IMMAG Seminar Schedule
2008-2009
(All seminars are held on Thursday, 4 PM,
CA-1002
unless otherwise noted.)
(706) 721-0682
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Date |
Speaker/ Affiliation | Title |
Host |
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2008 |
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| Aug 21 |
Steffen Meiler, MD
Dept. of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine Georgia Health Sciences University |
"Innate Immunity in Sickle Cell Disease" | Carlos Isales, MD
ext. 1-0692 |
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Sep 11
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Alan Hall, PhD
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"Rho GTPases and the control of cell polarity" | student hosted (Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775) |
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Sep 18
Special Time: noon |
Ann Marie Craig, PhD
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"Assembly and Plasticity of Hippocampal Synapses" | Annie Ting, student
(Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775) |
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Sep 19
Special Day and Time: Fri Noon |
Takashi Kanda
Professor & Chair, Dept. of Neurology Yamaguchi University Medical College of Georgia Yamaguchi, Japan |
"Blood-Brain Barrier, Blood-Nerve Barrier and Neuroimmunological Disorders" | Robert Yu, Med. Sc.D.
ext. 1-0699 |
| Oct 30 |
Edwin Rubel, PhD
Professor, Physiology & Biophysics University of Washington, Seattle |
"Experience And Auditory Brainstem Development: Signals, Cellular Events And Critical Periods" | Tifany Floyd, student host: Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775 |
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Nov 6 |
Peng Jin, PhD
Assistant Professor Dept of Human Genetics Emory University Atlanta, GA |
"Small Regulatory RNAs in Neurodevelopmental Disorders" | Quansheng Du, PhD ext. 1-7370 |
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Nov 12
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Linda C. Samuelson, PhD
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"Do the MATH: Lineage Determination in the Intestine" |
Catherine Chew, PhD
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| Nov 20 |
Jens Dreier, MD
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"Inverse Neurovascular Coupling in the Rat and Human Brain" |
Sergei Kirov, PhD
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| Nov 27 | Thanksgiving Holiday | ||
| Dec 4 |
Hernan Flores-Rosas,
PhD
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"Cellular Response to DNA Damaging Agent Doxorubicin" |
William Dynan, PhD
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| Dec 11 |
Vija Lyall, PhD
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"TRPV1t: A Candidate Mammalian Amiloride-insensitive Salt Taste Receptor" |
Lynnette McCluskey, PhD
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| Dec 18 |
Keith Latham, PhD
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"Genetic and Epigenetic Control of Oocyte Quality and Early Development" |
Ali Eroglu, PhD
ext. 1-7595 |
| Dec 25 |
Holidays |
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| 2009 | |||
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Jan 1 |
Holidays |
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Jan 6
Special Seminar (Tuesday) |
Robert Taylor, MD, PhD
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"Hormonal Regulation of Endometrial Angiogenesis" |
Lawrence Layman,
MD
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| Jan 20 Note Special Day |
Renato Rozental, MD, PhD
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"New Therapeutic Approaches to Treat Hypoxic-Ischemic
CNS Injuries"
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Robert K. Yu, PhD, Med.Sc.D ext. 1-0699
& Chandramohan Wakade, MBBS
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Jan 22 |
Steven Stice, PhD
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"Regenerative Medicine and Human Pluripotent Stem
Cells: Induced and Embryonic"
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Ying Song, PhD
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| Jan 29 |
Tetsu Kamitani, MD, PhD
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"Alpha-synucleinopathies or Nubopathies? The Role of NUB1 in the Pathogenesis of Parkinson’s Disease" |
Wendy Bollag, PhD
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| Feb 5 |
Ahmed Chadli, PhD
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"Dissecting and targeting the Hsp90 chaperoning machinery" |
Wendy Bollag,
PhD
ext. 1-0698 |
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Feb 16
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Brock Grill, PhD
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Stanford University Palo Alto, California Faculty Candidate for IMMAG - Developmental Neurobiology |
“How to make a synapse: molecular insight into
synaptogenesis and axon termination"
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Darrell Brann, PhD
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Feb 20 NOTE: Special Seminar Friday, 4:00 p.m. |
Jiou Wang, Ph.D.
Faculty Candidate for IMMAG - Developmental Neurobiology |
"When Protein Folding Goes Awry: Neurodegeneration Modeled in C. elegans and Mice". | |
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Mar 5 |
Brian Popko, PhD
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"Mouse models in the study of myelin formation and function" | Son Gasgupta, PhD
ext. 1-4548 |
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Mar 9 Note Special Day |
Anna Dunaevsky Faculty Candidate for IMMAG - Developmental Neurobiology |
"Structural Plasticity of Neurons and Glia in
Development, Disease, and Learning"
|
Darrell Brann,
PhD
ext. 1-7779 |
| Mar 13 |
Chriss Quinn Faculty Candidate for IMMAG - Developmental Neurobiology |
"Wiring the Brain: Asymmetric signaling in the growth
cone"
|
Darrell Brann,
PhD
ext. 1-7779 |
| Mar 16 |
C. Andrew Frank Faculty Candidate for IMMAG - Developmental Neurobiology |
"Molecules and Mechanisms Underlying the Rapid
Induction and Sustained Expression of Synaptic Homeostasis"
|
Darrell Brann,
PhD
ext. 1-7779 |
| Mar 19 |
Chenjian Li, PhD
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"Tales of Two Kinases: PINK1 and LRRK2 for Parkinson's
Disease"
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Lin Mei, PhD
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| Mar 20 |
Bo Chen Faculty Candidate for IMMAG - Developmental Neurobiology |
"HDAC4 Regulates Neuronal Survival in Normal and Diseased Retina" |
Darrell Brann,
PhD
ext. 1-7779 |
| Mar 23 |
Bo-Shium Chen Faculty Candidate for IMMAG - Developmental Neurobiology |
"Regulation of Cerebellar NMDA Receptors: A Link to
Neuronal Survival"
|
Darrell Brann,
PhD
ext. 1-7779 |
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Mar 26 |
Internal IMMAG | ||
| Apr 2 |
Qi Zhang, Phd
Faculty Candidate for IMMAG - Developmental Neurobiology |
"The life of a synaptic vesicle, seen by quantum dot
imaging"
|
Darrell Brann, PhD
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Apr 9 |
Master's Week |
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Apr 13 Note Special Day |
Xiuxin Lin Faculty Candidate for IMMAG - Developmental Neurobiology |
"The role of GABAergic and gap junction/ATP signaling
in forebrain neurogenesis"
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Darrell Brann, PhD
ext. 1-7779 |
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Apr 16 |
No Semiar: Academic Council Spring Faculty Assembly | ||
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Apr 21
Note Special Day & Time |
Hiroyuki Koizumi Faculty Candidate for IMMAG - Developmental Neurobiology |
"Mouse Model of Human Lissencephaly" - Physiological
Function of Doublecortin Family in Neuronal Migration and
Brain Development"
|
Darrell Brann, PhD
ext. 1-7779 |
| Apr 23 |
Tongzhong Ju, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor Dept. of Biochemistry Emory University Medical College of Georgia Atlanta, GA |
“Regulation of Mucin-type O-Glycosylation through
Cosmc and T-synthase: Implications in Human Diseases”
|
Robert K. Yu, PhD, Med.Sc.D ext. 1-0699 & (Michael Madaio, co-sponsor w/Medicine - faculty candidate) |
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Apr 24
|
Qang Zhou Faculty Candidate for IMMAG - Developmental Neurobiology |
Canceled |
Darrell Brann, PhD
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Apr 27
Special Day & Time |
Megumi Kaneko, MD, PhD
Faculty Candidate for IMMAG, Developmental Neurobiology |
"Molecular Mechanisms for Experience-Dependent
Plasticity in Developing Visual Cortex"
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Darrell Brann, PhD, ext. 1-7779 |
| May 7 |
Da-Ting Lin, PhD
Faculty Candidate for IMMAG, Developmental Neurobiology |
"Activity Dependent AMPA Receptor Insertion and
Synaptic Plasticity"
|
Darrell Brann, PhD, ext. 1-7779 |
| May 14 |
Jun Li, MD, PhD
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"Molecular Mechanisims in In herited Neuropathies" |
Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775 |
| Jun 11 |
Barbara Kream, PhD
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"Local regulation of glucocorticoid signaling in bone cells" | Xingming Shi, ext. 1-1097 |
| Jun 25 | Internal IMMAG | ||
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Jul 9 *Moved to September 17, 2009* |
X. Edward Guo, Ph.D.
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TBA | Xingming Shi, ext. 1-1097 |
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