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