University Lecture Series

Spring 2012
Time: 4 p.m. Wednesdays	Location: NB2.101 Excellence in Education Auditorium	Phone: 214-633-1319
The University Lecture Series (ULS) brings prominent scientists and speakers to UT Southwestern to enhance the intellectual climate of the Medical Center Community.

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE/RESEARCH	HOST
01/04	Lora Hooper, PhD Associate Professor, Immunology UT Southwestern Medical Center	Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Symbiotic Host-Bacterial Interactions in the Intestine	Edward K. Wakeland, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Immunology
01/11	Janet Woodcock, MD Director Center for Drug Evaluation & Research FDA	FDA Drug Approval Process	Medical Scientist Training Program Joshua Owen, Student Host
01/18	Luis F. Parada, PhD Professor and Chair Developmental Biology UT Southwestern Medical Center	Genetic Mouse Models of Glioma: Translational Tools for Therapeutic Development	UTSW Sigma Xi Chapter Uttam K. Tambar, PhD President Assistant Professor Biochemistry
01/25	Ronald D. Vale, PhD HHMI Investigator; Professor Cellular & Molecular Biology University of California, San Francisco	The Molecular Mechanism of Motor Proteins	Katherine Luby-Phelps, PhD Professor Cell Biology
02/01	Frank Slack, PhD Professor Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Yale University	MicroRNAs as Targeted Therapeutics and Therapeutic Targets in Cancer	Joshua Mendell, MD, PhD Professor Molecular Biology
02/08	Judith Kimble, PhD Professor Biochemisty University of Wisconsin, Madison	Stem Cells and RNA Regulation: Networks and Mechanism	Southwestern Medical Foundation's Ida Green Distinguished Visiting Professorship WISMAC
02/15	S. Lawrence Zipursky, PhD HHMI Investigator Professor Biological Chemistry University of California, Los Angeles	Cell Recognition and Wiring the Fly Brain	Robin Hiesinger, PhD Assistant Professor Physiology
02/22	Don W. Cleveland, PhD Professor and Chair Cellular & Molecular Medicine Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research University of California, San Diego	From Charcot to Lou Gehrig: Mechanism and Therapy in ALS and Beyond	David R. Corey, PhD Professor Pharmacology
02/29	Andrew Dillin, PhD Professor; HHMI Investigator Director, Glenn Center for Aging Research The Salk Institute for Biological Studies	Humoral Control of Proteostasis and Aging	Postdoctoral Association at UT Southwestern
03/07	Enzo Porrello, PhD Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Research UT Southwestern Medical Center	How to Fix a Broken Heart: Lessons from the Neonate	UT Southwestern Graduate School Michael D. Roth, PhD Interim Dean
03/14	Angela M. Belcher, PhD Professor Materials Science and Engineering; Biological Engineering Massachusettes Institute of Technology	Engineering Viruses for Next GenerationMaterials for Energy, the Environment and Medicine	S. Edward Sulkin Visiting Professorship Michael V. Norgard, PhD Professor and Chair Microbiology
03/21 *Will be held in Gooch Auditorium	Nir Barzilai, MD Professor Endocrinology; Genetics Albert Einstein College of Medicine	The Role of Environment and Genes in Exceptional Longevity in Humans	Convergence Day-Keynote Address Craig D. Rubin, MD Professor Internal Medicine
03/28	Kim Orth, PhD Professor Molecular Biology UT Southwestern Medical Center	Black Spot, Black Death, Black Pearl: The Tales of Bacterial Effectors.	Elisabeth Martinez, PhD Assistant Professor Pharmacology
04/04 * Will be held in NG3.112	Jason Frank, MD, MA (Ed), FRCPC Associate Director Specialty Standards Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada	The Changing Tide of Health Professions Reform Worldwide	Southwestern Academy of Teachers Lynne M. Kirk, MD Professor
04/11	Li-Huei Tsai, PhD Associate Professor and Director Picower Institute for Learning & Memory Massachusettes Institute of Technology	Restoring Memory Formation Following Neurodegeneration-Mediated Cognitive Impairment	Lisa M. Monteggia, PhD Associate Professor Psychiatry
04/18	Brigid Hogan, PhD, FRS Professor and Chair Cell Biology Duke University	Stem Cells in Lung Regeneration and Repair	Rupert E. Billingham Lecturship in Cell Biology Sandra L. Schmid, PhD Professor and Chair Cell Biology
04/25	Lewis Cantley, PhD Professor Systems Biology Harvard Medical School	PI₃K and Cancer Cell Metabolism	Chilton Foundation Annual Lecture Steven L. McKnight, PhD Professor and Chair Biochemistry
05/02	Philippa Marrack, PhD, FRS HHMI Investigator Professor Immunology University of Colorado	T Cell Receptors and MHC	George E. Peacock Lecture James S. Malter, MD Professor and Chair Pathology
05/09	Sean J. Morrison, PhD Professor; HHMI Investigator; Director Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern	The Regulation of Stem Cell Self-Renewal	Joel K. Elmquist, DVM, PhD Professor Internal Medicine
05/16	Nominata Seminar

Joel K. Elmquist, DVM, PhD
Chair, University Lecture Series 2011-2012

University Lecture Series

Spring 2012