Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
February 2010 Seminars
February 2010
THESIS/DISSERTATION DEFENSES
February, 2010
Matthew Raper, Periodontics, Masters Thesis Defense
Understanding the Human and Murine T-Cell Response to Rough and Smooth Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
Wednesday, February 3, 2010; 8:00 a.m., Room 3.561U
N. Marc Miller, Periodontics, Masters Thesis Defense
The Role of LO Metabolites on Osteoblast Proliferation, Differentiation, and Metabolism When Grown on Different Titanium Surfaces
Tuesday, February 23, 2010; 8:00 a.m., Room 3.561U
Argentina Becker, Biochemistry, Doctoral Dissertation Defense
Structural and Functional Characterization of CARDS Toxin from Mycoplasma Pneumoniae
Tuesday, February 23, 2010; 10:00 a.m., Room 114-118 AAB
Ryan K. Edmunds, Periodontics, Masters Thesis Defense
A Prospective Study of Maxillary Anterior Ridge Augmentation with Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2
Wednesday, February 24, 2010; 8:00 a.m., Room 3.561U
Understanding the Human and Murine T-Cell Response to Rough and Smooth Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
Wednesday, February 3, 2010; 8:00 a.m., Room 3.561U
N. Marc Miller, Periodontics, Masters Thesis Defense
The Role of LO Metabolites on Osteoblast Proliferation, Differentiation, and Metabolism When Grown on Different Titanium Surfaces
Tuesday, February 23, 2010; 8:00 a.m., Room 3.561U
Argentina Becker, Biochemistry, Doctoral Dissertation Defense
Structural and Functional Characterization of CARDS Toxin from Mycoplasma Pneumoniae
Tuesday, February 23, 2010; 10:00 a.m., Room 114-118 AAB
Ryan K. Edmunds, Periodontics, Masters Thesis Defense
A Prospective Study of Maxillary Anterior Ridge Augmentation with Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2
Wednesday, February 24, 2010; 8:00 a.m., Room 3.561U
Gene-environment Interactions: Why Treatment to Enhance Long-term Survival Works for One Individual and May Not for Another
February 2, 2010; 11:00 p.m., Room 209L
Pamela Larsen, PhD; Department of Cellular & Structural Biology, UTHSCSA
Host: Dr. Qitao Ran
Cellular & Structural Biology Seminar Series
Host: Dr. Qitao Ran
Cellular & Structural Biology Seminar Series
Why are Tonically Active Striatal Interneurons Tonically Active?
Wednesday, February 3, 2010; 12:00 Noon, Room 444B
Charles J. Wilson, PhD; Professor, Computational Neurobiology, University of Texas at San Antonio
Pharmacology Seminar Series
Pharmacology Seminar Series
Exploring the Physiological Function and a Potential Bioscavenger Role of Groups VII and VIII Phospholipase A2 Enzymes
Friday, February 5, 2010; 12:00 Noon, Room 409L
Dr. Brian J. Bahnson, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark
Host: Dr. Dmitri Ivanov
Biochemistry Seminar Series
Host: Dr. Dmitri Ivanov
Biochemistry Seminar Series
CANCELLED
TBA
CANCELLED - Amar Klar, PhD; Senior Investigator/Section Head, Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, MD
Molecular Medicine Seminar Series
Molecular Medicine Seminar Series
What it Means to be Old for an Immune System?
Tuesday, February 9, 2010; 11:00 a.m., Room 209L
Janko Nikolich-Zugich, MD, PhD; Department of Immunology, University of Arizona
Host: Dr. Ellen Kraig
Cellular & Structural Biology Seminar Series
Host: Dr. Ellen Kraig
Cellular & Structural Biology Seminar Series
CANCELLED
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
CANCELLED - David M. Sabatini, MD, PhD; Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Pharmacology Seminar Series
Pharmacology Seminar Series
MTOR in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Cancer
Tuesday, February 16, 2010; 3:30 p.m., IBT Conference Room, 3.002
Peter J. Houghton, Nationwide Children's Hospital
Molecular Medicine Seminar Series
Molecular Medicine Seminar Series
The Big and Small of Reproduction and Cancer
Tuesday, February 16, 2010; 11:00 a.m., Room 209L
Martin M. Matzuk, MD, PhD; Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine
Host: Drs. Olivia Smith and Kaoru Tominaga
Cellular & Structural Biology Seminar Series
Host: Drs. Olivia Smith and Kaoru Tominaga
Cellular & Structural Biology Seminar Series
Multiple Hits on the Road to Alzheimer's Disease: Mapping Pathways for Therapeutic Intervention
Wednesday, February 17, 2010; 12:00 Noon, Room 444B
Veronica Galvan, PhD; Department of Physiology, The Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, UTHSCSA
Pharmacology Seminar Series
Pharmacology Seminar Series
Sex, Stress, and the Brain: From Serendipity to Clinical Relevance
Wednesday, February, 17, 2010; 4:00 pm, UTSA, Retama Auditorium, University Center, 2.02.02 (above the bookstore)
Bruce S. McEwen, PhD; Alfred E. Mirsky Professor, Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Rockefeller University
Sponsored by: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio's [UTHSCSA] Institute for Integration of Medicine and Science [IIMS]/Novel Clinical and Translational Methodologies, the University of Texas at San Antonio's [UTSA] Research Centers in Minority Institutions [RCMI] Program, and the UTSA-UTHSCSA Joint Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering
Seminars in Translational Research [STRECH]
PLEASE NOTE REVISED ROOM LOCATION
Sponsored by: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio's [UTHSCSA] Institute for Integration of Medicine and Science [IIMS]/Novel Clinical and Translational Methodologies, the University of Texas at San Antonio's [UTSA] Research Centers in Minority Institutions [RCMI] Program, and the UTSA-UTHSCSA Joint Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering
Seminars in Translational Research [STRECH]
PLEASE NOTE REVISED ROOM LOCATION
The Genetics of Aging: TOR and Translation
Wednesday, February 17, 2010; 3:30 p.m., Room 444B
Brian Kennedy, PhD; Associate Professor, Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Sponsored by: The Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, The San Antonio Nathan Shock Aging Center, and The San Antonio Comparative Biology of Aging Center
Barshop Institute Seminar Series
Sponsored by: The Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, The San Antonio Nathan Shock Aging Center, and The San Antonio Comparative Biology of Aging Center
Barshop Institute Seminar Series
Structure Insights from IL-18 and IL-18BP Complex
Thursday, February 18, 2010; 12:00 Noon, Room 444B
Junpeng Deng, PhD; Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series
Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series
Giving Birth - An Inflammatory Process
Friday, February 19th, 2010; 12:00 Noon, Room 409L
Dr. Leslie Myatt, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Co-Director of Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Research, Department of OB-GYN & Department of Biochemistry Cross-Appointed Faculty, UTHSCSA
Host: Dr. Lee McAlister-Henn
Biochemistry Seminar Series
Host: Dr. Lee McAlister-Henn
Biochemistry Seminar Series
Improving Therapies for HIV and dsDNA Viruses by Lipid Conjugation
Tuesday, February 23, 2010; 11:00 a.m., Room 209L
Randall Lanier, PhD; Director of Virology, Chimerix, Inc., Durham, NC
Host: Dr. Ellen Kraig
Cellular & Structural Biology Seminar Series
Host: Dr. Ellen Kraig
Cellular & Structural Biology Seminar Series
Mechanisms of Chromosome Stability in Mammalian Cells
Tuesday, February 23, 2010; 3:30 p.m., IBT Conference Room, 3.002
Jeremy Stark, City of Hope
Molecular Medicine Seminar Series
Molecular Medicine Seminar Series
Mitochondrial and Synaptic Plasticity of Brain Circuits in Support of Homeostasis
Wednesday, February 24, 2010; 12:00 Noon, Room 444B
Tamas L. Horvath, PhD, Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Host: Xin-Yun Lu, PhD
Pharmacology Seminar Series
Host: Xin-Yun Lu, PhD
Pharmacology Seminar Series
Lessons in Biochemistry, Immune Evasion, and Development Taught by a Parasite
Friday, February 26, 2010; 12:00 Noon, Room 409L
Dr. James McKerrow, Departments of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Host: Dr. Philip LoVerde
Biochemistry Seminar Series
Host: Dr. Philip LoVerde
Biochemistry Seminar Series
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