January 23
Optimization of Retinal Signaling Near Absolute Visual Threshold
ALAPAKKAM P. SAMPATH, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute
University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
Hosted by: Dr. Kirill Martemyanov (612.626.5309)
Wednesday, February 11 (Faculty Candidate)
* Room Location: 2-137 Jackson Hall *
The Molecular Mechanism for Store-Operated Ca2+ Entry
SHENYUAN ZHANG, Ph.D.
Assistant Project Scientist, Department of Physiology and Biophysics
University of California, Irvine
Hosted by: Dr. Stan Thayer (612.626.7049)
February 13 (Faculty Candidate)
The Life of a Synaptic Vesicle, Revealed by Single Qdot Imaging
QI ZHANG, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Stanford University
Hosted by: Dr. Tim Walseth (612.625.2627)
Tuesday, February 17 (Faculty Candidate)
The Neurotrophic Factor Hypothesis Revisited: How Competition Sculpts the Nervous System
CHRISTOPHER DEPPMANN, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Hosted by: Dr. Ping-Yee Law (612.626.6497)
February 20 (Faculty Candidate)
* Room Location: 3-100 Mayo Memorial Building *
Epigenetic Control and Genome Organization by RNAi and Transposon-derived Proteins
HUGH CAM, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Cancer Research
National Cancer Institute
Hosted by: Dr. Li-Na Wei (612.625.9402)
March 6
The Role of N-linked Glycans in Protein Maturation and Quality Control
DANIEL N. HEBERT, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Massachusetts
Hosted by: Dr.
Jordan Holtzman (612.626.9822)
April 3
The Overarching Importance of cAMP Levels to Brain Tumor Growth
JOSHUA B. RUBIN, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Department of Neurology
Washington University School of Medicine
Hosted by: Dr. Colin Campbell (612.625.8986)
April 10
TRPV1- and TRPM8-mediated Signaling in Sensory Neurons: Molecules and Mechanisms
YURIY M. USACHEV, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology
University of Iowa
Hosted by: Dr. Colin Campbell (612.625.8986)
May 1
SARS Coronavirus Spike Glycoprotein: a Tempting Target for Inhibition of Virus Entry
and Cell Fusion
KATHRYN HOLMES, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology
University of Colorado - Denver School of Medicine
Hosted by: Dr. Fang Li (612.625.6149)
May 8
Low Fat Diets Make Hungry Hearts
IRA J. GOLDBERG, Ph.D.
Dickinson Richards Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Preventative Medicine and Nutrition
Columbia University
Hosted by: Dr. Li-Na Wei (612.625.9402)
May 22
Oxycodone Pharmacology
MAREE SMITH, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Pharmacy
The University of Queensland, Australia
Hosted by: Dr. Horace Loh (612.626.4460)
Co-sponsored by the Basic Research Center on the Molecular and Cell Biology of Drug Addiction (NIDA: DA011806)
