January 2010 Seminars

January 2010

THESIS/DISSERTATION SEMINARS

January, 2010

Tina M. Beck, MS Thesis Defense, Periodontics
Tuesday, January 19, 2010; 8:00 a.m., Room 3.561U
Histological Analysis of Healing Following Tooth Extraction with Ridge Preservation Using Mineralized Human Bone Allograft (PUROS©)

Sirisha Burra, Doctoral Dissertation Defense, Biochemistry
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010; 11:00 a.m., Room 2.042
Regulation of Connexin 43 Hemichannels by Mechanical Loading, Intergrins and Activated Kinases in Bone Osteocytes

Jiangyan Zhu, MS Thesis Defense, Molecular Medicine
Thursday, January 28, 2010; 1:30 p.m., IBT Conf. Room 3.002
Role of vFLIP in KHSV-Mediated Cellular Transformation and Tumorigenesis

Regulatory Mechanisms of Channel-dependent and Independent Function of Connexin 50 in Lens Cell Differentiation and Homeostasis

Friday, January 8, 2010; 12:00 Noon, Room 409L

Dr. Jean X. Jiang, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, UTHSCSA
Host: Dr. Bruce Nicholson
Biochemistry Seminar Series

Endocannabinoid Mechanisms of Pain Suppression

Wednesday, January 13, 2010; 12:00 Noon, Room 444B

Andrea G. Hohmann, PhD; Neuroscience & Behavior Program, Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens
Host: Dr. Andrea Giuffrida
Pharmacology Seminar Series

TBA

Wednesday, January 13, 2010; 3:30 p.m., Room 444B

Shane Rea, PhD; Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, UTHSCSA and Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging
Sponsored by: The Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, The San Antonio Comparative Biology of Aging Center, and The San Antonio Nathan Shock Aging Center
Barshop Institute Seminar Series

High Throughput Screening for Antifungal Drug Discovery

Wednesday, January 20, 2010; 4:00 p.m., Room 110 - AAB, UTHSCSA

Jose Lopez-Ribot, PharmD, PhD; Professor of Biology, South Texas for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas at San Antonio
Sponsored by: Institute for Integration of Medicine and Science at UTHSCSA, Research Centers in Minority Institutions at UTSA, & UTSA-UTHSCSA Joint Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering
Seminars in Translational Research [STRECH]

Multiple Hits on the Road to Alzheimer's Disease: Mapping the Pathways for Therapeutic Intervention

Wednesday, January 20, 2010; 3:30 p.m., Room 444B

Veronica Galvan, PhD; Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, UTHSCSA and Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging
Sponsored by: The Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, The San Antonio Comparative Biology of Aging Center, and The San Antonio Nathan Shock Aging Center
Barshop Institute Seminar Series

Misfolded Copper-Zinc Superoxide Dismutase and Motor Neuron Disease

Friday, January 22, 2010; 12:00 Noon, Room 409L

Dr. P. John Hart, Ewing Halsell President's Council Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry; Director, X-Ray Crystallography Core Laboratory, UTHSCSA
Host: Dr. Bruce J. Nicholson
Biochemistry Seminar Series

Regulation of Vascular Cell Communication and Function by Control of Gap Junction Protein Assembly and Targeting

Monday, January 25, 2010; 2:00 p.m., Room 444B

Dr. Michael H. Koval, Associate Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Host: Dr. Jean Jiang
Biochemistry Seminar Series

Next-gen Sequencing and Microarray Technology for Biomedical Research

Tuesday, January 26, 2010; 3:30 p.m., Room 3.002 IBT Conf. Room

Jian-Bing Fan, PhD; Senior Director of Scientific Research for Illumina, Inc.
Molecular Medicine Seminar Series

The Collapse of Proteostasis in Aging and Disease

Tuesday, January 26, 2010; 11:00 a.m., Room 209L

Richard I. Morimoto, PhD; Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, Northwestern University
Host: Dr. Steven Austad
Cellular & Structural Biology Seminar Series

TBA

Wednesday, January 27, 2010; 3:30 p.m., Room 444B

Kelvin Davies, PhD; Associate Dean, University of Southern California, Davis School of Gerontology
Host: Holly Van Remmen, PhD
Sponsored by: The Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, The San Antonio Comparative Biology of Aging Center, and The San Antonio Nathan Shock Aging Center
Barshop Institute Seminar Series

The Mitochondrial Connection: From Drug Design to Human Diseases

Friday, January 29, 2010; 12:00 Noon, Room 409L

Dr. Whitney Yin, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin
Host: Dr. Rui Sousa
Biochemistry Seminar Series

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