Seminar Series - Department of Biomedical Sciences at Cornell University

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Seminar Series - Fall 2007
Department of Biomedical Sciences

SEPTEMBER	11	NOTE: This Seminar will start at 3:30 PM DR. GERI KREITZER Assistant Professor Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY http://www.med.cornell.edu Classic and Novel Functions for Kinesins in Epithelial Polarization Hosted by Dr. Robin Davisson, 253-3537, rld44@cornell.edu (Dr. Kreitzer's CV can be obtained in Dr. Davisson's office)
	18	DR. KATHRYN A. EATON Associate Professor Department of Microbiology & Immunology University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI http://www.med.umich.edu/microbio/bio/eaton.htm Enterohemorrhage E. coli 0157 and hemolytic-uremic syndrome in germ free mice Hosted by Dr. Elizabeth Buckles, 253-3826, elb36@cornell.edu (Dr. Eaton's CV can be obtained in Dr. Buckles's office)
	25	DR. PETER PIERMARINI Postoctoral Associate Department of Biomedical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University http://www.vet.cornell.edu/biosci/ Cellular mechanisms of ion regulation: A comparative approach

OCTOBER	2	DR. SHYAM SHARAN Head, Genetics of Cancer Susceptibility Section, Investigator National Cancer Institute at Frederick Mouse Cancer Genetics Program Frederick, MD http://ccr.cancer.gov/Staff/staff.asp?profileid=5567 Functional dissection of human breast cancer susceptibility genes using bacterial artificial chromosomes Hosted by Dr. John Schimenti, 253-3636, jcs92@cornell.edu (Dr. Sharan's CV can be obtained in Dr. Schimenti's office)
	9	Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program Annual Symposium 9:00 AM - 3:00PM Schurman Hall Atrium, Lecture Hall I Hosted by Office of Graduate Education, College of Veterinary Medicine Contact: Dr. Robert Gilmour, 253-4254, rfg2@cornell or Casey (Kathleen) Isham, 253-3276, ki26@cornell.edu DR. SALLY A. CAMPER, Professor and Chair, Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, will be the Douglas D. McGregor Keynote Lecture Speaker. More information on Dr. Camper can be found: http://www.umich.edu/~mmgmed/faculty/bios/camper.htm
	9	NOTE: This seminar will not overlap with the Symposium DR. NATALIA TRAYANOVA Professor of Biomedical Engineering Department of Biomedical Engineering and Institute for Computational Medicine Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD http://www.jhu.edu/trayanova/ Modeling Cardiac Arrhythmogenesis and Defibrillation Hosted by Dr. Robert Gilmour, 253-3856, rfg2@cornell.edu (Dr. Trayanova's CV can be obtained in Dr. Gilmour's office)
	16	DR. TAO SUN Assistant Professor Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY http://www.med.cornell.edu Genetic Control of Brain Asymmetry and Functional Area Formation Hosted by Dr. Robin Davisson, 253-3537, rld44@cornell.edu (Dr. Sun's CV can be obtained in Dr. Davisson's office)
	23	DR. ZBIGNIEW DARZYNKIEWICZ Professor of Pathology and Medicine Director, Brander Cancer Research Institute New York Medical College Valhalla, NY http://www.darzynkiewicz.com/zbigniew Histone H2AX phosphorylation and ATM activation, reporters of DNA damage, assessed by multiparameter cytometry Hosted by Dr. Andrew Yen 253-3354, ay13@cornell.edu (Dr. Darzynkiewicz's CV can be obtained in Dr. Yen's office)
	30	DR. ROBERT WEISS Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine Cornell University http://www.vet.cornell.edu/biosci/faculty/Weiss/ Mouse models for the study of genome maintenance mechanisms

NOVEMBER	6	DR. VANESSA WHEELER Assistant Professor, Instructor in Neurology Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital, Molecular Neurogenetics Charlestown, MA http://hms.harvard.edu/hms/home.asp Genetic approaches to understanding trinucleotide repeat instability and pathogenesis in Huntington's disease Hosted by Dr. Paula Cohen, 253-4301, pc242@cornell.edu (Dr. Wheeler's CV can be obtained in Dr. Cohen's office)
	13	DR. MARK R. BROWN Professor of Entomology, Department of Entomology University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia http://www.ctegd.uga.edu/people_pages/mbrown.html Insulin signaling regulates egg maturation and nutrient metabolism in mosquitoes Hosted by Dr. Klaus Beyenbach, 253-3482, kwb1@cornell.edu (Dr. Brown's CV can be obtained in Dr. Beyenbach's office)
	20	DR. TANYA N. MAYADAS Center for Excellence in Vascular Biology Department of Pathology Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School Boston, MA http://labmed.bwh.harvard.edu/pathology/Faculty/Tanya_Mayadas-Norton.htm Mechanisms of neutrophil cytotoxicity in IgG-mediated inflammation Hosted by Dean Michael Kotlikoff, 253-3771, mik7@cornell.edu (Dr. Mayadas's CV can be obtained in Dr. Kotlikoff's office)
	27 CANCELED	DR. PETER SICINSKI Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School Department of Cancer Biology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA http://www.dana-farber.org/ Cell Cycle Machinery in Development and in Cancer Hosted by Dr. Robert Weiss, 253-4443, rsw26@cornell.edu (Dr. Sicinski's CV can be obtained in Dr. Weiss's office)

DECEMBER	4	DR. KENNETH W. GROSS Member and Chair, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY http://www.roswellpark.org The Renin-expressing Cell and Development of the Kidney: Vasculature-Insights from Expression Profiling Hosted by Dr. Robin Davisson, 253-3537, rld44@cornell.edu (Dr. Gross's CV can be in obtained in Dr. Davisson's office)
	11	DR. ANNA-KATERINA HADJANTONAKIS Assistant Professor, Developmental Biology Section Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY http://www.ski.edu/hadjantonakis Seeing is believing: imaging cells in action in early mouse embryos Hosted by Dr. Drew Noden , 253-3558, dmn2@cornell.edu and Dr. John Schimenti, 253-3636, jcs92@cornell.edu (Dr. Hadjantonakis's CV can be obtained in Dr. Noden's office or Dr. Schimenti's office)