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IMMAG Seminar Schedule
2011 - 2012

All seminars are held on Monday
12:00 PM,  CA-1002 (unless otherwise noted)
Contact:  (706) 721-0682

Sep 05
Holiday - Labor Day

 

  

Sep 12

Vivek Rangnekar, Ph.D.
Professor
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

"Extracellular effects of tumor suppressor Par-4"

 Erhard Bieberich, Ph.D.
ext. 1-9113

Sep 19

 Erhard Bieberich, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
IMMAG - Department of Medicine
Georgia Health Sciences University
Augusta, GA 		"The dark and the bright side of ceramide - from apoptosis to cell polarity and back" Xingming Shi, Ph.D.
1-1097

Sep 26

 Richard D. Cummings, Ph.D.
William Patterson Timmie Professor and Chair
Department of Biochemistry
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA  		"Glycan recognition and functions in development and disease" Robert Yu, Ph.D., Med.Sc.D.
ext 1-0699

Oct 10

 Bo-Shiun Chen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
IMMAG - Department of Medicine
Georgia Health Sciences University
Augusta, GA 		"NMDA Receptor-Dependent Regulation of Dendritic Spine Morphology" Xingming Shi, Ph.D. 1-1097

Nov 07

Chang-Gyu Hahn, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
Center for Neurobiology and Behavior
University of Pennsylvania

"NMDA receptor complexes in schizophrenia"
 Lin Mei, Ph.D., ext. 1-8775

Nov 14

 Lawrence Layman, M.D.
Professor & Chief
Reproductive Endocrinology
Department of Ob/GYN
Developmental Neurobiology IMMAG
Georgia Health Sciences University
Augusta, GA

"Identifying genes involved in human puberty and birth defects."

 Xingming Shi, Ph.D. 1-1097

Nov 21

Hanfei Ding, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Cancer Center
Georgia Health Science University
Augusta, GA

"Molecular control of neuroblastoma differentiation"
 Xingming Shi, Ph.D. ext, 1-1097

Dec 12

 Rong Wen, Ph.D.
Univ. Miami. Dr. Xiong's

"CNTF and retina: a tale of two photoreceptors"

 Wen-Chang Xiong, Ph.D., ext. 1-5148

Dec 26
Holidays

 

  

2012

Jan 02
New Year Holiday

 

  

Jan 16
Holiday - Martin Luther King's Birthday

 

  

Jan 23

 Edward Calabrese, Ph.D.
Professor & EHS Concentration Director
Department of Public Health
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA

"Hormesis:  A dose response revolution"

 Guanghu Wang, Ph.D., ext. 1-9107 

Jan 30

 Thomas Lang, Ph.D.
Professor in Residence, Radiology and  Biomedical Imaging
UC San Francisco 		"Three-dimensional age and fracture related variations in the structure of the proximal femur using voxel-based morphometry." Carlos Isales, M.D.
ext. 1-0692 & Xingming Shi, Ph.D, ext. 1-1097

Feb 06

 Lin Mei, Ph.D.
Director, Institute of Molecular Medicine & Genetics, Professor, Neurology
Georgia Health Sciences University
Augusta, GA

"Synapse formation and plasticity - a progress report."

 Xingming Shi, Ph.D. ext, 1-1097 

Feb 13

 Richard D. Lewis, Ph.D., R.D., FACSM

Professor
Department of Foods and Nutrition
The University of Georgia
Athens, GA

"Supplemental Vitamin D and Functional Outcomes in Early Adolescence." Carlos Isales, M.D.
ext. 1-0692 & Xingming Shi, Ph.D, ext. 1-1097

Feb 20

 Mary Barbe, Ph.D.

Professor of Anatomy & Cell Biology
Temple University School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

*Faculty Candidate*

"Overuse-induced musculoskeletal degenerative changes attenuate but pain behaviors persist after conservative secondary interventions due to central sensitization."

 Carlos Isales, M.D., & William Hill, Ph.D.,
ext. 1-0692 & 1-2019

Feb 27

 Wilbur Lam, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

"Microfluidic technology and biomedical research"

 William Dynan, Ph.D., ext. 1-8756

Mar 05 

 Lynnette McCluskey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Department of Neurology
IMMAG - Georgia Health Sciences University
Augusta, GA

"Functional impact of neuro-immune interactions:  a tasteful model"

 Xingming Shi, Ph.D. ext, 1-1097

Mar 12

Prof. Hans Rudolf Brenner
University of Basel, Department of Biomedicine
Institute of Physiology, Pharmazentrum
Klingelbergstrasse Basel/Schweiz

"Novel signaling paths regulating synaptic AChR clustering at the neuromuscular junction"

 Lin Mei, Ph.D., ext. 1-8775

Mar 26

Paul Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
Deputy Scientific Director
National Human Genome Research Institute
National Institutes of Health

"Genetic and translational studies of human leukemia with mouse and zebrafish models" Wei-Hua Wu, Ph.D., ext. 1-5927

Apr 02
Masters Week – Spring Break

 

  

Apr 09

Wen-Cheng Xiong, Ph.D.
Weiss Research Professor
Department of Neurology-IMMAG
Georgia Health Sciences University
Augusta, GA

"Retromer and Degenerative Disorders" Xingming Shi, Ph.D., ext. 1-1097

Apr 16

 Amanda J Law MSc. Ph.D.

Head, Law Laboratory
Clinical Brain Disorders Branch
Bethesda, MD

"Targeting the ErbB4/P13K/AKT pathway: Novel therapeutic options for schizophrenia" Lin Mei, Ph.D., ext. 1-8775

Apr 30

 Haian Fu, Ph.D.

Professor & Director
Emory Chemical Biology Discovery Center
Emory University
Atlanta, GA

"Emory Chemical Biology Discovery Center & targeting protein-protein interactions in survival signaling networks"

 Lin Mei, Ph.D., ext. 1-8775

May 21

 Jianhua Xu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - IMMAG
Georgia Health Sciences University
Augusta, GA

"The coupling between exocytosis and endocytosis of synaptic vesicles"

 Xingming Shi, Ph.D. ext, 1-1097

May 28
Memorial Day Holiday
    

 Jun 6

 

*Special Day*

Jeffrey Willey, Ph.D.
Translational Radiation Oncology Fellow
Department of Radiation Oncology
Wake Forest School of Medicine

*Faculty Candidate*

"Radiation-Induced Bone and Cartilage Damage:  A Joint Problem."

 

 Carlos Isales, PhD
ext. 1-0692 

 Jun 11

Mieh-Chie Hung, Ph.D.
Vice President for Basic Research
Professor, Dept. Molecular and Cellular Oncology
University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

"Cross talk of signaling pathways, application to target therapy and cancer therapy."

 Robert Yu, Ph.D., Med.Sc.D.
ext 1-0699

 Jun 18

Orhan Oz, MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Wechun Pak Professorship of Bone Biophysics
UT Southwestern Medical Center

*Faculty Candidate*

"Phenotypes in Aromatase Deficiency: Observations in Mice and Men"

 

 Carlos Isales, PhD
ext. 1-0692 

 Jul 12

*Special Day*

Deanna S. Smith, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC

*Faculty Candidate*

"Pathways regulating axonal transport by cytoiplasmic dynein" 

Darrell Brann, Ph.D.
ext. 1-7779

Jul 16 

Jiali Li, PhD
Assistant Research Professor,
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience
Newark, NJ

*Faculty Candidate*

 

 

 

"Epigenetic basis in Neurodegeneration of Ataxia-telangiectasia: A new layer of complexity"

 Darrell Brann, Ph.D. ext. 1-7779

 Jul 19

Y. Albert Pan, PhD
Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

*Faculty Candidate*

"Illuminating neuronal connectivity in transparent brains: somatosensory circuit development in zebrafish"

 Darrell Brann, PhD
ext. 1-7779

 Aug 9

Jun Wang, MD, PhD
Staff Research Investigator
University of California at San Francisco
Gallo Research Center
Emeryville, CA

*Faculty Candidate*

"Glutamatergic and Dopaminergic Neuroplasticity in the Striatal Circuitry of Addiction"

 Darrell Brann,
Ph.D. ext. 1-7779

 Aug 13

Victor V. Chizhikov, PhD
Senior Scientist
Seattle Children's Research Institute
Center for Integrative Brain Research
Seattle, WA

*Faculty Candidate*

"Genetic analysis of dorsal brain development and human brain malformation disorders"

 Darrell Brann,
Ph.D. ext. 1-7779

 

 

Revised: 1/28/13