-dependent Actin Cytoskeleton Rearrangements in Pulmonary Microvascular Endothelial Cells: Potential Involvement of CaM Kinase II and Talin" |
February 18
|
Maxim V. Khimich
(Laboratory of Dr. Jean M. Bidlack)
"Kappa Opioid Receptor Affects Thymocyte Development Through Stage-Specific Regulation of IL-7 Receptor Expression"
Jennifer R. Hom
(Laboratory of Dr. Shey-Shing Sheu)
"Regulation of Cardiac Mitochondrial Fission by Calcium and Beta-adrenergic Signaling" |
March 3
|
Marlene T. Mathews
(Laboratory of Dr. Bradford C. Berk)
"PARP-1 Inhibition Enhances Endothelial Cell Survival Via Transactivation of VEGFR2" |
March 10 |
Brooke M. Krovic
(Laboratory of Dr. Keigi Fujiwara)
"Elucidating the Mechanism of Force-induced PECAM-1 Tyrosine Phosphorylation" |
March 17 |
Axel L. Dessal
(Laboratory of Dr. Alan V. Smrcka)
"Redox Regulation of G-beta-gamma" |
*April 1
(Tues, 8:00 a.m., K207) |
Thesis Defense
Ningzhe Zhang
(Drs. Mark D. Noble & Christoph Proschel, Co-Advisors)
"The Study of Astrocyte Development and Function Using Rat Embryonic Spinal Cord Derived Glial Restricted Precursors" |
*April 11
(Fri, 9:30 a.m.) |
Thesis Proposal
Gozde Colak
(Laboratory of Dr. Gail Johnson Volll)
"The Potential Protective Role of Tissue Transglutaminase (TG2) in Ischemia at the Level of Transcriptional Regulation" |
April 21 |
Rotation Seminar
Meital Gabay
(Rotation in the Laboratory of Dr. Gregory G. Tall)
"Tandem Affinity Purification of Ric-8A Binding Proteins"
Lianghui Zhang
(Rotation in the Laboratory of Dr. Ingrid H. Sarelius)
"A Possible Role of PKC in the Interaction of Leukocyte and Endothelial Cell " |
*April 22
(Fri, 1:30 p.m., K307) |
Ph.D. Thesis Defense
Lu Xu
(Laboratory of Dr. A. William Tank)
"Translational Regulation of Tyrosine Hydroxylase Gene Expression in Rat Adrenal Medulla and MN9D Cells" |
April 28 |
Rotation Seminar
Wei Kan
(Rotation in the Laboratory of Dr. Patricia M. Hinkle)
"MRAP Regulates Surface Expression of Melanocortin MC2 and MC5 Receptors"
Nicole Boschi
(Rotation in the Laboratory of Dr. Gail V.W. Johnson)
"What Makes Tau Toxic in Alzheimer's Disease?" |
May 12 |
Rotation Seminar
Pui Yee Chan
(Rotation in the Laboratory of Dr. David I. Yule)
"Regulation of InsP3R by IRAG and cGMP"
Jennifer Pietrusz
(Rotation in the Laboratory of Dr. Burns C. Blaxall)
"Exploring Adrenal G beta-gamma Inhibition in Heart Failure" |
*June 25
(Weds, 11:00am, K-307) |
Thesis Defense
Marlene T. Mathews
(Dr. Bradford C. Berk, Advisor)
"PARP-1 Inhibition Transactivates the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2 and Enhances Endothelial Angiogenesis and Survival" |
