Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Topics in Molecular Medicine

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Schedule

Fall, 2012

All classes are held on Wednesdays (unless noted) from 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm in room 601BRB (with the exception of September 19 which will be in 301 BRB)

Class Date

Faculty Preceptor

Title

Student 1

Student 2

Student 3

Wednesday, Aug. 29

Robert Doms

"The Berlin patient and a cure for HIV/AIDS"

Natania Field

Sneha Narasimhan

Yong Hoon Kim

Wednesday, Sept. 5

Robert Vonderheide

"Improving cancer vaccines"

Jonathan Kotzin

Leilani Chirino

Steve Baldassano

Wednesday, Sept. 12

Nancy Spinner and Ian Krantz

"Prenatal genomics: Amazing advances and diagnostic dilemmas"

Ian Mellis

Arthi Kumaravel

 

Wednesday, Sept. 19 *in 301 BRB

Joshua Lipshutz

"Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: From bench to bedside           and back"

Mike Werner

Leilani Chirino

 

Monday, Sept. 24

Kathy High

"Gene therapy for Thalassemia"

Omar Khan

Leo Wang

 

Wednesday, Oct. 3

Andy Minn

"Cancer genomics and the goal of personalized medicine"

Kate Szigety

Zach Hostetler

Yong Hoon Kim

Wednesday, Oct.  17

Joshua Friedman

"The intestinal microbiome and GVHD"

Jessica Liu

Steve Baldassano

Robert Dilley

Wednesday, Oct. 24

Geoff Aguirre

"Neuroimaging to guide deep brain stimulation for treatment of depression"

Sheng (Jimmy) Tang

Christina Wright

Alex  Ioannidis

Wednesday , Oct. 31

Mark Kahn

"Vascular regulation of organ regeneration and growth"

Alan Tang

Jessica Liu

 

Wednesday, Nov. 7

Rahul Kohli

"Broadly neutralizing antibody response to HIV"

Mike Werner

Zach Hostetler

Jonathan Kotzin

Wednesday, Nov. 14

Gerd Blobel

"Targeting chromatin readers to treat malignancies"

Alan Tang

Christina Wright

 

Monday, Nov. 26

Brad Johnson

"Cellular senescence and age-related pathology"

Ian Mellis

Sneha Narasimhan

 

Wednesday, Nov. 28

Monica Bessler

"The role of p53/p21 in mechanisms of bone marrow failure in patients with Fanconi Anemia"

Robert Dilley

Leo Wang

Alex  Ioannidis

Monday, Dec. 3

Aimee Payne

"Beyond gene therapy: Strategies for correcting epidermolysis bullosa"

Arthi Kumaravel

Kate Szigety

Sheng (Jimmy) Tang

Monday, Dec. 10

Dorris Stoffers

"Cell-based therapies for Type 1 Diabetes"

Natania Field

Omar Khan

 

• Last updated: 11/13/2012