2007-2008
Cell
Signaling Seminar Series
Time:
Wednesdays, 4:00 P.M.
Place:
Freshman Amphitheater
| Date |
Speaker |
Title/Affiliation |
| 9/12/07 |
William Gerthoffer,
Ph.D. |
Professor and Chair,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
University of South Alabama College of Medicine,
Mobile, AL. "Mechanisms of Smooth Muscle
Relaxation by HSP20" |
| 9/26/07 |
Ivan McMurtry, Ph.D. |
Professor,
Department of Pharmacology, University of South
Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, AL.
"Rho A/Rho Kinase Signaling in Pulmonary
Hypertension" |
| 10/10/07 |
Sachin A. Gupte,
Ph.D. |
Instructor,
Department of Physiology, NewYork Medical
College, Valhalla, NY. "Glucose-6-Phosphate
Dehydrogenase: A Novel Modulator of Arterial
Smooth Muscle Redox Signaling and Contractile
Function" |
| 10/24/07 |
Paul H. Ratz, Ph.D. |
Professor,
Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
and Pediatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University
School of Medicine, Richmond, VA. "ROCK
Feed-Forward and PKCz Feedback Mechanisms
Regulation Ca2+ Sensitization and Tonic Force
Maintenance of Vascular Smooth Muscle" |
| 10/31/07 |
Gerd Heusch, M.D. |
Professor, Department of Pathophysiology,
University of Essen,
Essen, Germany. |
| 11/07/07 |
Warren Zimmer, Ph.D. |
Professor,
Department of Systems Biology and Translational
Medicine, Texas A&M University, College
Station, TX. "A Role for Smooth Muscle
Alpha-Actin in Mammary Gland Function: Lessons
from a Knockout Mouse" |
| 11/14/07 |
Nickolai Dulin, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine,
Univeristy of
Chicago, Chicago, IL. "Modulation of Smooth
Muscle Cell
Growth and Phenotype by G Protein/RGS Signaling? |
| 11/28/07 |
J-P Jin, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor
and Chief, Section of Molecular Cardiology,
Northwestern University School of Medicine,
Chicago, IL. "Regulation and Function of
Calponin" |
| 12/05/07 |
Petra Rocic, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor,
Department of Integrative Medical Sciences,
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of
Medicine, Rootstown, OH. "Regulation of
Coronary Collateral Growth in the Metabolic
Syndrome by Angiotensin II, ROS and ROS-Sensitive
Signaling" |
| 1/09/08 |
Pamela Lucchesi,
Ph.D. |
Professor,
Department of Pharmacology, Louisiana State
University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans,
LA. "The Ins and Outs of Microvascular
Remodeling in Type 2 Diabetes" |
| 1/16/08 |
Jiliang Zhou, Ph.D. |
Research Associate,
Department of Cellular and Integrative
Physiology, IndianaUniversity School of Medicine,
Indianapolis, IN. "Yin and Yang Modulation
of Myocardin Function" |
| 2/06/08 |
Biochemistry |
|
| 2/20/08 |
Timothy M. Moore,
M.D./Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor,
Department of Medicine and Center for Lung
Biology, University of South Alabama College of
Medicine, Mobile, AL. |
| 2/27/08 |
Dana Levasseur, Ph.D. |
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical
School,
Boston, MA. "Molecular Determinants of
Embryonic Stem Cell
Self-Renewal" |
| 3/05/08 |
Open - Physiology |
|
| 3/19/08 |
Jeffrey A. Frost,
Ph.D. |
Associate Professor,
University of Texas Health Science Center Medical
School, Houston, TX. "Regulation of the
RhoGEF Net1 in Cellular Proliferation and
Cancer" |
| 4/02/08 |
None |
Experimental Biology
'08 Meeting |
| 4/16/08 |
Open - Physiology |
|
| 4/30/08 |
Richard Honkanen,
Ph.D. |
Professor,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
University of South Alabama College of Medicine,
Mobile, AL. |
| 5/14/08 |
Kimberly L. Dodge-Kafka, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor, Department of Cell
Biology, University of
Connectivut Health Center, Farmington, CT. |
| 5/28/08 |
Michael Chinkers, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor, Department of
Pharmacology, University
of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, AL. |
|