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
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