Saturday - November /07/2009
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Monday, Nov/09/2009 Detail Contact Phone Number
8:30 AM Coarctation of the Aorta and a Few Other Hemodynamic Alterations of the Cardiovascular Lining
Grover M. Hutchins, M.D.
Professor, Dept. of Pathology, JHU SOM
Hurd Hall
Sponsored by: Pathology Grand Rounds
jlavelle@jhmi.edu
12:15 PM Berman Institute of Bioethics Seminar Series, "Strategies for Linking Policy to Evidence Generation: The UK Experience". Presenter Kalipso Chalkidou
Kalipso Chalkidou
International Program Director, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
Wolfe W3008
Sponsored by: Berman Inst. of Bioethics; US Cochrane Center; BSPH Department of Health Policy and Management
410-502-6900
4:00 PM "The Cajal Body and snRNP Biogenesis"
Joseph G. Gall, PhD.
Professor, The Johns Hopkins University
W2030 BSPH
Sponsored by: BMB
410-955-3671
Tuesday, Nov/10/2009 Detail Contact Phone Number
11:00 AM This month's Special K Meeting A fast-paced dog-and-pony show Global Approach for Histone Modification Analyses using Deuteroacetylation and Mass Spectrometry
Robert J. Cotter, Christine Jelinek, Elisabeth Hersman and Katie Stamper
Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Darner Room (Ross G007)
Sponsored by: Johns Hopkins Technology Center for Networks and Pathways (TCNP), funded by NIH
sywalker@jhmi.edu
12:00 PM "The Dynamic Landscape for Enzymatic Recognition of DNA Damage"
Dr. James Stivers
Professor, JHUSOM, Dept. of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
612 Physiology Bldg.
Sponsored by: The Department of Biological Chemistry
5-3453
Wednesday, Nov/11/2009 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM 4th Annual Rebecca Allen Lectureship "Lung Cancer Screen-Has it's time come?"
Peter Bach, M.D., MAPP
Associate Attending Physician, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium
Sponsored by: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
slee225@jhmi.edu
12:00 PM A luminal epithelial stem cell that is a cell of origin for prostate cancer
Micahel M. Shen, Ph.D.
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Genetics & Development, Columbia University, College of Physi
Darner Site Visit Room (off of Turner Concourse)
Sponsored by: Molecular Pathology Seminar Series
410-502-6131, dband@jhmi.edu
12:00 PM "Genetic and biochemical studies of the role of epigenetic factors in astrocytoma and NF1"
Karlyne M. Reilly, Ph.D.
Head, Genetic Modifiers of Tumorigenesis, National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research
Physiology Research Conference Room 203, SOM
Sponsored by: The Department of Physiology, Roger Reeves, Ph.D.
5-4581, lheath2@jhmi.edu
1:00 PM Optical inhibition of human eye growth and myopia progression
Dr. John Phillips
Professor of Optometry and Visual Science, University of Auckland in New Zealand
Mind/Brain Institute Library, 338 Krieger Hall, Homewood Campus
steven.hsiao@jhu.edu
1:30 PM "The Chromodomains of the Chd1 Remodeler Dictate Substrate Specificity through an Autoinhibitory Mechanism"
Gregory Bowman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biophysics, JHU A&S
Rm. 517 PCTB, SoM
Sponsored by: Biophysicis and Biophysical Chemistry
410-955-8712; kkolish@jhmi.edu
4:00 PM Monogenic Forms of Diabetes Mellitus: The Benefits of Bench to Bedside - NON CME
Mark Sperling, MD
Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Marburg Conf. Room
Sponsored by: Endocrinology & Metabolism
kmccarthy@jhmi.edu
4:00 PM What Drug Discovery Can Teach Us About Protein Biochemisry
Dustin J. Maly, PhD
Asst Professor of Chemistry, University of Washington
West Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, WBSB
Sponsored by: Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
4-8849
Thursday, Nov/12/2009 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 AM "ER shape and intracellular lipid trafficking"
Will Prinz, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator, NIDDK
1830 East Monument St., Suite 2-200
Sponsored by: Department of Cell Biology
410-502-7827, jmoore53@jhmi.edu
12:00 PM Discovery of New Epigenetic Drugs
William G. Nelson, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor & Director, JHU Oncology
590 Rangos
Sponsored by: Medicine, Center for Epigenetics
410-614-3489, nstocker@jhmi.edu
12:00 PM Department of Health Policy and Management Fall Policy Seminar Series: The Lobbyist Panel
Various Panelist: B. Brocato, F. Boston, D. Murphy, R. Shaivitz, and P. Townsend
Hampton House B14, Lecture Hall
Sponsored by: Health Policy and Management, JHSPH
410-614-1580, pdavis@jhsph.edu
1:00 PM "Radial Progenitor Polarity and the Formation of Cerebral Cortex"
E.S. Anton
Neuroscience Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
West Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, WBSB
Sponsored by: Neuroscience Department
410-614-4046
4:00 PM "Mechanism of miRNA action"
Nahum Sonenberg, Ph.D.
McGill University, Department of Biochemistry
Mudd Hall Room 100
Sponsored by: Johns Hopkins University, Department of Biology Seminar Series
410-516-7330
Monday, Nov/16/2009 Detail Contact Phone Number
4:00 AM "NIAID Intramural Research Program & Human Interferons: Structure and Function"
Kathryn C. Zoon
Director, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
BSPH W2030
Sponsored by: BMB
410-955-3671 nfavaro@jhsph.edu
9:00 AM

Grantcraft

What is GrantCraft?
There is more to a successful grant application than good writing!

Among the topics covered:

The federal grant process and grant culture
Mechanisms of particular interest to new investigators
Choosing a "fundable" research problem
Writing a competitive application
The NIH system of peer review
Developing a budget and budget justification

Cost:
Faculty $650.00 (may be payable with departmental funds)
Postdoctoral & Clinical Fellows $325.00 (funds available in some cases)

www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pdo


Dr. Donna Vogel, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Professional Development Office, JHMI
Mountcastle Auditorium
Sponsored by: JHMI Professional Development Office
jhmipdo@jhmi.edu 410-502-2804
1:30 PM BME Seminar Series: Modeling and Simulation of Actin Polymerization in Cells
Leslie Loew, PhD
Professor; Director,k Center for Cell Analysis & Modeling, University of Connecticut
110 Clark Hall, Homewood
Sponsored by: Biomedical Engineering
5-3232, mmossman@jhu.edu
Tuesday, Nov/17/2009 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM "Too much and just enough of a good thing: trisomy 21 and Down syndrome."
Dr. Roger H. Reeves
JHUSOM, Department of Physiology and McKusick-Nathans Institute for Genetic Medicine
612 Physiology Bldg.
Sponsored by: Department of Biological Chemistry
5-3453
4:15 PM "Macrophage Receptors and Innate Immunity"
Siamon Gordon, Ph.D.
Glaxo-Welcome Professor of Pathology, Emeritus, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of
Tilghman Auditorium - Turner Concourse
Sponsored by: Immunology Council Seminar Series
(410) 955-2105, awaickm1@jhmi.edu
Wednesday, Nov/18/2009 Detail Contact Phone Number
8:30 AM Thirty-Fifth Annual Alan Coopersmith Lectureship entitled: Treatment and Prevention of Thrombosis in Infants and Children: Evidence Based Guidelines
M. Patricia Massicotte, MD, FRCPC, MHSc
Peter Olley Chair, Pediatric Thrombosis; Vasacular T=Patency & Thrombosis Program, Director; Profess
Hurd Hall
Sponsored by: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
410-955-6132, pcrocke1@jhmi.edu
12:00 PM Ovarian cancer subtypes: what can base pair resolution genomics tell us?
David G. Huntsman, M.D.
Associate Professor, Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbi
Darner Site Visit Room (off Turner Concourse)
Sponsored by: Molecular Pathology Seminar Series
410-502-6131, dband@jhmi.edu
12:00 PM Translational Research Conference "RUNX1 and C/EBP Oncoproteins as Targets in Leukemia Therapy"
Alan Friedman
Professor, Pediatric Oncology
Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium
Sponsored by: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
slee225@jhmi.edu
4:00 PM Hot Topics in Thyroidology
E.Chester Ridgway, MD
Professor of Medicine, Vice Chair, Dept. of Medicine, Univ. of Colorado School of Medicine
Marburg Conf. Room
Sponsored by: Endocrinology & Metabolism
kmccarthy@jhmi.edu
4:00 PM Regulation and Function of the Akt-TSC-mTOR Signaling Network
Brendan Manning, PhD
Asst Professor of Genetics and Complex Diseases
West Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, WBSB
Sponsored by: Pharmacology & Molecular Sciences
4-8849
Thursday, Nov/19/2009 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM "Split decisions: regulating the end of the cell cycle"
Kathy Gould, Ph.D.
Professor-Department of cell and Developmental Biology- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
1830 East Monument St., Suite 2-200
Sponsored by: Department of Cell Biology
410-502-7827, jmoore53@jhmi.edu
1:00 PM "What do astrocytes do?"
Ben Barres, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine
West Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, WBSB
Sponsored by: Neuroscience Department
410-614-4046
4:00 PM 'Quantitative nanoscale imaging of biological structures in the electron microscope'
Richard D. Leapman, Ph.D.
Scientific Director, NIBIB, National Institutes of Health
Mudd Hall, Room 100
Sponsored by: Johns Hopkins University, Department of Biology Seminar Series
410-516-7330
Friday, Nov/20/2009 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:15 PM Health Sciences Informatics Grand Rounds "Information Technologies for Smarter Healthcare"
Dr. Joseph M. Jasinski
IBM Distinguished Engineer, Program Director, Healthcare and Lifesciences Institute, IBM Research
School of Public Health, Wolfe St., Sheldon Hall
Sponsored by: Presented by The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in conjunction with The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
443-287-6083, kthornt5@jhmi.edu
Tuesday, Nov/24/2009 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM "Molecular mechanisms of retinal cell fate specification: the role of unconventional transcriptional regulators."
Dr. Seth Blackshaw
JHUSOM, Department of Neuroscience
612 Physiology Bldg.
Sponsored by: Department of Biological Chemistry
5-3453
Wednesday, Dec/02/2009 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM Translational Research Conference "Abnormal DNA Damage and Repair"
Feyruz Rassool, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology
Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium
Sponsored by: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
slee225@jhmi.edu
4:00 PM Sensing Centromere Tension: Mechanical Forces and Chromsome Segregation
Michael Lampson, PhD
Asst Professor of Biology
West Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, WBSB
Sponsored by: Pharmacology & Molecular Sciences
4-8849
Thursday, Dec/03/2009 Detail Contact Phone Number
1:00 PM "Optical approaches to probing the cerebellum in action"
Samuel Wang, PhD
Neuroscience Institute & Dept of Molecular Biology, Princeton University
West Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, WBSB
Sponsored by: Neuroscience Department
410-614-4046
Friday, Dec/04/2009 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:15 PM Health Sciences Informatics Grand Rounds "Providing Information Prescriptions (IRx) in Two Clinical Populations: Two Randomized Controlled Trials"
Nancy K. Roderer, MLS & Kathleen O. Oliver, MLS
Professor and Director, Division of Health Sciences Informatics Johns Hopkins University; Associate
School of Public Health, Wolfe St., Sheldon Hall
Sponsored by: Presented by The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in conjunction with The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
443-287-6083, kthornt5@jhmi.edu
Tuesday, Dec/08/2009 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM "A new look at Notch Signaling in embryonic neural stem cells and neurons"
Dr. Nicholas Gaiano
Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Neurology, Neuroscience and Oncology
612 Physiology Bldg.
Sponsored by: Department of Biological Chemistry
5-3453
Wednesday, Dec/09/2009 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM Translational Research Conference "Finding and Targeting Ewing's Sarcoma Stem Cells"
David Loeb, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Oncology
Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium
Sponsored by: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
slee225@jhmi.edu
2:00 PM "Critical Components of Proximal and Distant Regulatory Elements in the Human Genome"
Ivan Ovcharenko, Ph.D.
Investigator, National Institutes of Health
Darner Conference Room
Sponsored by: Institute of Genetic Medicine
Contact: andy@jhmi.edu
Thursday, Dec/10/2009 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM "Phosphoinositide 4-kinases at the crossroad of cellular trafficking and signaling"
Tamas Balla, MD, PhD
NICHD-NIH
1830 East Monument St., Suite 2-200
Sponsored by: Department of Cell Biology
410-502-7827, jmoore53@jhmi.edu
Wednesday, Dec/16/2009 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM Translational Research Conference "Molecular Profiling of Barrett Eophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma"
Anirban Maitra, M.B.B.S
Associate Professor, Gastrointestinal Liver Pathology
Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium
Sponsored by: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
slee225@jhmi.edu
4:00 PM Isoprenoids: Biosysnthesis and Biomedical Applications
Pinghua Liu, PhD
Asst Professor of Chemistry, Boston University
West Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, WBSB
Sponsored by: Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
4-8849
Thursday, Dec/17/2009 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM "A protein chip approach reveals networks and pathways"
Heng Zhu, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology -JHU SOM
1830 East Monument St., Suite 2-200
Sponsored by: Department of Cell Biology
410-502-7827, jmoore53@jhmi.edu
1:00 PM "Translational studies of metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonists for the treatment of pain"
Robert Gereau, PhD
Dept of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine
West Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, WBSB
Sponsored by: Neuroscience Department
410-614-4046
Wednesday, Jan/06/2010 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM Translational Research Conference
Nickolas Papadopoulos, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Cancer Biology
Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium
Sponsored by: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
slee225@jhmi.edu
Wednesday, Jan/13/2010 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM Translational Research Conference "Contrasting Cellular Invasion Strategies in Normal and Neoplastic Epithelial Invasion"
Andrew Ewald, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Cell Biology
Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium
Sponsored by: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
slee225@jhmi.edu
Wednesday, Jan/20/2010 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM Translational Research Conference "Small Molecule Targeting of EWS-FLI1 to Modulate Transcription and Create New Therapies for Ewing's Sarcoma"
Jeffrey Toretsky, M.D.
Associate Professor, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium
Sponsored by: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
slee225@jhmi.edu
Thursday, Jan/28/2010 Detail Contact Phone Number
4:30 PM Director's Visiting Professor Lecture Series 2009-2010
Joseph V. Simone, M.D.
Director and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium
Sponsored by: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
slee225@jhmi.edu
Wednesday, Feb/10/2010 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM Translational Research Conference "Management of Metastatic Lung Cancer"
Rosalyn Juergens, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Upper Aerodigestive Cancer
Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium
Sponsored by: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
slee225@jhmi.edu
Wednesday, Feb/24/2010 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM Translational Research Conference "Detecting Human Retrotransposon Insertions"
Jef Boeke, Ph.D., SC.D.
Professor, Molecular Biology and Genetics
Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium
Sponsored by: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
slee225@jhmi.edu
Wednesday, Mar/03/2010 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM Translational Research Conference "Epigenetic Therapy in Patients with AML and ALL"
Hetty Carraway, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Hematologic Malignancies
Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium
Sponsored by: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
slee225@jhmi.edu
Wednesday, Mar/10/2010 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM Translational Research Conference
Craig Peacock, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology
Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium
Sponsored by: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
slee225@jhmi.edu
Thursday, Mar/11/2010 Detail Contact Phone Number
4:30 PM Director's Visiting Professor Lecture Series 2009-2010
David Flockhart, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Indiana University School of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium
Sponsored by: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
slee225@jhmi.edu
Thursday, Apr/22/2010 Detail Contact Phone Number
4:00 PM 10th Daniel Nathans Lecture in Molecular Genetics MORE DETAILS TBA
Hamilton Smith, Ph.D.
Woof Basic Science Auditorium, WBSB
Sponsored by: Molecular Biology and Genetics
410-955-0397, crogers@jhmi.edu