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Wednesday, October 1, 2008 |
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12:30 PM Dr. Klaus Willecke, Institut fuer Genetik Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet, Bonn. "Expression and function of connexins studied with targeted mouse mutants" 908 Kennedy Host: Felix Bukauskas/Neuroscience Contact: jhardina@aecom.yu.edu |
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Thursday, October 2, 2008 |
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8:00 AM Allan Halpern, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. "Curing Melanoma through Early Detection: The Promise and the Challenges" Forchheimer 1st Floor Lecture Hall (8 am), Cherkasky Auditorium (12:15 pm) More info: http://www.aecom.yu.edu/medicine/events.aspx?id=14572 Host: Medicine/Dermatology |
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12:00 PM Dr. Matthew Levy,Assistant Professor, Department of BIochemistry, AECOM. "Targeting Cells With Nucleic Acid Aptamers" 5th Floor Lecture Hall-Forchheimer Bldg Host: Einstein Internal Faculty Seminar |
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1:30 PM Dr. Miguel Holmgren, Investigator, Molecular Neurophysiology Unit, National Institutes of Health. "Regulation of the gating mechanisms in potassium channels by RNA editing" Price Center Auditorium Host: Dr. Alan Finkelstein/Departments of Neuroscience and Physiology & Biophysics Contact: jhardina@aecom.yu.edu |
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1:30 PM Miguel Holmgren, Ph.D., Investigator, NINDS/NIH, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, Molecular Neurophysiology Unit, Bethesda, MD. "Regulation of the Gating Mechanisms in Potassium Channels by RNA Editing" Price Center Auditorium Host: Physiology & Biophysics |
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Friday, October 3, 2008 |
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9:00 AM Jeffrey Pessin, Ph.D., AECOM, Department of Medicine & Molecular Pharmacology, Director of the Diabetes Research Center. "SNARE-Dependent GLUT4 Vesicle Trafficking and Fusion" Price/Block Auditorium, First Floor Host: Diabetes Research Training Center Contact: kpaulus@aecom.yu.edu |
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12:30 PM Dr. Sean McBride AECOM. "The elimination of cognitive deficits in animal models of Fragile X Syndrome" 901 Kennedy Host: Dr. Suzanne Zukin/Neuroscience Contact: jhardina@aecom.yu.edu |
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Monday, October 6, 2008 |
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12:00 PM Jonathan (Tsoni) Peled, AECOM. "Cyclin D3 and Msh6 in Germinal Center Formation and Lymphomagenesis Third Floor Lecture Hall Forchheimer Building Thesis Defense Host: Cell Biology Contact: ediaz@aecom.yu.edu |
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12:00 PM Dr. Nina Salama, Ph.D., Associate Member, Human Biology Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. "Helicobacter pylori colonization strategies: from spiral shape to jumping genes" Forchheimer Fifth Floor Lecture Hall Host: Dr. Marta Feldmesser and the Microbial Pathogenesis Training Grant |
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2:00 PM Dr. Lucy Forrest, Group Leader, Computational Structural Biology Group, Max Planck Institute for Biophysics. "Molecular mechanisms of sodium-coupled neurotransmitter transport: insights from computational studies" Forchheimer 253N Special Seminar; Host: Dr. Nancy Carrasco Host: Molecular Pharmacology Contact: carrasco@aecom.yu.edu |
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4:00 PM Immigrant Health – "Providing Medical Care for Our Immigrant Populations: a Systematic Approach,” presented by Elizabeth D. Barnett, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine; co-editor of Immigrant Medicine Price Center/Block Research Pavilion LeFrak Auditorium. Host: Office of Faculty Development Contact: ofd@aecom.yu.edu |
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6:00 PM Latino Heritage Month 1st Floor Lecture Hall, Forchheimer building. Speaking event with Hari Acharya, Doctors of the World Host: Einstein’s chapters of Boricua Latino Health Organization (BLHO) & Student National Medical Association (SNMA) |
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6:30 PM Free screening of the Errol Morris film "Standard Operating Procedure" 3rd Floor Lecture Hall, Forchheimer building The evening includes a live webcast conversation with the filmmaker and Farnoosh Hashemian, author of “Broken Laws, Broken Lives” following the film. Dinner will be served. Please RSVP at sopscreening.org Host: Einstein’s Physicians for Human Rights |
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008 |
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9:30 AM D. Samuel Gottesman Library Reference Department. "Introduction to EndNote" Forchheimer Room 119N Host: D. Samuel Gottesman Library Contact: minuti@aecom.yu.edu |
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12:00 PM "HIV Testing in the Bronx Community: An Inner City Emergency Department Experience" Lubin Student Activities Center Lunch will be served. Host: Yvette Calderon, M.D., associate professor of clinical emergency medicine and assistant dean for diversity enhancement at Einstein |
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12:00 PM Liang Zhou, MD,PhD., New York University Medical Center, Skirball Institute. "Regulatory Network of Inflammatory TH17 Cell Differentiation" Third Floor Lecture Hall Forchheimer Faculty Recruit Host: Drs. Arturo Casadevall and Steven Porcelli Contact: defilipp@aecom.yu.edu |
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12:00 PM Carlos Cordon-Cardo, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Pathology, Professor and Member, Department of Urology, Associate Director, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, "Mesenchymal stem cells and Sarcomagenesis" Forchheimer Bldg., 5th Floor Lecture Hall Host: Dr. Michael B. Prystowsky, Chair, Pathology Department Contact: prystows@aecom.yu.edu |
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12:00 PM Dr. Barbara Gerratana, University of Maryland. "Enzymes as Drug Targets and Producers" First Floor Lecture Hall, Forchheimer Building Coffee and cookies will be served in Forch. 310 at 11:45 AM Host: Department of Biochemistry Contact: blanchar@aecom.yu.edu |
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4:30 PM Scrubs Ceremony for First-Years. As part of the event, members of the class of 1998 will mark their recent tenth reunion by donating scrubs to the Class of 2012. In addition to getting the scrubs that they will wear during the dissection lab for their Gross Anatomy course, the first-year students will learn who their lab partners are. Lubin Student Activities Center |
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5:00 PM Andrew Marks, M.D., Chairman and Professor of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University Medical Center, "Mechanisms of Heart Failure and Sudden Cardiac Death" Cardiology Conference Room; Forchheimer G40 Host: Einstein-Montefiore Center for Cardiovascular Research Contact: nsibinga@aecom.yu.edu |
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7:00 PM Town Hall Meeting with U.S. Congressman Joseph Crowley (NY-7) Price Center/Block Research Pavilion LeFrak Auditorium Congressman Crowley will discuss health care issues and address audience questions about local, national and global health policy. Host: American Medical Student Association (AMSA) Albert Einstein College of Medicine Chapter Contact: jbumol@aecom.yu.edu |
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8:00 PM Global Health Celebration Lawn outside the Falk Recreation Center In event of rain, the celebration will move to the Lubin Student Activities Center. Contact: chawk@aecom.yu.edu |
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Wednesday, October 8, 2008 |
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10:00 AM Arkady Celeste, Experimental Immunology Branch/NCI-NIH. "Surveillance, Signaling and Repair Platforms Ensuring Genomic Stability" Price Center Block Research Auditorium Pavilion Host: Genetics Contact: liklein@aecom.yu.edu |
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12:00 PM Dr. Michael Tiemeyer, University of GeorgiaTitle. “Naked, Branched and Depressed: The Complexities of Fucosylation in Drosophila” 5th Floor Lecture Hall - Forchheimer Building Host: Dept. of Cell Biology Contact: ediaz@aecom.yu.edu |
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12:30 PM Dr. Diane Lipscombe, Department of Neuroscience Brown University. "Cell-specific tuning of calcium channel activity by alternative pre-mRNA splicing" 901 Kennedy Host: Dr. Kamran Khodakhah/Neuroscience Contact: jhardina@aecom.yu.edu |
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Thursday, October 9, 2008 |
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1:30 PM David Odde, Professor, University of Minnesota, Biomedical Engineering, Minneapolis, MN. "Self-Organization of the Mitotic Spindle" Price Center - Room 551 Host: Physiology & Biophysics Contact: dsharp@aecom.yu.edu |
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Friday, October 10, 2008 |
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9:00 AM Jonathan Backer, MD, AECOM, Department of Molecular Pharmacology. "Signaling by Class I and Class III P1 3-kinases" Price/Block Auditorium, First Floor Host: Diabetes Research Training Center Contact: kpaulus@aecom.yu.edu |
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12:00 PM Fei Li Kuang, AECOM. "Mechanisms of Targeting in Antibody Diversification" Cell Biology Library, Chanin Building, Room 425 Thesis Defense Host: Cell Biology Dept Contact: ediaz@aecom.yu.edu |
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Monday, October 13, 2008 |
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12:00 PM Igor B. Roninson, Ph.D.Director of Cancer Center, Ordway Research Institute. "Transcriptional Consequences of Cellular Damage: Therapeutic Implications for Cancer and Aging" Forchheimer 5th Floor Lecture Hall Joint Seminar: Department of Molecular Pharmacology (Dr. I. David Goldman) and Department of Genetics (Dr. Jan Vijg) Host: Molecular Pharmacology & Genetics Contact: igoldman@aecom.yu.edu |
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008 |
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11:00 AM Rebecca Muhle, AECOM. "Virulence gene regulation and expression: application of novel genetic integration methods to studies of the Plasmodium falciparum var genes implicated in severe malaria" Marshall S. Horwitz Library, Belfer 601 Thesis Defense Seminar Host: Dr. David Fidock |
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11:30 AM Sen Cheng, Ph.D.,The Sloan-Swartz Center for Theoretical Neurobiology, University of California, San Francisco. "Memory formation and storage in the hippocampus" Price Auditorium, Room 151 Recruitment Seminar Host: Department of Systems and Computational Biology Contact: vcastell@aecom.yu.edu |
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008 |
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10:00 AM Christian Dahmann. Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics. "Genetic Control of Epithelial Morphogenesis" Price Center Block Research Pavilion Auditorium Host: Genetics Contact: liklein@aecom.yu.edu |
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12:30 PM Dr. Larry Trussell, Vollum Institute Oregon Health Sciences University. "Synaptic transmission between interneurons mediated by simple and complex spikes" 901 Kennedy Host: Dr. Don Faber/Neuroscience Contact: jhardina@aecom.yu.edu |
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 |
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8:00 AM David Greenwald, MD, Dept. of Gastroenterology, AECOM. "Colorectal Cancer" Forchheimer 1st Floor Lecture Hall (8 am), Cherkasky Auditorium (12:15 pm) Host: Medicine/Gastroenterology |
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12:00 PM Dr. Ana Maria Cuervo , Associate Professor, Depts. of Developmental & Molecular Biology, Medicine (Liver Center), and Anatomy & Structural Biology, AECOM. "Chaperone-mediate autophagy: fixing that "old loyal broom" 5th Floor Lecture Hall - Forchheimer Bldg Host: Einstein Internal Faculty Seminar |
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1:30 PM James Kincaid, Professor, Marquette University, Helen Way Klingler College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Milwaukee, WI. "Resonance Raman Interrogation of Heme Protein Reaction Intermediates" 3rd Floor Lecture Hall - Forchheimer Host: Physiology & Biophysics Contact: syeh@aecom.yu.edu |
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4:00 PM Alexandra E. Shields, Ph.D., Director, Harvard/MGH Center on Genomics, Vulnerable Populations & Health Disparities, Mass. General Hospital/Partners. "Lay Perspectives on Race and Genetics: Implications for Genetics Research and Personalized Medicine" Board of Overseers Room-G28, Forchheimer Building, AECOM Campus Host: Department of Epidemiology & Population Health / Division of Epidemiology Contact: smoller@aecom.yu.edu |
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4:00 PM Andrea Califano, Ph.D., Columbia University. "A Systems Biology Analysis of Master Regulators of Physiological and Oncogenic Processes in Human B Cells" Price Auditorium, Room 151 Host: Department of Systems and Computational Biology Contact: vcastell@aecom.yu.edu |
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Friday, October 17, 2008 |
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9:00 AM Barbara Corkey, PhD, Director, Obesity Research Center, Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, "Fat Cells and ß-Cells, Co-conspirators in the Obesity Epidemic" Price/Block Auditorium, First Floor Host: Diabetes Research Training Center Contact: kpaulus@aecom.yu.edu |
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Monday, October 20, 2008 |
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11:00 AM Dr. Yoshiro Niitsu, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan. "Treatment of Liver Cirrhosis and Some Other Fibrotic Diseases by SiRNA Against a Collagen-Specific Chaperone" Third Floor Lecture Hall, Forchheimer Building Coffee and cookies will be served in Biochemistry Seminar Room, Forch 310, at 10:45 A.M. Host: Departments of Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Liver Research Center Contact: irving@aecom.yu.edu |
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12:00 PM Dr. Sean Whelan, Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School. "Getting from the outside in: the role of host factors in vesicular stomatitis virus entry" Forchheimer Fifth Floor Lecture Hall Host: Dr. Kartik Chandran |
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1:00 PM D. Samuel Gottesman Library Reference Department. "Introduction to OvidSPMEDLINE" Forchheimer Room 119N Host: D. Samuel Gottesman Library Contact: minuti@aecom.yu.edu |
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008 |
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12:30 PM Dr. Gianmaria Maccaferri Northwestern University. "Interneurons and Hippocampal Network Dynamics" 901 Kennedy Host: Dr. Alberto Pereda/Neuroscience Contact: jhardina@aecom.yu.edu |
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Thursday, October 23, 2008 |
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8:00 AM Ananth S. Karumanchi, MD, Harvard University. Topic to be announced. Forchheimer 1st Floor Lecture Hall (8 am), Cherkasky Auditorium (12:15 pm) Host: Medicine/Nephrology |
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10:00 AM Dr. Rashmi Hegde, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. "Retinal Determination Proteins in Development and Oncogenesis" Third Floor Lecture Hall, Forch. 308 Coffee and cookies will be served in the Biochemistry Seminar Room, Forch. 310 at 9:45 AM Host: Department of Biochemistry Contact: brenowit@aecom.yu.edu |
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12:00 PM R. Suzanne Zukin, Ph.D. F.M Kirby Professor of Neural Repair and Protection, Dominick P. Purpura Dept of Neuroscience, Director Neurophychopharmacology Center, AECOM. "Epigenetic remodeling of neuronal genes in stroke" 5th Floor Lecture Hall Forchheimer Host: Einstein Internal Faculty Seminar |
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Friday, October 24, 2008 |
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9:00 AM Peter Rotwein,MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, "Dynamic Control of Mesenchymal Cell Differentiation by IGF-Mediated Akt Signaling Pathways" Price/Block Auditorium, First Floor Host: Diabetes Research Training Center Contact: kpaulus@aecom.yu.edu |
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Monday, October 27, 2008 |
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12:00 PM Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, University of TexasMD Anderson Cancer Center. "PAK Signaling in Cancer Cells" Forchheimer 5th Floor Lecture Hall Host: Dr. Susan Band Horwitz Host: Molecular Pharmacology Contact: zbordona@aecom.yu.edu |
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008 |
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10:00 AM Rachel Ross, AECOM. "Role of forebrain-hindbrain fatty acid sensing in energy homeostasis" Belfer 714 Thesis Seminar. Co-Advisors: Dr. Luciano Rossetti and Dr. Gary Schwartz Host: Molecular Pharmacology Contact: rross@aecom.yu.edu |
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12:00 PM Julian G. Cambronero, Ph.D., Wright State University School of Medicine, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dayton, Ohio. "Phospholipase D in Leukocyte Chemotaxis Signaling" Third Floor Lecture Hall, Forchheimer Building Host: Diane Cox, Anatomy and Structural Biology/Developmental and Molecular Biology Contact: dcox@aecom.yu.edu |
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1:00 PM D. Samuel Gottesman Library Reference Department. "Introduction to PubMed" Forchheimer Room 119N Host: D. Samuel Gottesman Library Contact: minuti@aecom.yu.edu |
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1:30 PM Dr. Carlos Cordon-Cardo, M.D., Ph.D., Columbia University. "The Evolution of Molecular & Systems Pathology" Price Center Auditorium 151 Annual MSTP Translational Medicine Lecture Series Host: MSTP Student Council Contact: jgibson@aecom.yu.edu |
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4:00 PM "Research Careers in Germany" Price Center Lecture Hall Hosts: Einstein Postdoctoral Association, Graduate Division of Biomedical Sciences, Belfer Institute for Advanced Biomedical Studie Contact: mkruse@aecom.yu.edu |
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008 |
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11:00 AM Rani Sellers, DVM, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology, AECOM. "Immunohistochemistry: Don't Waste Your Time! The ins and outs of getting good Immunohistochemistry data" Belfer 714 Pathology Research Seminar Host: Host: Histopathology Shared Resource Contact: rsellers@aecom.yu.edu |
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12:00 PM Mikael Pittet, Ph.D, Asst. Professor, Harvard Medical School, Center for Systems Biology & Center for Molecular Imaging Research,Boston, MA. "Host response in the tumor microenvironment" 5th Floor Lecture Hall, Forchheimer Bldg. Host: Dr. John Condeelis, Dept. of Anatomy & Structural Biology Contact: condeeli@aecom.yu.edu |
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12:30 PM Dr. Rich Kramer, University of California at Berkeley. "Inventing new ways to control neurons with light" 901 Kennedy Hosts: Drs. Alberto Pereda and Scott Nawy/Neuroscience Contact: jhardina@aecom.yu.edu |
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2:15 PM Brian D. Brown, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept.of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY. "Understanding and exploiting endogenous microRNA regulation" Ullmann 623 Conference Room Host: Medicine/Div. of Hepatology Contact: afollenz@aecom.yu.edu |
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Thursday, October 30, 2008 |
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8:00 AM Peter Dicpinigaitis, MD, Pulmonary Medicine, AECOM. "Update on the evaluation and management of chronic cough" Forchheimer 1st Floor Lecture Hall (8 am), Cherkasky Auditorium (12:15 pm) Host: Medicine/Pulmonary |
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10:00 AM Irene Jarchum, AECOM. “From Mice to Men and Back Again: IGRP and Insulin as Targets of the Autoimmune Attack in Type 1 Diabetes” Price Center Auditorium Thesis Defense Seminar; Dr. Teresa DiLorenzo, mentor Host: Microbiology & Immunology Contact: lloparri@aecom.yu.edu |
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12:00 PM Florent Ginhoux, PhD, Gene and Cell Medicine and the Immunology Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine. "Homeostasis of Skin Dendritic Cell Subsets". First Floor Lecture Hall Forchheimer Faculty Recruit Host: Drs. Arturo Casadevall and Steven Porcelli, Department of Microbiology &I mmunology Contact: defilipp@aecom.yu.edu |
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1:00 PM D. Samuel Gottesman Library Reference Department. "Introduction to Web of Science" Forchheimer Room 119N Host: D. Samuel Gottesman Library Contact: minuti@aecom.yu.edu |
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2:00 PM Ya Fu, AECOM. "PKDs (DKF-2A/2B) and a PKD effector (HDA-4) Regulate C. elegans’ responses to Na+ and Pathogens" Forchheimer 253N Conference Room Thesis Seminar. Advisor: Dr. Charles S. Rubin Host: Molecular Pharmacology Contact: yfu@aecom.yu.edu |
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Friday, October 31, 2008 |
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9:00 AM Professor Rudy Westendorp, Leiden University Medical Center. "Metabolic Control of Longevity: The Leiden Longevity Study" Price/Block Center Auditorium, First Floor Host: Diabetes Research Training Center Contact: kpaulus@aecom.yu.edu |
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