Seminar Schedule Spring 2013
Coordinator: Lisa Hodge, Ph.D.
Secretary: Sandra Clapp
University of North Texas Health Science Center
3500 Camp Bowie Blvd
Fort Worth, TX 76107
Location: LIB-110
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
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January 7 |
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Name |
Changyi (Johnny) Chen, M.D., Ph.D. |
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Position & Location |
Molecular Surgery Endowed Chair; Professor of Surgery & Molecular & Cellular Biology; Director of Molecular Surgeon Research Center; Vice Chair for Research, Michael E. DeBakey Deptment of Surgery; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
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Title of Seminar |
“Cardiovascular Risk Factors & Molecular Pathways for Endothelial Dysfunction – Resistin Downregulates eNOS through miR-31” |
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Confirmed by |
Ladislav Dory, Ph.D. |
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January 14 |
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Damir B. Khismatuillin, Ph.D. |
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Position & Location |
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, contributing faculty member in the Clinical Program, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA |
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Title of Seminar |
“An interplay between macrophages and mast cells in endothelial dysfunction and inflammation” |
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Confirmed By |
Lisa Hodge, Ph.D. |
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January 28 - CANCELED |
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Garth Powis, Ph.D. |
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Position & Location |
Chair, Department of Experimental Therapeutics; Director, Center for Targeted Therapy; MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
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Title of Seminar |
“KRAS the elephant in the room of cancer therapy: New approaches ” |
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Confirmed By |
Alakananda Basu, Ph.D. & Myron Jacobson, Ph.D. |
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February 4 |
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Name |
Robert W. Sobol, Ph.D. |
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Position & Location |
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology; Department of Human Genetics; Director, UPCI Lentiviral Facility; Co-Director, UPCI Vector Core Facility; Hillman Cancer Center; University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA |
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Title of Seminar |
"PARP1 – A mediator of genotoxin response pathway crosstalk” |
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Confirmed By |
Ladislav Dory, Ph.D. |
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February 11 |
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Anthony T. Vella, Ph.D. |
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Position & Location |
Associate Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Connecticut Heath Center, Farmington, CT |
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Title of Seminar |
“Control of innate-based inflammation by T cells” |
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Confirmed By |
Ladislav Dory, Ph.D. |
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February 18 |
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Yousef Abu Kwaik, Ph.D. |
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Position & Location |
Professor, Bumgardner Chair in Molecular Pathogenesis, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Universit5y of Louisville Health Science Center, Louisville, KY |
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Title of Seminar |
“Exploitation of conserved processes in amoeba and macrophages byLegionella” |
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Confirmed By |
Ladislav Dory, Ph.D. |
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February 20 - CANCELED |
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Janice S. Blum, Ph.D. |
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Chancellor's Professor, Microbiology & Immunology, Co-Director, Center for Immunobiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN |
| Title of Seminar |
"Host Immune Evasion by Poxviruses and Antigen Presentation” |
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| Confirmed By |
Johnny He, Ph.D. |
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February 25 |
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Name |
Liangfang Zhang, Ph.D. |
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Position & Location |
Associate Professor, Department of Nanoengineering & Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA |
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Title of Seminar |
"RBC Membrane-Camouflaged Nanoparticles as a Biomimetic Delivery Platform” |
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Confirmed By |
J.K. Vishwanatha, Ph.D. & Anindita Mukerjee, Ph.D. |
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March 11 |
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Name |
Douglas D. Root, Ph.D. |
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Position & Location |
Associate Professor, Department of Biology, UNT-Denton |
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Title of Seminar |
“Molecular length: one molecule at a time using gravitational force spectrometry” |
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Confirmed By |
Julian Borejdo, Ph.D. |
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Date |
March 25 |
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Laurel L. Lenz, Ph.D. |
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Position & Location |
Associate Professor of Immunology, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO |
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Title of Seminar |
“Dual-use” of immune responses during systemic Listeria monocytogenes infections |
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Confirmed By |
Rance Berg, Ph.D. |
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April 8 |
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Name |
Gyula Vigh, Ph.D. |
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Position & Location |
Professor of Chemistry, Gradipore Professor of Separation Science, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX |
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Confirmed By |
Laszlo Prokai, Ph.D. |
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April 22 |
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Michael J. Chumley, Ph.D. |
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Position & Location |
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, TCU, Fort Worth, TX |
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Title of Seminar |
“Could 'catching' a cold lead to Alzheimer's disease?” |
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Confirmed By |
Rance Berg, Ph.D. |
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