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| | Friday June 27 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry |
| Speaker: | Zhan Huang, Ph.D. |
| Title: | Proliferation and Differentiation of Dental Epithelial Cells Instructed by Bioactive Nanofibers during Enamel Regeneration |
| Location: | 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 |
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| | Monday June 16 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC |
| Speaker: | Andrew Elefanty, Ph.D. and Ed Stanley, Ph.D. |
| | Joint Laboratory Heads, Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation Laboratory, Monash University, Australia |
| Title: | Directed differentiation of human embryonic stem cells/Genetic modification of human embryonic stem cells |
| Location: | 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/ |
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| New Week |
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| | Thursday June 12 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | USC SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Series |
| Speaker: | Pere Puigserver, Ph.D. |
| | Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA |
| Title: | Nutrient Dependent Metabolic Control Through the PGC-1 Pathway: Implications for Metabolic Diseases |
| Location: | 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 |
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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.! |
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| | Thursday June 12 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | USC Research Center for Liver Diseases and Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Speaker: | Pere Puigserver, PhD |
| | Assistant Professor, Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
| Title: | Nutrient Dependent Metabolic Control through the PGC-1 Pathway: Implications for Metabolic Diseases. |
| Location: | PSC Room 104 |
| | Health Sciences Campus (HSC) |
| Contact: | Dolores Mendoza 323) 442-1283 dmmendoz@usc.edu |
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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. |
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| | Tuesday June 10 at 2:00 PM |
| | 2:00 - 3:00 pm Seminar; 3:00 - 3:30 p.m. Discussion with graduate students |
| Sponsor: | USC SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Series |
| Speaker: | Joe Grimsby, Ph.D. |
| | Senior Research Leader, Department of Metabolic Diseases, ROCHE, Nutley, NJ |
| Title: | Antidiabetic Effects of Glucokinase Activators: from benchside to bedside |
| Location: | 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 |
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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.! |
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| | Tuesday June 10 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | The Saban Research Institute Research Seminars |
| Speaker: | Judith Horvath, PhD |
| | Wayne State University and St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI |
| Title: | Disorganized Attachment and ADHD: Are they Overlapping Conditions? |
| Location: | 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 |
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No registration needed. Call for parking information. |
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| | Tuesday June 10 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | 2008 Annual Cancer Center Poster Session & Grand Rounds |
| Location: | Norris Topping Tower, Conference Room 7409 |
| | Health Sciences Campus (HSC) |
| Contact: | Jona Cura, 323-865-0801 cura_j@ccnt.usc.edu |
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Refreshments Provided |
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| 12:00 - 12:20 | Albert Tsai – MD/PhD Student | Department: 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 Student | Department: 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 Fellow | Department: 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 |
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| New Week |
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| | Thursday June 05 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry |
| Speaker: | Yufan Shi, D.V.M., Ph.D. |
| | Professor, Molecular Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical, Piscataway, New Jersey |
| Title: | The Interaction between Mesenchymal Stem Cells and the Immune System |
| Location: | 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 |
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| | Friday May 30 at 08:00 AM |
| Sponsor: | Dept of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Grand Rounds |
| Speaker: | Joshua Levy, M.D. |
| | National Medical Director, HemaCare Corporation & Coral Blood Services, Inc. |
| Title: | Clinical Applications of Therapeutic Apheresis |
| Location: | Norris Topping Tower, Conf Rm 7409, Norris Cancer Hospital |
| | Health Sciences Campus (HSC) |
| Contact: | Leslie Wauke, (323) 442-1180 lwauke@keck.usc.edu |
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Refreshments will be served. |
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| New Week |
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| | Friday May 23 at 09:30 AM |
| | 9:00-9:30 Breakfast 9:30-10:30 Presentation 10:30-11:00 Networking |
| Sponsor: | USC Childhood Obesity Research Center - TREC TEAM Seminar |
| Speaker: | Steven Mittelman, MD, PhD |
| | Assistant Professor, Fellowship Research Director, Pediatrics and Physiology & Biophysics USC and Endocrinology CHLA, USC/CHLA |
| Title: | Evaluating the Links Between Obesity and Leukemia Relapse Using Mouse Models |
| Location: | 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/ |
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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. |
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| | Thursday May 22 at 4:00 PM |
| Sponsor: | Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine |
| Speaker: | Dr.Rusty Lansford |
| | Senior Scientist & Lecturer, California Institute of Technology |
| Title: | Multimodal Imaging and Analysis of Embryogenesis |
| Location: | 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/ |
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| | Thursday May 22 at 09:30 AM |
| Sponsor: | Dissertation Defense |
| Speaker: | Maya Lottati |
| | Ph.D. Candidate, Physiology & Biophysics, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA |
| Title: | Omentectomy in the Canine: A Unique Model to Investigate the Phsyiologic Relationship between Visceral Fat and Insulin Action |
| Location: | MMR 608 |
| | Health Sciences Campus (HSC) |
| Contact: | Elena Camarena, (323) 442-1039 ecamaren@usc.edu |
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Mentor: Richard N. Bergman, Professor & Chair
Department of Physiology & Biophysics |
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| | Wednesday May 21 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | A Lecture by National Genographic Explorer-In Residence and Population Geneticist |
| Speaker: | Spencer Wells, Ph.D. |
| | Genographic Project Director, The Genographic Project, National Geographic |
| Title: | Deep Ancestry: Inside the Genographic Project |
| Location: | 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. |
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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 |
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| | Monday May 19 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | Basic Science Seminar Series - FACULTY CANDIDATE SEMINAR |
| Speaker: | Samir Hamdam, Ph.D. |
| | Postdoctoral Fellow, Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
| Title: | Single Molecule View of DNA Replication |
| Location: | USC/Norris Topping Tower 7409 |
| | Health Sciences Campus (HSC) |
| Contact: | Graciela Mercado (323) 442-1144 gracielm@usc.edu |
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Host: Dr. Michael Lieber - Pizza lunch will be served |
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| | Monday May 19 at 11:00 AM |
| Sponsor: | Molecular Microbiology and Immunology |
| Speaker: | Chen Dong, Ph.D. |
| | Professor, Department of Immulogy, MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Houston, Houston, TX |
| Title: | Regulation and Modulation of T cells in Autoimmunity and Cancer Immunity |
| Location: | Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112 |
| | Health Sciences Campus (HSC) |
| Contact: | Aileen Calimlim, 3234421710 calimlim@usc.edu |
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Faculty Guest Seminar Speaker |
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| | Monday May 19 at 08:00 AM |
| Sponsor: | Developmental Biology and Tissue Regeneration Symposium |
| Location: | 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 |
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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. |
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| 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 Dentistry | Welcome 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 London | Tooth 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 |
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| 10:40 AM -11:00 AM | Coffee Break |
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| 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM | Matthew Scott, Ph.D. | Stanford University | Communicating 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 |
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| 12:40 PM – 1:40 PM | Lunch Break |
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| 1:40 PM – 2:00 PM | Baruch Frenkel, D.M.D., Ph.D. | USC Keck School of Medicine | Introduction |
| 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM | Gerard Karsenty, M.D., Ph.D. | Columbia University Medical Center | J. 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 Center | Growth Factor Regulation of Craniofacial Development |
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| 3:40 PM – 4:00 PM | Coffee Break |
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| 4:00 PM – 4:50 PM | Freda Miller, Ph.D. | The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto | SKPs: 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 |
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| 5:40 PM – 6:30 PM | Discussion with all speakers (Wine and Cheese reception) |
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| | Organizer: Yang Chai, D.D.S., Ph.D. |
| | Co-Organizer: Baruch Frenkel, D.M.D., Ph.D. |
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| New Week |
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| | Friday May 16 at 12:30 PM |
| Sponsor: | Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series |
| Speaker: | Albert Tsai |
| | Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Title: | Molecular Mechanism of the bcl-1 and bcl-2 Translocations |
| Location: | 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/ |
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Mentor: Dr. Michael Lieber; Host: Hyungjung Kim |
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| | Friday May 16 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series |
| Speaker: | Hyunjung Kim |
| | Graduate Student, Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology |
| Title: | Characterizing High Mobility Group containing Chromatin binding protein (HMGB1) interacting protein, SMYD3 |
| Location: | 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/ |
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Mentor: Dr. Woojin An; Host: Melania Apostolidou |
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| | Friday May 16 at 11:00 AM |
| Sponsor: | Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Special Seminar |
| Speaker: | Michael Fromm, M.D. |
| | University Professor, Chairman, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin |
| Title: | Tricellulin and claudin-2, analyzed by Ussing chamber-based techniques |
| Location: | Norris Medical Library Conference Room |
| | Health Sciences Campus (HSC) |
| Contact: | Elena Camarena, (323) 442-1039 ecamaren@usc.edu |
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Hosted by: Dr. Alan Yu, (323) 442-1331 |
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| | Thursday May 15 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | USC SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Series |
| Speaker: | Dr. Wei Wang |
| | Associate Research Fellow, Global Research & Development, Pfizer St. Louis Laboratories, St. Louis, MO |
| Title: | Stabilization of Peptides in Organic Solvents - a Case Study |
| Location: | 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 |
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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.! |
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| | Wednesday May 14 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute |
| Speaker: | Shihab Shamma, Ph.D. |
| | Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 |
| Title: | Encoding Task Performance, Rules, and Objectives in Auditory and (Pre)frontal Cortex |
| Location: | 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 |
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| New Week |
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| | Friday May 09 at 12:30 PM |
| Sponsor: | Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series |
| Speaker: | Swapnika Ramu |
| | Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Title: | Dysregulation of Prox1 may contribute to tumor progression in papillary thyroid carcinoma |
| Location: | 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/ |
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Mentor: Dr. Young-Kwon Hong; Host: Peter Baumeister |
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| | Friday May 09 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series |
| Speaker: | Melania Apostolidou |
| | Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Title: | Structure of α-Helical Membrane-bound IAPP and its Implications for Membrane-mediated Misfolding |
| Location: | 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/ |
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Mentor: Dr. Ralf Langen; Host: Tanya Spektor |
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| | Friday May 09 at 09:30 AM |
| | 9:00-9:30 Breakfast 9:30-10:30 Presentation 10:30-11:00 Networking |
| Sponsor: | USC Childhood Obesity Research Center - TREC TEAM Seminar |
| Speaker: | Kevin Patrick, MD, MS |
| | Professor of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego |
| Title: | New Technologies for Physical Activity and Diet Behavior Assessment and Intervention |
| Location: | 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/ |
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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. |
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| | Thursday May 08 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | Luminex xMAP Technology Seminar |
| Speaker: | Dominic Andrada, Luminex Corp. |
| Title: | Bridging Genomic and Protein Assays for Proteomic Discovery |
| Location: | IGM Harkness Assembly, 2250 Alcazar Street, CSC-250 |
| | Health Sciences Campus (HSC) |
| Contact: | Gracie, (323) 442-1144 graciela.mercado@usc.edu |
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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 |
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| | Wednesday May 07 at 1:15 PM |
| | 1:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
| Sponsor: | Wnt Mini-Symposium |
| Location: | Aresty Auditorium, Harlyne Norris Research Tower, Lower Ground |
| | Health Sciences Campus (HSC) |
| Contact: | Isabel Lora (323) 865-3147 lora_m@ccnt.usc.edu |
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Hosted by: Michael R. Stallcup, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center. Refreshments provided |
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| 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 |
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| | Tuesday May 06 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | The Saban Research Institute Research Seminars |
| Speaker: | Mary Kearns-Jonker, PhD |
| | Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90027 |
| Title: | Alternative Sources of Organs for Transplantation: Genetically-Modified Porcine Xenografts |
| Location: | 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 |
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No registration needed. Call for parking information. |
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| | Tuesday May 06 at 12:00 Noon |
| | 12:00 - 1:00 PM |
| Sponsor: | USC/Norris Cancer Center Grand Rounds |
| Speaker: | 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 |
| Title: | DNA Methylation & Women's Cancer |
| Location: | 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 |
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Refreshments Provided |
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| | Monday May 05 at 12:00 Noon |
| | Oral Presentations are at 12 Noon in Mayer Auditorium; Poster Presentations are at 3 PM in Hoyt Gallery, KAM Basement |
| Sponsor: | Keck School of Medicine, Department of Educational Affairs |
| Speaker: | Medical Student Research Oral and Poster Presentations |
| | Keck School of Medicine, Year I - IV Medical Students |
| Title: | Medical Student Research Forum & Poster Day |
| Location: | 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 |
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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. |
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| | Monday May 05 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | Basic Science Seminar Series |
| Speaker: | Satchidananda Panda, Ph.D. |
| | Assistant Professor, Regulatory Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA |
| Title: | Genetic and Genomic Analysis of the Mammalian Circadian Oscillator |
| Location: | USC/Norris Topping Tower 7409 |
| | Health Sciences Campus (HSC) |
| Contact: | Graciela Mercado (323) 442-1144 gracielm@usc.edu |
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Host: Dr. Cheng Ming Chuong - Pizza lunch will be served |
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| New Week |
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| | Friday May 02 at 12:30 PM |
| Sponsor: | Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series |
| Speaker: | Tanya M. Spektor |
| | Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Title: | Mammalian Tethered Catalysis (MTeC): A Novel Approach to Identify Post-Translational Modification- Specific Binding Proteins in vivo |
| Location: | 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/ |
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Mentor: Dr. Judd Rice; Host: Yujin Kim |
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| | Friday May 02 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series |
| Speaker: | Yujin Kim |
| | Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Title: | Structural studies of α-synuclein oligomers by EPR and site-directed spin labeling |
| Location: | 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/ |
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Mentor: Dr. Ralf Langen; Host: Chun-Peng Liao |
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| | Thursday May 01 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | USC Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center - Multidisciplinary Research Colloquium Series in Aging |
| Speaker: | George Martin, M.D. |
| | Professor of Pathology Emeritus, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
| Title: | Clues on How We Age from the Evolutionary Biological Theory of Why We Age |
| Location: | 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/ |
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| | Tuesday April 29 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | USC Marine Environmental Biology Seminar Series |
| Speaker: | Carmelo Tomas, Ph,D |
| | Associate Professor, Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, Wilmington NC |
| Title: | Physiological Ecology of Marine Phytoplankton |
| Location: | 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/ |
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Free. Open to the public. |
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| | Tuesday April 29 at 12:00 Noon |
| | 12:00 - 1:00 PM |
| Sponsor: | USC/Norris Cancer Center Grand Rounds |
| Speaker: | Nicos Petasis, Ph.D. |
| | Harold E. and Lillian M. Moulton Professor of Chemistry, Dept. of Chemistry & Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, University of Southern California |
| Title: | From New Molecules to New Therapies for Inflammation and Cancer |
| Location: | 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 |
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Refreshments Provided |
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| New Week |
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| | Friday April 25 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry |
| Speaker: | Hu Zhao, Ph.D. |
| Title: | Knockout of Alk5 in the Neural Crest Tissue Results in a Defective Dental Epithelium Stem Cell Compartment and Alters the labial-lingual Asymmetry |
| Location: | 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 |
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| | Thursday April 24 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | USC Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center - Multidisciplinary Research Colloquium Series in Aging |
| Speaker: | 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 |
| Title: | Translating Basic Science Understanding of Estrogen and Progesterone Hormone Action in the Brain into Therapeutics to Prevent Alzheimer's Disease |
| Location: | 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/ |
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| | Wednesday April 23 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute |
| Speaker: | Dario Ringach, Ph.D. |
| | Professor, Neurobiology and Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095 |
| Title: | Neuronal Selectivity and Local Map Structure in Visual Cortex |
| Location: | 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 |
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| | Wednesday April 23 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | The Institute for Genetic Medicine - DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS SEMINAR SERIES |
| Speaker: | 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 |
| Title: | Marfan Syndrome and Related Disorders: from Molecules to Medicines |
| Location: | IGM Harkness Assembly, 2250 Alcazar Street, CSC-250 |
| | Health Sciences Campus (HSC) |
| Contact: | Gracie, (323) 442-1144 graciela.mercado@usc.edu |
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Admission: Free Refreshments will be served |
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| | Tuesday April 22 at 4:00 PM |
| Sponsor: | Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine |
| Speaker: | Dr. Austin Cooney |
| | Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas |
| Title: | Regulation of ES cell gene expression by nuclear receptors |
| Location: | 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 |
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| | Tuesday April 22 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | The Saban Research Institute Research Seminars |
| Speaker: | 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 |
| Title: | Protecting Human Research Subjects |
| Location: | 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 |
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No registration needed. Call for parking information. |
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| | Tuesday April 22 at 12:00 Noon |
| | 12:00 - 1:00 PM |
| Sponsor: | USC/Norris Cancer Center Grand Rounds |
| Speaker: | Jeffrey N. Weitzel, M.D. |
| | Professor of Oncology and Population Sciences, Director, Department of Clinical Cancer Genetics, City of Hope Cancer Center |
| Title: | Hereditary Breast Cancer in an Underserved Population: Characterization of Germline BRCA Mutations in High Risk Hispanic Families |
| Location: | 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 |
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Refreshments Provided |
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| New Week |
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| | Friday April 18 at 12:30 PM |
| Sponsor: | Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series |
| Speaker: | Jingjing Zhou |
| | Graduate Student, Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology |
| Title: | Loss of TGF beta signal leads to reduced lysyl oxidase expression, impaired elastogenesis, and aortic aneurysm |
| Location: | 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/ |
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Mentor: Dr. Henry Sucov; Host: Jiafeng Gu |
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| | Friday April 18 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry |
| Speaker: | Kathleen Burke |
| | Ph.D., Center for Premature Infant Health and Development Institute, Genetic Medicine Kech School of Medicine |
| Title: | The Effects of Perinatal Hypoxic Ischemic Brain Injury on Development of the Rat Prefrontal |
| Location: | 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 |
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| | Friday April 18 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series |
| Speaker: | Jiafeng Gu |
| | Graduate Student, Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology |
| Title: | Mechanistic Aspects of Non-Homologous DNA End Joining (NHEJ) Pathway |
| Location: | 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/ |
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Mentor: Dr. Michael Lieber; Host: Rosanne Yetemian |
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| | Thursday April 17 at 3:30 PM |
| Sponsor: | BISC Inter-Section Seminar |
| Speaker: | Donal Manahan |
| | University of Southern California |
| Title: | Development and Evolution in Extreme Environments |
| Location: | 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 |
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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 |
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| | Thursday April 17 at 2:00 PM |
| Sponsor: | Dissertation Defense |
| Speaker: | Isabel Hsu |
| | Ph.D. Candidate, Physiology & Biophysics, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033 |
| Title: | The Physiological and Pathophysiological Role of Sympathetic Nervous System Induced Pulsatile Lipolysis in Metabolism |
| Location: | Norris Medical Library Conference Room |
| | Health Sciences Campus (HSC) |
| Contact: | Elena Camarena, (323) 442-1039 ecamaren@usc.edu |
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Mentor: Richard N. Bergman, Keck Professor of Medicine and Chair, Tel: (323) 442-1920 |
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| | Wednesday April 16 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | The Institute for Genetic Medicine - DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS SEMINAR SERIES |
| Speaker: | Janan T. Eppig, Ph.D. |
| | Professor, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME |
| Title: | Taming the Mouse: Integrating Data from Sequences to Disease Models |
| Location: | IGM Harkness Assembly, 2250 Alcazar Street, CSC-250 |
| | Health Sciences Campus (HSC) |
| Contact: | Gracie, (323) 442-1144 graciela.mercado@usc.edu |
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Admission: Free Refreshments will be served |
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| New Week |
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| | Friday April 11 at 1:30 PM |
| | Symposium 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm, Reception and Open House to Follow |
| Sponsor: | USC Epigenome Center Inaugural Symposium |
| Location: | 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 |
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| | USC Epigenome Center - Inaugural Symposium |
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| 1:30 pm | Elizabeth Garrett, Ph.D. | USC Vice President for Academic Planning | Welcome |
| | Peter Laird, Ph.D. | Director, USC Epigenome Center
USC Norris Cancer Center | Opening Remarks |
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| | First Session |
| 1:35 - 2:05 pm | Bradley Bernstein, M.D., Ph.D. | Massachusetts General Hospital | Genomewide studies of the pluripotent chromatin state |
| 2:05 pm - 2:35 pm | Joseph Ecker, Ph.D. | The Salk Institute for Biological Studies | Creating integrated single base resolution epigenome maps |
| 2:35 pm - 3:00 pm | Daniel Crichton, Ph.D. | California Institute of Technology | A knowledge system architecture for biomarker discovery in cancer research |
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| 3:00 - 3:10 pm | Break - Refreshments Served |
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| | 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 Angeles | Genetics and genomics of DNA methylation patterning |
| 4:10 pm - 4:30 pm | Goncalo Abecasis, D.Phil. | University of Michigan | Genome wide searches for complex disease susceptibility genes |
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| 4:30 pm | Peter Laird, Ph.D. | Director, USC Epigenome Center
USC Norris Cancer Center | Closing remarks |
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| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | USC Epigenome Center Reception and Open House |
| | Harlyne J. Norris Cancer Research Tower - LG Level |
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| | Friday April 11 at 12:30 PM |
| Sponsor: | Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series |
| Speaker: | Rosanne M. Yetemian |
| | Graduate Student, Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology |
| Title: | CHARACTERIZATION OF THE NRL-/-GRK1-/- DOUBLE KNOCKOUT MOUSE AS A MODEL FOR LIGHT-INDEPENDENT CONE PHOTORECEPTOR DEGENERATION |
| Location: | 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/ |
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Mentor: Dr. Cheryl Craft; Host: Kyung Hwan Kim |
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| | Friday April 11 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry |
| Speaker: | Xiaofeng Huang |
| | Ph.D. |
| Title: | Apoptosis of Mee Cells During Palatogenesis |
| Location: | 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 |
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| | Friday April 11 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | USC SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Series |
| Speaker: | 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 |
| Title: | Neuroactive Steroids Mediate Alcohol Sensitivity in Rats And Humans: Therapeutic Relevance |
| Location: | 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 |
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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.! |
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| | Friday April 11 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series |
| Speaker: | Kyunghwan Kim |
| | Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Title: | Isolation and Characterization of a Novel H1.2 Complex That Acts as a Repressor of p53-Mediated Transcription |
| Location: | 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/ |
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Mentor: Dr. Woojin An; Host: Meng Xu |
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| | Thursday April 10 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | USC Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center - Multidisciplinary Research Colloquium Series in Aging |
| Speaker: | Chandra A. Reynolds, Ph.D. |
| | Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA |
| Title: | Cognitive Aging: Beyond Heritability |
| Location: | 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/ |
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| | Thursday April 10 at 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 |
| Sponsor: | USC Keck School of Medicine Childhood Obesity Research Center Presents a Symposium - Childhood Obesity: Genes, Brains and Behavior |
| Location: | 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 |
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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 |
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| 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. | Registration |
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| 9:00 - 9:10 a.m. | Carmen A. Puliafito, MD | Dean, USC Keck School of Medicine | Opening Remarks |
| 9:10 - 9:15 a.m. | Michael I. Goran, PhD | Director, USC Childhood Obesity Research Center | Welcome |
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| 9:15 - 10:45 a.m. | Part 1: Basic Biology and Mechanisms |
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| 9:15 - 9:45 a.m. | Richard N. Bergman, PhD | Keck Professor of Medicine and Chair, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, USC Keck School of Medicine | The Portal Theory |
| 9:45 - 10:15 a.m. | Richard Simerly, PhD | Professor of Pediatrics & Director, Neuroscience Program, Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, USC Keck School of Medicine | Wired for Obesity: Development of Leptin-Sensitive Hypothalamic Circuitry |
| 10:15 - 10:45 a.m. | Kevin Grove, PhD | Associate Scientist, Division of Neuroscience, Oregon National Primate Center | Development of Metabolic Systems in Non Human Primates |
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| 10:45 - 11:00 a.m. | BREAK |
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| 11:00 - 2:30 | Part 2: Genetic & Ethnic Issues |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. | Nancy Butte, PhD | Professor of Pediatrics, USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine | Genetics of Childhood Obesity in Hispanics |
| 11:30 - 12:00 p.m. | Holly Ingraham, PhD | Professor of Physiology, University of California San Francisco | Molecular Genetics of Hypothalamic Obesity |
| 12:00 - 12:30 p.m. | Jose Fernandez, PhD | Associate Professor of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham | Genetic Admixture in Childhood Obesity |
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| 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. | LUNCH |
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| 1:30 - 2:00 p.m. | Silva Arslanian, MD | Richard 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 UPMC | Ethnic and Pubertal Differences in Fat Distribution and Insulin Resistance in Children |
| 2:00 - 2:30 p.m. | Myles Faith, PhD | Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine | Genetic Origins of Obesigenic Eating Patterns in Childhood |
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| 2:30 - 3:00 p.m. | BREAK |
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| 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Part 3: Intervention Strategies |
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| 3:00 - 3:30 p .m. | Mary Ann Pentz, PhD | Professor of Preventive Medicine, USC Keck School of Medicine | Behavioral Interventions: Lessons from Drug and Tobacco |
| 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. | Bernard Gutin, PhD | Adjunct Professor of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill | Exercise Strategies in Children |
| 4:00 - 4:45 p.m. | Gary Taubes | Freelance Science Journalist and Author | Special Guest Lecture: Good Calories Bad Calories |
| 4:45- 5:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
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| 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. | RECEPTION |
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| | Wednesday April 09 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | Microbiology and Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Guest Speaker |
| Speaker: | Sally Ward, Ph.D. |
| | Professor, Department of Immunology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, TX |
| Title: | FcRn as an IgG Homeostat: from Protein Engineering to Single Molecule Microscopy |
| Location: | Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112 |
| | Health Sciences Campus (HSC) |
| Contact: | Aileen Calimlim, 3234421710 calimlim@usc.edu |
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| | Tuesday April 08 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | The Institute for Genetic Medicine - Microarray SEMINAR |
| Speaker: | Peter Herzer, Ph.D. |
| | Eppendorf Biochip Systems |
| Title: | Silverquant® Detection - An Alternative to Fluorescence for DualChip Gene Expression Microarrays and Transcription Factor Analysis of Stem Cells |
| Location: | IGM Harkness Assembly, 2250 Alcazar Street, CSC-250 |
| | Health Sciences Campus (HSC) |
| Contact: | (323) 442-1220 mehrian@usc.edu |
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Hosted by: Ruty Mehrian-Shai, Ph.D.
Admission: Free
Lunch will be served. Please RSVP: davis.r@eppendorf.com |
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| | Tuesday April 08 at 12:00 Noon |
| | 12:00 - 1:00 PM |
| Sponsor: | USC/Norris Cancer Center Grand Rounds |
| Speaker: | Takahiro Maeda, Ph.D. |
| | Assistant Professor, Department of Hematopoietic Stem Cell and Leukemia Research, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope |
| Title: | Roles of the Transcription Factor LRF in Hematopoiesis |
| Location: | 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 |
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Refreshments Provided |
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| New Week |
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| | Friday April 04 at 12:30 PM |
| Sponsor: | Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series |
| Speaker: | Meng Xu |
| | Graduate Student, Genetic, Molecular, and Cellular Biology |
| Title: | Structural Studies of MCM4/6/7 Hexamers |
| Location: | 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/ |
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Mentor: Dr. Xiaojiang; Host: Shirley Oghamian |
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| | Friday April 04 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series |
| Speaker: | Shirley Oghamian |
| | Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Title: | BRAFV600E Induces Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Mice |
| Location: | 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/ |
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Mentor: Dr. Peter Laird; Host: Risheng Ye |
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| | Friday April 04 at 09:30 AM |
| | 9:00-9:30 Breakfast 9:30-10:30 Presentation 10:30-11:00 Networking |
| Sponsor: | USC Childhood Obesity Research Center - TREC TEAM Seminar |
| Speaker: | David D. Ludwig, MD, PhD |
| | Division of Endocrinology, Children's Hospital Boston Massachusetts |
| Title: | An Integrative, Family-Based Approach to Childhood Obesity |
| Location: | 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/ |
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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. |
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| | Thursday April 03 at 12:00 Noon |
| | Lecture is from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. |
| Sponsor: | Cellular Homeostasis Lecture Series (Pathology 575) |
| Speaker: | Dean Bok, PhD |
| | Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA |
| Title: | The role of retinoid cycle in inherited retinal disease. |
| Location: | 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 |
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Sponsored by: The Southern California Research Center for ALPD & Cirrhosis, & the Department of Pathology Refreshments will be provided Seminar open to Faculty and Students |
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| | Thursday April 03 at 11:00 AM |
| Sponsor: | Clifton Stewart Diabetes Lecture Series |
| Speaker: | 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 |
| Title: | The Metabolic Effects of Sleep Apnea and Intermittent Hypoxia |
| Location: | 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 |
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Host: Richard N. Bergman, Keck Professor of Medicine and Chair, Department of Physiology & Biophysics. Tel: (323) 442-1920 |
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| | Tuesday April 01 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | The Saban Research Institute Research Seminars |
| Speaker: | Dwayne Stupack, PhD |
| | Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology Program, Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego |
| Title: | Two faces of caspase 8 in neuroblastoma |
| Location: | 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 |
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No registration needed. Call for parking information. |
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| | Tuesday April 01 at 12:00 Noon |
| | 12:00 - 1:00 PM |
| Sponsor: | USC/Norris Cancer Center Grand Rounds |
| Speaker: | Andreas Beutler, M.D. |
| | Assistant Professor in Medicine (Hematology Oncology), Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York |
| Title: | Chronic Cancer Pain: Gene Therapy to (Epi-)Genomics |
| Location: | 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 |
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Refreshments Provided |
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| | Friday March 28 at 1:00 PM |
| Sponsor: | Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine |
| Speaker: | Lei Yang, PhD |
| | Postdoctoral Fellow, Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York |
| Title: | Multipotential cardiovascular progenitors derived from human ES cells |
| Location: | 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 |
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| | Friday March 28 at 12:30 PM |
| Sponsor: | Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series |
| Speaker: | Risheng Ye |
| | Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Title: | Novel Role of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Protein GRP78/BiP on the regulation of Glucose Homeostasis and Obesity |
| Location: | 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/ |
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Mentor: Dr. Amy Lee; Host: Kuo-Chan Hung |
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| | Friday March 28 at 12:00 Noon |
| Sponsor: | Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar Series |
| Speaker: | Kuo-Chan Hung |
| | Graduate Students, Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology |
| Title: | Development of novel Ga protein FRET-based biosensors using mRNA display selection |
| Location: | 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/ |
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Mentor: Dr. Richard Roberts; Host: Jennifer Sims |
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| | Friday March 28 at 08:00 AM |
| Sponsor: | Dept of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Grand Rounds |
| Speaker: | Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, M.D. |
| | Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner, LAC+USC Medical Center |
| Title: | Scene Investigation - Directed Autopsy |
| Location: | Norris Topping Tower, Conf Rm 7409, Norris Cancer Hospital |
| | Health Sciences Campus (HSC) |
| Contact: | Leslie Wauke, (323) 442-1180 lwauke@keck.usc.edu |
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Refreshments will be served. |
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| | Thursday March 27 at 3:30 PM |
| Sponsor: | BISC Inter-Section Seminar |
| Speaker: | Judith Hirsch |
| | University of Southern California |
| Title: | Neuronal circuits adapted for the statistics of natural images |
| Location: | HNB large conference room |
| | University Park Campus (UPC) |
| Contact: | Samantha Butler 1-1161 butlersj@usc.edu |
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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 |
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