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       2005
January 06, 2005

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Kohji Ishihama,  D.D.S., Ph.D.
USC Biokinesiology & Physical Therapy

"Prenatal Development of NMDA Receptor Subunits in Rat Trigeminal Neurons"

 

January 13 2005

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Asokan Deverajan, Ph.D., Research Associate
CCMB, School of Dentistry, USC

"Calcium Oxalate binding Protein in Kidney Stone"

 

January 19, 2005

Special Seminar

Songtao Shi, DDS., MS, PhD, Section Chief of Dental Biology Unit
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

"Mesenchymal stem-cell-mediated regenerative medicine in the orofacial region"

 

January 20, 2005

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Chang Du, Ph.D., Research Associate
CCMB, School of Dentistry, USC

"Supramolecular Assembly of Amelogenin Nanospheres into Birefringent Micro-ribbons"

 

February 03, 2005

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Baruch Frenkel, DMD, Ph.D.
J Harold and Edna L. LaBriola Associate Professor
Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
USC Institute of Generic Medicine

"Molecular Regulation of Bone Formation:  Discovery Using Glucocorticoid Treatment"

 

February 10, 2005

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

"IGFS Increase Enamel Formation by Inducing Expression of Enamel Mineralizing Specific Genes"

 

March 03, 2005

Maristela Borba, DDS, MS, PhD
Chair of Endodontics Department
Pontoficia Univerdade Catolica do RS, Porto Alegre City, Brazil

“Pulpar Angioarchitecture of Rats lowers Incisor using Resin Corrosion Casts”

 

March 14, 2005

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Akira Yamane, Ph.D. 
Department of Pharmacology
Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine
Tsurumi, Japan

"Embryonic and Postnatal Development of Craniofacial Muscles"

 

March 17, 2005

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

"NF-Y and CCAAT/Enhancer-binding Protein Alfa Synergistically Activate the Mouse Amelogenin Gene"

 

March 29, 2005
1:00pm

Dissertation Defense

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

"Effects of Insulin like Growth Factors on Late Stages of Tooth Development"

 

March 31, 2005

Master's
Defense

Ana E. Valdez,  D.D.S.
Craniofacial Biology, School of Dentistry, USC

Autonomous University of the State of Mexico

"Identification of D1X3 Protein Expression at late Bell Stage of Mammalian Root Development by Immunohistochemistry"

 

April 07 2005

Jen-Ming Huang,  Ph.D. Candidate
Craniofacial Biology, School of Dentistry, USC

"To Determinie the Critical Amino Acid Residues Involved in the pH-dependence of TRPM8"

 

April 14, 2005

Kazunori Takamori, D.D.S., Ph.D., Research Associate
CCMB, School of Dentistry, USC

"Functional Significance of Fgfr2 Signaling in Regulating Tooth Development"

 

April 28, 2005

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Kyoko Oka,  D.D.S., Ph.D., Research Associate
CCMB, School of Dentistry, USC

"Functional Significance of TGF-beta signaling in Regulating Palatal Development"

 

May 05, 2005

Mari Kaartinen, Ph.D.
Faculty of Dentistry and Medicine
McGill University, Montreal, Canada

"Macromolecular Assembly of Noncollagenous Proteins in Bones and Teeth"

 

May 12, 2005

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Saverio Bellusci, Ph.D. , Associate Professor
Department of Surgery, Developmental Biology Program
Children Hospital, Los Angeles

"Fibroblast Growth Factor 10: Expected and Unexpected Functions during Organogenesis"

 

May 18, 2005

Special Seminar

Robert Frieseli., Ph.D.
Director, Center for Molecular Medicine
Scientific Director, Maine Medical Center Research Institute
Scarborough, ME

"Negative Regulation of FGF Signaling in Development"

 

May 26, 2005

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

“Cytokine Signaling in Thymopoiesis”

 

June 02, 2005

Steijn Delanghe, Ph.D. Candidate
Developmental Biology Program
Department of Surgery, Childrens Hospital, Los Angeles, CA

"Role of FGF and WNT Signaling in Mesenchymal Differentiation during Lung Development"

 

June 07, 2005

Special Seminar

Dr. Han – Sung Jung
Division in Anatomy and Developmental Biology
College of Dentistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

"Dental Epithelium Regulates the Regeneration of the Enamel Knot in the Developing mouse Tooth"

 

June 09, 2005

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

"The Role of Keratinocyte Growth Factor in Thymopoiesis"

 

June 23, 2005

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Rungnapa Warotayanant,  D.D.S.
Craniofacial Biology, School of Dentistry, USC

"Amelogenin and Stem Cell Differentiation"

 

June 30, 2005

Shoji Oka, D.D.S., Ph.D.

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,
Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Japan

"The Role of TGFβ in Tooth Development"

 

July 07, 2005

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Denise Tefft, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Pediatric Surgery
Developmental Biology Program
Childrens Hospital, Los Angeles, CA

"A Novel Function for the Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Shp2 during Lung Branching Morphogenesis"

 

July 28, 2005

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

"Histone H3 Lysine 9 Methyltransferase, G9a, is a Transcriptional Coactivator for Nuclear Receptors"

 

August 11, 2005

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Pierre Del Moral, Ph.D. Candidate
Children Hospital, Los Angeles, CA

"Differential Role of FGF9 on Epithelium and Mesenchyme in Mouse Embryonic Lung"

 

August 25, 2005

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Michael L. Paine, BDS, PhD, Assistant Professor
School of Dentistry, USC

"Enamel Matrix Protein Interactions"

 

September 01, 2005

Jeason Gee, DDS, Research Associate
School of Dentistry, USC

"Towards Identification of Genes Underlying Inherited Dental Anomalies"

 

September 08, 2005

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Nora Haghparast, DDS
School of Dentistry, USC

"Evaluation of Student and Faculty Perceptions of the PBL Curriculum at two Dental Schools from a Student Perspective"

 

September 22, 2005

Dissertation Defense

Narendranath M. Ravindranath, Ph.D. Candidate
CCMB, School of Dentistry, USC

"Complement Restriction Factors in Human oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma"

 

September 29, 2005

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Kris Reddi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Childrens Hospital, Los Angeles

"The Emerging Role of Burkholderia Cepacia Complex Pathogens in Cystic Fibrosis"

 

October 06, 2005

Brile Chung, Ph.D.
Department of Research Immunology Bone Marrow transplantation
Childrens Hospital, Los Angeles

"IL-7 and graft versus Host Disease"

 

October 20, 2005

Jason Shapiro, D.D.S.
Craniofacial Biology, School of Dentistry, USC

"Amelogenin Endocytosis"

 

November 03, 2005

Yuwei Fan, Ph.D., Research Associate
CCMB, School of Dentistry, USC

“Enamel-like Composite Coating Prepared by Electrolytic Deposition”

               ----Microstructural Investigation

 

November 18, 2005

Dissertation Defense

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

“The Function of Msx Genes in Regulating Cranial Neural Crest Cells”

 

   
 
 

 

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