IMMAG Seminar Schedule
2009 - 2010

(All seminars are held on Thursday, 11:00 AM, CA-1002
unless otherwise noted.)
(706) 721-0682

2009
Date	Speaker/ Affiliation	Title	Host
Aug 20	Wen-Cheng Xiong, MD, PhD Weiss Research Professor IMMAG/Neurology Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA	"HJV-Neogenin Signaling in Iron Homeostasis & Chondrogenesis"	Xing-Ming Shi, PhD, ext. 1-1097
Aug 27	Lawrence Layman, MD IMMAG, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA	"The Identification of Genes Important in Human Puberty & Structural Birth Defects"	Xing-Ming Shi, PhD, ext. 1-1097
Sep 3	Dorothy Tuan, PhD Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA	"LTR retrotransposons in the human genome: Are they junk DNA or beneficial to the human host?"	Xing-Ming Shi, PhD, ext. 1-1097
Sep 10	Edward Dennis, PhD Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Pharmacology University of California, San Diego La Jolla, California	"LIPID MAPS Approach to TLR4 Signaling, Inflammation and the Omics Evolution"	Robert Yu, Med. Sc.D. ext. 1-0699
Sep 17	Yanmei Tao, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow IMMAG - Developmental Neurobiology, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia	"Erbin regulates neuregulin signaling differentially in central and peripheral nervous system---implications in schizophrenia and neuropathy"	Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775
Sep 25	John Koomen, PhD Assistant Professor Molecular Oncology and Scientific Director for Proteomics Core Facility H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Tampa, Florida	"Elucidation of Tumor Biology and Assessment of Cancer Patients using Quantitative Mass Spectrometry"	William Dynan, PhD, ext. 1-8756
Oct 1	William Smith, PhD Professor and Chair, Dept of Biology Chemistry U of MI, Ann Arbor	"Allosteric Regulation of Cyclooxygenases by Fatty Acids and Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs"	Robert Yu, Med. Sc.D. ext. 1-0699
Oct 2 Special Day & Time 12:00 pm	Wei-Hua Wu, PhD National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health Faculty Candidate for Developmental Neurobiology, IMMAG	"Replacement of Histone Variant H2AZ by the Multi-Subunit Chromatin Remodeling Enzyme SWR1"
Oct 8	Roberto Pacifici, MD Herndon Professor of Medicine, Director, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipids Emory University Medical College of Georgia, Atlanta, GA	“T cells: unexpected players in the mechanism of action of PTH”	Carlos Isales, MD, ext. 1-0692
Oct 15	Kenji Uchimura, Ph.D Principal Investigator Section Chief Department of Alzheimer's Disease Research, National Institute for Longevity Sciences (NILS) Japan	"Sulfated endothelial ligands involved in cell migration into lymph nodes"	Robert Yu, Med. Sc.D. ext. 1-0699
Oct 22	X. Edward Guo, PhD Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University	"Calcium waves in osteocyte network under mechanical loading"	Xing-Ming Shi, PhD, ext. 1-1097
Oct 29	Regis J. O'Keefe, MD, PhD Chair, Dept of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation; Director, Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester Medical Center	"Signals and stem cell populations involved in tendon repair."	Xing-Ming Shi, PhD, ext. 1-1097
Nov 5	William Yang, PhD Associate Professor Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics, Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, Brain Research Institute, David Geffen Medical College of Georgia at UCLA Los Angeles, California	"Novel BAC Transgenic Mouse Models to Dissect Circuitry and Molecular Pathogenic Mechanisms in Huntington's Disease (HD)"	Wen-Cheng Xiong, PhD, ext. 1-5148
Nov 12 Cancelled	Clifford J. Rosen, MD Senior Scientist, Maine Medical Center Research Institute	Cancelled	Carlos Isales, MD, ext. 1-0692
Nov 19	Roy Zent, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine (Nephrology), Cancer Biology, and Cell & Developmental Biology Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN	"Integrins and ILK in the Kidney"	Quansheng Du, ext. 1-7370
Nov 26	THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY - No Seminar
Dec 3	James Zheng, PhD, Professor Dept. of Cell Biology, Emory University	"Actin Cytoskeleton in Synaptic Receptor Trafficking"	Wen-Cheng Xiong, PhD, ext. 1-5148
Dec 4 Cancelled Special Seminar 12:00 noon	Edward M. Callaway, PhD Professor, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA	"Unraveling Cortical Circuits with Photostimulation and Rabies Virus"	Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775
Dec 10 Cancelled Special Time 12:00 noon	Chen-Ming Fan, PhD Carnegie Institution of Washington Department of Embryology Baltimore, MD 21218	"The Mammalian Musculoskeletal System"	Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775
Dec 14 Cancelled Special Time 12:00 noon	Madepalli K. Lakshmana, PhD Assistant Project Scientist Department of Neurosciences University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California Faculty Candidate for Developmental Neurobiology, IMMAG	"Novel role of LRP and RanBP9 pathway in APP processing and amyloidogenesis"	Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775
Dec 17	Jay McDonald, MD Director of CMBD, UAB	“Survival on the Trip to Mars: Microgravity-Induced Bone Loss”	Carlos Isales, MD, ext. 1-0692
Dec 24	HOLIDAY - No Seminar
Dec 31	HOLIDAY - No Seminar

2010
Date	Speaker/ Affiliation	Title	Host
Jan 14	Shuang Huang, PhD Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA	"Rac activation by lysophosphatidic acid determines ovarian cancer metastasis"	Xingming Shi, PhD, ext. 1-1097
Jan 21	Stephen E. Harris, PhD Professor and Director of Research Department of Periodontics, Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, U. Of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX	"Role and Mechanism of BMP2 in Bone and Tooth Biology and Osteocyte Gene Networks"	Xingming Shi, PhD, ext. 1-1097
Jan 22 .	Jimok Kim, PhD Research Associate University of Maryland, Medical College of Georgia Department of Physiology Baltimore, Maryland Faculty Candidate for IMMAG, Developmental Neurobiology Program	"Adaptive Synaptic Plasticity in Hippocampal Networks"	Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775
Jan 25 Special Seminar	Wilson C.J. Chung, PhD Department of Integrative Physiology University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado Faculty Candidate for IMMAG, Developmental Neurobiology Program	The Development of the Neuroendocrine Brain/Fibroblast Growth Factors Control GnRH Neuron Development	Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775
Jan 28	Richard Cameron, PhD Associated Professor, Developmental Neurobiology, IMMAG, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA	"DNA replication stress targets Myo16, a S-phase cell cycle nuclear myosin, for degradation by the preoteasome"	Xingming Shi, PhD, ext, 1-1097
Jan 29 Special Seminar	Sokol Todi, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Investigator Department of Neurology University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan Faculty Candidate for IMMAG, Developmental Neurobiology Program	"Deubiquitinating Enzymes in Neurodegeneration: Understanding the Functions & Regulation of Ataxin-3"	Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775
Feb 11	Paul Bernard, MD Department of Pediatrics Georgia Health Sciences University Augusta, GA	"Genetically Altered Mouse Models of Glucocorticoid Action"	Carlos Isales, MD, ext. 1-0692
Feb 17 Special	Yangzhong Huang, MD, PhD Department of Neurobiology Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina Faculty Candidate for IMMAG	"A Novel Mechanism of TrkB Activation: Transactivation by the Divalent Cation Zinc"	Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775
Feb 18 Special Time 12:00 noon	Yi Sun, MD/PhD Professor, Department of Radiation and Oncology Director, Division of Radiation and Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI	"SAG E3 Ligase in Regulation of vasculogenesis and differentiation: Mechanism of action"	Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775
Feb 22 Special Time 4:00 p.m.	Yingwei Mao, PhD Picower Institute for Learning and Memory Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts Faculty Candidate for IMMAG	" Disrupted In Schizophrenia 1 (DISC1), a critical player in neural progenitor proliferation, Wnt signaling and emotional behavior"	Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775
Feb 25 *Canceled* Rescheduled for Mar 18	Norman Pollock, PhD Department of Pediatrics Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA	"Canceled"
Mar 5 *Special Day and Time"	Madepalli Lakshmana, PhD Assistant Project Scientist Department of Neuroscience University of California, San Diego San Diego, California Faculty Candidate for IMMAG	"Novel role of LRP and RanBP9 pathway in APP processing and amyloidogenesis"	Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775
Mar 11 "Canceled"	Xi He, PhD Professor Children's Hospital Boston Harvard Medical School	"Canceled"	Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775
Mar 18	Norman Pollock, PhD Department of Pediatrics Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA	"Bone and Energy Metabolism: A Complex Crosstalk".	Carlos Isales, MD, ext. 1-0692
Mar 25	Renping Zhou, PhD Professor, Department of Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy Rutgers University	"Multiple Functions of the Eph Receptors during Development: from Building Neural Circuits to Sculpting Lenses".	Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775
Apr 1	Charisee A. Lamar, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.R.T. NIH/NICHD, Director of the Interdisciplinary Research and Reproductive Biology Program, Rockville, MD	"NIH Program Officers: Promoting and Administering Research"	Ali Eroglu, Phd ext. 1-7595
Apr 2 *Special Seminar* 1:00 PM	Yu-Dong Zhou, PhD Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, Massachusetts Faculty Candidate for IMMAG	"Defective synapse elimination induces pathophysiological neural circuit remodeling"	Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775
Apr 8	SPRING BREAK - MASTERS WEEK - No Seminar
Apr 15	Hua Zhu (David) Ke, MD Scientific Executive Director, Bone and Mineral Metabolism, Amgen, Inc.	"Inhibition of sclerostin as an anabolic treatment for osteoporosis and bone repair"	Xingming Shi, PhD, ext. 1-1097
Apr 22	Anthony W.S. Chan DVM Ph.D Assistant Professor, D ivision of Neuroscience National Primates Research Center, Department of Human Genetics Emory University Medical College of Georgia Atlanta, GA	"Transgenic monkey model of Huntington’s disease"	Ali Eroglu, Phd ext. 1-7595
Apr 29	Chuxia Deng, PhD. Chief, Mammalian Genetics Section GDDB, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health	"BRCA1 and Sirtuins in Genome Integrity and Cancer"	Xing-Ming Shi, PhD, ext. 1-1097
May 6	Akira Sawa, MD/PhD Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Director, Program in Molecular Psychiatry, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Neuroscience, John Hopkins Hospital	TBA	Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775
May 13	No Scheduled Seminar
May 17 Special Day Time-12:00 noon	Yingwei Mao, PhD Picower Institute for Learning and Memory Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts Faculty Candidate for IMMAG	"Chalk Talk"	Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775
May 18 *Special Day*	Ronald Waclaw, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow Division of Developmental Biology The Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, OH Faculty Candidate for IMMAG	"Generation of Cellular Diversity in the Mouse Forebrain"	Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775
May 20	Xin Qi, PhD Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University, Medical College of Georgia Faculty Candidate for IMMAG	"Delta Protein Kinase C: A Target of Neurological Disorders"	Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775
May 27	Janet Rubin, MD, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC	Mechanical regulation of bone remodeling	Carlos Isales, MD, ext. 1-0692
May 28 *Special Day*	Dr. Chen Gu Asst. Professor, Department of Neuroscience & Center for Molecular Neurobiology Ohio State University	"Polarized axon-dendrite targeting of Kv channels"	Lin Mei, PhD, ext. 1-8775
Jun 23 Rescheduled from Jun 10 - Special Day	Tongzhong Ju, PhD Emory University Assistant Professor Department of Biochemistry Emory University Atlanta, GA Faculty Candidate for IMMAG	"Cosmc Is an Essential Molecular Chaperone for Correct Protein O-glycosylation--Implications in Human Diseases"	Carlos Isales, MD, ext. 1-0692

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IMMAG Seminar Schedule 2009 - 2010

(All seminars are held on Thursday, 11:00 AM, CA-1002 unless otherwise noted.) (706) 721-0682

IMMAG Seminar Schedule
2009 - 2010

(All seminars are held on Thursday, 11:00 AM, CA-1002
unless otherwise noted.)
(706) 721-0682