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Seminar Series Fall Semester 2009

 

September 8: Chunmin Dong, Postdoctoral Researcher (Wu’s lab): “GPCR trafficking and signaling: Regulation by small GTPases”. Location: MEB 5252

 

September 15: Sarah Mahne, PhD Student (Varner’s lab): “Exposure to Combustion Generated Particulate Matter Exacerbates Cardiovascular Toxicity in COPD Rats”. Location: MEB5252

 

September 21 (Monday !): AH Jan Danser, Professor & Head of Department of Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Research School Erasmus University Rotterdam (COEUR), Netherlands: “The rise in renin during renin inhibition: does it result in harmful effects via the (pro)renin receptor?”. Location: MEB3220 (seminar room #8)

 

 

Students in charge: Youssef Errami and Yanhui (Jenny) Cai; Faculty supervisor: Filipeanu

 

September 29: Romer A Gonzalez, MD, PhD, Research Instructor, Department of Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA: “Intrarenal ACE-derived Ang II generation during Ang II-dependent Hypertension” Location: MEB 3220 (seminar room #8)

 

 October 6:  Charles Nichols, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, “Schizophrenia, inflammation, and fighting fruit flies. The wonderful world of serotonin receptors!”. Location: MEB5252

 

October 13: Tom Cunningham, Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology UNTHSC, Fort Worth, TX,:  “Neural Regulation of Vasopressin Release: Physiology and Pathophysiology”. Location: MEB3220 (seminar room #8)

 

 

Students in charge: Swapnil Kher and Xiaoping Zhang; Faculty supervisor: Varner

 

 

October 20: Allison Berrier, Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Craniofacial Biology: “The Role of Integrin Effectors in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Tumor Phenotype.” Location: MEB5252

 

 

October 27: Rasika Rohatgi, Master Thesis Defense, (Nichols’ lab): “A New Family of Arrestin Domain Containing Proteins: Initial Characterization of Arrdc1-5”. Location: MEB5252

 

 

November 3: Virginia Brooks; Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, “Brain insulin and cardiovascular regulation” (sponsored by CoBRE). Location: MEB3220 (seminar room #8)

 

Students in charge: Lauren Brignac and Oralee Johnson; Faculty supervisor: Wainford

 

November 10: Swapnil Kher, PhD student, (Worthylake’s lab): “Regulation of Rho kinase localization by its C terminus”. Location: MEB5252

 

November 17:Xiaoping Zhang, PhD student, (Wu’s lab): “Regulation of Angiotensin II receptor traffic from the ER to the cell surface”. Location: MEB5252

 

November 24:             No Seminar, Happy Thanksgiving !

 

December 1: Tarun K. Mandal, McCaffrey/Norwood Professor of Pharmacy Director, Center for Nanomedicine & Drug Delivery Xavier University of Louisiana, “Novel Drug Delivery Systems: Opportunities and Challenges”. Location: MEB3220 (seminar room #8)

                       

December 8: Youssef Errami, PhD student, (Boulares’ lab): “Internucleosomal DNA fragmentation in apoptosis may be a cooperative activity between DNA fragmentation factor and the Ca2+/Mg2+ endonuclease, DNAS1L3”. Location: MEB5252

 

December  15:            Rahul Datta, PhD student, (Boulares’ lab): “Regulation of IL-4 Signal Transduction by poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase via STAT6”. Location: MEB5252