Visiting Speakers
| Date | Visiting Speaker (For Research Info - click on name) |
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| Wednesday, May 26, 2010 | Dr. Fred A. Pereira, Associate Professor, Huffington Center on Aging, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center Houston, TX Abstract : Deafness is a relatively common disorder, with approximately 1 in 1000 children born with a serious permanent hearing impairment, single gene defects account for over half of the cases of childhood deafness. With age, neurons and auditory hair cells are loss due to noise, trauma and chemotherapeutic insults. Unfortunately, mammalian hair cells do not regenerate spontaneously and there are no drugs or other biological interventions to treat deafness due to hair cell loss. The lecture will describe the identification of gene-signaling pathways regulated by an orphan nuclear receptor, NR2F1 for development of sensory hair cells. |
“Signaling pathways for sensory hair cell differentiation” | ||
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The Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics in conjunction with the National Training Program in Inflammation and Allergy present Dr. Carol de la Motte, External Reviewer for Vasantah Arja - Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute of the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio For abstract information please click here |
“Hyaluronan in the Intestine: Multiple Roles in Sickness and in Health” | ||
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 |
Patrick C. Choy, PhD., MD. Associate Dean (Faculty Development) Professor, Biochemistry & Medical Genetics, |
“Musings on 30 Years of Lipid Research” | ||
| Tuesday, July 7, 2009 |
Visiting Speaker - External Examiner for Ellert Nichols |
"Analysis of Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Aging" | ||
| Thursday, September 18, 2008 | Visiting Speaker – External Examiner for Dhiman Ghosh Dr. Juergen Kast, Assistant Professor Biomedical Research Centre University of British Columbia |
"Platelets, Drugs and Proteome" | ||
| Monday, June 9, 2008 | The Departments of Anatomy and Cell Science, Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, and Physiology are pleased to announce the inaugural joint seminar series. Dr. John Giesy Professor and Canada Research Chair in Environmental Toxicology, Dept of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences and Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan |
"Perfluorinated Chemicals in the Environment: The history of an Environmental Issue" | ||
| Tuesday, June 3, 2008 |
Dr. Euridice Carmona |
"Role of somatic hyaluronidases in ovarian function and ovarian tumor progression" | ||
| Friday, May 30, 2008 | Shihuan Kuang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Animal Science Purdue University |
"Stem cell self-renewal in muscle" | ||
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Friday, May |
Xin-Min Li, MD, PhD, FRCPC Professor and Ruth Hurd Research Chair, Department of Psychiatry; and |
"Therapeutic Strategies for Neurodegenerative Disorders" | ||
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Thursday, December 6, 2007 |
Balwant S. Tuana, Ph.D. |
"Deregulated expression of the tail-anchored membrane protein SLMAP leads to defective muscle and neuronal development" | ||
| Thursday, April 26, 2007 |
The Fifth Irene Uchida Lecture Charles R. Scriver, MDCM, FRS. Alva Professor Emeritus of Human Genetics McGillUniversity Montreal Children’s Hospital Research Institute Montreal, Quebec |
Pediatrics Grand Rounds “PKU: A Paradigm Shift in Medical Thinking” and Pediatric Research Rounds “The PAH locus is full of surprises” | ||
| Thursday, December 21, 2006 | Dr. Marvin Natowicz (M.D., Ph.D.) Vice-Chairman, Genomic Medicine Institute Cleveland Clinic |
Pediatrics Grand Rounds “Genetic and Metabolic Dimensions of Autism: Lessons and Challenges” | ||
| Monday, September 18, 2006 | Dr. Leo Wang-Kit Cheung Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine |
“Integrative Bioinformatics Approaches for Cancer Research and Beyond” | ||
| Thursday, June 22, 2006 |
Dr. Minh Dang Nguyen University of Calgary Dr. Nguyen is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Clinical Neurosciences, Cell Biology & Anatomy and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; and Investigator at the Brenda Strafford Chair Foundation in Alzheimer Research, at the University of Calgary |
“Molecular Pathways of Aging and Neurodegeneration” | ||
| Thursday, March 2, 2006 |
Val C. Sheffield, M.D.,Ph.D. Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Division of Medical Genetics University of Iowa |
“The Molecular Genetics of a Complex Human Obesity Syndrome” | ||
| Monday, October 3, 2005 | Dr. Michel Jadot Facultes Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium. |
"Hyal-1 in liver: is it an authentic lysosomal hydrolase?" | ||
| Thursday, May 12, 2005 |
The Fourth Irene Uchida Lecture Dr. Uta Francke Professor of Genetics and Pediatrics Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, California |
Pediatrics Grand Rounds "When to Think of Rett Syndrome and What to do About It" and Pediatric Research Rounds "Dissecting the Prader-Willi Syndrome Phenotype with Translocations and Mouse Models" | ||
| Thursday, April 14, 2005 |
Dr. Arleen Auerbach Associate Professor, Director Laboratory of Human Genetics and HematologyThe Rockefeller University, New York, NY |
Pediatric Grand Rounds "Clinical and Genetic Heterogeneity in Fanconi Anemia: Consequences for Diagnosis" and MICH Research Seminar "Fanconi Anemia, Biallelic Mutations in BRCA2 and Cancer" | ||
| Tuesday, April 5, 2005 |
Dr. Peter Ray Head, Molecular Genetics The Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, Ontario |
“Understanding Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy” | ||
| Tuesday, March 15, 2005 | Dr. Charles Schwartz Director of Research & Head of JC Self Research Institute Greenwood Genetic Center Greenwood, SC. |
"X-Linked Mental Retardation: New Genes, New Insights" | ||
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 | Alexander S. Whitehead, D.Phil. Professor of Pharmacology Department of Pharmacology University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Philadelphia, PA |
“Neural Tube Defects and Cardiovascular Diseases: Are There Shared Folate-Related Genetic and Phenotypic Risk Factors?” | ||