| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| September 15 |
Jen Liou, Ph.D.
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Department of Physiology
Host: Kate Luby-Phelps, Ph.D. |
STIMulating calcium entry at ER-plasma membrane junctions |
| September 22 |
James Shorter, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
Host: Joachim Seemann, Ph.D. |
Crossing species barriers to attack Parkinson's Disease |
| September 29 |
Richard Kibbey, M.D., Ph.D.
Yale University
Department of Internal Medicine
Host: Richard G.W. Anderson, Ph.D. |
The mtSTP circuit: The metabolic tachometer of beta-cell mitochondria |
| October 6 |
Peter Mohler, Ph.D.
University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine
Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Host: Peter Michaely, Ph.D. |
Dysfunction in ankyrin-based cellular pathways and human disease |
| October 13 |
Brad Yoder, Ph.D.
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Department of Cell Biology
Host: William Snell, Ph.D. |
Emerging Role of Cilia in Development and Disease |
| November 3 |
Ruibao Ren, M.D., Ph.D.
Brandeis University
Department of Biology
Host: Lily Huang, Ph.D. |
Ras Signaling in Leukemogenesis |
| November 10 |
Trudy F.C. Mackey, Ph.D., F.R.S.
North Carolina State University
Department of Genetics
Host: John Abrams, Ph.D. |
Systems Genetics of Complex Traits in Drosophila |
| November 17 |
Christopher A.G. McCulloch, Ph.D.
University of Toronto
Faculty of Dentistry
Host: Frederick Grinnell, Ph.D. |
Interleukin-1 signaling through focal adhesions |
| December 1 |
Yuh Min Chook, Ph.D.
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Department of Pharmacology
Host: Beatriz Fontoura, Ph.D. |
Recognition of NLS and NES |
| December 15 |
Laurence Pelletier, Ph.D.
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute
Mount Sinai Hospital
Host: Joachim Seemann, Ph.D. |
Mechanisms of Mitotic Spindle Assembly |
| January 5 |
Glen N. Barber, Ph.D.
University of Miami School of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Host: Beatriz Fontoura, Ph.D. |
Mechanisms of Innate Immunity |
| January 12 |
Tom Rando, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Host: Woody Wright, M.D., Ph.D. |
Molecular Control of Quiescence and Activation of Muscle Stem Cells |
| January 19 |
Anna Wu, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Pharmacology
Host: Kate Phelps, Ph.D. |
Engineered antibodies for molecular targeting and imaging of cancer |
| January 26 |
Douglas M. Stocco, Ph.D.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Department of Cell Biology & Biochemistry
Host: Janine Prange-Kiel, Ph.D. |
The Role of A-Kinase Anchoring Protein 121 (AKAP 121) in Steroid Hormone Biosynthesis |
| February 2 |
Eric Witze, Ph.D.
University of Colorado at Boulder
Department of Biochemistry
Host: Richard G.W. Anderson, Ph.D. |
Regulation of cell polarity and migration in melanoma by non-canonical Wnt5a |
| February 9 |
Valerie M. Weaver, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
Center for Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration
Host: Fred Grinnell, Ph.D. |
Forcing breast tumor progression |
| February 23 |
Frederick M. Hughson, Ph.D.
Princeton University
Department of Molecular Biology
Host: Richard G.W. Anderson, Ph.D. |
Directing traffic: Tethers, SNAREs and vesicle transport |
| March 9 |
Katrin F. Chua, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford University
Department of Medicine
Host: Woody Wright, M.D., Ph.D. |
Chromatin Regulation and Genome Maintenance by Mammalian Sirtuins |
| March 16 |
Vann Bennett, M.D., Ph.D.
Duke University Medical Center
Department of Cell Biology
Host: Peter Michaely, Ph.D. |
Better Living Through Ordering for Fluid Phospholipid Bilayer: Ankyrin-based membrane domains |
| March 23 |
Elizabeth S. Sztul, Ph.D.
University of Alabama Birmingham
Department of Cell Biology
Host: Joachim Seemann, Ph.D. |
Molecular Regeneration of Membrane Traffic |
| March 30 |
Kim Orth, Ph.D.
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Department of Molecular Biology
Host: Beatriz Fontoura, Ph.D. |
Black Spot, Black Death, Black Pearl: The Tales of Bacterial Effectors |
| April 6 |
Melanie Cobb, Ph.D.
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Department of Pharmacology
Host: Beatriz Fontoura, Ph.D. |
Catching a Few Good WNKs |
| April 13 |
Gerard Blobe, M.D., Ph.D.
Duke University Medical Center
Dept of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
Host: Lily Huang, Ph.D. |
The Type III TGF-b Receptor in Homeostasis and Disease |
ULS-Wednesday*April 21
4PM |
Rupert E. Billingham Lecture Series
Roger Y. Tsien, Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego
Host: Wen-hong Li, Ph.D. |
Breeding and Building Molecules to Spy on Cells and Tumors |
| May 4 |
Dwight A. Towler, M.D., Ph.D.
Washington University, St. Louis
Department of Medicine
Host: Peter Michaely, Ph.D. |
Wnt Signaling in Diabetic Arteriosclerosis: The Biology of an Inflammatory "Wnt-opathy" |
| May 25 |
Peter Mayinger, Ph.D.
Oregon Health and Science University
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology
Host: Joachim Seemann, Ph.D. |
Role of Phosphoinositides in Trafficking from the Golgi |
