| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| September 23 |
Robin M. Shaw, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego
CVRI and Medicine
Host: Kate Luby-Phelps, Ph.D. |
Directed targeting of connexons: Can the model be generalized? |
| September 30 |
Chad Cowan, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Host: Jerry Shay, Ph.D. |
Modeling Disease with Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells |
| October 7 |
Kenton Swartz, Ph.D.
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
Host: Qiu-xing Jiang, Ph.D. |
Structural basis of voltage sensor function and pharmacology in ion channels |
| October 14 |
Robin Hiesinger, Ph.D.
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Department of Physiology
Host: John Abrams, Ph.D. |
The role of intracellular trafficking in Drosophila brain development |
| October 21 |
Adam Linstedt, Ph.D.
Carnegie Mellon University
Department of Biological Science
Host: Joachim Seemann, Ph.D. |
Golgi apparatus assembly: Mechanisms and functional consequencesTBA |
| October 28 |
Yu-Li Wang, Ph.D.
Carnegie Mellon University
Biomedical Engineering
Host: Fred Grinnell, Ph.D. |
Basic principles of cell migration and shape control |
| November 11 |
Paul Pilch, Ph.D.
Boston University School of Medicine
Department of Biochemistry
Host: Dorothy Mundy, Ph.D. |
Adipocyte caveolae and lipid metabolism |
| December 2 |
Bill Loomis, Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego
Division of Biological Sciences
Host: Fred Grinnell, Ph.D. |
A cascade of intercellular signals control terminal differentiation |
| December 9 |
Jonathan D. Smith, Ph.D.
Cleveland Clinic
Department of Cell Biology
Host: Peter Michaely, Ph.D. |
Genetic and genomic identification of artherosclerosis modifier genes |
| January 13 |
Brian Storrie, Ph.D.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Physiology and Biophysics
Host: Joachim Seemann, Ph.D. |
Are Rab proteins master regulators of golgi organization? |
| January 20 |
Steve Artandi, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford University
Department of Medicine-Hematology
Host: Woody Wright, M.D., Ph.D. |
Telomerase, development and cancer |
| January 27 |
David Stokes, Ph.D.
New York University
Skirball Institute
Host: Qiu-xing Jiang, Ph.D. |
Studies of cell adhesion by electron tomography |
| February 3 |
Yuri Lazebnik, Ph.D.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Host: Fred Grinnell, Ph.D. |
GIN, CIN and cell promiscuity, or whether viruses can contribute to cancer by fusing cells |
| February 10 |
Lance S. Terada, M.D.
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Internal Medicine-Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Host: Fred Grinnell, Ph.D. |
p66Shc and Anoikis |
| February 17 |
Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, Ph.D.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Department of Microbiology
Host: Beatriz Fontoura, Ph.D. |
Inhibition of the type I IFN response by influenza virus |
| February 24 |
Martin Hetzer, Ph.D.
Salk Institute
Molecular & Cell Biology Laboratory
Host: Joachim Seemann, Ph.D. |
Nuclear organization in dividing, differentiating and aging cells |
| March 3 |
John Crispino, Ph.D.
Northwestern University
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Host: Lily Huang, Ph.D. |
Enucleation Versus Polyploidization: Different Fates of the Nucleus in Hematopoietic Cell Differentiation |
| March 10 |
Victor Hsu, M.D.
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Host: Joachim Seemann, Ph.D. |
Coat proteins: Mechanisms and physiology |
CANCELED
March 24 |
CANCELED
Peter Sarnow, Ph.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Host: Beatriz Fontoura, Ph.D. |
Subversion of a Liver-Specific MicroRNA by Hepatitis C Virus |
| March 31 |
Zhe Lu, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Physiology
Host: Qiu-xing Jiang, Ph.D. |
Ion Channel Function and Membrane Phospholipids |
| April 7 |
Clodagh O'Shea, Ph.D.
The Salk Institute
Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory
Host: John Abrams, Ph.D. |
Exploiting viruses to understand and treat cancer |
| April 14 |
David L. Spector, Ph.D.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Host: Kate Luby-Phelps, Ph.D. |
The Dynamics of Gene Expression/Silencing in Living Cells |
*ULS-Wednesday
April 22
4PM |
Rupert E. Billingham Lecture Series
Titia de Lange, Ph.D.
The Rockefeller University
Laboratory for Cell Biology & Genetics
Host: Jerry Shay, Ph.D. |
How telomeres protect chromosome ends |
| April 28 |
Da-Neng Wang, Ph.D.
New York University
Skirball Institute
Host: Qiu-xing Jiang, Ph.D. |
Antidepressant specificity of the serotonin transporter suggested by three LeuT-SSRI complex structures |
| May 5 |
James Shorter, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
Host: Joachim Seemann, Ph.D. |
Crossing species barriers to attack Parkinson's Disease |
| May 12 |
Kirk Mykytyn, Ph.D.
Ohio State University
Division of Human Genetics
Host: William Snell, Ph.D. |
Neuronal primary cilia and disease |
| May 19 |
Nicholas K. Conrad, Ph.D.
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Department of Microbiology
Host: Beatriz Fontoura, Ph.D. |
Post-transcriptional Control of Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated Herpesvirus Gene Expression |
| June 2 |
David Sheff, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Iowa
Department of Pharmacology
Host: Joachim Seemann, Ph.D. |
Retrograde traffic of Shiga toxin along the endosomal pathway |
