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Fall 2009 Seminar Series

September 1st, 2009 Topic: "Minor Drug Resistant HIV-1 Variants and Their Role in Anti-retroviral Therapy Failure" Speaker: Elias Halvas Ph.D. Institution: University of Pittsburgh Hosted by: Miller

September 8th, 2009 Topic: "Protein Biomarkers for Neurodegenerative Diseases: Insights Into Disease Mechanisms and Diagnostic Utility" Speaker: Robert Bowser Ph.D. Institution: University of Pittsburgh Hosted by: Frisch

September 15th, 2009 Topic: "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Photoreceptor” The subcellular targeting of membrane proteins in a specialized neuron. Speaker: Sheila Baker Ph.D. Institution: Duke University Hosted by: Sokolov

September 29th, 2009 Topic: "Signaling to Engulfment of Apoptotic Cells: The Beginnings of a Good Meal" Speaker: Kodi Ravichandran Ph.D. Institution: University of Virginia Hosted by: Schaller

October 7th, 2009 Topic: "“Interfering with Tumor Vasculature”" Speaker: Anil Sood Ph.D., Anderson Institution: MD Anderson, Texas Hosted by: Schaller, Jointly Biochem & MBRCC

October 13th, 2009 Topic: “G Protein Coupled Receptors in Night Blindness and Retinal Degeneration" Speaker: Judith Klein-Seetharaman Ph.D. Institution: University of Pittsburgh/CMU Hosted by: Christiansen

October 20th, 2009 Topic: "The Regulation of Alternative Splicing by Oncogenic Signaling Pathways" Speaker: Charles Chalfant Ph.D. Institution: Va. Commonwealth Hosted by: Agazie

October 27th, 2009 Topic: "Location, Location, Location: How Kinases Control the Functions of Ras and Rho Small GTPases" Speaker: Adrienne Cox Ph.D. Institution: UNC Hosted by: Christiansen

November 4th 2009 Topic: "TBA" Speaker: Ravi Salgia M.D., Ph.D. Institution: University of Chicago Hosted Jointly by: Biochem & MBRCC

November 10th 2009 Topic: "Layers of Regulation: Controlling Regulatory T Cells" Speaker: Ulrike Lorenz Ph.D. Institution: University of Virginia Host: Schaller

November 17th, 2009 Topic: "New Insight in Nucleic-Acids Recognition by Death Domain Proteins" Speaker: Frederic Pio Ph.D. Institution: Simon Fraser University Hosted by: Frisch

December 1st, 2009 Topic: "Applying Whole Protein Mass Spectrometry to Learn How Mutant Superoxide Dismutase Causes ALS" Speaker: Joseph Beckman Ph.D. Institution: Oregon University Hosted by: Gunther

December 8th, 2009 Topic: "Regulation of Cellular Phenotype by Glucose" Speaker: Don Scott Ph.D. Institution: University of Pitt Med School Hosted by: Hillgartner