| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE |
| January 15, 2008 | Toren Finkel, M.D., Ph.D
Cardiology Brnach of the HHLBI | "The Role of Sirtunis in Engery Homeostasis" |
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| February 5, 2008 | Prakash Kara, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Neurosciences, MUSC
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Bioengineering
Clemson University | "Examining the Function of Every Neuron in a Microcircuit of the Living Brain with Two-Photon Calcium Imaging" |
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| February 12, 2008 | Paul Thompson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of South Carolina | "Mechanism and Inhibition of Protein Arginine Deiminase 4: A Novel Therapeutic Target for Rheumatold Arthritis" |
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Thursday
February 14, 2008
12:00 Noon | Douglas Eaton, Ph.D.
Professor and Deputy Chairman of Physiology
Emory University
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| February 26, 2008 | Zheng Dong, Ph.D.
Professor
Director of Graduate Department of
Cellular Biology and Anatomy
Medical College of Georgia and Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center | "Mitochondria in Apoptpsis: Chopped to Death" |
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March 18, 2008
Tele-Conf
USC Campus | Karl-Eril Andersson, M.D.
Professor
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Wake Forest Ubiversity School of Medicine | "Antimuscarinics and Afferent Signaling in the Bladder" |
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| April 1, 2008 | Joe Blumer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Cell and Molecular Pharmacology
MUSC | "Activators of G-Protein Signaling: Diversifying G-Protein by Unexpected Mechanisms" |
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| April 3 | Hyun-Suk Lim, Ph.D.
Candidate for Assistant Professor | "Isolation of Protein Ligands: Chemical Biology Tools and Therapeutic Candidates" |
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| April 15 | Robert A. Cohen, M.D.
Professor and Unit Chief
Vascular Biology
Boston University | "Thiol Oxidation in Signaling and Response to Stress" |
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April 17
Thursday
3:00
Tele-Conf
USC Campus | Dr. Catherine Denicourt
Faculty Candidate at the USC Campus | "regulation of G1 Cell Cycle Progression, Cell Growth and Metastasis by p27Kip1 and Cyclin Y" |
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| April 22 | Edward Leof, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care
Mayo Clinic | "Profibrotic TGFb Signaling: Yeast to the Clinic" |
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April 24
Thursday
3:00
Tele-Conf from USC Campus | Dr. Gray Pearson
Faculty Candidate at the USC Campus | "Real-Time Imaging Reveals a New Stage of Neoplastic Progression" |
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| April 29 | Bruce Molitoris, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director of Nephrology
Director of Indiana Center for Biological Microscopy
Indiana University Purdue
University Indianapolis | "Using 2-Photon Microscopy to Understand Disease Processes and Their Therapy" |
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May 1
Thursday
3:00
Tele-Conf form the USC Campus | Dr. Zhongsheng You
Faculty Candidate at the USC Campus | "Sensing, Signaling and Repairing DNA Double-Strand Breaks" |
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| May 6 | David A. Antonetti, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Department of Ophthalmology
Penn State
College of Medicine | "Closing Tight Junctions Opens the Door to New Treatment Options for Diabetic Retinopathy" |
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May 8
Thursday
3:00
Tele-Conf from the USC Campus | Dr. Xiaomeng Long
Faculty Candidate for the USC Campus | "TOR Complex 1 (TORC1) Regulation by The Small GTPase Rheb" |
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| May 13 | Lisa Cunningham, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
MUSC | "Aminoglycosides Indicates Toxicity in the Inner Ear" |
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| May 20 | Channing Der, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pharmacology
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill | "Targeting Ras for Cancer Treatment" |
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