January 31, 2003
Signaling Through and Regulation of Guanylyl Cyclase-Linked Natriuretic Peptide
Receptors
LINCOLN R. POTTER, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics
University of Minnesota
Hosted by: Dr.
Ping Yee Law (626-6497)
February 21, 2003
Molecular aspects of µ-opioid receptor heterogeneity
VOLKER HOELLT, Ph.D.
Professor
University of Magdeburg, Germany
Hosted by: Dr. Ping Law (626-6497)
Co-sponsored by the Basic Research Center on the Molecular & Cell Biology
of Drug Addiction (NIDA: DA11806)
March 14, 2003
Negative regulation of the putative tumor suppressor Inducible camp Early
Repressor by MAPK and PI3 pathways
CARLOS A. MOLINA, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health
Director, Transgenic Mouse Facility
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Hosted by: Dr. Carol Lange (626-0621)
March 28, 2003
Sulfonylurea Receptors, ATP-sensitive K+ Channels and Insulin Secretion
LYDIA AGUILAR-BRYAN, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Division of Endocrinology Baylor College of Medicine
Hosted by: Dr. Dan Romero (624-8997)
April 4, 2003
DNA Topoisomerase-mediated DNA damage
LEROY F. LIU, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Pharmacology
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, UMDNJ
Hosted by: Dr. Hiroshi Hiasa (626-3101)
April 11, 2003
New Paradigms in the Regulation of Sickle Cell Adhesion
LESLIE V. PARISE, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice-Chair
Department of Pharmacology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Hosted by: Pharmacology
Graduate Students, contact Sara Byron (626-2838)
April 18, 2003
Role for CD38, an ADP-ribosyl cyclase, in modulating immunity: Cyclic ADP-ribose
regulates chemokine receptor signaling
FRANCES LUND, Ph.D.
Associate Member
Trudeau Institute, Saranac Lake, NY
Hosted by: Dr.
Tim Walseth (625-2627)
April 25, 2003
The Modern Drug Discovery and Development Process
ROBERT RUFFOLO, JR., Ph.D.
Wyeth Research
President, Research & Development
Senior Vice President, Wyeth
Hosted by: Dr. Horace Loh (626-4460)
May 2, 2003
New Insight into the Function of Mammalian A-type Cyclins: from Meiosis Arrest
to Myeloid Leukemia
DEBRA J. WOLGEMUTH, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Human Genetics
Columbia University College of Medicine & Physicians
Hosted by: Dr. Li-Na Wei (625-9402)
<May 9, 2003
Regulation and trafficking of the Kappa Opioid Receptor
LEE-YUAN LIU-CHEN, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator, Center for Substance Abuse
Research Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Temple University
Hosted by: Dr.
Esam El-Fakahany (624-8432)
Thursday, June
5, 2003, 2-101 BSBE, 3:00 p.m. - Faculty Candidate
Toward a global understanding of TOR signaling in cell regulation and therapeutic
intervention
STEVEN ZHENG, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Departments of Medicine & Pathology
Washington University School of Medicine
Hosted by: Dr.
Tim Walseth (625-2627)
June 6, 2003
From the bench to the boardroom: how to start a biotech company
Dr. JOHN W. HOLADAY
Chief Executive Officer
EntreMed, Inc.
Rockville, Maryland
Hosted by: Dr. Horace Loh (626-4460)
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Monday, July 21,
2003, 2-101 BSBE, 3:00 p.m. - Faculty Candidate
The PI-3K/Akt pathway in Cell Cycle and Death Control
BINHUA (PETER) ZHOU, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Breast Cancer Research Program
Department of Molecular & Cellular Oncology
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Hosted by: Dr. Tim Walseth (625-2627)
Monday, July 28,
2003, 2-101 BSBE, 10:15 a.m. - Faculty Candidate
Molecular mechanisms of heme signaling: Regulation of diverse processes ranging
from transcription to MAP kinase signaling
LI ZHANG, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry
NYU School of Medicine
Hosted by: Dr. Tim Walseth (625-2627)
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September 12, 2003
Roles of protein methylation and protein-protein interactions in transcriptional
activation by nuclear receptors and their coactivators
MICHAEL R. STALLCUP, Ph.D.
Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Pathology
Director of Programs in Biomedical & Biological Sciences
University of Southern California School of Medicine
Hosted by: Dr.
Li-Na Wei (625-9402)
September 19, 2003
Haploinsufficiency of mammalian telomerase:making the most of a little
LEA HARRINGTON, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Medical Biophysics
University of Toronto
Hosted by: Dr.
Dan Romero (624-8997)
October 10, 2003
NMDA Receptors and Receptor-like Complexes: mRNA Trafficking and Signal Transduction
ELIAS MICHAELIS, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor & Chair, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
University of Kansas
Hosted by: Dr.
Sabita Roy (624-4615)
October 24, 2003
F.E. Shideman Distinguished
Alumnus Award Lecture
Highlights of my research and teaching career in the Department of Pharmacology,
University of Minnesota
SHELDON SPARBER, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology, Neuroscience and Toxicology
Department of Pharmacology
University of Minnesota
Hosted by: Dr. Ben Zimmerman (625-3950)
October 31, 2003
MT1-MMP: a key proteinase in tumor cell invasion
ALEX STRONGIN, Ph.D.
Professor
The Burnham Institute, Cancer Research Center
Hosted by: Dr. Duanqing Pei (626-1468)
November 14, 2003
Genetic and cellular determinants of beta-adrenergic receptor signaling
PAUL INSEL, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine
Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
University of California, San Diego
Hosted by: Dr. Ping Yee Law (626-6497)
November 21, 2003 - CANCELED
Greater potency of adult stem cells: possible mechanisms and uses
CATHERINE VERFAILLIE, M.D.
Director, Stem Cell Institute
Professor of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Hosted by: Dr. Kevin Wickman (624-5966)
December 5, 2003
Cyclic GMP, PDE5, and the new PDE5 Inhibitors: a Cinderella Story in Signaling
SHARRON FRANCIS, Ph.D.
Research Professor, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Hosted by: Dr. Lincoln Potter (624-7251)
December 12, 2003
Pharmacogenomics: Catecholamines to Drug Metabolism
RICHARD WEINSHILBOUM, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology
Mayo Medical School
Hosted by: Dr. Kevin Wickman (624-5966)
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