April 2010 Seminars

Roger L. Miller, Prosthodontics, Masters Thesis Defense
The Effects of Oral Appliance Therapy on Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Tuesday, April 27, 2010; 8:30 a.m., Room 4.637U

Jialu Liu, Biochemistry, Doctoral Dissertation Defense
Post-Translational Regulation of Connexin 50 and the Interaction with Aquaporin 0 in Lens Fibers
Thursday, April 29, 2010; 9:00 a.m., Room 409L

Kihoon Lee, Molecular Medicine, Doctoral Dissertation Defense
Repairing Broken DNA End by Microhomology-Mediated End Joining
Thursday, April 29, 2010; 1:30 p.m., IBT Conference Room 3.002

Srikanth Polusani, Biochemistry, Doctoral Dissertation Defense
Gene Regulation Through Gap Junction Intercellular Communication and its Consequences for Cell Behaviour
Friday, April 30, 2010; 9:00 a.m., Room 409L

Dr. Nicole Francis, Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
Host:  Dr. Chongwoo Kim
Biochemistry Seminar Series

Bevin P. Engelward, Phd; Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Host:  Graduate Students
Cellular & Structural Biology Seminar Series

Michael F. Clarke, Distinguished Student Lecturer, Stanford University
Molecular Medicine Seminar Series

Andrew J. Brenner, MD, PhD; Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Co-Director, CTRC at Christus Santa Rosa Hematology-Oncology Unit, UTHSCSA
Pharmacology Seminar Series

Bruce Klein, MD; Professor, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series

Dr. Rong Li, Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, UTHSCSA
Host:  Dr. Bruce J. Nicholson
Biochemistry Seminar Series

Lorraine Symington, Columbia University
Molecular Medicine Seminar Series

Daret St. Clair, PhD; Professor, Graduate Center for Toxicology, University of Kentucky School of Medicine
Host:  Dr. Yidong Bai
Cellular & Structural Biology Seminar Series

Martin A. Javors, PhD; Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, UTHSCSA
Pharmacology Seminar Series

Dr. Josep Rizo, Professor, Departments of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Host:  Dr. Eileen M. Lafer
Biochemistry Seminar Series

Claude Jourdan-Le Saux, PhD; Department of Medicine - Cardiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Host:  Dr. Qitao Ran
Cellular & Structural Biology Seminar Series

Marc D. Feldman, MD; Professor of Medicine and Engineering, Division of Cardiology, UTHSCSA
Sponsored by:  The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio's [UTHSCSA] Institute for Integration of Medicine and Science [IIMS], 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]

Robert N. Pechnick, PhD; Associate Director of Research, Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Host:  Dr. Charles France
Pharmacology Seminar Series

Huizhou Fan, MD, PhD; Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ
Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series

Lily Dong, PhD; Department of Cellular & Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Host: Dr. Qitao Ran
Cellular & Structural Biology Seminar Series

Robert Lanford, PhD; Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX
Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series

Dr. David W. Li, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Host:  Dr. Jean X. Jiang
Biochemistry Seminar Series