Friday - May /09/2008
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Friday, May/09/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
1:00 PM Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology Seminar Series: "Update on Mouse Models of Human Prostate Cancer"
Angelo De Marzo, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Urology, and Oncology
BRB 181
Sponsored by: Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology
7-2953, welza1@jhmi.edu
2:00 PM "Croup or Coma? Genetic Analysis of Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy."
Derek Neilson
M.D., Case Western Reserve University
517 PCTB
Sponsored by: Institute of Genetic Medicine
410/955-4260,dvalle@jhmi.edu
Monday, May/12/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:15 PM HIV Prevention Trials: What are the Ethical Issues?
Ruth Macklin, PhD
Professor of Bioethics, Department of Epidemiology and Population Medicine, Albert Einstein College
615 N. Wolfe Street, Room W4030
Sponsored by: Sponsored by the JHSPH IRB Office and the School of Medicine IRB Office. Co-sponsored by the Department of Health, Behavior and Society, the Department of International Health, and the Berman Institut
410-516-8576, kkhaira@jhsph.edu
4:30 PM "The Ductal Route To Early Detection, Prevention And Therapy Of Breast Cancer" - New Approaches to Cancer Prevention and Therapy 4th Quarter Course Lecture Series
Sara Sukumar, M.D.
Barbara B. Rubenstein Professor of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium
Sponsored by: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
410-955-9702, slee225@jhmi.edu
4:30 PM New Approaches to Cancer Prevention and Therapy (4th Quarter Course)
Sara Sukumar, M.D.
Barbara B. Rubenstein Professor of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium
slee225@jhmi.edu
Tuesday, May/13/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
11:30 AM JHPDA Scientific Seminar Series Part V -- Notch signaling is activated by synaptic activity in neurons
Dr. Lavinia Alberi
West Lecture Hall, Wood Basic Science Building
Sponsored by: Johns Hopkins Post-Doc Association (JHPDA)
mh_xiang@jhu.edu
11:30 AM JHPDA Scientific Seminar Series Part V -- Host Defense Turned Viral Offense, Prostate specific CRAds using RNA interference against p21/Waf-1
Dr. Naseruddin Hoti
West Lecture Hall, Wood Basic Science Building
Sponsored by: Johns Hopkins Post-Doc Association (JHPDA)
mh_xiang@jhu.edu
12:00 PM Stem cells,small RNAs and Self-Renewal
Dr. Haifan Lin
Yale Stem Cell Center, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics
612 Physiology Bldg.
Sponsored by: The Department of Biological Chemistry
5-3086
4:15 PM "OX40 and the Decision Between Tolerance and Immunity"
Michael Croft, Ph.D.
Member/Professor, Division of Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology
Tilghman Auditorium (Ground Fl. Turner Concourse)
Sponsored by: Immunology Council/Immunology Training Program
443-287-3104, rlamaso1@jhmi.edu
Wednesday, May/14/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM Commensal microbes, immunity and autoimmunity
Alexander Chervonsky, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology, The University of Chicago
Tilghman Auditorium
Sponsored by: Molecular Pathology Seminar Series
410-502-6131, dband@jhmi.edu
12:00 PM Induction of Telomerase by Human Papillomaviruses (Pizza will be provided by Merck & Co)
Denise Galloway, PhD
Professor of Microbiology Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium
Sponsored by: Department of Pathology
2-5161, roden@jhmi.edu
1:30 PM Seminar: Title:"Structural Biology of Our Three Lineages of Antigen Receptors on B and T cells"
Chris Garcia, Ph.D.
Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine and HHMI
Rm. 517 PCTB, SoM
Sponsored by: Biophysicis and Biophysical Chemistry
410-955-8712; kkolish@jhmi.edu
4:00 PM Protein Switches
Marc Ostermeier, PhD
Assoc Prof, Dept of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins Universituy
West Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, WBSB
Sponsored by: Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
4-8849
4:30 PM New Approaches to Cancer Prevention and Therapy (4th Quarter Course)
Eugenie S. Kleinerman, M.D.
Professor, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium
slee225@jhmi.edu
4:30 PM "Targeting the Fas/FasL Pathway for the Treatment of Osteosarcoma Lung Metastases" - New Approaches to Cancer Prevention and Therapy 4th Quarter Course Lecture Series
Eugenie S. Kleinerman, M.D.
Professor, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium
Sponsored by: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
410-955-9702, slee225@jhmi.edu
Thursday, May/15/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
9:00 AM Writing for Publication
Donna L. Vogel, MD, Ph.D.
Director, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Professional Development Office
1830 E. Monument Street, Suite 2-107
Sponsored by: Professional Development Office
12:00 PM "Regulation of muscle growth by myostatin"
Takanari Inoue, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor JHU-SOM
1830 East Monument St., Suite 2-200
Sponsored by: Department of Cell Biology
410-502-7827, jmoore53@jhmi.edu
12:00 PM "Engineering Cellular Behavior: The Polarity Machinery of Chemotactic Cells"
Takanari Inoue, Ph.D.
JHU-SOM
1830 East Monument St., Suite 2-200
Sponsored by: Department of Cell Biology
410-502-7827, jmoore53@jhmi.edu
Friday, May/16/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
10:00 AM "Synovial Fibroblasts: Physiology and Pathophysiology in RA"
David Lee, MD/PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Mason F. Lord Building, Center Tower, 4th Floor Conference Room
Sponsored by: Rhuematology
410-550-2017 or kburgess@jhmi.edu
1:00 PM The Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology Seminar Series: Genetic Host Factors Associated with Dengue Vasculopathy
Ernesto Marques, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Department of Pharm
BRB 181
Sponsored by: Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology
7-2953, welza1@jhmi.edu
4:00 PM Election 2008: Your Country, Your Health
Benjamin L. Cardin
Senator
Bloomberg School of Public Health, W2030
Sponsored by: The Department of Health Policy & Management in the Bloomberg School of Public Health
apatel45@jhmi.edu or spj@jhmi.edu
Monday, May/19/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
4:30 PM "Vaccines for Prevention of Cancer" - New Approaches to Cancer Prevention and Therapy 4th Quarter Course Lecture Series
Andrea Cox, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium
Sponsored by: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
410-955-9702, slee225@jhmi.edu
4:30 PM New Approaches to Cancer Prevention and Therapy (4th Quarter Course)
Andrea Cox, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium
slee225@jhmi.edu
Tuesday, May/20/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Fellow Research Day 2008 - Poster Session
Turner Building Concourse
Sponsored by: Oncology
410-955-8823, voelkga@jhmi.edu
12:00 PM Spatial Targeting of Signaling Molecules in the Drosophila Visual System
David Wasserman
Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Biological Chemistry
612 Physiology Bldg.
Sponsored by: BCMB Thesis Seminar
5-3086
Thursday, May/22/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
1:00 PM "Precursor Diversity in the CNS"
Laura Lillien, PhD
Dept of Neurobiology, U of Pittsburgh SOM
West Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, WBSB
Sponsored by: Neuroscience Department
410-614-4046
Friday, May/23/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
1:00 PM The Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology Seminar Series: Neuroglycobiology: Nerve Cell Glycans in Axon Stability and AxonRegeneration
Ronald L. Schnaar, PhD
Professor, Departments of Pharmacology and Neuroscience
BRB 181
Sponsored by: Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology
7-2953, welza1@jhmi.edu
Tuesday, May/27/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM Epigenetic Erasure and Primordial Germ Cell Establishment in C. elegans
Dr. William Kelly
Emory University, Department of Biology
612 Physiology Building
Sponsored by: JHU School of Medicine, Dept. of Biological Chemistry
5-3086
Wednesday, May/28/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM Modulation of Gq-Protein Signaling by the Mitogenic Protein Toxin from Pasteurella multocida
Brenda Anne Wilson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Host-Microbe Systems Theme Leader at the Institute for Genom
BRB G01
Sponsored by: Molecular Pathology Seminar Series
410-502-6131, dband@jhmi.edu
4:00 PM Alkaloid Biosynthesis
Sarah O'Connor, PhD
Asst Professor, Department of Chemistry, MIT
West Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, WBSB
Sponsored by: Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
R. Hart
Thursday, May/29/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM "Histone modifications and epigenentics" (date moved from 4/24/08)
Sean D. Taverna, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, JHU-SOM
1830 East Monument St., Suite 2-200
Sponsored by: Department of Cell Biology
410-502-7827, jmoore53@jhmi.edu
12:30 PM A tale of two photoreceptors: from cell fate determination to treatment paradigms for retinal degenerative diseases
Anand Swaroop, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator and Chief, Neurobiology Neurodegeneration and Repair Laboratory, National Eye In
Maumenee 501 Conference Room
Sponsored by: The Wilmer Eye Institute, and the Visual Neuroscience Training Program
410-955-7589, jcione1@jhmi.edu
Friday, May/30/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
1:00 PM The Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology Seminar Series - "The Role of Notch in Murine and Human Tumors"
Charles G. Eberhart, MD, PhD
Associate Professor in Pathology, Ophthalmology and Oncology-JHU
BRB 181
Sponsored by: Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology
7-2953, welza1@jhmi.edu
Monday, Jun/02/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
10:00 AM Human Genetics Thesis Seminar: Development and application of computational tools to simultaneously discover and test deletions for disease association in SNP genotyping studies
Jared Kohler
517 PCTB
Sponsored by: Institute of Genetic Medicine/Human Genetics Graduate Program
41-955-4260, muscelli@jhmi.edu
Tuesday, Jun/03/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM Mechanisms for synaptic control of gene expression
Dr. Mollie Meffert
JHUSOM, Department of Biological Chemistry
612 Physiology Building
Sponsored by: JHU School of Medicine Department of Biological Chemistry
5-3086
Friday, Jun/06/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
4:00 PM Start Date: 6/6/2008 Start Time: 4:00 PM End Date: 6/6/2008 End Time: 5:00 PM Event Description Pioneers in Biology Lecture Series: Structure-Based Genome Surveillance Mechanisms in a 'Simple' Eukaryote
Andy Fire, Ph.D.
Nobel Laureate, Professor, Stanford University
Homewood Campus, Mudd Hall Auditorium
Sponsored by: Pioneers in Biology Lecture Series presents The 2008 Thomas Hunt Morgan Lecture
pioneersinbiology@jhu.edu
Monday, Jun/16/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
2:00 PM Structural and biophysical characterization of RNA recognition by arginine-serine-rich (RS) domains in splice site regulation
Yuan Lin
PhD Candidate/Bloomberg School of Public Health
Room W2030
Sponsored by: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
5-3672/swarner@jhsph.edu
Tuesday, Jun/17/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM N-linked glycosylation and cancer detection
Dr. Hui Zhang
JHUSOM, Department of Pathology
612 Physiology Bldg.
Sponsored by: JHU School of Medicine Department of Biological Chemistry
5-3086
Saturday, Aug/09/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 AM MRI of the Musculoskeletal System: Essentials for the Orthopaedic Surgeon, Clinician and Radiologist
Frank J. Frassica, MD, A. Jay Khanna, MD, John A. Carrino, MD, MPH
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and of Radiology
Mediterranean Cruise, Departs from Barcelona, Spain
Sponsored by: Office of Continuing Medical Education and The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
410-502-9634; cmenet@jhmi.edu; www.HopkinsCME.edu
Thursday, Oct/30/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
10:45 AM Lipid transport in the retina and its relationship to the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration
Ignacio Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Section Chief, National Eye Institute, NIH
Maumenee 501
Sponsored by: Wilmer Eye Institute and the Visual Neuroscience Training Program
410-955-7589, jcione@jhmi.edu