Sunday - September /07/2008
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Monday, Sep/08/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
8:00 AM 15th Annual Introduction to Clinical Research Course. Eleven 1-hour lectures. To register, go to our web site http://jhbgcrc.jhu.edu and complete registration form
8:30 AM HIV-1 Viral Protein R and Its Potential Role in Viral Pathogenesis and Disease Progression
Richard Y. Zhao, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Human Virology, University of Maryland School of
Hurd Hall
Sponsored by: Pathology Grand Rounds
410-502-6131, dband@jhmi.edu
12:00 PM Hematology Grand Rounds: Aiming at the Crossroads of MYC and HIF for Cancer Chemotherapeutics
Chi V. Dang, M.D., Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins Family Professor in Oncology Research, Vice Dean for Research
Weinberg Auditorium
Sponsored by: Departments of Medicine & Pediatrics, Divisions of Hematology
ljthomas@jhmi.edu
Tuesday, Sep/09/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
9:00 AM Scientific Presentations
Donna Vogel, M.D., Ph.D.
Professional Development Office Director, JHMI
Phipps 360
Sponsored by: Professional Development Office, JHMI
mdiffen2@jhmi.edu
12:00 PM Making brains big with beta catenin
Dr. Anjen Chenn
Northwestern University, Dept. of Pathology
612 Physiology Building
Sponsored by: JHUSOM Department of Biological Chemisty
5-3453
Wednesday, Sep/10/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
4:30 PM "Chromosome Odds and Ends"
Joe Gall, Ph.D.
Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Embryology
Mudd Hall Auditorium Room 26
Sponsored by: Johns Hopkins University, Department of Biology
410-516-4693
Thursday, Sep/11/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
1:00 PM "Gliogenesis and glial repair in the mammalian brain"
Vittorio Gallo, PhD
Center for Neuroscience Research, Children's National Medical Center
West Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, WBSB
Sponsored by: Neuroscience Department
410-614-4046
3:30 PM RNA-mediated Epigenetic Programming of Genome Rearrangements
Laura F. Landweber, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
517 PCTB
Sponsored by: Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics
410-955-0397, crogers@jhmi.edu
4:00 PM Probing the Biological Diversity of Enteric Pathogens in the post 9/11 era
Thomas A. Cebula, Ph.D.
Office of Applied Rearch and Assessment, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, Visiting
Mudd Hall Room 100
Sponsored by: Johns Hopkins University, Department of Biology Seminar Series
410-516-7330
Friday, Sep/12/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM "Structure Based Study of NhaA Na+/H+ Antiporter"
Etana Padan, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
School of Medicine, Physiology Research Conference Room 203
Sponsored by: The Department of Physiology, Seminar Series
5-4581, lheath2@jhmi.edu
1:00 PM Human Opportunistic Protozoan Parasites (Cryptosporidia, Giardia and Microsporidia)
Thaddeus Graczyk, MSc, PhD
Associate Professor, EHS, JH School of Public Health, Dept of Environmental Health Sciencess
BRB 181
Sponsored by: Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology
7-2953, welza1@jhmi.edu
Monday, Sep/15/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
4:00 PM "Discovery of a Ubiquitin-like Protein Involved in the Proteasome Pathway of Mycobacterium tuberculosis"
Heran Darwin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, NYU School of Medicine
W2030, JHSPH
Sponsored by: The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Shanell D. Maniece, smaniece@jhsph.edu
Tuesday, Sep/16/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM Posttranscriptional Regulation in the Mechanism of Action of Glucocorticoids
Dr. Faoud Ishmael
Johns Hopkins University, Department of Medicine
612 Physiology Building
Sponsored by: JHU School of Medicine Department of Biological Chemistry
5-3453
Thursday, Sep/18/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
1:00 PM "Kalirin knockout mice: dendritic spines and cocaine sensitivity"
Richard E. Mains, PhD
Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center
West Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, WBSB
Sponsored by: Neuroscience Department
410-614-4046
Friday, Sep/19/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
1:00 PM Mice to Men and Theory to Therapeutics for Down Syndrome
Roger Reeves, PhD
Professor, JH School of Medicine, Dept of Physiology & McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicin
BRB 181
Sponsored by: Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology
7-2953, welza1@jhmi.edu
2:00 PM Human Genetics Thesis Seminar: Regulation of MBK-2/Dyrk kinase: A novel role for anti-phosphatases
Chih-Chien Ken Cheng
517 PCTB
Sponsored by: Institute of Genetic Medicine/Human Genetics Graduate Program
410-955-4260, muscelli@jhmi.edu
Monday, Sep/22/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
4:00 PM A Molecular View of EGFR/ErbB Signaling and ErbB-targeted Cancer Therapies
Daniel Leahy, Ph.D.
Professor, Johns Hopkins University
W2030, JHSPH
Sponsored by: The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
410-955-3671, smaniece@jhsph.edu
Tuesday, Sep/23/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM Design and Characterization of two proteins with 95% identity but different structure and function
Dr. Philip Bryan
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology
612 Physiology Building
Sponsored by: JHU School of Medicine Department of Biological Chemistry
5-3453
Thursday, Sep/25/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
1:00 PM "Synaptotagmin 4 mediates aspects of synaptic plasticity"
Edwin R. Chapman, PhD
HHMI, Dept of Physiology, University of Wisconsin - Madison
West Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, WBSB
Sponsored by: Neuroscience Department
410-614-4046
Monday, Sep/29/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
8:30 AM Data and Safety Monitoring Boards: Skills Building Workshop
Jeremy Sugarman, MD, MPH, MA
Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Bioethics and Medicine
Turner Building
Sponsored by: Office of Continuing Medical Education/Center for Clinical Trials/Berman Institute of Bioethics/The Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
410-614-0150, kcase5@jhmi.edu/410-502-9634, cmenet@jhmi.edu
Wednesday, Oct/01/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
4:30 PM "The folding proteins that think they are DNA"
Doug Barrick, Ph.D.
Professor, Thomas C. Jenkins Department of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University
Mudd Hall Auditorium Room 26
Sponsored by: Johns Hopkins University, Department of Biology Colloquia Series
410-516-4693
Thursday, Oct/02/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
1:00 PM "New tricks from Netrin and Slit"
Elke Stein, PhD
Dept of MCDBiology and Cell Biology, Yale University
West Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, WBSB
Sponsored by: Neuroscience Department
410-614-4046
Friday, Oct/03/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
1:00 PM Intermediate Filaments: Solid-state Support for Mechanical and Non-Mechanical Processes
Pierre Coulombe, PhD
Professor of Biological Chemistry and Dermatology, JH School of Medicine
BRB 181
Sponsored by: Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology
7-2953, welza1@jhmi.edu
Friday, Oct/10/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
1:00 PM Veterinary Medicine at the Food and Drug Administration: Overview & the Melamine Story
Dr. Renate Reimschuessel
Director of Aquaculture Research, Center for Veterinary Medicine, FDA
BRB 181
Sponsored by: Department of Molecular & Comparative Pathobiology
7-2953, welza1@jhmi.edu
Monday, Oct/13/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
4:00 PM 18th Annual Ewing Lecture "Cholesterol Transport in Steroidogenic Cells: Mechanisms and Function in Health and Disease"
Vassilios Papadopoulos, DPharm, PhD
Director, The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
W1214, JHSPH
Sponsored by: The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
410-955-3671, smaniece@jhsph.edu
Tuesday, Oct/14/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM Unveiling the Mechanisms of Myoblast Fusion
Dr. Elizabeth Chenn
JHUSOM, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
612 Physiology Building
Sponsored by: JHU School of Medicine, Department of Biological Chemistry
5-3453
Friday, Oct/17/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
3:00 PM Human Genetics Thesis Seminar: Genetic modifiers of inflammation in pulmonary disease
Kathryn McDougal
517 PCTB
Sponsored by: Institute of Genetic Medicine/Human Genetics Graduate Program
410-955-4260, muscelli@jhmi.edu
Tuesday, Oct/21/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
12:00 PM The Regulation of Proteasome Activity
Dr. Daniel Finley
Harvard Medical School, Department of Cell Biology
612 Physiology Building
Sponsored by: JHU School of Medicine Department of Biological Chemistry
5-3453
Thursday, Oct/23/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
10:30 AM Gi Core Center Seminar, "Detecting Polymorphism and Sequence Divergence in Proteins"
J. Andrew Keightley, Ph.D.
Director, Biological MS and Proteomics Facility, UMKC School of Biological Sciences, Kansas City, Mi
Physiology 203
Sponsored by: DDBRDCC
5-9675; mdonowit@jhmi.edu
1:00 PM "Imaging circuit assembly in the bertebrate retina"
Rachel Wong, PhD
Dept of Biological Structure, University of Washington
West Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, WBSB
Sponsored by: Neuroscience Department
410-614-4046
4:00 PM Orienting stem cells: asymmetric stem cell division during tissue homeostaasis and aging
Yukiko Yamashita, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Center for Stem Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan
Homewood Campus, Mudd Auditorium Room 26
Sponsored by: Johns Hopkins University - Department of Biology Seminar Series
410-516-7330
Friday, Oct/24/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
1:00 PM Lead Neurotoxicity: Behavioral Effects and Therapeutic Strategies
Jennifer Dziedzic, MS
Research Associate, JH Bloomberg School of Public Health, Div of Toxicological Sciences
BRB 181
Sponsored by: Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology
7-2953, welza1@jhmi.edu
Thursday, Oct/30/2008 Detail Contact Phone Number
10:00 AM ICE Fall Symposium 2008 from 10:00AM to 4:00PM.
TBD
TBD
Turner Auditorium
Sponsored by: Institute for Cell Engineering
msulliv9@jhmi.edu
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
1:00 PM "The mechanotransducer channels of auditory hair cells"
Robert Fettiplace, PhD
Dept of Physiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
West Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, WBSB
Sponsored by: Neuroscience Department
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Saturday, Mar/14/2009 Detail Contact Phone Number
9:00 AM 2nd International Online Medical Conference (IOMC 2009)
Online Conference
Sponsored by: IOKSP
http://iomc.ioksp.com/ - iomc@ioksp.com
Thursday, Apr/23/2009 Detail Contact Phone Number
4:00 PM 9th Annual Daniel Nathans, M.D. Lecture in Molecular Genetics
Judith Kimble, Ph.D.
Vilas Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Medical Genetics, University of WisconsinMa
Wood Basic Science Auditorium, JHU School of Medicine
Sponsored by: Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics
Cindy Rogers, ext. 5-0397, crogers@jhmi.edu