Department of Biochemistry
School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences

Seminar Calendar-Fall 2009

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SEPTEMBER 8	Seminar G26 Farber	Thien-Fah Mah, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology University of Ottawa "A Genetic Basis for Biofilm-specific Antibiotic Resistance in Pseudomanas Aeruginosa" Dr. Mah's Homepage Host: Jennifer Surtees
SEPTEMBER 15	Seminar **12:00 p.m.** **Farber 134B**	M. Laura Feltri, Ph.D. Co-Head of Unit Department of Molecular Biology and Functional Genomics San Raffaele Scientific Unit DIBIT Milan, Italy "Lamanin Receptors and Signals in Myelination and Demyelinating Neuropathies" Dr. Feltri's Homepage Host: Kenneth Blumenthal
SEPTEMBER 22	Seminar **Hauptman-Woodward Institute Flickinger Room**	Scott Barolo, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department Cell & Developmental Biology University of Michigan "Good at Being Bad: Why are Low-Affinity Gli Binding Sites Optimal for Activation by Hedgehog?" Dr. Barolo's Homepage Host: Marc Halfon
SEPTEMBER 29	Seminar G26 Farber Hall	Daniel J. Minor, Jr., Ph.D. Associate Professor Departments of Biochemistry and Biophysics University of California, San Francisco "Structural Insights Into Ion Channel Function and Modulation" Dr. Minor's Homepage Host: Gabriela Popescu
OCTOBER 6	Seminar G26 Farber Hall	Vasanthi Jayaraman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Integrative Biology & Pharmacology Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Texas-Houston Medical School "Glutamate Receptors as Seen by Light" Dr. Jayaraman's Homepage Host: Gabriela Popescu
OCTOBER 13	Seminar G26 Farber Hall	Gabriela Popescu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Biochemistry University at Buffalo "NMDA Receptor Desensitization: What's It For?" Dr. Popescu's Homepage Host: Kenneth Blumenthal
OCTOBER 20	Seminar **Hauptman-Woodward Institute Flickinger Room**	Xin Sun, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medical Genetics Department of Genetics University of Wisconsin-Madison "Genetic Dissection of Lung Development in Mouse" Dr. Sun' Homepage Host: Satrajit Sinha
OCTOBER 27	Seminar G26 Farber Hall	Richard Browne, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Biotechnical & Clinical Laboratory Sciences Social & Preventative Medicine "High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) Metabolism and the Human Embryo" Dr. Browne's Homepage Host: Michael Garrick
NOVEMBER 3	Seminar	Piotr Mieczkowski, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Genetics University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill "Impact of the Next Generation Sequencing Technologies on Understanding Genome Biology" Host: Michael Buck
NOVEMBER 10	Seminar G26 Farber Hall	Xin Bi, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Biology University of Rochester "The Establishment and Maintenance of Transcriptionally Silent Chromatin in Yeast" Dr. Bi's Homepage Host: Michael Buck
NOVEMBER 17	Seminar **Hauptman-Woodward Institute Flickinger Room**	Tudorita Tumbar, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics Cornell University "Control of Stem Cell Dynamics in the Native Hair Follicle Niche" Dr. Tumbar's Homepage Host: Satrajit Sinha
NOVEMBER 24	Seminar G26 Farber Hall	Michael Orsini, Ph.D. Host: Graduate Student Association
DECEMBER 1	Seminar G26 Farber Hall	Linda Nowak, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pharmacology Department of Molecular Medicine College of Veterinary Medicine Cornell University "TBA" Dr. Nowak's Homepage Host: Gabriela Popescu
DECEMBER 8	Seminar G26 Farber Hall	Jun Qu, Ph.D. Host: Kenneth Blumenthal

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