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Shampa De,  Ph.D Candidate
USC Biokinesiology & Physical Therapy

"The Impact of the Krox-20 Null Mutation on the Development of the Mesencephalic Trigeminal Nucleus"

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Basil Rose,  Ph.D
Craniofacial Biology, School of Dentistry, USC

"Sugar-binding Protein in lower animals"

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Yucheng Xu,  Ph.D. Candidate
Craniofacial Biology, School of Dentistry, USC

"Towards understanding Amelogenin Gene Regulation"

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Pablo Bringas,  Lab Manager
Craniofacial Biology, School of Dentistry, USC

"Mammalian cell Culture hazards"

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Michael Paine,  Ph.D
Craniofacial Biology, School of Dentistry, USC

"Amelogenin Directed Biomineralization in Mouse and other Mammels"

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Vesa Kaartinen,  Ph.D
Childrens Hospital, Los Angeles

"TGFbeta3-Induced palatogenesis"

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Dr. Paul T. Sharpe
Department of Craniofacial Development, Guy's Hospital, London

"Genetic Control of Tooth Initiation and Morphogenesis"

March 4, 2002
2:00pm

Professor Michel Goldberg
Laboratorie de Biologie et Physiopathologic Cranio, Faciale University, Paris

"Small Ieucine-rich proteoglycans and amelogenesis. ----what knockout mice tell us"

March 7, 2002

Jun Han, Ph.D. Candidate (cancelled)
Craniofacial Biology, School of Dentistry, USC

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Dilip Dey, Ph.D.
University of California at San Diego

"Induction and bypass of p53 during productive infection by polyoma virus"

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Pierre-Marie Robert Del Moral, M.Sc. Research Associate
CCMB, School of Dentistry, USC

"HLA-G*0105N allele expression allows HLA-E membrane location"

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Guillermo Flores-Delgado, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Research
Developmental Biology Program
Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, CA

"Is there a link between Nongenomic Estrogen Action and Lymphangioleiomyomatosis"

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Stanford Kwang, Ph.D. Candidate
Craniofacial Biology, School of Dentistry, USC

"A mouse model for ovarian cancer"

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Yoshihiro Ito, DDS, Research Associate
CCMB, School of Dentistry, USC

"Fate of cranial neural crest and molecular regulation"

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Homah Zadeh, Ph.D, Assistant Professor
Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dentistry, USC

"Subversion of the immune response by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans"

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Steven D. Goodman, Ph.D, Associate Professor
Diagnostic Sciences and Development of Molecular Biology, USC

"Regulation of the glucosyltransferase genes of Streptococcus mutans"

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Cindy Chau, Ph.D. Candidate
School of Pharmacy, USC

"Etk/BMX Promotes the survival and proliferation of epithelial & endothelial cells: Implications of an autoregulatory loop involving VEGF"

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Bill Regensburger
Risk Management and Career Services

"Emergency Preparedness I"
(This seminar provides basic orientation to earthquake safety on campus, including safety measures to follow before, during and after a major quake. Bill will aslo discuss other safety techniques.)

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Paul C. Denny, Ph.D, Professor
Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dentistry, USC

"Translational Research and a Saliva Test for Caries Risk"

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Kiyomi Yamazaki, Ph.D. Research Associate
CCMB, School of Dentistry, USC

"Mouse TGF-beta3 Promoter funtional Analysis"

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Anil Bhushan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Devolopmental Biology Program Pediatrics
Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, CA

"Signaling mechanism that control the formation of the pancreas"

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Jun Han, M.S., D.D.S.
Craniofacial Biology, School of Dentistry, USC

"Msx1 maintains plasticity of CNC cell through regulation of p19"

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Tai Lai Tuan, Ph.D. Research Assistant professor
Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, CA

"Fibroplasia: Fibrin, PAI-1, and Fibrosis"

August 08, 2002

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Ravindranath, Raji, PhD, Research Assistant Professor
CCMB, School of Dentistry, USC

"Amelogenin-Cytokeratin Interaction during Amelogenesis"

August 22, 2002

Akira Nakajima, DDS, Ph.D., Visiting Scientist
CCMB, School of Dentistry, USC

"Tracking cranial neural crest fate during palatal fusion using a cre-lox targeting system"

September 05, 2002

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Seung-Hak Baek,DDS,Ph.D.  Research Associate
CCMB, School of Dentistry, USC

"Difference of Desmosome gene expression during palatal Fusion"

September 19, 2002

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Fengfeng Zhuang, M.S.
Craniofacial Biology, School of Dentistry, USC

"The cellular and differentiational function of a noval gene BM040"

September 20, 2002
3:00-4:00pm

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Martin I. Garcia-Castro, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow
California Institute of Technology

"Participation of Wnt molecules in Neural Crest Cell formation in Avian embryos"

October 3, 2002

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Gay Crooks, MD, Associate Professor
Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, CA

"Stem cell plasticity: lessons from the hematopoietic paradigm"

October 10, 2002

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Jeffrey Bertram, Ph.D. Candidate
College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Molecular Biology

"Biochemical Basis of Frameshift Infidelity by the Errant pol IV Polymerase, and Its Remarkable Interaction with Beta, the 'Processivity' Clamp"

October 17, 2002

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Mr. Mathew Letany and Ms. Michele Lee
USC Risk Management Services

"Laboratory Safety, Chemical Inventory, and Waste Disposal"

October 31, 2002

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Hong Beom Moon, DDS, MS

Ph.D. Candidate, Craniofacial Biology, School of Dentistry, USC

"The molecular Control of Tooth Movement"

November 7, 2002

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Kris Reddi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, CA

"The Pathogenesis of Burkholderia Cepacia in Cystic Fibrosis Patients"

November 8, 2002

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Satoshi Wakisaka, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Oral Anatomy and Development Biology
Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry

"Periodontal Ruffini Endings Distribution, Development and Regeneration"

November 14, 2002

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Julia Reyna, Ph.D. Candidate
Craniofacial Biology, School of Dentistry, USC

"Gene Expression Associated with Tooth Movement and/or Root Resorption"

December 12, 2002

Wei Shi, Ph. D., Assistant Professor
Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, CA

(Cancelled)

December 19, 2002

Yang Chai, DDS, PhD, Associate Professor
CCMB, School of Dentistry, USC

"Fate of CNC and molecular regulation during tooth and palate development"