2004 Pharmacology Seminar Series

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Spring 2004

Wednesday, January 14, 2004, 2-101 BSBE, 4:00 p.m. - Faculty Candidate
Membrane dynamics in neuronal development and Alzheimer's disease
SHASTA SABO, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Center for Neuroscience, University of California - Davis
Hosted by: Dr. Stan Thayer (626-7049)

Friday, January 16, 2004 - Faculty Candidate
Molecular and Genetic Studies of Nociceptive Sensory Neurons
XINZHONG DONG, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology
Hosted by: Dr. Ping Law (626-6497)

Wednesday, January 21, 2004, 2-101 BSBE, 1:30 p.m. - Faculty Candidate
Frontiers in Protein Synthesis and Ligand Discovery
ANTHONY C. FORSTER, M.D., Ph.D.
Instructor in Pathology
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Hosted by: Dr. Gregory Connell (624-3132)

Thursday, January 29, 2004, 2-101 BSBE, 2:00 p.m. - Faculty Candidate
Analysis of cell-invasive behavior in vivo: anchor cell invasion in C. elegans
DAVID SHERWOOD, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology
Hosted by: Dr. Gregory Connell (624-3132)

Wednesday, March 3, 2004, 2-101 BSBE, 9:45 a.m. - Faculty Candidate
Store-operated calcium channels: properties, functions and the search for a molecular mechanism
MURALI PRAKRIYA, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Dept of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Stanford University
Hosted by: Dr. Gregory Connell (624-3132)

Wednesday, March 10, 2004, 2-101 BSBE, 10:10 a.m. - Faculty Candidate
GPCR Signaling in Cardiac Myocyte: Discrete subcellular distribution and trafficking dictate the adrenergic receptor subtype-specific signaling
YANG XIANG, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Dept of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Stanford University
Hosted by: Dr. Li-Na Wei (625-9402)

CANCELED ~~Friday, March 12, 2004~~ - ~~Faculty Candidate~~ CANCELED
Transcriptional control of pre-B to B transition in lymphocyte development
RUNQING LU, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Dept of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago
Hosted by: Dr. Gregory Connell (624-3132)

CANCELED ~~March 26, 2004~~ 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)

April 2, 2004
The endogenous cannabinoids: biochemistry and pharmacology of a novel signaling system
DANIELE PIOMELLI, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology
University of California – Irvine
Hosted by: Dr. Stan Thayer (626-7049)

April 16, 2004, 1:00-4:00 pm, 2-101 BSBE
NIDA DRUG ABUSE SYMPOSIUM

1:00 p.m. How Do Drugs of Abuse Rewire Motivational Circuits?
Dr. Marina Wolf, Department of Neuroscience, The Chicago Medical School

2:00 p.m. Drugs, Neuroplasticity and Addiction
Dr. Terry Robinson, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan

3:00 p.m. Opioids, Specific Addictions and SNPs
Dr. Mary Jeanne Kreek, Laboratory of the Biology of Addictive Diseases, The Rockefeller

Sponsored by NIDA training grant DA07234 and the departments of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
Hosted by: Dr.Virginia Seybold (624-9406)

April 23, 2004
P450 enzymes and the control of developmental timing in Drosophila
MICHAEL O’CONNOR, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology & Development
University of Minnesota
Hosted by: Dr. Kevin Wickman (624-5966)

April 30, 2004
Deciphering the cytotoxic mechanism of DNA topoisomerase I poisons in yeast
MARY-ANN BJORNSTI, Ph.D.
Associate Member, Molecular Pharmacology
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Hosted by: Dr. Hiroshi Hiasa (626-3101)

May 7, 2004
Retrograde Signaling by Endocannabinoids
WADE REGEHR, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurobiology
Harvard Medical School
Hosted by: Dr. Kevin Wickman (624-5966)

May 14, 2004
Sensing and tuning the DNA double strand break repair
PHANG-LANG CHEN, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine/Institute of Biotechnology
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Hosted by: Dr. Horace Loh (626-4460)

May 28, 2004
Inflammatory response in the brain and stem cell migration
SCOTT MCKERCHER, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
The Burnham Institute
Hosted by: Dr. Horace Loh (626-4460)

June 4, 2004
Hormones and Vascular Function
RICKY MAN, Ph.D.
Professor and Head
Department of Pharmacology, The University of Hong Kong
Hosted by: Drs. Horace Loh (626-4460) & Duanqing Pei (626-1468)

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Fall 2004

October 1, 2004
The control of c-Myc function by the tumor suppressor p19ARF
STEPHEN R. HANN, Ph.D.
Professor & Vice Chair
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Hosted by: Dr. Carol Lange (626-0621)

October 15, 2004,- Faculty Candidate NMDA receptors: Learning from single-molecules
GABRIELA POPESCU, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology & Biophyics, SUNY- Buffalo
Hosted by: Dr. Li-Na Wei (625-9402)

October 22, 2004
Kinase Pathways as Targets in Lung Cancer Prevention & Therapy
JONATHAN KURIE, M.D.
Department of Thoracic/Head & Neck Medical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas
Hosted by: Dr. Li-Na Wei (625-9402)

October 29, 2004
Molecular Mechanisms of Opioid Tolerance/Dependence
VOLKER HOELLT, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Institute for Pharmacology & Toxicology, Otto-von-Guericke-University of Magdeburg
Hosted by: Dr. Horace Loh (626-4460)
Co-sponsored by the Basic Research Center on the Molecular & Cell Biology of Drug Addiction (NIDA: DA11806)

November 10, 2004, 2-101 BSBE, 9:30 am - Faculty Candidate
Regulation of Metabolic Stress Responses by Nuclear Receptors
WENDONG HUANG, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine
Hosted by: Dr. Li-Na Wei (625-9402)

November 12, 2004
Neuroproteases for the Production of Peptides Involved in Pain and Memory
VIVIAN HOOK, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology, and Professor of Medicine & Neurosciences (Adj.)
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California-San Diego
Hosted by: Dr. Ping Law (626-6497)
Co-sponsored by the Basic Research Center on the Molecular & Cell Biology of Drug Addiction (NIDA: DA11806)

December 1, 2004, 2-101 BSBE, 9:15 am - Faculty Candidate
Vinculin in integrin-mediated cell adhesion
KRIS DEMALI, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Hosted by: Dr. Sabita Roy (624-4615)

December 3, 2004
Acute and Chronic Drug Effects on Receptor-Coupled G-Proteins in Brain
STEVEN CHILDERS, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pharmacology, Wake Forest University
Hosted by: Dr. Ping Law (626-6497)
Co-sponsored by the Basic Research Center on the Molecular & Cell Biology of Drug Addiction (NIDA: DA11806)

December 10, 2004
Title: TBA
MICHAEL W. SALTER, Ph.D.
Director, Centre for the Study of Pain
Professor, Department of Physiology
University of Toronto
Hosted by: Dr. George Wilcox (625-1474)

December 15, 2004, 2-101 BSBE, 9:15 am - Faculty Candidate
Regulation of G protein Signaling in Neurons
KIRILL MARTEMYANOV, Ph.D.
Instructor
Harvard Medical School
& Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Hosted by: Dr. Stan Thayer (626-7049)

* CANCELLED * January 7, 2005, 2-101 BSBE, 12:15 pm - Faculty Candidate
Transcription and DNA deamination in immunoglobulin gene diversification
JAYANTA CHAUDHURI, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Genetics & Center for Blood Research
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University
Hosted by: Dr. Sabita Roy (624-4615)

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