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Pharmacology and Toxicology

College of Pharmacy, 1295 N. Martin
PO Box 210202, Tucson, Arizona 85721
Phone: (520) 626-1427

445 N. 5th St., Ste.120
Phoenix AZ 85004
Phone: (602) 293-3222
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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