Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminars
The Pharmacology and Toxicology track will hold the following seminars during Fall Semester 2009.
Seminars are held on Wednesdays in Drachman Hall room B109 from 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Wednesday, August 26
Introduction - Dr. Cathy Smith and Dr. Donna Zhang
Wednesday, September 02
Student Speaker: Ruyue Ji
Laboratory: Dr. John Regan
Topic: "EP1 Prostanoid Receptor Coupling to Gi/o Upregulates the Expression of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1α Through Activation of a Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Signaling Pathway"
Wednesday, September 9
Student Speaker: Alex Lencinas
Laboratory: Dr. Raymond Runyan
Topic: "Arsenic Perturbation of Heart Valve Formation"
Wednesday, September 16
Guest Speaker: Dr. Heddwen Brooks
Affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Arizona
Topic: Diabetes, Menopause and Stress in the Kidney: Identification of novel molecular targets using systems biology
Host: Dr. Richard Vaillancourt
Wednesday, September 23
Student Speaker: Jason Drees
Laboratory: Dr. Richard Vaillancourt
Topic: Regulation of MEKK3 Kinase Activity by TNF Alpha and Actin
Wednesday, September 30
Student Speaker: Matthew Merrell
Laboratory: Dr. Nathan Cherrington
Topic: Regulation of the Hepatic Transporter ABCC3 by Nrf2
Wednesday, October 07
Guest Speaker: Dr. Jonathon Doorn
Affiliation: College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa
Topic: "Protein Modification and Parkinson's Disease: Role of a Reactive Intermediate of Dopamine Catabolism"
Host: Dr. Terrence Monks
Thursday, October 8 Special Pharm-Tox Departmental Seminar (Room B111)
Speaker: Dr. David K. Ann
Affiliation: City of Hope Medical Center
Topic: "Targeting SUMOylation in DNA Damage Response in Cancer Therapy"
Host: Dr. Yin Chen
Wednesday, October 14
Guest Speaker: Dr. Roland Kwok
Affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Michigan
Topic: Ku70: an Acetylation Sensitive Therapeutic Target for Neuroblastoma"
Host: Dr. Catharine Smith
Wednesday, October 21
Student Speaker: Ingrid Druwe
Laboratory: Dr. Richard Villancourt
Topic: "Mechanisms of Arsenic Induced Insulin Resistance"
Wednesday, October 28
Student Speaker: Nicole Villeneuve
Laboratory: Dr. Donna Zhang
Topic: "Regulation of the Nrf2/Keap1 Antioxidant Response Pathway by
USP15"
Wednesday, November 04
Student Speakers: Paulina Gomez Rubio
Laboratory: Dr. Walt Klimecki
Topic: "AS3MT polymorphisms associated with arsenic metabolism are enclosed in a large linkage disequilibrium cluster."
Wednesday, November 11 (Veteran's Day - NO SEMINAR)
Wednesday, November 18
Student Speaker: Alicia Bolt
Laboratory: Dr. Walt Klimecki
Topic: Autophagy in arsenite-induced cytotoxicity
Wednesday, November 25 (Thanksgiving - NO SEMINAR)
Wednesday, December 02
End of the Semester Roundup
Wednesday, December 09
Guest Speaker: Dr. Robert Rice
Affiliation: UC Davis, Department of Environmental Toxicology
Topic: "Arsenic Perturbation of Signaling Pathways in Human Keratinocytes."
Host: Qin Chen
Pharmacology and Toxicology Department Seminars
Thursday, October 8 (Room B111)
Speaker: David K. Ann, Ph.D.
Affiliation: City of Hope Medical Center
Topic: "Targeting SUMOylation in DNA Damage Response in Cancer Therapy"
Host: Dr. Yin Chen
Further information
For general questions regarding the graduate programs in the College of Pharmacy, contact Nancy Colbert, program coordinator, (520) 626-7265 or by fax (520)626-2466