2008 - 2009 IDOM / DERC Research Seminar Series
Fall 2008 Schedule (pdf version)
| September 2 | Susanne Mandrup, Ph.D., University of Southern Denmark, Title: “Molecular determinants of PPAR subtype specificity and genome-wide target site analysis in adipocytes” |
| September 9 | Tony Hollenberg, M.D., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. Title: “New Insights Into Thyroid Hormone Signaling” |
| September 15 (Monday) |
Ron Evans, Ph.D. (Graduate Student Group Invitee). The Salk Institute. Title: “PPARs: Running Around Obesity” |
| September 23 | Barry Levin, M.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Neural systems of body weight control Title: “Metabolic sensing neurons and the control of energy and glucose homeostasis” |
| October 7 | Nancy Cooke, M.D., University of Pennsylvania Medical School. Title: “Long-range Activation of the Human Growth Hormone Gene Cluster” |
| October 14 | Nancy Thornberry, Ph.D., Merck & Co., Inc. Title: “New Therapeutic Approaches to Diabetes and Obesity” |
| October 16 Thursday, 12 noon |
Robert Farese, M.D. Title: "Obesity and Diseases of Too Much Fat: Mechanisms of Fat Synthesis and Storage" |
| October 21 | Maike Sander, M.D., University of California, Irvine. Title: “Transcriptional control of progenitor cell pluripotency in the pancreas” |
| October 28 | Lei Yin, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Title: “Controlling Receptor Rev-erba: a Transcriptional Link for Circadian Rhythm and Metabolism” |
| November 11 | Dongsheng Cai, M.D., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison. Title: Inflammatory and circadian programs in hypothalamic dysregulation of energy balance |
| November 18 | Yair Argon, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Medical School. Title: “Controlling IGF signaling by modulating the production of the ligands; implications for cell growth and differentiation.” |
| November 25 | Karen Knudsen, Ph.D., Thomas Jefferson University. Title: “SWI/SNF dysregulation in prostate cancer: impact on androgen signaling and proliferative control” |
| December 2 | Steven Kahn, M.B., Ch.B., University of Washington, Seattle. Title: “ß-cell Failure in Type 2 Diabetes” |
| December 9 | David Silver, Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Title: “New genes in fat storage” |
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