January 2008

TIMP3/TACE regulation in type 2 diabetes mellitus. A new mechanism of insulin resistance

Wednesday, January 9, 2008; 12 noon, Room 444B
Franco Folli, MD, PhD; Department of Medicine/Diabetes, UTHSCSA
Department of Pharmacology

Immunotherapy to remove amyloid deposits. Potential as a therapeutic and usefulness as a research tool

Wednesday, January 16, 2008; 12 noon, Room 444B
David Morgan, PhD; Dept. of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, University of South Florida
Department of Pharmacology

Searching for pre-mRNS splicing motifs in human transcripts

Tuesday, January 22, 2008; 11:00 am, Room 209L
Lawrence Chasin, PhD; Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University
Department of Cellular and Structural Biology

Neuronal adaptations to hypoxia: Don't worry until you stop snoring

Wednesday, January 23, 2008; 12 noon, Room 444B
Steven W. Mifflin, PhD; Department of Pharmacology, UTHSCSA
Department of Pharmacology

Molecular Action of BMP-7 on Osteoblast Differentiation

Tuesday, January 29, 2008; 11:00 am, Room 209L
John C. Lee, PhD; Department of Biochemistry, UTHSCSA
Department of Cellular and Structural Biology

February 2008

TBA

Tuesday, February 5, 2008; 11:00 am, Room 209L
Daniel A. Hammer, PhD; Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania
Department of Cellular and Structural Biology

Complexins as positive regulators of Ca2+ triggered neurotransmitter release

Wednesday, February 6, 2008; 12 noon, Room 444B
Christian Rosenmund, PhD; Dept. of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
Department of Pharmacology

Role and mechanism of a novel zinc finger transcription factor [ZKSCAN3] in colon cancer progression

Tuesday, February 12, 2008; 11:00 am, Room 209L
Douglas D. Boyd, PhD; Department of Cancer Biology, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Department of Cellular and Structural Biology

Neurobiology of nicotine dependence: relevance to depression

Wednesday, February 13, 2008; 12 noon, Room 444B
Athina Markou, PhD; Dept. of Psychiatry, UCSD
Department of Pharmacology

Challenging Current Dogmas in Candida albicans Pathogenesis

Thursday, February 14, 2008; 12 noon, Room 444B
Jose Lopez-Ribot, PhD; Department of Biology, UTSA
Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Nitrative Stress: A Physiologically Relevant Covalent Modification?

Friday, February 15, 2008; 12 noon, Room 409L
Dr. Leslie Myatt, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Department of Biochemistry

Tuberous sclerosis and the TSC1-TSC2 genes: a genetic disease that involves a key signaling node for cell growth and differentiation

Tuesday, February 19, 2008; 11:00 am, Room 209L
David J. Kwiatkowski, MD, PhD; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Department of Cellular and Structural Biology

Uncovering the neurobiology of internal bliss

Wednesday, February 20, 2008; 12 noon, Room 444B
Joseph F. Cheer, PhD; Dept. of Neurophamacology and Neuroscience, Albany Medical College
Department of Pharmacology

Embryonic origin and control of neuronal circuits in the vertebrate head

Tuesday, February 26, 2008; 11:00 am, Room 209L
Gary O. Gaufo, PhD; Department of Biology, UTSA
Department of Cellular and Structural Biology

TBA

Wednesday, February 27, 2008; 12 noon, Room 209L
Dr. Martin Saunders, Yale University
Department of Biochemistry, Welch Lectureship Program

The neuronal basis of breathing disorders: From bench to bedside

Wednesday, February 27, 2008; 12 noon, Room 444B
Jan-Marino Ramirez, PhD; Dept. of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, The University of Chicago
Department of Pharmacology

March 2008

Ion Channels and Amino-acid Transporters support the Growth and Invasion of Primary Brain Tumors

Tuesday, March 4, 2008; 11:00 am, Room 209L
Harald Sontheimer, PhD; Department of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Department of Cellular and Structural Biology

Neuron-glia interactions in the supraoptic nucleus of the rat hypothalamus

Wednesday, March 5, 2008; 12 noon, Room 444B
Stéphane H. R. Oliet, PhD; Laboratory of Integrative Physiology of Neuroendocrine Systems, Inserm Research Center, Bordeaux, France
Department of Pharmacology

Nucleolar Modifications During Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Infection

Thursday, March 6, 2008; 12 noon, Room 444B
Angela Pearson, PhD; NRS-Institut Armand-Frappier
Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Heterotrimeric G Proteins and the Cytoskeleton: Form and Function in Signal Transduction

Friday, March 7, 2008; 12 noon, Room 409L
Dr. Mark M. Rasenick, Department of Physiology & Biophysics and Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
Department of Biochemistry

Transcription Factors and Malignant Glioma in Mouse and Man

Tuesday, March 11, 2008; 11:00 am, Room 209L
Charles D. Stiles, PhD; Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Department of Cellular and Structural Biology

TBA

Friday, March 14, 2008; 12 noon, Room 409L
Dr. Barbara Golden, Purdue University
Department of Biochemistry

Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressors: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Tuesday, March 18, 2008; 11:00 am, Room 209L
Gerard Evan, PhD, FRS, FMedSci; Department of Pathology and Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology; University of California, San Francisco
Department of Cellular and Structural Biology

GABA-A receptors: Target of acute and chronic ethanol

Wednesday, March 19, 2008; 12 noon, Room 444B
Richard Olsen, PhD; Departments of Anesthesiology and Molecular and Medical Pharmacology; University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Pharmacology

Vaccination Strategies Against Francisella tularensis

Thursday, March 27, 2008; 12 noon, Room 444B
Bernard Arulanandam, PhD; UTSA 
Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Estrogens: their complex role in protecting the brain against neurodegeneration

Friday, March 28, 2008; 12 noon, Room 309L
5th ANNUAL MARIANN BLUM MEMORIAL LECTURESHIP IN THE NEUROSCIENCES

Phyllis M. Wise, PhD; Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Department of Pharmacology

Mouse Models for Functional Analysis of Microsomal Cytochrome P450 Enzymes

Friday, March 28, 2008; 12 noon, Room 409L
Dr. XinXin Ding, Wadsworth Center, NY State Department of Health in Albany
Department of Biochemistry

April 2008

Insights into machanisms of aging: perspectives from the longest-living rodent, the naked mole-rat

Wednesday, April 2, 2008; 12 noon, Room 444B
Rochelle Buffenstein, PhD; Department of Physiology, UTHSCSA
Department of Pharmacology

Suppression of Host Gene Expression and Regulation of Cell Death by Matrix Protein of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus

Thursday, April 3, 2008; 12 noon, Room 444B
Douglas Lyles, PhD; Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Department of Microbiology & Immunology

TBA

Friday, April 4, 2008; 12 noon, Room 409L
Dr. Vicki Rosen; Chair, Department of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Department of Biochemistry

TBA

Friday, April 11, 2008; 12 noon, Room 409L
Dr. Scott Summers, University of Utah
Department of Biochemistry

Pathophysiological role of superoxide dismutases

Tuesday, April 15, 2008; 11:00 am, Room 209L
Ting-Ting Huang, PhD; Department of Neurology and Neurological Science; Stanford University, School of Medicine
Department of Cellular and Structural Biology

Ups and downs of blood pressure regulation: exercise and role for inhibitory signaling in NTS

Wednesday, April 16, 2008; 12 noon, Room 444B
Jeffrey T. Potts, PhD; Department of Integrative Physiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center
Department of Pharmacology

Pneumococcal Virulence Factors that Double as Protection-Eliciting Vaccine Antigens

Thursday, April 17, 2008; 12 noon, Room 444B
David Briles, Phd; University of Alabama at Birmingham
Department of Microbiology & Immunology

TBA

Friday, April 18, 2008; 12 noon, Room 409L
Dr. Julian P. Whitelegge, UCLA and the Pasarow Mass Spectrometry Laboratory
Department of Biochemistry

Normal and Neoplastic Stem Cells

Tuesday, April 22, 2008; 11:00 am, Room 209L
Irving L. Weissman, MD; Department of Pathology and Developmental Biology; Stanford University, School of Medicine
Department of Cellular and Structural Biology

Cardiac and sympathetic nervous system effects of seizure disorders

Wednesday, April 23, 2008; 12 noon, Room 444B
Steven L. Bealer, PhD; Department of Phamacology and Toxicology, University of Utah
Department of Pharmacology

Senior Student Seminar

Tuesday, April 29, 2008; 11:00 am, Room 209L

Adolescent marijuana use: Cognitive and behavioral performance outcomes

Wednesday, April 30, 2008; 12 noon, Room 444B
Charles W. Mathias, PhD; Department of Psychiatry, UTHSCSA
Department of Pharmacology

May 2008

TBA

Friday, May 2, 2008; 12 noon, Room 409L
Dr. Rama Natarajan, Department of Diabetes, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope
Department of Biochemistry

Drug discovery: Playing the odds

Wednesday, May 7, 2008; 12 noon, Room 444B
Wouter Koek, PhD; Department of Psychiatry, UTHSCSA
Department of Pharmacology

Measures of behavioral impulsivity and their relationship to substance abuse and suicidal behaviors

Wednesday, May 7, 2008; 12 noon, Room 444B
Donald M. Dougherty, PhD; Department of Psychiatry, UTHSCSA
Department of Pharmacology

TBA

Friday, May 9, 2008; 12 noon, Room 409L
Dr. Roy J. Soberman, Nephrology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital
Department of Biochemistry

Genes and neuropsychiatric disorders

Wednesday, May 14, 2008; 12 noon, Room 444B
Robert H. Lipsky, PhD; Chief, Section of Molecular Genetics, Lab of Neurogenetics; NIAAA, NIH, Rockville, MD
Department of Pharmacology
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