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Monday May 06, 2013
2:30 PM
Computational Genomics Seminar Series: "Making Predictions with and Handling Errors in Reconstructed Biological Networks"
John Platig
Cancer Research Training Award Fellow at National Cancer Institute Graduate Student at University of
PCTB 517
Sponsored by: Center for Computational Genomics
7-7341
Monday May 06, 2013
8:30 AM
Proliferative breast disease: Predictor or Precursor
Jean F. Simpson, M.D. will Present: The William M. Shelley Memorial Lectureship
Professor, Dept. of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Hurd Hall Memorial Auditorium
Sponsored by: Pathology Grand Rounds
443-876-9205
Monday May 06, 2013
8:30 AM
The William M. Shelley Memorial Lectureship 2013 Proliferative Breast Disease:Predictor or Precursor
Jean F. Simpson, M.D.
Professor of Pathology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Hurd Hall Memorial Auditorium
Sponsored by: Pathology
410-614-4320
Tuesday May 07, 2013
12:00 PM
Personality Disorders and DSM-5
John M. Oldham, M.D.
Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff
Meyer 1-191
Sponsored by: Psychiatry
4106144728
Tuesday May 07, 2013
5:00 PM
Of Mice & Men: Animal Models in Biomedical Research
Noel R. Rose, MD, PhD
Director, Autoimmunie Disease Research Center & Professor of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
615 N. Wolfe St., W1020
Sponsored by: EHS Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
410-614-4919
Tuesday May 07, 2013
12:00 PM
GI Core Center Seminar: "ATP7B"
Lelita Braiterman, PhD
Department of Cell Biology, JHUSOM
Bodian Room/2nd Floor 1830 Building
Sponsored by: Medicine/Gastroenterology & Hepatology
410-955-9675
Tuesday May 07, 2013
4:00 PM
2013 Annual Cecile Pickart Lecture The Ubiquitin System and Intercellular Proteolysis: From the Backyard to the Forefront of Biomedical Research
Aaron Ciechanover, PhD
Distinguished Research Professor, Cancer Ctr/Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Inst of Technology
Sheldon Hall W1214 - Wolfe St Bldg
Sponsored by: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
410-955-3671
Wednesday May 08, 2013
4:00 PM
The Johns Hopkins Schizophrenia Center presents: "Mind The Gap: aspiring to bring clinicians and scientists together" DISCUSSION WITH A PATIENT DIAGNOSED WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA
Paul Nestadt, MD, PGY-2 in Psychiatry
Meyer 1-191
Sponsored by: Johns Hopkins Schizophrenia Center
Wednesday May 08, 2013
10:30 AM
Gene Expression Analysis Short Course (2 sessions) Cost: $60 www.genomics.jhu.edu
Luigi Marchionni, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Oncology, JHU
CRB I 2M41/2
Sponsored by: Center for Computational Genomics
443-287-7341
Wednesday May 08, 2013
2:00 PM
IGM Lecture Series: "Next Generation Human Genetics"
Jay Shendure, MD., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Genome Science, University of Washington
MountCastle
Sponsored by: Institute of Genetic Medicine
andy@jhmi.edu
Wednesday May 08, 2013
1:30 PM
"The Sodium/iodide Symporter (NIS): New Mechanistic Insights Into a System That Has Been Used Medically for Over 65 Years"
Nancy Carrasco, MD
Professor, Cellular & Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine
Rm. 701 WBSB
Sponsored by: Biophysics & Biophysical Chemistry
410-955-8712
Wednesday May 08, 2013
4:00 PM
Essential Isoprenoids in the Human Malaria Parasite
Audrey R. Odom, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Molecular Microbiology, Washington University
West Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, WBSB
Sponsored by: Pharmacology & Molecular Sciences
4-8849
Thursday May 09, 2013
4:00 PM
"MAKING AND PROTECTING THE GERM LINE"
The 13th Annual Daniel Nathans, M.D. Lecture in Molecular Genetics
Ruth Lehmann, Ph.D., Professor and Diector, Skirball Institute, NYU School of Medicine
Wood Basic Science Auditorium, JHU School of Medicine, 725 N. Wolfe Street
Sponsored by: The Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
410-955-0397
Thursday May 09, 2013
12:00 PM
CTRP hormones and metabolic homeostasis.
Will Wong, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University
1830 East Monument Street, Suite 2-200
Sponsored by: Cell Biology
410-502-7827
Thursday May 09, 2013
4:00 PM
Department of Biology 'Special' Seminar - 'The dark energy of proteins comes to light: Conformational entropy in protein structure, stability & function'
A. Joshua Wand, PhD
Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Mudd Hall Room 100
Sponsored by: Johns Hopkins University, Department of Biology
410-516-4693
Thursday May 09, 2013
9:00 AM
Neurology Grand Rounds at Bayview
Richard Mayeux, MD
Gertrude H. Sergievsky Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Epidemiology at Columbia University
Bayview Asthma & Allergy Center Auditorium
Sponsored by: Department of Neurology
410-550-8703
Friday May 10, 2013
3:00 PM
BCMB Friday Seminar Series
Phil Cole
Director, Department of Pharmacology and Molelcular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, SOM
Basic Sciences Lecture Hall
Sponsored by: BCMB Graduate Program
410-955-1809
Monday May 13, 2013
1:30 PM
Joint Immunology Training Program/Biomedical Engineering Seminar: Designing materials for next-generation vaccines and cancer immunotherapies, or: Our recent obsession with hitch-hiking therapeutics
Darrell Irvine, PhD
Professor, Materials Science & Engineering & Biological Eng, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tilghman Auditorium
Sponsored by: Pathology and Biomedical Engineering
nstocker@jhmi.edu
Tuesday May 14, 2013
11:00 AM
"Moonlighting enzymes: A metabolic protein regulates gene silencing in yeast" - Dr. Scott Holmes

"Histone catalyzed reactivity of damaged DNA in nucleosome core particles" - Dr. Marc M. Greenberg
Dr. Scott Holmes and Dr. Marc M. Greenberg
Wesleyan University and Johns Hopkins University
Darner Room (Ross G007)
Sponsored by: Johns Hopkins Technology Center for Networks and Pathways (TCNP), funded by NIH

410-502-4431
Tuesday May 14, 2013
12:00 PM
"Mechanisms of Signaling in Immunity and Cancer"
Dr. Joel Pomerantz
Johns Hopkins University,Dept. of Biological Chemistry & Inst. for Cell Engineering
612 Physiology bldg
Sponsored by: The Department of Biological Chemistry
5-3453
Wednesday May 15, 2013
1:30 PM
Remodeling the Bacterial Cell Envelope during Growth and Differentiation rescheduled from October 31, 2012
David Rudner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School
West Lecture Hall, WBSB, SOM
Sponsored by: Biophysics & Biophysical Chemistry
410-955-8712
Wednesday May 15, 2013
4:00 PM
"Modeling Morphogenesis, Tumorigenesis, and Drug Sensitivity in 3D Cultures"
Joan S. Brugge, Ph.D.
Department Chair & Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
Physiology Conference Room, SOM, Physiology 203
Sponsored by: 18th Philip Bard Lecture in Medical Physiology, The Department of Physiology
955-4581
Wednesday May 15, 2013
12:00 PM
Molecular Pathology Seminar: Mechanistic studies of protein degradation by proteasome
Kylie Walters, PhD
Associate Professor, Dept. of Molecular Biology & Biophysics, University of Minnesota
MRB G03
Sponsored by: Department of Pathology
Thursday May 16, 2013
5:00 PM
Alpha Omega Alpha Visiting Professorship Lecture: Dignity, Vulnerability, and the Care of the Patient
Daniel P. Sulmasy, M.D., Ph.D.
Kilbride-Clinton Professor of Medicine & Ethics, The University of Chicago
Hurd Hall, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Sponsored by: School of Medicine Registrar's Office
410-955-3080
Thursday May 16, 2013
12:00 PM
The cell biology of chromosomes translocations and DNA repair.
Tom Misteli, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
1830 East Monument Street, Suite 2-200
Sponsored by: Cell Biology
410-502-7827
Thursday May 16, 2013
1:00 PM
"Hearing colors, tasting sounds: the kaleidoscopic brain of Synesthia"
David Eagleman, PhD
Depts of Neroscience & Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine
West Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, WBSB
Sponsored by: Dept of Neuroscience
410-614-4046
Tuesday May 21, 2013
12:00 PM
"Novel Glycosylation Enzymes Required for Dystroglycan Function as an Extracellular Matrix Receptor"
Kevin P. Campbell, Ph.D.
University of Iowa
612 Physiology Bldg
Sponsored by: The Department of Biological Chemistry
5-3453
Wednesday May 22, 2013
4:00 PM
Novel Considerations in the Context of Pharmacogenetic Testing for Tacrolimus and Warfarin Therapies
Ken Thummel, PhD
Professor & Chair, Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington
West Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, WBSB
Sponsored by: Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
4-8849
Thursday May 23, 2013
4:00 PM
Behavioral Measures of Auditory Scene Analysis in Birds
Micheal Dent, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, University at Buffalo
Traylor 707/709
Sponsored by: Center for Hearing and Balance Seminar Series
443-287-6336
Tuesday May 28, 2013
12:00 PM
"Distinct roles for Phosphodiesterases 3A and 3B in the cardiovascular system"
Vincent Manganiello, MD PhD
NHLBI, NIH
612 Physiology bldg
Sponsored by: The Department of Biological Chemistry
5-3453
Wednesday May 29, 2013
12:00 PM
"Molecular Pharmacology of Cardiac Ion Channels: Disease-Associated Mutations and Patient-Specific Genetics"
Robert S. Kass, Ph.D.
Alumni and Hosack Professor and Chair of Pharmacology, Vice Dean for Research, Columbia University
Physiology Research Conference Room, Physiology 203, SOM
Sponsored by: The Department of Physiology, Wednesday Seminar Series
955-4581
Thursday May 30, 2013
4:00 PM
Department of Biology Seminar Series - 'Molecular mechanisms that regulate mammalian aging'
Toren Finkel, MD, PhD
NIH/NHLBI
Mudd Hall Room 100
Sponsored by: Johns Hopkins University, Department of Biology
410-516-7330
Thursday May 30, 2013
12:00 PM
The Nucleus During Open or Closed Mitosis: Whats the Difference and Why does it Matter?
Shelley Sazer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor at Baylor College of Medicine
1830 East Monument Street, Suite 2-200
Sponsored by: Cell Biology
410-502-7827
Friday Jun 07, 2013
2:00 PM
Human Genetics Thesis Seminar: "Coordinate study of DNA methylation and chromatin accessibility reveals functional epigenetic alterations"
Kurinji Pandiyan
Darner Conference Room
Sponsored by: Human Genetics Graduate Program/Institute of Genetic Medicine
955-4260
Thursday Jun 13, 2013
8:00 AM
Hopkins Conte Digestive Diseases Basic & Translational Research Core Center Annual Symposium: "Inflammation, Fibrosis and Cancer in Gastrointestinal & Liver Diseases"
Turner Auditorium
Sponsored by: Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
410-955-9675
Monday Jul 15, 2013
9:00 AM
Mouse Pathobiology & Phenotyping July 15th - 19th, 2013
Turner & Tilghman
Sponsored by: Molecular & Comparative Pathobiology
2-3050
Friday Sep 13, 2013
2:00 PM
The ICE Fall 2013 Conn Visiting Professor Lectureship
Fred (Rusty) Gage, B.S., Ph.D.
Professor, Laboratory of Genetics, Salk Institute
Mountcastle Auditorium/PCTB
Sponsored by: The Institute for Cell Engineering
443.287.5619