Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Topics in Molecular Medicine

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Schedule

Fall, 2011

All classes are held on Wednesdays (unless noted) from 3:30 pm - 4:15 pm in room 901BRB
Breakout sessions held from 4:15 - 5:00 pm in room 1001BRB

Class Date

Faculty Preceptor

Title

Student 1

Student 2

Student 3

Student 4

Wednesday, Sept. 7

Nancy Spinner/
Ian Krantz

“Autism Genetics”

Will M.

Jeff N.

Piotr K.

 

Wednesday, Sept. 14

Andy Minn

"Recent molecular insight on metastasis and its impact on clinical management"

Zandra W.

Mingen L.

Mischa L.

 

Wednesday, Sept. 21

Josh Friedman

"Cellular alchemy: Making fribroblasts (lead) into hepatocytes (gold)"

William R.

Jeremy G.

Samar S.

Jae L.

Monday, Sept. 26

Mitch Lazar

"Adipocyte triglyceride lipase (ATGL) in human metabolic disease"

Jeff N.

Esteban L.

Samar S.

 

Wednesday, Oct. 5

Mark Kahn

"Tumor vessels are Eph-ing hard to block"

Dana B.

Mischa L.

Jeff K.

 

Monday, Oct. 10

Gerd Blobel

“Targeting chromatin components to treat leukemias”

Vivek B.

Piotr K.

Elizabeth L.

 

Monday, Oct.  17

Peter Crino

"mTOR Signaling: A crossroad for autism, epilepsy, malformations,    and tumors"

Alexandre A.

Melody E.

Jeff K.

Allyson L.

Wednesday, Oct. 19

Rahul Kohli

"Targeting pathogen virulence in Neisseria meningitides"

Esteban L.

Michael L.

Jae L.

Ethan M.

Wednesday , Oct. 26

Robert Doms

"Reconstructing Berlin: A possible cure for HIV"

Matthew W.

Elizabeth L.

Tim C.

 

Wednesday, Nov. 2

Jonathan Maltzan

"Improving immunosuppression through rational drug design"

Ethan M.

Michael L.

Alison W.

William R.

Wednesday, Nov. 9

Josh Dunaief

"Inhibition of VEGF and the complement cascade: Eye opening bench-to-bedside therapies for age-related macular degeneration"

Hoameng U.

Monica L.

Matt W.

 

Wednesday, Nov. 16

Warren Pear

"Targeting Notch in T cell leukemia"

Allyson L.

Alexandre A.

Jeremy G.

 

Wednesday, Nov. 30

Aimee Payne

"Gene therapy and beyond!"

Ali W.

Hoameng U.

Mingen L.

Vivek B.

Wednesday, Dec. 7

Brad Johnson

"Progeria"

Monica L.

Will M.

Melody E.

 

Wednesday, Dec. 14

Bob Vonderheide

"Improving cancer vaccines"

Tim C.

Dana B.

Zandra W.

 

• Last updated: 10/03/2011