Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminars
The Pharmacology & Toxicology track will hold the following seminars during spring semester 2008..
Seminars take place in Drachman Hall room A116 from 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Tuesday, January 22
Mark Stevens from Dr. Todd Camenisch's Laboratory
Topic: "Distinct roles of the MAP3Ks, MEKK3 and MEKK4, during cardiac cushion EMT."
Tuesday, January 29
Student Speaker: Veronica Gonzalez from Dr. Laurence Hurley's Laboratory
Topic: "Evidence of the involvement of Nucleolin on the regulation of c-MYC transcription"
Thursday, Jan. 31 - Pharmacology & Toxicology Departmental Seminar CANCELLED
Speaker: Frank Rauscher, Ph.D.
Affiliation: The Wistar Institute
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Host: Dr. Laurence Hurley
Tuesday, February 05
Student Speakers:
Jason Drees from Dr. Vaillencourt's Laboratory
Topic: “The Role of MEKK3 and Bc1-xL in Cell Survival Signaling”
Matthew Merrell from Dr. Nathan Cherrington's Laboratory
Topic: "Kinase Involvement in the Activation of CAR by Oltipraz.
Tuesday, February 12
Speaker: Dr. Max Costa
Affiliation: New York University
Topic:
Hypoxia Signaling and Epigenetic Mechanisms of Nickel Carcinogenesis
Host: Dr. Donna Zhang
Tuesday, February 19
Student Speaker: Ruiyu Xie
Topic: "Molecular Basis of ROS-induced Cell Death in Renal Proximal Tubule Epithelial Cells"
Tuesday, February 26
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Thursday, February 28 - Pharmacology & Toxicology Departmental Seminar
Speaker: Philip S. Low, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Purdue University
Topic: "Receptor-Targeted Therapeutic and Imaging Agents for Cancer and Inflammatory Diseases"
Host: Dr. Nathan Cherrington
Tuesday, March 04
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Tuesday, March 11
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Tuesday, March 18 NO SEMINAR - SPRING BREAK
Tuesday, March 25
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Thursday, Mar. 27 (CANCELLED) (Pharm/Tox Department Seminar)
Speaker: Said M. Sebti, Ph.D.
Affiliation: University of South Florida
Topic: "Targeting Defective Signal Transduction Circuits for Cancer Therapy: From Chemical Biology to Hypothesis-Driven Clinical Trials"
Host: Dr. Danzhou Yang
Tuesday, April 01
Guest Speaker: Tim Miller, Ph.D.
Affiliation: University of Texas, El Pso
Topic: Environmental Levels of Dinitrobenzenes Mediate Reactive Oxygen Species Production by Resting-State, Calmodulin-Free Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase (nNOS): Mitochondria are targets of Reactive NOS Products, but not Landlords for a NOS Isoform.
Host: Dr. Terrence Monks
Tuesday, April 08
Student Speakers:
Monica Yellowhair from Dr. Clark Lantz' Laboratory
Topic: "The Roles of Solubility and Oxidation States on Uranium Toxicity"
Shawn Wnek from Dr. Jay Gandolfis Laboratory
Topic: Induction of DNA Damage, Repair, and Protein Oxidation in UROtsa cells following Chronic, Low-level Exposure to As(III) or MMA(III)
Tuesday, April 15 (CANCELLED FOR APRIL 15 - RESCHEDULED FOR APRIL 17)
Thursday, April 17 12:00-1:00 Drach B111
Guest Speaker
Tuesday, April 22
Student Speakers:
Zheng Sun from Dr. Donna Zhang's Laboratory
Topic: "Nrf2 enhances resistance of cancer cells to chemotherapeutic drugs -- the dark side of Nrf2."
Annikka Jensen from Dr. Paul Myrdal's Laboratory
Topic: "Lipoxygenase Pathway & its Role in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer"
Thursday, April 24 - Pharmacology & Toxicology Departmental Seminar
Speaker: Jeffrey Bender, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Yale University
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Host: Dr. Cathy Smith
Tuesday, April 29
Student Speakers:
Evisabel Craig from Dr. Todd Camenisch's Laboratory
Topic: "The role of NFkB and Snail2 in hyaluronan-mediated cellular invasion".
Alicia Bolt from Dr. Walter Klimecki's Laboratory
Topic: Modeling "Gene by Environment" Interactions: Towns in a Tube
May 06 End of Semester Roundup - Lunch Drachman Room B111
May 08
Speaker: Dr. Denny Petersen, Ph.D.( Drachman Room B111)
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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