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Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor of Developmental Biology and Genetics
Stanford University
"Communicating with Hedgehogs: Signaling in Development and Disease"
HHMI Investigator
Professor of Developmental Biology
Professor of Genetics
Stanford School of Medicine
Host: Kenneth Zaret, Ph.D.
Ravi Maddipati, MD
Komorov Competition
Drs. Ahmad, Hoops & Jaffe
"Short and long range regulation of Shh expression"
Andria Culbert-Shore Lab
"Enhanced Chondrocyte Differentiation Induced by the FOP Mutation in Alk2"
Tatyana Panchenko - Black Lab
"Replacement of Histone H3 with CENP-A Alters Nucleosome Structure and Internucleosomal Interactions"
Attending: Doris Stoffers
Fellow: Sarah Mayson
Speaker: Michael Lampson, Ph. D., Assistant Professor
Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania
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.
New staff orientation is a half-day program that provides an overview of the SOM as well as specific useful information about key functions and resources that are important to SOM staff. Specifically, the program will help new staff:
- 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
- learn relevant functional departments contacts and numbers
- identify 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. Orientation sessions are generally scheduled monthly, but may vary with the volume of new hires. Invitations are sent directly to all new staff and transfers at their home address. There are three ways to register:
- Call our office at 215-573-0682
- Email to oe@mail.med.upenn.edu
- Register on Knowledge Link (Course title: New Staff Orientation SOM)
Komorav
University of Pennyslvania
"EMT and Hematogenous Dissemination of Pancreatic Epithelial Cells during Inflammation and Progression to Cancer"
University of Pennyslvania
"Splicing an epithelial cell together"
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
"Innate Immune Signaling by Human Esophageal Epithelial Cells"
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
"Transcriptional control of brown and beige fat cell fate"
Nakagawa LabTao Gao, PhD
Stanger Lab
Wells Lab
Rustgi Lab
George Shaw, MD, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Muredach Reilly, MBBCH, MSCE, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Rachel Werner, MD, PhD, Division of General Internal Medicine
Beatrice Hahn, MD, Division of Hematology/Oncology
BRB Lobby and Auditorium
Barchi Library, 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.
Location Class of '62, John Morgan Building
Part I is a prerequisite of Part II of this workshop
This workshop is an interactive seminar that teaches the essential tools and skills needed to develop and master the art of negotiation. This course will not only focus on developing the skill of negotiating in work place, but will also teach how they can be practiced and utilized in everyday life. After attending this workshop postdocs will be able to take the negotiating skills learned and put them to immediate use - Be it negotiating a job offer, with vendors, or buying a car, postdocs will work together to develop the skills needed to negotiate successfully.
This two part course consists of one full day workshop where attendees will learn and hone the skills needed to negotiate. This is followed three weeks later by a half day workshop where attendees will return to discuss and compare how they were able to use the skills they had learned, as well as receive some final advice on how to improve negotiating skills.
Registration is Required. Click Here
Location Class of '62, John Morgan Building
Part I is a pre-requite of Part II to this workshop.
This workshop is an interactive seminar that teaches the essential tools and skills needed to develop and master the art of negotiation. This course will not only focus on developing the skill of negotiating in work place, but will also teach how they can be practiced and utilized in everyday life. After attending this workshop postdocs will be able to take the negotiating skills learned and put them to immediate use - Be it negotiating a job offer, with vendors, or buying a car, postdocs will work together to develop the skills needed to negotiate successfully.
This two part course consists of one full day workshop where attendees will learn and hone the skills needed to negotiate. This is followed three weeks later by a half day workshop where attendees will return to discuss and compare how they were able to use the skills they had learned, as well as receive some final advice on how to improve negotiating skills.
Registration is required. To register Click Here
Michael Malim, D. Phil.
King's College London School of Medicine
"Exploiting replication deficiencies to illuminate HIV: host interactions"
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
University of Pennsylvania
“EMT and Hematogenous Dissemination of Pancreatic Epithelial Cells during Inflammation and Progression to Cancer”
702 CRB
University of Pennsylvania
702 CRB
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
“Innate Immune Signaling by Human Esophageal Epithelial Cells”
702 CRB
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
"Transcriptional control of brown and beige fat cell fate"
702 CRB
Julius Deren Lectureship Director, Clinical Trials, Robards Research Institute (Host – Gary Lichtenstein, MD & Mark Osterman, MD)
“What we don’t learn from clinical trials”
McCurdy Conference Room -1 Founders Pavilion -HUP
Center for Learning and Memory
The University of Texas at Austin
Translational Research Laboratory Building
125 S. 31st Street, 1st Floor (to the right)
Room 124 Conference Room
Charles R. Cantor, MD
"Restless Leg Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movements"
8 Maloney Conference Room
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 5 Maloney Conference Room
Sandra W. Ryeom, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Cancer Biology
University of Pennsylvania"Down syndrome, angiogenesis and the calcineurin signaling pathway"
On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I would like to extend a cordial invitation to all the colleagues who conduct qualitative research in health and health care fields to participate in the1st Global Congress for Qualitative Health Research held from June 23 to June 25, 2011 in Seoul, Korea. The theme of this year’s congress is “Understanding and Caring for the Human Being”
The deadline for early bird registration and abstracts is March 31, 2011.
This will be an opportunity for you to meet and interact with clinicians, researchers, and scholars from a range of disciplines from all over the world to collectively address various issues in qualitative health research.
The Organizing Committee has also planned unique and colorful social programs for the participants to experience fascinate aspects of Korean culture and the warm Korean spirit of friendship.
Best Regards,
For more information please come and visit http://www.gcqhr.com
CYNTHIA KHOO
Date: Monday, June 20th
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Class of ’62 Auditorium, John Morgan Building
Advisor: Doris Stoffers, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation title: “Insulin Biosynthesis and Beta Cell Survival Regulated by PDX1 Targets”
Find out what you need to know about communicating and working successfully with your PI, Manager or Supervisor.
Learn how to:
- Increase your influence
- Demonstrate your value
- Give your PI/Manager/Supervisor an opportunity to see the scope of what you do
- Push back when necessary
Join us in exploring some of the many hidden (and often FREE) benefits Penn has to offer.
Some areas that will be discussed include:
- Financial Programs/Services
- Employee Discounts
- Events & Attractions
- Quality of Worklife
- Recreation
- Job and Career
- Other Hidden Benefits
Terri Moser
Mentor: Sara Cherry
Time: 12pm
Location: Wistar Auditorium
Dustin Hancks Thesis Defense
Mentor: Haig Kazazian
Time: 1pm
Location: BRB Auditorium
Laura Pontano Thesis Defense
Mentor: J. ALan Diehl
Time: 10AM
Kara Coleman Thesis Defense
Mentor: Roger Greenberg
Time: 1pm
Location: Austrian Auditorium, CRB
- 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.
Roos Lab
Kevin Smith CAMB Thesis Defense
Mentor: Eric Brown
Time: 3pm
Location: BRB Auditorium
Sponsored by the Center for Research on Reproduction and Women’s Health, the Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Molecular Reproduction and Development
Date: June 13-14, 2011
Location:
Translational Research Center
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
University of Pennsylvania
Time: 8:30am to 5:30pm
The Conference begins on Monday June 13th at 8:30 a.m. with presentations on Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research and Gamete Research followed by the 32nd Annual James M. Cuozzo Memorial lecture at 4:00 p.m. by Ralph Brinster, VMD, Ph.D. , Richard King Mellon Professor of Reproductive Physiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. A poster session and reception will follow. The conference will resume on Tuesday June 14th with presentations by invited investigators and post-doctoral fellows.
The conference is free however, lunch will only be provided to those who register no later than June 1.
For additional information, please click to: http://www.med.upenn.edu/crrwh/awards-events.shtml
To register for the retreat, please click to: http://www.med.upenn.edu/crrwh/registration.shtml
Sponsored by the Center for Research on Reproduction and Women’s Health, the Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Molecular Reproduction and Development
Date: June 13-14, 2011
Location:
Translational Research Center
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
University of Pennsylvania
Time: 8:30am to 5:30pm
The Conference begins on Monday June 13th at 8:30 a.m. with presentations on Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research and Gamete Research followed by the 32nd Annual James M. Cuozzo Memorial lecture at 4:00 p.m. by Ralph Brinster, VMD, Ph.D. , Richard King Mellon Professor of Reproductive Physiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. A poster session and reception will follow. The conference will resume on Tuesday June 14th with presentations by invited investigators and post-doctoral fellows.
The conference is free however, lunch will only be provided to those who register no later than June 1.
For additional information, please click to: http://www.med.upenn.edu/crrwh/awards-events.shtml
To register for the retreat, please click to: http://www.med.upenn.edu/crrwh/registration.shtml
“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.
Vijay Dondeti CAMB Thesis Defense
Mentors: Celeste Simon, Ph.D., and Katherine Nathanson, M.D.
Time: 11:30am
Location: CRB Austrian Auditorium
JENNIFER ONKSEN
Date: Wednesday, June 22nd
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: 10-146 TRC (Translational Research Bldg.)
Advisor: Julie Blendy, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: “Role of hippocampal neurogenesis in the etiology and treatment of mood & anxiety disorders”
Dept. of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry
Yale University
"Single Molecule Studies of a-Synuclein and Tau: Mapping Conformational Changes Relevant to Disease
Physiology Conference Room
B404 Richards Building
2pm
"Sleep and the Endocrine System"
Join us Monday, June 6th at 3PM for PGFI Research Seminar Series with speaker:
Class of 62, John Morgan
Light Refreshments and snacks will be served.
Gene Robinson
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
“Evolution of Insect Society: Eat, Drink and Be Scary”
Carter ME, et al, Nat Neurosci 2010
The Endocrinology Clinical Case Conference and Grand Rounds Series presents:
Thyroid Clinical Case Management Conference
Presenters: Dr. Cooperberg and Mandel
Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: 12th Floor Translational Research Building - 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.
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.
Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology
University of Pennsylvania
Perelman School of Medicine
Host: Aaron Gitler, Ph.D.
CAMB Thesis Defense: Christa Heyward
Mentor: Robert Ricciardi, Ph. D.
Time: 11AM
Location: BRB Auditorium
University of Lyon, France
"The Neuronal Network Responsible for Paradoxical (REM) Sleep and its Dysfunctions Causing Narcolepsy and REM Behavior Disorder"
Dr. Greg Yelland, School of Psychology & Psychiatry, Monash University, Australia
"A Novel Test of Cognitive Impairment: The Subtle Cognitive Impairment Test (SCIT)"
CAMB Thesis Defense: Matthew Cohen
Mentor: Dr. Stuart Isaacs
Time: 10AM
209 Johnson Pavilion
"Financial Considerations for Sleep Center Management"
On the evening of June 27, 2011, the WHYY/NewsWorks Health and Science Desk invites you to think along with Art Caplan for an evening called: Ethics on the Edge. It will run from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Hamilton Public Media Commons at WHYY, 150 N. Sixth St., Philadelphia, PA. It is free, but pre-registration is required. Light refreshments will be served. To register and for more information please contact Chris Satullo at csatullo@whyy.org
On the evening of June 27, 2011, the WHYY/NewsWorks Health and Science Desk invites you to think along with Art Caplan for an evening called: Ethics on the Edge. It will run from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Hamilton Public Media Commons at WHYY, 150 N. Sixth St., Philadelphia, PA. It is free, but pre-registration is required. Light refreshments will be served. To register and for more information please contact Chris Satullo at csatullo@whyy.org
Panelists will include Center for Bioethics' (Center for Vaccine Ethics and Policy) own, David Curry. Other panelists will go a follows:
ADEL MAHMOUD, M.D., Princeton University
LESLIE NORWALK, Former Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
MARK PAULY, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
WILLIAM SCHAFFNER, M.D., National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine