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June 2008

Friday
June 27

12:00   Noon Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry  Zhan Huang, Ph.D.  Proliferation and Differentiation of Dental Epithelial Cells Instructed by Bioactive Nanofibers during Enamel Regeneration  Large Conference Room, CSC 120A  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Magdalena Morales (323) 442-3170 magdaljm@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/hsc/dental/ccmb

Monday
June 16

12:00   Noon Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC  Andrew Elefanty, Ph.D. and Ed Stanley, Ph.D.  Joint Laboratory Heads, Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation Laboratory, Monash University, Australia  Directed differentiation of human embryonic stem cells/Genetic modification of human embryonic stem cells  Aresty Auditorium, Lower ground HNRT, 1450 Biggy St, Los Angeles  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Julie Kelly 323-442-4363 julie.kelly@keck.usc.edu  Website: stemcell.usc.edu/
New Week

Thursday
June 12

12:00   Noon USC SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Series  Pere Puigserver, Ph.D.  Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA  Nutrient Dependent Metabolic Control Through the PGC-1 Pathway: Implications for Metabolic Diseases  John Stauffer Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, PSC Rm. 104, USC School of Pharmacy, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9121  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Josefina Morales (323)442-1451 josefina@usc.edu  
Faculty Host contact info: Dr. Bangyan Stiles, Ph.D. (Voice: 323-442-2184 eMail: bstiles@usc.edu) Refreshments will be served at 11:45 a.m.!

 

12:00   Noon USC Research Center for Liver Diseases and Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences  Pere Puigserver, PhD  Assistant Professor, Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA  Nutrient Dependent Metabolic Control through the PGC-1 Pathway: Implications for Metabolic Diseases.  PSC Room 104  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Dolores Mendoza 323) 442-1283 dmmendoz@usc.edu  
Dr. Puigserver's earlier work in Bruce Speiglemen's lab established PPARg coactivator PGC-1 as the key molecule for mitochondrial genesis induced during thermoadaptation. His own research continues on the role of PGC-1 and a new factor that he will discuss with us on metabolic controls including mitochondrial regulation. If you are interested in meeting Dr. Puigserver please contact Dr. Bangyan Stiles 323) 442-2184 bstiles@pharmacy.usc.edu Refreshments will be served.

Tuesday
June 10

2:00   PM 2:00 - 3:00 pm Seminar; 3:00 - 3:30 p.m. Discussion with graduate students
 USC SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Series  Joe Grimsby, Ph.D.  Senior Research Leader, Department of Metabolic Diseases, ROCHE, Nutley, NJ  Antidiabetic Effects of Glucokinase Activators: from benchside to bedside  John Stauffer Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, PSC Rm. 104, USC School of Pharmacy, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9121  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Josefina Morales (323)442-1451 josefina@usc.edu  
Faculty Host contact info: Jean C. Shih, Ph.D. (Voice: 323-442-1441 eMail: jcshih@usc.edu Refreshments will be served at 11:45 a.m.!

 

12:00   Noon The Saban Research Institute Research Seminars  Judith Horvath, PhD  Wayne State University and St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI  Disorganized Attachment and ADHD: Are they Overlapping Conditions?  CHLA, The Saban Research Institute Building, 4661 Sunset Boulevard, Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA 90027  Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA)  Contact: Denise, (323) 361-4110 ddillon@chla.usc.edu  Website: www.childrenshospitalla.org/body.cfm?id=8  
No registration needed. Call for parking information.

 

12:00   Noon 2008 Annual Cancer Center Poster Session & Grand Rounds  Norris Topping Tower, Conference Room 7409  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Jona Cura, 323-865-0801 cura_j@ccnt.usc.edu  
Refreshments Provided
12:00 - 12:20  Albert Tsai – MD/PhD StudentDepartment: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Mentor: Michael Lieber, M.D., Ph.D.Molecular Mechanism of the bcl-1 and bcl-2 Translocations
12:20 - 12:40  Jeffrey Friedman – MD/PhD StudentDepartment: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Mentor: Peter Jones, Ph.D., D.Sc.A microRNA Modulates Chromatin Structure by Repressing a Histone Methyltransferase
12:40 - 1:00  Shreya Kanodia, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral FellowDepartment: Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Mentor: W. Martin Kast, Ph.D.A Novel Therapy To Induce Functional Tumor-Specific T-cells
 PLUS, 15 Distinguished Merit Awardees Will Be Presented Award & Gift Certificates
New Week

Thursday
June 05

12:00   Noon Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry  Yufan Shi, D.V.M., Ph.D.  Professor, Molecular Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical, Piscataway, New Jersey  The Interaction between Mesenchymal Stem Cells and the Immune System  Large Conference Room, CSC 120A  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Magdalena Morales (323) 442-3170 magdaljm@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/hsc/dental/ccmb

May 2008

Friday
May 30

08:00   AM Dept of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Grand Rounds  Joshua Levy, M.D.  National Medical Director, HemaCare Corporation & Coral Blood Services, Inc.  Clinical Applications of Therapeutic Apheresis  Norris Topping Tower, Conf Rm 7409, Norris Cancer Hospital  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Leslie Wauke, (323) 442-1180 lwauke@keck.usc.edu  
Refreshments will be served.
New Week

Friday
May 23

09:30   AM 9:00-9:30 Breakfast 9:30-10:30 Presentation 10:30-11:00 Networking
 USC Childhood Obesity Research Center - TREC TEAM Seminar  Steven Mittelman, MD, PhD  Assistant Professor, Fellowship Research Director, Pediatrics and Physiology & Biophysics USC and Endocrinology CHLA, USC/CHLA  Evaluating the Links Between Obesity and Leukemia Relapse Using Mouse Models  2250 Alcazar Street, CSC 250 (Harkness Conference Room in IGM)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Kami McClure, 323.442.4101 mmcclure@usc.edu  Website: ctrec.usc.edu/  
Go in the main door of IGM on Alcazar. Go Right to the elevator. Go to the 2nd floor. Exit toward your Left. Enter Suite 240 (small sign on the left wall) Double Doors. Ask for directions to Harkness from the front desk receptionist on your right or Wind around through the hallway (go to the left) until you come to room 250. *Please be sure to wind around through the hallway to your left to Harkness instead of going to your right so we do not disturb faculty in their offices. Please RSVP to Kami McClure at mmcclure@usc.edu or 323.442.4101 and indicate if you will attend the lunch and seminar or just the seminar.

Thursday
May 22

4:00   PM Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine  Dr.Rusty Lansford  Senior Scientist & Lecturer, California Institute of Technology  Multimodal Imaging and Analysis of Embryogenesis  Herklotz seminar room, Zilkha Blg, 1501 San Pablo St, Room 112  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Julie Kelly 323-442-4363 julie.kelly@keck.usc.edu  Website: stemcell.usc.edu/

 

09:30   AM Dissertation Defense  Maya Lottati  Ph.D. Candidate, Physiology & Biophysics, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA  Omentectomy in the Canine: A Unique Model to Investigate the Phsyiologic Relationship between Visceral Fat and Insulin Action  MMR 608  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Elena Camarena, (323) 442-1039 ecamaren@usc.edu  
Mentor: Richard N. Bergman, Professor & Chair Department of Physiology & Biophysics

Wednesday
May 21

12:00   Noon A Lecture by National Genographic Explorer-In Residence and Population Geneticist  Spencer Wells, Ph.D.  Genographic Project Director, The Genographic Project, National Geographic  Deep Ancestry: Inside the Genographic Project  IGM Harkness Assembly, 2250 Alcazar Street, CSC-250  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Gracie, (323) 442-1144 graciela.mercado@usc.edu  Website: www.nationalgeographic.com/genographic.  
For directions and/or more information, please contact Dr. Hooman Allayee (hallayee@usc.edu, 323-442-1736) or Gracie Mercado (gracielm@usc.edu, 323-442-1144) Seating is limited so please register for this event: gracielm@usc.edu

Monday
May 19

12:00   Noon Basic Science Seminar Series - FACULTY CANDIDATE SEMINAR  Samir Hamdam, Ph.D.  Postdoctoral Fellow, Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA  Single Molecule View of DNA Replication  USC/Norris Topping Tower 7409  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Graciela Mercado (323) 442-1144 gracielm@usc.edu  
Host: Dr. Michael Lieber - Pizza lunch will be served

 

11:00   AM Molecular Microbiology and Immunology  Chen Dong, Ph.D.  Professor, Department of Immulogy, MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Houston, Houston, TX  Regulation and Modulation of T cells in Autoimmunity and Cancer Immunity  Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Aileen Calimlim, 3234421710 calimlim@usc.edu  
Faculty Guest Seminar Speaker

 

08:00   AM Developmental Biology and Tissue Regeneration Symposium  2250 Alcazar Street, IGM Harkness Assembly CSC 250, Los Angeles, CA 90033  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Ronald Mellow, (323) 442-3220 mellow@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/hsc/dental/ccmb  
Registration is free at http://www.usc.edu/hsc/dental/ccmb. This symposium is sponsored by the Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry and co-sponsored by the Institute for Genetic Medicine, School of Medicine.
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM  Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM – 8:40 AM  Yang Chai, D.D.S., Ph.D.Director, Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology Introduction
8:40 AM – 9:00 AM  Harold Slavkin, D.D.S.Dean, USC School of DentistryWelcome and Celebrating Pablo Bringas, Jr.'s 40 Years of Dedication and Service at USC
9:00 AM – 9:50 AM  Paul Sharpe, Ph.D.King’s College LondonTooth Development and Regeneration
9:50 AM – 10:40 AM  Robb Krumlauf, Ph.D.Stowers Institute for Medical Research and University of Kansas, Kansas City Regulation and Patterning of Bone and Craniofacial Development
10:40 AM -11:00 AM  Coffee Break
11:00 AM – 11:50 AM  Matthew Scott, Ph.D.Stanford UniversityCommunicating with Hedgehogs
11:50 AM – 12:40 PM  Joan Richtsmeier, Ph.D.The Pennsylvania State University and The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Getting A Head: Lessons from Development, Disease, and Phenogenetics
12:40 PM – 1:40 PM  Lunch Break
1:40 PM – 2:00 PM  Baruch Frenkel, D.M.D., Ph.D.USC Keck School of MedicineIntroduction
2:00 PM – 2:50 PM  Gerard Karsenty, M.D., Ph.D.Columbia University Medical CenterJ. Harold and Edna L. LaBriola Lecture: Role of Protein Sulfation In Chondrogenesis
2:50 PM – 3:40 PM  Philippe Soriano, Ph.D.Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research CenterGrowth Factor Regulation of Craniofacial Development
3:40 PM – 4:00 PM  Coffee Break
4:00 PM – 4:50 PM  Freda Miller, Ph.D.The Hospital for Sick Children, University of TorontoSKPs: From Dermis To Nerve And Back Again
4:50 PM – 5:40 PM  Rusty Lansford, Ph.D.California Institute of Technology and Montana State University Dynamic Visualization Of Embryogenesis
5:40 PM – 6:30 PM  Discussion with all speakers (Wine and Cheese reception)
 Organizer: Yang Chai, D.D.S., Ph.D.
 Co-Organizer: Baruch Frenkel, D.M.D., Ph.D.
New Week

Friday
May 16

12:30   PM Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Albert Tsai  Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology  Molecular Mechanism of the bcl-1 and bcl-2 Translocations  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Michael Lieber; Host: Hyungjung Kim

 

12:00   Noon Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Hyunjung Kim  Graduate Student, Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology  Characterizing High Mobility Group containing Chromatin binding protein (HMGB1) interacting protein, SMYD3  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Woojin An; Host: Melania Apostolidou

 

11:00   AM Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Special Seminar  Michael Fromm, M.D.  University Professor, Chairman, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin  Tricellulin and claudin-2, analyzed by Ussing chamber-based techniques  Norris Medical Library Conference Room  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Elena Camarena, (323) 442-1039 ecamaren@usc.edu  
Hosted by: Dr. Alan Yu, (323) 442-1331

Thursday
May 15

12:00   Noon USC SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Series  Dr. Wei Wang  Associate Research Fellow, Global Research & Development, Pfizer St. Louis Laboratories, St. Louis, MO  Stabilization of Peptides in Organic Solvents - a Case Study  John Stauffer Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, PSC Rm. 104, USC School of Pharmacy, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9121  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Josefina Morales (323)442-1451 josefina@usc.edu  
Faculty Host contact info: Dr. Wei-Chiang Shen, Ph.D. (Voice: 323-442-1902 eMail: weishen@usc.edu) Refreshments will be served at 11:45 a.m.!

Wednesday
May 14

12:00   Noon Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute  Shihab Shamma, Ph.D.  Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742  Encoding Task Performance, Rules, and Objectives in Auditory and (Pre)frontal Cortex  Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Deshon Vaughn, 323-442-3219 vaughnca@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/zni
New Week

Friday
May 09

12:30   PM Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Swapnika Ramu  Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology  Dysregulation of Prox1 may contribute to tumor progression in papillary thyroid carcinoma  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Young-Kwon Hong; Host: Peter Baumeister

 

12:00   Noon Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Melania Apostolidou  Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology  Structure of α-Helical Membrane-bound IAPP and its Implications for Membrane-mediated Misfolding  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Ralf Langen; Host: Tanya Spektor

 

09:30   AM 9:00-9:30 Breakfast 9:30-10:30 Presentation 10:30-11:00 Networking
 USC Childhood Obesity Research Center - TREC TEAM Seminar  Kevin Patrick, MD, MS  Professor of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego  New Technologies for Physical Activity and Diet Behavior Assessment and Intervention  2250 Alcazar Street, CSC 250 (Harkness Conference Room in IGM)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Kami McClure, 323.442.4101 mmcclure@usc.edu  Website: ctrec.usc.edu/  
Go in the main door of IGM on Alcazar. Go Right to the elevator. Go to the 2nd floor. Exit toward your Left. Enter Suite 240 (small sign on the left wall) Double Doors. Ask for directions to Harkness from the front desk receptionist on your right or Wind around through the hallway (go to the left) until you come to room 250. *Please be sure to wind around through the hallway to your left to Harkness instead of going to your right so we do not disturb faculty in their offices. Please RSVP to Kami McClure at mmcclure@usc.edu or 323.442.4101 and indicate if you will attend the lunch and seminar or just the seminar.

Thursday
May 08

12:00   Noon Luminex xMAP Technology Seminar  Dominic Andrada, Luminex Corp.  Bridging Genomic and Protein Assays for Proteomic Discovery  IGM Harkness Assembly, 2250 Alcazar Street, CSC-250  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Gracie, (323) 442-1144 graciela.mercado@usc.edu  
Admission: Free - Lunch will be provided. Bead-based multiplexing on the Luminex System allows analysis for both nucleic acid-based and protein assays. These applications include gene expression, microRNA profiling, ELISA and Western blot performed on the same platform. For more information, please contact: Dominic Andrada, Life Science Business Manager, 206-349-9987, dandrada@Luminexcorp.com

Wednesday
May 07

1:15   PM 1:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
 Wnt Mini-Symposium  Aresty Auditorium, Harlyne Norris Research Tower, Lower Ground  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Isabel Lora (323) 865-3147 lora_m@ccnt.usc.edu  
Hosted by: Michael R. Stallcup, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center. Refreshments provided
1:15 p.m.  Michael R. Stallcup, Ph.D. and Michael Kahn, Ph.D. Introduction
1:30 p.m.  Cheng-Ming Chuong, M.D., Ph.D.Wnt signaling in the patterning of ectodermal organ stem cells
1:55 p.m.  Wange Lu, Ph.D. Ryk-mediated Wnt signaling in neural stem cells
2:20 p.m.  Parkash Gill, M.D. Wnt targets - EphB2 and EphB4 - differential regulation in normal vs colon tumor
2:45 p.m.  Break
3:05 p.m.  Zea Borok, M.D. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition in pulmonary fibrosis: role of Wnt signaling
3:30 p.m.  Markus Müschen, M.D.FZD7 contributes to self-renewal signaling in human embryonic stem cells
3:55 p.m.  Daniel Wai, Ph.D. Student (Triche Lab)De-regulated Wnt signaling during osteoblastogenesis contributes to osteosarcoma pathogenesis
4:20 p.m.  Discussion

Tuesday
May 06

12:00   Noon The Saban Research Institute Research Seminars  Mary Kearns-Jonker, PhD  Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90027  Alternative Sources of Organs for Transplantation: Genetically-Modified Porcine Xenografts  CHLA, The Saban Research Institute Building, 4661 Sunset Boulevard, Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA 90027  Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA)  Contact: Denise, (323) 669-4110 ddillon@chla.usc.edu  Website: www.childrenshospitalla.org/body.cfm?id=8  
No registration needed. Call for parking information.

 

12:00   Noon 12:00 - 1:00 PM
 USC/Norris Cancer Center Grand Rounds  Martin Widschwendter, M.D.  Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist, University College London Hospital, UCL Reader in Women’s Cancer, Dept. of Gynaecological Oncology and, Group Leader, Epigenetic Research Group, Institute for Women’s Health, University College London  DNA Methylation & Women's Cancer  Norris Topping Tower, Conference Room 7409  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Jona Cura (323) 865-0801 cura_j@ccnt.usc.edu  Website: uscnorriscancer.usc.edu/Core/Calendar/OccurDetail.aspx?OID=20247  
Refreshments Provided

Monday
May 05

12:00   Noon Oral Presentations are at 12 Noon in Mayer Auditorium; Poster Presentations are at 3 PM in Hoyt Gallery, KAM Basement
 Keck School of Medicine, Department of Educational Affairs  Medical Student Research Oral and Poster Presentations  Keck School of Medicine, Year I - IV Medical Students  Medical Student Research Forum & Poster Day  Mayer Auditorium & Hoyt Gallery  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Sandra Mosteller, (323) 442-1763 smostell@usc.edu  Website: curriculum.usc.edu/Medical_Student_Research_Forum&Poster_Day.pdf  
Speakers Matthew Blitz, Association of maternal and fetal polymorphismims of vascular endothelial growth factor in the development of pre-eclampsia and HELLP syndrome. Adam Brooks, Clinical follow-up of throwers undergoing ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction using the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinical Overhead Athlete Shoulder and Elbow Score. Ivan Harnden and Kathleen Kiernan IGVH genes encoding xenoantibodies directed at Galt-KO xenoantigens in Rhesus monkeys. Adel Kardosh, Identification of the targets required for anti-tumor effect of Celecoxib and its non-cox-2 inhibitory derivative. Felicia Katz, The role of TH17 cells in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis. Nicole Mau, Surgery outcomes in patients receiving anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy for psoriasis.

 

12:00   Noon Basic Science Seminar Series  Satchidananda Panda, Ph.D.  Assistant Professor, Regulatory Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA  Genetic and Genomic Analysis of the Mammalian Circadian Oscillator  USC/Norris Topping Tower 7409  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Graciela Mercado (323) 442-1144 gracielm@usc.edu  
Host: Dr. Cheng Ming Chuong - Pizza lunch will be served
New Week

Friday
May 02

12:30   PM Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Tanya M. Spektor  Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology  Mammalian Tethered Catalysis (MTeC): A Novel Approach to Identify Post-Translational Modification- Specific Binding Proteins in vivo  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Judd Rice; Host: Yujin Kim

 

12:00   Noon Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Yujin Kim  Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology  Structural studies of α-synuclein oligomers by EPR and site-directed spin labeling  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Ralf Langen; Host: Chun-Peng Liao

Thursday
May 01

12:00   Noon USC Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center - Multidisciplinary Research Colloquium Series in Aging  George Martin, M.D.  Professor of Pathology Emeritus, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA  Clues on How We Age from the Evolutionary Biological Theory of Why We Age  GER 224, Andrus Gerontology Center, 3715 McClintock Avenue, UPC  University Park Campus (UPC)  Contact: 213.740.8242 linda.hall@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/dept/gero/colloquium/

April 2008

Tuesday
April 29

12:00   Noon USC Marine Environmental Biology Seminar Series  Carmelo Tomas, Ph,D  Associate Professor, Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, Wilmington NC  Physiological Ecology of Marine Phytoplankton  AHF Torrey Webb Room, 3616 Trousdale Pkwy., Los Angeles, CA  University Park Campus (UPC)  Contact: Don (213) 740-5779 dbingham@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/biosci/meb/  
Free. Open to the public.

 

12:00   Noon 12:00 - 1:00 PM
 USC/Norris Cancer Center Grand Rounds  Nicos Petasis, Ph.D.  Harold E. and Lillian M. Moulton Professor of Chemistry, Dept. of Chemistry & Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, University of Southern California  From New Molecules to New Therapies for Inflammation and Cancer  Norris Topping Tower, Conference Room 7409  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Jona Cura (323) 865-0801 cura_j@ccnt.usc.edu  Website: uscnorriscancer.usc.edu/Core/Calendar/OccurDetail.aspx?OID=20171  
Refreshments Provided
New Week

Friday
April 25

12:00   Noon Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry  Hu Zhao, Ph.D.  Knockout of Alk5 in the Neural Crest Tissue Results in a Defective Dental Epithelium Stem Cell Compartment and Alters the labial-lingual Asymmetry  Large Conference Room, CSC 120A  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Magdalena Morales (323) 442-3170 magdaljm@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/hsc/dental/ccmb

Thursday
April 24

12:00   Noon USC Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center - Multidisciplinary Research Colloquium Series in Aging  Roberta Diaz Brinton, Ph.D.  R. Pete Vanderveen Endowed Chair in Therapeutic Discover and Development and Professor, Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles  Translating Basic Science Understanding of Estrogen and Progesterone Hormone Action in the Brain into Therapeutics to Prevent Alzheimer's Disease  GER 224, Andrus Gerontology Center, 3715 McClintock Avenue, UPC  University Park Campus (UPC)  Contact: 213.740.8242 linda.hall@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/dept/gero/colloquium/

Wednesday
April 23

12:00   Noon Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute  Dario Ringach, Ph.D.  Professor, Neurobiology and Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095  Neuronal Selectivity and Local Map Structure in Visual Cortex  Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Deshon Vaughn, 323-442-3219 vaughnca@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/zni

 

12:00   Noon The Institute for Genetic Medicine - DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS SEMINAR SERIES  Harry C. Dietz, III, M.D.  Victor A. McKusick Professor, Medicine and Genetics - Institute of Genetic Medicine, Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, Molecular Biology & Genetics - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD  Marfan Syndrome and Related Disorders: from Molecules to Medicines  IGM Harkness Assembly, 2250 Alcazar Street, CSC-250  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Gracie, (323) 442-1144 graciela.mercado@usc.edu  
Admission: Free Refreshments will be served

Tuesday
April 22

4:00   PM Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine  Dr. Austin Cooney  Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas  Regulation of ES cell gene expression by nuclear receptors  Herklotz seminar room, Zilkha Blg, 1501 San Pablo St, Room 112  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Julie Kelly 323-442-4363 julie.kelly@keck.usc.edu

 

12:00   Noon The Saban Research Institute Research Seminars  Tom Keens, MD and Marlene Krammer, J.D., M.A.  Committee on Clinical Investigations and Human Subjects Protection Program, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90027  Protecting Human Research Subjects  CHLA, The Saban Research Institute Building, 4661 Sunset Boulevard, Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA 90027  Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA)  Contact: Denise, (323) 669-4110 ddillon@chla.usc.edu  Website: www.childrenshospitalla.org/body.cfm?id=8  
No registration needed. Call for parking information.

 

12:00   Noon 12:00 - 1:00 PM
 USC/Norris Cancer Center Grand Rounds  Jeffrey N. Weitzel, M.D.  Professor of Oncology and Population Sciences, Director, Department of Clinical Cancer Genetics, City of Hope Cancer Center  Hereditary Breast Cancer in an Underserved Population: Characterization of Germline BRCA Mutations in High Risk Hispanic Families  Norris Topping Tower, Conference Room 7409  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Jona Cura (323) 865-0801 cura_j@ccnt.usc.edu  Website: uscnorriscancer.usc.edu/Core/Calendar/OccurDetail.aspx?OID=20099  
Refreshments Provided
New Week

Friday
April 18

12:30   PM Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Jingjing Zhou  Graduate Student, Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology  Loss of TGF beta signal leads to reduced lysyl oxidase expression, impaired elastogenesis, and aortic aneurysm  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Henry Sucov; Host: Jiafeng Gu

 

12:00   Noon Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry  Kathleen Burke  Ph.D., Center for Premature Infant Health and Development Institute, Genetic Medicine Kech School of Medicine  The Effects of Perinatal Hypoxic Ischemic Brain Injury on Development of the Rat Prefrontal  Large Conference Room, CSC 120A  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Magdalena Morales (323) 442-3170 magdaljm@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/hsc/dental/ccmb

 

12:00   Noon Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Jiafeng Gu  Graduate Student, Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology  Mechanistic Aspects of Non-Homologous DNA End Joining (NHEJ) Pathway  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Michael Lieber; Host: Rosanne Yetemian

Thursday
April 17

3:30   PM BISC Inter-Section Seminar  Donal Manahan  University of Southern California  Development and Evolution in Extreme Environments  HNB large conference room  University Park Campus (UPC)  Contact: Samantha Butler 1-1161 butlersj@usc.edu  Website: college.usc.edu/labs/manahan/home/index.html  
A series of presentations highlighting ongoing research by your colleagues in Molecular & Computational Biology, Neurobiology and Marine Environmental Biology and guest Lecturers that span Sectional interests

 

2:00   PM Dissertation Defense  Isabel Hsu  Ph.D. Candidate, Physiology & Biophysics, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033  The Physiological and Pathophysiological Role of Sympathetic Nervous System Induced Pulsatile Lipolysis in Metabolism  Norris Medical Library Conference Room  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Elena Camarena, (323) 442-1039 ecamaren@usc.edu  
Mentor: Richard N. Bergman, Keck Professor of Medicine and Chair, Tel: (323) 442-1920

Wednesday
April 16

12:00   Noon The Institute for Genetic Medicine - DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS SEMINAR SERIES  Janan T. Eppig, Ph.D.  Professor, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME  Taming the Mouse: Integrating Data from Sequences to Disease Models  IGM Harkness Assembly, 2250 Alcazar Street, CSC-250  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Gracie, (323) 442-1144 graciela.mercado@usc.edu  
Admission: Free Refreshments will be served
New Week

Friday
April 11

1:30   PM Symposium 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm, Reception and Open House to Follow
 USC Epigenome Center Inaugural Symposium  Aresty Auditorium, Harlyne J. Norris Cancer Research Tower, LG Level  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Brittany De La Torre (323) 865-0648 bgac@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/specialevents//esvp/esvp_epigenome.php
 USC Epigenome Center - Inaugural Symposium
1:30 pm  Elizabeth Garrett, Ph.D.USC Vice President for Academic PlanningWelcome
 Peter Laird, Ph.D.Director, USC Epigenome Center
USC Norris Cancer Center		Opening Remarks
 First Session
1:35 - 2:05 pm  Bradley Bernstein, M.D., Ph.D.Massachusetts General HospitalGenomewide studies of the pluripotent chromatin state
2:05 pm - 2:35 pm  Joseph Ecker, Ph.D.The Salk Institute for Biological StudiesCreating integrated single base resolution epigenome maps
2:35 pm - 3:00 pm  Daniel Crichton, Ph.D.California Institute of TechnologyA knowledge system architecture for biomarker discovery in cancer research
3:00 - 3:10 pm  Break - Refreshments Served
 Second Session
3:10 pm - 3:40 pm  David Duggan, Ph.D.Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen)Technological approaches to genome-wide and individual SNP-based association studies
3:40 pm - 4:10 pm  Steven Jacobsen, Ph.D.University of California, Los AngelesGenetics and genomics of DNA methylation patterning
4:10 pm - 4:30 pm  Goncalo Abecasis, D.Phil.University of MichiganGenome wide searches for complex disease susceptibility genes
4:30 pm  Peter Laird, Ph.D.Director, USC Epigenome Center
USC Norris Cancer Center		Closing remarks
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm  USC Epigenome Center Reception and Open House
 Harlyne J. Norris Cancer Research Tower - LG Level

 

12:30   PM Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Rosanne M. Yetemian  Graduate Student, Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology  CHARACTERIZATION OF THE NRL-/-GRK1-/- DOUBLE KNOCKOUT MOUSE AS A MODEL FOR LIGHT-INDEPENDENT CONE PHOTORECEPTOR DEGENERATION  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Cheryl Craft; Host: Kyung Hwan Kim

 

12:00   Noon Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry  Xiaofeng Huang  Ph.D.  Apoptosis of Mee Cells During Palatogenesis  Large Conference Room, CSC 120A  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Magdalena Morales (323) 442-3170 magdaljm@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/hsc/dental/ccmb

 

12:00   Noon USC SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Series  A. Leslie Morrow, Ph.D.  Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, Associate Director, Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, Scholl of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC  Neuroactive Steroids Mediate Alcohol Sensitivity in Rats And Humans: Therapeutic Relevance  John Stauffer Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, PSC Rm. 104, USC School of Pharmacy, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9121  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Josefina Morales (323)442-1451 josefina@usc.edu  
Faculty Host contact info: Dr. Daryl Davies, Ph.D. (Voice: 323-442-1427; eMail: ddavies@usc.edu) Refreshments will be served at 11:45 a.m.!

 

12:00   Noon Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Kyunghwan Kim  Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology  Isolation and Characterization of a Novel H1.2 Complex That Acts as a Repressor of p53-Mediated Transcription  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Woojin An; Host: Meng Xu

Thursday
April 10

12:00   Noon USC Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center - Multidisciplinary Research Colloquium Series in Aging  Chandra A. Reynolds, Ph.D.  Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA  Cognitive Aging: Beyond Heritability  GER 224, Andrus Gerontology Center, 3715 McClintock Avenue, UPC  University Park Campus (UPC)  Contact: 213.740.8242 linda.hall@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/dept/gero/colloquium/

 

08:30   AM 8:30 a.m. Registration Begins, 9:15 a.m. Part 1. Basic Biology and Mechanisms, 11:00 a.m. Part 2. Genetic & Ethnic Differences, 3:00 p.m. Part 3. Intervention Strategies, 4:00 p.m. Special Guest Lecture, Author Gary Taubes, 5:00 p.m. Reception
 USC Keck School of Medicine Childhood Obesity Research Center Presents a Symposium - Childhood Obesity: Genes, Brains and Behavior  USC Norris Research Tower: Aresty Auditorium, 1450 Biggy Street, Los Angeles, CA 90038  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Kami McClure, 323.442.4101 mmcclure@usc.edu  Website: www.childhoodobesitycenter.org  
Dear Friends and Colleagues, The University of Southern California Childhood Obesity Research Center invites you to attend a one- day symposium: Childhood Obesity: Genes, Brains, and Behavior on Thursday, April 10, 2008. Please join us for what promises to be a highly informative, provocative, and energizing day with speakers from USC and around the country, culminating with a talk by Gary Taubes, author of Good Calories Bad Calories. Breakfast, breaks, and lunch will be provided followed by a reception from 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m at no charge. Don't miss this opportunity to hear from many of the nation's top experts on obesity presenting a wide range of research, findings and implications. RSVP Link: http://usc.edu/esvp Enter Code: CORC
8:30 - 9:00 a.m.   Registration
9:00 - 9:10 a.m.  Carmen A. Puliafito, MDDean, USC Keck School of MedicineOpening Remarks
9:10 - 9:15 a.m.  Michael I. Goran, PhDDirector, USC Childhood Obesity Research CenterWelcome
9:15 - 10:45 a.m.  Part 1:   Basic Biology and Mechanisms
9:15 - 9:45 a.m.  Richard N. Bergman, PhDKeck Professor of Medicine and Chair, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, USC Keck School of MedicineThe Portal Theory
9:45 - 10:15 a.m.  Richard Simerly, PhDProfessor of Pediatrics & Director, Neuroscience Program, Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, USC Keck School of MedicineWired for Obesity: Development of Leptin-Sensitive Hypothalamic Circuitry
10:15 - 10:45 a.m.  Kevin Grove, PhDAssociate Scientist, Division of Neuroscience, Oregon National Primate CenterDevelopment of Metabolic Systems in Non Human Primates
10:45 - 11:00 a.m.  BREAK
11:00 - 2:30  Part 2:   Genetic & Ethnic Issues
11:00 - 11:30 a.m.  Nancy Butte, PhDProfessor of Pediatrics, USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of MedicineGenetics of Childhood Obesity in Hispanics
11:30 - 12:00 p.m.  Holly Ingraham, PhDProfessor of Physiology, University of California San FranciscoMolecular Genetics of Hypothalamic Obesity
12:00 - 12:30 p.m.  Jose Fernandez, PhDAssociate Professor of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at BirminghamGenetic Admixture in Childhood Obesity
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.  LUNCH
1:30 - 2:00 p.m.  Silva Arslanian, MDRichard L Day Endowed Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine; Director, Pediatric Clinical & Translational Research Center; & Director, Weight Management & Wellness Center Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMCEthnic and Pubertal Differences in Fat Distribution and Insulin Resistance in Children
2:00 - 2:30 p.m.  Myles Faith, PhDCenter for Weight and Eating Disorders, University of Pennsylvania School of MedicineGenetic Origins of Obesigenic Eating Patterns in Childhood
2:30 - 3:00 p.m.  BREAK
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.  Part 3:   Intervention Strategies
3:00 - 3:30 p .m.  Mary Ann Pentz, PhDProfessor of Preventive Medicine, USC Keck School of MedicineBehavioral Interventions: Lessons from Drug and Tobacco
3:30 - 4:00 p.m.  Bernard Gutin, PhDAdjunct Professor of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina - Chapel HillExercise Strategies in Children
4:00 - 4:45 p.m.  Gary TaubesFreelance Science Journalist and AuthorSpecial Guest Lecture: Good Calories Bad Calories
4:45- 5:00 p.m.  Closing Remarks
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.  RECEPTION

Wednesday
April 09

12:00   Noon Microbiology and Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Guest Speaker  Sally Ward, Ph.D.  Professor, Department of Immunology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, TX  FcRn as an IgG Homeostat: from Protein Engineering to Single Molecule Microscopy  Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Aileen Calimlim, 3234421710 calimlim@usc.edu

Tuesday
April 08

12:00   Noon The Institute for Genetic Medicine - Microarray SEMINAR  Peter Herzer, Ph.D.  Eppendorf Biochip Systems  Silverquant® Detection - An Alternative to Fluorescence for DualChip Gene Expression Microarrays and Transcription Factor Analysis of Stem Cells  IGM Harkness Assembly, 2250 Alcazar Street, CSC-250  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: (323) 442-1220 mehrian@usc.edu  
Hosted by: Ruty Mehrian-Shai, Ph.D. Admission: Free Lunch will be served. Please RSVP: davis.r@eppendorf.com

 

12:00   Noon 12:00 - 1:00 PM
 USC/Norris Cancer Center Grand Rounds  Takahiro Maeda, Ph.D.  Assistant Professor, Department of Hematopoietic Stem Cell and Leukemia Research, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope  Roles of the Transcription Factor LRF in Hematopoiesis  Norris Topping Tower, Conference Room 7409  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Jona Cura (323) 865-0801 cura_j@ccnt.usc.edu  Website: uscnorriscancer.usc.edu/Core/Calendar/OccurDetail.aspx?OID=19786  
Refreshments Provided
New Week

Friday
April 04

12:30   PM Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Meng Xu  Graduate Student, Genetic, Molecular, and Cellular Biology  Structural Studies of MCM4/6/7 Hexamers  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Xiaojiang; Host: Shirley Oghamian

 

12:00   Noon Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Shirley Oghamian  Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology  BRAFV600E Induces Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Mice  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Peter Laird; Host: Risheng Ye

 

09:30   AM 9:00-9:30 Breakfast 9:30-10:30 Presentation 10:30-11:00 Networking
 USC Childhood Obesity Research Center - TREC TEAM Seminar  David D. Ludwig, MD, PhD  Division of Endocrinology, Children's Hospital Boston Massachusetts  An Integrative, Family-Based Approach to Childhood Obesity  2250 Alcazar Street, CSC 250 (Harkness Conference Room in IGM)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Kami McClure, 323.442.4101 mmcclure@usc.edu  Website: ctrec.usc.edu/  
Go in the main door of IGM on Alcazar. Go Right to the elevator. Go to the 2nd floor. Exit toward your Left. Enter Suite 240 (small sign on the left wall) Double Doors. Ask for directions to Harkness from the front desk receptionist on your right or Wind around through the hallway (go to the left) until you come to room 250. *Please be sure to wind around through the hallway to your left to Harkness instead of going to your right so we do not disturb faculty in their offices. Please RSVP to Kami McClure at mmcclure@usc.edu or 323.442.4101 and indicate if you will attend the lunch and seminar or just the seminar.

Thursday
April 03

12:00   Noon Lecture is from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
 Cellular Homeostasis Lecture Series (Pathology 575)  Dean Bok, PhD  Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA  The role of retinoid cycle in inherited retinal disease.  McKibben (MCH) Lecture Hall, room 156  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Rosy Macias or Rebecca Handan, 323-442-3121 rmacias@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/alpd  
Sponsored by: The Southern California Research Center for ALPD & Cirrhosis, & the Department of Pathology Refreshments will be provided Seminar open to Faculty and Students

 

11:00   AM Clifton Stewart Diabetes Lecture Series  Christopher P. O'Donnell, Ph.D.  Associate Professor of Medicine and Anesthesiology, Divison of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213  The Metabolic Effects of Sleep Apnea and Intermittent Hypoxia  Aresty Conference Room - 503/4, Lower Ground, Harlyne J Norris Research Tower  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Elena Camarena, (323) 442-1039 ecamaren@usc.edu  
Host: Richard N. Bergman, Keck Professor of Medicine and Chair, Department of Physiology & Biophysics. Tel: (323) 442-1920

Tuesday
April 01

12:00   Noon The Saban Research Institute Research Seminars  Dwayne Stupack, PhD  Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology Program, Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego  Two faces of caspase 8 in neuroblastoma  CHLA, The Saban Research Institute Building, 4661 Sunset Boulevard, Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA 90027  Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA)  Contact: Denise, (323) 669-4110 ddillon@chla.usc.edu  Website: www.childrenshospitalla.org/body.cfm?id=8  
No registration needed. Call for parking information.

 

12:00   Noon 12:00 - 1:00 PM
 USC/Norris Cancer Center Grand Rounds  Andreas Beutler, M.D.  Assistant Professor in Medicine (Hematology Oncology), Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York  Chronic Cancer Pain: Gene Therapy to (Epi-)Genomics  Norris Topping Tower, Conference Room 7409  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Jona Cura (323) 865-0801 cura_j@ccnt.usc.edu  Website: uscnorriscancer.usc.edu/Core/Calendar/OccurDetail.aspx?OID=19712  
Refreshments Provided

March 2008

Friday
March 28

1:00   PM Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine  Lei Yang, PhD  Postdoctoral Fellow, Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York  Multipotential cardiovascular progenitors derived from human ES cells  Herklotz seminar room, Zilkha Blg, 1501 San Pablo St, Room 112  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Julie Kelly 323-442-4363 julie.kelly@keck.usc.edu

 

12:30   PM Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Risheng Ye  Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology  Novel Role of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Protein GRP78/BiP on the regulation of Glucose Homeostasis and Obesity  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Amy Lee; Host: Kuo-Chan Hung

 

12:00   Noon Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Kuo-Chan Hung  Graduate Students, Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology  Development of novel Ga protein FRET-based biosensors using mRNA display selection  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Richard Roberts; Host: Jennifer Sims

 

08:00   AM Dept of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Grand Rounds  Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, M.D.  Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner, LAC+USC Medical Center  Scene Investigation - Directed Autopsy  Norris Topping Tower, Conf Rm 7409, Norris Cancer Hospital  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Leslie Wauke, (323) 442-1180 lwauke@keck.usc.edu  
Refreshments will be served.

Thursday
March 27

3:30   PM BISC Inter-Section Seminar  Judith Hirsch  University of Southern California  Neuronal circuits adapted for the statistics of natural images  HNB large conference room  University Park Campus (UPC)  Contact: Samantha Butler 1-1161 butlersj@usc.edu  
A series of presentations highlighting ongoing research by your colleagues in Molecular & Computational Biology, Neurobiology and Marine Environmental Biology and guest Lecturers that span Sectional interests

 

12:00   Noon Lecture is from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
 Cellular Homeostasis Lecture Series (Pathology 575)  Daria Mochly-Rosen, PhD  Stanford University School of Medicine  Protein kinase C in life & death of the heart & the brain.  McKibben (MCH) Lecture Hall, room 156  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Rosy Macias or Rebecca Handan, 323-442-3121 rmacias@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/alpd  
Sponsored by: The Southern California Research Center for ALPD & Cirrhosis, & the Department of Pathology Refreshments will be provided Seminar open to Faculty and Students

 

12:00   Noon USC Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center - Multidisciplinary Research Colloquium Series in Aging  Ruth O'Hara, Ph.D.  Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University Medical School  The Serotonin Transporter Polymorphism and Stress: A Role in Cognitive Aging  GER 224, Andrus Gerontology Center, 3715 McClintock Avenue, UPC  University Park Campus (UPC)  Contact: 213.740.8242 linda.hall@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/dept/gero/colloquium/

 

11:00   AM The Institute for Genetic Medicine - DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS SEMINAR SERIES  Cliff Rosen, M.D.  Senior Scientist, The Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough, ME  What's new with Bone and Fat?  IGM Harkness Assembly, 2250 Alcazar Street, CSC-250  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Gracie, (323) 442-1144 graciela.mercado@usc.edu  
Admission: Free Refreshments will be served

Wednesday
March 26

5:00   PM Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Dept. of Mol. Microbiology & Immunology  Ian Frazer, MD  Professor and Director Center of Immunology and Cancer Research, Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia  HPV Update: Immunology, Epidemiology and Prevention  Aresty Auditorium, Harlyne Norris Research Tower, NRT lower ground level, 1450 Biggy Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: W. Martin Kast, 323-442-3870 mkast@usc.edu  
This is truly a unique opportunity to hear one of the greatest scientists in the field of HPV. Dr Ian Frazer's research was the basis for the very effective current vaccine for cervical cancer. Dr Frazer won the Australian Eureka award for leadership in science and was named Australian of the year in 2006 for his work on HPV. Don't let this opportunity to hear him pass you by! Host: W. Martin Kast, PhD, mkast@usc.edu

Tuesday
March 25

4:00   PM Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine  Karl Willert, PhD  Assistant Adjunct Professor & Director of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Core Facility, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California- San Diego  Exploring Wnt pathway interactions in stem cells  Herklotz seminar room, Zilkha Blg, 1501 San Pablo St, Room 112  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Julie Kelly 323-442-4363 julie.kelly@keck.usc.edu

 

12:00   Noon Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry  Akira Yamane, Ph.D.  Department of Pharmacology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine  Myogenesis and Synaptogenesis of Craniofacial Muscles  Large Conference Room, CSC 120A  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Ronald Mellow, (323) 442-3220 mellow@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/hsc/dental/ccmb

 

12:00   Noon 12:00 - 1:00 PM
 USC/Norris Cancer Center Grand Rounds  Walter Wolf, Ph.D.  Distinguised Professor, Director, Pharmacokinetic Imaging Program, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Chair, Biomedical Imaging Science Initiative  Functional & Molecular Imaging in Monitoring & Guiding Cancer Treatment  Norris Topping Tower, Conference Room 7409  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Jona Cura (323) 865-0801 cura_j@ccnt.usc.edu  Website: uscnorriscancer.usc.edu/Core/Calendar/OccurDetail.aspx?OID=19596  
Refreshments Provided
New Week

Friday
March 21

12:00   Noon Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute  Wah Chiu, Ph.D.  Professor of Biochemistry, Director, National Center for Macromolecular Imaging, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030  Cryo-EM of Molecular Machines and Cells  Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Deshon Vaughn, 323-442-3219 vaughnca@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/zni

 

08:30   AM Event beginning with a continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m.
The symposium will conclude shortly after 4 p.m
 USC Research Center for Liver Diseases, 13th Annual Symposium  HMR (Hoffman Medical Research) Hastings Auditorium (1st Floor)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Margarita Castillon, 323-442-1800 margarsc@usc.edu
8:30 - 9:00 a.m.   Continental Breakfast
9:00 am - 10:00 am

(9:50-10:00 Q&A)   

Advisory Board Lecture: Anna Mae Diehl, M.D.Chief & Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University School of MedicineRole of Fetal Morphogens in Adult Liver Repair
10:00 am - 10:30 am

(10:25 -10:30 Q&A)   

P/F Project Progress Report:Tracy Grikscheit, M.D.Visiting Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, USCTissue Engineered Intestine Salvage of Short Bowel Syndrome
10:30 am- 11:00 am

(10:55-11:00 Q&A)  

P/F Project Progress Report: Keigo Machida, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Research, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, USC Role of AP-1 and DNA Damage Repair in HCV-Induced Hepatocellular Carcinoma
11:00 - 11:10 a.m.   Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:40 am

(11:35-11:40 Q&A)  

P/F Project Progress Report: Martin Pera, Ph.D. Professor & Director of Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Cell & Neurobiology, Keck School of Medicine, USCA Model for Engraftment of Regenerating Liver
11:40 am - 12:00 PM

(11:55 -12:00 Q&A)  

New Applicant: Heping Yang, M.D., Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Research, Department of Medicine, Division of GI/ Liver, Keck School of Medicine, USCRegulation of p53 and Cyclin D1 by Toxic Bile Acid: Role of Myc-Max and Mnt-Max
12:00 1:00 p.m.   Lunch Break Lunch will be provided/ Closed Meeting: (Executive/Advisory Board - with Director & Associate director) 
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

(1:50- 2:00 Q&A)  

Center Member Lecture: Jae Jung, Ph.D.Chair & Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, USC Induction and Evasion of the Type I Interferon Response by Viruses
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm

(2:15- 2:20 Q&A)  

New Applicant: Vijay Kalra, Ph.D.Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Keck School of Medicine, USCHypoxia-Inducible Factor in the Regulation of Inflammation in Liver Injury
2:20 - 2:40 pm

(2:35 - 2:40 Q&A)  

New Applicant: Shuping Zhong, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Research, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Keck School of Medicine, USCEpigenetic Role of HCV Core Protein Regulating Chromatin Remodeling to Increase RNA Pol III Transcription
2:40 - 3:00 pm

(2:55 -3:00 Q&A)  

New Applicant: Wendong Huang, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Gene Regulation and Drug Discovery, Beckman Research Institute, City of HopeFarnesoid X Receptor and Liver Regeneration
3:00 - 3:10 p.m.   Coffee Break
3:10 pm - 3:40 pm

(3:35- 3:40 Q&A)  

P/F Project Report: Tobias Ulmer, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Keck School of Medicine, USC Regulation of Human Liver-type Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase I
3:40 pm - 4:10 pm

(4:05- 4:10 Q&A)  

P/F Project Report:Bangyan Stiles, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, USC School of Pharmacy The Role of LKB/AMPK in Liver Carcinogenesis
4:15 pm  Conclusion of Symposium

Tuesday
March 18

12:00   Noon 12:00 - 1:00 PM
 USC/Norris Cancer Center Grand Rounds  Shijie Sheng, Ph.D.  Associate Professor and Co-Leader, Department of Pathology, The Proteases and Cancer Program, The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine  A Role of Maspin in Prostate Tumor Progression  Norris Topping Tower, Conference Room 7409  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Jona Cura (323) 865-0801 cura_j@ccnt.usc.edu  Website: uscnorriscancer.usc.edu/Core/Calendar/OccurDetail.aspx?OID=19446  
Refreshments Provided

Monday
March 17

12:00   Noon Basic Science Seminar Series  Howard Y. Chang, M.D., Ph.D.  Assistant Professor, Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA  Genomic Encoding of Positional Identities  USC/Norris Topping Tower 7409  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Graciela Mercado (323) 442-1144 gracielm@usc.edu  
Host: Dr. Cheng Ming Chuong - Pizza lunch will be served
New Week

Friday
March 14

12:30   PM Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Jennifer Sims  Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology  Expression of cell fate-specific genes are regulated by a novel monomethyl histone H4K20 and H3K9 trans-tail histone code  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Judd Rice; Host: Melania Apostolidou

 

12:00   Noon Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine  Duc Dong, PhD  Postdoctoral Scientist, Organogenesis & Regenerative Medicine, University of California, San Francisco  'Genetic Mechanisms of Pancreas and Liver Progenitor Cell Fate Specification'  Herklotz seminar room, Zilkha Blg, 1501 San Pablo St, Room 112  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Julie Kelly 323-442-4363 julie.kelly@keck.usc.edu

 

12:00   Noon Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Melania Apostolidou  Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology  Structure of α-Helical Membrane-bound IAPP and its Implications for Membrane-mediated Misfolding  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Ralf Langen; Host: Hao-Ru Hsu

Thursday
March 13

12:00   Noon Lecture is from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
 Cellular Homeostasis Lecture Series (Pathology 575)  Raymond J. Deshaies, PhD  CALTECH  Mechanisms & regulation of ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis.  McKibben (MCH) Lecture Hall, room 156  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Rosy Macias or Rebecca Handan, 323-442-3121 rmacias@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/alpd  
Sponsored by: The Southern California Research Center for ALPD & Cirrhosis, & the Department of Pathology Refreshments will be provided Seminar open to Faculty and Students

 

12:00   Noon USC Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center - Multidisciplinary Research Colloquium Series in Aging  Linda M. Burton, Ph.D.  James B. Duke Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina  All Our Kin in the Era of the Hook-up  GER 224, Andrus Gerontology Center, 3715 McClintock Avenue, UPC  University Park Campus (UPC)  Contact: 213.740.8242 linda.hall@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/dept/gero/colloquium/

 

12:00   Noon USC SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Series  Julio A. Camarero, Ph.D.  Head of Laboratory of Protein Chemistry & Engineering, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Biosciences and Biotechnology Division, University of California, Livermore, CA  New Chemical Tools for the High Throughput Analysis of Biomolecular Interactions  John Stauffer Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, PSC Rm. 104, USC School of Pharmacy, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9121  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Josefina Morales (323)442-1451 josefina@usc.edu  
Faculty Host contact info: Dr. Nouri Neamati, Ph.D. (Voice: 323-442-2341; eMail: neamati@usc.edu) Refreshments will be served at 11:45 a.m.!

 

11:00   AM Microbiology Faculty Candidate - Seminar Guest Speaker  Robert Prins, Ph.D.  Assistant Professor, Division of Neurosurgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA  Immunotherapeutic Targeting of Shared Tumor-Associated Antigens in Malignant Glioma  Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Aileen Calimlim, 3234421710 calimlim@usc.edu  
Microbiology Faculty Candidate

Wednesday
March 12

12:00   Noon Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute  Francesco Tombola, Ph.D.  Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular and Cell Biology, Berkeley University, Berkeley, CA 94720  Voltage Sensing in Excitable Membranes: When the Sensor Becomes a Channel  Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Deshon Vaughn, 323-442-3219 vaughnca@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/zni

Tuesday
March 11

2:00   PM Basic Science Seminar Series  Ronald C. Desrosiers, Ph.D  Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Director, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, MA  Scientific Obstacles to an Effective HIV Vaccine  USC/Norris Topping Tower 7409  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Graciela Mercado (323) 442-1144 gracielm@usc.edu  
Host: Dr. Jae Jung - Pizza lunch will be served

 

12:00   Noon 12:00 - 1:00 PM
 USC/Norris Cancer Center Grand Rounds  Nicos Petasis, Ph.D.  Harold E. & Lillian M. Moulton Professor of Chemistry, Head, Organic/Materials Division, Department of Chemistry and Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, USC  From New Molecules to New Therapies for Inflammation and Cancer  Norris Topping Tower, Conference Room 7409  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Jona Cura (323) 865-0801 cura_j@ccnt.usc.edu  Website: uscnorriscancer.usc.edu/core/calendar/OccurDetail.aspx?OID=19214  
Refreshments Provided

Monday
March 10

4:00   PM Weekly Seminar Series on Engineering Neuroscience and Health  Norberto Grzywacz, Ph.D  Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Director of the Neuroscience Graduate Program, BME - Center for Vision Science and Technology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089  Responses of Retinal Ganglion Cells to Natural Images  Ahmanson Center for Biological Research (ACB) 238  University Park Campus (UPC)  Contact: Francisco Valero, Ph.D (213) 821-2084 Valero@usc.edu  Website: bme.usc.edu/directory/faculty/primary-faculty/francisco-valero-cuevas//seminar.htm

 

12:00   Noon Basic Science Seminar Series  Jason K. Kim, Ph.D  Associate Professor, Cellular & Molecular Physiology, Program Director, Penn State Diabetes & Obesity Mouse Phenotyping Center, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA  Role of Inflammation in Diabetes and Complications  USC/Norris Topping Tower 7409  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Graciela Mercado (323) 442-1144 gracielm@usc.edu  
Host: Dr. Amy Lee - Pizza lunch will be served
New Week

Friday
March 07

12:00   Noon Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Jessie Hao-Ru Hsu  Graduate Student, Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology  The Role of BMI-1 in Ewing Sarcoma Family of Tumors  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Lawlor; Host: Stephanie Stanford

Thursday
March 06

12:00   Noon Lecture is from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
 Cellular Homeostasis Lecture Series (Pathology 575)  Anastasia Kralli, PhD  Scripps Research Institute  Role of coregulator PGC-1 in regulating energy metabolism.  McKibben (MCH) Lecture Hall, room 156  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Rosy Macias or Rebecca Handan, 323-442-3121 rmacias@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/alpd  
Sponsored by: The Southern California Research Center for ALPD & Cirrhosis, & the Department of Pathology Refreshments will be provided Seminar open to Faculty and Students

Wednesday
March 05

12:00   Noon Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute  Karen Chang, Ph.D.  Postdoctoral Fellow, Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405  Studying the molecular mechanisms of Down Syndrome: Drosophila as a Model System  Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Deshon Vaughn, 323-442-3219 vaughnca@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/zni

Tuesday
March 04

12:00   Noon 12:00 - 1:00 PM
 USC/Norris Cancer Center Grand Rounds  Chris Haiman, Ph.D.  Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, USC  Variation at 8q24 &Cancer Risk  Norris Topping Tower, Conference Room 7409  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Jona Cura (323) 865-0801 cura_j@ccnt.usc.edu  Website: uscnorriscancer.usc.edu/core/calendar/OccurDetail.aspx?OID=19112  
Refreshments Provided

 

09:30   AM 9:00-9:30 Breakfast 9:30-10:30 Presentation 10:30-11:00 Networking
 USC Childhood Obesity Research Center - TREC TEAM Seminar  Patty Freedson, PhD  Professor and Chair, Department of Kinesiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts/Amherst  Novel methods to process and interpret accelerometer data to assess physical activity  2250 Alcazar Street, CSC 250 (Harkness Conference Room in IGM)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Kami McClure, 323.442.4101 mmcclure@usc.edu  Website: ctrec.usc.edu/  
Go in the main door of IGM on Alcazar. Go Right to the elevator. Go to the 2nd floor. Exit toward your Left. Enter Suite 240 (small sign on the left wall) Double Doors. Ask for directions to Harkness from the front desk receptionist on your right or Wind around through the hallway (go to the left) until you come to room 250. *Please be sure to wind around through the hallway to your left to Harkness instead of going to your right so we do not disturb faculty in their offices. Please RSVP to Kami McClure at mmcclure@usc.edu or 323.442.4101 and indicate if you will attend the lunch and seminar or just the seminar.

February 2008

Friday
February 29

12:30   PM Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Stefanie Stanford  Graduate Student, Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology  Regulation of Lymphoid Phosphatase by Serine Phosphorylation in T Cell Receptor Signaling  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Nunzio Bottini; Host: Jeffrey Friedman

 

12:00   Noon Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Jeffrey Friedman  Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology  The role of microRNAs in bladder cancer  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Peter Jones; Host: Kwangwon Jeong

Thursday
February 28

12:00   Noon Lecture is from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
 Cellular Homeostasis Lecture Series (Pathology 575)  David Ron, MD  NYU School of Medicine  A physiologic perspective on unfolded protein responses.  McKibben (MCH) Lecture Hall, room 156  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Rosy Macias or Rebecca Handan, 323-442-3121 rmacias@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/alpd  
Sponsored by: The Southern California Research Center for ALPD & Cirrhosis, & the Department of Pathology Refreshments will be provided Seminar open to Faculty and Students

Tuesday
February 26

12:00   Noon USC SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Series  Russell Dahl, Ph.D.  Manager, Medicinal Chemistry and PK/ADME, Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, CA  Hit to lead and beyond: shortening the path to preclinical drug compounds via parallel SAR generation  John Stauffer Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, PSC Rm. 104, USC School of Pharmacy, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9121  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Josefina Morales (323)442-1451 josefina@usc.edu  
Faculty Host contact info: Dr. Nouri Neamati, Ph.D. (Voice: 323-442-2341; eMail: neamati@usc.edu) Refreshments will be served at 11:45 a.m.!

 

12:00   Noon The Saban Research Institute Research Seminars  Santiago Chambers and Dr. Charles Gomer  Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90027  Introduction to Basic Laboratory Safety  CHLA, The Saban Research Institute Building, 4661 Sunset Boulevard, Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA 90027  Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA)  Contact: Denise, (323) 669-4110 ddillon@chla.usc.edu  Website: www.childrenshospitalla.org/body.cfm?id=8  
No registration needed. Call for parking information.

 

12:00   Noon 12:00 - 1:00 PM
 USC/Norris Cancer Center Grand Rounds  Graham Casey, Ph.D.  Visiting Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, USC  Common Genetic Variants in Prostate Cancer: Going Beyond Cancer Risk  Norris Topping Tower, Conference Room 7409  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Jona Cura (323) 865-0801 cura_j@ccnt.usc.edu  Website: uscnorriscancer.usc.edu/Core/Calendar/OccurDetail.aspx?OID=18934  
Refreshments Provided

Monday
February 25

1:00   PM Microbiology Faculty Candidate - Seminar Guest Speaker  Weiming Yuan, Ph.D.  Associate Research Scientist, Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT  Molecular Mechanism and Viral Modulation of CD1d Antigen Presentation  Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Aileen Calimlim, 3234421710 calimlim@usc.edu  
Microbiology Faculty Candidate

 

12:00   Noon USC SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Series  Joffre B. Baker, Ph.D.  Chief Scientific Officer, Genomic Health, Inc., Redwood City, CA  The Development and Clinical Uses of a Multigene Test: Oncotype DX®  John Stauffer Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, PSC Rm. 104, USC School of Pharmacy, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9121  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Josefina Morales (323)442-1451 josefina@usc.edu  
Faculty Host contact info: Dr. Roger Duncan, Ph.D. (Voice: 323-442-1449; eMail: rduncan@usc.edu) Refreshments will be served at 11:45 a.m.!

 

12:00   Noon Basic Science Seminar Series  James Rheinwald, Ph.D.  Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Skin Disease Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA  Novel Tumor Suppressor and Replicative Senescence Mechanisms Revealed by the Behavior of Human Epithelial Tissue Stem Cells in Culture  USC/Norris Topping Tower 7409  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Graciela Mercado (323) 442-1144 gracielm@usc.edu  
Host: Dr. Wei Li - Pizza lunch will be served
New Week

Friday
February 22

12:30   PM Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  KwangWon Jeong  Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology  Fli-I, a nuclear receptor coactivator, mediates the interactions between estrogen receptor and chromatin-remodeling complexes  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Michael Stallcup; Host: Toshi Hinoue

 

09:30   AM 9:00-9:30 Breakfast 9:30-10:30 Presentation 10:30-11:00 Networking
 USC Childhood Obesity Research Center - TREC TEAM Seminar  Ronald M. Krauss, M.D.  Director/Senior Scientist/Adjunct Professor, Atherosclerosis Research/Department of Genome Science/Department of Nutritional Sciences, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI)/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/UC Berkeley  Genetic and Dietary Effects of Atherogenic Dyslipidemia  2250 Alcazar Street, CSC 250 (Harkness Conference Room in IGM)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Kami McClure, 323.442.4101 mmcclure@usc.edu  Website: ctrec.usc.edu/  
Go in the main door of IGM on Alcazar. Go Right to the elevator. Go to the 2nd floor. Exit toward your Left. Enter Suite 240 (small sign on the left wall) Double Doors. Ask for directions to Harkness from the front desk receptionist on your right or Wind around through the hallway (go to the left) until you come to room 250. *Please be sure to wind around through the hallway to your left to Harkness instead of going to your right so we do not disturb faculty in their offices. Please RSVP to Kami McClure at mmcclure@usc.edu or 323.442.4101 and indicate if you will attend the lunch and seminar or just the seminar.

 

08:00   AM Dept of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Grand Rounds  George Garratty, Ph.D., FRCPath  Scientific Director, American Red Cross Blood Services, Southern California Region  Do Blood Groups Have A Biological Role?  Norris Topping Tower, Conf Rm 7409, Norris Cancer Hospital  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Leslie Wauke, (323) 442-1180 lwauke@keck.usc.edu  
Refreshments will be served.

Thursday
February 21

4:00   PM BISC Inter-Section Seminar  Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado  University of Utah, HHMI  Regeneration, stem cells and the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea  HNB 100  University Park Campus (UPC)  Contact: Samantha Butler 1-1161 butlersj@usc.edu  Website: planaria.neuro.utah.edu/  
A series of presentations highlighting ongoing research by your colleagues in Molecular & Computational Biology, Neurobiology and Marine Environmental Biology and guest Lecturers that span Sectional interests

 

12:00   Noon Lecture is from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
 Cellular Homeostasis Lecture Series (Pathology 575)  Y. Henry Sun, PhD  CALTECH  Function & regulation of the Jak/STAT signaling during Drosophila eye development.  McKibben (MCH) Lecture Hall, room 156  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Rosy Macias or Rebecca Handan, 323-442-3121 rmacias@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/alpd  
Sponsored by: The Southern California Research Center for ALPD & Cirrhosis, & the Department of Pathology Refreshments will be provided Seminar open to Faculty and Students

Tuesday
February 19

2:30   PM Microbiology Faculty Candidate - Seminar Guest Speaker  Subhash Verma, Ph.D.  Research Associate, Department of Microbiology, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA  Latent Replication of the Kaposi's Sarcoma Associated Herpesviurs Genome  Aresty Conference Room, Lower Ground 503, Harlyne Norris Tower  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Aileen Calimlim, 3234421710 calimlim@usc.edu  
Microbiology Faculty Candidate

 

12:00   Noon USC SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Series  Mathew Parker, Ph.D.  Senior Scientist, ChemDiv, Inc., San Diego,CA  Combinatorial Approaches to Novel Monamine Receptor Ligands: Ergot-Based Libraries  John Stauffer Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, PSC Rm. 104, USC School of Pharmacy, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9121  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Josefina Morales (323)442-1451 josefina@usc.edu  
Faculty Host contact info: Dr. Nouri Neamati, Ph.D. (Voice: 323-442-2341; eMail: neamati@usc.edu) Refreshments will be served at 11:45 a.m.!

 

12:00   Noon 12:00 - 1:00 PM
 USC/Norris Cancer Center Grand Rounds  Agnieszka Kobielak, Ph.D.  Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Keck School of Medicine, USC  Interplay Between Cadherin & Integrin Signaling in Squamous Cell Carcinoma  Norris Topping Tower, Conference Room 7409  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Jona Cura (323) 865-0801 cura_j@ccnt.usc.edu  Website: uscnorriscancer.usc.edu/Core/Calendar/OccurDetail.aspx?OID=18881  
Refreshments Provided

 

10:00   AM Systems Biology and Disease Dissertation Defense  Julie Kang  PhD candidate in MD/PhD program, Systems Biology and Disease (SYBD), USC Keck School of Medicine and Zilkha Neurogenetics Institute, Los Angeles, CA  New views, inputs and properties: a new look at the renin-angiotensin system  Keith Administration 505 (KAM 505)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Alicia McDonough 2-1238 mcdonoug@usc.edu  
refreshments!
New Week

Friday
February 15

12:30   PM Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Deepankar Roy  Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology  Mechanism of R-loop formation at Immunoglobulin Class switch sequences  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Michael Lieber; Host: Samantha Yeligar

 

12:00   Noon Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry  Sra Parsa, Ph.D. Candidate  The Saban Research Instittute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles  Role of FGF10/FGFR2b Signaling in Mammary Gland Development  Large Conference Room, CSC 120A  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Ronald Mellow, (323) 442-3220 mellow@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/hsc/dental/ccmb

 

12:00   Noon Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Samantha Yeligar  Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology  Ethanol stabilizes hypoxia inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α), leading to increased expression of inflammatory molecules in endothelial cells  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Vijay Kalra; Host: Caryn Gonsalves

Thursday
February 14

12:00   Noon Lecture is from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
 Cellular Homeostasis Lecture Series (Pathology 575)  David H. Ellison, MD, FASN  Oregon Health & Science University  WNKkinases: Master regulators of renal Na/K balance.  McKibben (MCH) Lecture Hall, room 156  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Rosy Macias or Rebecca Handan, 323-442-3121 rmacias@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/alpd  
Sponsored by: The Southern California Research Center for ALPD & Cirrhosis, & the Department of Pathology Refreshments will be provided Seminar open to Faculty and Students

 

12:00   Noon USC Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center - Multidisciplinary Research Colloquium Series in Aging  Robert McCann, Ph.D  Associate Professor of Clinical Management Communication, Center for Management Communication, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA  Intergenerational Communication Across the Pacific Rim  GER 224, Andrus Gerontology Center, 3715 McClintock Avenue, UPC  University Park Campus (UPC)  Contact: 213.740.8242 linda.hall@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/dept/gero/colloquium/

Wednesday
February 13

4:00   PM Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine  Professor Christine Mummery, PhD  Hubrecht Institute, Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research,, The Netherlands  Cardiomyocytes from human embryonic stem cells  Herklotz seminar room, Zilkha Blg, 1501 San Pablo St, Room 112  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Julie Kelly 323-442-4363 julie.kelly@keck.usc.edu

 

12:00   Noon Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute  Jiang Wu, Ph.D.  Postdoctoral Fellow, Pathology and Developmental Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305  An Epigenetic Switch Required for Vertebrate Neural Development  Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Deshon Vaughn, 323-442-3219 vaughnca@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/zni

 

12:00   Noon The Institute for Genetic Medicine - DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS SEMINAR SERIES  Richard M. Myers, Ph.D.  Stanford W. Ascherman Professor and Chairman-Department of Genetics, Director-Stanford Human Genome Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA  Global Analysis of Transcription in Humans  IGM Harkness Assembly, 2250 Alcazar Street, CSC-250  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Gracie, (323) 442-1144 graciela.mercado@usc.edu  
Admission: Free Refreshments will be served

Tuesday
February 12

12:00   Noon The Saban Research Institute Research Seminars  Michael Goran, PhD  Professor, Associate Director, Institute for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Research, Preventive Medicine and Physiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033  Childhood Obesity, Insulin Resistance and Disease Risk  CHLA, The Saban Research Institute Building, 4661 Sunset Boulevard, Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA 90027  Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA)  Contact: Denise, (323) 669-4110 ddillon@chla.usc.edu  Website: www.childrenshospitalla.org/body.cfm?id=8  
No registration needed. Call for parking information.

 

12:00   Noon 12:00 - 1:00 PM
 USC/Norris Cancer Center Grand Rounds  Tim Eisen, Ph.D., FRCP  Professor of Medical Oncology, University of Cambridge, Department of Oncology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge  The Cycle, Its Fault, The Tumours & Their Treatment -- A Case of Papillary RCC in a Patient with SDHB Deficiency  Norris Topping Tower, Conference Room 7409  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Jona Cura (323) 865-0801 cura_j@ccnt.usc.edu  Website: uscnorriscancer.usc.edu/Core/Calendar/OccurDetail.aspx?OID=18835  
Refreshments Provided

Monday
February 11

4:00   PM Weekly Seminar Series on Engineering Neuroscience and Health  Maja Mataric, Ph.D  Professor of Computer Science and Neuroscience, Director, Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems (CRES), Co-Director, Robotics Research Lab, Senior Associate Dean for Research Viterbi School of Engineering (VSoE), Computer Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089  Socially Assistive Robotics for Hands-Off Rehabilitation  Ahmanson Center for Biological Research (ACB) 238  University Park Campus (UPC)  Contact: Francisco Valero, Ph.D (213) 821-2084 valero@usc.edu  Website: bme.usc.edu/directory/faculty/primary-faculty/francisco-valero-cuevas//seminar.htm

 

1:00   PM Microbiology Faculty Candidate - Seminar Guest Speaker  Anil Kumar Ojha, Ph.D.  Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA  Persistance of Mycobacteria in Fatty Biofilms  Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Aileen Calimlim, 3234421710 calimlim@usc.edu  
Microbiology Faculty Candidate
New Week

Friday
February 08

12:30   PM Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Caryn Gonsalves  Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology  Role of HIF-1α in the regulation of chemokine gene expression in response to hypoxia and placenta growth factor in sickle cell disease  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Vijay Kalra; Host: Jingjing Sun

 

12:00   Noon USC SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Series  Robert J. Lee, Ph.D.  Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, Columbus, OH  Targeted drug delivery via folate receptors  John Stauffer Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, PSC Rm. 104, USC School of Pharmacy, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9121  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Josefina Morales (323)442-1451 josefina@usc.edu  
Faculty Host contact info: Wei-Chiang Shen, Ph.D. (Voice: 323-442-1902; eMail: weishen@usc.edu) Refreshments will be served at 11:45 a.m.!

 

12:00   Noon Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Jingjing Sun  Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology  Msx2 is a downstream target of Foxc1 during the development of frontal bone primordium  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Robert Maxson; Host: Sahar Bedrood

 

09:30   AM 9:00-9:30 Breakfast 9:30-10:30 Presentation 10:30-11:00 Networking
 USC Childhood Obesity Research Center - TREC TEAM Seminar  Antoine Bechara  Brain and Creativity Institute, USC  Decision making, impulse control and loss of willpower to resist temptations: A neuro-cognitive perspective  2250 Alcazar Street, CSC 250 (Harkness Conference Room in IGM)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Kami McClure, 323.442.4101 mmcclure@usc.edu  Website: ctrec.usc.edu/  
Go in the main door of IGM on Alcazar. Go Right to the elevator. Go to the 2nd floor. Exit toward your Left. Enter Suite 240 (small sign on the left wall) Double Doors. Ask for directions to Harkness from the front desk receptionist on your right or Wind around through the hallway (go to the left) until you come to room 250. *Please be sure to wind around through the hallway to your left to Harkness instead of going to your right so we do not disturb faculty in their offices. Please RSVP to Kami McClure at mmcclure@usc.edu or 323.442.4101 and indicate if you will attend the lunch and seminar or just the seminar.

Thursday
February 07

12:00   Noon Lecture is from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
 Cellular Homeostasis Lecture Series (Pathology 575)  Rudolf Jaenisch, MD  Whitehead Institute, MIT  Stem cells, pluripotency, & nuclear reprogramming.  McKibben (MCH) Lecture Hall, room 156  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Rosy Macias or Rebecca Handan, 323-442-3121 rmacias@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/alpd  
Sponsored by: The Southern California Research Center for ALPD & Cirrhosis, & the Department of Pathology Refreshments will be provided Seminar open to Faculty and Students

Wednesday
February 06

12:00   Noon Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute  Jeffrey L. Goldberg, M.D., Ph.D.  Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology and Cell Biology & Anatomy, University of Miami, Miami, Fl 33136  Survival and Regeneration in the Visual System  Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Deshon Vaughn, 323-442-3219 vaughnca@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/zni

 

11:00   AM USC SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Series  Brian D. Karger, Ph.D.  Celectricon Inc., Gaithersburg, MD  Superior transfection of neuronal tissue samples and cultures  John Stauffer Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, PSC Rm. 104, USC School of Pharmacy, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9121  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Josefina Morales (323)442-1451 josefina@usc.edu  
Faculty Host contact info: Daryl Davies, Ph.D. (Voice: 323-442-1427; eMail: ddavies@usc.edu)

Tuesday
February 05

12:00   Noon USC SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Series  Thomas J. Millar, Ph.D.  Associate Professor, School of Natural Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC NSW, AUSTRALIA 1797  The interaction of proteins with lipids at an air liquid interface  John Stauffer Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, PSC Rm. 104, USC School of Pharmacy, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9121  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Josefina Morales (323)442-1451 josefina@usc.edu  
Faculty Host contact info: Sarah Hamm-Alvarez, Ph.D. (Voice: 323-442-1445; eMail: shalvar@usc.edu) Refreshments will be served at 11:45 a.m.!

 

12:00   Noon USC/Norris Cancer Center Grand Rounds  Jae Jung, Ph.D.  Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, USC  Virus and Autophagya  Norris Topping Tower, Conference Room 7409  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Jona Cura (323) 865-0801 cura_j@ccnt.usc.edu  
Refreshments Provided

Monday
February 04

4:00   PM Weekly Seminar Series on Engineering Neuroscience and Health  Michele Rucci, Ph.D Biomedical Engineering  Director, Active Perception Laboratory, Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215  Active Vision in Humans and Robots  Ahmanson Center for Biological Research (ACB) 238  University Park Campus (UPC)  Contact: Francisco Valero, Ph.D (213) 821-2084 valero@usc.edu  Website: bme.usc.edu/directory/faculty/primary-faculty/francisco-valero-cuevas//seminar.htm

 

1:00   PM Microbiology Faculty Candidate - Seminar Guest Speaker  Rui Lu, Ph.D.  Postdoctoral Fellow, Plant Pathology & Microbiology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA  RNAi-mediated antiviral immunity  Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Aileen Calimlim, 3234421710 calimlim@usc.edu  
Microbiology Faculty Candidate
New Week

Friday
February 01

12:30   PM Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Sahar Bedrood  Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology  Structural Changes of Amyloid Fibrils Due to Annexin A5 Interaction  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Ralf Langen; Host: Hai-Yun Yen

 

12:00   Noon BIOMEDICAL IMAGING SCIENCE INITIATIVE AND USC SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Series  Hartmuth Kolb, Ph.D.  Vice President, Siemens Medical Imaging Biomarker Reserarch  Click Chemistry Based Development of Novel PET Tracers  John Stauffer Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, PSC Rm. 104, USC School of Pharmacy, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9121  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Josefina Morales (323)442-1451 josefina@usc.edu  
Faculty Host contact info: Walter Wolf, Ph.D. (Voice: 323-442-1405; eMail: wwolfw@usc.edu) Light refreshments will be served

 

12:00   Noon Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Hai-Yun Yen  Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology  Mutations in Notch ligand Jagged1 enhance craniosynostosis and skeletal abnormalities of Twist1 heterozygous mice  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Robert Maxson; Host: Erika Wolff

 

11:00   AM Microbiology Faculty Candidate - Seminar Guest Speaker  Jonathan Deane, Ph.D.  Postdoctoral Fellow, Autoimmunity and Functional Genomics Section, NIAID, Bethesda, Maryland  Gene Dosage of Nucleic Acid-Sensing Molecules as a Critical Modulator of Autoimmunity  Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Aileen Calimlim, 3234421710 calimlim@usc.edu  
Microbiology Faculty Candidate

January 2008

Thursday
January 31

12:00   Noon Lecture is from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
 Cellular Homeostasis Lecture Series (Pathology 575)  Cheng-Ming Choung, MD, PhD  Professor of Pathology, Pathology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033  Macro-environmental regulation of stem cell activation during hair regeneration.  McKibben (MCH) Lecture Hall, room 156  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Rosy Macias or Rebecca Handan, 323-442-3121 rmacias@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/alpd  
Sponsored by: The Southern California Research Center for ALPD & Cirrhosis, & the Department of Pathology Refreshments will be provided Seminar open to Faculty and Students

 

12:00   Noon USC Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center - Multidisciplinary Research Colloquium Series in Aging  Rita Efros  Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles CA  Role of the Immune System in Health, Aging, and Lifespan  GER 224, Andrus Gerontology Center, 3715 McClintock Avenue, UPC  University Park Campus (UPC)  Contact: 213.740.8242 linda.hall@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/dept/gero/colloquium/

 

12:00   Noon USC SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Series  Gene-Jack Wang, Ph.D.  Professor of Psychiatry, Senior Medical Scientist & Chairman, Mount Sinai School of Medicine/Medical Department, New York University/ Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York  Functional Neuroimaging of Eating Behavior  John Stauffer Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, PSC Rm. 104, USC School of Pharmacy, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9121  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Josefina Morales (323)442-1451 josefina@usc.edu  
Faculty Host contact info: Jean C. Shih, Ph.D. (Voice: 323-442-1441; eMail: jcshih@usc.edu) Refreshments will be provided!

Tuesday
January 29

12:00   Noon The Saban Research Institute Research Seminars  Kevin A. Nash, PhD  Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California/Childrens Hospital LA, Los Angeles, CA 90027  Scientific Misconduct and Conflict of Interest  CHLA, The Saban Research Institute Building, 4661 Sunset Boulevard, Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA 90027  Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA)  Contact: Denise, (323) 669-4110 ddillon@chla.usc.edu  Website: www.childrenshospitalla.org/body.cfm?id=8  
No registration needed. Call for parking information.

 

12:00   Noon 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
 USC/Norris Cancer Center Grand Rounds  Elizabeth Lawlor, M.D., Ph.D.  Assistant Professor, Departments of Pediatrics & Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, USC, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Children's Hospital, Los Angeles  The Polycomb Gene BMI-1 Functions As An Oncogene In Ewing's Sarcoma  Norris Topping Tower, Conference Room 7409  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Jona Cura (323) 865-0801 cura_j@ccnt.usc.edu  Website: uscnorriscancer.usc.edu/Core/Calendar/OccurDetail.aspx?OID=18586  
Refreshments Provided

 

09:00   AM Depts of Pathology & Neurology Grand Rounds  Shoji Yano, MD, PhD; Arthur Partikian, MD; Andy Wong, MD  Pathology/Neurology, USC  Case Presentation: Adrenoleukodystrophy (Lorenzo's Oil)  Herklotz Seminar Room 112, Zilkha Neurogenic Institute  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Leslie Wauke, (323) 442-1180 lwauke@keck.usc.edu  
Refreshments will be served.

Monday
January 28

12:00   Noon Basic Science Seminar Series  Trevor K. Archer, Ph.D.  Chief, Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Research Triangle Park, NC  Nuclear Receptor Regulated Transcription  USC/Norris Topping Tower 7409  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Graciela Mercado (323) 442-1144 gracielm@usc.edu  
Host: Dr. Michael Stallcup - Pizza lunch will be served
New Week

Friday
January 25

12:30   PM Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Erika Wolff  Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology  The role of the tight junction protein ZO-2 in bladder cancer  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Peter Jones; Host: Chen-Yin Ou

 

12:00   Noon USC SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Series  Paul M. Hwang, M.D., Ph.D.  Principal Investigator, Translational Medicine Branch, NHLBI-NIH, Bethesda, MD  p53 regulates mitochondrial respiration  John Stauffer Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, PSC Rm. 104, USC School of Pharmacy, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9121  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Josefina Morales (323)442-1451 josefina@usc.edu  
Faculty Host contact info: Dikran Toroser Ph.D. (Voice: 323-442-1401; eMail: Toroser@usc.edu) Refreshments will be provided!

 

12:00   Noon Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Chen-Yin Ou  Graduate Student, Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology  Regulation of β-catenin-mediated transcriptional activation by CCAR1  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Michael Stallcup; Host: Jacob Andrade

Thursday
January 24

5:00   PM USC SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Series  Claus-Michael Lehr, Ph.D.  Professsor and Head, Department of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Saarland University, Saarbruecken, GERMANY  Nanomedicines to deliver drugs across biological barriers  John Stauffer Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, PSC Rm. 104, USC School of Pharmacy, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9121  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Josefina Morales (323)442-1451 josefina@usc.edu  
Faculty Host contact info: Wei-Chiang Shen,Ph.D. (Voice: 323-442-1902; eMail: weishen@usc.edu) Refreshments will be served!

 

3:30   PM BISC Inter-Section Seminar  Magnus Nordborg, Ph.D.  University of Southern California  Genetic basis of adaptation in Arabidopsis  HNB large conference room  University Park Campus (UPC)  Contact: Samantha Butler 1-1161 butlersj@usc.edu  Website: walnut.usc.edu/Members/magnus/  
A series of presentations highlighting ongoing research by your colleagues in Molecular & Computational Biology, Neurobiology and Marine Environmental Biology and guest Lecturers that span Sectional interests

 

1:00   PM Microbiology Seminar Guest Speaker  Omid Akbari, Ph,D,  Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115  The Role of T cell subsets in allergic disease and asthma  Harlyne Norris Research Cancer Tower, Aresty Conference Room, Lower Ground 503  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Aileen Calimlim, 3234421710 calimlim@usc.edu

 

12:00   Noon Lecture is from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
 Cellular Homeostasis Lecture Series (Pathology 575)  Michael G. Rosenfeld, MD  Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UCSD  Prelude to a kiss; barriers, movements, & repeats in nuclear receptor-mediated & epigenetic transcriptional strategies.  McKibben (MCH) Lecture Hall, room 156  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Rosy Macias or Rebecca Handan, 323-442-3121 rmacias@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/alpd  
Sponsored by: The Southern California Research Center for ALPD & Cirrhosis, & the Department of Pathology Refreshments will be provided Seminar open to Faculty and Students

Wednesday
January 23

12:00   Noon Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute  Bing Ye, Ph.D.  Postdoctoral Fellow, Physiology and Biochemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158  The Role of Membrane Systems in Differentiating Dendrite and Axon Development  Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Deshon Vaughn, 323-442-3219 vaughnca@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/zni

Tuesday
January 22

2:00   PM USC Research Center for Liver Diseases  Fabio Cominelli, MD, PhD  David D. Stone Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Digestive Health Center of Excellence  New Concepts in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.  Hoffman Medical Research Bldg, Hastings Auditorium, 2011 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, HSC campus  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Dolores Mendoza 323) 442-1283 dmmendoz@usc.edu  
Special Seminar.

 

12:00   Noon The Saban Research Institute Research Seminars  Michele D. Kipke, PhD  Professor, Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California/Childrens Hospital LA, Los Angeles, CA 90027  Community Participatory Research for Obesity Prevention and Care  CHLA, The Saban Research Institute Building, 4661 Sunset Boulevard, Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA 90027  Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA)  Contact: Denise, (323) 669-4110 ddillon@chla.usc.edu  Website: www.childrenshospitalla.org/body.cfm?id=8  
No registration needed. Call for parking information.

 

12:00   Noon 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
 USC/Norris Cancer Center Grand Rounds  Richard Jove, Ph.D.  Director, Beckman Research Institute, Deputy Director, City of Hope Cancer Center  Targeting SRC and STAT3 Signaling for Cancer Therapy  Norris Topping Tower, Conference Room 7409  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Jona Cura (323) 865-0801 cura_j@ccnt.usc.edu  Website: uscnorriscancer.usc.edu/Core/Calendar/OccurDetail.aspx?OID=18287  
Refreshments Provided
New Week

Friday
January 18

12:30   PM Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Jacob Andrade  Graduate Student, Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology  Tracking Hematopoietic Stem Cell Engraftment in vivo with Bioluminescence  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Gay Crooks; Host: Helty Adisetiyo

 

12:00   Noon Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry  Emily Liman, Ph.D.  Associate Professor, Biological Science/Neurobiology, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences  Taste and Pheromone Sensation in Vertebrates: Insights from Ion Channels  Large Conference Room, CSC 120A  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Ronald Mellow, (323) 442-3220 mellow@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/hsc/dental/ccmb

 

12:00   Noon Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Helty Adisetiyo  Graduate Student, Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology  Osteopontin modulates uPA and MMP activities in prostate cancer cells to confer invasive advantage  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Pradip Roy-Burman; Host: Changhan Lee

Thursday
January 17

1:00   PM Microbiology Seminar Guest Speaker  Pin Wang, Ph.D.  Assistant Professor, Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, USC, Los Angeles, CA 90089  Engineering Immunity by Synthetic Viral Vectors  Harlyne Norris Research Cancer Tower, Lower Ground 503  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Aileen Calimlim, 3234421710 calimlim@usc.edu

Wednesday
January 16

12:00   Noon Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute  Daoyun Ji, Ph.D.  Postdoctoral Fellow, Structural and Computational Biology and Molecular Biophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139  Searching for Memory Traces in the Brain: From the Hippocampus to Visual Cortex  Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Deshon Vaughn, 323-442-3219 vaughnca@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/zni
New Week

Friday
January 11

12:30   PM Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Changhan Lee  Graduate Student, Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology  Starvation-dependent Differential Stress Resistance protects normal but not cancer cells against high dose chemotherapy  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Valter Longo; Host: Connie Cortez

 

12:00   Noon Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry  Antoni P. Tomsia, Ph.D.  Material Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA  Composites and Scaffolds for Calcified Tissue Regeneration  Large Conference Room, CSC 120A  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Ronald Mellow, (323) 442-3170 magdaljm@usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/hsc/dental/ccmb

 

12:00   Noon USC SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Series  Cara Wellman, Ph.D.  Associate Professor fo Psychology, Program in Neuroscience and Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN  Chronic Stress Effects in Prefrontal Cortex: Morphology, Chemistry, and Behavior  John Stauffer Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, PSC Rm. 104, USC School of Pharmacy, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9121  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Josefina Morales (323)442-1451 josefina@usc.edu  
Faculty Host contact info: Jean C. Shih, Ph.D. (Voice: 323-442-1441; eMail: jcshih@usc.edu) Refreshments will be provided!

 

12:00   Noon Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Connie Cortez  Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology  The Epigenetic Regulation of Non CpG Dense Regions  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Peter Jones; Host: Christine Jao

 

09:30   AM 9:00-9:30 a Networking Breakfast 9:30-10:30 Presentation
 USC Childhood Obesity Research Center - TREC TEAM Seminar  Robert Gottlieb  Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Director of the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute, Occidental College  Reinventing Los Angeles: Nature and Community in the Global City  2250 Alcazar Street, CSC 250 (Harkness Conference Room in IGM)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Kami McClure, 323.442.4101 mmcclure@usc.edu  Website: ctrec.usc.edu/  
Go in the main door of IGM on Alcazar. Go Right to the elevator. Go to the 2nd floor. Exit toward your Left. Enter Suite 240 (small sign on the left wall) Double Doors. Ask for directions to Harkness from the front desk receptionist on your right or Wind around through the hallway (go to the left) until you come to room 250. *Please be sure to wind around through the hallway to your left to Harkness instead of going to your right so we do not disturb faculty in their offices. Please RSVP to Kami McClure at mmcclure@usc.edu or 323.442.4101 and indicate if you will attend the lunch and seminar or just the seminar.

Tuesday
January 08

12:00   Noon 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
 USC/Norris Cancer Center Grand Rounds  Rick Selby, M.D.  Professor of Surgery Chief, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery, Director, USC Liver Transplant Program, Chief, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery, University of Southern California  Evolving Surgical Strategies to Keep Pace with Chemotherapy Advancement; Local & Regional Surgical Control in Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery  Norris Topping Tower, Conference Room 7409  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Jona Cura (323) 865-0801 cura_j@ccnt.usc.edu  Website: uscnorriscancer.usc.edu/Core/Calendar/OccurDetail.aspx?OID=17572  
Refreshments Provided

Monday
January 07

12:00   Noon Basic Science Seminar Series  Eileen White, Ph.D.  Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ  Autophagy, Protein Quality Control and Cancer  USC/Norris Topping Tower 7409  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Graciela Mercado (323) 442-1144 gracielm@usc.edu  
Host: Dr. Amy Lee Pizza lunch will be served
New Week

Friday
January 04

12:00   Noon Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series  Christine Jao  Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology  Membrane curvature inducers studied by site-directed spin labeling  Hastings Auditorium (1st floor), Elaine Stevely Hoffman Medical Research Building (HMR)  Health Sciences Campus (HSC)  Contact: Anne Rice (323) 442-1145 anne.rice@keck.usc.edu  Website: www.usc.edu/medicine/biochemistry/  
Mentor: Dr. Ralf Langen; Host: Irina Ianculescu
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