School of Medicine Calendar - ALL
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Professor
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Harvard University
"Morphogen gradient and interpretation"
Director, Whitehead Institute
Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
“Sexual Dimorphism in the Mammalian Germline”
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Broad Institute/Center for Brain
Science/Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Harvard University
Title: "Nodal signaling: from morphogen to
chromatin"
Host: Mary Mullins, Ph.D.
Director, Whitehead Institute
Professor of Biology, MIT
Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Host: Jamie Weaver
Graduate Student
Lindsey Albenberg, DO
Vesko Tomov, MD, PhD
Christina Twyman-St. Victor, MD
Shivan Mehta, MD, MBA
Ravi Maddipati, MD
Benjamin Georgi - Bucan Lab
"Genomic analysis of bipolar disorder in a genetic isolate"
Darren Goffin - Zhou Lab
"Connecting MeCP2 Dysfunction to Rett Syndrome"
"Comprehensive characterization of the wild-type mouse neural retina transcriptome using next-generation sequencing"
"Short and long range regulation of Shh expression"
Andria Culbert-Shore Lab
"Enhanced Chondrocyte Differentiation Induced by the FOP Mutation in Alk2"
Attending: Hamdee Attallah
Fellow: Eve Bloomgarden
Location: G. Clayton Kyle Conference Room - 4West PavilionAssistant Professor of Medicine
University of California at San Francisco
"HIV-Associated Cardiovascular Disease: 2011 Update"
BRB Auditorium II/III
Senior Scientist, Pathology and Immunology Division, Oregon National Primate Research Center
Associate Director, Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute
Oregon Health & Science University
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Co-Sponosred by CFAR
Joel E. Streim, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
"Case Conference"
Location: BRB Auditorium
Steven E. Arnold, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology
Director, Penn Memory Center
Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Section
Director, Cellular and Molecular Neuropathology Program
Associate Director, Institute on Aging
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
"Wear and Tear? Stress, Depression, Anxiety and Cognitive Decline in Late Life"
Location: BRB Auditorium
Speaker: David Lillicrap, M.D., FRCPC
Professor, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine
Richardson Laboratory, Queen's University
Research In Progress
Class of '62, John Morgan Building
Tumor Immunology Interest Group
Class of '62, John Morgan Building
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Director, Cancer Survivorship Program
Division of Oncology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
"Testicular tissue cryopreservation in Prepubertal Boys Recently Diagnosed with Cancer"
Associate Professor of Pathology
Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
“Soma-germline interactions in C. elegans: unexpected roles for Insulin and TGFß”
Anatomy Chemistry 349
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 349
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.
Please come to learn more about the program as well as information about the council . They will be covering a broad range of information to give you a better idea of necessary things to know during your time here at the University of Pennsylvania. No registration is neccessary. Please bring any questions you have with you.
Reunion Auditorium, John Morgan Building
Registration is required to attend this session. No one will be permitted to attend the session that did not register.
In addition, due to the nature of the session, anyone arriving more than 10 minutes late will not receive credit for attending the session.
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) primary grant mechanism for supporting new and mid-career investigators is the Mentored Career Development Award (a.k.a. K Award). This workshop explores the range of K Award options available, provides an overview of the K Award application process and review criteria, features a K Award application review by a mock study section (that reveals what really goes on behind those closed doors), and includes a step-by-step guide to preparing an outstanding and successful application. These awards are open to US citizens and permanent residents.
Register Here
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
This workshop provides an overview of the NIH's innovative new program that provides promising postdoctoral scientists the opportunity to receive both mentored (K) and independent research support (R) from the same award. The workshop presenters will provide guidance on the applications for K99/R00 awards. So afterwards K award applicants can use the strategies to enhance their probability of success. This award is open to US citizens, permanent residents, and non US citizens.
Chongfu Huang - Risk Analysis Council of China Association for Disaster Prevention
Roberto Bubbico – Sapienza Universita' di RomaCengiz Kahraman – Istanbul Technical University, Turkey The format for the three-day conference includes a welcome reception, breakfasts, luncheons, dinners, keynote addresses, panel discussions, and academic sessions. Thank you for considering attending this international conference. Additional details can be found at http://www.tamiu.edu/DIP/RACR2011 Sincerely, Dr. Jaime OrtizAssociate Vice President for International Programs Texas A&M International University SPECIAL ISSUEThe organizers have made an agreement to publish a special issue for the RACR 2011 Conference. After publishing the conference proceedings, a Selection Committee will recommend papers to this special issue for further discussion. Authors can re-organize their papers in a format with more flexible length, more allowed details and better quality printing including images. They can also choose to modify their paper’s title.Each manuscript will be reviewed according to the Journal’s standard policy. The Editor-in-chief will finally determine whether a revised manuscript should be accepted for publication or returned to author for further revisions. The deadline for receiving the manuscripts is December 31, 2010. It will take three months to review the manuscripts. The final reversions recommended will be sent to the Editor-in-chief on May 31, 2011. The special issue will be published at the end 2011 or the beginning of 2012.
- Write effective job criteria
- Post a job
- Get appropriate candidates
- Design interview questions
- Avoid illegal questions during an interview
- Select the best candidate
- Gain respect
- Speak up
- Ask for what you want
- Say “no”
- Express negative feelings appropriately
Please note that today's IDOM/DERC Seminar at 4:00 pm has been canceled and will be rescheduled to a later date
SEMINAR CANCELED Dan Rader, M.D., University of Pennsylvania
Seminar: “New Pathways in Lipoprotein Metabolism”
DATE: Tuesday, May 3, 2011
TIME: 4 p.m.
LOCATION: 302 Conference Room Clinical Research Building
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Johns Hopkins - Bloomberg School of Public Health
“Leydig Cell Development and Aging: Mechanisms and Consequences”
*Please note: This CRRWH Seminar is being co-sponsored with the Center for Animal Transgenesis and Germ Cell Research
James C. Gee, Ph.D.
“Brain Warping”
RadiologyDavid A. Wolk, M.D.
“Episodic Memory in Aging & Alzheimer’s Disease"Neurology
“Functional & Metabolic Imaging of the Brain”
Radiology
University Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
“Anti-viral innate immunity; Role of defective viral genomes”
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Johns Hopkins University
“Understanding how antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection really works”
Austian Auditorium, CRB
Massachusetts General Hospital
"Progress Toward Cure of Hepatitis C Virus: The Future is Here"
Baylor University Medical Center
"Identifying and Managing Familial Colorectal Cancer Syndromes"
Komorav
Massachusetts General Hospital
"HCV and HIV Coinfection: Adding Fuel to the Fire"
University of Pennyslvania
"An Interferon-Related Gene Program Controlling DNA Damage Resistance"
C. Richard Boland, M.D.
Baylor University Medical Center
"A Unified View of Colorectal Carcinogenesis"
University of Pennyslvania
"EMT and Hematogenous Dissemination of Pancreatic Epithelial Cells during Inflammation and Progression to Cancer"
Sue Keilbaugh, PhD
Wu Lab
Chang Lab
Nakagawa LabTao Gao, PhD
Stanger Lab
David and Lyn Silfen University Associate Professor
Departments of Genetics and Biology
School of Medicine
School of Arts and Sciences
University of Pennsylvania
"Genetics of African Ancestry"
M100 John Morgan Building
University Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
"Anti-viral innate immunity; Role of defective viral genomes"
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Death in the life of reovirus"
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Johns Hopkins University
"Understanding how antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection really works"
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
University California, Berkeley
Small RNA biogenesis for viral defense in bacteria
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Associate Director
Monell Chemical Senses Center
Philadelphia, PA
B400 Richards Building Conference Room
Massachusetts General Hospital
“HCV and HIV Coinfection: Adding Fuel to the Fire”
702 CRB
University of Pennsylvania
"An Interferon-Related Gene Program Controlling DNA Damage Resistance"
702 CRB
Baylor Health Care System
“A Unified View of Colorectal Carcinogenesis”
702 CRB
University of Pennsylvania
“EMT and Hematogenous Dissemination of Pancreatic Epithelial Cells during Inflammation and Progression to Cancer”
702 CRB
Director, Hepatology Service, Medical Director, Liver Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Porfessor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School (Host – K. Rajender Reddy, MD and Kyong-Mi Chang, MD)
“Progress Toward Cure of Hepatitis C Virus: The Future is Here”
McCurdy Conference Room -1 Founders Pavilion -HUP
Baylor Health Care System
“Identifying and Managing Familial Colorectal Cancer Syndromes”
McCurdy Conference Room -1 Founders Pavilion -HUP
W. Roy Smythe, M.D.
Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
Chairman, Department of Surgery
Professor of Surgery
“The First American Textbook of Surgery”
Flyers/76ers Surgery Theatre - Ground White
"Psychology of the Cosmetic Surgery Patient"
10 Penn Tower Conference Room
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
“Case Conference"
BRB Auditorium
Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology
Director, Penn Memory Center
Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Section
Director, Cellular and Molecular Neuropathology Program
Associate Director, Institute on Aging
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
“Wear and Tear? Stress, Depression, Anxiety and Cognitive Decline in Late Life”
BRB Auditorium
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School and Mass General Hospital
Director of Chemical Neurobiology
Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research
Translational Research Laboratory Building
125 S. 31st Street, 1st Floor (to the right)
Room 124 Conference Room
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois
Physiology Conference Room, B400 Richards Building
Department of Molecular Genetics, Ohio State University
"Assembling and Connecting the Cytokinesis Dots"
Physiology Conference Room, B400 Richards Building
Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania
Physiology Conference Room, B400 Richards Building
Department of Human Genetics, UCLA
Physiology Conference Room, B400 Richards Building
Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, UCSF
"Maintaining the Stability of Neural function"
Barchi Library 140 John Morgan Building
Sponsored by The Institute on Aging and Penn Medicine Scheie Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology
Houston Hall (3417 Spruce Street)
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics
University of Michigan
2000 Vagelos Conference Room, Vagelos Laboratories of the IAST
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara
"Robust Timekeeping in Circadian Clock Networks"
2000 Vagelos Conference Room, Vagelos Laboratories of the IAST
"Myeloid derived suppressor cell (MDSC) mediated immune switching"
123AB, Abramson Research Center
University of Pennsylvania
“New Pathways in Lipoprotein Metabolism”
Room 302, Clinical Research Building
David D. Moore, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
“Nuclear Receptors vs. Diabetes – McGarry Was Right"
BRB Auditorium
Johnson Foundation Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building
Johnson Foundation Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building
Johnson Foundation Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building
Joseph Leidy Professor
Co-Director of Epigenetics Program
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
"Signaling to Chromatin for Cell Fate Choices in Embryos"
Grossman Auditorium at The Wistar Institute
Director, Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 5 Maloney Conference Room
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 5 Maloney Conference Room
Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care
"Immunotherapy for Malignant Mesothelioma"
Hirst Auditorium, 1 Dulles Building
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Carol W. Greider, PhD
Daniel Nathans Professor and Director
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Main Auditorium
Biomedical Research Building II/III (BRB II/III)
Cardiovascular Medicine
Hirst Auditorium, 1 Dulles Building
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director, Center for Childhood Cancer Research
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
"Translational genomics for Childhood Cancers
Hirst Auditorium, 1 Dulles Bldg., HUP
Ohio State University
College of Public Health and Comprehensive Cancer Center
Faculty Lounge, 1412 Conference Room, Biomedical Research Building (BRB II/III)
Philip and Sima K. Needleman Professor
Associate Chair for Translational Research
Director, Center for Pharmacogenomics
Washington University School of Medicine
5 Maloney Conference Room, HUP
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of California at San Francisco
Auditorium,BRB II/III
Senior Scientist, Pathobiology and Immunology Division, Oregon National Primate Research Center
Associate Director, Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute
Oregon Health & Science University
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Seminar is co-sponsored with the Immunology Graduate Group
Location: Irvine Auditorium, Amado Recital Hall, 3401 Spruce Street
Presented by the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition
Conference for healthcare providers, hospital administrators, policy makers, MCOs, direct service agencies and advocates. We will examine the state of language access service in Philadelphia healthcare settings and exploring strategies to bring about change.
Keynote Speaker: Nan Feyler, JD, MPH, Chief of Staff of the Philadelphia Department of Health
Vice Provost's Special Seminar
Bruce S. McEwen, Ph.D.
Alfred E. Mirsky Professor
Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology
The Rockefeller University
“Sex, Stress and the Brain: Hormone Actions Above the Hypothalamus Via Novel Mechanisms”
"Regulating inflammation within the tumor microenvironment".
252 BRB II/III
TITLE: Aging and Epigenetics Symposium
DATE: Monday, May 2nd, 2011
TIME: 1:30pm – 5:30pm
LOCATION: New Translational Research Center Auditorium and Lobby
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
SPEAKERS: Brian Kennedy, Ph.D.
Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Rolf Sternglanz, Ph.D.
SUNY at Stony Brook
Kurt W. Runge, Ph.D.
Lerner Research Institute
John Sedivy, Ph.D.
Brown University
TO REGISTER FOR THE SYMPOSIUM GO TO:
http://may2nd.wufoo.com/forms/epigenetics-and-aging-symposium/
A RECEPTION WILL FOLLOW AT 5pm.
Event is open to all and at no costs.
For Additional Information Contact: Sophia Castro-Anderson
andes@mail.med.upenn.edu
The Pharmacology Graduate Group is Pleased to Announce the
PH.D. CANDIDACY EXAMINATION
of
DOLIM LEE
12:00pm
5/2/2011
BRB 1412
Presentation Title:
“The Role of CREB in Hepatic Insulin Resistance and Steatosis”
Thesis Advisor: Klaus Kaestner, Ph.D.
Committee Chair: Mitch Lazar, M.D., Ph.D.
Committee Members:
Rexford Ahima, M.D.,Ph.D.
Morris Birnbaum, M.D., Ph.D
Judy Meinkoth, Ph.D.
The Pharmacology Graduate Group is Pleased to Announce the
PH.D. CANDIDACY EXAMINATION
of
MARY FALCONE
10:00am
5/3/2011
M100, JMB
Presentation Title: “Influence of the nicotine metabolite ratio on cognitive effects associated with abstinence”
Thesis Advisor: Caryn Lerman, Ph.D.
Committee Chair: Jon Lindstrom, Ph.D.
Committee Members:
Julie Blendy, Ph.D.
Ian Blair, Ph.D.
John Detre, M.D.
The Pharmacology Graduate Group is Pleased to Announce the
PH.D. CANDIDACY EXAMINATION
of
JESSE CARLIN
10:00am, 5/4/2011
10-146 TRC (Translational Research Center)
Presentation Title:
“High Fat Diet and the Dopamine Reward System”
Thesis Advisor: Teresa Reyes, Ph.D.
Committee Chair: Tracy Bale, Ph.D.
Committee Members:
Julie Blendy, Ph.D.
Robert Christopher Pierce, Ph.D.
Rebecca Simmons, M.D.
The Pharmacology Graduate Group is Pleased to Announce the
PH.D. CANDIDACY EXAMINATION
of
SONIA STEP
9:00am, 5/11/2011
10-146 TRC (Translational Research Center)
Presentation Title: “Genome-wide Transcriptional Effects of Thiazolidinediones”
Thesis Advisor: Mitchell A. Lazar, M.D., Ph.D.
Committee Chair: Klaus Kaestner, Ph.D.
Committee Members:
Gerd Blobel, M.D., Ph.D.
Patrick Seale, Ph.D.
Doris Stoffers, M.D., Ph.D.
The Pharmacology Graduate Group is Pleased to Announce the
PH.D. CANDIDACY EXAMINATION
of
XUE LIANG
10:00am
5/13/2011
10-146 TRC (Translational Research Center)
Presentation Title: “Interrelationship of NSAIDs and Gut Microbiome”
Thesis Advisor: Garret FitzGerald, M.D.
Committee Chair: Gary Wu, M.D.
Committee Members:
Jeffrey Barrett, Ph.D.
Tilo Grosser, M.D.
Katherine Nathanson, M.D
CAROLYN SUMMERS
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Steve Whitehead
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
11:00AM
10-146 TRC (Translational Research Building)
Dissertation title: “The Effects of Methotrexate and Genetic Polymorphisms on the Folate/Homocysteine Pathway”
The Pharmacology Graduate Group is Pleased to Announce the
PH.D. CANDIDACY EXAMINATION
of
NATE SNYDER
11:00am
5/18/2011
10-146 TRC (Translational Research Center)
Presentation Title: “Mechanistic investigation of oxo-ETE anti-inflammatory signaling”
Thesis Advisor: Ian Blair, Ph.D.
Committee Chair: Emer Smyth, Ph.D.
Committee Members:
Peter Davies, Ph.D.
Harry Ischiropoulos, Ph.D.
Cynthia Otto, DVM, Ph.D.
LINDSAY McKENNA
May 24, 2011
12:00PM
TRC Auditorium (Translational Research Building)
Advisor: Dr. Klaus Kaestner
Dissertation title: “The role of miRNA and the transcription factor Hhex in the development and function of the pancreas”
The Pharmacology Graduate Group is pleased to announce the Doctoral dissertation defense of -
SEBASTIAN RIECK
May 25, 2011
12:00PM
TRC Auditorium
(Translational Research Building)
Advisor: Dr. Klaus Kaestner
Dissertation title: “The generation of fully functional beta-cells by proliferation: Lessons from pregnancy and HNF4alpha (MODY1)”
University of Pennsylvania
"An Interferon-Related Gene Program Controlling DNA Damage Resistance"
SAVE THE DATE!
The UPenn Center for Health Behavior Research presents…Innovations in Real-Time and Mobile Measurement in Health Research, Part 1
Discussions on the use of mobile data collection devices and challenges with real-time measurement
1412 BRB
Douglas Wiebe, PhD, School of Medicine
Amy Hillier, PhD, MSW, School of Design
Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, Schools of Medicine and Nursing
Lunch will be provided. More details coming soon!
For more information about the Center for Health Behavior Research, visit http://www.med.upenn.edu/chbr/
Symposium is free and open to the public.
For more information, please contact cjeffrey@sas.upenn.edu
Rainey Auditorium
University Museum
320 Spruce Street
(use Trescher Entrance)
The 2011 Distinguished Alumni Award
Department of Chemistry
University of Pennsylvania
In honor of
Stanley B. Prusiner
University of California, San Francisco
“The Biochemistry of Prions”
Speakers:
Prof. Virginia M.-Y. Lee
University of Pennsylvania
“Misfolded Disease Protein Transmission as a Shared Pathogenic Mechanism for Neurodegenerative Disorders”
Prof. Gregory Petsko
Brandeis University
“Specific Inhibition of a-Synuclein Misfolding and Truncation as a Therapeutic Strategy for Parkinson’s Disease”
Prof. Gerald Stubbs
Vanderbilt University
“Structural diversity in prions and other amyloids”
Seminar Series in Community-Based Research and Health Disparities
“Primary Care Practice Based Research at CHOP”
Louis M. Bell, M.D.
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of General Pediatrics
Thursday, May 19, 2011
12:00 PM- 1:00 PM
Biomedical Research Building (BRB II/III)
Faculty Lounge 1412 Conference Room
421 Curie Boulevard, 14th Floor, 19104
FREE and Open to the Public
Lunch will be provided on a first come, first serve basis.
Sponsored by the Department of Psychiatry Center for Community-Based Research and Health Disparities, Abramson Cancer Center, Center for Public Health Initiatives, Clinical and Translational Science Award
For additional information, please contact:
Brenda Bryant at 215-746-7285
bryantb@mail.med.upenn.edu
Breakfast and Lunch will be provided.
Registration Fee: $75 (CME’s -‐ no additional fee, Psychology & Social Work Continuing Education Credits -‐ with additional fee)
To register, contact Hila Rimon-Greenspan (spaebh@mail.med.upenn.edu) by Friday, April 29, 2011.
Mail or Fax Payment and Registration Information to:
The ScattergoodEthics Program, Center for Bioethics, 3401 Market Street, Suite 320, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Fax: 215-573-3036
Please be sure to register right away...seating is limited to 30 participants.
The University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University, and the Chemical Heritage Foundation look forward to welcoming you to the birthplace of American medicine for a busy and exciting meeting. Susan Lederer and the Program Committee are preparing another lineup chock-full of stimulating sessions.
The highlight of the meeting will be the Garrison Lecture and reception at the National Constitution Center, a short walk from the conference hotel. The setting is unforgettable, with the sweeping foyer facing a lovely view of Independence Hall (illuminated at night) across the green expanse of Independence Mall. Martin Pernick of the University of Michigan will deliver the 2011 Garrison Lecture.
To Register, please go to: https://regstg.com/Registration/Introduction.aspx?rid=a1cfec42-f8f5-4808-8662-2cef7d264ca3
Partnerships, Puzzles and Paradigms
A collaborative approach to cholesterol Thursday May 12, 2011, 1:00pm – 3:00pm BRBll/lll Auditorium Light refreshments will be served following the lectureAll are welcome to attend To learn more about Dr Brown’s Nobel Prize Award, visit Nobelprize.orgTo sign up for the AstraZeneca Nobel Medicine Initiative newsletter, email editor@nobelprize.org
- Hear about the latest in the search for an HIV Vaccine
- Philadelphia's best drag performers for your entertainment!
Brian Dehaven
Mentor: Stuart Isaacs
Time: 2pm
Location: 209 Johnson Pavilion
Beth Gregg
Mentor: David Roos
Time: 2pm
Location: 132 Hill Pavilion
Anand Sitaram
Mentor: Michael Marks
Time: 2pm
Location: Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Andrew Edmondson
Mentor: Daniel Rader
Time: 2pm
Location: Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Terri Moser
Mentor: Sara Cherry
Time: 12pm
Location: Wistar Auditorium
Dustin Hancks Thesis Defense
Mentor: Haig Kazazian
Time: 1pm
Location: BRB Auditorium
David Schoppy Thesis Defense
Mentor: Eric Brown
Time: 1pm
Location: BRB Auditorium
Alan Lui, Ph.D.
Department of Cell BiologyThe Scripps Research InstituteClass of 62 AuditoriumJohn Morgan BuildingUniversity of Rochester
"The development and function of lymphoid follicles in the lung"
Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Building
Chief, Laboratory of Celluar ad Molecular Immunology
NIAID NIH
"Murine autoimmune arthritis: The role of adaptive tolerance, lymphopenia, and T cell competition"
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
The Pharmacology Graduate Group is Pleased to Announce the
PH.D. CANDIDACY EXAMINATION
of
JEANINE JOCHEMS
3:00pm
5/3/2011
M100, JMB
Presentation Title: “Regulation of α-tubulin acetylation and its effects on the mechanism of action of psychiatric medications”
Thesis Advisor: Olivier Berton, Ph.D.
Committee Chair: Irwin Lucki, Ph.D.
Committee Members:
Chang-Gyu Hahn, M.D., Ph.D.
Erika Holzbaur, Ph.D.
Peter Klein, M.D., Ph.D.
- Understand a broad range of ways that Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can be applied to public health research, practice, and public policy
- Critically analyze maps and research results developed using GIS
- Learn how to create and analyze thematic maps, geocode addresses, and conduct basic queries
- Implement a variety of field data collection methods used in GIS such as handheld GPS technology
- Develop individual research agendas which incorporate GIS methods
**For more information regarding the GIS component of this institute, please email Amy Hillier at ahillier@design.upenn.edu.
Cost:
Full Institute - $850*
Full Institute: Student Rate - $450 (with proof of student status)
Lectures Only (W-F, 9am-1pm) - $450
*For groups of 5 or more, discounted rates are available. Please contact lahall@exchange.upenn.edu for more details.
9:00 a.m. - Sara Miller -
"Evaluating Potential Anesthetic Binding Targets RhoA and GAI1 Using In Silico docking, Fluorescence, and Photolabeling"
9:20 a.m. - Nishita Shastri -
"Role of Anti-retroviral Therapy in the Integrated Stress and Antioxidant Response in Astrocytes"
9:40 a.m. - Bridgin Lee -
"Investigating novel therapeutics for nicotine withdrawal: Altered affect and potential target molecules"
10:00 a.m. - Natalie Daurio -
"Curcumin as a Potential Chemosensitizer in Head and Neck Cancer Cells"
1:00 p.m. - John O'Donnell - "Interaction between Mitochondria and the Plasma Membrane Glutamate Transporter GLT1: Investigating the Involvement of Hexokinase"
1:20 p.m. - Alan Yee - "Replication Stress Induced Inflammation in Cancer"
1:40 p.m. - Mike Chiorazzo - "TRIM Proteins Enhance Degradation of Polyglutamine Proteins"
2:00 p.m. - Maya Khezam - "Purification of Cytochrome c for the Characterization of Its Interaction with tRNA"
2:20 p.m. - Brian Weiser - "Modulation of Select alpha4beta2* nAChRs"
11:20 - Jaclyn St. Louis - "Mechanism of VEGF Induction by TRE17 Oncogene"
LDI/CPHI Research Seminar with Christoffer Johansen, MD, PhD
“Universal Health Care is Not Enough: The Persistence of Cancer Disparities in Denmark”
May 4, 2011 12:00PM 1:30PM
Colonial Penn Center Auditorium, 3641 Locust Walk
Christoffer Johansen, MD, PhD
Professor, the National Centre for Cancer Rehabilitation Research, Southern Danish University, Institute of Public Health; Head, Department of Psychosocial Research, Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, the Danish Cancer Society
Christoffer Johansen is Head of Department of Psychosocial Cancer Research at the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, the Danish Cancer Society (EPI). Dr. Johansen is affiliated with the University of Hamburg, Germany as an adjunct professor at the Faculty of Medicine. Prior to this, he has served as professor at the National Centre for Cancer Rehabilitation Research at Southern Danish University. He has served as associate professor at the University of Copenhagen in social medicine and medical sociology. His main research areas are psychological and social factors in relation to cancer, electromagnetic fields and cancer and genetic factors in relation to brain tumors.
Dr. Johansen received his MD in 1986, his PhD in psychosocial cancer epidemiology in 1994 and his Doctor of Medical Sciences in environmental cancer epidemiology in 2004 at the University of Copenhagen. Since 1989 he has been involved in several research and development projects integrating register based and clinical data into a research agenda which focus on how psychological and social factors are associated with cancer in terms of risk, prognosis and intervention. He has published several randomized trials investigating the effect of psychosocial and rehabilitating interventions and has a track record of 232 peer-reviewed publications as well as 31 papers under review. He has published more than 60 papers in books, public media and letters in scientific journals. He has been Chair for two international prestigious conferences in Copenhagen (IPOS 2004 and NCRS 2010). In his scientific career, Christoffer Johansen received and managed grants for more than 100 million Danish Kroner.
This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
The Endocrinology Clinical Case Conference and Grand Rounds Series presents:
Katherine Nathanson, MD - Associate Professor of Medicine
Title: Inherited Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes
Date: Wednesday, May 4 2011
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: 12th Floor - TRC - Translational Research Center 12-146 (NEW LOCATION)
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Accreditation
The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation of Credit
The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Endocrinology Clinical Case Conference and Grand Rounds Series presents:
Mona Al Mukaddam, MD and Eve Bloomgarden, MD - Endocrine Fellows
Title: Presentation and Discussion of Endocrinology Cases
Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: 12th Floor - TRC - Translational Research Center 12-146 (NEW LOCATION)
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Accreditation
The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation of Credit
The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Endocrinology Clinical Case Conference and Grand Rounds Series presents:
Diana Stanescu, MD and Jennifer Danzig, MD - CHOP Fellows
Title: Presentation and Discussion of Pediatric Endocrinology Cases
Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: 12th Floor - TRC - Translational Research Center 12-146 (NEW LOCATION)
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Accreditation
The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation of Credit
The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Rodebaugh Diabetes Center Series:
Topic: Vascular Disease in DM Q&A
Presenter: Edward Woo
Location: G. Clayton Kyle Conference Room, PCAM 4 West Pavilion
Rodebaugh Diabetes Center Series:
Topic: MODY
Presenter: Diva de Leon
Location: G. Clayton Kyle Conference Room, PCAM 4 West Pavilion
Rodebaugh Diabetes Center Series:
Topic: Smokig Cessation
Presenter: Frank Leone
Location: G. Clayton Kyle Conference Room, PCAM 4 West Pavilion
Rodebaugh Diabetes Center Series:
Topic: Spirit Pump In Service
Presenter: Jeff Claffey
Location: G. Clayton Kyle Conference Room, PCAM 4 West Pavilion
Hands-on Course in Thyroid and Parathyroid Ultrasound Imaging - A Multidisciplinary Approach
Translational Research Center
First Floor Auditorium
Parina A. Shah, MD "Examining a Rare Disease: Kleine-Levin Syndrome"
"Protein structure prediction and structural bioinformatics"
(advisor: Roland Dunbrack)
“Methods for High Dimensional Inferences with Applications in Genomics”
Jichun Xie
Ph.D. Candidate
Division of Biostatistics
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Thesis Supervisors: Jinbo Chen, PhD , Hongzhe Li, PhD , Tony Cai, PhD , Tim Rebbeck, PhD
Institutions and Population Health: The Case of Prisons Jason Schnittker, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology, UPenn
"Quantitative Approaches to The Circadian Network"
"Cardiac Complications of Obstructive Sleep Apnea"
"NREM: Part II"
Vyazovskiy VV, et al. Local sleep in awake rats. Nature. 2011 Apr 28
The Pharmacology Graduate Group is Pleased to Announce the
PH.D. CANDIDACY EXAMINATION
of
LAURA CASTELLANO
9:00am, 5/12/2011
10-146 TRC (Translational Research Center)
Presentation Title: "Fighting HIV Infection by Defining Mechanisms to Disaggregate SEVI Fibrils”
Thesis Advisor: James Shorter, Ph.D.
Committee Chair: Robert Siman, Ph.D.
Committee Members:
Rahul Kohli, M.D., Ph.D.
Mark Lemmon, Ph.D.
Mickey Marks, Ph.D.
"American Medical Education and Global Health Engagement"
Vanessa Kerry, MD, MSc
Associate Director of Education and External Affairs, Center for Global Health, Massachusetts General Hospital
Director, Program in Global Public Policy and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Wednesday, May 25th
2:15PM-3:15PM
Reunion Hall, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Co-hosted by the Penn Med Global Health Interest Group and Penn chapter of the American Medical Student Association (AMSA).
(Pizza will be served in the hallway outside the event starting at 2PM)
“Statistical Methods in Mapping Complex Diseases”
Jing He
Ph.D Candidate
Division of Biostatistics
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Dissertation Advisors: Mingyao Li, Hongzhe Li
Committee Chair: Mary Putt
Committee Members: Thomas Cappola, Warren Ewens
Abstract: In this dissertation, I have developed several statistical methods to map genetic variants that are associated with complex human diseases. The first part of my dissertation is to develop a method to detect gene-gene interactions by incorporating external linkage disequilibrium (LD) information such as the HapMap. In this method, we derive an optimally weighted score for each marker, either genotyped or untyped, based on the genotypes and external LD information. We then summarize the information contained in a gene using principle components (PCs) and test gene-gene interactions using selected PCs. Through simulations, we demonstrate that when more than two variants interact with each other, tests that incorporate external LD information are generally more powerful than those that use genotyped markers only. The second part of my dissertation is related to the analysis of the secondary phenotypes in case-control studies. In genome wide association studies, a set of correlated secondary phenotypes that may share the same genetic factors with the disease status are often collected. However, due to unequal sampling probabilities in cases and controls, the traditional regression analysis may yield inflated type I error rates when the test marker is associated with the disease status. To solve this issue, we propose a Gaussian copula-based approach to jointly model the secondary phenotypes and the disease status. We first consider one single marker in the model and perform a test to assess whether the marker is associated with the secondary phenotype. Through simulations, we demonstrate that our method has correct type I error rates under a wide range of settings. We further show that the type I error rates of our model are under control even when the model is mis-specified. In the third part of my dissertation, we extend the copula-based model to include a large number of candidate markers. Instead of performing single marker based test, we propose a variable selection approach to identify genetic variants that are associated with the secondary phenotype. We develop a two-stage penalized likelihood approach that imposes a lasso penalty to the log-likelihood function in order to perform variable selection. A coordinate gradient descent method is proposed to solve the optimization problem. We demonstrate that the penalized likelihood approach is efficient in controlling the false discovery rates and can lead to better power in identifying the disease-associated variants. We demonstrate these methods using a large-scale genetic association study of cardiovascular phenotypes.
Donald McLaren, PhD, Harvard Medical School
"Can functional imaging help us understand the relationships of memory, Alzheimer's & sleep?"
"Neuroimaging of Sleep and Sleep Deprivation with fMRI"
The Diversity Committee is a postdoc run group that aims to support and promote the retention and advancement of underrepresented postdoctoral scholars including, but not limited to, people of color; women; people with disabilities; and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered, queer/questioning (LGBTQ) community.
Join the BPC-DC for a "Vent it All: A meeting for airing your end of the year gripes."
We hope you’ll join us and feel free to bring your lunch!
"Sleep and the Endocrine System"
The Endocrinology Clinical Case Conference and Grand Rounds Series presents:
Charles A. Stanley, MD - Professor of Pediatrics, CHOP Endocrinology
Title: “A Systems Approach to Hypoglycemia”
Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: 12th Floor - TRC - Translational Research Center 12-146
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Accreditation
The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation of Credit
The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.