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Anatomy Chemistry 103
A counselor from Career Services will hold walk-ins, every other Thursday for Biomedical Postdocs from 10:00am to 12:00pm. Please bring your Penn ID so they can confirm your BPP postdoc status.
Services from a counselor include:Critiques of c.v.’s, resumes, cover letter and other job hunting materials, advice about conducting an effective job search, preparation for interviews, assistance with defining your career direction.
Anatomy Chemistry 103
A counselor from Career Services will hold walk-ins, every other Thursday for Biomedical Postdocs from 10:00am to 12:00pm. Please bring your Penn ID so they can confirm your BPP postdoc status.
Services from a counselor include:Critiques of c.v.’s, resumes, cover letter and other job hunting materials, advice about conducting an effective job search, preparation for interviews, assistance with defining your career direction.
BRB 14th Floor
Senior Investigator
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute
Mount Sinai Hospital
Professor of Molecular Genetics
University of Toronto
"Fat family cadherins in growth and planar cell polarity control"
Anne Brunet, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Genetics
Stanford University
Greg Beitel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology
Northwestern University
“The long and the short of Src42 and apical/basal polarity genes in epithelial tube-size control in the Drosophila tracheal system”
The Discovery of JANUVIA™
Nancy Thornberry
Senior Vice President & Franchise Head
Diabetes & Obesity
Merck Research Laboratories
Monday, December 6, 2010
12:00-1:00 PM
Class of 62 Lecture Hall, John Morgan Building
Senior Investigator of the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital. Professor of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto. Director of the Collaborative Program in Developmental Biology
University of Toronto
Title: "Fat family cadherins in growth and planar cell polarity control"
Host: Amin Ghabrial, Ph.D.
Assistant Prfoessor of Genetics
Stanford University
Host: Zhaolan (Joe) Zhou, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology
Northwestern University
Host: Meera Sundaram, Ph.D.
Christina Twyman-St. Victor, MD
David Goldberg, MD
Caroline Kerner, MD
Vesko Tomov, MD, PhD
Octavia Pickett-Blakely, MD
University of Pennsylvania, PPMC
Ishmail Abdus-Saboor-Sundaram Lab
"Roles for Ras and Notch in tube development in C.elegans"
Amy Campbell-Blobel Lab
"Regulation of hematopoietic development by transcription factor GATA-1"
Jessica Bryant-Berger Lab
"HHO1: "Linking" Chromatin Structure to Sporulation"
Karyn Sheaffer-Kaestner Lab
"Epigenetics of Self-Renewal in the Intestine"
Staci Kallish-Bennett Lab
"Quantification of Acyl Coenzyme A species in White Blood Cells by Tandem Mass Spectrometry"
Joe Jarvis-Tishkoff Lab
"Genome-Wide Association in Structured African Populations"
This makes for a very diverse, vibrant community—and at times, a rather confusing one.
This workshop will provide supervisors with general advice on how to manage cultural gaps
in their workplace for their staff and themselves.
Registration Info: http://knowledgelink.upenn.edu/knav/oneclick.jsp?coMasId=15354
Contact Person: Megan Maxwell
Contact Email: mmaxwell@mail.med.upenn.edu
The Office of Organization Effectiveness, in cooperation with Penn Human Resources is offering a Retirement Investing Basics seminar for those who don’t know a great deal about investing. Learn your own level of risk tolerance, and what to avoid as an investor. Some topics which will be discussed include:
-The difference between cash, stocks and bonds
-What a diversified portfolio looks like
-How to create an investment plan that’s appropriate for you
Registration Info: http://knowledgelink.upenn.edu/knav/oneclick.jsp?coMasId=12599
Contact Person: Megan Maxwell
Contact Email: mmaxwell@mail.med.upenn.edu
This session will help you learn how to:
• Write effective job criteria
• Post a job
• Get appropriate candidates
• Design interview questions
• Avoid illegal questions during an interview
• Select the best candidate
This course is intended for managers enrolled in the Supervisory Skills Certificate Series.
Find out how to increase your effectiveness through assertive communication.
Learn how to:
• Gain respect
• Speak up
• Ask for what you want
• Say “no”
• Express negative feelings appropriately
Registration Info: http://knowledgelink.upenn.edu/knav/oneclick.jsp?coMasId=19925Contact Person: Megan Maxwell
Contact Email: mmaxwell@mail.med.upenn.edu
The orientation is designed to provide resources and support to help you make a smooth and efficient transition into the School of Medicine. Our objectives are that upon completion of the program you will:
- feel welcome
- understand the School of Medicine's past, mission, and vision for the future
- understand the School of Medicine's organizational and reporting structure
- be able to identify relevant functional departments contacts and numbers
- be able to identify the resources that are available to support you as a School of Medicine employee
It is expected that all new employees and transfers to the School of Medicine will participate in the orientation as soon after their start date as possible.
"A case of memory loss: Local B cell responses to influenza"
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
“Cellular and Molecular Determinants of CD8+ T Cell Memory”
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
"Adventures in Viral Immunology"
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Struan F. A. Grant, Ph.D., Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute
Chipping away at the genomic puzzles related to disease traits.
Kate Fitzgerald, Ph.D.
University of Massachusetts
Role of DNA sensing pattern recognition receptors in innate immunity
David Russell, Ph.D.
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
Mycobacterium tuberculosis: The pathogenic greaseball
Jason Brenchley, Ph.D.
NIH
Mechanisms underlying microbial translocation in progressive immunodeficiency lentiviral infections
Klaus Rajewsky, M.D.
Immune Disease Institute, Harvard Medical School
Sandra Ryeom, Ph.D.
Department of Cancer Biology
Thrombospondin-1 mediates oncogenic Ras-induced senescence in pre-malignant lung tumors downstream of p53
Frederick W. Alt, Ph.D.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Mechanisms of chromosomal translocations in Lymphomas and other cancers: Mapping the translocatome
"Molecule Mechanisms Underlying the Sensing of DNA in the Innate Immune System"
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
"Mechanisms underlying microbial translocation in progressive immunodeficiency lentiviral infections”
Sponsored by PENN CFAR
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Grossman Auditorium, The Wistar Institute
"Transcriptional repression in the control of T lymphocyte differentiation and function"
ARC 123 A/B
Innate Resistance, Infl ammation, and Cancer Giorgio Trinchieri, M.D. Director, Cancer and Infl ammation Program Chief, Laboratory of Experimental Immunology Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH |
Chromatin Insulators and Nuclear Organization
Victor G. Corces, Ph.D.
HHMI Professor, Emory University
NOS as a Potential Therapeutic Target in Pancreatic Cancer
Christopher Counter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Duke University Medical Center
Mark Shapiro, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology
Health Science Center
University of Texas
Attending: Peter Snyder, MD
Fellow: Lauren Fishbein, MD, PhD
Location: Gia Pront, PCAM Lobby
"Thrombospondin-1 mediates oncogenic Ras-induced senescence in pre-malignant lung tumors downstream of p53"
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
"Modeling Epstein-Barr-Virus driven immune surveillance and
B cell lymphomagenesis in the mouse"
Austrian Auditorium
"Mechanisms of chromosomal translocations in Lymphomas and other cancers: Mapping the translocatome"
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Department of Surgery
Sex steroids and receptor antagonists for improving cardiovascular and immunological functions following trauma-hemorrhage
Virginia Commonwealth University
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Redox Signalosomes in Membrane Lipid Raft Clusters of Endothelial Cells
Proteogenomics Research Institute for Systems Medicine (PRISM)
Cellular & Molecular Biology
Quantifying Endothelial Caveolae Proteome: Signal-dependent Trafficking and Targeted Delivery In Vivo
Edward S. Brodkin, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
"Social Affiliative Behaviors: From Mouse Models to Neurodevelopmental Disorders"
Location: BRB Auditorium
David I. Leitman Ph.D.
Instructor
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
"The Brain and Affective Communication: Implications for Psychiatry"
Location: John Morgan Building, Reunion Hall
Transforming Humanity - Fantasy? Dream? Nightmare?
A two-day conference, addressing technological, moral, and legal questions about potential biomedical enhancements to humanity.
Please see the attached flyer for more information
Transforming Humanity - Fantasy? Dream? Nightmare?
A two-day conference, addressing technological, moral, and legal questions about potential biomedical enhancements to humanity.
Please see the attached flyer for more information
The discussion, entitled "Death with Dignity" is scheduled for Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at 12 noon in Classroom 321. Please see the attached flyer to obtain more information on this and future informal Discussion events.
Please note that the Center for Bioethics' Informal Discussion series is a free-of-charge event. No reservation is required. This is a brown-bag event.
The discussion, entitled "Catharsis and Moral Therapy- an ancient Greek approach to bioethics teaching" is scheduled for Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 12 noon in Classroom 321. Please see the attached flyer to obtain more information on this and future Informal Discussion events.
Please note that the Center for Bioethics' Informal Discussion series is a free-of-charge event. No reservation is required. This is a brown-bag event.
CAMB Thesis Defense::Leah Sabin (MVP)
12pm in Wistar Auditorium
CAMB Thesis Defense::Hojun Li
3pm in Austrian Auditorium (CRB)
PI: Edward Morrisey, Ph.D.
Title: miRNAs, HDACs, and reprogramming
Trainee: Joe Swift, Ph.D.
Title: Investigating the modulation of lamin isoform ratios during stem cell differentiation
Trainee: Matt LeBoeuf, (M.D. - Ph.D. Candidate)
Hdac1 and Hdac2 act redundantly to control p63 and p53 functions in epidermal progenitor cells.
Speaker 1: Scott Diamond
Speaker 2: Ravi Radhakrishnan
Speaker 3: Casim Sarkar
RSVP here.
Keynote Presentations:
- Dr. Paul Rozin, Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
- Howard Neukrug, Director, Office of Watersheds, Philadelphia Water Department
Panel Discussions:
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Public Health, Water, Risk and Response
- Moderator:
Robert Giegengack, Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania - Stan Laskowski, President, Philadelphia Global Water Initiative; Lecture/Advisor, Master of Environmental Studies Program, University of Pennsylvania
- John Keenan, Professor, Electrical and Systems Engineering; Associate Dean, Education, University of Pennsylvania
- Anastasia Shown, Assistant Director, African Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania
- Poune Saberi, Assistant Clinical Professor, Clinical Practices, University of Pennsylvania
60-Second Science:
Presentations by CPHI Pilot Grant Recipients
- Ian Bennett
- Charlie Branas
- Peter Cronholm
- Chrissie Forke
- Amy Hillier
- Carrie Kovarik
- Giang Nguyen
- James Park
- Laura Sander (for Jennifer Cohn and Mark Pauly)
- Mary Summers
- Doug Wiebe
- Charmaine Wright
- Domenic Vitiello
Poster Contest: Posters that show the vatierty of water related research and service projects by Penn students and non Penn-affiliated local organizations will be displayed. 4 $250 prizes will be awarded
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Speaker: Wenxia Song, PhD.
Associate Professor, Department of Cell BIology and Molecular Genetics
University of Maryland
Harriet Ellison Woodward Professor of Biochemistry, Chair, Department of Animal Biology
"Mitochrondrial Respiratory Stress: A role in cancer progression and degenerative diseases"
132 Hill Pavilion
Mentor: Dr. Anil Rustgi
Title: LIN28B, let-7, and the molecular pathogenesis of colon cancer
Location: Room A, Old Vet School
Tumor Immunology Interest Group
Rm 251 BRB II/III
Research In Progress
Rm 251 BRB II/III
Research In Progress
Rm 253 BRB II/III
Friday, December 10, 2010
Monday, December 13, 2010
140 John Morgan Building
Department of Psychiatry Holiday Party
Friday, December 17, 2010
Inn at Penn
Thesis Defense: Ana Cristancho
Mentor: Dr. Mitch Lazar
Location: Stemmler-Dunlop Auditorium
Neil R. Malhotra, M.D.
“Tissue Engineered Mechanical Constructs to Reverse Degenerative Disc Disease”
Neurosurgery
132 Hill Pavilion
Eugene Y. Xu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Reproductive Biology Research
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
“OLDER the BETTER: Origin and function of core components of reproductive machinery”
This CRRWH Seminar is being co-sponsored with the Center for Animal Transgenesis and Germ Cell Research
253 BRB II/III
Sarah Kimmins, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Animal Science, Pharmacology and Therapeutics
McGill University
"The role of the sperm epigenome in paternal disease transmission"
*Please note Dr. Zirkin's 12/15/10 seminar has been CANCELLED.
It will be rescheduled for the Spring semester. Date to be announced
Barry Zirkin, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
"Leydig Cell Development and Aging: Mechanisms and Consequences"
This CRRWH Seminar is being co-sponsored with the Center for Animal Transgenesis and Germ Cell Research
CANCELLED to be rescheduled
Transforming Humanity - Fantasy? Dream? Nightmare?
A two-day conference, addressing technological, moral, and legal questions about potential biomedical enhancements to humanity.
Please see the attached flyer for more information
Transforming Humanity - Fantasy? Dream? Nightmare?
A two-day conference, addressing technological, moral, and legal questions about potential biomedical enhancements to humanity.
Please see the attached flyer for more information
Assistant Professor of Genetics
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
"A cellular resolution atlas of gene expression in C. elegans"
Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
"Cellular and organismal connections to telomere function"
Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Chair, Cancer Biology Graduate Program
Chief, Division of Cancer Pathobiology, CHOP
"Myc-regulated microRNAs in tumor progression: Thinking outside the cell"
CPHI 2010 Retreat - Reflections on Water and Public Health
Location: Irvine Auditorium, Amado Recital Hall, 3401 Spruce Street
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Keynote presentations by:
- Paul Rozin, Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
- Howard Neukrug, Director, Office of Watersheds, Philadelphia Water Department
This event will also feature panel discussions, 60-Second Science presentations, and a poster contest.
RSVP to this event | Submit a Poster
CAMB Thesis Defense: Abby Olsen (CB)
11am, BRB 253
Therapeutic Potential of Lung Progenitor Cells Derived from Embryonic and iPS cells
Richard Wetsel, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular Medicine
William S. Kilroy, Sr., Chair in Pulmonary Disease
Director-Hans J. Mueller-Eberhard & Irma Gigli Research Center for Immunology &
Autoimmune Diseases
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Monday, November 29 , 2010
12:00-1:00 PM
Reunion Hall, John Morgan Building
Pharmacological Targets in the Malignant Progression of
Breast Cancer
Raymond Mattingly, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Wayne State University
Monday, December 13 , 2010
12:00-1:00 PM
Reunion Hall, John Morgan Building
Marcus Meister, PhD, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard
Neural Computation in the Retina and Beyond
Biomarker Discovery Group
Genentec
“Biomarkers Bridge Science and the Clinic”
BRB II/III Auditorium
Thesis Defense: Jasmine Smith (CB)
Location: Class of '62
Mentor: Dr. Brad Johnson
Title: "MicroRNA targeting in coding regions: a computational study of functionality"
Please join us for:
The Provost’s Interdisciplinary Seminar Series:
Intellectual Diversity for Health in the Developing World
In this seminar series, we present issues that challenge health and health care in developing countries. Each topic is considered from multiple disciplinary perspectives.
“Watching Missionaries: Working with and observing medical and economic missionaries in Santiago Atitlán, a local perspective”
Presented by guest speaker: Ricardo Sojuel
When: Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Where: Hill College House - 3333 Walnut Street
Room: The Gallery (Lower Level)
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
RSVP: By no later than 5:00 pm Monday, 11/29/10 to
Diana Brown diana.brown@uphs.upenn.edu
Mona Al Mukaddam, MD and Sarah Mayson, MD - Endocrine Fellows
Title: "Presentation and Discussion of Endocrinology Clinical Cases"
Date: Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: 702 CRB
Penn Infectious Diseases
HIV Grand Rounds
“Bone Disease and Vitamin D
in HIV Patients”
Todd Brown, MD PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Wed Dec 8
12:00 Noon
Dunlop Auditorium
Stemmler Hall
Join the Endocrine Fellows today for Endocrine Jeopardy
Mona Al Mukaddam, MD and Sarah Mayson, MD - Endocrine Fellows
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The Discovery of JANUVIA™
Diabetes & Obesity
Merck Research Laboratories
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
"How viral protein expression levels affect rabies pathogenicity and innate immunity."
Rm 338 Levy Building (240 S. 40th St.)
"Genome wide association study for determinants of insulin sensitivity"
Joshua W. Knowles, M.D., Ph.D.
Instructor, Cardiovascular Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2010
12:00-1:00 PM
251 BRB II/III
Mary Ann Crissey
Lynch Lab
Blair Madison, PhD
Katharine Grugan, PhD
Rustgi Lab
Wells Lab