Spring Seminar Speakers:
January 28, 2011 4pm
"BMP2 gene regulation and osteoblast differentiation"
Ming Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biostatistics in School of Public Health
Tulane's Center for Bioinformatics and GenomicsTulane University
February 11, 2011
Cancelled
"Functional and molecular diversity of voltage-gated K+ (Kv) channels and the fine tuning of membrane excitability"
Jeanne Nerbonne, Ph.D.
Alumni Endowed Professor
Department of Developmental Biology
Neurosciences andMolecular Cell Biology Programs
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
February 18, 2011
4pm
Microbe, Microbe, toxic microbe, how does your cell wall grow?
Deborah Perlstein, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Boston University
February 25, 2011
4pm
"FoxC1 and Msx2 in the specification of osteoprogenitors and the patterned growth of the murine skull."
Rob Maxson, Ph.D.
ProfessorBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
March 4, 2011
4pm
"Ex vivo and in vitro Models for Neuroinflammation"
Andrew Maclean, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Tulane National Primate Research Center
Tulane University School of Medicine
Covington, LA
March 18, 2011
4pm
"The Barrel Cortex: A window into cortical circuitry and its development"
Joshua C. Brumberg, Ph.D.
Program Head
Neuropsychology Ph.D.
Subprogram
Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY
Flushing, NY
March 25, 2011
4pm
"Regulation of Reversible Phosphorylation Specificity in Synaptic Transmission and Meta-plasticity"
Hugh Xia, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Cell Biology and Anatomy, and Neuroscience
Neuroscience Center of Excellence
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, LA
April 1, 2011
4pm
"Adipose stromal/stem cells: Travels in Time and Space"
Jeffrey Gimble, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Tulane Medical School
LSU Medical School
April 8, 2011
4pm
"Regulation of renal progenitor cells and ureteric bud by Sall1 and NuRD"
Michael Rauchman, M.D.C.M.
Internal Medicine, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
St. Louis University
April 15, 2011
4pm
"Essential roles of the intercalated disc-associated, Xin repeat-containing proteins in cardiac development and function"
Jim Lin, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Iowa
April 29, 2011
4pm
"Evolutionary conserved transcriptional response toward BMP signaling in developing mouse and xenopus embryos"
Ken Cho, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Developmental and Cell Biology
University of California Irvine
Speakers for Fall 2010
September 17, 2010
4pm
“Visual Signal Processing in Retina”
Guoyong Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dept of Structural and Cellular Biology
Tulane University Medical School
September 24, 2010
4pm
"Mesenchymal stem cells: Biology and Therapeutic Application"
Bruce A. Bunnell, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Gene Therapy
Aron Family Regents Distinguished Chair Professor Department of Pharmacology
Tulane University School of Medicine Chairman, Division of Gene Therapy Tulane National Primate Research Center
Sponsored by Jennifer Simkin and Ken Muneoka
October 1, 2010
4pm
"Zen and the Art of 3-D Reconstruction: Balancing Structural Plasticity in the Mature Hippocampus."
Jennifer Bourne Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Center for Learning and Memory
University of Texas at Austin.
Sponsored by Fiona Inglis
October 8, 2010
4pm
"Extra-synaptic NMDA receptors coupled cell death signals"
Youming Lu, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Neuroscience Center for Excellence
LSU New Orleans, LA
Sponsored by Laura Schrader
October 15, 2010
4pm
TULANE HOLIDAY!
October 22, 2010
4pm
TBA
October 29, 2010
4pm
TBA
November 5, 2010
4pm
"A Role for Regeneration in Regenerative Medicine"
Ken Muneoka, Ph.D.
John L. & Mary Wright Ebaugh Chair in Science and Engineering
Professor, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University
Sponsored by Fiona Inglis/CMB
November 12, 2010
4pm
TBA
November 19, 2010
4pm
"Molecular Mechanisms of Liver Cancer: From Inflammation to Carcinogenesis"
Tong Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Marguerite Main Zimmerman Chair in Basic Cancer Research
Tulane University School of Medicine
Sponsored by YiPing Chen
November 26, 2010
4pm
TULANE HOLIDAY!
December 3, 2010
4pm
Jim Eberwine, Ph.D
Sponsored by Fiona Inglis
Cell and Molecular Biology, 2000 Percival Stern Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118 504-865-5546 cmb@tulane.edu