Friday - February /03/2012
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Monday, Feb/06/2012 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM "The Biochemistry of the MUC2 Mucin and its Dual Role in Protecting the Intestine and Promoting the Commensal Bacterial Flora"
Gunnar C. Hansson, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Gothenburg, SWEDEN
612 Physiology Bldg
Sponsored by: The Department of Biological Chemistry
5-3453, ahines@jhu.edu
12:15 PM DNA bridging by Transcription Factors and Studies of the 3D Structures of the Human Genome
Lin Chen, Ph.D.
Professor of Biological Sciences and Chemistry
WBSB303
Sponsored by: Pharmacology
410-955-4619, joliu@jhu.edu
1:00 PM Human Genetics Thesis Seminar: "Characterization of Zfp423/0AZ mutant mice reveals Olf/EBF function in olfactory development"
Yang Ao Roby
Darner Conference Room
Sponsored by: Institute of Genetic Medicine/Human Genetics Graduate Program
955-4260, muscelli@jhmi.edu
1:30 PM Neural mechanisms for committing to a choice about action
Paul E. Cisek, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physiology, University of Montreal, Montreal Canada
709 Traylor, Talbot Library, SOM Campus with VTC to Clark 110, Rome Room, Homewood Campus
Sponsored by: Biomedical Engineering
410-955-3132, joyce.bankert@jhu.edu
Tuesday, Feb/07/2012 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM "Providing Human Model of Cardiac Arrhythmia using induced Pluripotent Stem Cells"
Masayuki Yazawa, Ph.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine
Mountcastle Auditorium
Sponsored by: Biological Chemistry & Physiology Departments
5-3453, ahines@jhu.edu
4:00 PM 'Gene regulation, sex chromosomes, & duplication: Population genomic perspectives on evolution of new gene function'
J.J. Emerson, Ph.D.
Integrative Biology, Center for Theoretical Evolutionary Genomics, University of California Berkeley
Mudd Hall Room 100
Sponsored by: Johns Hopkins University, Department of Biology 'Special' Seminar
410-516-7330
Wednesday, Feb/08/2012 Detail Contact Phone Number
2:00 PM IGM Lecture: "Cutting Gordian Knots at the Pool of Bethesda: Adventures in the Genomics of Inflammation"
Daniel Kastner, Ph.D.
Scientific Director, National Human Genomee Research Institute
Mountcastle, PCTB
Sponsored by: Institute of Genetic Medicine
(410)-955-7948
4:00 PM From Covalent Warheads to Molecular Probes: A Case Study With Dimethylarginine Dimethylaminohydrolase
Walter Fast, PhD
Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy, University of Texas, Austin
West Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, WBSB
Sponsored by: Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
4-8849
Thursday, Feb/09/2012 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM Computational Bridging of Epithelial Morphogenesis and Tumor Mutants
Kasia Rejniak, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
1830 E. Monument Street, Suite 2-200
Sponsored by: Cell Biology
jdurand3@jhmi.edu
Monday, Feb/13/2012 Detail Contact Phone Number
1:30 PM Melanopsin signaling in the eye
King-Wai Yau, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University
709 Traylor, Talbot Library, SOM Campus with VTC to Clark 110, Rome Room, Homewood Campus
Sponsored by: Biomedical Engineering
410-955-3132, joyce.bankert@jhu.edu
4:00 PM Dean's Lecture Academia, Industry, and the Health of the Public
Frederick L. Brancati, M.D., M.H.S.,F.A.C.P.
Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology, Joint Appointment in Nursing and Oncology, Director, Division
Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium, David H. Koch Cancer Research Building
Sponsored by: Dean's Office
410-614-4320, eey@jhmi.edu
Tuesday, Feb/14/2012 Detail Contact Phone Number
9:00 AM The Role of Mutant KRAS and PIK3CA in Human Breast Cancer Tumorigenesis
Grace Wang
PhD Candidate/ JHU SOM
3M42 CRB I
Sponsored by: Cellular and Molecular Medicine Graduate Program
410-614-3640
Wednesday, Feb/15/2012 Detail Contact Phone Number
1:30 PM Self-assembly and Partitioning of Multiprotein Complexes in Bacteria.
Victor Sourjik, Ph.D.
Professor & Group Leader, ZMBH, University of Heidelberg
Rm. 701 WBSB
Sponsored by: Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry
410-955-8712; kkolish@jhmi.edu
3:00 PM "Neurotrophin signaling in pancreas development and function"
Rejji Kuruvilla Ph.D.
Associate Professor JHU School of Arts & Sciences
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Marburg Conference Room
Sponsored by: Pediatric Endocinology
410-502-7556 ylevinz1@jhmi.edu
4:00 PM Charting the Mammalian Epignome
Bing Ren, PhD
Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UCSD, Member, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
West Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, WBSB
Sponsored by: Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
4-8849
Thursday, Feb/16/2012 Detail Contact Phone Number
1:00 PM "Function and dysfunction in teh hippocampal/prefrontal circuit"
Joshua A. Gordon, MD, PhD
Dept of Psychiatry, Columbia University & the NY State Psychiatric Institute
West Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, WBSB
Sponsored by: Department of Neuroscience
410-614-4046
4:00 PM Biology Department 'Special' Seminar 'How the genome folds'
Erez Lieberman Aiden, Ph.D.
Google, Inc. Harvard Society of Fellows
Mudd Hall Room 100
Sponsored by: Johns Hopkins University, Department of Biology 'Special' Seminar
410-516-7330
Friday, Feb/17/2012 Detail Contact Phone Number
3:30 PM "Repurposing Itraconazole as an Inhibitor of Tumor-associated Angiogenesis and Hedgehog Signaling"
Blake Aftab
PhD Candidate
ABEL LIBRARY - 303 WOOD BASIC SCIENCE BUILDING
Sponsored by: Pharmacology & Molecular Sciences - Advisor:Charles M. Rudin
4-8849
Monday, Feb/20/2012 Detail Contact Phone Number
1:00 PM Human Genetics Thesis Seminar: Study of risk genes for schizophrenia in neural development
Eunchai Kang
Darner Conference Room
Sponsored by: Institute of Genetic Medicine/Human Genetics Graduate Program
955-4260, muscelli@jhmi.edu
Tuesday, Feb/21/2012 Detail Contact Phone Number
4:00 PM Department of Biology 'Special' Seminar 'Imaging and Sequencing of Single Molecules in Individual cells'
Chenghang Zong
Harvard University, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Mudd Hall Room 100
Sponsored by: Johns Hopkins University, Department of Biology 'Special' Seminar
410-516-7330
Wednesday, Feb/22/2012 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM Molecular Pathology Seminar Series - The Double-Edged Sword of Notch Signaling in Cancer
Jon C. Aster, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School & Director, Specialized Histopathology Services Core,
Rangos 490
Sponsored by: Pathology
nstocker@jhmi.edu
4:00 PM DNA Topoisomerase I: An Essential Enzyme and A Drug Target
Yves Pommier, MD, PhD
Chief, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute,
West Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, WBSB
Sponsored by: Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
4-8849
Thursday, Feb/23/2012 Detail Contact Phone Number
8:30 AM Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Director's Visiting Professor Lecture Series Presents: F. Stephen Hodi, Jr. M.D., "Melanoma/Immunotherapy"
F. Stephen Hodi, Jr., M.D.
Director, Melanoma Center, Associate Professor of Medicine, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Me
Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium
Sponsored by: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
410 955 9702, slee225@jhmi.edu
4:00 PM Biology Department 'Special' Seminar 'Epigenetic regulation by heterochromatin, noncoding RNAs, and RNA quality control'
Ke Zhang
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Laboaratory of Biochemistry and Molecular
Mudd Hall Room 100
Sponsored by: Johns Hopkins University, Department of Biology 'Special' Seminar
410-516-7330
Tuesday, Feb/28/2012 Detail Contact Phone Number
2:00 PM Mass Spectrometry-Based Metabolomics as a Unique Biochemical Approach for Therapeutic Discovery
Gary Siuzdak, PhD
The Scripps Research Institute, Center for Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry, Departments of Chemis
Room 490, John G. Rangos Sr Building
Sponsored by: The Johns Hopkins Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research
410-614-6483, smcteer1@jhmi.edu
4:00 PM Biology Department 'Special' Seminar 'Controlling stochastic gene expression in the Drosophila retina'
Robert Johnston, PhD
New York University, Center for Developmental Genetics
Mudd Hall Room 100
Sponsored by: Johns Hopkins University, Department of Biology 'Special' Seminar
410-516-7330
Wednesday, Feb/29/2012 Detail Contact Phone Number
3:00 PM Human Genetics Thesis Seminar: "The role of basal body proteins in context-specific proteasomal degradation"
Yangfan Phoebe Liu
Darner Conference Room
Sponsored by: Institute of Genetic Medicine/Human Genetics Graduate Program
955-4260, muscelli@jhmi.edu
4:00 PM Pharmacologic Induction of the Unfolded Potein Response: A Novel Role in EBV Lytic Activation
Courtney Shirley, Thesis Presentation
Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
303 WBSB, Abel Library
Sponsored by: Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
4-8849
Thursday, Mar/08/2012 Detail Contact Phone Number
4:30 PM Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Director's Visiting Professor Lecture Series Presents: John C. Byrd, M.D. "CLL"
John C. Byrd, M.D.
D. Warren Brown, Professor of Leukemia Research, Interim Co-Director, Division of Hematology and Onc
Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium
Sponsored by: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
410 955 9702, slee225@jhmi.edu
Wednesday, Mar/21/2012 Detail Contact Phone Number
3:00 PM "Redox metabolism and heart disease in diabetes"
Miguel A Aon Ph.D.
Assistant Professor SOM DOM Cardiology
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Marburg Conference Room
Sponsored by: Pediatric Endocinology
410-502-7556 ylevinz1@jhmi.edu
Tuesday, Apr/17/2012 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM 2012 Shallenberger Lecture: "Advance Care Planning - Addressing the Gaps between Knowledge and Practice"
Myra J. Christopher
President and CEO, Kathleen M. Foley Chair, Center for Practical Bioethics
Hurd Hall
Sponsored by: JHH Ethics Service
smears@jhmi.edu 410-955-0620
Thursday, Apr/26/2012 Detail Contact Phone Number
4:30 PM Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Director's Visiting Professor Lecture Series Presents: Paul Davis, Ph.D. "Manifestations of Early Life Re-Expressed in Cancer"
Paul Davis, Ph.D.
Director, Beyond Center for Fundamentals Concepts in Science, Co-Director of the Cosmology Initiativ
Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium
Sponsored by: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
410 955 9702, slee225@jhmi.edu
Sunday, Dec/09/2012 Detail Contact Phone Number
1:00 PM 'Saul Roseman Memorial Symposium'
Katherine Newman / Beverly Wendland / Don Comb / G. William Jourdian / Konrad Sandhoff / Harry Schac
Dean KSAS, JHU / Chair Dept of Biology,JHU / New England Biolabs / University of Michigan / Universi
Mudd Hall Auditorium Room 26
Sponsored by: Johns Hopkins University, Department of Bioloqy
410-516-7330