DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST SERIES 2004 - 2005
On a rotating basis, basic science departments invite distinguished scientists from other academic institutions to present seminars describing their latest research findings. The seminars are presented on Thursday afternoons at 4:00 p.m. in the first floor auditorium in the Medical Sciences Building. Interested faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to attend. The 2004-2005 series includes many outstanding scientists.
Date Department Host Speaker, Affiliation, Subject
09/09/04 Senior Associate Dean, COM Dr. Samuel J. Strada Dr. Thomas Glenn, Senior Consultant, Aventis Pharmaceutical Corporation
09/16/04 Cell Biology and Neuroscience Dr. Glenn Wilson Dr. Bruce Demple, Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
09/23/04 BMS Graduate Students Karla McInnis  Dr. Rodolfo Llinas, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY    CANCELLED
09/30/04 Pharmacology Dr. Stephen W. Schaffer Dr. Dipak K. Das, Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT.  Redox Signaling in the Ischemic Heart.
10/07/04 Physiology Dr. Stephen T. Ballard Dr. Kevin Foskett, Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.  Regulation of the Cystic Fibrosis Chloride Channel by Protein Interactions.
10/14/04 Pharmacology    NO SEMINAR
10/21/04 Physiology Dr. Thomas M. Lincoln Dr. Joseph Miano, Center for Cardiology Research, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY.  Molecular Control of Smooth Cell Differentiation.
10/28/04 Comparative Medicine  Dr. Christian Abee Dr. Stanley Leibo, Doris Zemurray Stone Chair in Reproductive Biology and Preservation Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA.  Cryobiology of Mammalian Gametes and Embryos.
11/04/04 Baugh Lecture Dean's Office, COM  Open
11/11/04 Physiology Dr. James Downey Dr. Rainer Schulz, University of Essen, Essen, Germany.  Connexin 43 as a Mediator of Preconditioning and Cardioprotection.
11/18/04 Cell Biology and Neuroscience  Dr. Glenn Wilson Dr. David K. Simon, Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Mitochondrial DNA Mutations in Parkinson's Disease.
11/25/04 Thanksgiving Holiday    
12/02/04 Biochemistry/Molecular Biology OPEN
12/09/04 Pharmacology Dr. Abu B. Al-Mehdi  Dr. Peter Davies, Director, Institute for Medicine and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.  Hemodynamics and Endothelial Cell Phenotypes in vivo.
12/16/04 Cell Biology and Neuroscience Dr. Glenn Wilson Dr. Bruce Demple, Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.  Vital Roles of Ape 1 Protein in Repair of Spontaneous and Oxidant-Induced DNA Damage in Human Cells.
12/23/04-01/03/05 Holiday Season    
01/13/05 Biochemistry/Molecular Biology    OPEN
01/20/05 Cell Biology and Neuroscience Dr. Stuart Critz Dr. Keith Garlid, Department of Biology, Portland State University, Portland, OR.
01/27/05       Microbiology/Immunology Dr. Robert Lausch Dr. Terry Tumpey, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA.  Influenza Virus
02/03/05 Pharmacology  Dr. Jonathan Scammell Dr. Balaraman Kalyanaraman, Department of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
02/10/05 Biochemistry/Molecular Biology Dr. Nathan Aronson Dr. J. David Puett, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
02/17/05 Comparative Medicine    
02/24/05 Microbiology/Immunology  Dr. Traci Testerman Dr. Harry Mobley, University of Michigan.  UTIs and Urease
03/03/05 Center for Lung Biology Dr. Troy Stevens  Dr. Joe G.N. Garcia, M.D., Director, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Astham and Allergy Center, Baltimore, MD.
03/10/05 Physiology Dr. Mark S. Taylor Dr. Mark Nelson, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
03/17/05 Cell Biology and Neuroscience Dr. Kai-Ming Chou Dr. Yung-Chi Cheng, Department of Pharmacology, Yanel University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
03/24/05 Microbiology/Immunology Dr. David Wood Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa, Ohio State University.  Erlichia
03/31/05 Center for Lung Biology Dr. Troy Stevens Dr. Jeanine P. Wiener-Kronish, M.D., Departments of Anesthesia and Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
04/07/05 No Seminar Scheduled  FASEB Meeting  
04/14/05 Physiology Dr. Thomas M. Lincoln Dr. Michael Sturek, Chair, Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.  Coronary Disease and Restenosis in Diabetes:  From Animal Models to Transmembrane Signaling.
04/21/05 Biochemistry/Molecular Biology  Dr. Sailen Barik Dr. Noreen Williams, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciencies, University of Buffalo, Bufalo, NY.
04/28/05 Cell Biology and Neuroscience  Dr. Susan LeDoux  Dr. Thomas Kunkel, Laboratory of Structural Biology, National Institutes of Environmental Health Services, Research Triangle Park, NC.
05/05/05 Microbiology/Immunology  Dr. James W. Rohrer Dr. Jay Berzofsky, M.D., Ph.D., Chief, Molecular Immunogenetics and Vaccine Research Section, National Cancer Institute/NIH, Bethesda, MD.  Immune Regulation and Anti-Cancer Immunotherapy.
05/12/05 Pharmacology  Dr. Abu B. Al-Mehdi Dr. Asrar B. Malik, Head, Department of Pharmacology, University of Chicago, College of Medicine, Chicago, IL.  
05/19/05 Cancer Research Institute