Penn School of Medicine Events Calendar

Martha Bulyk, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

“Transcription factor-DNA interactions: cis regulatory codes in the genome” 

Yi Li - Carstens Lab

Isabel Xiaorong Wang - Cheung Lab

Joe Jarvis - Tishkoff Lab

Kobby  Essien - Hannenhalli Lab

This session will feature three senior faculty members who serve as editors of prestigious journals in their fields.  Learn about common mistakes that authors make, how to choose the right journal for your work, what journal impact factors mean, and other important topics.  All three faculty editors are either current, or former, COAP members.  Register on KnowledgeLink (www.knowledgelink.upenn.edu). 

Class of '62 Auditorium, John Morgan Building

Join FAPD and the Office of Research Program Development for a morning of senior faculty researchers and content experts sharing grant-writing tips and strategies (including a talk by an NIH program officer), followed by a short afternoon of specialized breakout sessions on key topics.  Lunch will be provided.  Register on KnowledgeLink (http://knowledgelink.upenn.edu).

BRB Auditorium/ Lobby and breakout roooms for afternoon sessions

Like the other sections of the proposal, the Experimental Design section is argument driven; but too often readers lose the arguments under a blanket of technical details.  In this session, we examine readers' expectations for emphasis at the paragraph and document level to develop guidelines for sustaining arguments through passages, paragraphs, and sections.  Register on KnowledgeLink (http://knowledgelink.upenn.edu).

Room 251 BRB II/III

The Abstract provides a clear, concise overview of a paper. It presents the main story and a few essential details. A good abstract sorts readers - allows them to decide if they want to read the paper or skip the paper - by persuading them in the first few sentences. This session will focus on writing effective abstracts.  Register on KnowledgeLink (http://knowledgelink.upenn.edu).

Room 104 Stellar Chance Laboratories

Shawn C. Burgess, Ph.D. , UT Southwestern Medical Center

"Mitochondrial Fluxes in the Liver During Insulin Resistance and Diabetes"

Bradford B. Lowell, MD, PhD, Harvard Medical School

"Genetic Dissection of Neural Circuits Controlling Energy Homeostasis"

sponsored by the Division of  Infectious Diseases 

Professor Nick Bostrom - University of Oxford
Director, Future of Human Institute
Faculty of Philosophy & James Martin 21st Century School

4:00pm • Speaker Reception
4:30pm • Lecture

3401 Market St.
Suite 331

To assure seating, please RSVP to jpringle@mail.med.upenn.edu or call the Center for Bioethics at 215-898-7136

BRB Auditorium

Barney S Graham, MD, PhD, Chief, Clinical Trials Core, Chief, Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory, Vaccine Research Center, NIAID/NIH

Rational Vaccine Design for RSV and Other Difficult Viruses

123C Abramson Research Center

Dennis S Rice, PhD, Director of Opthalmology, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, The Woodlands, TX

TBA

Attending Physician - Susan Mandel

Title: Journal Club

Presenter: Dr. Gabe Smolarz

Title: Molecular Mechanisms I

Presenter: Dr. Morrie Birnbaum                      

Title: Molecular Mechanisms II

“Structural Biology of Neurodegenerative Disease”

“The elegance of hedgehog signaling”

Keynote Scientific Address

Gregg  Semenza, MD, PhD

Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Medicine, Oncology & Radiation Oncology, The Johns Hopkins  University

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.

Find out how to improve your communications through positive listening approaches.

Learn about:

• Communication Barriers
• Your own personal listening style
• How to use different listening approaches to improve communication

A 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:

• How to diversify
• The difference between cash, stocks and bonds
• What a diversified portfolio looks like
• How to create an investment plan that’s appropriate for you

• Gain respect
• Speak up and ask for what you want
• Say “no”
• Express negative feelings appropriately

Resumes and cover letters are your tools to market yourself for your next position.

Learn about:

• Creating an effective, dynamic resume highlighting your skills and accomplishments
• Professional cover letters
• Effective resume styles and formats
• The difference between resumes and CVs

"Skin Microbiome in Health and Disease"

"Not All Itches Arise in the Skin"

CAMB Thesis Defense::Jiangbin Ye (CB)

1PM in Class of '62 Auditorium (JMB)

CAMB Thesis Defense::David Wise (CB)

2PM in Austrian Auditorium (CRB)

Neuroscience & Society Talk Series with Nick Bostrom, PhD
Professor of Applied Ethics & Director of the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University
Location: Houston Hall, 314 – Class of 1947 Room
Whole Brain Emulation

University community and public welcome. Please RSVP to info@neuroethics.upenn.edu
and check our website for locations and updates at www.neuroethics.upenn.edu

Cardiovascular Grand Rounds:

 "The Genetics of Congenital Heart Disease: Long, dazed journey into clinic"

Bruce Gelb, MD
Professor of Genetics and Genomic Sciences,
Center for Molecular Cardiology Mount Sinai School of Medicine

CAMB Thesis Defense::Amy Tsou (MVP)

Novel Targets and a Cofactor for the Vibrio Cholerae Quorum Sensing Transcriptional Regulator, HapR

12pm in 209 Johnson Pavilion

CAMB Thesis Defense::Lauren Hirao (GTV)

Time/Location TBA

Location: BRB 251

Karen M. Lyons, PhD

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Biological Chemistry

University of California, Los Angeles

Keynote Speakers:
Julie Overbaugh
Member and Associate Program Head of the Human Biology Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Cancer
Is there a role for neutralizing antibodies in protection from HIV infection? Lessons from studies of naturally infected populations

Kenneth H. Mayer*
Professor of Medicine & Community Health at Brown University
Prevention Science Core Director of the Lifespan/Tufts/Brown Center for AIDS Research
Preparing for PrEP: Panacea or Pandora's Box?

Combined Cardiovascular and Cardiothoracic Surgery Division Conference:

Cancelled

Professor Princeton University

Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

“Body, Mind and Soul: Questions on Healing the Traumatically Injured”

Featuring Art Caplan, Connie Ulrich, and Scott Halpern

December 3, 2009
Hall of Flags, Houston Hall
University of Pennsylvania