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Department of Pharmacology and Physiology and Program in Cellular
and Molecular Basis of Medicine Seminar Series, Spring 2008
Seminars are generally held on Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. in the Anders Room (4-6912) unless otherwise noted.
Guest Seminar
Mary J. Cismowski, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Rootstown, Ohio
"Identification and Characterization of AGS1/RasD1, A Very Unusual G-protein"
Thursday, May 22, 2008
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Complete List for
Spring 2008
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*February 25
(Monday)
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Alicia J. Kowaltowski, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Departamento do Bioquimica, IQ, Universidade de Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
"Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species, Respiration and Aging: Effects of Calorie Restriction" |
March 13
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Wayne Chen, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology & Biophysics, and of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
"Ryanodine Receptor-associated Muscle Disorders: Abnormal Store-Overload-Induced Calcium Release (SOICR)" |
March 27 |
Yong-Xiao Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, in the Center for Cardiovascular Sciences, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
"Role of Ryanodine Receptors and Mitochondrial ROS in Hypoxic Increase in [Ca2+]i in Pulmonary Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells" |
April 3 |
Karen Szumlinski, Ph.D.
University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
"Doh! Homer Proteins Regulate Addiction Vulnerability" |
*April 7
(3:30 p.m., 3-6408) |
Paul Stark Lecture
George F. Koob, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
"The Dark Side of Addiction: Role of Brain Stress Systems" |
*April 10
(9:00 a.m., 4-6325) |
Mitochondrial Research & Innovation Group
Gary Bennett, Ph.D.
Professor and Canada Senior Research Chair, Faculty of Dentistry and Dept. of Anesthesia, Director of Pain Research, MUHC Pain Centre, and Associate Member, Dept. of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
"The Role of Mitochondria in Chemotherapy-evoked Neuropathy" |
April 17 |
Bruce F. Horazdovsky, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
"Rab5 Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors: Regulators of Receptor Trafficking from Yeast to Neurons" |
April 24 |
Victor Ruiz-Velasco, Ph.D.
Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
"Signaling Mechanisms of Nociceptin/Orphanin FQ Opioid (NOP) Receptors in Rat Sympathetic Neurons" |
May 1 |
Douglas A. Bayliss, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
"Neuronal Background K Channels: Mechanisms of Modulation and Physiological Roles" |
May 8 |
Diane Lipscombe, Ph.D.
Professor of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, RI
"Splicing Controls G Protein Coupling to Neuronal Calcium Channels" |
May 22 |
Mary J. Cismowski, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH
"Identification and Characterization of AGS1/RasD1, a Very Unusual G-protein" |
*May 28
(Wednesday) |
Isaac N. Pessah, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Director, UC Davis Children's Center for Environmental Health and Disease Prevention
"Homer is a Multifunction Protein" |
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