Date time Location Name Title Address Notes Scopre Thesis Access Seminar 0000-00-00 postedtime place name title address info host No Yes 2000-12-04 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Dr. Steven Tanksley Identification and Cloning of QTLs in Tomato Department of Plant Breeding and Biology
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Human Genetics No No 2000-12-05 4 PM Ackerman Grand Ballroom Dr. Paul F. Worley IEGs Provide Novel Insights into Synaptic Plasticity Departments of Neuroscience and Neurology
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD Joint Seminars
in Neuroscience No No 2000-12-06 10 AM 159 Boyer Dr. Robert H. Singer Intracellular Transport and Localization of RNA Departments of Anatomy & Structural Biology and Cell Biology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY HHMI No No 2000-12-06 12 PM 23-105 CHS Dr. Sherman Weissman New Tricks from an Old Pet: Yet More Immune System Functions Encoded in the MHC Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT Pharmacology No No 2000-12-07 2 PM 2033 Young Hall Dr. Akhilesh Pandey Integrating Molecular Biology with Bioinformatics
and Proteomic Tools to Study Signal Transduction Center for Experimental Bioinformatics
University of Southern Denmark UCLA-DOE
Biol. Chem.
Chem. & Biochem. No No 2000-12-07 4 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Xiadong Wang The Role of Mitochondria in Apoptosis Department of Biochemistry
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas MBI/ACCESS No No 2000-12-08 12 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Phil Farabaugh An mRNA Sequence Increases Inaccuracy During Both
Initiation and Elongation of Translation:
Is There a Single Ribosomal Error-Correction Machinery? Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore Genetics No No 2000-12-11 10 AM 159 Boyer Dr. Joseph A. Loo The Role of Mass Spectrometry in Proteomics
and for Studying Protein Interactions Department of Discovery Technologies
Biological Mass Spectrometry Center
Pfizer Global Research & Development UCLA-DOE
Biol. Chem.
Chem. & Biochem. No No 2000-12-11 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Dr. Terry Orr-Weaver Development Regulation of DNA Replication Department of Biology, MIT
and the Whitehead Institute, Cambridge, MA Human Genetics No No 2000-12-13 12 PM 23-105 CHS Dr. David Spector The Dynamics of Gene Expression Cold Spring Harbor, NY Pharmacology No No 2000-12-18 4 PM 1357 Gonda Dr. Genhong Cheng The Two Faces of NF-kB: From Physiological Immune Responses
to Pathological Inflammation, Cell Transformation and Chemoresistance Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute^M Human Genetics No No 2001-01-05 12 PM 1357 Gonda Dr. Jerry Silver A Robust Potential for Regeneration Exists in the Damaged CNS. Fact or Fiction? Department of Neuroscience, Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH Joint Seminars in Neuroscience No No 2001-01-08 9:30 AM 159 Boyer Dr. Neil Kelleher Toward Proteomics with 100% Sequence Coverage Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign DOE/LSBMM No No 2001-01-09 4 PM C8-183 NPI Aud. Dr. Huda Y. Zoghbi Pathogenesis Studies in the Neurodegenerative Disease Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1 HHMI, Departments of Pediatrics, Molecular & Human Genetics, Neurology, and Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX Joint Seminars in Neuroscience No No 2001-01-11 12 PM 73-105 CHS Dr. Carla Koehler How Do Defects in Mitochondrial Protein Import Lead to Deafness? Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA Member, Molecular Biology Institute JCCC No No 2001-01-11 4 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Elizabeth Finch Postsynaptic Calcium Signaling by IP3 in Cerebellar Long-Term Depression Department of Cell Biology Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA MBI/ACCESS No Yes 2001-01-12 12 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Sidney Kushner mRNA Decay and rRNA Processing in E. coli Department of Molecular and Population Genetics University of Georgia, Athens Genetics No No 2001-01-15 12 PM MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., HOLIDAY No No 2001-01-16 4 PM C8-183 NPI Aud. Dr. Joshua R. Sanes Analyzing Synapse Formation in Mutant and Fluorescent Mice Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO Joint Seminars in Neuroscience No No 2001-01-17 12 PM 23-105 CHS Dr. Bai Lu Mechanisms Underlying Neurotrophic Regulation of Synapses Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH Pharmacology No No 2001-01-17 4 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Akio Sugino DNA Polymerase Epsilon Is Required for Co-Ordinate, Rapid and Efficient Chromosomal DNA Replication in Yeast and Xenopus Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Osaka University, Japan JCCC No No 2001-01-18 4 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Joanne Chory Steroid Hormones in Plant Development Department of Plant Biology Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA MBI/ACCESS No Yes 2001-01-19 12 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Sam Miller Using the Power of Yeast Genetics to Study Bacterial Host Interactions Department of Microbiology and the Division of Infectious Diseases University of Washington, Seattle, WA Genetics No No 2001-01-19 4 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Martina Brueckner Dynein-Powered Cilia Initiate Left-Right Asymmetry Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology Yale University of Medicine, New Haven, CT HHMI No No 2001-01-22 4:00 PM 1357 Gonda Dr. Patrice Weiner Miller The Role of Signal-Regulatory Protein Alpha in Human Lung Cancer Department of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, UCLA Gene Medicine No No 2001-01-23 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Aud. Dr. Hollis T. Cline Functional Analysis of Activity Regulated Genes in Visual System Development Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY Joint Seminars in Neuroscience No No 2001-01-24 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Dr. Ronald Vale Mechanism of the Kinesin Motor Protein Department of Cell & Molecular Pharmacology, UC San Francisco Pharmacology No No 2001-01-24 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Michael Sinensky The Signal Transduction Pathway of Oxysterol Induced Apoptosis Department of Biochemistry, E. Tennessee State University, Johnson City JCCC No No 2001-01-25 12:00 PM 33-105 CHS Dr. Douglas Fearon Clues from Invertebrates for Immunological Research University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, UK MIMG No No 2001-01-25 12:00 PM 3096 YH Dr. Roberto Bassi Structure-Function of LHC Proteins Department of Plany Physiology & Plant Biochemistry, University of Verona, Italy Biochemistry No No 2001-01-25 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Dr. Pinchas Cohen The IGFBPs and Their Role in Cancer Department of Pediatrics-Endocrinology, UCLA JCCC No No 2001-01-25 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Hidde Ploegh The Cell Biology of Antigen Presentation: What Viruses Know and What We Must Learn Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Genetics No Yes 2001-01-26 12:00 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Marie-Alda Gilles-Gonzalez Mechanismsof Heme-Mediated O2 Signal Transduction Departmet of Biochemistry,Plant Biology & Plant Biotechnology, Ohio State Univeristy, Columbus Genetics No No 2001-01-26 2:00 PM 2033 YH Dr. Matthew Sachs Translational Control by Upstream Open Reading Frames Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Oregon Graduate Institute of Science & Technology, Beaverton Biochemistry No No 2001-01-29 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Dr. Lodewijk A. Sandkuijl Stepwise Association Analysis of Candidate Genes:
Which Variant (SNP) Is Causal? Department of Medical Statistics
Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands Human Genetics No No 2001-01-30 12:00 PM 13-105 CHS Dr. Kenneth Lundstrom Semliki Forest Virus Vectors:
Versatile Tools for In Vitro and In Vivo Gene Expression Studies F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Basel, Switzerland Gene Medicine No No 2001-01-30 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Aud. Dr. Allison J. Doupe Birdsong: A Model System for the Study of Vocal Learning
and Basal Ganglia Function Department of Physiology, UC San Francisco Joint Seminars
in Neuroscience No No 2001-01-31 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Dr. Sean Morrison The Surprising Biology of Neural Crest Stem Cells HHMI, Department of Medicine
University of Michigan Pharmacology No No 2001-02-01 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Dr. Steven Cole Distinct Th1 and Th2 Signaling Pathways in Dendridic Cells Medicine-Hematology & Oncology, UCLA JCCC No No 2001-02-01 4:00 PM 159 Boyer MBI/ACCESS AFFINITY GROUP SEMINAR SERIES
Dr. Sandra Schmid Dynamin: What's a GTPase Like You Doing in a Place Like This? Department of Cell Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla MBI/ACCESS No No 2001-02-02 12:00 Noon NO GENETICS SEMINAR TODAY No No 2001-02-12 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Dr. Lynn A. Fairbanks Opportunities for Neurobehavioral Genetics in an Extended Nonhuman Primate Pedigree: The UCLA-VA Vervet Monkey Research Colony Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences UCLA School of Medicine Human Genetics No No 2001-02-12 2:00 PM 43-105 CHS Dr. Hung Fan Studies on a Novel Retrovirus (JSRV) that Induces Lung Cancer in Sheep Cancer Research Institute, UC Irvine JCCC No No 2001-02-13 12:00 Noon 1601 Mol Sci Corrie Detweiler, PhD Salmonella and the Host-Pathogen Interface Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Standford University Information MIMG/CBPP No No 2001-02-13 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Aud Dr. Martin O. Citron Identification and Characterization of Alzheimer's B-Secretase Protein BACE Department of Neuroscience, Amgen, Inc.,Thousand Oaks Joint Seminars in Neuroscience No No 2001-02-14 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Dr. Peter Tontonoz Convergence of the PPARg and LXR Signaling Pathways in the Control of Macrophage Lipid Metabolism Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UCLA Member, Molecular Biology Institute Pharmacology No No 2001-02-15 12:00 PM 159 Boyer Hall Dr. Edward Mocarski Cytomegalovirus-Encoded Chemokines in Pathogenesis Department of Microbiology & Immunology Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto MBI/ACCESS No Yes 2001-02-16 12:00 PM 159 Boyer Hall Dr. Beth Traxler Assembly of Integral Membrane Protein Complexes Department of Microbiology & Immunology University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, WA Genetics No No 2001-02-16 12:00 PM 13-105 CHS Dr. Prim B. Singh Understanding Nuclear Reprogramming Division of Integrative Biology Roslin Institute (Edinburgh), Midlothian, Scotland JCCC No No 2001-02-16 3:00 PM 1601 MSB Dr. Kent Hill Trypanin Is Required for Cell Motility in African Trypanosomes: Inducible "Knock-Outs" Using RNA Interference Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, UCLA MIMG Microbial Pathology No No 2001-02-19 ADMINISTRATIVE & ACADEMIC HOLIDAY
Presidents' Day No No 2001-02-20 12:00 PM 13-105 CHS Dr. F. Peter Guengerich Cytochrome P4501A2: How the Enzyme Works and Its Roles in Drug and Carcinogen Metabolism Department of Biochemistry, Center in Molecular Toxicology Vanderbilt School of Medicine, Nashville, TN Mol Tox JCCC No No 2001-02-20 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Aud. Dr. Allan I. Basbaum The Neurochemistry of Acute and Persistent Pain Department of Anatomy W.M. Keck Foundation Center for Integrative Neuroscience UC San Francisco Joint Seminars in Neuroscience No No 2001-02-21 10:00 AM 159 Boyer Hall Dr. Lisa Coussens Inflammation Potentiates Squamous Cancer Development Department of Pathology and UCSF Cancer Research Institute JCCC No No 2001-02-21 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Dr. James Darnell The STATs: Transcriptional Activation and Biologic Outcomes Department of Molecular & Cell Biology Rockefeller University, NY Pharmacology No No 2001-02-21 3:00 PM 159 Boyer Hall Dr. Andrew Fire RNA Triggered Gene Silencing in C. elegans Carnegie Institute of Embryology, Baltimore, MD MCD Biology No No 2001-02-22 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Hall Dr. Norbert Perrimon Signal Transduction in Drosophilia Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston MBI/ACCESS No Yes 2001-02-23 12:00 PM 159 Boyer Hall Dr. Alan Barbour Polymorphic Lipoprotein Families of Borrelia: Immune Evasion and Niche Selection Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, UC Irvine Genetics No No 2001-03-05 11:30 1357 Gonda Dr. Leena Peltonen Tracing Genes of Neuropsychiatric Diseases in an Isolated Population Department of Human Genetics, UCLA School of Medicine Member, Molecular Biology Institute Human Genetics No No 2001-03-05 12:00 PM 33-105 CHS Dr. Fred Levine Genetically Engineered Human Pancreatic Stem Cells Cancer Center, UC San Diego School of Medicine HHMI No No 2001-03-06 12:00 PM 33-105 CHS Dr. Michael Lai Pathogenesis of Hepatitis C Virus Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology Department of Neurology, USC School of Medicine Dentistry No No 2001-03-06 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Aud. Dr. Gina G. Turrigiano Control of Synapse Strength and Number in Developing Cortical Networks Department of Biology and the Center for Complex Systems Brandeis University, Waltham, MA Joint Seminars in Neuroscience No No 2001-03-07 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Dr. Irving Weissman Biology and Transplantation of Stem Cells Department of Pathology & Developmental Biology, Stanford Pharmacology No No 2001-03-07 4:00 PM 159 Boyer OUTSTANDING DISSERTATION AWARDS
UCLA College of Letters & Science and School of Medicine Tim Lebestky, Molecular Biology Interdepartmental Ph.D. Program
"Lineage Commitment in Drosophila Hematopoiesis"
Paul Gray, Neuroscience Interdepartmental Ph.D. Program
"Identification and Specific Ablation of the Neurons Responsible for Breathing in Mammals" L & S/SOM No No 2001-03-08 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Dr. David Livingston SEMINAR CANCELLED MBI/ACCESS
LSBMM/JCCC No Yes 2001-03-09 12:00 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Imke Schroeder nderstanding Archaeal Physiology: Iron and Nitrate Metabolism at High Temperature CANCELLED Genetics No No 2001-03-09 3:30 PM 3440 MSB Dr. Pamela Larsen Expression and Physiological Changes in Long-Lived C. elegans Mutants Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA Chemistry No No 2001-03-12 10:00 AM 2033 YH Dr. Tetsuya Nakamura Metabolism of Vitamin E Department of Chemistry
Shibaura Institute of Technology, Saitama, Japan Biochemistry No No 2001-03-12 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Dr. Inder Verma Gene Therapy: Problems and Prospects The Salk Institute for Biological Sciences, La Jolla Human Genetics No No 2001-03-13 4:00 PM 43-105 CHS Dr. Tom Maniatis The Genomic Organization and Expression of a Family of Neuronal Cell Adhesion Genes Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Harvard University, Boston, MA JCCC No No 2001-03-13 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Aud. The 12th Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture
Dr. Debora B. Farber Of Mice and Men: Molecular Studies of Retinal Degenerations Department of Ophthalmology/JSEI, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Joint Seminars
in Neuroscience No No 2001-03-14 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Dr. Richard Palmiter Dopamine and the Motivation to Eat HHMI, Department of Biochemistry
University of Washington, Seattle Pharmacology No No 2001-03-14 3:00 PM 1-441 MRL Dr. Wil N. Konings The Multidrug Transporter LmrA of Lactococcus lactis
Is Homologous to P-Glycoprotein Department of Microbiology, University of Groningen
Groningen Biomolecular Sciences & Biotechnology Institute
The Netherlands Physiology No No 2001-03-14 4:00 PM 325 Botany Dr. Dennis Slamon The Story of HER2 and Future Initiatives Department of Medicine-Hematology & Oncology, UCLA MIMG No No 2001-03-15 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Geraldine Seydoux Generation of Asymmetry in the C. elegans Embryo Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD MBI/ACCESS No Yes 2001-03-16 12:00 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Peggy Cotter A Genetic Analysis of the Role of Bvg-Mediated Gene Regulation
in the Bordetella Life Cycle Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, UCLA Genetics No No 2001-03-16 3:30 PM 3440 MSB Dr. Barbara Burgess Azotobacter vinelandii Ferredoxin I As Model [Fe-S]
and Oxidative Stress Regulatory Protein Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, UC Irvine Chemistry No No 2001-03-19 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Dr. James Weber Genome Polymorphism Scans: Research and Clinical Applications Marshfield Medical Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI Human Genetics No No 2001-03-20 2:00 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Richard A. Lerner Antibodies May Kill by the Catalytic Burning of Water The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla DOE/LSBMM No No 2001-03-21 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Dr. Paul A. Wender Drug Delivery: The Discovery and Design of New Molecular Transporters Department of Chemistry
Stanford University, Palo Alto Pharmacology No No 2001-03-22 2:00 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Ari Patrinos Completion of the Human Genome Draft
and the Impacts on Scientific Research Biological and Environmental Research
U.S. Department of Energy, Germantown, MD DOE/LSBMM No No 2001-03-26 ACADEMIC & ADMINISTRATIVE HOLIDAY No No 2001-03-28 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Dr. Matthew Scott Inducible Antagonists of Hedgehog and Wnt Signaling HHMI, Departments of Developmental Biology and Genetics
Stanford University School of Medicine Pharmacology No No 2001-04-02 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Dr. Gerald R. Fink Genomic Approaches to Fungal Pathogenesis Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Cambridge, MA Human Genetics No No 2001-04-03 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Dr. Matthew A. Wilson Plasticity, Memory and Sleep in the Hippocampus Center for Learning and Memory
RIKEN-MIT Neuroscience Research Center
Departments of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, and Biology, MIT
Cambridge, MA Joint Seminars
in Neuroscience No No 2001-04-04 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Dr. Sam Gambhir Multimodality Molecular Imaging in Living Subjects with
Applications Towards Gene Therapy & Cancer Biology Department of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
UCLA School of Medicine Pharmacology No No 2001-04-05 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Dr. Zou-Feng Zhang* and Dr. Jianyu Rao** Molecular Epidemiology, Biomarkers
and Chemoprevention of Bladder Cancer *School of Public Health, UCLA
**Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA JCCC No No 2001-04-05 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Detlef Weigel Linking Floral Induction and Floral Patterning Department of Plant Molecular & Cellular Biology
Salk Institute for Biological Studies MBI/ACCESS No Yes 2001-04-06 12:00 PM 1357 Gonda Dr. Phil Barker Two Faces of the p75 Neurotrophin Receptor Signaling:
Roles in Cell Survival and Death Montreal Neurological Institute
McGill University, Montreal, Canada NRTG/BRI No No 2001-04-06 4:00 PM 33-105 CHS Dr. Michael Mahan DNA Methylation: An Achilles Heel for Bacterial Pathogens Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
UC Santa Barbara MIMG/MPTG
Genetics No No 2001-04-09 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Dr. Karen Reue Lipin, a New Factor in Adipogenesis Identified in the fld Mouse Department of Medicine, UCLA Human Genetics No No 2001-04-09 2:00 PM 159 Boyer Dr. David H. Russell Proteomics: A Mass Spectrometrist Point-of-View Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Biological Mass Spectrometry
Texas A&M University Chem&Biochem
Biol.Chem./DOE No No 2001-04-10 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Aud. Dr. Gary L. Westbrook Compartmentalizing Synaptic Inhibition in the Olfactory Bulb:
Separating Family from Distant Relatives The Vollum Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland Joint Seminars
in Neuroscience No No 2001-04-11 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Aud. Dr. Owen N. Witte The Ups and Downs of Lymphocyte Growth Control HHMI, Department of Microbiology, Immunology
and Molecular Genetics, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute MSTP No No 2001-04-11 9:00AM-3:30PM Covel Commons W.M. KECK GENOMICS AND CANCER SYMPOSIUM Details on program presenters and reservations are available at http://www.research.medsch.ucla.edu Sch. of Med./
JCCC No No 2001-04-12 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Drs. Kathleen Sakamoto* & Ray Deshaies** What SCF Ubiquitin Ligases Are and How They Can Be Used to Regulate Cancer Progression *Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, UCLA
**Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Caltech JCCC No No 2001-04-12 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Madeleine Durbeej CANCELLED MBI/ACCESS No Yes 2001-04-13 12:00 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Jodi Nunnari Molecular Mechanisms of Mitochondrial Membrane Dynamics Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, UC Davis Genetics No No 2001-04-16 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Dr. Michael S. Marks Melanosome Biogenesis: How Does One Generate
a Bizarre Lysosome-Related Organelle? Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Human Genetics No No 2001-04-16 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Dr. Joseph Nevins Synergy in Pathways that Control Cell Proliferation and Fate HHMI, Department of Genetics
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC JCCC No No 2001-04-17 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Aud. Dr. Jeffrey R. Alberts Roots and Routes of the Mammalian Experience Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington Joint Seminars
in Neuroscience No No 2001-04-18 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Dr. Leroy Hood Deciphering Life: Genomics, Proteomics and Systems Biology Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA Pharmacology No No 2001-04-19 12:00 PM 2320 LSB David Tobin Chemosensation, Nociception and Social Behavior
in C. elegans Program in Biological Sciences, UC San Francisco MCDB No No 2001-04-19 12:00 PM 63-105 CHS Dr. Renato Aguilera From RAGs to Switches: Control of Recombination
in the Immune System Department of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute JCCC No No 2001-04-19 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Gregory Van Duyne The Mechanism of Cre-loxP Site-Specific Recombination Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia MBI/ACCESS/
LSBMM No Yes 2001-04-19 4:00 PM 1357 Gonda Dr. James Glazier How Do Cells Know Where to Go? Department of Physics
University of Notre Dame, Indianapolis, IN Biomath/Keck Fdn/
Human Genetics/IPAM No No 2001-04-20 12:00 PM 53-105 CHS Dr. Peter C. Doherty Some Adult Lives of Virus-Specific CD8+ T Cells Recipient, 1996 Nobel Prize in Medicine
Chairman, Department of Immunology
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Professor, Departments of Pathology & Pediatrics
University of Tennessee, College of Medicine, Memphis, TN MIMG No No 2001-04-23 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Dr. Emmanuel Mignot Narcolepsy and Hypocretin (Orexin) Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine Human Genetics No No 2001-04-24 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Aud. Dr. Ronald S. Duman Neural Plasticity to Stress and Antidepressant Treatment Department of Psychiatry & Pharmacology
Abraham Ribicoff Research Facilities/Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT Joint Seminars
in Neuroscience No No 2001-04-25 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Dr. James Robl Mammalian Cloning: Controversy and Opportunity Hematech, Westport, CT Pharmacology No No 2001-04-26 12:00 PM 2320 LSB Dr. C.-K. James Shen The Eukaryotic DNA Methylation Program Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica
Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan MCDB No No 2001-04-26 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Dr. Louis Dubeau Mechanism of Acquisition of Aneuploidy by Cancer Cells:
Insights from Dying Cells' Last Whispers Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center, USC JCCC No No 2001-04-26 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Holly Ingraham **SEMINAR CANCELLED** MBI/ACCESS No Yes 2001-04-27 12:00 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Imke Schroeder Understanding Archaeal Physiology: Nitrate and Iron Metabolism
at High Temperature Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, UCLA Genetics No No 2001-04-27 4:00 PM 33-105 CHS Dr. Hung Ton-That Sortase: Structure and More ... Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, UCLA MIMG/MPTG No No 2001-04-30 1:30 PM 43-105 CHS Hajir Dadgostar A Multi-Level Dissection of CD40-Activated
Intracellular Signal Transduction Pathways Molecular Biology MBI Yes No 2001-04-30 4:00 PM 1357 Gonda Dr. Peter Sieling Microbial Lipids Activate T Cells Via
Innate and Acquired Immune Mechanisms Department of Medicine/Dermatology, UCLA School of Medicine Human Genetics No No 2001-05-01 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Aud. Dr. David J. Linden Cellular Substrates of Cerebellar Motor Learning Department of Neuroscience
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD Joint Seminars
in Neuroscience No No 2001-05-02 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Dr. Benjamin Cravatt Activity-Based Protein Profiling: Chemical Approaches
for Making Proteomics Functional Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology
Departments of Cell Biology & Chemistry
Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla Pharmacology No No 2001-05-02 3:00 PM 159 Boyer POSTDOCTORAL RECOGNITION AWARDS CEREMONY
20-min research presentations by each recipient
followed by the award presentations and a reception Dr. Januscz Kabarowski (Boyer Award)
"Biology and Ligand Specificity of the Orphan G
Protein-Coupled Receptor, G2A"
Dr. Cindy Malone (Boyer-Parvin Award)
"A Novel DNA Methylation Pattern Implicated in Gene Silencing"
Dr. Manuel Penichet (Amgen Award)
"Antibody Fusion Proteins: Applications in Cancer Therapy
and Brain Targeting" MBI/Chem
& Biochem No No 2001-05-03 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Dr. Tim Beischlag * and Dr. Jennifer Daigle** *Recruitment of Transcriptional Co-Activators by the
Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Complex
**The Role of TNF Receptor 2 in the Response of the
CNS to Irradiation *Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine, UCLA
**Department of Radiation Oncology, UCLA JCCC No No 2001-05-03 12:00 PM 1357 Gonda Dr. Almut Schuz Analysis of Neocortical Neural Connectivity Max-Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
University of Tubingen, Germany BRI No No 2001-05-03 4:00 PM 1357 Gonda Dr. David Moroz Distinguishing Good from Bad: A Statistical
Mechanical Perspective on Binding Site Recognition Department of Physics, UC San Diego Biomath No No 2001-05-03 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Stephen Goff Regulators and Effectors of the Abelson Kinase Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
Columbia University, NY MBI/ACCESS No Yes 2001-05-07 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Dr. Tom Kirchhausen Chemical Genetics and Membrane Traffic Department of Cell Biology
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Human Genetics No No 2001-05-08 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Aud. Dr. Lawrence A. Hansen The Enigmatic Symmetry of Fouled Up Filaments As
Common Denominators in Neurodegenerative Diseases Departments of Pathology and Nurosciences
School of Medicine, UC San Diego, La Jolla Joint Seminars
in Neuroscience No No 2001-05-09 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Dr. J. William Costerton Bacterial Biofilms: Causative Agents of Chronic Recalcitrant Infections Center for Biofilm Engineering, NSF Engineering Research Center
Montana State University-Bozeman Pharmacology No No 2001-05-09 2:00 PM 1601 MSB Dr. John L. Xu Immunity to Yersinia Infection: What Have B Cells Got to Do With It? Department of Microbiology and Immunology
HHMI, Stanford University School of Medicine MIMG/CMPP No No 2001-05-09 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Irvin Chen Disguising HIV-1 for Pathogenesis and Therapy CANCELLED MIMG No No 2001-05-10 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Dr. Sabeeha Merchant Hypoxic Gene Expression Through Components of a Copper Signal Transduction Pathway Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UCLA
Assistant Director, Molecular Biology Institute JCCC No No 2001-05-10 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Linda Buck Deconstructing Smell CANCELLED MBI/ACCESS No Yes 2001-05-11 12:00 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Alexander Netrusov Superoxide Dismutase In Strict Anaerobic Microbes Department of Microbiology, Moscow University Genetics No No 2001-05-14 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Dr. Roel A. Ophoff From Migraine to Retinopathy Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics
UCLA School of Medicine Human Genetics No No 2001-05-14 4:00 PM 2050 Young Hall Dr. Peter Rubenstein Polymerization of a Non-Polymerizing Actin Department of Biochemistry
University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City Chem & Biochem No No 2001-05-15 10:00 AM 13-105 CHS Ho Hyung Lee Defining the Roles of NF-kappaB-Mediated Upregulation of
Bcl-x and Bfl-1 in Cell Survival and Chemoresistance Molecular Biology MBI Yes No 2001-05-15 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Dr. James C. Houk Distributed Modular Networks Controlling Movement and Cognition Department of Physiology
Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL Joint Seminars
in Neuroscience No No 2001-05-17 12:00 PM 1601 MSB Dr. Gee Lau Pseudomonas aeruginosa Counter Strategies
to Host Immune Responses Department of Surgery & Molecular Biology
Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MIMG/CMPP No No 2001-05-17 4:00 PM 1357 Gonda Dr. Tim Elston The Origins and Consequences of Intrinsic Fluctuations
in Transcriptional Regulation Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University Biomath No No 2001-05-17 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Joel Richter Translational Control at the Synapse:
Lessons from Xenopus Oocytes Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester MBI/ACCESS No Yes 2001-05-21 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Dr. Kevin F. Sullivan The Human Centromere: Structure, Assembly and Cell Cycle Dynamics Department of Cell Biology
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla Human Genetics No No 2001-05-21 9 AM - 5 PM JSEI Aud./
Stein Plaza SIXTH ANNUAL GENE MEDICINE SYMPOSIUM
3 Guest Speakers and 8 UCLA Speakers Organizer: Dr. Lisa Butterfield
lbutterfield@mednet.ucla.edu Gene Medicine No No 2001-05-22 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Aud. Dr. Earl K. Miller Prefrontal Cortex and the Neural Basis of Cognition Center for Learning and Memory
RIKEN-MIT Neuroscience Research Center
Department of Brain & Cognitive Science, MIT, Cambridge, MA Joint Seminars
in Neuroscience No No 2001-05-23 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Dr. Charles Sawyers Developing Kinase Inhibitors for Cancer Treatment Department of Medicine-Hematology & Oncology, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Pharmacology No No 2001-05-23 1:00 PM 1357 Gonda Jackie Bodnar Identification of a Novel Combined Hyperlipidemia Gene, Hyplip1,
in a Mutant Mouse Strain by a Positional Cloning Strategy Molecular Biology MBI Yes No 2001-05-24 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Dr. Samuel French* and Dr. Michael Teitell** *The Tcl1 Oncogene in Survival and Lymphomagenesis
**A Novel DNA Methylation Blocks Transcription Factor Binding Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UCLA
**Member, Molecular Biology Institute JCCC No No 2001-05-24 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Dr. Jorge Galan Host Mimicry and Infliction of Limited Damage:Alternative Strategies
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Center for Structural Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station TX http://biochemistry.tamu.edu/subpages/sub_faculty/facpage.php3?name=1a_sacchettini Biological Chem No No 2002-01-29 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Carla J. Shatz, PhD Brain Waves and Immune Genes in Brain Wiring Department of Neurobiology
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA Host: Larry Zipursky, x52834 BRI-NPI No No 2002-01-30 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS David Botstein, PhD Genome-wide Patterns of Gene Expression in Cancer Department of Genetics, Stanford University http://genome-www.stanford.edu/group/botlab/people/botstein.html
Host: Sam Chow, x59600 Pharmacology 251 No No 2002-01-30 2:00 PM 159 Boyer David Low, PhD Regulation of Epigenetic Pili Switches in Bacteria Department of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
UC Santa Barbara http://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/mcdb/faculty/low/index.html
Info: Vinh Nguyen, x60240 MP TG No No 2002-01-31 12:00 Noon 2320 Life Sci Didier Y. R. Stainier, PhD Heart and Endoderm Formation in Zebrafish,
A Forward Genetic Approach Program in Developmental Biology
Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
UC San Francisco http://www.ucsf.edu./dyrslab/
Info: Grace Angus, x54373 MCDB No No 2002-01-31 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Anjana Rao, PhD Gene Regulation by NFAT Transcription Factors in the Immune Response Center for Blood Research, Department of Pathology
Harvard University School of Medicine, Boston MA Host: Steve Smale, x64777 MBI/ACCESS No Yes 2002-02-01 12:00 Noon 159 Boyer John Boothroyd, PhD Genetic Analysis of Toxoplasma Development and Pathogenesis:
It's What's Outside that Counts? Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Stanford University, CA http://cmgm.stanford.edu/micro/fac/boothroyd.html
Hosts: Patricia Johnson, x54870 and David Campbell, x54195 Genetics TG No No 2002-02-01 12:00 Noon 63-214 CHS Marquis P. Vawter, PhD Gender Differences in Gene Expression in Human Brain Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, UC Irvine http://www.stanleylab.org/Document/vawter's%20abstract%202001.htm Neuroendocrinology/BRI No No 2002-02-01 2:00 PM 159 Boyer Cammie Lesser, MD PhD Expression of Microbial Virulence Factors
in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Models
Mammalian Infection Department of Medicine, University of Washington Info: Vinh Nguyen, x60240 MIMG/CBPP No No 2002-02-01 3:30 PM 3440 Mol Sci David Eide, PhD Molecular Mechanisms of Cellular Zinc Homeostasis Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Biochemistry
University of Missouri, Columbia http://www.missouri.edu/~nutsci/eide.htm
Host: Carla Koehler, x44824 Chem 268 No No 2002-02-04 11:00 AM 13-105 CHS Fabian Chen, MD PhD "Knockout and Analysis of Novel Homeobox
Genes in Cardiovascular Development" Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Physiology No No 2002-02-04 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Kuo-Fen Lee, PhD "Genetic Control of Neuromuscular
Synapse Patterning and Formation" Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla CA Info: York Marahrens, x72466 and Chiara Sabatti, 49567 Human Genetics No No 2002-02-05 2:00 PM 159 Boyer Raphael Valdivia, PhD "Early Endosome Dynamics in a Model Eukaryote:
Prospects for the Study of Intracellular Pathogenesis" Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley Info: Vinh Nguyen, x60240 MIMG/CBPP No No 2002-02-05 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Ann Marie Craig, PhD "Synapse Assembly and Regulation of NMDA
Receptor Targeting in Hippocampal Neurons" Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO Host: Kelsey Martin, x49507 BRI-NPI No No 2002-02-05 4:00 PM 325 Botany Ichiro Nishimura, DDS DMSc DMD "Tissue Engineering: Technology, Risks and WTP (Willingness to Pay)" Weintraub Center for Reconstructive Biotechnology
Division of Advanced Prosthodontics, Biomimetrics & Hospital Dentistry
UCLA School of Dentistry Info: Amanda Jones, x59329 Biotech 233 No No 2002-02-06 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS Warner C. Greene, MD PhD "Deciphering Host-HIV Interactions Involved in Viral Pathogenesis" Gladstone Institute of Virology & Immunology, UC San Francisco http://gweb1.ucsf.edu/givi/greenevi.html
Host: Sam Chow, x59600 Pharmacology 251 No No 2002-02-06 4:00 PM 325 Botany Gary L. Wilcox, PhD "Opportunities in Biotechnology" ICOS Corporation, Bothell WA http://www.icos.com/companyInfo/garyLWilcox.html
Info: Amanda Jones, x59329 Biotech 233 No No 2002-02-07 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS David A. Eastmond, PhD "Inhibition of Topoisomerase II by Reactive Metabolites:
A Potential Mechanism Contributing to Benzene
Toxicity and Leukemogenesis" Molecular Toxicology Program
Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience, UC Riverside http://cnas.ucr.edu/~neuro/eastmond.htm
Info: John Bulger, x61619 UCTSR-TPTM No No 2002-02-07 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Jose Reichman, PhD "Genome-wide Analyses of Arabidopsis Transcription Factors:
From Sequence to Function" Mendel Biotechnology Inc., Hayward CA Host: Chentao Lin, x69576 MBI/ACCESS No Yes 2002-02-08 12:00 Noon 159 Boyer Alan M. Weiner, PhD "Curious Connections: Chromosome Fragility,
Cockayne Syndrome and p53" Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle http://depts.washington.edu/biowww/weiner.html
Host: Larry Simpson, x54215 Genetics TG No No 2002-02-08 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Lynn Cooley, PhD "Regulation of Actin Dynamics During Drosophila Oogenesis" Departments of Genetics and Cell Biology
Yale University Medical School, New Haven CT http://info.med.yale.edu/bbs/gendev/faculty/cooley.html
Hosts: Al Courey, x52530 and Larry Zipursky Chem 268 No No 2002-02-08 8:15 AM - 5:30 PM C8-183 NPI 40th Anniversary of the NPI & BRI - All-Day Symposium "Psychiatry & Neuroscience - The Past, Present
and Future of Brain and Behavior" Neuropsychiatric Institute and Brain Research Institute No fee - Reservations not required.
Reception at the Faculty Center following the symposium. NPI-BRI No No 2002-02-12 4:00 PM 325 Botany Marc H. Hedrick, MD "Stem Cell Biotechnology" Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics, UCLA Info: Amanda Jones, x59329 Biotech 233 No No 2002-02-13 12:00 Noon 1601 Mol Sci Corrie Detweiler, PhD "Salmonella and the Host-Pathogen Interface" Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Stanford University, CA Info: Vinh Nguyen, x60240 MIMG/CBPP No No 2002-02-13 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS Ronald Evans, PhD "Nuclear Receptors: Lipid Physiology and the Exotics of Xenobiotics" Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla CA http://www.salk.edu/faculty/evans.html
Host: Jing Huang, x54329 Pharma 251 No No 2002-02-14 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Jenny Mao, MD "Chemoprevention of Lung Cancer" Department of Medicine, UCLA Info: Siun Cha, x49529 JCCC No No 2002-02-14 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Mina Bissell, PhD "The Role of Extracellular Matrix and the Microenvironment in
Regulation of Signaling in Normal and Malignant Breast:
the Dominance of Tissue Structure" Department of Life Sciences
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley CA http://www.lbl.gov/lifesciences/BissellLab/main.html
Host: Srinivasa Reddy, x63915 MBI/ACCESS No Yes 2002-02-15 12:00 Noon 3440 Mol Sci John Samuelson, MD PhD "What Giardia and Amebae Tell Us About Eukaryotic Evolution" Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston MA http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/faculty/JohnSamuelson.html
Host: David Campbell, x54195 Genetics No No 2002-02-15 3:30 PM 3440 Mol Sci Robert P. Hausinger, PhD "Fe(II)- and Alpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Hydroxylases
in Herbicide Metabolism, Sulfonate Utilization, and DNA Repair" Departments of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Michigan State University, East Lansing MI http://www.msu.edu/unit/mic/facpages/hausinge.html
Host: Joan Valentine, x59835 Chem 268 No No 2002-02-15 4:00 PM 1601 Mol Sci Alejandro Aballay, PhD "Caenorhabditis elegans as a Model Host
for the Study of Bacterial Pathogenesis" Department of Molecular Biology
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University Info: Vinh Nguyen, x60240 CMPP/MIMG No No 2002-02-18 Presidents' Day Holiday No No 2002-02-19 12:30 PM 33-105 CHS Kenneth M. Murphy, MD PhD "Commitment and Development in T Helper Subsets" Department of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, St. Louis MO Hosts: Genhong Cheng, x58896 and Jon Braun, x47953 MIMG No No 2002-02-19 4:00 PM 53-105 CHS Michael Carey, PhD "Analysis of the PSA Enhancer and Its
Applications to Prostate Cancer" Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Info: Charles Sawyers x49529 JCCC No No 2002-02-20 10:00 AM 1601 Mol Sci Gerald Siu, MD PhD "The Control of Gene Expression During T-Cell Development" Department of Microbiology, College of Physicians & Surgeons
Columbia University, New York NY http://cumicro2.cpmc.columbia.edu/Micro_Files/Siu_Lab.html
Info: Christina Flores, x68190 MIMG No No 2002-02-20 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS Steven G. Clarke, PhD "Proteomics/Metabolomics and New Roles
for Methyltransferases: Pitfalls and Promises" Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA
Director, Molecular Biology Institute Host: Jing Huang, x54329 Pharma 251 No No 2002-02-20 6:00 PM D313 Cornell Dennis Slamon, MD PhD "A New Chapter in the War Against Cancer" Revlon/UCLA Women's Cancer Research Program
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology & Oncology
UCLA School of Medicine Info: Vickie Chen, x52505 Anderson SOB No No 2002-02-21 12:00 Noon 2320 LSB Brian A. Larkins, PhD "Developing Quality Protein Maize Through
Molecular Genetic Analyses" Department of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson http://ag.arizona.edu/pls/faculty/larkins.html
Info: Grace Angus, x54373 MCDB No No 2002-02-21 12:00 Noon 1441 MRL Gregory J. Kaczorowski, PhD "Developing Specific Inhibitors for Voltage-Gated Potassium
Channels in Lymphocytes a Novel Target for Immunosuppressants,
and Mapping their Binding Sites" Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics
Merck Institute for Therapeutic Research, Rahway NJ Host: Ron Kaback, x65053 Physiology No No 2002-02-21 12:00 Noon C8-183 NPI Eric Lander, PhD "The Human Genome and Beyond" Whitehead Institute/MIT Center for Genome Research
Department of Biology, MIT, Cambridge MA Info: Anne Carson, x45423 Human Genetics No No 2002-02-21 2:30 PM 23-105 CHS E. Peter Greenberg, PhD "Bacterial Communication and Group Activities
(Acyl-HSL Quorum Sensing and Biofilms)" Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City http://www.uiowa.edu/~microbe/faculty/greenberg.html
Hosts: Beth Lazazzera, x44804 and Wenyuan Shi, x58356 MicroPath TG No No 2002-02-21 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Iain Mattaj, PhD "The Ran GTPase as a Marker of Chromosome Position" European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany www-db.embl-heidelberg.de:4321/emblGroups/per_322.html
Host: Doug Black, x47644 MBI/ACCESS No Yes 2002-02-22 12:00 Noon 159 Boyer Kasturi Haldar, PhD "Vacuolar Sorting by Intracellular Malaria Parasites and Salmonella" Departments of Pathology and Microbiology-Immunology
Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago IL http://www.nums.nwu.edu/~igp/facindex/HaldarK.html
Host: Patricia Johnson, x54870 Genetics No No 2002-02-22 3:30 PM 3440 Mol Sci Deborah Berthold, PhD "Breaking Open the Black Box:
The Alternative Oxidase and 5-Demethoxyquinone Hydroxylase,
Two Novel Membrane Proteins with a Di-Iron Center" Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Paer Nordlund Lab
Stockholm University, Sweden Host: Peter Gin (C Clarke Lab), x57327 Chem 268 No No 2002-02-25 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Phillip A. Newmark, PhD "Planarian Regeneration: a Classic Problem Enters
the Era of Functional Genomics" Department of Cell and Structural Biology
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Info: York Marahrens, x72466 and Chiara Sabatti, 49567 Human Genetics No No 2002-02-25 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Hall Winslow R. Briggs, PhD "Phototropins, a New Family of Plant Photoreceptors" Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution of Washington,
and Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University Info: Elaine Tobin, x57700 MCDB No No 2002-02-25 4:00 PM 1357 Gonda Julian Whitelegge, PhD "Proteomics, Protein Oxidation
and Age-Related Neurodegeneration" Pasarow Mass Spectrometry Lab, Departments of Psychiatry
& Biobehavioral Sciences, Chemistry & Biochemistry
and the Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA Contact: Lisa Butterfield, x68509 Gene Med No No 2002-02-26 10:00 AM 1357 Gonda Madhuri Wadehra "From Birth to Death: Functions of Tumor Gene EMP2" Molecular Biology IDP, Jonathan Braun Lab MBI Yes No 2002-02-26 4:00 PM 325 Botany Michael A. Teitell, MD PhD "DNA Methylation Profiling - A New Tool
for Evaluating Human Malignancies" Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Member, Molecular Biology Institute, UCLA Info: Amanda Jones, x59329 Biotech 233 No No 2002-02-27 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS A. Jake Lusis, PhD "Understanding Common Diseases Through Mouse Genetics:
Whole Genome Adaptation of Classical Approaches" Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
and Department of Human Genetics, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Host: Sam Chow, x59600 Pharma 251 No No 2002-02-27 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Sherie Morrison, PhD "How Sweet It Is: Glycosylation and Antibody Function" Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
Member, Molecular Biology Institute, UCLA Host: Fuyu Tamanoi, x67318 MIMG No No 2002-02-27 6:00 PM D313 Cornell Sharon L. Nunes, PhD and Ajay K. Royyuru, PhD "Computation Beyond Genomics" IBM Research, Yorktown Heights NY Info: Vickie Chen, x52505 Anderson SOB No No 2002-02-28 12:00 Noon 2320 LSB William C. Smith, PhD "Ascidians: Genetically Tractable Primitive Chordates" Department of Biological Sciences, UC Santa Barbara Info: Grace Angus, x54373 MCDB No No 2002-02-28 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS Takehiko Nohmi, PhD "Molecular Analysis of Deletion Mutations in vivo" Division of Genetics and Mutagenesis
National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo Japan Info: John Bulger, x61619 Mol Tox No No 2002-02-28 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Wei Yang, PhD "DNA Mismatch Repair: From Structure to Mechanism" Laboratory of Molecular Biology, NIDDK, NIH Info: Siun Cha, x49529 JCCC No No 2002-02-28 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Mary Lou Guerinot, PhD "Gene Discovery in Aid of Plant Nutrition,
Human Health and Environmental Remediation" Department of Biology, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH Host: Sabeeha Merchant, x58300 MBI/ACCESS No Yes 2002-03-01 11:00 AM 43-130 CHS Akhil Banerjea, PhD "Host Gene Mutations that Affect the
Progression of HIV and Potential Use of
Ribozymes and DNA-Enzymes as Antiviral Agents" National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India Info: Debi Nayak, x58558 MIMG/CIRID/AIDS Inst No No 2002-03-01 12:00 Noon 159 Boyer C. Robertson McClung, PhD "Studies on Arabidopsis Circadian Clock" Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth, Hanover NH Host: Elaine Tobin, x57700 Genetics No No 2002-03-01 12:00 Noon 63-105 CHS Andrea Cossarizza, MD PhD and Cristina Mussini, MD "Mitochondria and HAART-related
Lipodystrophy in HIV-infected Persons" University of Modena & Reggio Emilia School of Medicine, Italy Host: Edwin Cooper, x59567 MIMG No No 2002-03-01 3:30 PM 3440 Mol Sci Deborah Wuttke, PhD "Recognition of Single-Stranded DNA at Telomeres" Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Colorado Host: Rob Clubb, x62334 Chem 268 No No 2002-03-01 5:30 PM 159 Boyer Patrick Cirino "Directed Evolution of the Peroxide
Shunt Pathway in Cytochrome P450 BN-3" Arnold Group, Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Contact: Jerome, x62764 CB-ARF No No 2002-03-04 4:00 PM IPAM BioSTAR and LS:IT Reception "Tap Into $20 Million...to Match Your Industry-Sponsored Research" Biotechnology Strategic Targets for Alliances in Research (BioSTAR)
Life Sciences:Information Technology (LS:IT) Info: Fred Fox, x51550, Carol Newton, x55800, David Gilbert, 510 643-5542 BioSTAR/LS:IT No No 2002-03-05 2:00 PM 159 Boyer Wenyuan Shi, PhD "Intercellular Signaling During Microbial Development and Pathogenesis" Department of Oral Biology and Medicine
UCLA School of Dentistry
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Info: Vinh Nguyen, x60240 MIMG No No 2002-03-05 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Mark R. Mayford, PhD "Genetic Studies of Memory in Mice" Department of Cell Biology
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla CA Host: Kelsey Martin, x49507 BRI-NPI No No 2002-03-05 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Karam Singh, PhD "Regulation of Plant Stress/Defense Gene Expression" Division of Plant Industry
CSIRO, Perth Australia Host: Elaine Tobin, x50130 MCDB No No 2002-03-05 4:00 PM 325 Botany Stephen Chang, PhD "Gene Therapy 2002" Canji Inc., San Diego CA Info: Amanda Jones, x59329 Biotech 233 No No 2002-03-07 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Matt Porteus, MD PhD "The Regulation of Gene Targeting in Vertebrate Somatic Cells" Biology Division, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena JCCC No No 2002-03-07 12:00 Noon A2-342 CHS Charles H. Spruck III, PhD "SCF-Mediated Proteolysis of p27 and Cyclin E at G1-S Phase of the Mammalian Cell Cycle" Department of Molecular Biology
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla CA Physiology No No 2002-03-07 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Michael J. O'Donovan, MD PhD "Mechanisms of Rhythmogenesis in the Spinal Cord" National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda MD Host: Jack Feldman, x52123 MBI/ACCESS No Yes 2002-03-08 12:00 Noon 159 Boyer David S. Roos, PhD "Designing and Mining the Plasmodium Genome Database" Department of Biology
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Host: Patricia Johnson, x54870 Genetics No No 2002-03-08 1:00 - 4:00 PM 1473 Dickson Genetics & Culture Symposium Roundtable Participants: Gregory Stock, Stephen Wilson,
Cheryl Kerfeld, Natalie Bookchin, Ruth West Moderated by Katherine Hayles and Victoria Vesna
Presented by S.I.N.A.P.S.E. Info: 310 825-0925 SINAPSE No No 2002-03-08 3:30 PM 3440 Mol Sci Susan L. Forsburg, PhD "Putting It Together: Linking Chromosome Replication
and Segregation in Fission Yeast" Molecular & Cell Biology Laboratory
Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla CA Host: Wai Choi (Gralla Lab), x59881 Chem 268 No No 2002-03-11 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Robert C. Elston, PhD "Segregation Models for Linkage Analysis" Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH Contact: Dr. Chiara Sabatti Genetics No No 2002-03-12 4:00 PM 325 Botany Douglas A. Livingston, PhD "Structure, Selectivity, and the Promise of Genomics
in the Future of Drug Discovery" Chemistry and New Technology
Structural GenomiX (SGX), San Diego CA Info: Amanda Jones, x59329 Biotech 233 No No 2002-03-13 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS Donald E. Ganem, MD "Regulation of Endocytosis and Immune Recognition
by a Novel Class of Virally-Encoded Ubiquitin Ligases" Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Medicine
UC San Francisco Host: Sam Chow, x59600 Pharma 251 No No 2002-03-13 3:30 PM 63-105 CHS Richard S. Stephens, PhD MSPH "Role of Genomic Technology for the
Investigation of Microbial Pathogenesis" Program in Infectious Diseases
School of Public Health, UC Berkeley Host: Kathleen Kelly, x65562 MPTG No No 2002-03-13 4:00 PM 325 Botany Alan M. Fogelman, MD "Bruin Pharmaceuticals" Department of Medicine, UCLA Info: Amanda Jones, x59329 Biotech 233 No No 2002-03-13 5:30 PM 159 Boyer Patrick C. Cirino "Directed Evolution of the Peroxide
Shunt Pathway in Cytochrome P450 BN-3" Arnold Group, Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Contact: Jerome, x62764 CB-ARF No No 2002-03-13 6:00 PM D313 Cornell Stephen Fodor, PhD "Bridging High-Tech and Biotech - Eye on the Future" Affymetrix Inc., Santa Clara CA Info: Vicki Chen, x52505 Anderson No No 2002-03-14 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Susan Wente, PhD "Connections Between Nucleoporins,
mRNA Export and Inositol Signaling" Department of Cell Biology and Physiology
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO Host: Greg Payne, x63121 MBI/ACCESS No Yes 2002-03-15 12:00 Noon 159 Boyer Paul T. Englund, PhD "Exploring the Biology of Trypanosomes with RNA Interference" Department of Biological Chemistry
Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore MD Host: Dan Ray, x54178 Genetics No No 2002-03-15 2:00 PM 159 Boyer Xiao-Hong Sun, PhD "Control of Lymphocyte Development by
Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins" Immunology and Cancer Research Program
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City OK Info: Kim Simmonds, x47946 HHMI/M&I No No 2002-03-15 3:30 PM 3440 Mol Sci Timothy R. Hoover, PhD "A Field Guide to Bacterial Enhancer-Binding Proteins" Department of Microbiology
University of Georgia, Athens Host: Chih Liu (Gralla Lab), x59881 Chem 268 No No 2002-03-18 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Neil J. Risch, PhD "The Genetic Epidemiology of Cancer: Interpreting Family and Twin Studies and their Implications for Molecular Genetic Approaches" Departments of Genetics, Statistics and Health Research & Policy
Stanford University, CA Info: York Marahrens, x72466 and Chiara Sabatti, 49567 Human Genetics No No 2002-03-21 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Louis M. Staudt, MD PhD "Molecular Diagnosis and Outcome Prediction in
Lymphoid Malignancies by Gene Expression Profiling" Metabolism Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda MD Hosts: Genhong Cheng, x49529 and Jonathan Braun, x47953 MIMG/ImmunoForum JCCC No No 2002-03-26 2:00 PM 159 Boyer Kenneth A. Bradley "Anthrax Toxin Entry" Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA Info: Vinh Nguyen, x60240 CMPP/MIMG No No 2002-03-28 9AM-5PM CS 50 ChemQuad 50 Years of Cram's Rule "Stereoselectivity and Asymmetric Catalysis" A Celebration of Donald J. Cram's Chemistry and Chemical Legacy Info: Alice Ramirez, x61036 Chem&Biochem No No 2002-03-29 9AM-5PM CS 50 ChemQuad 50 Years of Cram's Rule "The Cram Chemical Legacy" A Celebration of Donald J. Cram's Chemistry and Chemical Legacy Info: Alice Ramirez, x61036 Chem&Biochem No No 2002-03-30 9:30AM-5:30PM CS 50 ChemQuad 50 Years of Cram's Rule "Host-Guest Chemistry and Supramolecular Chemistry" A Celebration of Donald J. Cram's Chemistry and Chemical Legacy Info: Alice Ramirez, x61036 Chem&Biochem No No 2002-04-01 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda R. Scott Hawley, PhD "The Molecular Genetics of Meiosis" Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City MO Hum Gen No No 2002-04-01 3:00 PM 1357 Gonda Tomas Ganz, MD PhD "Antimicrobial Peptides of Phagocytes and Epithelia" Divisions of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine and Hematology & Oncology
UCLA School of Medicine Info: Lisa Butterfield, x68509 GeneMed HumGen No No 2002-04-02 4:00 PM 53-105 CHS Robert G. Roeder, PhD "Integrated Functions of Diverse Coactivators in
Transcription from DNA and Chromatin Templates" Laboratory of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
The Rockefeller University, New York NY Info: http://cancer.mednet.ucla.edu/genex/seminars.html JCCC No No 2002-04-02 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Anthony T. Campagnoni, PhD "The Many Faces of the Myelin Basic Protein Gene:
From Reverse Genetics to Cortical Development" Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA School of Medicine Host: Allan Tobin, x55061 BRI/NPI No No 2002-04-03 11:00 AM 159 Boyer Hiroshi Handa, MD PhD "New Approach to Proteomics for Drug Discovery:
Construction of New Affinity Beads and their Application" Frontier Collaborative Research Center
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Host: Arnie Berk, x66298 MBI/Pharmacol No No 2002-04-03 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS Leena Peltonen, PhD "Disease Gene Identification Using Tools
Produced by the Human Genome Project" Department of Human Genetics, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Host: Sam Chow, x59600 Pharma 251 No No 2002-04-03 2:00 PM 1357 Gonda Yan Cui, PhD "Biological Knowledge Discovery through the
Analysis of Genome-wide Gene Expression Data" Department of Biostatistics
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston MA Info: Anne Carson, x45423 Hum Gen No No 2002-04-04 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Ronald A. Milligan, PhD "Structure and Design of Molecular Motors" Department of Cell Biology
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla CA Host: Guido Zampighi, x56430 MBI/ACCESS No Yes 2002-04-05 12:00 Noon 159 Boyer Terry Magnuson, PhD "Functional Annotation of the Mouse Genome" Department of Genetics
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Host: Shuo Lin, x74970 Genetics No No 2002-04-08 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Phil Green, PhD "Finding the Molecular 'Parts Lists' for Multicellular Organisms" Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle Human Genetics No No 2002-04-10 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS Junying Yuan, PhD "Transducing Cellular Signals of Life and Death" Department of Cell Biology, Harvard University, Boston MA Host: Sam Chow, x59600 Pharma 251 No No 2002-04-11 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS J. Carl Barrett, PhD - CANCELLED due to illness "Effector Pathways of Toxicants Revealed by cDNA Microarrays" Center for Cancer Research
National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda MD Info: John Bulger, x61619 Molec Toxicol No No 2002-04-11 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS William Bennett, MD "Molecular Epidemiology of Lung Cancer" Department of Molecular Genetics
City of Hope, Duarte CA Host: Genhong Cheng, x58896 JCCC No No 2002-04-11 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Douglas C. Rees, PhD "Crystallographic Studies of Membrane Proteins" Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, HHMI
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Host: David Eisenberg, x53754 MBI/ACCESS No Yes 2002-04-11 4:00 PM 2320 LSB Margaret A. Shupnik, PhD "Dynamic Regulation of Estrogen Receptors and Biological Actions in the Neuroendocrine System" Departments of Endocrinology and Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville Neuroendo/BRI No No 2002-04-12 12:00 Noon 159 Boyer Robert E. Maxson, PhD "Interactions Between Msx2, Twist and Pax3 in Murine Neural Crest Development" Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Southern California, Los Angeles Host: Karen Lyons, x55480 Genetics No No 2002-04-12 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Xi He, PhD "Wnt Signaling Pathways in Development and Cancer" Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA Host: Hong Wu, x55160 Embryology No No 2002-04-15 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Sui Huang, PhD "Intra-Nuclear Dynamics in Living Cells" Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago IL Contact: York Marahrens Human Genetics No No 2002-04-15 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Kevin Moses, PhD "We Seek It Here, We Seek It There,
We Seek MAP Kinase Everywhere!" Department of Cell Biology
Emory University, Atlanta GA Info: Frank Laski, x63640 MCDB Embryology Club No No 2002-04-16 2:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Alejandro Aballay, PhD "Thoughts on the Future of c. elegans as a Model Host to Study Bacterial Pathogenesis and Innate Immune Response - a Chalk Talk" Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA Info: Vinh Nguyen, x60240 MIMG/CMPP No No 2002-04-16 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Nelson P. Spruston, PhD "Dendritic Excitability and Synaptic Plasticity in the Hippocampus" Department of Neurobiology and Physiology
Institute for Neuroscience
Northwestern University, Evanston IL Neuroscience No No 2002-04-17 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS Eric R. Kandel, MD "The Molecular Biology of Memory Storage:
A Dialogue Between Genes and Synapses" Departments of Physiology & Psychiatry and
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
Center for Neurobiology and Behavior and HHMI
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York NY Host: Jing Huang, x54329 Pharma 251 No No 2002-04-18 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Thomas M. Jessell, PhD "The Specification of Motor Neuron Identity and Connectivity" Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
Center for Neurobiology and Behavior
Columbia University, New York NY Host: Larry Zipursky, x52834 MBI/ACCESS No Yes 2002-04-19 12:00 Noon 159/173 Boyer Charles Kimmel, PhD "Patterning the Zebrafish Head Skeleton" Department of Biology, Institute of Neuroscience
University of Oregon, Eugene OR Host: Shuo Lin, x74970 Genetics No No 2002-04-23 11:00 AM 1601 Mol Sci Dr. Jaime Garcia-Mena "Effect of Trinucleotide Repeats on DNA Structure" Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology
CINVESTAV-IPN Mexico Host: Bob Simons, x58890 Genetics No No 2002-04-24 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS Bernard Moss, MD PhD "Genetic Engineering of Poxviruses for Expression of
Recombinant Proteins, Safety and HIV Vaccination" Laboratory of Viral Diseases
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda MD Host: Sam Chow, x59600 Pharma 251 No No 2002-04-24 6:00 PM Warren Hall Conf Julian Whitelegge, PhD "Measuring Proteome Plasticity by Mass Spectrometry" Pasarow Mass Spectrometry Lab
Departments of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences,
Chemistry & Biochemistry and NPI, UCLA Co-Chairs: Hal Yee, x59407 and Enrique Rozengurt, x46610 Signal Trans No No 2002-04-25 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Bernard Moss, MD PhD "Intracellular Assembly and Movement of Vaccinia Virus" Laboratory of Viral Diseases
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda MD Info: Gail Panatier, x51018 MBI No Yes 2002-04-25 8AM - 5PM JSEI Aud "A Symposium on Lymphoid Malignancies" Drs. Klaus Rajewsky (Harvard), Bill Sudgen (U Wisconsin),
Michael Teitell (UCLA), Ricardo Dall-Favera (Columbia),
Pier Paolo Pandolfi (Memorial-Sloan Kettering), Elliott Kieff (Harvard),
Steven Treon (Harvard), Charles Sawyers (UCLA) Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center & Lymphoma Research Foundation No charge to attend - continental breakfast and lunch included
Info: Michael Teitell, x66754 JCCC No No 2002-04-26 12:00 Noon 159/173 Boyer Todd Evans, PhD "Regulation of Embryonic Blood and Heart Development by the RA-BMP-GATA Pathway" Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx NY Host: Shou Lin, x74970 Genetics No No 2002-04-29 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda ***CANCELLED***
David Ledbetter, PhD "Human Telomeres: Evolution, Structure and Pathology" Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, IL Contact: York Marahrens, x72466 Human Genetics No No 2002-04-29 3:00 PM 1357 Gonda ***CANCELLED***
Tomas Ganz, MD PhD "Antimicrobial Peptides of Phagocytes and Epithelia" Divisions of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine and Hematology & Oncology
UCLA School of Medicine Info: Lisa Butterfield, x68509 GeneMed HumGen No No 2002-04-30 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Thomas C. Sudhof, MD "Molecular Mechanisms of Neurotransmitter Release at a Central Synapse" Center for Basic Neuroscience and Department of Molecular Genetics
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas Host: Cameron Gundersen, x53423/56639 BRI/NPI No No 2002-05-01 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS Frederick W. Alt, PhD "Mechanism for Double Strand Break Induced Oncogenic
Gene Amplification Associated with Complex Translocations" Department of Genetics, Children's Hospital
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA Host: Jing Huang, x54329 Pharma 251 No No 2002-05-01 3:00 PM 159/173 Boyer POSTDOCTORAL RECOGNITION AWARDS CEREMONY Maria Vogelauer, PhD (Boyer Award)
"Global Histone Acetylation and Deacetylation: Functions in Transcription and DNA Replication"
Bin Liu, PhD (Boyer-Parvin Award)
"PIAS Proteins in Cellular Signaling"
Andrew Leach, PhD (Amgen Award)
"Theory Reveals the Mechanisms of Reactions of Nitroso Compounds in Chemistry and Biology" 20-min research presentations by each recipient
followed by the award presentations and a reception MBI Chem&Biochem No No 2002-05-01 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Pietro De Camilli, MD "Molecular Mechanisms in Synaptic Vesicle Endocytosis" Department of Cell Biology/HHMI
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven CT Info: MSTP Office, x41817 MSTP No No 2002-05-02 3:30 PM RPB Aud JSEI Ching H. Tung, PhD "Imaging Disease-Associated Protease Activity In Vivo" Center for Molecular Imaging Research
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Boston MA Host: Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, x61798 Crump/GE/LS:IT No No 2002-05-02 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Cori Bargmann, PhD "Genetic Dissection of Signaling Pathways in Neural Development" Department of Anatomy, UC San Francisco Host: Larry Zipursky, x52834 MBI No Yes 2002-05-03 12:00 Noon 159/173 Boyer Christopher Wright, DPhil "Global and Tissue-Specific Requirements for Transcription Factors in
Pancreas Organogenesis, Cell Differentiation and Maintenance" Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville TN Host: Shou Lin, x74970 Genetics No No 2002-05-06 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Luanne L. Peters, PhD "Beyond the Pale: Membrane Biogenesis and Stability
in Anemic and Pigment Deficient Mice" Mouse Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Disorders Center
The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME http://www.genetics.ucla.edu HumGen No No 2002-05-06 12:00 Noon 33-105 CHS Marc K. Jenkins, PhD "Tracking the Generation of Memory CD4 T Cells in Vivo" University of Minnesota Hosts: Genhong Cheng and Jon Braun MIMG Immuno JCCC No No 2002-05-06 2:00 PM 23-105 CHS Thomas T. Su "Transitional 2 B Cells Function as a Pivotal Stage in Peripheral B
Lymphocyte Development: Implications for Selection,
Innate vs. Adaptive Immunity, and Cancer Biology" Molecular Biology IDP, Rawlings Lab, UCLA MBI Yes No 2002-05-06 3:00 PM 159 Boyer Jonathan Chernoff, MD PhD "Regulation of p21-Activated Kinase: When, Where, and How" Basic Science Division, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia PA Host: Fuyu Tamanoi, x67318 JCCC/SigTrans No No 2002-05-07 10:00 AM B3-020 CHS Hsin-Fang Yang-Yen, PhD "Regulations, Functions and Signaling Pathways of Genes
Involved in the Survival Response of IL-3 Institute of Molecular Biology
Academia Sinica, Taiwan Info: Leanne Yagiela, x68045 DRI/RRCMOH No No 2002-05-07 2:00 PM 159 Boyer Kenneth Bradley "Anthrax Toxin Entry - A Chalk Talk" Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Harvard Medical School & University of Wisconsin Info: Vinh Nguyen, x60240 MIMG No No 2002-05-07 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Cristina Alberini, PhD "Transcription Regulation in Memory" Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York NY Host: Kelsey Martin, x49507 BRI/NPI No No 2002-05-08 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS Philip A. Cole, MD PhD "Chemical and Structural Approaches to Inhibition
and Activation of Protein Phosphorylation" Department of Pharmacology & Molecular Science
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD Host: Jing Huang, x54329 Pharma 251 No No 2002-05-09 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Dong Xie and James O'Kelly (Koeffler Lab) "Cyr-61: An Oncogene in Brain and Breast Cancers" Division of Hematology & Oncology, UCLA School of Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles CA Info: Si Un Cha, x49529 JCCC No No 2002-05-09 2:00 PM C8-183 NPI Charles R. Cantor, PhD "Finding Disease Genes in Healthy People" SEQUENOM Inc., San Diego CA http://www.genetics.ucla.edu HumGen No No 2002-05-09 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Joan Ruderman, PhD "Regulation of the Mitotic Kinase Aurora A, a Potent Proto-Oncogene" Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA Host: Judith Lengyel, x53298 MBI No Yes 2002-05-10 12:00 Noon 159/173 Boyer Joel H. Rothman, PhD "Dynamics of Developmental Switches: Asymmetric Cell Division and
Gene Cascades in C. elegans Germ Layer Specification" Department of MCD Biology, UC Santa Barbara Host: Judith Lengyel, x53298 Genetics No No 2002-05-13 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Stephen L. Hauser, MD "Multiple Sclerosis: Genetics 2002" Department of Neurology, UC San Francisco Info: Anne Carson, x45423 HumGen No No 2002-05-13 9AM-4:10PM JSEI Aud 7th Annual Gene Medicine Symposium Drs. Drew Pardoll (Johns Hopkins), Eric Stanbridge (UC Irvine),
Andrew D. Weinberg (Portland Providence) and Jonathan Braun, Kayvan Niazi,
Jose Hernandez, Steven Dubinett, Min Huang, John M. Timmerman,
John Belperio, Sanjiv Sam Gambhir (UCLA) Chairs: JS Economou, AS Belldegrun, LH Butterfield Info: Lisa Butterfield, x59449 GeneMed No No 2002-05-14 4:00 PM 53-105 CHS Robert Matusik, PhD "Transgenic Animal Models for Prostate Cancer: LADIES are Not TRAMPS" Urologic Research
Department of Cancer Biology and Cell Biology
Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN Info: Si Un Cha, x49529 JCCC No No 2002-05-15 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS Laurence H. Kedes, MD "Steps on the Way to Mending a Broken
Heart: Regulators of Gene Expression" Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Institute for Genetic Medicine, USC Host: Jing Huang, x54329 Pharma 251 No No 2002-05-16 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS Bruce Aronow, PhD "Toxicogenomics Recent Results, New Perspectives" Center for Environmental Genomics
University of Cincinnati, Ohio Info: John Bulger, x61619 Mol Tox/JCCC No No 2002-05-16 12:00 Noon 53-105 CHS James G. Rheinwald, PhD "p16INK4A-dependent, Telomere-unrelated Cell Aging
and Senescence in Keratinocytes: A Barrier
to Immortalization and Tumore Suppressor Mechanism Department of Dermatology
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA Info: Leanne Yagiela, x68045 DRI/RRCMOH No No 2002-05-16 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Sidney H. Golub, PhD "Where Has All the Money Gone?
The Politics and Realities of the NIH Budget" Federation of American Societies
for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Info: Si Un Cha, x49529 JCCC No No 2002-05-16 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Channing J. Der, PhD "Ras and Rho GTPases, Signaling and Transformation" Department of Pharmacology
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Medicine Host: John Colicelli, x67800 MBI No Yes 2002-05-17 12:00 Noon 159/173 Boyer En Li, PhD "DNA Methylation in Development and Diseases" Cardiovascular Research Center
Cancer Center and Department of Medicine
Harvard Medical School, MA General Hospital, Charlestown Host: Jau-Nian Chen, x64513 Genetics No No 2002-05-17 2:00 PM 2033 Young Prof. Jan Rydstrom "Proton-pumping Transhydrogenase, Structure, Function and Physiological Role" Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Lundberg Laboratory
Goteborg University, Sweden Host: Catherine Clarke, x50771 Biochem No No 2002-05-21 10:00 AM 159/173 Boyer Josephine N. Harada "Roles of p53 and the E1B-55K Protein
in Adenovirus Replication: Implications for
Adenovirus-based Oncolytic Therapies" Molecular Biology IDP, Arnold Berk Lab MBIDP Yes No 2002-05-22 1:30 PM 159/173 Boyer Sam Gambhir, MD PhD "Systems Imaging of Molecular/Cellular Events in Living Subjects" Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging
Departments of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology and Biomathematics Info: Wendy Nishikawa, x74838 CNSI No No 2002-05-22 3:00 PM 53-105 CHS Jennitte L. Stevens "Genetic Characterization of the Sur 2
Mediator Subunit Provides Insight to
Metazoan Mediator Function" Molecular Biology IDP, Arnold Berk Lab MBIDP Yes No 2002-05-23 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Robert Strieter, MD "Chemokine Regulation of Angiogenesis in Lung Cancer" Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
UCLA School of Medicine Info: Si Un Cha, x49529 JCCC No No 2002-05-23 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Konstantin V. Severinov, PhD "Structure-based Analysis of RNA Polymerase Function" Waksman Institute of Microbiology
Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, Piscataway NJ Host: Al Courey, x52530 MBI No Yes 2002-05-24 12:00 Noon 159/173 Boyer Deborah J. Andrew, PhD "Genetic Control of Morphogenesis: Formation
of the Drosophila Salivary Glands" Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore MD Host: Judith Lengyel, x53298 Genetics No No 2002-05-24 12:00 Noon 6740 MRL Dr. Eitan Bibi "The E. coli Mdr Transporter MdfA Reveals
Novel Features of Multidrug Recognition and Transport" Department of Biological Chemistry
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot Israel Host: H. Ronald Kaback, x65053 Physio/HHMI No No 2002-05-24 1:00 PM Korn Hall Anderson David Baltimore, PhD 2001-2002 JACOB MARSCHAK MEMORIAL LECTURE
"Why All the Turmoil about Biology Today?" Nobel Laureate in Physiology and Medicine
President, CALTECH, Pasadena CA Info: www.anderson.ucla.edu/research/marschak OBEE/MBI No No 2002-05-28 4:00 PM 16-154 CHS Dwight Towler, MD PhD "Osteogenic Regulation of Vascular Calcification" Department of Molecular Biology
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis MO Info: Linda Demer, x62677 Medicine No No 2002-05-29 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS Thomas J. Kodadek, PhD "Chemical Biology in the Service of Proteomics" Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Biology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas Host: Jing Huang, x54329 Pharma 251 No No 2002-05-30 12:00 Noon 53-105 CHS Michael Kolodney, MD PhD "Rho Signaling in Melanoma Metastasis" Division of Dermatology, UCLA School of Medicine Host: Genhong Cheng, x58896 JCCC No No 2002-05-30 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Stephen G. Young, MD "Physiologic Relevance of Zmpste24 and Icmt,
Two Posttranslational Protein Processing Enzymes" Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease
Division of Cardiology, School of Medicine, UC San Francisco Cathy Clarke, x50771 MBI No Yes 2002-05-31 12:00 Noon 159/173 Boyer Randy Peterson, PhD "Discovery and Use of Small Molecules for Probing Biological Processes" Cardiovascular Research Center
Massachusetts General Hospital, Cambridge Host: Shuo Lin, x74970 Genetics No No 2002-06-03 11:30 AM 159/173 Boyer Eric U. Selker, PhD "Control of DNA Methylation: Lessons from Fungi" Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene Contact: York Marahrens, x72466 HumGen No No 2002-06-03 5:00 PM 118 Haines Jesper Hoffmeyer, PhD "Life, Signs and Meaning: the Biology of Signification" Biosemiotics Group, Institute of Molecular Biology
University of Copenhagen, Denmark Info: Don Favareau, UCLA BARBI No No 2002-06-05 1:00 PM C8-183 NPI Marie-Francoise Chesselet, MD PhD "Molecular Mechanisms of Repair, Degeneration,
and Movement Disorders in the Basal Ganglia" Department of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Neurobio No No 2002-06-06 3:00 PM 2320 Life Sci Ryan B. Green "Molecular Genetic Characterization of drumstick and
Its Role in Hindgut Patterning and Oriented
Cell Rearrangement in Drosophila melanogaster" Molecular Biology IDP, Lengyel Lab, UCLA MBIDP Yes No 2002-06-06 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Robert M. Stroud, PhD "The Structure and Selectivity of an Ancient Transmembrane
Channel Family: the Aquaporins" Macromolecular Structure Group
Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, UC San Francisco Host: David Eisenberg, x53754 MBI No Yes 2002-06-07 12:00 Noon 159/173 Boyer Arne C. Lekven, PhD "Zebrafish, Wnts and Neural Patterning" Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station Host: Volker Hartenstein, 67523 Genetics No No 2002-06-10 11:30 AM C8-183 NPI Larry J. Shapiro, MD "Genetics, Genomics, and Geneconomics:
Impacts of Technology and Economic Natural Selection
on the Progress of Human Genetics" Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, UC San Francisco Info: Anne Carson, x45423 HumGen No No 2002-06-11 10:00 AM 159/173 Boyer Drs. Robert Barkovich and Eric Winter "Emerging Technologies in Differential Protein
Measurements and Identification: New Advances
in Proteomics via Differential In-Gel
Electrophoresis and Mass Spectrometry" Amersham Biosciences Info: Cathy Clarke, x50771 ChemBiochm No No 2002-06-11 2:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Brenton R. Graveley, PhD "The Mechanisms Involved in Regulating Simple
and Complex Alternative Splicing Events" Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology
University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington Host: Larry Zipursky, x52834 HHMI No No 2002-06-12 6:00 PM Warren Conf Rm Peter Tontonoz, MD PhD "Nuclear Receptor Signaling Pathways in Atherogenesis" Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, HHMI
Member, Molecular Biology Institute, UCLA Co-Chairs: Hal Yee, x59407 and Enrique Rozengurt, x46610 Sig Trans No No 2002-06-13 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Juliana Oh, PhD "A Candidate Tumor Suppressor Gene, H37,
from the Human Lung Cancer Tumor Suppressor Locus 3p21.3" Division of Hematology-Oncology, UCLA School of Medicine Info: Si Un Cha, x49529 JCCC No No 2002-06-17 11:30 AM C8-183 NPI Aud David Altshuler, MD PhD "Human Genome Sequence Variation and the Genetics of Complex Traits" Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and
Whitehead/MIT Center for Genome Research, Cambridge MA HumGen No No 2002-06-18 2:00 PM 1601 Mol Sci Julius Lukes, PhD "The Kinetoplast DNA Network: Evolution of an Improbable Structure" Institute of Parasitology, Czech Academy of Sciences
Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic Info: David Campbell, x65556 MIMG No No 2002-06-20 1:00 PM 159 Boyer Hall Jia-Perng Jennifer Wei Interplay between Reactive Oxygen Species and
Transition Metal Ions: Lessons from
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Molecular Biology IDP
Joan Valentine Lab MBI Yes No 2002-06-24 4:00 PM 1357 Gonda Tomas Ganz, MD "Antimicrobial Peptides of Phagocytes and Epithelia" Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
and Hematology/Oncology, UCLA Human Genet No No 2002-06-25 4:00 PM 16-154 CHS Mai Nguyen Brooks, MD "A Tale of Two Novel Genes:
Endomucin and Endothelial Derived Gene-1" Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine
Associate Member, Molecular Biology Institute Info: Ani Gasparyan, x62677 Vasc Biol No No 2002-06-28 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Tom Graeber, PhD "Interrogation of Signal Transduction by Bioinformatics and
Mass Spectrometry: Autocrine Signaling and
Tyrosine Kinase Signaling in Cancer" Center for Genomics and Proteomics, UCLA Human Genet No No 2002-07-08 2:00 PM 1357 Gonda Tatsuhiko Kodama, MD, PhD "Comprehensive Analysis of Membrane and Nuclear
Chemoreceptor Proteins" Laboratories for Systems Biology and Medicine
RCAST, The University of Tokyo, Japan Human Genet No No 2002-07-08 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Hall Kumaran S. Ramamurthi "Substrate Recognition by the Yersinia Type III
Protein Secretion Machinery" Molecular Biology IDP
(Schneewind Lab) MBI Yes No 2002-07-12 11:00 AM 6740 MRL Dr. Wil Konings "What Lactic Acid Bacteria Can Teach Us About Multi-Drug Resistance Mechanisms" Department of Microbiology
University of Groningen, The Netherlands Host: H. Ronald Kaback, x65053 HHMI No No 2002-07-15 11:00 AM 159/173 Boyer Manuel Ares, Jr, PhD "Studying Pre-mRNA Splicing with Microarrays" Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
UC Santa Cruz Host: Douglas Black, x47946 HHMI No No 2002-07-19 11:00 AM 6740 MRL Dr. Heinrich Jung "The Sodium/Proline Transporter of Escherichia coli: Structural and Functional Features" Department of Microbiology
University of Osnabrueck, Germany Host: H. Ronald Kaback , x65053 HHMI No No 2002-07-29 4:00 pm 23-105 CHS Andreas Trumpp, PhD "The Role of C-Myc in Stem Cells
and the Rest of the Body" Genetics and Stem Cell Laboratory
Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research
Epalings, Switzerland Contact: Hong Wu, x55160 Pharma No No 2002-08-13 4:00 PM 6740 MRL Baruch Kanner, PhD "Molecular Characterisation of Substrate Binding
Sites in the Glutamate Transporter Family" Department of Biochemistry, Hadassah Medical School
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Host: Ronald Kaback, x65053 HHMI No No 2002-08-26 4:00 PM 1357 Gonda Samson Chow, PhD "Turning a Foe into a Friend: The Use of HIV
as a Gene Delivery Vectorhelia" Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Host: Lisa Butterfield, x68509 Gene Medicine/Human Genetics No No 2002-08-27 4:00 PM 14-214U CHS Willa A. Hsueh, MD "Osteropontin: A Cardiac and Vascular Villain" Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Host: Adriana Centeno, x57905 Medicine No No 2002-09-10 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS No No 2002-09-23 4:00 PM 1357 Gonda Hong Wu, MD PhD "PTEN: Signal Transduction and Animal Models" Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
UCLA School of Medicine
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Info: Lisa Butterfield , x68509 GeneMed/HumGen No No 2002-09-24 12:00 Noon 1-441 MRL Johannes Czernin, MD "Oncological Applications of PET Imaging" Department of Medical & Molecular Pharmacology
Ahmanson Biological Imaging Center, UCLA Info: Jaymer Suarez, x54829 Medicine No No 2002-09-25 6:00 PM Warren Conf
900 Veteran Peter A. Edwards, PhD "Bile Acids and Oxidized Cholesterol; New Hormones that
Activate the Nuclear Receptors FXR and LXR" Biological Chemistry & Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Co-Chairs: Hal Yee , x59407, & Enrique Rozengurt , x46610 SignalTrans No No 2002-09-27 11:00 AM 1601 Mol Sci Prof. Dr. Axel Rethwilm "Molecular Biology of Foamy Viruses" Institute of Virology
Technical University of Dresden, Germany Info: Jennifer Mitchell, (310) 478-3711, x49238 AIDS Institute No No 2002-09-30 4:00 PM C-240 RNRC Frank M. LaFerla, PhD "A Novel Triple Transgenic Model of Alzheimer's Disease" Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
Department of Neurology & Behavior, UC Irvine BRI No No 2002-10-01 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Michael J. Kahana, PhD "The Oscillatory Basis of Human Cognition" Center for Complex Systems
Department of Psychology
Brandeis University, Waltham MA Host: Itzak Fried , x58409 BRI/NPI No No 2002-10-02 11:00 AM 1602 Mol Sci Stuart Le Grice, PhD "Structural Studies on the RNase H of Retroviruses and Retrotransposons" Resistance Mechanisms Laboratory, HIV Drug Resistance Program
National Cancer Institute, Frederick MD Info: Jennifer Mitchell, (310) 478-3711, x49238 AIDS Inst No No 2002-10-03 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Arnold J. Berk, MD "The Mediator of Transcription Complex:
Insights into RAS-MAP Kinase Signal Transduction
and its Functions in Mammalian Development" Microbiology, Imuunology & Molecular Genetics
Member, Molecular Biology Institute, UCLA Info: Brenda Mueller , x59744 JCCC No No 2002-10-03 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Raju Kucherlapati, PhD "Multiple Roles of DNA Repair Genes" Harvard Partners Center for Genetics & Genomics
Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA Host: Karen Lyons, x55480 MBI No Yes 2002-10-03 9:00AM-4:00PM Covel Commons 2002 WM Keck Genomics and Nutrition Symposium Drs. David Agus, Leonard Augenlicht, Vay Liang W. Go,
Eric Schadt, Peter Tontonoz, Zuo-Feng Zhang Reservations are required,
registration is free and lunch will be provided. To register or for more information, visit
http://research.mednet.ucla.edu/keck/ Keck/HumNutr No No 2002-10-07 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Duncan Thomas, PhD "Toxicokinetic Genetics: An Approach To Gene-Environment And
Gene-Gene Interactions In Complex Metabolic Pathways" Division of Biostatistics
Department of Preventative Medicine, USC Info: Chiara Sabatti , x49567 HumGen No No 2002-10-07 12:00 Noon 33-105 CHS Otto O. Yang, MD "The Neglected Aspect of Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Antiviral
Function in HIV-1 Infection: ALL CTL Are Not Created Equal" Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles Host: Jeffery F. Miller, x67926 MIMG No No 2002-10-09 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS Mark Gallop, PhD "Harnessing Nutrient Transport Mechanisms to Optimize
Drug Absorbtion and Disposition In Vivo" Chemistry, Xenoport, Inc., Santa Clara CA Host: Derek Maclean, (310) 670-7146 Pharmacol No No 2002-10-10 10:00 AM 2320 Life Sci Timothy Hla, PhD "Sphingosine-1-phosphate Signaling in the Vasculature" Center for Vascular Biology
Department of Physiology
University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington Host: Luisa Iruela-Arispe, x45763 VascBiol/MBI No No 2002-10-10 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS JoAnn Zhang, PhD (Carey Lab) "Gene Regulation in Prostate Cancer with
Non-Invasive Molecular Imaging" Department of Biological Chemistry
UCLA Info: Brenda Mueller , x59744 JCCC No No 2002-10-10 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Qingmei Jia, PhD (Sun Lab) "Inhibition of Herpesvirus Replication
by RNA Interference" Department of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
UCLA Info: Brenda Mueller , x59744 JCCC No No 2002-10-10 3:30 PM RPBAudJSEI Scott Fraser, PhD "Imaging the Cell Lineages, Movements and Signals
that Pattern the Growing Embryo" Biological Imaging Center, Beckman Institute
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Host: Sanjiv Sam Gambhir , x61798 CIMI No No 2002-10-10 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Timothy Hla, PhD "Cox-2 Pathway in Tumorigenesis" Center for Vascular Biology
Department of Physiology
University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington Host: Luisa Iruela-Arispe, x45763 MBI No Yes 2002-10-11 12:00 Noon 159/173 Boyer Abigail Salyers, PhD "Conjugative Transposons:
A Novel Type of Bacterial Gene Transfer Agent" Department of Microbiology
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne Host: Bob Simons, x58890 Genetics No No 2002-10-15 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Charles Zuker, PhD "Sweet, Bitter, and Amino Acids: The Biology of Taste" Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cell & Molecular Medicine
University of California, San Diego Host: Larry Zipursky, x52834 BRI/NPI No No 2002-10-15 5:30 PM 159/173 Boyer Kate McKinstry (Weiss Group) "A Fungal Affair: Interaction and Inhibition of AGS and AGK" Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA Info: Jerome, x62764 CB-ARF No No 2002-10-16 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS Hao Wu, PhD "Apoptotic and Inflammatory Signaling: Perspectives from Structural Studies" Department of Biochemistry, Weill Medical College
Cornell University, New York NY Host: Sam Chow, x59600 Pharmacology No No 2002-10-17 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Steve W. Cole, PhD "Increasing Yield from DNA Microarrays" Medicine-Hematology & Oncology, UCLA Info: Brenda Mueller , x59744 JCCC No No 2002-10-17 12:00 Noon 2320 LSB York Marahrens "The Active X Chromosome Controls the Heterochromatin
of the Inactive X Chromosome" Department of Human Genetics, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Info: Grace Angus , x 54373 MCDB No No 2002-10-17 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Eduardo Perozo, PhD "The Mechanics of Mechanosensitive Channel Gating" Interdisciplinary Program in Biophysics
Department of Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics
University of Virginia, Charlottesville Host: James Bowie, x64747 MBI No Yes 2002-10-21 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda David Chan, PhD "Regulation of Mitochondrial Dynamics During Mouse Development" Department of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA Info: Guoping Fan , x70439 HumGen No No 2002-10-21 12:00 Noon 33-105 CHS Tian Chi, PhD (Crabtree Lab) "Connecting External Signals to Gene Regulation:
Roles of Mammalian Swi/Snf-like Chromatin Remodeling
BAF Complexes in T Cell Development" Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford CA Info: Kim Simmonds , x47946 Immunology No No 2002-10-22 12:00 PM 33-105 CHS George Leikauf, PhD "Resolving Gene-Environmental Interactions in Complex Traits:
Acute Lung Injury" Molecular Toxicology Division
Environmental Health and Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH Info: John Bulger , x61619 Mol Tox No No 2002-10-22 2:00 PM 3440 Mol Sci Robert T. Clubb, PhD "Molecular Recognition and Assembly in Cell
Surface Protein Anchoring and the
Dissemination of Antibiotic Resistance" Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Info: Penny Jennings, x57071 Biochemistry No No 2002-10-22 3:30 PM CS50 Jackie Barton, PhD "DNA Charge Transport Chemistry and Biology" Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA Registration: http://www.cnsi.ucla.edu/events/nanoseminar.htm CNSI No No 2002-10-22 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Michael P. Stryker, PhD "Substrates of Rapid Plasticity in Developing Cortex" Keck Center of Integrative Neuroscience
Department of Physiology, UC San Francisco Host: Alcino Silva, x46345 BRI/NPI No No 2002-10-22 4:00 PM 53-105 CHS Bruce Spiegelman, PhD "PPARgamma and the Co-Activator PGC-1 in Adipogenesis and Energy Metabolism" Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Department of Cell Biology
Harvard University, Boston MA Info: Peter Tontonoz, x64546 JCCC Gene Reg No No 2002-10-23 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Jane Endicott, PhD "Structure-based Development of Cyclin-dependent Kinase Inhibitors" Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics
Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford UK Host: Jing Hung, x54329 Pharmacology No No 2002-10-24 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Purnima Dubey, PhD (Witte Lab) "Quantitative Imaging of the T Cell Anti-Tumor
Response by Positron Emission Tomography" Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, UCLA Info: Brenda Mueller , x59744 JCCC No No 2002-10-24 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Scott G. Kitchen (Zack Lab) "Co-expression of CD4 on CD8+ T cells: A New
Role in the Immune Response" Medicine-Hematology & Oncology, UCLA Info: Brenda Mueller , x 59744 JCCC No No 2002-10-24 12:00 Noon 2320 Life Sci John Ngai, PhD "Gene Expression Profiling in the Developing Central Nervous System" Neurobiology, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology
UC Berkeley Contact: Grace Angus, x54373 MCDB No No 2002-10-24 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Paul W. Sternberg, PhD "Signaling During C. elegans Behavior and Development" Division of Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Host: Alexander van der Bliek, x59779 MBI No Yes 2002-10-25 10:00 AM 159/173 Boyer Oliver Smithies, DPhil WINNER OF THE 2002 MASSRY PRIZE
"Mouse Solutions to Human Problems" Pathology & Laboratory Medicine University of North Carolina
School of Medicine, Chapel Hill Info: Harvey Herschman , x58735 BiolChem No No 2002-10-25 10:00 AM 159/173 Boyer Mario Capecchi, PhD WINNER OF THE 2002 MASSRY PRIZE
"Gene Targeting into the 21st Century" Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah
School of Medicine Salt Lake City Info: Harvey Herschman , x58735 BiolChem No No 2002-10-26 1:30-5:30 PM 159/173 Boyer 2002 SEABORG SYMPOSIUM "The Science and Technology of Nanotubes" Seaborg Medal Honoree Richard E. Smalley (Rice)
and Hongjie Dai (Stanford), J. Fraser Stoddart (UCLA) and James K. Gimzewski (UCLA) Info: 310 267-5123 Chem & Biochem No No 2002-10-28 12:00 Noon 33-105 CHS Richard A. Goldsby, PhD "Synthesis of Human Antibody by Cloned Human
Artificial Chromosome Transgenic Cattle" Biology Department, Amherst College, MA Host: Richard Stiehm, x56481 ImmunoForum No No 2002-10-28 4:00 PM 1357 Gonda Timothy F. Lane, PhD "Interactions of the BRCA1 Tumor Suppressor
Gene with Chromatin and the Transcription Complex:
Is There a Story Here?" Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Biological Chemistry
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Contact: Lisa Butterfield, x68509 GeneMed/HumGen No No 2002-10-29 3:30 PM CS 50 Shu Chien, MD PhD "Effects of Mechanical Forces on Signal
Transduction and Gene Expression" Institute for Biomedical Engineering
Department of Bioengineering, UC San Diego RSVP: http://www.cnsi.ucla.edu/events/nanoseminar.htm CNSI/CBITP No No 2002-10-29 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Liqun Luo, PhD "From Single Neuron to Neural Circuits:
Genetic Analysis of Drosophila Brain Development" Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University CA Host: Larry Zipursky, x52834 BRI/NPI No No 2002-10-31 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Paul Mischel, MD "Development of Targeted Molecular Therapy for Glioblastoma" Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA Contact: Brenda Mueller , x59744 JCCC No No 2002-10-31 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Martin A. Schwartz, PhD "Regulation of Cell Migration,
Growth and Survival by Integrins" Department of Microbiology
University of Virginia, Charlottesville Host: Luisa Iruela-Arispe, x45763 MBI No Yes 2002-11-01 12:00 Noon 159/173 Boyer James Gober, PhD "Regulation of Morphogenesis in Bacteria" Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Host: Bob Simons, x58890 Genetics No No 2002-11-04 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Xin Sun, PhD "The Role of Fgfs in Vertebrate Limb Development" Department of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison Contact: Christina Jamieson , x72469 HumGen No No 2002-11-04 12:00 Noon 33-105 CHS Hilde Cheroutre, PhD "The Receptor Ligand Pair CD8aa-TL
Mediates Survival of Mature and Immature
TCR Activated T Cells" Developmental Immunology
La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology
San Diego CA Host: Jonathan Braun, x47953 ImmunoForum/JCCC No No 2002-11-06 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS Mark Moore, PhD "From the Genome to Drug Targets via
High Throughput Gene Knockouts and Systematic Phenotyping" Deltagen Inc., Redwood City CA Info: Lyn Lord, 59451 Pharma 251 No No 2002-11-07 12:00 Noon 2320 LSB Mary Mullins, PhD "From Eggs to Tails of Zebrafish:
Maternally-controlled Processes
and the BMPs of Development" Department of Cell & Developmental Biology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia Contact: Grace Angus, 54373 MCDB No No 2002-11-07 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Charlie Chen, PhD (Sawyers Lab) "Molecular Signature of the PTEN Tumor Suppressor" Division of Hematology & Oncology
Department of Medicine, UCLA Host: Michael Teitell, x59744 JCCC No No 2002-11-07 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Tiffany Huang (Braun Lab) "The Role of Gai2 in T Cell Activation" Department of Pathology & Lab Medicine, UCLA Host: Michael Teitell, x59744 JCCC No No 2002-11-07 3:30 PM RPB Aud JSEI Shimon Weiss, DSc "Single Molecule Nanoscale Rulers" Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Host: Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, x61798 Crump/GE/LS:IT No No 2002-11-07 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Lynne E. Maquat, PhD "Nonsense-mediated mRNA Decay in Mammals:
Evidence for a 'Pioneer' Round of Translation
as a Means of mRNA Quality Control" Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, NY Host: Sabeeha Merchant, x58300 MBI No Yes 2002-11-08 12:00 Noon 159/173 Boyer Milton H. Saier Jr, PhD "Molecular Archeology of Transport:
Answering Fundamental Questions and
Mapping Evolutionary Pathways" Division of Biological Sciences, UC San Diego Host: Bob Simons, x58890 Genetics No No 2002-11-11 Veterans' Day Holiday No No 2002-11-12 3:30 PM 159/173 Boyer Bernard M. Babior, MD PhD "Production of Ozone by Biological Systems" Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla CA Host: Catherine Clarke , x50771 Biochem No No 2002-11-12 3:30 PM CS50 Seiji Shinkai, PhD "Dynamic Sugar Interfaces Aimed at Sensing, Imprinting,
and DNA/RNA Binding (Not Only Sugars But Also Others)" Department of Chemical Science and Technology
Kyushu University, Japan RSVP: http://www.cnsi.ucla.edu/events/nanoseminar.htm CNSI No No 2002-11-13 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS Richard Morrison, PhD "Characterization of p53-dependent Cell Death
Signaling in Neurons: Initial Application of Proteomics" Department of Neurological Surgery
University of Washington Host: Harvey Kornblum, x47866 Pharm 251 No No 2002-11-14 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS David Brooks, PhD (Zack Lab) "Targeting the Latent HIV Reservoir" Medicine-Hematology & Oncology, UCLA Host: Michael Teitell, x59744 JCCC No No 2002-11-14 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Karin Roesch (Koehler Lab) "Deafness Dystonia Syndrome is Caused
by a Defect in TIMM8a/TIMM13 Assembly" Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA Host: Michael Teitell, x59744 JCCC No No 2002-11-14 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Peter B. Moore, PhD "Structure and Function in the Large Ribosomal Subunit" Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biophysics & Biohemistry
Yale University, New Haven CT Host: James Lake, x52546 MBI No Yes 2002-11-15 12:00 Noon 159/173 Boyer Stanley Maloy, PhD "Use of Genetic Recombination for Functional Genomics:
What Determines the Host Specificity of Salmonella?" Department of Biology
San Diego State University, CA Host: Bob Simons, x58890 Genetics No No 2002-11-18 4:00 PM 1357 Gonda H. Phillip Koeffler, MD "Hematopoietic Transcription Factors" Hematology/Oncology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Medicine, UCLA
Associate Member, Molecular Biology Institute GeneMed/HumGen No No 2002-11-18 6:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Achillefs N. Kapanidis, PhD "Molecular Machines at Work:
Single-Molecule Analysis of Transcription
by RNA Polymerase" Shimon Weiss Group
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA Contact: Jerome, x62764 CB-ARF No No 2002-11-19 12:00 Noon 2320 LSB Matthias Hammerschmidt, PhD "BMPs & Co during Embryogenesis
and Organogenesis of the Zebrafish" Max-Planck-Institute for Immunobiology
Freiburg, Germany Contact: Grace Angus, 54373 MCDB No No 2002-11-19 3:30 PM CS50 Jean Fréchet, PhD "Dendrimers and Other Nanoscale Building Blocks:
From Catalysis to Therapeutics" Department of Chemistry, UC Berkeley RSVP: http://www.cnsi.ucla.edu/events/nanoseminar.htm CNSI No No 2002-11-19 4:00 PM 53-105 CHS Robert Kingston, PhD "Towards Establishing a Biochemical System
to Understand Maintenance of Body Pattern" Massachusetts General Hospital
Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA Host: Mike Carey, x67859 GeneReg No No 2002-11-20 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS Azad Bonni, MD PhD "Signal Transduction Pathways Regulating
Apoptosis and Survival of Neurons
in the Developing Mammalian Brain" Department of Pathology
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA Host: Yi Sun, x53630 Pharm 251 No No 2002-11-21 12:00 Noon 2320 LSB Michael Granato, PhD "Making the Right Turn:
Genetic Analysis of Axonal Guidance
and Neural Circuit Formation
in the Zebrafish Embryo" Department of Cell & Developmental Biology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia Contact: Grace Angus, x54373 MCDB No No 2002-11-21 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Antoni Ribas, MD "Anti-tumor Responses in CD8 Knock-out Mice" Medicine-Hematology & Oncology, UCLA Host: Michael Teitell, x59744 JCCC No No 2002-11-21 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Kate Ellwood, PhD (Sawyers Lab) "C-Myc Transgenic Model for Prostate Cancer" Medicine-Hematology & Oncology, UCLA Host: Michael Teitell, x59744 JCCC No No 2002-11-21 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Jeannie T. Lee, MD PhD "Regulation of X-chromosome Inactivation by Non-coding RNAs" Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Department of Molecular Biology
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston Host: York Marahrens, x72466 MBI No Yes 2002-11-22 12:00 Noon 159/173 Boyer Reid C. Johnson, PhD "Osmotic and Growth Phase Control of Gene Expression in E. coli" Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Host: Bob Simons, x69736 Genetics No No 2002-11-22 2:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Vladimir Shirinsky, PhD DSc "Probing KRP (telokin) Functions in Living Cells" Cell Motility Laboratory
Institute of Experimental Cardiology
Russian Cardiology Research Center, Moscow Host: Emil Reisler, x52668 CMBTP No No 2002-11-22 3:00 PM 1357 Gonda Benjamin Deneen "Oncogenic Effector Pathways of the
Ewing's Sarcoma EWS/FLI1 Fusion Protein" Molecular Biology IDP
Denny Lab, Hematology & Oncology, UCLA MBI Yes No 2002-11-25 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Richard G. W. Anderson, PhD "Spatial Organization in Signal Transduction" Department of Cell Biology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas TX Contact: Estaban Dell'Angelica , x63749 HumGen No No 2002-11-25 4:00 PM C-240 RNRC Vei Mah, MD "Senex: Ordering of Molecular Mechanisms on Alzheimer's Disease" Department of Pathology
VA West Los Angeles Medical Center BRI No No 2002-11-26 12:00 Noon 33-105 CHS Max Costa, PhD "Nickel Carcinogenesis: Histone Modifications and Gene Silencing" Department of Environmental Medicine
NYU School of Medicine Info: John Bulger, x61619 Mol Tox No No 2002-11-26 3:30 PM CS50 Bill Goddard, PhD "De Novo Predictions of Nanoscale and Nanoelectric Systems" Materials and Process Simulation Center
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA RSVP: http://www.cnsi.ucla.edu/events/nanoseminar.htm CNSI No No 2002-11-28 Thanksgiving Holiday No No 2002-11-29 Thanksgiving Holiday No No 2002-12-02 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Peter Jones, PhD "The Epigenetics of Human Cancer - How Tumor
Suppressor Genes are Silenced by Methylation
of DNA Cytosines and Histone Lysines" Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, USC Contact: Guoping Fan , x70439 HumGen No No 2002-12-02 12:00 Noon 33-105 CHS Tala Chitila, MD "Molecular Approaches to Human Allergic Inflammatory Disorders" Pediatrics, Pathology & Immunology
Washington University, St. Louis Host: Richard Stiehm, x58461 Immuno/Peds No No 2002-12-03 4:00 PM 53-105 CHS Steven Hahn, PhD "Probing the Mechanism of Transcription Initiation
Using Small Molecule Inhibitors and
Site-Specific Photocrosslinking" Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Seattle WA Host: Mike Carey, x67859 GeneReg No No 2002-12-04 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS Michael G. Rosenfeld, MD "Transcriptional Strategies of Signal
Integration of the Neural and Endocrine
Systems on Development and Disease" School of Medicine, UC San Diego, La Jolla CA Host: Yi Sun, x53630 Pharm 251 No No 2002-12-05 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Manuel Penichet, MD PhD "Antibody-Avidin Fusion Protein:
A Potential Drug for the Treatment of Cancer" Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, UCLA Host: Michael Teitell, x59744 JCCC No No 2002-12-05 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Susan Krum (Lane Lab) "Interaction of BRCA1 with the Transcription Complex" Biological Chemistry, UCLA Host: Michael Teitell, x59744 JCCC No No 2002-12-05 3:30 PM RPB Aud JSEI Harrison H. Barrett, PhD "New Instrumentation and Animal Imaging Studies
at the Center for Gamma-ray Imaging" Optical Sciences Center
University of Arizona, Tucson Host: Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, x61798 Crump/GE/LS:IT No No 2002-12-05 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Kevin P. Campbell, PhD "New Insights into the Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy" Department of Physiology and Biophysics
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Iowa City IA Host: James Tidball , x63395 MBI No Yes 2002-12-06 12:00 Noon 159/173 Boyer Catherine L. Squires, PhD "Making Ribosomes to Order" Department of Molecular Biology & Microbiology
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston MA Host: Bob Simons, x69736 Genetics No No 2002-12-09 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Richard T. Swank, PhD "Genes which Regulate Lysosome-related Organelles" Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Rosswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo NY Contact: Estaban Dell'Angelica , x63749 HumGen No No 2002-12-09 12:00 Noon 33-105 CHS Lewis L. Lanier, PhD "NK Cells in Anti-viral Immunity" Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Cancer Research Institute, UC San Francisco Hosts: Sherie Morrison, x65124 and Genhong Cheng, x58896 ImmunoForum/JCCC No No 2002-12-09 5:30 PM 159/173 Boyer Cora MacBeth, PhD "Bio-inspired Cavities about Metal Ions:
Controlling Metal Ion Reactivity
through Non-Covalent Interactions" Beckman Institute (Peters' Group)
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA Contact: Jerome, x62764 CB-ARF No No 2002-12-10 2:00 PM 3440 Mol Sci Shun Jin Lee "Promoter Recognition, Opening and Selectivity
by sigma38 and sigma70 RNA Polymerase" Gralla Lab, Molecular Biology IDP, UCLA MBIDP Yes No 2002-12-10 4:00 PM 53-105 CHS Elizabeth M. Wilson, PhD "The Androgen Receptor Domain Interactions" Pediatrics and Biochemistry & Biophysics
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Genitourinary Oncology and Gene Regulation Seminar Series
Hosts: Charles Sawyers, x65585 and Mike Carey, x67859 JCCC No No 2002-12-11 10:00 1357 Gonda James W. Putney Jr, PhD "Regulation of Calcium Entry into Non-excitable Cells" National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD Info: Lia, x55687 Geffen SOM No No 2002-12-11 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS Qiufu Ma, PhD "Binary Specification of Glutamate and
GABA/glycine Neurotransmitter Phenotypes" Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Department of Neurobiology
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA Host: Yi Sun, x59506 Pharma 251 No No 2002-12-11 6:00 PM Warren Conf Rm Steven Clarke, PhD "Protein Arginine Methylation and Signal Transduction:
An Unlikely Marriage?" Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA
Director, Molecular Biology Institute Warren Hall Conference Room, 900 Veteran Avenue
Co-chairs: Hal Yee, x59407 and Enrique Rozengurt, x46610 SignalTrans No No 2002-12-12 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Ingo Mellinghoff, MD (Sawyers lab) "ErbB1/ErbB2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinase
Inhibition in Human Prostate Cancer Models" Department of Medicine, Heme/Onc, UCLA Host: Michael Teitell, x59744 JCCC No No 2002-12-12 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Hongyu Deng, PhD (Sun lab) "Up-Regulation of Viral and Cellular IL-6 by Rta" Department of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, UCLA Host: Michael Teitell, 59744 JCCC No No 2002-12-12 12:00 Noon 4217 Life Sci Bernard Perbal, PhD "The CCN3(NOV) Cell Growth Regulator: Guanyin of Signaling?" Laboratoire d'Oncologie Virale et Moléculaire
UFR de Biochimie
Université Paris 7 D. Diderot, France Info: Grace Angus, 54373 MCDB No No 2002-12-12 4:00 PM 159/173 No seminar this week! Winter Quarter Schedule The series resumes January 9, 2003. MBI No Yes 2002-12-16 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Simon Tavaré, PhD "Approximate Bayesian Inference in Molecular
Population Genetics" Program in Molecular Biology
Departments of Mathematics and Preventative Medicine, USC Contact: Chiara Sabatti , x49567 HumGen No No 2002-12-16 12:00 Noon 33-105 CHS Michael D. Cahalan, PhD "Imaging T Cell Dynamics in vitro and in vivo" Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UC Irvine Host: Jonathan Braun, x47953 ImmunoForum/MIMG No No 2002-12-19 12:00 Noon Leif Conf Rm Richard L. Hauger, MD "CRH Receptor Expression and Regulation of the HPA Response" Department of Psychiatry, UC San Diego Leif Conference Room, 3rd Floor, 300 Medical Plaza Cousins Center No No 2002-12-19 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer No seminar this week! Winter Quarter Schedule The series resumes January 9, 2003. MBI No Yes 2002-12-24 Christmas Holiday No No 2002-12-25 Christmas Holiday No No 2002-12-26 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer No seminar this week! Winter Quarter Schedule The series resumes January 9, 2003. MBI No Yes 2002-12-31 New Year's Holiday No No 2003-01-01 New Year's Holiday No No 2003-01-01 2:00 PM 159/173 Boyer David L. Turner, PhD "To Be Announced" Mental Health Research Institute, Department of Psychiatry
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Host: Yi Sun, x53630 Pharmacology No No 2003-01-01 3:30 PM 3440 Mol Sci Wayne Hubbell "TBA" JSEI/Ophthalmology, UCLA Biochemistry Faculty Research Seminar Chem 268 No No 2003-01-01 : No No 2003-01-01 : No No 2003-01-02 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer No seminar this week! Winter Quarter Schedule The series resumes January 9, 2003. MBI No Yes 2003-01-06 11:30 AM 159/173 Boyer Chad Garner, DPhil "The Information from Genetic Markers" Epidemiology Division
Department of Medicine, UC Irvine Contact: Chiara Sabatti, x49567 Human Genetics No No 2003-01-06 12:00 Noon 33-105 CHS Leonard A. Herzenberg, PhD "The History and Future of FACS, Including Enzyme Assays" Department of Genetics
Stanford University School of Medicine Host: Jonathan Braun, x47953 MIMG ImmunoForum
JCCC No No 2003-01-07 12:00 Noon A2-342 MDCC Leonore A. Herzenberg, PhD "B Cell Development" Department of Genetics
Stanford University School of Medicine Host: Jonathan Braun, x47953 MIMG ImmunoForum
JCCC No No 2003-01-07 2:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Seth Blackshaw, PhD "Genomic Analysis of Retinal Development and Disease" Cepko Lab, Department of Genetics
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA Info: Larry Zipursky, x52834 BiologicalChem No No 2003-01-08 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS Joshua LaBaer, MD PhD "Protein Analysis in the Post-Genomic Era" Institute of Proteomics
Department of Biological Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA Host: Derek Maclean, 310 670-7146 Pharmacology No No 2003-01-09 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Mitchell Kronenberg, PhD "Regulation of Immune Responses by NKT Cells" La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology
Division of Biological Sciences, UC San Diego Host: Michael Teitell, x59744 JCCC No No 2003-01-09 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Douglas C. Wallace, PhD "Mitochondrial Defects and Human Evolution and Disease" Center for Molecular and Mitochondrial Medicine and Genetics (MAMMAG)
Departments of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Biological Chemistry
UC Irvine Host: Carla Koehler, x44834 MBI No Yes 2003-01-10 12:00 Noon C-240 RNRC Daniel A. Peterson, PhD "Aging Gracefully?: Prospects for
Neural Stem Cells in Brain Repair" Department of Neuroscience, Chicago Medical School Neural Repair TP/BRI No No 2003-01-10 3:30 PM 3440 Mol Sci John Tower, PhD "Identifying Genes that Regulate Stress
Resistance and Life Span in Drosophila" Molecular & Computational Biology
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Southern California Info: Penny Jennings, x57071 Chem 268 No No 2003-01-10 9:00 AM Rm 3200-300 MP Gillian Bates, PhD "Genetic and Pharmacological Approaches to the
Development of Therapeutic Interventions
for Huntington's Disease" Division of Medical & Molecular Genetics
King's College, Guy's Hospital, London UK UDALL Ctr/BRI No No 2003-01-13 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Carole Ober, PhD "HLA-G and the Paradox of the Fetal Allograft" Department of Human Genetics
University of Chicago, IL Contact: Janet Sinsheimer, x58002 HumGenetics No No 2003-01-13 12:00 Noon 33-105 CHS Arthur Weiss, MD PhD "Dimerization of the CD45 Tyrosine Phosphatase
Negatively Regulates Its Function" Rheumatology Division, UC San Francisco Host: Genhong Cheng, x58896 MIMG ImmunoForum JCCC No No 2003-01-14 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI J. David Sweatt, PhD "Molecular Neurobiology of Memory Formation" Division of Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX Host: Mark Barad, x49410 BRI/NPI No No 2003-01-14 4:00 PM 2320 LSB Judith Varner, PhD "Integrin a5b1 and Protein Kinase A in Angiogenesis" Rebecca and John Moores Cancer Center
UC San Diego Contact: Luisa Iruela-Arispe, x45763 VascBioTG/Medicine No No 2003-01-14 4:00 PM CS 50 Makoto Fujita "Nano-Manipulation Through Molecular Self-Assembly" University of Tokyo, Japan RSVP: http://www.cnsi-uc.org/events/nanoseminar_03.htm Nanosystems No No 2003-01-15 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS Mario Geysen, PhD "An Integrated Bead-based Approach
to the Synthesis of Combinatorial Compound
Libraries, their Quantitation and Assay" Department of Chemistry
University of Virginia, Charlottesville Host: Derek Maclean, 310 670-7146 Pharmacology No No 2003-01-16 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Lily Wu, MD PhD "Gene-based Imaging and Therapy to Target Prostate Cancer" Departments of Urology and Pediatrics, UCLA
Associate Member, Molecular Biology Institute Host: Michael Teitell, x59744 JCCC No No 2003-01-16 12:00 Noon 3rd Flr Conf - 300 MP Firdaus Dhabhar, PhD "Stress Induced Augmentation of Skin
Immune Function: The Role of Leukocyte
Trafficking, Stress Hormones and Cytokines" Department of Oral Biology
Ohio State University, Columbus (Cousins Center Lectures in Psychoneuromimmunology) Cousins Center No No 2003-01-16 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Gregory Hannon, PhD "RNAi: Mechanism and Application" Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY Host: Fuyu Tamanoi, x67318 MBI No Yes 2003-01-17 2:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Maureen Hanson, PhD "Chloroplast RNA Editing in Vivo and in Vitro" Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics
Cornell University, Ithaca NY Host: Sabeeha Merchant, x58300 Biochem No No 2003-01-17 3:30 PM 3440 Mol Sci Michael J. Scanlon, PhD "Functional Analyses of the Maize
Embryo Lethal Mutation empty pericarp2" Department of Plant Biology
University of Georgia, Athens Info: http://www.biochemistry.ucla.edu/biochem/Faculty/Seminars.html Chem 268 No No 2003-01-20 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday No No 2003-01-21 12:00 Noon 33-105 CHS Karen Lyons, PhD "Connective Tissue Growth Factor and Skeletal Development" Depts. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Biological Chemistry
and Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Host: Lawrence Wolinsky, x50030 DRI/Weintraub Ctr No No 2003-01-21 2:00 PM 159/173 Boyer James M. Musser, MD PhD "Molecular Pathogenomics of Group A Streptococcus Infection" Laboratory of Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, Rocky Mtn Laboratories
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases/NIH Host: Jeff F. Miller, x67926 MIMG No No 2003-01-21 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Judith A. Hirsch, PhD "Synaptic Representation of Visual
Features in the Cat's Thalamocortical Pathway" Department of Biological Sciences, USC Host: Dean Buonomano, 45009
(UCLA Joint Seminars in Neuroscience) BRI/NPI No No 2003-01-21 4:00 PM 53-105 CHS Charles L. Sawyers, MD "AR and EGFR Pathways in Prostate Cancer" Medicine/Hematology-Oncology, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Info: Si Un Cha, 49529 JCCC/GU Onc No No 2003-01-22 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS Sean Morrison, PhD "Stem Cells and the Generation of Spatial
Diversity in the Hematopoietic and Nervous Systems" Departments of Internal Medicine and Cell & Developmental Biology
University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor Pharmacology No No 2003-01-23 10:00 AM 1357 Gonda Fan Wang "Control of Axon Outgrowth and Axon Targeting
in the Mammalian Somatosensory System" Department of Biological Sciences
Stanford University, CA Info: Larry Zipursky, x52834 Biol Chem No No 2003-01-23 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Helen Chun, PhD (Gatti Lab) "TCL-1 and MTCP-1 Gene Expression
Profile in Patients with Ataxia-Telangiectasia" Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UCLA Host: Michael Teitell, x59744 JCCC No No 2003-01-23 12:00 Noon 733-105 CHS Richard Gatti, MD "ATM Mutations in Breast Cancer Patients" Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UCLA Host: Michael Teitell, x59744 JCCC No No 2003-01-23 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Richard A. Gatti, MD "ATM Mutations in Breast Cancer Patients" Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UCLA
Associate Member, Molecular Biology Institute Host: Michael Teitell, x59744 JCCC No No 2003-01-23 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Wendell Lim, PhD "Switches and Scaffolds:
Taking Apart Modular Signaling Proteins" Department of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology
UC San Francisco Host: James Bowie , x64747 MBI No Yes 2003-01-24 2:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Jesper Q. Svejstrup, PhD "Contending with Obstacles to Transcription:
Nucleosomes and DNA Damage" London Research Institute
Clare Hall Laboratories, UK Info: Michael Grunstein, x50840 No No 2003-01-24 3:30 PM 3440 Mol Sci Jonathan Karn, PhD "Molecular Mechanisms Controlling
HIV Latency and Transcription" Department of Molecular Biology & Microbiology
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland OH Info: Penny Jennings, x57071 Biochemistry No No 2003-01-26 9AM - 4PM Sunset Village Conf "The Storefront Genome" Leroy Hood, Eric Juengst,
J. Alexander Lowden, Mark A. Rothstein,
Bonnie Steinbock, Kari Stefansson,
Gregory Stock, Nancy Wexler Center for Society, the Individual and Genetics, UCLA Sunset Village Conference Center
Open to the Public - Free
Info: http://www.arc2.ucla.edu/csig/ CSIG No No 2003-01-27 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Paul D. Soloway, PhD "Regulation of DNA Methylation and
Other Epigenetic Phenomena at Rasgrf1" Division of Nutritional Sciences
Cornell University, Ithaca NY (Department of Human Genetics Seminar) Hum Genetics No No 2003-01-28 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Stephen M. Strittmatter, MD PhD "Nogo Receptor in the Limitation of Axon Regeneration by Myelin" Neurology and Neurobiology
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven CT (Joint Seminars in Neuroscience) Neuroscience No No 2003-01-29 12:00 Noon 23-105 CHS Louis Sokoloff, MD "Energetics of Functional Activity at the Regional
and Cellular Levels in the Nervous System" Developmental Neurochemistry Section
Laboratory of Cerebral Metabolism, NIMH/NIH, Bethesda MD (Department of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology Seminar) Pharmacology No No 2003-01-29 3:00 PM Korn Hall S. Lawrence Zipursky, PhD "Building the Brain: How Nerve Connections
are Formed During Development" Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute 93rd Faculty Research Lecture
Korn Convocation Hall, Anderson School Special Events No No 2003-01-30 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS X. William Yang, MD PhD "BAC Modification and BAC Transgenics:
A Functional Genomic Approach to Study
Neuronal Function and Dysfunction" Department of Psychiatry
Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA
Associate Member, Molecular Biology Institute Host: Michael Teitell, x59744 JCCC No No 2003-01-30 12:00 Noon 73-105 CHS Bradley Cobb, PhD (Smale Lab) "DNA Binding Properties of the Ikaros Protein" Department of Microbiology, Immunology and
Molecular Genetics, HHMI, UCLA Host: Michael Teitell, x59744 JCCC No No 2003-01-30 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer David Bentley, PhD "Integration of Transcription with Pre-mRNA Processing" Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Host: Guillaume Chanfreau , x54399 MBI No Yes 2003-01-30 4:00 PM 23-105 CHS Franz Oesch, PhD "Structural, Topological and Catalytic Elucidation
of Foreign Compound Metabolizing Enzymes
to Improve Predictability of Toxicity" Institute of Toxicology
University of Mainz, Germany Info: John Bulger, x61619 Molec Toxicol
JCCC No No 2003-01-31 10:00 AM 159/173 Boyer Anne Brunet, PhD "The Forkhead Transcription Factors in the
Control of Apoptosis, Resistance to
Stress, and Organismal Longevity" Neurology, Children's Hospital
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA Info: Karen Ronan, x52834 Biol Chem No No 2003-01-31 2:00 PM 3440 Mol Sci Michael K. Chan, PhD "Application of Crystallography to Elucidate
New Mechanisms and to Identify the
22nd Genetically-encoded Amino Acid" Department of Chemistry
Ohio State University, Columbus Info: Penny Jennings, x57071
Note different time! Biochemistry No No 2003-02-03 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Yoav Benjamini, PhD "Controlling the False Discovery Rate in Statistical Genetics" Department of Statistics
Tel Aviv University, Israel Contact: Chiara Sabatti, x49567 HumGenetics No No 2003-02-03 12:00 PM 8500 Boelter Daniel Kamei, PhD "Rational Design of Fc-Conjugated Protein" Biotechnology Process Engineering Center
Biological Engineering Division
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge Info: Todd Hanson, x45945 Bioengineering No No 2003-02-03 12:00 PM 33-105 CHS Robert M. Hershberg, MD PhD "Innate Immunity and Inflammatory Bowel Disease:
A Tale of Two Tolls" Medical Genetics, Corixa Corp.
Infectious Disease Research Institute
University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle Host: Jonathan Braun, x47953
(Immuno Forum Seminar) MIMG/JCCC No No 2003-02-04 4:00 PM CS50 George Gruner, PhD "Chemical and Bio-sensing at the Nanoscale:
From Basic Science to Product Development" Nanomix Inc., Emeryville CA Info: Mitch Moore, x74838 Nanosystems No No 2003-02-05 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Ronald Koop, PhD "Topographical Proteomics: Deciphering
Protein Networks and Cellular Function" MelTec, Magdeburg, Germany Host: Arnie Berk, x66298 MBI No No 2003-02-06 10:00 AM 1357 Gonda Michelle Arbeitman, PhD "From Genes to Behavior: A Genomic
Analysis of Drosophila Sex Determination" Bruce Baker's Lab
Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, CA Info: Karen Ronan, x52834 BiologicalChem No No 2003-02-06 12:00 PM 300 MP 3rd Floor Paul Mills, PhD "The Effects of Hypertension and Stress
on Leukocyte Trafficking and Leukocyte
and Endothelial Cell Adhesion" Cancer Symptom Control Program
Psychiatry, UC San Diego (Cousins Center Lectures in Psychoneuroimmunology) Psychoneuroimmunology No No 2003-02-06 12:00 PM 2320 Life Sci Elisabeth Knust, PhD "From Epithelial Cell Polarity to Retinal
Degeneration - Lessons from Drosophila" Institute for Genetics
University of Düsseldorf, Germany MCDB No No 2003-02-06 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Douglas Koshland, PhD "Chromosome Folding and Genome Integrity" Departments of Biology and Embryology
Carnegie Institution of Washington, Baltimore MD Host: Hong Wu, x55160 MBI No Yes 2003-02-07 3:30 PM 3440 Mol Sci Xiaodong Cheng, PhD "A Structural View of Histone Methylation" Department of Biochemistry
Emory University, Atlanta GA Info: Penny Jennings, x57071 Biochemistry No No 2003-02-10 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Beverly Wendland, PhD "The Endocytic Machinery of Budding Yeast" Department of Biology
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD Contact: Esteban Dell'Angelica, x63749 Hum Genetics No No 2003-02-10 12:00 PM 33-105 CHS Cornelius (Kees) Murre, PhD "Regulation and Function of Helix-Loop-Helix
Proteins in Lymphocyte Development" Division of Biological Sciences
Section in Molecular Biology, UC San Diego Host: Ken Dorshkind, x69535 Immuno Forum No No 2003-02-11 10:00 AM 1357 Gonda Kenneth Poss, PhD "Heart and Fin Regeneration in Zebrafish" Department of Cardiology
Children's Hospital, Boston MA Info: Karen Ronan, x52834 HHMI No No 2003-02-11 4:00 PM CS 50 Mark A. Reed, PhD "Atomic and Molecular Scale Electronic Transport" Engineering and Applied Science, Yale University, New Haven CT Info: Wendy Nishikawa, x74838 Nanosystems No No 2003-02-11 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Gordon J. Fishell, PhD "Patterning, Proliferation and Migration
in the Mammalian Telencephalon" Developmental Genetics Program, Skirball Institute
New York University Medical Center NY Host: Gerry Weinmaster, x69446 Neuroscience No No 2003-02-11 4:00 PM 2320 Life Sci David Cheresh, PhD "Vascular Response to Growth
Factors and the Extracellular Matrix" Departments of Immunology and Vascular Biology
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla CA Host: Luisa Iruela-Arispe, x45763 Vasc Biology/Medicine No No 2003-02-12 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Stefan Offermanns, MD "G-Protein Mediated Signaling - Roles in Mouse and Man" Department of Molecular Pharmacology
Institute of Pharmacology
University of Heidelberg, Germany Pharmacology No No 2003-02-13 11:00 AM 52-087 CHS Hui Sun, PhD "Molecular Mechanisms of Macular Degeneration:
Learning from Early-Onset Forms of the Disease" Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore MD Physiology No No 2003-02-13 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Tammy Rickabaugh "The Development of a Latency-deficient
Gammaherpesvirus as an Anti-herpesvirus Vaccine" Molecular Biology IDP (Sun Lab)
Department of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, UCLA Host: Michael Teitell, x59744 JCCC No No 2003-02-13 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Dafna Bar-Sagi, PhD "Feedback Control of Ras Signaling" Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
SUNY Stony Brook Host: Fuyu Tamanoi, x67318 MBI No Yes 2003-02-14 3:30 PM 3440 Mol Sci Thressa C. Stadtman, PhD "Selenium Pathways Utilized for Biosynthesis of Selenophosphate" Intermediary Metabolism & Bioenergetics Section
Laboratory of Biochemistry
National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, NIH Host: Sabeeha Merchant, x58300 Biochemistry No No 2003-02-17 Presidents' Day Holiday No No 2003-02-17 1:00 PM 1441 MRL Peter J. F. Henderson, PhD ScD "Bacterial Homologues of Human Transport
Proteins - Amplified Expression and
Structure-activity Relationships" Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
University of Leeds, UK Host: H. Ronald Kaback, x65053 HHMI No No 2003-02-18 10:00 AM 1537 Gonda Kang Shen, PhD "Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Specificity in C. elegans" Department of Anatomy, UC San Francisco Info: Karen Ronan, x52834 BiologicalChem No No 2003-02-18 12:00 PM 33-105 CHS J. Carl Barrett, PhD "Effective Pathways of Toxicants Revealed by cDNA Microarrays" Center for Cancer Research
National Cancer Institute, NIH Info: John Bulger, x61619 Molec Toxicol No No 2003-02-18 4:00 PM CS 50 Colin Nuckolls "Creating Nanostructured Materials Through Self-assembly" Columbia University Info: http://www.cnsi-uc.org/events/nanoseminar.htm Nanosystems No No 2003-02-18 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Phyllis I. Hanson, MD PhD "AAA Chaperones in the Secretory Pathway" Department of Cell Biology & Physiology
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis MO Host: Cameron Gundersen, x53423 Neuroscience No No 2003-02-19 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS David L. Turner, PhD "Development of RNAi Expression Systems
for Studying Mammalian Neurogenesis" Mental Health Research Institute, Department of Psychiatry
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Host: Yi Sun, x53630 Pharmacology No No 2003-02-19 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer William Jacobs, PhD "A 2003 Pathogen Survival Guide:
Perspectives from the World's Most
Effective Pathogen, Mycobacterium tuberculosis" Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Molecular Genetics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York NY Biological Chem No No 2003-02-19 4:30 PM RPB Aud JSEI Constance L. Cepko, PhD "Genomics Approaches to
Retinal Development and Disease" Department of Genetics, HHMI
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA Info: Debbie Sato, x54617 JSEI No No 2003-02-20 11:00 AM 52-087 CHS Wolfgang Liedtke, MD "From Worm to Mammal: A Role
for the TRPV4 Ion Channel as a Sensor of
Osmotic and Mechanical Stimuli in vivo" Laboratory of Molecular Genetics
The Rockefeller University, New York NY Physiology No No 2003-02-20 12:00 PM 2320 Life Sci Mark Q. Martindale, PhD "Bilaterian Origins: Insights from Outgroups" Kewalo Marine Lab, University of Hawaii, Honolulu MCDB No No 2003-02-20 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Carolyn K. Suzuki, PhD "New Insights into Mitochondrial
ATP-dependent Proteases and Chaperones" Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
New Jersey Medical School, Newark JCCC No No 2003-02-20 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Mary Beth Mudgett, PhD "Microbial Pathogenesis and Plant Innate Immunity:
Who is in Control?" Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University Host: Steve Clarke, x58754 MBI No Yes 2003-02-20 9:00 AM 159/173 Boyer Kaveh Ashrafi, PhD "Genetic Determinants of Fat Regulation" Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Department of Molecular Biology, MA General Hospital Info: Karen Ronan, x52834 BiologicalChem No No 2003-02-21 10:00 AM 159/173 Boyer Benjamin F. Cravatt III, PhD "Activity-based Protein Profiling:
Chemical Strategies for Functional Proteomics" Departments of Cell Biology and Chemistry
The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla CA Biological Chem No No 2003-02-21 3:30 PM 3440 Mol Sci Sydney Kustu, PhD "Biological Gas Channels for NH3 and ?CO2:
A Postulated Function for Rhesus (Rh) Proteins" Department of Plant & Microbial Biology
UC Berkeley Info: Penny Jennings, x57071 Biochemistry No No 2003-02-24 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Augustine Kong, PhD "Recombinations, Age Effect and Fertility" Department of Human Genetics
University of Chicago
DeCODE Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland Contact: Chiara Sabatti, x49567
http://www.genetics.ucla.edu Hum Genetics No No 2003-02-24 12:00 PM 33-105 CHS Warren S. Pear, MD PhD "Notch Signaling in Lymphoid Development and Transformation" Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Institute for Medicine & Engineering
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Host: Genhong Cheng, x58896 ImmunoForum No No 2003-02-25 2:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Tanja Kortemme, PhD "Design of Protein Interfaces - Theory and Experiment" Baker Lab, Department of Biochemistry
University of Washington, Seattle Info: Cindy Chau, x51402 Biol Chemistry No No 2003-02-25 4:00 PM CS 50 Steve Chu "What We Can Learn From Looking at
Biological Processes, One Molecule at a Time" Stanford University Nanosystems No No 2003-02-26 12:00 PM 23-105 PM Dan Geschwind, MD PhD "Brain Asymmetry and Cortical Patterning: An Axis to Grind" Department of Neurology, UCLA Host: Harley Kornblum, x47866 Pharmacology No No 2003-02-27 12:00 PM 2320 Life Sci Willie Swanson, PhD "Functional Inferences from Rapidly Evolving Reproductive Proteins" Department of Genome Sciences
University of Washington, Seattle MCDB No No 2003-02-27 12:00 PM 300 MP 3rd Floor Jan Moynihan, PhD "Mechanisms of Stress-induced Modulation of Immunity in Animals" Department of Psychiatry, Rochester University, NY (Cousins Center Lectures in Psychoneuroimmunology) Psychoneuroimm No No 2003-02-27 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Peter Tontonoz, MD PhD "LXRs: Transcriptional Control of Inflammation and Metabolism" HHMI, Department of Pathology & Lab Medicine, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Host: Michael Teitell, x59744 JCCC No No 2003-02-27 3:30 PM C8-183 NPI Thomas R. Insel, MD "NIMH in the Genomic Era" National Institute of Mental Health, NIH Pre-registration required: x57113, k30@ucla.edu K30 Spec Sem No No 2003-02-27 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Joan Sawyer Steffan, PhD Exploring the Roles of Transcriptional
Repression and SUMOylation in the
Pathogenesis of Huntington's Disease Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
College of Medicine, UC Irvine Info: Paul Micevych , x68265 MBI No Yes 2003-02-28 12:00 PM 13-265 CHS Robert S. Haltiwanger, PhD "Regulating Signal Transduction with Glycosylation:
The Role of O-fucose on Notch" Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology
SUNY, Stony Brook Host: Linda Baum, x65985 JCCC No No 2003-02-28 3:30 PM 3440 Mol Sci Jerry Kaplan, PhD "Genetic Dissection of Intracellular Iron Metabolism" Department of Pathology, School of Medicine
University of Utah, Salt Lake City Host: Joan Valentine, x59835 Biochemistry No No 2003-03-04 4:00 PM CS 50 Erik Winfree "Biomolecular Computing with DNA" California Institute of Technology Nanosystems No No 2003-03-04 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Rosalind A. Segal, MD PhD "A Spatial View of Neurotrophin Signaling" Department of Neurobiology, Harvard
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston MA Host: Kelsey Martin, x49507 Neuroscience No No 2003-03-05 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Christine Gall, PhD "Integrins and Glutamate Neurotransmitter Receptors:
Partners in Synaptic Physiology and Plasticity" Departments of Anatomy & Neurobiology
and Neurobiology & Behavior, UC Irvine Host: Harley Kornblum, x47866 Pharmacology No No 2003-03-06 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Harley Kornblum, MD PhD Neural Stem Cell Function and Gene Expression Departments of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology and Pediatrics, UCLA Host: Michael Teitell, x59744 JCCC No No 2003-03-06 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Peter Quail, PhD Phytochrome Photosensory Signaling Networks Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley
Plant Gene Expression Center, Albany CA Host: Elaine Tobin , x57700 MBI No Yes 2003-03-07 3:30 PM 3440 Mol Sci Katherine Borkovich, PhD "Regulation of Fungal Growth and
Development by Heterotrimeric G Proteins" Department of Plant Pathology, UC Riverside Info: Penny Jennings, x57071 Biochemistry No No 2003-03-07 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Pamela Stanley, PhD "Essential Role of O-fucose Glycans in Notch Signaling" Department of Cell Biology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
of Yeshiva University, Bronx NY Host: Linda Baum, x65985 Embryology/JCCC No No 2003-03-10 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Elva Diaz, PhD "Programs of Gene Expression in the Developing Nervous System" Department of Medical Pharmacology
Center for Neuroscience, UC Davis Contact: Christina Jamieson, x72469 Human Genetics No No 2003-03-10 3:00 AM 2320 Life Sci Andreas JR Habenicht, MD PhD 5-Lipoxygenase and Atherosclerosis Center of Vascular Medicine
University of Jena, Erfurt Germany Host: Luisa Iruela-Arispe, x45763 Vasc Biology No No 2003-03-11 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Arthur P. Arnold, PhD "What Makes a Brain Feminine or Masculine?" Department of Physiological Science, UCLA Fourteenth Annual HW Magoun Lecture
Host: Reggie Edgerton, x51910 Neuroscience No No 2003-03-12 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Gail Mandel, PhD Advice to Neurons: Lose the REST Department of Neurobiology & Behavior
SUNY at Stony Brook Host: Yi Sun, x53630 Pharmacology No No 2003-03-12 4:00 PM 13-150 CHS Mitchell E. Gross PIASy in Androgen Signaling in Prostate Cancer Molecular Biology IDP, Shuai Lab, UCLA MBI Yes No 2003-03-13 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Michael Irwin, MD Disordered Sleep and Cytokines: Implication for Cancer Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology
Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA Host: Michael Teitell, x59744 JCCC No No 2003-03-13 2:00 PM 73-105 CHS Joseph Gera, PhD Microarray Analysis of mRNA Translational
State Identifies Determinants of AKT-dependent
Sensitivity to mTOR Inhibitors Lichtenstein Lab, Hematology/Oncology
West Los Angeles VA - UCLA Host: Michael Teitell, x59744 JCCC No No 2003-03-13 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Gregg L. Semenza, MD PhD "Molecular Mechanisms of Oxygen Homeostasis" Department of Pediatrics, McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore MD Host: Oliver Hankinson , x52936 MBI No Yes 2003-03-14 11:00 AM 6740 MRL Taiji Nakae, PhD "Do RND-transporters Directly Expel
Xenobiotics from the Periplasmic Space?" Department of Molecular Life Science
Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara Japan Host: Ronald Kaback, x65053 HHMI No No 2003-03-14 3:30 PM 3440 Mol Sci D. Moira Glerum, PhD "Mitochondrial Copper Chaperones in COX Assembly" Department of Medical Genetics
University of Alberta, Edmonton Canada Info: Penny Jennings, x57071 Biochemistry No No 2003-03-15 1:30 PM 159/173 Boyer Special Symposium New Vistas in Chemical Biology:
A Tribute to David Sigman honoring Judith Klinman (UC Berkeley) and featuring talks by
David Liu (Harvard), Susan Taylor (UC San Diego),
Art Horwich (Yale) & David Perrin (U British Columbia) Info: www.mbi.ucla.edu, x51018 MBI No No 2003-03-17 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Leonard P. Freedman, PhD "How to Get the S in SERMs and SARMs:
Potential Mechanisms Underlying
Selective Nuclear Receptor Modulators" Merck Research Laboratories
West Point PA Contact: Christina Jamieson, x72469 Human Genetics No No 2003-03-17 12:00 PM 33-105 CHS Matthew D. Scharff, MD "The Regulation and Targeting of Somatic V
Region Mutation of Antibody Genes" Departments of Cell Biology and Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx NY Host: Sherie Morrison, x65124 Immuno Forum No No 2003-03-17 4:00 PM C-240 RNRC Alcino Silva, PhD "Unraveling the Molecular and Cellular
Mechanisms of Cognitive Function and Dysfunction" Departments of Neurobiology, Psychiatry
& Biobehavioral Sciences, and Psychology, UCLA (Neurobehavior and Dementia Conference) Brain Matters No No 2003-03-17 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer William Jacobs, PhD "The 2003 Pathogen's Survival Guide:
Perspectives from the World's Most
Effective Pathogen, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis" Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx NY Contact: Cindy Chau, x51402 BiolChem/MBI/DOE No No 2003-03-18 10:00 AM 2320 Life Sci Feng Guo, PhD "Rolling Recombinase and Rock-like Ribozyme" Department of Biochemistry
University of Colorado, Boulder Contact: Cindy Chau, x51402 BiolChem/MBI/DOE No No 2003-03-18 4:00 PM 2320 Life Sci Dr. Vincent Harley "Human Sex Determination - a Molecular Balancing Act" Human Molecular Genetics
Prince Henry's Institute for Medical Research
Clayton, Australia Host: Eric Vilain Neuroendocrinology No No 2003-03-19 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Rudolf Jaenisch, MD "Nuclear Cloning, Stem Cells, and Reprogramming of the Genome" Biology, Whitehead Institute, MIT Host: Hong Wu, x55160 Pharmacology No No 2003-03-20 159/173 No seminar this week! The series resumes April 3, 2003. MBI No Yes 2003-03-20 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS William Wickner, MD "Rings with 5 SNAREs, 4 Lipids, 3 GTPases,
2 Chaperones and Actin Drive Yeast Vacuole Fusion" Department of Biochemistry
Dartmouth University School of Medicine Host: Harvey Herschman, x58737 JCCC No No 2003-03-20 9:00 AM 159/173 Boyer Benjamin Turk, PhD "Specificity Profiling of Secreted Metalloproteases
Using a Novel Peptide Library Technique" Department of Cell Biology
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA Contact: Cindy Chau, x51402 BiolChem/MBI/DOE No No 2003-03-24 UCLA Administrative Holiday No No 2003-03-26 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS David C. Lee, PhD "TACE/ADAM17: A Critical Regulator of EGF
Receptor Signal Transduction" Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Host: Harley Kornblum, x47866 Pharmacology No No 2003-03-27 12:00 PM 300 MP 3rd Floor Mark Opp, PhD "Sleep and Sickness: Cytokines and
Neurotransmitters as Mediators of
Behavioral Responses to Immune Challenge" Department of Anesthesiology
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Cousins Center Lectures in Psychoneuroimmunology) NPI No No 2003-03-27 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer No seminar this week! The series resumes April 3, 2003. MBI No Yes 2003-03-28 12:00 PM 13-105 CHS Andres Barria, PhD "Synaptic Plasticity: Regulating
Glutamate Receptors at the Synapse" Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY Neurobiology/BRI No No 2003-03-28 4:00 PM CS 50 David Leigh, PhD "Tooling Up for Nanoworld - Hydrogen
Bond-assembled Molecular Machines" University of Edinburgh Nanosystems No No 2003-03-31 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Steven E. Jacobsen, PhD "Genetics of DNA and Histone Methylation" Department of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Contact: Guoping Fan, x70438 Human Genetics No No 2003-04-01 4:00 PM CS 50 J. Campbell Scott "The Quest for Nanoscale Electronic Devices" IBM Almaden Research Center Info: Wendy Nishikawa, x74838 Nanosystems No No 2003-04-01 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Etienne-Emile Baulieu, PhD "Neurosteroids: A New Function of the Brain,
Protection, Repair, Memory, Aging..." College of France, INSERM U33, France (The Charles H. Sawyer Distinguished Lecture)
Host: Art Arnold, x52169 BRI/NPI No No 2003-04-02 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Steve Burden, PhD "Agrin/MuSK Signaling and Neuromuscular Synapse Formation" Columbia University Pharma 251 No No 2003-04-03 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Sagar A. Vaidya (Cheng Lab) "IRF3 and Innate Immune Responses" Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, UCLA JCCC No No 2003-04-03 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Sean E. Doyle (Cheng Lab) "Toll-like Receptor (TLR)-specific Gene Programs" Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, UCLA JCCC No No 2003-04-03 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Phillip D. Zamore, PhD "Ancient Pathways Programmed by Small RNAs" Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
University of Massachusetts Medical School Host: Guillaume Chanfreau , x54399 MBI No Yes 2003-04-04 12:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Klemens J. Hertel, PhD "Exon Recognition in Higher Eukaryotes" Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
UC Irvine Host: Matthew Ogdie, x57920 Genetics No No 2003-04-07 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Bing Ren, PhD "Dissecting the c-Myc Regulatory Network Using Promoter Microarrays" Laboratory of Gene Regulation, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, UC San Diego Contact: Guoping Fan, x70439 Human Genetics No No 2003-04-07 4:00 PM CHS 43-105 Luisa Iruela-Arispe, PhD "VEGF and Angiogenesis: Learning Basic Signaling
Lessons from Aberrant Tumor Vessels" Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, UCLA JCCC Signal Transduction Program Area
ACCESS Tumor Biology Group
Tumor Cell biology Training Grant No No 2003-04-08 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Curtis D. Klaassen, PhD "Use of Metallothionein-transgenic and
Null Mice to Determine the Role
of Metallothionein in Cadmium Toxicity" Department of Pharmacology
University of Kansas Medical Center Info: John Bulger, x61619 Molec Toxicol No No 2003-04-08 12:00 PM 33-105 CHS Hugh Rosen, MD PhD Egress: A Lipid-receptor Regulated Step in Lymphocyte Trafficking Committee for Advanced Human Therapeutics
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla CA Info: Linda Escobar, x70467 Immunology No No 2003-04-08 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Jack L. Feldman, PhD Looking for Inspiration Neurobiology and Physiological Science, UCLA Host: Michael Sofroniew, x44944 BRI/NPI No No 2003-04-08 4:00 PM CS 50 Robert Metzger, PhD "Unimolecular Rectifiers" Lab for Molecular Electronics, Department of Chemistry
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa AL Nanosystems No No 2003-04-09 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Mark Gerstein, PhD "Computational Proteomics: Genome-scale Analysis
of Protein Structure, Function and Evolution" Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry
Yale University, New Haven CT Host: Jing Huang, x54329 Pharma 251 No No 2003-04-09 8:15 AM 13-105 CHS Hugh Rosen, MD PhD "Controlling Lymphocyte Trafficking" Committee for Advanced Human Therapeutics
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla CA Info: Linda Escobar, x70467 Pathology No No 2003-04-10 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Utpal Banerjee, PhD Signaling and Transcriptional Control of Cell Fate Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute JCCC No No 2003-04-10 12:00 PM 2320 Life Sci Andrew G. Campbell, PhD "Ribonucleases H: Essential Enzymes in Viral
Replication and Recombination and Novel Therapeutic
Targets in HIV and HBV" Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Brown University, Providence RI MCDB No No 2003-04-10 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Susan Baserga, MD PhD "New Insights into Eukaryotic Ribosome Biogenesis" Department of Therapeutic Radiology
Yale University School of Medicine Host: Guillaume Chanfreau , x54399 MBI No Yes 2003-04-11 12:00 PM 159/173 Boyer John Hogenesch, PhD "Application of Functional Genomics
in the Investigation of the Cicadian Clock" Department of Neurobiology, Genomics Institute
Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego Ca Host: Matthew Ogdie, x57920 Genetics No No 2003-04-11 3:30 PM 3440 Mol Sci Daniel Robyr, PhD Genomic Approach to Histone Deacetylation in Yeast Grunstein Lab, Biological Chemistry, UCLA Info: Guillaume Chanfreau, x54399 Biochemistry No No 2003-04-11 4:00 PM 1601 Mol Sci David Raulet, PhD "Innate and Adaptive Immunity
Stimulated by the NKG2D Immunoreceptor" Molecular & Cell Biology, UC Berkeley Host: Carrie Miceli, x66483 Micro Pathogenesis No No 2003-04-14 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Thomas Gridley, PhD "Notch Signaling in Development and Disease" The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME Contact: Guoping Fan, x70439 Human Genetics No No 2003-04-14 12:00 PM 33-105 CHS Dale Umetsu, MD, PhD Regulation of Pulmonary Inflammation by
DCs, Tr Cells and NKT Cells Department of Pediatrics, Stanford Host: Jonathan Braun, x50650 MIMG, JCCC, Immuno Forum No No 2003-04-15 4:00 PM CS 50 Calvin Quate, PhD The Role of Scanning Probes in Nanotechnology and Nanoscience Department of Engineering, Stanford University Nanosystems No No 2003-04-15 4:00 PM 2320 Life Sci Peter Edwards, PhD "FXR, a Nuclear Receptor Activated by Bile Acids,
Plays a Novel Role in Controlling Lipoprotein Levels" Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Contact: Luisa Iruela-Arispe, x45763 Vasc Biol/Medicine No No 2003-04-16 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Daniel Portnoy, PhD "How Listeria Monocytogenes Escape from the Vacuole,
Grow, and Spread Cell-to-cell without
Damaging the Host Cell" Molecular & Cell Biology, UC Berkeley Info: Rebecca Simons, x52421 Microb Pathogenesis No No 2003-04-17 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Darren R. Carpizo, MD (Iruela-Arispe Lab) METH-1/ADAMTS1: A Matrix Metalloprotease
with Anti-tumor and Anti-angiogenic Properties Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, UCLA JCCC No No 2003-04-17 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Hector Valenzuela, PhD (Baum Lab) Glycosylation Regulates Apoptosis
Resistance in Prostate Cancer Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UCLA JCCC No No 2003-04-17 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Thomas P. Stossel, MD "Regulation of Actin Remodeling
and Some of Its Clinical Implications" Cell Biology and Cytoskeleton Group
Division of Hematology
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Host: Ayyappan Rajasekaran, x51199 MBI No Yes 2003-04-18 12:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Sue Wessler, PhD "Transposable Elements - from Genetics to Genomics" Department of Plant Biology
University of Georgia, Athens Host: Sabeeha Merchant, x58300 Genetics No No 2003-04-18 3:30 PM 3440 Mol Sci Adam Frankel, PhD "Rewriting the Genetic Code: The Unnatural
Approach to mRNA Display Libraries" Richard W. Roberts Lab
Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
CALTECH, Pasadena CA Info: Guillaume Chanfreau, x54399 Biochemistry No No 2003-04-18 4:00 PM 159 Boyer Hall Ilaria Rebay, PhD "Signal Integration during Retinal Development" Whitehead Institute, Department of Biology, MIT JCCC No No 2003-04-21 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Zhigang He, PhD "Signaling Mechanisms of Axon Regeneration Inhibition" Division of Neuroscience, Children's Hospital
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA Contact: Guoping Fan Human Genetics No No 2003-04-21 12:00 PM 33-105 CHS Gay M. Crooks, MD "Tracking the Pathways of Lymphoid Commitment from
Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells" Department of Pediatrics, USC
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles MIMG/ Immuno Forum No No 2003-04-22 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Christopher Bradfield, PhD "Ah Receptor" McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research
University of Wisconsin-Madison Info: John Bulger, x61619 Mol. Tox. No No 2003-04-22 12:00 PM 33-305 CHS Yang-Xin Fu, MD, PhD "Cross-talk Between Lymphocytes and Stromal Cells for
Immune Responses" Department of Pathology and Immunology
University of Chicago MIMG/ Immuno Forum No No 2003-04-22 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Susumu Tonegawa, PhD From Genes to Memory Departments of Biology and Neuroscience, HHMI
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge Host: Alcino Silva, x46345 BRI/NPI No No 2003-04-22 4:00 PM CS 50 Craig Hawker, PhD Functionalized Nanostructures for
Advanced Microelectronic Applications IBM Almaden Research Center Nanosystems No No 2003-04-23 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Xi He, PhD "Understanding Wnt Signaling Pathways in
Development and Cancer Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Pharmacology No No 2003-04-24 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Kelsey Martin, MD PhD Protein Synthesis and Degradation at the Synapse Psychiatry and Biological Chemistry, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute JCCC No No 2003-04-24 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Ned Ruby, PhD "Initiating a Beneficial Infection: Bacterial
Signaling in the Vibrio-squid Symposis" Pacific Biochemical Research Center, University of Hawaii Host: Robert Gunsalus, x68201 MBI No Yes 2003-04-25 2:00 PM 159 Boyer Raymond Kwan "The Role of MEKK1 in Cell Apoptosis Induced by
Cancer Chemotherapeutic Agents" Genhong Cheng Lab
Molecular Biology IDP Molecular Biology Yes No 2003-04-28 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Josh Huang, PhD "Development of GABAergic Circuits in Neocortex
and Cerebellum - in Search of a Molecular
Mechanism for Subcellular Synapse Targeting" Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY Contact: Guoping Fang, x70439 Human Genetics No No 2003-04-28 12:00 PM 33-105 CHS Ruslan Medzhitov, PhD "Toll Pathway of Host Defense" Department of Immunology, HHMI, Yale University Host: Genhong Cheng, x58896 MIMG/JCCC/
Immuno Forum No No 2003-04-28 4:00 PM 1357 Gonda Benjamin Bonavida, PhD "Rituximab(anti-CD20)-Mediated Signaling Pathways in
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma: Role as a Chemosensitizer" Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, UCLA Contact: Lisa Butterfield, x68509 Gene Med/
Human Genet No No 2003-04-29 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Robert M. Sapolsky, PhD Stress, Neurodegeneration, and Strategies
for Saving the Endangered Neuron Departments of Biological Sciences and Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Stanford University Host: Stephanie White, x41888 BRI/NPI No No 2003-04-29 4:00 PM CS 50 Geert-Jan Boons, PhD Modulating Biological Properties
with Carbohydrate-based
Macromolecules and Nanoparticles University of Georgia, Athens Nanosystems No No 2003-04-30 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Alexey Terskikh, PhD "What Do We Learn from Stem Cell Genetics?" The Burnham Institute Host: Harley Kornblum, x47866 Pharma 251 No No 2003-04-30 2:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Andrey A. Bobkov, PhD "Alternative Mechanisms for Binding of Plectin to
F-actin and Integrin alpha6ß4" The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, CA Contact: Emil Reisler, x52668 C&MB Training Grant No No 2003-05-01 12:00 PM 300 MP 3rd Floor Steven Maier, PhD "Bi-directional Communication
Between the Brain and the Immune System" Center for Neuroscience
Department of Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder (Cousins Center Lectures in Psychoneuroimmunology) Psychoneuroimm No No 2003-05-01 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Ruey-Chyi Su, PhD "Assembly of Silent Chromatin at a
Developmentally Regulated Gene Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UCLA Contact: Brenda Mueller, x59744 JCCC No No 2003-05-01 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Ena Ladi "An Antagonist of Notch Signaling" Weinmaster Lab, Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA Contact: Brenda Mueller, x59744 JCCC No No 2003-05-01 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Joseph R. Ecker, PhD "Weeding Out the Genes: Genome-wide
Functional Analysis in Arabidopsis" Plant Biology Laboratory
Salk Institute Genomic Analysis Laboratory (SIGnAL)
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla CA Host: Chentao Lin, x69576 MBI No Yes 2003-05-02 12:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Norman Arnheim, PhD "The Increased Risk of Older Fathers for Having a Child with
Achondroplasia is not Explained by an
Age-dependent Increase in the Mutation Frequency" Department of Biological Sciences, USC Host: Matthew Ogdie, x57920 Genetics No No 2003-05-02 4:00 PM 1601 Mol Sci Stephen M. Beverley, PhD Persistence Pays Off: Leishmania Genes
which Act to Dampen or Promote Acute Virulence" Department of Molecular Microbiology
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO Host: David Campbell, x65556 Microbial Path Tr Gr No No 2003-05-05 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Tim Huang, PhD "Dissecting Complex Epigenetic
Networks in Human Cancer" Pathology & Anatomical Sciences
University of Missouri, Columbia Contact: Guoping Fan Human Genetics No No 2003-05-06 12:00 PM 33-105 CHS Daniel Nebert, MD "Our Changing Perception of Human Genome
Variability and Environmental Susceptibility Genes" Department of Environmental Health
University of Cincinatti Medical Center OH Info: John Bulger, x61619 Molec Tox No No 2003-05-06 4:00 PM CS 50 Paul McEuen, PhD "Electronics and Mechanics with Single Molecules" Cornell University, Ithaca NY Nanosystems No No 2003-05-06 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Heinrich Betz, MD "Genetic Dissection of Glycinergic Neurotransmission" Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt Germany Host: Richard Olsen, x55093 BRI/NPI No No 2003-05-07 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Jim Wells, PhD "Drug Discovery at Signaling Interfaces" Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, South San Francisco CA Host: Derek Maclean, 310 670-7146 Pharma 251 No No 2003-05-08 12:00 PM 2320 Life Sci Hong Ma, PhD "Control of Meiotic Homolog
Interaction and Segregation in Arabidopsis" Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park PA MCDB No No 2003-05-08 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Cliona Rooney, PhD "T Cells Versus EBV-Malignancies: Fit to Kill" Department of Pediatrics, Center for Cell and Gene Therapy
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX Host: Ren Sun, x45557 JCCC No No 2003-05-08 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer David C. Page, MD "Rethinking the Rotting Y Chromosome" Whitehead Institute and Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Department of Biology, MIT, Cambridge MA Info: Art Arnold , x52169 MBI No Yes 2003-05-09 12:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Mark Chee, PhD "Decoding the Genome with Beads in Wells" Illumina Inc, San Diego CA Host: Matthew Ogdie, x57920 Genetics No No 2003-05-09 12:00 PM 13-105 CHS David C. Page, MD "Genes, Gender, and Germ Cells" Whitehead Institute and Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Department of Biology, MIT, Cambridge MA Host: Art Arnold, x52169 PhysiolSci/HumGen/BRI No No 2003-05-09 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Diethard Tautz, PhD "Studying the Evolution of Developmental
Processes - Segmentation and Neurogenesis" Institute for Genetics
Universitaet zu Koeln, Germany (Center for the Study of Evolution
and the Origin of Life) CSEOL No No 2003-05-12 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Michael Boehnke, PhD "Strategies to Identify Genetic Variants Responsible
for a Linkage Signal for a Complex Genetic Trait" Department of Biostatistics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Contact: Chiara Sabatti, x49567 Human Genetics No No 2003-05-13 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Allen Silverstone, PhD "Cell and Molecular Mechanisms by
which Dioxins and Estrogens Affect
Immune Cell Development and Function" Microbiology & Immunology, SUNY Upstate Medical University
Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine Info: John Bulger, x61619 Molec Toxicology No No 2003-05-13 2:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Thorsten Dieckmann, PhD "Adaptability and Dynamics in RNA Ligand Interactions:
The Malachite Green Binding RNA Aptamer" Chemistry, UC Davis Host: Juli Feigon, x66922 Chem&Biochem No No 2003-05-13 4:00 PM 2320 Life Sci Cecilia Giachelli, PhD "Vascular Calcification: An Old Problem with New Regulators" Departments of Bioengineering and Pathology
University of Washington, Seattle Info: Adriana, x67905
(Training Program in Vascular Biology and the UCLA Department of Medicine) Vasc Biology No No 2003-05-13 4:00 PM CS 50 Frans C. DeSchryver, PhD "Time and Space Resolved Chemistry: From Ensembles to Single Molecules" Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium Nanosystems No No 2003-05-14 12:00 PM Fac Ctr Sequoia Cecil Pickett, PhD "Regulation of Gene Expression by Oxidative Stress" Schering-Plough Research Institute, Kenilworth NJ MCDB No No 2003-05-14 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Pat Levitt, PhD "Molecular Regulation of Interneuron Development and Function" JFK Center for Research on Human Development
Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN Pharma 251 No No 2003-05-14 3:00 PM 159/173 Boyer 5th Annual Patrice Hamel (Boyer Award), Samuel French (Boyer-Parvin Award)
Itamar Borukhov (Amgen Award) Postdoctoral Recognition Awards Ceremony Reception follows 20-min-each presentations.
No reservations needed - Info: 310 825-1018 MBI/Chem&Biochem No No 2003-05-15 12:00 PM 2320 Life Sci Zhiyong Wang, PhD "Steroid Signal Transduction Mediated by Receptor Kinases in Arabdiopsis" Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Biological Sciences, Stanford University MCDB No No 2003-05-15 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Stephen T. Warren, PhD "Fragile X Syndrome: Mechanisms of Disease" Department of Human Genetics
Emory University School of Medicine Host: Rachelle Crosbie , x42103 MBI No Yes 2003-05-16 12:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Dan Cohn, PhD "Mental Retardation and Abnormal
Skeletal Development Due to Mutations
in an Evolutionarily Conserved Gene" Human Genetics, UCLA Host: Matthew Ogdie, x57920 Genetics No No 2003-05-16 4:00 PM 1601 Mol Sci David Relman, MD "With Whom Do We Share Our Bodies?
Exploring the Diversity of Human
Microbial Pathogens and Commensals" Division of Infectious Diseases
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Stanford University School of Medicine Contact: Rebecca Simons, x52421
(Microbial Pathogenesis Training Grant) Microb Patho No No 2003-05-19 11:00 AM West Alumni Ctr Matt Ridley, DPhil "Nature Via Nurture: Genes, Experience and What Makes Us Human" http://www.arc2.ucla.edu/csig/ridley.htm UCLA Center for Society, the Individual and Genetics CSIG No No 2003-05-19 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Astar Winoto, PhD "Microarray and In Vivo Studies of Apoptosis
and Proliferation in Tlymphocytes" Molecular & Cell Biology, UC Berkeley Contact: Christina Jamieson, x72469 Human Genetics No No 2003-05-19 8:15 AM JSEI Aud 8th Annual James Economou (UCLA), Bernard Fox (Providence Portland),
Pedro Lowenstein (Cedars-Sinai), Martin Cheever (Corixa),
Mark Dudley (NIH), Edmund Lattime (Cancer Inst, NJ) UCLA Human Gene Medicine Symposium Info: Lisa Butterfield, x59449
Free admission - No reservations - Limited seating Gene Med No No 2003-05-20 4:00 PM CS 50 Joanna Aizenberg, PhD "Biologically Formed Single Crystals:
Architecture, Mechanics, Optics and Biometrics" Bell Laboratories Nanosystems No No 2003-05-21 2:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Hall Mercedes E. Gorre "Molecular Mechanisms of STI571 Resistance and
Disease Progression in Chronic Meylogenous Leukemia" Molecular Biology IDP, Charles Sawyers Lab MBI Yes No 2003-05-22 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Katrina Hoyer (Teitell Lab) "Dysregulated TCL1 Promotes Mature
B Cell Lymphoma and Modulates T Cell
Receptor Signal Strength" Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UCLA Host: Michael Teitell, x59744 JCCC No No 2003-05-22 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Alex Yang, PhD (Weinmaster Lab) "Characterizing How Mammalian
Fringes Modulate Notch 1 Signaling" Biological Chemistry, UCLA Host: Michael Teitell, x59744 JCCC No No 2003-05-22 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Vivek Malhotra, PhD "Regulation of Protein Transport from the TGN
and Golgi Fragmentation During Mitosis" Division of Biological Sciences
Cell & Developmental Biology, UC San Diego Host: Greg Payne , x63121 MBI No Yes 2003-05-23 10:00 AM 2033 Young F. Robert Tabita, PhD "Functional Studies of Key Catalysts
and Regulator Proteins Important for CO2 Fixation
and Other Metabolic Processes of Phototrophic Bacteria" Department of Microbiology
Ohio State University, Columbus Info: Cindy Chau, x51402 Biol Chem No No 2003-05-23 12:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Magnus Nordborg, PhD "The Genomic Pattern of Polymorphism in Arabidopsis" Molecular & Computational Biology, USC Host: Matthew Ogdie, x57920 Genetics No No 2003-05-23 4:00 PM 13-105 CHS Gregory T. Cantin "Functional Analysis of Mammalian Mediator" Molecular Biology IDP, Arnold Berk Lab MBI Yes No 2003-05-26 Memorial Day Academic & Administrative Holiday No No 2003-05-27 3:30 PM 159/173 Boyer Jonathan E. Moore "Gene Finding with Pattern Filtering" Molecular Biology IDP, James Lake lab MBI Yes No 2003-05-27 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Chris Cain "Overcoming Fear: Behavioral Pharmacology and
Physiology of Fear Extinction in Mice" Interdepartmental Graduate Program for Neuroscience, UCLA Host: Michael Levine, x57595
11th Annual Samuel Eiduson Student Lecture Neuroscience No No 2003-05-27 4:00 PM CS 50 Karen Wooley, PhD "Methodologies for Regioselectivity in the
Preparation of Complex Nanostructured Materials" Washington University, St. Louis MO Nanosystems No No 2003-05-28 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Matthew Scott, PhD "Inducible Antagonists of Hedgehog and Wnt Signaling" Departments of Developmental Biology and Genetics
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Stanford University School of Medicine Host: Yi Sun, x53630 Pharma 251 No No 2003-05-28 4:00 PM 1178 Franz Utpal Banerjee, PhD "Of Flies and Men: What Fruit Flies
Can Tell Us About Cancer" Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Info: Offices of the Deans: Life Sciences and Physical Sciences
UCLA Science Faculty Annual Research Colloquium Series 02-03 Life Sci/Phys Sci No No 2003-05-28 5:00 PM 159/173 Boyer James Daniel Ozeran, MD PhD (Denny Lab) "Genomic Roulette: Finding Direct Targets of EWS/FLI1" Pediatrics Hematology/Oncology, UCLA JCCC Signal Transduction Program Area Seminar Series JCCC/SigTrans No No 2003-05-28 5:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Sigrid Rajasekaran, PhD (Rajasekaran Lab) "Na,K-ATPase a Molecular Link between Epithelial
Cell Structure and Function: Implications in Cancer" Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UCLA JCCC Signal Transduction Program Area Seminar Series JCCC/SigTrans No No 2003-05-29 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Adrian F. Gombart, PhD "The Role of C/EBP Transcription Factors
in Myeloid Cell Development and Human Disease" UCLA School of Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Host: Michael Teitell, x59744 JCCC No No 2003-05-29 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Dorothy Park, MD PhD "Retinoid Responsive Genes in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia" UCLA School of Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Host: Michael Teitell, x59744 JCCC No No 2003-05-29 12:00 PM 2320 Life Sci Jeffrey Shen, PhD "A Bioinformatics-based Systematic Approach
to Studying ABA and GA Responses in Rice" Department of Genomics
University of Nevada, Las Vegas MCDB No No 2003-05-29 2:00 PM 1357 Gonda Dr. Carol Shoulders "The Genetic Causes of High and Low Blood Lipid Levels" Genomic and Molecular Medicine Group
MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College, London UK Contacts: Rita Cantor, x72440; Jake Lusis, x51359 HumGen No No 2003-05-29 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Denise Montell, PhD "Regulation of Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton
in Drosophila Border Cells and Human Ovarian Cancer Cells" Department of Biological Chemistry
Johns Hopkins Medical Institute Host: Judith Lengyel , x53298 MBI No Yes 2003-05-30 12:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Bruce A. Hay, PhD "Cell Death, Spermatogenesis, and the RNA World:
It's a Small World" Department of Biology, CALTECH, Pasadena Host: Matthew Ogdie, x57920 Genetics No No 2003-05-30 4:00 PM 1601 Mol Sci James McKerrow, MD PhD "From Host to Immune Exploitation:
the Remarkable Biology of the Schisosome Parasite" Sandler Center for Basic Research in Parsitic Diseases
Pathology & Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UCSF Contact: Rebecca Simons, x52421 Microbial Patho No No 2003-06-02 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Vishy Iyer, PhD "Global Transcriptional Regulatory
Pathways and Mechanisms in Yeast" Institute for Cellular & Molecular Biology
University of Texas, Austin Contact: Christina Jamieson, x72469 Human Genetics No No 2003-06-02 12:00 PM 33-105 CHS Sankar Ghosh, PhD "NF-kB: An Evolutionarily Conserved
Mediator of Immune and Inflammatory Responses" Section of Immunobiology
Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry
Yale University School of Medicine Host: Genhong Cheng, x58896
MIMG Immuno Forum Seminar and the JCCC Research Conference ImmunoForum No No 2003-06-03 11:00 AM 1357 Gonda Maximilian Muenke, MD "Genetic Approaches to Understanding
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder" Medical Genetics Branch
National Human Genome Research Institute
National Institutes of Health Info: Lia Ramer Bygrave, x55687
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA MedSchool No No 2003-06-03 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Leona D. Samson, PhD "Complex Cellular Responses to Damaging Agents" Center for Environmental Health Sciences
Division of Bioengineering & Environmental Health
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge Info: John Bulger, x61619 Molec Tox/JCCC No No 2003-06-03 4:00 PM CS 50 Stan Williams, PhD "Molecular Electronics: Defect Tolerance,
Chemical Fabrication and Quantum-State Switching" Hewlett-Packard Nanosystems No No 2003-06-03 8:30 AM - 6:30 PM C8-183 NPI A Full-Day Symposium http://www.silvalab.com/uclasymposium.htm The 2nd Annual UCLA Learning & Memory Symposium Registration Required BRI/NPI No No 2003-06-05 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Deepa Shankar, PhD (Sakamoto Lab) "Aberrant Regulation of CREB in Myeloid Leukemia" Department of Pediatrics, UCLA Host: Michael Teitell, x59744 JCCC No No 2003-06-05 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM 159/173 Boyer UCLA College of Letters and Science
Celebratory Symposium and Reception "Life and Biomedical Science:
Remembering the Past and Imagining the Future
A Symposium in Honor of Fred Eiserling" In honor of
Dean Fred Eiserling
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Featuring (in talk order): Jared Diamond, Tim Baker,
Stephen Schoenberger, and Utpal Banerjee
Reception follows at 6:00 PM
RSVP Requested - 310 825-9009 College of L&S No No 2003-06-06 12:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Gary Ruvkun, PhD "The Tiny RNA World" Department of Genetics
Harvard University Medical School Host: Matthew Ogdie, x57920 Genetics No No 2003-06-09 11:30 AM C8-183 NPI Charles Epstein, MD "Trying to Understand Down Syndrome" Pediatrics, UC San Francisco Contact: David Rimoin, 310 855-4461 Human Genetics No No 2003-06-09 4:00 PM C-240 RNRC Marie-Françoise Chesselet, MD PhD "Behavioral Assessment of Genetic Models of Parkinson's Disease" Department of Neurobiology, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute UCLA Brain Matters Lecture Series Brain Matters No No 2003-06-10 4:00 PM 2033 Young Rainer Haag, PhD "pH-Responsive Molecular Nanocarriers
for DNA- and Drug-Delivery" Freiburg Materials Research Center
University of Dortmund, Germany Info: Wendy Nishikawa, x74838
UCLA Special NanoSystems Seminar Nanosystems No No 2003-06-12 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS David Krantz, MD PhD "Regulation of Neurotransmitter Transport in Drosophila" Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA Host: Michael Teitell, x59744 JCCC No No 2003-06-12 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM C8-183 NPI Bert O'Malley, MD "Biology and Mechanisms of Coactivator
Proteins in the Steroid Receptor Pathway" Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX Special Symposium on Estrogen Receptors Ob&Gyn No No 2003-06-12 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM C8-183 NPI Jan-Åke Gustafsson, MD PhD "Estrogen Receptor-Beta - A Paradigm Shift
in Understanding Estrogen Signaling" Center for Biotechnology
Department of Medical Nutrition
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm Sweden Special Symposium on Estrogen Receptors Ob&Gyn No No 2003-06-13 2:00 PM 1357 Gonda Bert O'Malley, MD "Sex Steroids, Dopamine, and their Receptors:
CNS Regulators of Female Reproductive Behavior in Animals" Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, BRI Ob&Gyn/BRI No No 2003-06-13 3:45 PM 33-105 CHS Jan-Åke Gustafsson, MD PhD "Clinical Implications of Estrogen Receptor-Beta" Center for Biotechnology
Department of Medical Nutrition
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm Sweden Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Ob&Gyn No No 2003-06-16 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Beatrice Darimont, PhD "Molecular Mechanisms of Nuclear Receptor
Actions in Physiology and Development" Institute of Molecular Biology
University of Oregon, Eugene Contact: Christina Jamieson, x72469 Human Genetics No No 2003-06-16 3:00 PM 23-105 CHS Xin-Yuan Fu, PhD "The STAT Signaling Pathway in Control of Innate
Immunity, Inflammation and Related Immune Disorders" Department of Pathology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven CT Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Immuno Forum Seminar
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and the JCCC Research Conference MIMG No No 2003-06-17 4:00 PM 53-105 CHS Lily Wu, MD PhD "Prostate-Targeted Gene Therapy and Tumor Vasculature" Urology, UCLA
Associate Member, Molecular Biology Institute Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Genitourinary Oncology Intramural Research Conference
and the UCLA SPORE in Prostate Cancer JCCC No No 2003-06-18 3:30 PM 23-105 CHS Peter T. Tsai "BMP4 Acts Upstream of FGF in Mediating
Thymic Stroma and Regulating Thymopoiesis" Hong Wu Lab
Molecular Biology IDP, UCLA MBI Yes No 2003-06-23 12:00 PM 33-105 CHS Paul W. Kincade, PhD "Initial Formation and Replenishment of the Immune System" Department of Microbiology & Immunology
University of Oklahoma Health Science Center Host: Kenneth Dorshkind, x69535
MIMG Immuno Forum Seminar
Pathology & Lab Medicine and JCCC Research Conference ImmunoForum No No 2003-06-23 4:00 PM 1357 Gonda Antoni Ribas, MD "Role of NK, CD4 and CD8 Cells in
Response to Dendritic Cell Immunization" Division of Hematology-Oncology, UCLA Contact: Lisa Butterfield, x68509
UCLA Gene Medicine Group and Department of Human Genetics Hum Gen No No 2003-06-25 10:00 AM 159/173 Boyer Oliver Dorigo, MD "Development of a Novel Helper Dependent Adenovirus - Epstein Barr
Virus Hybrid System for Stable Transformation of Mammalian Cells" Molecular Biology IDP
STAR Program Fellow
Arnold Berk Lab, UCLA MBIDP Yes No 2003-06-25 8:00 AM Faculty Center 8th Annual Gary Small, George Jackson, Kent Small, Marie-Francoise Chesselet,
Paul Ong, Barbara Bates-Jensen, JoAnn Damron-Rodriguez, Greg Cole UCLA Research Conference on Aging Info: 310 794-0676
UCLA Center on Aging Ctr on Aging No No 2003-06-26 11:00 AM 13-105 CHS Hsian-Rong Tseng, PhD "Artificial Molecular Machines in NanoElectronics" Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA Host: Mike Phelps, x56539
Department of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology Pharma No No 2003-06-27 12:00 PM 2320 Life Sci Prof. Dr. Ralf J. Sommer "Evolution of Development: the Nematode Vulva as a Case Study" Department of Evolutionary Biology
Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
Tuebingen, Germany Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology MCDB No No 2003-07-01 1:30 PM 159/173 Boyer Lincoln D. Stein, MD PhD "The Generic Model Organism Database Project" Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY Contact: Matthew Odgie, x57920
Genetics Seminar Series Spring 2003 Genetics No No 2003-07-03 11:00 AM 1357 Gonda Maximilian Muenke, MD "Genetic Approaches to Understanding
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder" Medical Genetics Branch
National Human Genome Research Institute
National Institutes of Health Info: Lia Ramer Bygrave, x55687
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA MedSchool No No 2003-07-03 12:00 PM 1441 MRL Steve Daniel, PhD "Recent Developments in siRNA Technology" Dharmacon Inc., Lafayette CO Host: Larry Simpson, x47032 HHMI/MIMG No No 2003-07-08 4:00 PM 2320 Life Sci Tzung Hsiai, MD PhD "Integrating Micro- and Nano-sensors
to Study Inflammatory Responses" Department of Biomedical Engineering & Cardiovascular Medicine
School of Engineering & Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California Contact: Adriana, x67905
Training Program in Vascular Biology
Department of Medicine VascBiol No No 2003-07-21 11:00 AM 33-105 CHS Neil J. Risch, PhD "The SNP Endgame:
Population Genetics Meets Epidemiology" Genetics, Stanford University Info: Lia Ramer Bygrave, x55687
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Medicine No No 2003-07-21 4:00 PM 1357 Gonda Jeffrey S. Weber, MD PhD "New Paradigms for the
Development of Melanoma Vaccines" Medicine and Molecular/Microbiology/Immunology
Keck School of Medicine, USC Contact: Lisa Butterfield, x68509
UCLA Gene Medicine Program - Human Genetics Gene Med No No 2003-07-25 2:30 PM MP 300 - 3rd Flr Conf Rm Hugo Besedovsky, MD "Role of Brain Cytokines on
Neuro-endocrine-immune Interactions" Physiology, Fachbereich Humanmedizin
Philipps-Universitaet Marburg, Germany Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute CousinsCtr/NPI No No 2003-07-29 11:00 AM 13-105 CHS Cynthia C. Morton, PhD "Many Tumors and Many Genes:
Genetics of Uterine Leiomyomata" Cytogenetics Division, Pathology Department
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston MA Info: Lia Ramer Bygrave, x55687 Medicine No No 2003-07-29 5:00 PM 14-213 Warren John E. Shively, PhD "Imaging and Therapy with Radio-labeled Antibodies" Division of Immunology
Beckman Research Institute
City of Hope, Duarte CA CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center
AstraZeneca Lecture Series CURE No No 2003-07-30 11:00 AM 159/173 Boyer Jeff Abramson, PhD "Structure and Mechanism of the Lactose
Permease of Escherichia coli" Biological Structure and Function Section
Division of Biomedical Sciences
Imperial College, London UK Host: Ronald Kaback, x65053 HHMI No No 2003-07-31 4:00 PM 1357 Gonda Abigail L. Silver "Subcellular Localization and Function of TIS11" Molecular Biology IDP
Research Mentor: Harvey R. Herschman MBI Yes No 2003-08-11 11:00 AM 1357 Gonda Richard Spielman, PhD "Genetic and Genomic Approaches
to Complex Traits and Diseases" Department of Genetics
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Info: Lia Ramer Bygrave, x55687 Medicine No No 2003-08-11 3:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Yves Henry, PhD "Mode of Assembly and Action of H/ACA SnoRNPs" Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Eukaryote
CNRS, Toulouse France Host: Juli Feigon, x66922 ChemBiochem No No 2003-08-12 10:30 AM 159/173 Boyer Feng Guo, PhD "Outlook on RNAs as Catalyst and Guide" Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of Colorado, Boulder A Chalk Talk Biol Chem No No 2003-08-14 11:00 AM 159/173 Boyer Richard E. Dickerson, PhD "Higher Order Mandelbrot Fractals
Experiments in Nanogeometry" Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute ChemBiochem No No 2003-08-15 12:00 PM 63-214 CHS Sven Bocklandt "Beyond Hormones: A Novel Hypothesis for
the Genetic Basis of Sexual Orientation" Laboratory of Biochemistry (Dean Hamer)
Center for Cancer Research
National Cancer Institute Hum Genetics No No 2003-08-21 12:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Fred R. Opperdoes, PhD "Origin and Evolution of Energy
Metabolism in the Trypanosomatidae" Research Unit for Tropical Disease
Laboratory of Biochemistry
Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology
Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels Belgium Host: Larry Simpson, x54215 HHMI/MIMG No No 2003-08-21 1:00 PM 1441 MRL Stephane Wong "Biological Consequences of BCR-ABL Regulated
Signaling Molecules During Hematopoiesis and Leukemogenesis" Molecular Biology IDP
Research Mentor: Owen N. Witte MBI Yes No 2003-08-21 4:00 PM 33-105 CHS Guri Tzivion, PhD "Identification of Raf Phosphorylation Site(s)
Critical for Raf Kinase Activity
and MEK Binding Provides a New Approach
for the Development of Raf/MEK Inhibitors" Division of Molecular Cardiology
College of Medicine, Health Science Center
The Texas A&M University Health System, Temple TX Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Signal Transduction Program JCCC No No 2003-09-01 : Labor Day Administrative and Academic Holiday No No 2003-09-09 4:00 PM 2320 Life Sci Kimberly Walton "Specific Phospholipid Oxidation Products Inhibit
Ligand Activation of Tol-like Receptor 4 and 2" Berliner Lab
Pathology & Lab Medicine, UCLA Vascular Biology Training Grant & Dept. of Medicine Vasc Biology No No 2003-09-09 4:00 PM 2320 Life Sci Soumya Chari "Characterization of a Spontaneous Ceruloplasmin
Null Mutation and Continuing Studies of Vascular Calcification" Lusis Lab
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, UCLA Vascular Biology Training Grant & Dept. of Medicine Vasc Biology No No 2003-09-11 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM 1357 Gonda George Jackson, MD PhD "Role of Apaf-1 in Polyglutamine Pathogenesis" Neurology, School of Medicine, UCLA Info: Margaret Chu, x49576
Neurogenetics Affinity Group Series/BRI Neurogenetics No No 2003-09-11 2:00 PM 159 Boyer Hall Helen Su "Molecular Imaging of the Immune System:
Uncovering the Dynamics of T Cell Trafficking in vivo
by Positron Emission Tomography" Molecular Biology IDP
Research Mentor: Prof. Jonathan Braun MBI Yes No 2003-09-12 2:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Charu Chaudhry "Functional and Structural Analysis of the
ATP-driven GroEL-GroES Machine:
The Role of the g-phosphate of ATP
as a Crucial Trigger
of the Work of Protein Folding" Axel Brunger Lab, Yale University Biol Chem No No 2003-09-22 4:00 PM C-240 RNRC Milan Fiala "Immunopathogenesis and Immunodiagnosis of
Alzheimer's Disease: Is it Now Possible?" Department of Medicine, UCLA Neurobehavior and Dementia Conference
UCLA "Brain Matters" Lecture Series Brain Matters No No 2003-09-25 11:00 AM 1357 Gonda Kenneth K. Kidd, PhD "Understanding Human Genetic Variation" Genetics and Psychiatry
Yale University School of Medicine Info: Lia Ramer Bygrave, x55687
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA SOM No No 2003-09-25 12:00 PM 1357 Gonda Nelson B. Freimer, MD "To be announced" Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences and
Human Genetics, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Neurogenetics Affinity Group Neurogen No No 2003-09-25 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Magdalena Tary-Lehmann, MD PhD "CD4+ and CD8+ T Cell Responses at Single Cell
Resolution in Non-infected and HIV-infected Individuals" Pathology, Case Western Reserve University Host: Christel Uittenbogaart, x51982
Immuno Forum
Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics ImmunoForum No No 2003-09-26 12:00 PM 33-105 CHS Timothy M. Wilson, PhD "Molecular Mechanisms of Nuclear Receptor
Regulation by Lipid Metabolites" Nuclear Receptor Discovery Research
GlaxoSmithKline Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Gene Regulation Program Area GeneReg/JCCC No No 2003-09-29 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Eric Schadt, PhD "Identifying Causal Patterns from Gene Expression Data:
Finding Targets for Common Human Diseases" Researh Genetics
Rosetta Inpharmatics, Kirkland WA Contact: Chiara Sabatti, x49567 Hum Genetics No No 2003-09-29 12:00 PM 33-105 CHS Nancy R. Manley, PhD "The Regulation of Thymus Organogenesis and
Thymic Epithelial Cell Differentiation" Department of Genetics
University of Georgia Immuno Forum
Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine - JCCC ImmunoForum No No 2003-09-29 4:00 PM 1357 Gonda Nadège Goutagny "Interaction between Circulating
Dendritic Cells and Hepatitis C Virus" Unité Mixte de Recherche 2142
CNRS-Biomérieux, Lyon, France Contact: Lisa Butterfield, x68509
Gene Medicine Program
Department of Human Genetics Gene Med No No 2003-09-29 4:00 PM C-240 RNRC Greg M. Cole, PhD "Control of Oxidative Damage and
Inflammation in Alzheimer's Disease" Neurology, UCLA Brain Research Institute Affinity Group Conference
UCLA Brain Matters Lecture Series BrainMatters No No 2003-09-30 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Laurence F. Abbott, PhD "Scale-invariant Dynamics in Neural Systems" Volen Center and Department of Biology
Brandeis University, Waltham MA Host: Dean Buonomano, x45009
UCLA Joint Seminars in Neuroscience
Brain Research Institute - Neuropsychiatric Institute BRI/NPI No No 2003-10-02 12:00 PM 73-105 John Colicelli, PhD "RAS Signaling Pathways: In Sickness and in Health" Biological Chemistry, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference JCCC No No 2003-10-02 2:00 PM 14-213 Warren Hall Terence T. Chiu "G-Protein Coupled Receptor-Mediated Mitogenic
Signaling in Intestinal Epithelial Cells" Molecular Biology IDP
Research Mentor: Dr. Enrique Rozengurt MBI Yes No 2003-10-02 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Sue Bodine, PhD "Unraveling the Mechanisms Responsible for Muscle Atrophy" Exercise Biology Program
Department of Human Physiology
Division of Biological Science
School of Medicine, UC Davis Rachelle Crosbie, x42103 MBI No Yes 2003-10-03 12:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Geoff Duyk, MD PhD "Systematic Genetic Analysis
of Developmental Angiogenesis" Exelixis Inc, South San Francisco CA Host: Matthew Ogdie, x57920 Genetics No No 2003-10-06 12:00 PM 3440 Mol Sci Christopher Lee, PhD "Alternative Splicing and the Origins of Genomic
Complexity: from Graph Theory to Evolution" Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Info: Harold Martinson, x53767 ChemBiochem No No 2003-10-07 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD "Genetic Approaches to Decoding Alzheimer's Disease" Genetics and Aging Research Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School, Charlestown MA Host: Dan Geschwind, x66814
UCLA Joint Seminars in Neuroscience
Brain Research Institute - Neuropsychiatric Institute BRI/NPI No No 2003-10-07 4:00 PM CS-50 Shimon Weiss, PhD "Single Molecule Nanoscale Rulers" Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Info: Wendy Nishikawa, nishikawa@cnsi.ucla.edu
UCLA NanoSystems Seminar Series Nanosystems No No 2003-10-07 4:00 PM 53-105 CHS Sarah Elgin, PhD "Silence is Golden:
Heterochromatin Formation in Drosophila" Biology, Washington University Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Gene Rugulation Seminar Series GeneReg/JCCC No No 2003-10-08 12:00 PM 2320 Life Sci Victor Vacquier, PhD "The Evolution of Gamete Recognition Molecules" Scripps Institution of Oceanography
UC San Diego Department of Organismic Biology, Ecology, and Evolution OBEE No No 2003-10-08 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Yang Shi, PhD "Investigation of an Unusual
Transcriptional Co-Repressor Complex" Harvard Medical School Host: Hong Wu, x55160
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Department of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology Pharma 251 No No 2003-10-09 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Stan Nelson, MD "Gene Expression Based Classification
of Human Gliomas Predicts Survival" Human Genetics, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference JCCC No No 2003-10-09 12:00 PM 1357 Gonda Susan Bookheimer, PhD "Functional Neuroimaging and Genetics" Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA Neurogenetics Affinity Group Meeting Neurogenetics No No 2003-10-09 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Jian Zuo, PhD "Genetic Analysis of Mammalian Hearing" Developmental Neurobiology
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis TN Ming Guo, x67597
Molecular Biology Institute MBI No Yes 2003-10-10 12:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Peggy Cotter, PhD "Differential Regulation of Virulence Gene
Expression by the Bordetella BvgAS Phosphorelay" Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
UC Santa Barbara Host: Jeffery F. Miller, x67926 Genetics No No 2003-10-13 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Luis Parada, PhD "Modeling Fibromatosis in the Mouse" Center for Developmental Biology
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas TX Contact: Guoping Fan, x70439 Hum Genetics No No 2003-10-14 4:00 PM 2320 Life Sci Rama Natarajan, PhD "Signal Transduction and Gene Regulation by
Growth Factors, Cytokines and Lipids in
Vascular Cells: Modulation under Diabetic Conditions" Department of Diabetes
Bechman Research Institute
City of Hope, Duarte CA Contact: Raellen, x58112
Training Program in Vascular Biology
Department of Medicine Vasc Biology No No 2003-10-14 4:00 PM CS-50 Philip Wong "Nanoscale Science and Technology -
a Device and Engineering Perspective" TJ Watson Research Center, IBM Register at www.cnsi-uc.org Nanosystems No No 2003-10-15 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Bruce Hamilton "Mice and Men and a Barrel Full of Monkeys:
Neurological Mutants, Genetic Suppressors,
and the Evolution of Protein Function" Medicine, UC San Diego Host: Desmond Smith, x60086
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology Pharma 251 No No 2003-10-15 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM Covel Commons 2nd Annual Departmental Symposium Reggie Edgerton, Jack Feldman, Carolyn Houser,
Paul Micevych, Catia Sternini, Joshua Trachtenberg, Guido Zampighi Department of Neurobiology, UCLA Neurobiology No No 2003-10-16 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Anna Wu, PhD "Antibodies and Antimatter: Engineering Antibodies
for PET/SPECT Imaging and Therapy of Cancer" Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference JCCC No No 2003-10-16 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Kathleen Collins, PhD "Assembly and Activity of Telomerase Ribonucleoproteins" Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley Juli Feigon, x66922
Molecular Biology Institute MBI No Yes 2003-10-17 12:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Steve Zimmerly "Group II Intron Retroelements in Bacteria" Department of Biological Sciences
University of Calgary, Alberta Canada Host: Jeffrey F. Miller, x67926
Genetics Seminar Series
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Genetics No No 2003-10-20 11:00 AM 1357 Gonda Ju Chen, PhD "Deciphering Cypher: From Mouse to Man" Institute of Molecular Medicine, UC San Diego Distinguished Cardiovascular Lectureship
Cardiovascular Research Laboratories Cardiovasc No No 2003-10-21 3:00 PM 3440 Mol Sci Carla Koehler, PhD "Protein Import in Mitochondria & Deaf Yeast" Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Contact: Harold Martinson, x53767
Special Biochemistry Seminar
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry ChemBiochem No No 2003-10-21 4:00 PM CS-50 Tim Baker "Cryo-electron Microscopy of Viral Nano-machines" Purdue University Register at www.cnsi-uc.org
UCLA Nanosystems Seminar Series
California NanoSystems Institute CNSI No No 2003-10-22 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Michael David "The Role of STAT Proteins in T Cell Development and Function" Division of Biological Sciences
Molecular Biology Section, UC San Diego Host: Harvey Herschman, x58735
251 Seminar Series
Department of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology Pharma 251 No No 2003-10-23 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Benhur Lee, MD "Sugar and Spice: Dendritic Cells,
Lectins, and Viral Pathogenesis" Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, UCLA UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference JCCC No No 2003-10-23 12:00 PM 1357 Gonda David Krantz, MD PhD "Regulation of Vesicular Neurotransmitter Transporters" Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Neurogenetics No No 2003-10-23 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Cecile Pickart, PhD "Signaling by Ubiquitin in DNA Repair" Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD Hosts: Greg Payne, x63121
Gerry Weinmaster, x69446
Molecular Biology Institute MBI No Yes 2003-10-24 12:00 PM 159/173 Boyer No Genetics Seminar Today Genetics No No 2003-10-24 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM 63-105 CHS MASSRY FOUNDATION AWARD RECIPIENTS A Mini-symposium on Chromatin Structure and Function
by the Winners of the 2003 Massry Prize Roger Kornberg, PhD (Stanford University)
David Allis, PhD (Rockefeller University)
Michael Grunstein, PhD (UCLA) Info: Harvey Herschman, x58735
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center JCCC No No 2003-10-27 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda CANCELLED Department of Human Genetics Speaker Series Hum Genetics No No 2003-10-28 4:00 PM CS-50 Ben Cravatt "Chemical Strategies for Activity-based Proteomics" Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla CA Register at www.cnsi-uc.org
UCLA Nanosystems Seminar Series
California NanoSystems Institute CNSI No No 2003-10-29 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Heather Maynard, PhD "Polymers and Biomolecules" Chemistry & Biochemistry
California NanoSystems Institute, UCLA 251 Seminar Series
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology Pharma 251 No No 2003-10-29 4:00 PM CS-50 Thomas Bjornholm "Organic Molecules in Electronic Devices" University of Copenhagen, Denmark Register at www.cnsi-uc.org
UCLA Nanosystems Seminar Series
California NanoSystems Institute CNSI No No 2003-10-30 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Charles Sawyers, MD "Kinase Inhibitors in Cancer" Medicine, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference JCCC No No 2003-10-30 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer W. James Nelson, PhD "Biogenesis of Epithelial Cell Polarity" Department of Molecular & Cell Physiology
Stanford University School of Medicine Host: A. Rajasekaran, x51199
Molecular Biology Institute MBI No Yes 2003-10-31 9:30 AM 159 Boyer Hall Thomas J. Murphy "Discovering Unexpected Roles for Progesterone in
Vascular Function and Endothelial Cell Biology" Molecular Biology IDP
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Luisa Iruela-Arispe MBI Yes No 2003-11-03 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Kathryn Roeder, PhD "False Discoveries or Missed Discoveries:
Using FDR for Analysis of Multilocus Models of Association" Department of Statistics
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA Hum Genetics No No 2003-11-04 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Li-Huei Tsai, PhD "Molecular Basis of Migration and Positioning
of Neurons in the Developing Central Nervous System" Pathology, HHMI, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA Host: Yi Sun, x59506
UCLA Joint Seminars in Neuroscience
Brain Research Institute - Neuropsychiatric Institute BRI/NPI No No 2003-11-04 4:00 PM CS-50 Kang Wang "Nanoelectronics - Today and Beyond" Electrical Engineering, UCLA Register at www.cnsi-uc.org
UCLA Nanosystems Seminar Series
California NanoSystems Institute CNSI No No 2003-11-04 4:00 PM 53-105 CHS Robert Tjian, PhD "Regulation of Cell Type Specific Transcription" Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UC Berkeley Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Gene Regulation "Leaders in the Field" Seminar Series JCCC No No 2003-11-04 5:00 PM 1441 MRL Joseph Loo, PhD "Proteomics: Can One Size Fit All?" Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Contact: Dawn Pantaleon, x75624
The Proteomics Supergroup at UCLA Proteomics No No 2003-11-05 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Hong Wu, PhD “Capturing Human Cancer Signature in Mouse Models” Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute 251 Seminar Series
Department of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology Pharma 251 No No 2003-11-06 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Janet Rowley, MD "Genetic Analysis of Leukemia in the 21st Century" Departments of Medicine, Molecular Genetics
& Cell Biology, and Human Genetics
University of Chicago Contact: Janet Utley, x57633
Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference JCCC No No 2003-11-06 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Clifford Tabin, PhD "New Insights into Hedgehog
Signaling during Limb Patterning" Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA Host: Xianjie Yang, x57020
Molecular Biology Institute MBI No Yes 2003-11-07 10:00 AM 159 Boyer Hall Tiffany Ting-Yi Huang "The Requirement of Commensal Bacteria and Gai2 for
T Cell Maintenance and Function" Molecular Biology IDP
Research Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Braun MBI Yes No 2003-11-07 12:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Simon Fisher, DPhil "Dissection of Molecular Mechanisms
Underlying Speech and Language Disorders" Neurogenetics, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
University of Oxford UK Host: Matthew Ogdie, x57920
Genetics Seminar Series
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics MIMG No No 2003-11-10 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Heather J. Cordell, DPhil "Case/Pseudo-Control Methods
in Genetic Association Analysis" Department of Medical Genetics
Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, UK Contact: Chiara Sabatti, x49567
Department of Human Genetics Speaker Series Hum Genetics No No 2003-11-11 : Veterans Day Holiday No No 2003-11-12 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Julie Sutcliffe-Goulden, PhD "A Rapid Solid-phase Approach
to Radiolabeled Peptides for PET" Biomedical Engineering, UC Davis 251 Seminar Series - Molecular & Medical Pharmacology Pharma 251 No No 2003-11-12 2:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Gian Paolo Littarru, MD "Extra Mitochondrial Antioxidant Functions of Coenzyme Q" Biochemistry, University of Ancona, Italy Host: Cathy Clarke, x50771
Special Biochemistry Seminar Biochem No No 2003-11-13 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Walter Rayford, MD PhD "Induction of Apoptosis in Prostate
Cancer Cell Lines Using Recombinant
Adenovirus Over-expressing p27, Adp17Kip1" Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center
Department of Urology
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference JCCC No No 2003-11-13 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Steven M. Block, PhD "Using Optical Tweezers to Study Biological Motors" Biological Sciences and Applied Physics
Stanford University, CA Host: Emil Reisler, x52668
Molecular Biology Institute MBI No Yes 2003-11-14 12:00 PM 159/173 Boyer E. Peter Geiduschek, PhD "Archaeal Transcription from a
Eukaryotic and Bacterial Perspective" Division of Biological Sciences
Center for Molecular Genetics, UC San Diego Host: Rob Gunsalus, x68201
Genetics Seminar Series
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Genetics No No 2003-11-17 11:00 AM 3248 MRL H. Ronald Kaback, MD "From Membranes to Molecules and
Mechanisms of Active Transport" HHMI, Physiology and
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Contact: Dawn Pantaleon, x75624
Distinguished Cardiovascular Lectureship
Cardiovascular Research Laboratories CRL No No 2003-11-17 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Timothy H. Bestor, PhD "Biology of Genomic Methylation Patterns in Mammals" Genetics & Development, College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University, New York NY Contact: Guoping Fan, x70439
Human Genetics Speaker Series
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Hum Genetics No No 2003-11-17 4:00 PM 1357 Gonda Hudson Freeze, PhD "Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation:
Current Status and Discovery of New Diseases" Burnham Institute, La Jolla CA Contact: Sylvia Kiertscher, x68318
UCLA Gene Medicine Program
Departments of Human Genetics
and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Gene Med No No 2003-11-18 4:00 PM CS-50 Stephen Chou "Nanostructure Engineering -
A Path to Discovery and Innovation" Princeton University Register at www.cnsi-uc.org
UCLA Nanosystems Seminar Series
California NanoSystems Institute CNSI No No 2003-11-18 4:00 PM C8-183 NPI Tamas Bartfai, PhD "Galanin a Peptide Involved in Control of
Seizures, Pain Threshold Cognition and Mood:
From Chemistry to Behavior" Department of Neuropharmacology
Harold L. Dorris Neurological Research Center
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla CA Joint Seminars in Neuroscience
Brain Research Institute/Neuropsychiatric Institute BRI/NPI No No 2003-11-18 4:00 PM 2320 Life Sci Judith Varner, PhD "Integrin α4β1 Regulates Endothelial
Stem Cell Trafficking in Angiogenesis" Medicine, UC San Diego Contact: Luisa Iruela-Arispe, x45763
Campus-wide Vascular Seminar Series
Training Program in Vascular Biology
Department of Medicine Vasc Biol No No 2003-11-19 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Chris Q. Doe, PhD "Glial Development and Function in Drosophila:
Computational, Genomic and Genetic Approaches" Institute of Neuroscience
Department of Biology/HHMI
University of Oregon, Eugene Host: Yi Sun, x59506
251 Seminar Series
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
UCLA Geffen School of Medicine Pharma 251 No No 2003-11-20 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Tim Lane, PhD "Interactions between Wnt and TGFβ
Signaling in Breast Cancer Progression" OB-GYN/Biological Chemistry, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference JCCC No No 2003-11-20 12:00 PM 1357 Gonda Susan Smalley, PhD "Genetic Studies of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)" Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
UCLA Geffen School of Medicine Neurogenetics Affinity Group Neurogenetics No No 2003-11-20 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Albert J. Fornace Jr, MD "Functional Genomics and Informatics Approaches to
Categorize Cellular Responses to Cytotoxic Agents" NCI/NIH Molecular Toxicology IDP Seminar Series Mol Tox No No 2003-11-20 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Craig L. Peterson, PhD "Chromatin Remodeling for Transcription and DNA Repair" University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester Host: Jim Bowie, x64747
Molecular Biology Institute MBI No Yes 2003-11-21 12:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Kit Pogliano "Dynamic Reorganization of the Bacillus subtilis Cell during Sporulation" Division of Biological Sciences, UC San Diego Host: Beth Lazazzera, x44804
Genetics Seminar Series
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics MIMG No No 2003-11-21 2:00 PM 2303 Gonda Enrica Maria Petrini "Influence of GABA-A Receptor Clusterization
on Phasic and Tonic Inhibition" SISSA, Biophysics Department
International School for Advanced Studies
Trieste, Italy Host: Istvan Mody, x64481
Department of Neurology Neurology No No 2003-11-24 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda York Marahrens, PhD "Autosome-inactivation Resembles X-inactivation" Human Genetics, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Contact: Christina Jamieson, x72469
Human Genetics Speaker Series
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Hum Genetics No No 2003-11-24 4:00 PM C-240 RNRC Kelsey Martin, PhD "Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms
of Learning-related Synaptic Plasticity" Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
and Biological Chemistry, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Brain Research Institute Affinity Group Conference
UCLA "Brain Matters" Lecture Series BRI No No 2003-11-25 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Grand Ballrm 15th Annual BRI Neuroscience Poster Session Grand Ballroom, Ackerman Union BRI No No 2003-11-25 4:00 PM CS-50 Leonard Rome, PhD "Vaults: Biologically Based Nanocapsules" David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Register at www.cnsi-uc.org
UCLA Nanosystems Seminar Series
California NanoSystems Institute CNSI No No 2003-11-25 4:00 PM Grand Ballrm Fred H. (Rusty) Gage, PhD "Structural Plasticity in the Adult Nervous System" Laboratory of Genetics
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
La Jolla CA Host: Michael Sofroniew, x44944
Location: Grand Ballroom, Ackerman Union
BRI Neuroscience Poster Day and
The Grass Traveling Scientist Program Distinguished Lecturer
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience
Brain Research Institute - Neuropsychiatric Institute BRI/NPI No No 2003-11-27 : Thanksgiving Holiday No No 2003-11-28 : Thanksgiving Holiday No No 2003-12-01 10:00 AM 1601 MSB Brian M. Gurbaxani "Patterns in Protein Domain Boundaries, Neonated Fc Receptor
Kinetics, and Other Projects: New Computational
Algorithms for the Life Sciences Molecular Biology IDP
Research Mentors: Profs. Sherie Morrison & Todd Yeates MBI Yes No 2003-12-01 11:30 AM 1357 Gonda Victor Faundez, MD PhD "AP-3 Dependent Mechanisms of Membrane Trafficking" Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Department of Cell Biology
Emory University, Atlanta GA Contact: Esteban Dell'Angelica, x63749
Department of Human Genetics Speaker Series Hum Gen No No 2003-12-01 12:00 PM 33-105 CHS David Lo, MD PhD "Molecular Dissection of Lymphoid Tissue:
Genes Expressed by Peyer's Patch
Follicle Associated Epithelium" Integrative Biology
Digital Gene Technologies, Inc., La Jolla CA Host: Jonathan Braun, x47953
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
Immuno Forum Seminar
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
JCCC Research Conference ImmunoForum No No 2003-12-02 12:00 PM 53-105 CHS Milton Hernandez, PhD "Research Training and Career Development Opportunities
at the NIH: The NIAID Perspective" Office of Special Populations & Research Training
National Institute of Alergy & Infectious Diseases/NIH Info: Ken Dorshkind, x69535 GSOM No No 2003-12-02 4:00 PM CS-50 Steve Quake "Biological Large Scale Integration" CALTECH, Pasadena CA Register at www.cnsi-uc.org
UCLA Nanosystems Seminar Series
California NanoSystems Institute CNSI No No 2003-12-03 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Maria Castro, PhD "Gene Therapy for Brain Tumors:
From side Effects to Clinical Trials" Gene Therapeutics Research Institute
Department of Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Medicine, UCLA Host: Harvey Herschman, x58735
251 Seminar Series
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
UCLA Geffen School of Medicine Pharma 251 No No 2003-12-04 12:00 PM 2320 Life Sci Francesca Pignoni, PhD "Fate Specification in the Fly Eye-antennal Disc:
Selector and Signaling Inputs in Tissue Patterning" Department of Ophthalmology
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology MCDB No No 2003-12-04 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Xuan Liu, PhD "Balancing p53 Phosphorylation:
A Role in Cell Growth and Death" Biochemistry, UC Riverside Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference
JCCC Gene Regulation Program JCCC No No 2003-12-04 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Bruce Edgar, PhD "Control of Growth and Organ Size in Drosophila" Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle WA Host: Fuyu Tamanoi, x67318
Molecular Biology Institute MBI No Yes 2003-12-05 11:00 AM 1357 Gonda John N. Constantino "The Genetic Epidemiology of Autistic Traits" Psychiatry & Pediatrics
Washington University School of Medicine Center for Autism Research & Treatment Affinity Group CART No No 2003-12-05 12:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Martha Cyert "Ca2+/calcineurin Signaling Helps Yeast Cope with Stress" Biological Sciences, Stanford University Host: Greg Payne, x63121
Genetics Seminar Series
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics MIMG No No 2003-12-06 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM 159/173 Boyer 2003 Seaborg Symposium "Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, Biology and Medicine" Ad Bax (NIH), Lewis Kay (U Toronto), Dorothee Kern (Brandeis),
Ann McDermott (Columbia), Alex Pines (UC Berkeley),
Peter van Zijl (Johns Hopkins), Gerhard Wagner (Harvard) Reservations requested - 310 267-5123
Chemistry & Biochemistry Chem&Biochem No No 2003-12-08 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Yi Zhang, PhD "Role of Epigenetic Modifications
in Gene Expression and Development" Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Host: Steve Smale, x64777
Gene Regulation Seminar Series
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Department of Human Genetics JCCC No No 2003-12-09 12:00 PM BH-748 JSEI Pradman K. Qasba, PhD "Molecular Dance of Galactosyltransferase:
X-ray Snapshots of the Conformational
Changes Induced by Substrate Binding" Structural Glycobiology Section
Division of Basic Sciences
National Cancer Institute, NIH Jules Stein Eye Institute
Department of Ophthalmology JSEI No No 2003-12-09 4:00 PM 2320 Life Sci Jon Fukuto, PhD "The Physiological Chemistry and Vascular Biology of Nitroxyl (HNO)" Pharmacology, UCLA Contact: Raellen, x58112
Campus-wide Vascular Seminar Series
Training Program in Vascular Biology
Department of Medicine Vasc Biology No No 2003-12-10 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS John Young, PhD "Cellular Factor Requirement for HIV-1
Uncoating Revealed by a Cell-Free System" Infectious Disease Laboratory
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
La Jolla CA Host: Sam Chow, x59600
251 Seminar Series
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
UCLA Geffen School of Medicine Pharma 251 No No 2003-12-10 1:00 PM 13-105 CHS Phyllis W. Yu "Correction of Btk Deficiency in Murine Models of X-Linked
Agammaglobulinemia by Retroviral Mediated Gene Therapy" Molecular Biology IDP
Research Mentor: Prof. David Rawlings MBI Yes No 2003-12-10 4:00 PM 43-105 CHS Jeffrey Gerst "Regulation of Vesicle and mRNA
Transport: Maintaining Cell Polarity" Department of Molecular Genetics
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center JCCC No No 2003-12-10 9:00 AM 1357 Gonda Gabor Tamas "Signal Propagation in Identified Neocortical Networks" Comparative Physiology
University of Szeged, Hungary Host: Istvan Mody, x64481
Department of Neurology Neurology No No 2003-12-11 12:00 PM 1357 Gonda S. Lawrence Zipursky, PhD "Wiring the Fly Brain" Biological Chemistry/HHMI
UCLA Geffen School of Medicine
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Neurogenetics Affinity Group Neurogenetics No No 2003-12-11 12:00 PM 2320 Life Sci Robert B. Saint "The Cytoskeleton, Signaling and Cell Division
in Drosophila melanogaster" Molecular Genetics and Evolution Group
Centre for the Molecular Genetics of Development
Research School of Biological Sciences
Australian National University, Canberra Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology MCDB No No 2003-12-11 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Louis F. Reichardt, PhD "Roles of Adhesion Molecule
Signaling in Neural Development" Physiology & Biochemistry/Biophysics/HHMI
UC San Francisco Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference
JCCC Cancer Cell Biology Program Area JCCC No No 2003-12-11 4:00 PM NPI Aud Sydney Brenner, DPhil "Inverse Genetics" Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla CA Host: Jim Lake, x52546
Change of location this date only - NPI Auditorium (C8-183 NPI)
Molecular Biology Institute MBI No Yes 2003-12-11 5:00 PM 1357 Gonda Austin Yang, PhD "Redox Proteomics in PS1/APP
Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease" Pharmaceutical Sciences, USC Contact: Dawn Pantaleon, x75624
The Proteomics Super Group at UCLA Proteomics No No 2003-12-13 8:30 AM DeNeve Aud 1st International NanoSystems Symposium Research Posters Presented During Lunch George Whitesides (Harvard), Thomas Steitz (Yale),
Cees Dekker (Delft), Gerhard Wagner (Harvard), Mildred Dresselhaus (MIT) De Neve Plaza Auditorium
Registration: www.cnsi.ucla.edu
California NanoSystems Institute CNSI No No 2003-12-15 10:00 AM 1357 Gonda George Diaz, MD PhD "Absent Chaperone, Disorderly Assemblies:
Autosomal-Recessive Kenny-Caffey Syndrome" Departments of Human Genetics and Pediatrics
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York NY Department of Human Genetics Hum Gen No No 2003-12-16 1:30 PM 13-105 CHS Mehran Neshat "Dependence of Two Forms of Cancer on Phosphotidyl
Inositol 3-kinase Signal Transduction Pathways" Molecular Biology IDP
Research Mentor: Charles L. Sawyers Molecular Biology Institute MBI Yes No 2003-12-18 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Luisa Iruela-Arispe, PhD "Angiogenesis and Tumor Growth:
Is It All About VEGF?" Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference JCCC No No 2003-12-18 1:30 PM 159 Boyer Hall Lisa A. Humphries "Tec Kinases Mediate Sustained Calcium Influx via
Site-specific Tyrosine Phosphorylation of the
PLCgamma SH2-SH3 Linker Region" Molecular Biology IDP
Research Mentor: Prof. David Rawlings MBI Yes No 2003-12-18 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer No Seminar this week!

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Happy New Year! Next Seminar - January 8, 2004 MBI No Yes 2004-01-01 4:00 PM Cornell D301 James Peter, MD PhD "Genesis of a Successful IPO" Specialty Laboratories Inc.
Donor, Molecular Biology Institute Location: Clark & BJ Cornell Hall D301, Anderson Complex
Host: Fred Fox, x59329
Biotechnology 133/233 Lecture Series
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Biotechnology No No 2004-01-01 : No No 2004-01-01 : No No 2004-01-01 : No No 2004-01-01 : No No 2004-01-01 : No No 2004-01-01 : No No 2004-01-01 : No No 2004-01-01 : No No 2004-01-01 : No No 2004-01-01 : Lucy Shapiro, Ph.D. "The Cell Cycle: Spatial and Temporal Control of a Multicomponent Genetic Network" Department of Developmental Biology
Stanford University Host: James Gober, x69449 No No 2004-01-01 : Lucy Shapiro, Ph.D. "The Cell Cycle: Spatial and Temporal Control of a Multicomponent Genetic Network" Department of Developmental Biology
Stanford University Host: James Gober, x69449 No No 2004-01-01 : No No 2004-01-01 : No No 2004-01-01 : No No 2004-01-01 : No No 2004-01-01 : No No 2004-01-01 : No No 2004-01-01 : No No 2004-01-01 : No No 2004-01-01 : No No 2004-01-01 : No No 2004-01-01 : No No 2004-01-01 : No No 2004-01-01 : No No 2004-01-01 : No No 2004-01-01 : No No 2004-01-01 : No No 2004-01-01 : No No 2004-01-05 11:00 AM 1441 MRL Peter Liu, MD "Inflammation and Cardiovascular Remodeling:
The Two Heads of Janus" Medicine and Physiology, University Health Network
Lewar Centre of Excellence in Cardiovascular Research
University of Toronto, Ontario Canada Contact: Dawn Pantaleon, x75624
Cardiovascular Research Laboratory
Distinguished Cardiovascular Lectureship CRL No No 2004-01-05 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Peter B. Dervan, Ph.D. "Regulation of Gene Expression with Programmable DNA Binding Oligomers" Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Host: Michael Carey, x67859
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-01-06 3:00 PM 1357 Gonda Jesus Araujo "Study of the Role of Heme
Oxygenase-1 in Vascular Inflammation" Molecular Biology IDP
Research Mentor: Aldons J. Lusis Molecular Biology Institute MBI Yes No 2004-01-07 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Pedro R. Lowenstein, MD PhD "The Neuroimmunology of Gene Transfer into
the Brain: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms,
Therapeutic Implications, Lifelong Solutions" Gene Therapeutics Research Institute
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles CA Host: Harvey Herschman, x58735
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology Pharma 251 No No 2004-01-07 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Lily Wu, MD PhD "Molecular Imaging to Investigate Cancer Progression" Urology and Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, UCLA
Associate, Molecular Biology Institute JCCC Signal Transduction Program Area
ACCESS Tumor Biology Group
Tumor Cell Biology Training Grant JCCC No No 2004-01-07 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Tim Lane, PhD "Wnt10b Affects Integration of Growth
Factor Responses in Mammary Gland Development" Biological Chemistry and Obstetrics & Gynecology, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute JCCC Signal Transduction Program Area
ACCESS Tumor Biology Group
Tumor Cell Biology Training Grant JCCC No No 2004-01-08 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Dominique Chopin, MD "FGFR3 and TP53 Gene Mutations Define
Distinct Pathways at Initial Diagnosis in
Urothelial Cell Carcinomas of the Bladder" Urology, Centre de Recherches Chirurgicales
Henri Mondor Faculte de Medecine
Créteil, France Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference JCCC No No 2004-01-08 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Gerald Hart, PhD "Dynamic Interplay between O-GlcNAc and
O-phosphate: Roles in Transcription, Signaling
and in Cellular Response to Stress" Biological Chemistry
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore MD Host: Liz Neufeld, x57149
Molecular Biology Institute MBI No Yes 2004-01-08 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Grand Horizon Rm MMHCC - NCI "Imaging Cancer in Mice and Men" Michael Phelps (UCLA), Simon Cherry (UCD), Sam Gambhir (Stanford),
Lily Wu (UCLA), Anna Wu (UCLA), Owen Witte (UCLA),
Ingo Mellinghoff (UCLA), Paul Mischel (UCLA), James Heath (CalTech) Location: Grand Horizon Room, Covel Commons
Mouse Models of Human Cancers Consortium
National Cancer Institute MMHCC No No 2004-01-09 12:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Raymond Deshaies, PhD "Mechanisms and Regulation of Ubiquitin-dependent Proteolysis" HHMI, Division of Biology
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Host: Greg Payne, x63121
Genetics Seminar Series
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Genetics No No 2004-01-11 2:00 PM Life Sci 2320 Joseph L. Witztum, M.D. "A Rationale for Why the Innate Immune System Recognizes Oxidized LDL and Implications for Atherogenesis" Department of Medicine, SCOR in Molecular Medicine and Atherosclerosis, UC San Diego Contact: Catherine Bosler,x45766
Campus-wide Vascular Seminar Series
Training Program in Vascular Biology and Department of Medicine No No 2004-01-11 2:00 PM Life Sci 2320 Joseph L. Witztum, M.D. "A Rationale for Why the Innate Immune System Recognizes Oxidized LDL and Implications for Atherogenesis" Department of Medicine, SCOR in Molecular Medicine and Atherosclerosis, UC San Diego Contact: Catherine Bosler,x45766
Campus-wide Vascular Seminar Series
Training Program in Vascular Biology and Department of Medicine No No 2004-01-11 2:00 PM Life Sci 2320 Joseph L. Witztum, M.D. "A Rationale for Why the Innate Immune System Recognizes Oxidized LDL and Implications for Atherogenesis" Department of Medicine, SCOR in Molecular Medicine and Atherosclerosis, UC San Diego Contact: Catherine Bosler,x45766
Campus-wide Vascular Seminar Series
Training Program in Vascular Biology and Department of Medicine No No 2004-01-12 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Diane M. Robins, PhD "Multiple Mechanisms of Male-specific Gene Regulation" Department of Human Genetics
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor MI Contact: Christina Jamieson, x72469
Department of Human Genetics Speaker Series Hum Gen No No 2004-01-12 12:00 PM CHS 33-105 Gregg J. Silverman, MD "Natural Antibodies for Defense from Atherosclerosis
and for Assisted B Cell Suicide" Rheumatic Diseases Core Center
Medicine, UC San Diego Host: Jonathan Braun, x47953
Immuno Forum Seminar
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics MIMG No No 2004-01-13 11:00 AM RNRC C-240 Ronald B. Wetzel, PhD "The Biophysics of Polyglutamine Aggregation -
Implications for Huntington's Disease" Graduate School of Medicine
University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville Department of Neurology Neurology No No 2004-01-13 4:00 PM LSB 2320 Judith Berliner, PhD "Oxidized Phospholipids: Potent Regulators
of Leukocyte Endothelial Interactions" Cellular & Molecular Pathology, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Info: Luisa Iruela-Arispe, x45763
Campus-wide Vascular Seminar Series
Training Program in Vascular Biology
Department of Medicine TPVB/Medicine No No 2004-01-13 4:00 PM NPI C8-183 Shuo Lin, PhD "Genomics and Transgenic Analysis of Neuronal
Gene Function and Regulation in Zebrafish" Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Host: Chris Evans, x67884
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience
Brain Research Institute & Neuropsychiatric Institute BRI/NPI No No 2004-01-14 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Timothy J. Deming, PhD "Polypeptide Vesicles and Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications" Materials and Chemistry, UC Santa Barbara Host: Heather Maynard, x75162
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology Pharma 251 No No 2004-01-15 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Webster Cavenee, PhD "Defective Receptor Signaling in Human Brain
Tumors: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Opportunities" Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
Medicine, UC San Diego Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference JCCC No No 2004-01-15 2:00 PM MSB 1601 Amitabha Mukhopadhyay "Signal from Receptor Tail-induced Transport
of Hemoglobin to the Late Compartment in Leishmania" National Institute of Immunology
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi India Host: Debi Nayak, x58558
Parisitology Seminar
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics MIMG No No 2004-01-15 4:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Adrian Krainer, PhD "Determinants of Exon Identity" Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY Host: Doug Black, x47644
Molecular Biology Institute MBI No Yes 2004-01-16 11:00 AM MRL 6740 Terry A. Krulwich, PhD "Bioenergetics of High pH Lifestyles
in Bacterial Physiology and Pathogenesis" Department of Pharmacology & Biological Chemistry
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York NY Host: Ronald Kaback, x65053
Howard Hughes Medical Institute HHMI No No 2004-01-16 12:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Michael MC Lai, MD PhD "The Novel Mechanisms of Hepatitis C
Virus Pathogenesis and Oncogenesis" Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California Hosts: Ren Sun and Hsiang-I Liao, x57920
Genetics Seminar Series
Microbial Pathogenesis Training Grant
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Genetics No No 2004-01-16 2:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Hartmut Oschkinat, PhD "Towards Membrane Protein Structure Determination
by Solution and Solid-state NMR
and Protein-protein Interactions" NMR-supported Structural Biology
Forschungsinstitut fuer Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)
Berlin Germany Host: Juli Feigon, x66922
Special Seminar - Chemistry & Biochemistry ChemBiochem No No 2004-01-16 3:30 PM MSB 3440 Michael Eisen, PhD "The Evolution of Regulatory Sequences
and Eukaryotic cis-Regulatory Code" Life Sciences Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Molecular & Cellular Biology, UC Berkeley Host: Huiying Li (Eisenberg Lab), x63642
Chem 268 Biochemistry Seminar Chem 268 No No 2004-01-19 : Martin Luther King, Jr Holiday No No 2004-01-20 12:00 PM Gonda 1357 J. Kevin Donahue, MD "Gene Therapy for Cardiac Arrhythmias" Division of Cardiology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore MD Special Physiology Seminar Physiology No No 2004-01-20 4:00 PM NPI C8-183 Margaret McCarthy, PhD "Stacking the Building Blocks of the Male Brain" Department of Physiology
Program in Neuroscience
University of Maryland, Baltimore Host: Paul Micevych, x68265
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience
Brain Research Institute - Neuropsychiatric Institute BRI/NPI No No 2004-01-21 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Michael Karin, PhD "IKK the IkB Kinase (IKK) - A Signaling Machine
and Its Role in Innate and Adaptive Immunity" Laboratory of Gene Regulation & Signal Transduction
Pharmacology, UC San Diego Host: Harvey Herschman, x58735
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
David Geffen School of Medicine Pharma 251 No No 2004-01-21 12:00 PM Boyer 159 Andrew Fire, Ph.D. TBA Stanford No No 2004-01-21 12:00 PM Boyer 159 Andrew Fire, Ph.D. TBA Stanford Host: TBA
Genetics Seminar Series - Genetics Training Grant No No 2004-01-21 12:00 PM Boyer 159 Andrew Fire, Ph.D. TBA Departments of Pathology and Genetics
Stanford University School Of Medicine, Stanford, CA Host: TBA
Genetics Seminar Series - Genetics Training GrantCo-sponsored with Molecular Biology Institute No No 2004-01-21 5:00 PM MRL 1441 Gary Siuzdak, PhD "Novel Approaches to Protein and Metabolite Mass Analysis" Core Mass Spectrometry Lab
Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla CA Contact: Dawn Pantaleon, x75624
The Proteomics Super Group at UCLA
Sponsored by Amersham Biosciences Proteomics No No 2004-01-22 10:00 AM MRL 1-441 Sven-Eric Jordt, PhD "TRP Channels in the Pain Pathway:
Lessons Learned from Pungent Plants" Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, UC San Francisco Special Physiology Seminar Physiology No No 2004-01-22 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Ralf Landgraf, PhD "Activation of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases.
One Receptor - Multiple Interfaces?" Medicine-Hematology & Oncology, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference JCCC No No 2004-01-22 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Erkki Ruoslahti, MD PhD "Vascular Zipcodes in Tumor Angiogenesis and Metastasis" The Burnham Institute, La Jolla CA Host: Lily Wu, x44390
Molecular Biology Institute MBI No Yes 2004-01-23 12:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Jonathan Weissman, PhD "An Epigenetic Switch: Prion-based Protein Regulation" Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, UC San Francisco Host: Sabeeha Merchant, x58300
Genetics Seminar Series
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics No No 2004-01-23 12:00 PM Gonda 1357 Michael Zigmond, PhD "Waking Up the Brain's Capacity for Self-repair:
Studies in Animal and Cellular Models of Parkinson's Disease" Neurology, Neurobiology and Psychiatry
National Parkinson's Disease Center of Excellence
Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh PA Info: Marie-Françoise Chesselet, x71781
Training Program in Neural Repair
Brain Research Institute No No 2004-01-23 3:30 PM MSB 3440 Irene Newsham, PhD "DAL-1/4.1B Suppresses Growth in Lung, Breast
and Brain Tumors by Influencing a Spectrum of Cellular Behavior" Laboratory of Molecular Oncogenetics
Department of Neurosurgery
Hermelin Brain Tumor Center
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit MI Host: Tina Miranda (Clarke Lab), x53137
Chem 268 Biochemistry Seminar No No 2004-01-26 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Jerry Kaplan, PhD "Regulation of Cell Surface Iron Transport
in Yeast by Mitochondrial Metabolism" Department of Pathology
University of Utah, Salt Lake City Contact: Esteban Dell'Angelica, x63749 No No 2004-01-26 4:00 PM Gonda 1357 Kathleen M. Sakamoto, MD "The Role of CREB in Human Leukemias" Pediatrics, Mattel Children's Hospital
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Contact: Sylvia Kiertscher, x68318
Gene Medicine Program
Department of Human Genetics No No 2004-01-27 1:00 PM Gonda 1357 Edward Ruthazer, PhD "The Influence of Patterned Activity
on Retinal Axon Development" Hollis Cline Lab
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY Department of Physiology Special Seminar No No 2004-01-27 4:00 PM NPI C8-183 Catherine Woolley, PhD "Estrogen and Synapses in the Hippocampus" Department of Neurobiology & Physiology
Northwestern University, Evanston IL Host: Stephanie White, x41888
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience
Brain Research Institute - Neuropsychiatric Institute No No 2004-01-28 10:00 AM Boyer 159/173 Lawrence Lum, PhD "Hedgehog Signal Reception and Transduction across the Membrane" Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore MD Contact: Larry Zipursky, x52834
Department of Biological Chemistry No No 2004-01-28 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Linda C. Hsieh-Wilson, PhD "O-GlcNAc Glycosylation: New Strategies and New Opportunities" Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Host: Heather Maynard, x75162
Pharmacology 251 Seminar Series
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
David Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-01-29 12:00 PM Gonda 1357 S. Lawrence Zipursky, PhD "Wiring the Fly Brain" Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Chemistry, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Neurogenetics Affinity Group Seminar No No 2004-01-29 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Dong Sung An (Chen Lab) "Inhibiting HIV-1 Infection in Human T Cells
by Lentiviral-mediated Delivery of shRNA against CCR5" Medicine/Hematology-Oncology, UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-01-29 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Xueli Liu (Horvath Lab) "Using Random Forest Predictors to Decide Whether
Tumor Markers Add Anything Above and Beyond
Classical Morphology-based Covariates, with
Application to Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients" Human Genetics, UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-01-29 3:00 PM MRL 1441 Barmak Modrek "Alternative Splicing and Evolution in the Post-Genomic Era" Molecular Biology IDP
Research Mentor: Prof. Chris Lee Molecular Biology Institute Yes No 2004-01-29 4:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Arthur E. Johnson, PhD "Cholesterol-Dependent Structural Transitions
Initiate Oligomerization and β-Barrel Pore
Formation by a Bacterial Protein Toxin" College of Medicine
Texas A&M University System Health Science Center
College Station TX Host: Carla Koehler, x44834
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2004-01-29 5:00 PM CS 50 Julius Rebek, Jr "The Inner Space of Molecules" Scripps Research Institute Info: http://www.csni.ucla.edu
UCLA NanoSystems Seminar Series No No 2004-01-30 3:30 PM MSB 3440 Peter Walter, PhD "How the ER Talks to the Nucleus" HHMI and Biochemistry & Biophysics, UC San Francisco Host: Pok Kwan Yang (Chanfreau Lab), x58412
Chem 268 Biochemistry Seminar Series No No 2004-02-02 11:00 AM MRL 1441 Jeffrey D. Molkentin, PhD "PKC alpha is a Novel Regulator of Cardiac
Contractility and Heart Failure Propensity" Department of Pediatrics
Division of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Ohio Contact: Dawn Pantaleon, x75624 No No 2004-02-02 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Yi Rao, PhD "Signal Transduction in Neuronal Migration" Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis MO Contact: Guoping Fan, x70439
Human Genetics Speaker Series
David Geffen School of Medicine
www.genetics.edu No No 2004-02-02 12:00 PM CHS 33-105 Hergen Spits, PhD "Regulation of Plasmacytoid Dentritic Cell Development" Cell Biology, Academic Medical Centre
University of Amsterdam Host: Christel Uittenbogaart, x51982
Immuno Forum Seminar
Microbiology Immunology & Molecular Genetics
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
The JCCC Research Conference No No 2004-02-03 4:00 PM NPI C8-183 Craig Garner, PhD "Cellular Mechanisms of CNS Synaptogenesis" Nancy Pritzker Laboratory
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University CA Host: David Krantz, x68508
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience
Brain Research Institute - Neuropsychiatric Institute No No 2004-02-03 4:00 PM Cornell D301
Anderson GSM Steve Kaldor, PhD "Drug Development: Improving Drug Discovery,
Enhancing Product Pipelines, Transforming Medicine" Syrrx Inc., San Diego CA Biotechnology MIMG CM133/233 Tuesday Lecture Series No No 2004-02-04 10:00 AM Boyer 159/173 Peter Uetz, PhD "What Do We Learn from Protein-protein Interaction Data?" Institute of Toxicology and Genetics
Research Center Karlsruhe, Germany Contact: Larry Zipursky, x52834
Special Biological Chemistry Seminar No No 2004-02-04 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Annick D. Van den Abbeele, MD "Monitoring of Therapeutic Response to Molecular-
Targeted Therapies: The Role of FDG-PET" Division of Nuclear Medicine/PET
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA Host: Jorge Barrio, x54167
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
David Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-02-04 4:00 PM IPAM Owen Witte, MD "The Many Lives of a Lymphocyte: Normal,
Autoimmune, and Leukemic Cell Development" Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Location: Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Room 1200
Info: 310 825-1042 or 825-4959
UCLA Science Faculty Research Colloquium Series
Divisions of Life Sciences and Physical Sciences No No 2004-02-05 11:30 AM MRL 1-441 Jeff Abramson, PhD "The Structures of the Membrane Proteins
Ubiquinol Oxidase and Lactose Permease" Technology & Medicine, Imperial College of Science
London UK Physiology Special Seminar No No 2004-02-05 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Donald B. Kohn, MD "Gene Therapy Using Hematopoietic Stem Cells:
Sisyphus Approaches the Crest" Departments of Pediatrics and
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Gene, Immune and Stem Cell Therapy Program
Keck School of Medicine, USC Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-02-05 4:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Julie Theriot, PhD "Life on the Inside: Cell Biology of Bacterial
Infections in Intestinal and Bladder Epithelia" Biochemistry, Stanford University Medical School, Palo Alto CA Hosts: Rachelle Crosbie, x42103, Kent Hill, x70546
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2004-02-08 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM De Neve UCLA CSIG "Nurturing Our Nature: Genomics, Diet and Nutrition" Gregory Stock (UCLA), Stephen Straus (NCAM/NIH),
Marion Nestle (NYU), David Heber (UCLA),
Bruce Ames (UC Berkeley), Irwin Rosenberg (Tufts) Free and Open to the Public - Parking $7
De Neve Plaza Conference Facility (Lot 7 Parking)
Info: http://www.arc2.ucla.edu/csig/
UCLA Center for Society, the Individual and Genetics No No 2004-02-09 10:00 AM Gonda 1357 William Wilcox, MD PhD "The Role of FGFR3 in Endochondral Bone Growth" Division of Genetics
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles CA Department of Human Genetics No No 2004-02-09 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Elizabeth Thompson, PhD "Gene Descent in Pedigrees and the Detection of Linkage" Department of Statistics
University of Washington, Seattle Contact: Chiara Sabatti, x49567
Human Genetics Speaker Series No No 2004-02-09 12:00 PM CHS 33-105 Shizuo Akira, MD PhD "Toll-like Receptors" Research Institute for Microbial Diseases
Department of Host Defense
Osaka University, Japan Host: Genhong Cheng, x58896
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
Immuno Forum Seminar
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
The JCC Research Conference
Microbial Pathogenesis Training Grant No No 2004-02-09 1:00 PM Gonda 1357 Xian-Zhong Shawn Xu, PhD "A TRiP from Flies to Worms:
Molecular and Genetic Dissection of TRP
Channel-mediated Calcium Signaling" California Institute of Technology Physiology Special Seminar No No 2004-02-09 4:00 PM NPI C8-183 Elaine Fuchs, PhD "Beauty is Skin Deep:
Stem Cells and their Lineages in the Skin" Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology & Development
The Rockefeller University Info: MSTP Office, x41817
17th Distinguished Lecture
Medical Scientist Training Program No No 2004-02-10 12:30 PM MRL 1-441 Bruce Cohen, PhD "New Fluorescent Molecules for Exploring
Protein Dynamics and Electrostatics" Jan Lab - HHMI, UC San Francisco Physiology Special Seminar No No 2004-02-10 4:00 PM LSB 2320 Michael Guiou "Optical Imaging: Assessing the
Vascular Parameters of Brain Function" Arthur Toga Laboratory
Neurology, UCLA Contact: Raellen, x58112
Campus-wide Vascular Seminar Series
Training Program in Vascular Biology
Department of Medicine No No 2004-02-10 4:00 PM Cornell D301
Anderson GSM Timothy J.R. Harris, PhD "Protein Structure in Drug Discovery" Structural GenomiX Inc., San Diego CA Biotechnology MIMG CM133/233 Tuesday Lecture Series No No 2004-02-11 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Kunxin Luo, PhD "Negative Regulation of TGF-Beta Signaling" Molecular & Cell Biology, UC Berkeley Host: Hong Wu, x55160
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-02-11 8:15 AM CHS 13-105 William G. Kaelin Jr, MD "Molecular Pathogenesis of the von Hippel-Lindau
Hereditary Cancer Syndrome:
Implications for Oxygen Sensing" Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Harvard University Medical School Contact: Stephanie Carlisi
Grand Rounds and Continuing Medical Education Series
UCLA Pathology and Laboratory Medicine No No 2004-02-12 12:00 PM MRL 1-441 Coleen Murphy, PhD "Genes that Act Downstream of DAF-16 to
Influence the Lifespan of C. elegans" Biochemistry, UC San Francisco Special Physiological Science Seminar No No 2004-02-12 12:00 PM CHS 13-105 Linda Birnbaum, PhD "Risk Characterization of Dioxins" Experimental Toxicology Division
National Health & Environmental Effects Research Lab
US EPA, Research Triangle Park NC Molecular Toxicology IDP Seminar Series No No 2004-02-12 12:00 PM 73-105 CHS Norihiko Kawamata "Discovery of Epigenetically Masked Tumor
Suppressor Genes by DNA Microarray" Koeffler Lab
Medicine/Hematology-Oncology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles CA Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-02-12 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 James O'Kelly "Regulation of Tumorigenesis and
Cancer Progression by Cyr61" Koeffler Lab
Medicine/Hematology-Oncology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles CA Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-02-12 12:00 PM LSB 2320 Robert Boswell, PhD "Axis Formation and Oocyte
Specification in Drosophila Melanogaster" Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology
University of Colorado, Boulder Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology No No 2004-02-12 2:00 PM MSB 3440 Simon de Vries "A Novel Microsecond Freeze-Hyperquenching
Method (MHQ): Tryptophan Radical
Chemistry in Cytochrome Oxidases" Department of Biotechnology
Delft University of Technology
The Netherlands Host: Imke Schroeder, x58085
Special Biochemistry Seminar No No 2004-02-12 4:00 PM Boyer 159/173 George A. O'Toole, PhD "P. aeruginosa Biofilm Development:
Architecture and Antibiotics" Microbiology and Immunology
Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover NH Host: Beth Lazazzera, x44804
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2004-02-13 3:30 PM MSB 3440 Colin R. Jefcoate, PhD "New Topics in the Regulation of Cholesterol
Steroidogenesis (and Old Topics Revisited)" Department of Pharmacology
University of Wisconsin-Madison Host: Sean Curran (Koehler Lab), x58427
Chem 268 Biochemistry Seminar No No 2004-02-16 : Presidents' Day Holiday No No 2004-02-17 10:00 AM Gonda 1357 Michael Glotzer, PhD "Assembly of the Central Spindle and its Role in Cytokinesis" Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna, Austria Host: Larry Zipursky, x52834
Biological Chemistry Seminar No No 2004-02-17 4:00 PM Cornell D301
Anderson GSM Christopher S. Henney, PhD DSc "Targeted Therapies for Cancer" Dendreon Corp., Seattle WA Biotechnology Tuesday Lecture Series
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics No No 2004-02-17 4:00 PM NPI C8-183 Harley Kornblum, MD PhD "Neural Stem Cells and Brain Tumors:
Genes and Associations" Departments of Pharmacology and Pediatrics, UCLA Host: Michael Sofroniew, x44944
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience
The Brain Research Institute
The Neuropsychiatric Institute No No 2004-02-18 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Juri G. Gelovani , MD PhD "From Genomics and Biomakers to Molecular
Imaging in Cancer Prevention and Theraphy" Department of Experimental Diagnostic Imaging
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Host: Jorge Barrio, x54167
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology No No 2004-02-18 2:00 PM Boyer Hall 159 Neal Silverman, PhD "Innate Immune Recognition and Signaling:
Lessons from Flies and the Plague" Division of Infectious Disease
Department of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School Host: Al Courey, x52530
Special Biochemistry Seminar No No 2004-02-19 11:30 AM MRL 1441 Gentry Patrick, PhD "Degradation at the Synapse: a Role for the
Ubiquitin Proteasome System in Synaptic Plasticity" California Institute of Technology Physiology Special Seminars No No 2004-02-19 12:00 PM LSB 2320 Francisco Ayala, PhD "Malaria's Eve: Evolution and Recent World
Expansion of Plasmodium faciparum, the Agent of Malignant Malaria" Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UC Irvine Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics No No 2004-02-19 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Pete Hynds (Koehler Lab) "Deafness and Defects in Mitochondrial Biogenesis" Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-02-19 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Rita Chakrabarti (Srivatsan Lab) "PACS1-A Candidate Tumor Suppressor Gene
for Cervical Cancer on Chromosome 11q13" Medicine-Surgery, UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-02-19 4:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Shiv Grewal, PhD "RNAi-mediated Epigenetic Control of the Genome" Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology
Center for Cancer Research
National Cancer Institute, Bethesda MD Host: Al Courey, x52530
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2004-02-20 3:30 PM MSB 3440 Stephen Buratowski, PhD "Connecting Transcription with Chromatin and mRNA Processing" Biological Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA Host: Noh Jin Park (Martinson Lab), x53767
Chem 268 Biochemistry Seminar No No 2004-02-23 10:00 AM CHS 13-105 Amy Kiger, PhD "Inside-Out: Investigating Cell
Shape Using Genome-Wide RNAi" Department of Genetics
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA Host: Larry Zipursky, x52834
Biological Chemistry Seminar No No 2004-02-23 11:00 AM Gonda 1357 Cornelius Boerkoel, MD PhD "Schimke Immuno-Osseous Dysplasia:
A Door to New Developmental Pathways?" Department of Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX Contact: Janet Sinsheimer, x58002
Department of Human Genetics Speaker Series No No 2004-02-23 11:00 AM MRL 1441 Vesa Kaartinen, PhD "Growth Factor Signaling Via Alk2 in the
Neural Crest During Mouse Development" Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Keck School of Medicine, USC Contact: Dawn Pantaleon, x75624
Cardiovascular Research Laboratories No No 2004-02-23 12:00 PM CHS 63-105 Stephen West, PhD "Making Ends Meet:
Double Strand Break Repair in Human Cells" Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute
Clare Hall Laboratories, London UK Host: Robert Schiestl, x72087
Molecular Toxicology IDP Seminar Series
UC Toxic Substances Research
Teaching Program Lead Campus in Toxic Mechanisms No No 2004-02-23 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Nathan Nelson, PhD "The Crystal Structure of Plant Photosystem I" Biochemistry Department
Tel Aviv University, Israel Host: Ronald Kaback, x65053
Howard Hughes Medical Institute No No 2004-02-23 3:00 PM CHS 33-245 Remus Thei Dame, PhD "Architectural Roles of the Nucleoid-Associated
Proteins H-NS and HU: Insights From Single-Molecule Studies" Division of Physics and Astronomy
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Host: Reid Johnson, x57800
Department of Biological Chemistry No No 2004-02-23 4:00 PM Gonda 1357 Renata Stripecke, PhD "Genetic Programming of Antigen Presenting Cells
with Lentiviral Vectors for Immunotherapeutic Purposes" Department of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Contact: Sylvia Kiertscher, x68318
UCLA Gene Medicine Program
Department of Human Genetics No No 2004-02-24 10:00 AM Gonda 1357 Ferhaan Ahmad, MD PhD "Linking Genotype to Phenotype in
Murine Models of Cardiomyopathies" Genetics, Harvard Medical School and HHMI
Cardiovascular Division
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston MA Physiology Special Seminar No No 2004-02-24 4:00 PM CHS 53-105 Stanley Fields, PhD "Protein Interactions" Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Departments of Medicine and Genome Sciences
University of Washington, Seattle Info: John Colicelli, x55272
Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Program
Department of Biological Chemistry No No 2004-02-24 4:00 PM Cornell D301
Anderson GSM Gary L. Wilcox, PhD "An Insiders View of Biotechnology" ICOS Corp., Bothell WA Biotechnology Tuesday Lecture Series No No 2004-02-24 4:00 PM NPI C8-183 Seth Grant, PhD "Complex Organization of Synapse Signaling and Behavior" Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK Host: Tom O'Dell, x46626
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience
Brain Research Institute - Neuropsychiatric Institute No No 2004-02-25 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Yu Tian Wang, MD PhD "Role of the Pl3K/Akt Signaling Pathway
in Membrane Fusion-Dependent AMPA Receptor
Insertion and Synaptic Plasticity" Department of Medicine
University of British Columbia and Vancouver Hospital Host: Hong Wu, x55160
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-02-26 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Judith Campisi, PhD "Aging, Cancer and Cellular Senescence - Connecting the Dots" Life Science Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-02-26 12:00 PM MRL 1441 Mark Frye, PhD "Mechanisms of Flight Behavior in Fruit Flies" Bioengineering, CALTECH, Pasadena CA Special Physiological Science Seminar No No 2004-02-26 2:00 PM CHS 73-105 Henry Gee, PhD "How To Get Published in Nature" Nature Magazine Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology No No 2004-02-26 4:00 PM Boyer 159/173 James L. Manley, PhD "mRNA Processing and the Integration of Nuclear Events" Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York NY Host: Harold Martinson, x53767
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2004-02-26 9:30 AM Gonda 1357 Andres Barria, PhD "Glutamate Receptors Regulation
and Mechanism of Synaptic Plasticity" Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Physiology Special Seminar No No 2004-03-01 11:00 AM MRL 1441 Jeff Robbins, PhD "Cardiomyopathies and the Pathogenic Process: New Insights" Division of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology
Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati Contact: Dawn Pantaleon, x75624
Cardiovascular Research Laboratories No No 2004-03-01 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Clarice Weinberg, PhD "Using Nuclear Family to Study Genetic
Contributions to Qualitative and Quantitative Traits" Biostatistics, NIEHS, Bethesda, MD Contact: Chiara Sabatti, x49567
Department of Human Genetics No No 2004-03-01 12:00 PM CHS 33-105 Ann Marshak-Rothstein, PhD "BDR/TLR9 Interactions in Systemic Autoimmune Disease" Microbiology Department
Boston University School of Medicine & Public Health Host: Jonathan Braun, x47953
Immuno Forum Seminar
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
JCCC Research Conference No No 2004-03-01 3:30 PM CHS 43-105 No No 2004-03-01 3:30 PM CHS 43-105 No No 2004-03-02 4:00 PM Cornell D301
Anderson GSM Stephen P.A. Fodor, PhD "The Business and Technological Future of
Microarrays: Challenges and Possibilities" Affymetrix Inc., Santa Clara CA Biotechnology Tuesday Lecture Series No No 2004-03-02 4:00 PM NPI C8-183 Robert Blanchard, PhD "The Neural and Pharmacologic Control of Antipredator Defense:
Naturalistic Models of Fear and Anxiety" Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu Host: Michael Fanselow, x63891
Joint Seminar in Neuroscience
Brain Research Institute - Neuropsychiatric Institute No No 2004-03-02 4:00 PM BH 748 Ryoichiro Kageyama, PhD "Roles of bhLH Genes in Neural Development" Institute for Virus Research
Kyoto University, Japan Contact: Xian-Jie Yang, x57020
Jules Stein Eye Institute No No 2004-03-03 10:00 AM CHS 13-105 Or Gozani, PhD "Phosphoinositide Signaling at Chromatin:
Regulation of DNA Damage-Induced Apoptosis" Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA Host:Larry Zipursky, x52834
Howard Hughes Medical Institute No No 2004-03-03 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Joerg Lahann, PhD "Engineering Designer Surfaces" Chemical Engineering, Material Science & Engineering
Macromolecular Science and Engineering
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI Host: Jorge Barrio, PhD, x54167
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-03-04 10:00 AM CHS 63-105 Chang-Zheng Chen, PhD "MicroRNA's Modulate Hematopoetic Lineage Differentiation" Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge MA Host: Stephen Smale, x64777
Howard Hughes Medical Institute No No 2004-03-04 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Lee Slice, MD "Synergistic COX-2 Expression by Gastrin and EGF" Medicine-Digestive Diseases, UCLA
Associate, Molecular Biology Institute Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-03-04 12:00 PM Gonda 1357 Kelsey C. Martin, MD PhD "Signaling between Synapse and Nucleus during
Long-lasting, Learning-related Synaptic Plasticity" Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences and Biological Chemistry
Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Host: X. William Yang, x72761 PhD
Neurogenetics Affinity Group Presentation No No 2004-03-04 4:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Catherine L. Drennan, PhD "Surprising Cofactors in Metalloenzymes" Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge Host: Sabeeha Merchant, x58300
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2004-03-05 12:00 PM CHS 33-105 Atsushi Miyajima, PhD "Liver Development and Hematopoiesis:
Differentiation of Hepatic Stem Cell and
Hematopoietic Niche in Fetal Liver" Institute of Molecular & Cellular Biosciences
University of Tokyo, Japan Host: Fuyu Tamanoi, x67318
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
JCCC Signal Transduction Program Area No No 2004-03-05 3:30 PM MSB 3440 Gabriele Varani, PhD "How Proteins and RNA Recognize Each Other" Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of Washington, Seattle Host: Kurt Januszyk, x63044
Chem 268 Biochemistry Seminar No No 2004-03-08 11:30 AM CHS 13-105 J. Richard Chaillet, MD PhD "Genetic and Molecular Analysis of Genomic Imprinting" Department of Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry
University of Pittsburgh, PA Contact: Guoping Fan, x70439
Department of Human Genetics Speaker Series No No 2004-03-08 12:00 PM CHS 33-105 Rongfu Wang, PhD "Tumor-specific CD4+ Regulatory
T Cells in Cancer Immunotherapy" Department of Immunology and Center for Cell & Gene Therapy
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX Host: Gang Zeng, x47635
Immuno Forum Seminar
Microbiology Immunology & Molecular Genetics
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
JCCC Research Conference No No 2004-03-08 1:00 PM Young 2033 Jean-Luc Popot, PhD "X-ray Structure of Cytochrome b6f the
Tricky Half Brother of the bc1 Complex" Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, CNRS, Paris France Host: Sabeeha Merchant, x58300
Special Biochemistry Seminar
Molecular Biology Institute
UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics No No 2004-03-09 4:00 PM Cornell D301
Anderson GSM James Wells, PhD "Orally Active, Small Molecule Pharmaceuticals" Sunesis Pharmaceuticals Inc., South San Francisco CA Biotechnology Tuesday Lecture Series No No 2004-03-09 4:00 PM LSB 2320 Miikka Vikkula, MD PhD "Genetic Causes of Vascular Malformations" Christian de Duve Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium Contact: Louisa Iruela-Arispe, x45763
Vascular Seminar Series No No 2004-03-10 12:00 PM CHS 33-105 Arlene H. Sharpe, MD PhD "Roles of Pathways in the B7:CD28 Superfamily
in Regulating T Cell Activation and Tolerance" Department of Pathology, Brigham & Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School, Cambridge MA Host: Jonathan Braun, x47953
Immuno Forum Seminar
Microbiology Immunology & Molecular Genetics
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
JCCC Research Conference No No 2004-03-10 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Richard Frank, MD PhD "Biomakers, Imaging Endpoints, and Diagnostics" Molecular Medicine and Biotechnology, GE Global Research Host: Jorge Barrio, x65331
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology No No 2004-03-10 9:00 AM CHS BH-173 Cliff Shults, MD "Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Therapies in Parkinson's Disease" Neuroscience, School of Medicine, UC San Diego Neuroscience Grand Rounds No No 2004-03-11 10:00 AM Gonda 1357 Julian P. Whitelegge, PhD "Proteomics: Meeting the Challenge" Chemistry & Biochemistry and
Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA
Associate, Molecular Biology Institute Physiology Special Seminar No No 2004-03-11 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 James Barnard, PhD "Why U.S. Men get Prostate Cancer" Physiological Science, UCLA JCCC Research Conference No No 2004-03-11 1:00 PM MSB 1601 Charlie Murtaugh, MD "Signaling Pathways Regulating Growth
Differentiation and Tumorigenesis of the Pancreas" Biological Sciences & Molecular Pharmacology
Harvard University, Cambridge MA Contact: Stephen Smale, x64777
Howard Hughes Medical Institute No No 2004-03-11 4:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Nikolaus Pfanner, MD "Mitochondrial Machineries for Transport
and Assembly of Precursor Proteins" Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Freiburg, Germany Host: Carla Koehler, x44834
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2004-03-12 10:00 AM Boyer 159 Alexei Tulin, PhD "Role of Poly (ADP-ribose) Polymerase
in Chromatin Programming and Transcription" Embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Baltimore MD Host: Larry Zipursky, x52834
Howard Hughes Medical Institute No No 2004-03-12 12:00 PM CHS 33-105 Lawrence J. Marnett, PhD "Self Inflicted Toxicology-DNA Damage
and Mutagenesis from Endogenous Sources" Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology
Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville TN Annual Student-invited Speaker for the
Molecular Toxicology Seminar Series
UC Toxic Substances Research & Teaching
Program Lead Campus in Toxic Mechanisms No No 2004-03-15 10:00 AM MSB 1601 Eric So, PhD "Transcriptional Deregulation and Cancer Stem Cells
in MLL-mediated Leukemia" Pathology, Stanford University Host: Stephen Smale, x64777
Howard Hughes Medical Institute No No 2004-03-15 11:00 AM IPAM 1200 Barry Merriman, PhD "Measurement of Gene Expression: Technology" Human Genetics and Mathematics, UCLA Information
Lectures on the State of Gene Expression Technology
Institute for Pure & Applied Mathematics No No 2004-03-15 4:00 PM RNRC C-240 Joseph Watson, PhD "Reactive Oxygen Species: Good or Bad for Your
Synapse Depending on Your Age" Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA Neurobehavior and Dementia Conference
Brain Matters Lecture Series No No 2004-03-16 10:00 AM Gonda 1357 Timothy Ryan, PhD "Dissecting Molecular Principles of Presynaptic Function" Weill Medical College, Cornell University Physiology Special Seminar No No 2004-03-16 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM Boyer 159/173 Special David S. Sigman Symposium "RNA Polymerase: A Magnificent Molecular Machine" 1:30 2004 Sigman Lecturer Seth Darst (Rockefeller)
2:45 Jay Gralla (UCLA)
3:40 Konstantin Severinov (Rutgers)
4:35 Ron Breaker (Yale) Info: www.mbi.ucla, 310 825-1018
Molecular Biology Institute No No 2004-03-16 4:00 PM NPI C8-183 Don B. Arnold, PhD "A Thomas Guide for Proteins: Control of
Subcellular Trafficking in Neurons" Department of Biological Sciences
Division of Molecular Biology, USC Host: Dan Geschwind, x72401
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience
Brain Research Institute
Neuropsychiatric Institute No No 2004-03-17 10:00 AM Boyer 159/173 Susan A. Krum "The Role of BRCA1 in Gene Regulation and DNA Damage:
Its Functional Interaction with RNA Polymerase II and H2AX" Molecular Biology IDP
Research Mentor: Prof. Tim Lane Molecular Biology Institute Yes No 2004-03-17 11:00 AM IPAM 1200 Barry Merriman, PhD "Measurement of Gene Expression: Data Analysis" Human Genetics and Mathematics, UCLA Information
Lectures on the State of Gene Expression Technology
Institute for Pure & Applied Mathematics No No 2004-03-17 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Richard Hargreaves, PhD "Imaging in Neuroscience Drug Discovery & Development" Imaging, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point PA Host: Jorge Barrio, x54167
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-03-17 3:30 PM CHS 43-105 Lee Bailey "How to Speak to a Venture Capitalist" Rustic Canyon Ventures Contact: Stephanie Tjioe, x74838
Business of Science Seminar Series
California NanoSystems Institute
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology No No 2004-03-17 9:00 AM CHS BH 173 Daniel H. Geschwind, PhD "Genomic Neurology: Microarrays and More" Department of Neurology, UCLA Neurosciences Grand Rounds No No 2004-03-18 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Guido Eibl (Reber Lab) "The Role of COX-2 on VEGF Production in Pancreatic Cancer" Medicine-General, UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-03-18 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Derek Welsbie (Sawyers Lab) "Identification and Validation of the Androgen
Receptor as a Target in Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer" Medicine-Hematology & Oncology, UCLA
Graduate Student, Molecular Biology IDP Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-03-18 : Quarter Break - Next Speaker April 8 No Yes 2004-03-19 11:00 AM IPAM 1200 Barry Merriman, PhD "Measurement of Gene Expression: Multi-platform Comparison" Human Genetics and Mathematics, UCLA Information
Lectures on the State of Gene Expression Technology
Institute for Pure & Applied Mathematics No No 2004-03-19 7:45 AM - 4:10 PM NW Campus Aud 2004 Annual Research Meeting Northwest Campus Auditorium/Covel Commons CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center Info: Caroline McNeil, 310 312-9284 No No 2004-03-22 10:00 AM Boyer 159 Patricia Ernst, PhD "Probing Mechanism of Hematopoetic Stem Cell
Development Using M11 Deficiency" Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge MA Contact: Stephen Smale, x64777
Howard Hughes Medical Institute No No 2004-03-22 12:00 PM MRL 1441 Elizabeth Murphy, PhD “New Pathways to Cardioprotection:
Endosomal and Mitochondrial Signaling” Cell Biology Group, Laboratory of Signal Transduction
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Contact: Dawn Pantaleon, x75624
Distinguished Cardiovascular Lectureship
Cardiovascular Research Laboratories No No 2004-03-23 10:30 AM BH 509B Gisela Wilson, PhD "Multiple Signaling Pathways Converge on EAG
Potassium Channels and Learning in Drosophila" Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Contact: Francisco Bezanilla, x52735
Division of Molecular Medicine Special Seminar
Department of Anesthesiology No No 2004-03-23 4:00 PM NPI C8-183 Spencer Lavere Smith "The Role of Spontaneously Firing Neurons and
New Tools for Exploring Them" Graduate Program for Neuroscience and NeuroEngineering Program
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Host: Michael Levine, x57595
Twelfth Annual Samuel Eiduson Student Lecture
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience
Brain Research Institute
Neuropsychiatric Institute No No 2004-03-24 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Harvey Lodish, PhD "Control of Hematopoiesis by
Cytokine Receptors and MicroRNAs" Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
MIT, Cambridge MA Host: Hong Wu, x55160
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-03-25 11:00 AM MSB 1601 Ondine Cleaver, PhD "Endothelial Cell Signaling During Cell Differentiation" Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University Host: Stephen Smale, x64777
Howard Hughes Medical Institute No No 2004-03-25 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Quarter Break - Next Speaker April 8 No Yes 2004-03-26 10:00 AM Boyer 159 Chandra Tucker, PhD "Yeast Genetic and Genomic Approaches to
Characterize Chemical Targets" Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle Host: Larry Zipursky, x52834
Biological Chemistry Seminar No No 2004-03-26 : Cesar Chavez Holiday No No 2004-03-29 12:00 PM CHS 33-105 Steven Kozlowski, MD "T-cell Activation and Localization" Laboratory of Immunobiology
Division of Monoclonal Antibodies
Food and Drug Administration Host: Sherie Morrison, x65124
MIMG Immuno Forum Seminar
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine - JCCC Research Conference No No 2004-03-29 1:00 PM Gonda 1357 George Daley, MD PhD "Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine and Reproductive Biology" Biological Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA Contact: Guoping Fan, x70439
Department of Human Genetics Speaker Series No No 2004-03-30 2:00 PM IPAM 1200 Ifeanyi Ogueli "Anti-snake Venom Properties of Mucuna pruriens" University of Siena http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/events/
IPAM Proteomics Participants' Seminar No No 2004-03-31 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Junona Moroianu, PhD "Nuclear Import Strategies for the
Proteins of Human Papillomaviruses" Biology, Boston College, MA Host: Sam Chow, x59600
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-03-31 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CHS 43-105 Lee Cooper, PhD "First Steps in Business Planning:
Aligning Innovations with Markets" Anderson School, UCLA Info: Stephanie Tjioe, x74838
Business of Science Seminar Series
California NanoSystems Institute
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology No No 2004-03-31 5:00 PM Gonda 1357 Rick Edmondson, PhD "Strategies for Tackling a Proteome" National Center for Toxicological Research
US Food & Drug Administration, Jefferson AZ Contact: Dawn Pantaleon, x75624
Proteomics Super Group at UCLA
Cardiovascular Research Laboratories No No 2004-04-01 12:00 PM 2320 LSB Y. Henry Sun "The Eye Gone (Eyg) Pax Protein Acts as a Transcriptional
Repressor to Promote Drosophila Eye Development" Institute of Molecular Biology
Academia Sinica, Taipei Taiwan Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology No No 2004-04-01 2:00 PM IPAM 1200 Michael Wall "Structure and Function of Genetic
Regulatory Circuits in Escherichia coli" Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/events/
Proteomics Colloquium No No 2004-04-01 4:00 PM 159/173 Boyer Spring Break - Next Speaker April 8 No Yes 2004-04-02 2:00 PM IPAM 1200 Catherine Grasso "Multiple Sequence Alignment Construction,
Visualization, and Annotation Using Partial Order Graphs" Cornell University/UCLA http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/events/
IPAM Proteomics Participants' Seminar No No 2004-04-02 3:30 PM IPAM 1200 Christian Schoen "Prediction, Determination and Understanding of Structures
via Global Exploration of the Energy Landscape of Chemical Systems" Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research
Stuttgart Germany http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/events/
Special Joint Proteomics/Soft Condensed Matter Seminar No No 2004-04-05 12:00 PM CHS 33-105 Michael J. Briskin, PhD "Modulation of Gut-specific Homing in Inflammatory Bowel Disease" Director, Inflammation
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA Host: Kathleen Kelly, x65562
Immunology Forum
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
JCCC's Tumor Immunology Program Area No No 2004-04-06 2:00 PM IPAM 1200 George C. (Chien-Cheng) Tseng, PhD "Computational Problems in Microarray Analysis" Departments of Biostatistics and Human Genetics
University of Pittsburgh PA IPAM Proteomics Participants' Seminar No No 2004-04-07 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 David S. Lester, PhD "The Use of Imaging Modalities in Drug Development:
A Perspective from the Pharmaceutical Industry" Worldwide Clinical Technology and New Product Development
Pfizer Inc., New York NY Host: Jorge Barrio, x54167
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology - Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-04-07 4:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Elizabeth Neufeld, PhD "From Serendipity to Therapy -
the Story of Some Rare Genetic Diseases" Biological Chemistry, Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Info: Jeanne Brady, x54673
UCLA Science Faculty Research Colloquium Series
Divisions of Life Sciences and Physical Sciences No No 2004-04-08 12:00 PM Gonda 1357 Juan Botas, PhD "Mechanisms of Pathogenesis and Potential
Therapies for Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1" Department of Molecular & Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX Neurogenetics Affinity Group Seminar No No 2004-04-08 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Kostyantyn Krysan (Dubinett Lab) "A New Pathway for Survivin Regulation
in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer" Medicine-Pulmonary & Critical Care, UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-04-08 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Gang Zeng, PhD "Tumor Antigen NY-ESO-1 Acts as a Ligand
Engaging Human Dendritic Cells" Urology, UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-04-08 2:00 PM IPAM 1200 Parag Mallick, PhD "Computational Tools for Cancer Serum
Biomarker Detection Using Glycopeptide Enrichment" Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle WA Proteomics Colloquium No No 2004-04-08 4:00 PM Boyer 159/173 A. Keith Dunker, PhD "Intrinsic Disorder and Protein Function" Center for Computational Biology & Bioinformatics
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis Host: Steve Clarke, x58754
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2004-04-09 12:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Jack Dixon, PhD "The Interplay between Signal Transduction
Systems and Bacterial Pathogenesis" Pharmacology, Cellular & Molecular Medicine
and Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCSD Contact: Rebecca Brown, x52421
Genetics Seminar Series - Microbial Pathogenesis Training Grant
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics No No 2004-04-09 3:30 PM Mol Sci 3440 Klemens J. Hertel, PhD "Regulation of Pre-mRNA Splicing" Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
College of Medicine, UC Irvine Host: Guillaume Chanfreau, x54399
Special Biochemistry Seminar No No 2004-04-09 9:30 AM Gonda 1357 Arthur Konnerth, PhD "BDNF: A New Excitatory Neurotransmitter?" Institute for Physiology
Ludwig-Maximilans-Universität, Munich Germany Learning and Memory Project - Brain Research Institute No No 2004-04-12 11:00 AM MRL 1441 Roberta A. Gottlieb, MD "Cell Death Pathways in Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion" Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Scripps Research Institute Contact: Annie De Temple, x52554
Distinguished Cardiovascular Lectureship
Cardiovascular Research Laboratories No No 2004-04-12 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Tian Xu, PhD "Tumorigenesis, Metastasis, and Mechanisms
of Size Control-Lessons from Drosophila" Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven CT Contact: Guoping Fan, x70439
Department of Human Genetics No No 2004-04-12 4:00 PM RNRC C-240 Desmond Smith, PhD "Neurogenome Makes Neurotranscriptome Makes Neuroproteome" Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, UCLA Neurobehavior Conference
UCLA Brain Matters Lecture Series No No 2004-04-13 2:00 PM IPAM 1200 Matt Dimmic "Co-evolution of Protein Sequence" Cornell University, Ithaca NY IPAM Proteomics Participants' Seminar
Institute of Pure & Applied Mathematics No No 2004-04-13 2:30 PM CHS 13-105 Richard W. Roberts, PhD "mRNA Display: Protein Design via Molecular Evolution
with Natural and Expanded Genetic Codes" Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA Special Pharmacology Seminar
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-04-13 4:00 PM NPI C8-183 Jonathan Flint, MD "Genetics of Anxiety" Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
University of Oxford, UK Host: Nelson Freimer, x49571
UCLA Joint Seminars in Neuroscience
Brain Research Institute
Neuropsychiatric Institute No No 2004-04-14 11:00 AM IPAM 1200 Matteo Pellegrini, PhD "Co-Evolution of Proteins, Part I" Merck Pharmaceuticals Information
Institute of Pure & Applied Mathematics No No 2004-04-14 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Ingo Mellinghoff, PhD "Kinase Inhibitor Therapy for
Cancer-Reaching Beyond Leukemia" Medicine, UCLA Host: Johannes Czernin, x63226
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-04-14 12:00 PM Gonda 3303 Jonathan Flint, MD "Genetics of Anxiety" Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
University of Oxford, UK Neurogenetics Affinity Group Seminar No No 2004-04-14 3:30 PM CHS 43-105 Ted Guth, Esq "Starting a Company" Guth Christopher LLC, Los Angeles CA Contact: Stephanie Tjioe, x74838
Business of Science Seminar Series
California Nanosystems Institute
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology No No 2004-04-15 11:00 AM IPAM 1200 Matteo Pellegrini, PhD "Co-Evolution of Proteins, Part II" Merck Pharmaceuticals Information
Institute of Pure & Applied Mathematics No No 2004-04-15 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Fuyu Tamanoi, PhD "Targeting Rheb, a Critical Player in the
AKT/TOR/S6K Signaling and Tuberous Sclerosis" Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-04-15 2:00 PM IPAM 1200 Ilya Nemenman, PhD "Estimating Information Quantities from Biological Data" Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara Information
Proteomics Colloquium
Institute of Pure & Applied Mathematics No No 2004-04-15 2:00 PM MSB 1601 R. Mako Saito, PhD "Integrating Cell-Cycle Control with Animal Development" van den Heuvel Lab, MGH Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School Host: Steve Smale, x64777
Howard Hughes Medical Institute No No 2004-04-15 4:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Richard Vierstra, PhD "The Ubiquitin/26S Proteasome Pathway:
the 800-lb Gorilla in Post-transcriptional Regulation" Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison Host: Chentao Lin, x69576
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2004-04-16 11:00 AM IPAM 1200 Matteo Pellegrini, PhD "Co-evolution of Proteins, Part III" Merck Pharmaceuticals Information
Institute of Pure & Applied Mathematics No No 2004-04-16 12:00 PM Boyer 159 Joseph Puglisi, PhD "Watching Single Ribosomes Translate" Stanford Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, Structural Biology
Stanford University School of Medicine Host: Dianna Maar, x56254
Genetics Seminar Series
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics No No 2004-04-16 2:00 PM IPAM 1200 Genetha Gray, PhD "Optimal Bundling of Transmembrane Helices
Using Sparse Distance Constraints" Sandia National Laboratories IPAM Proteomics Participants' Seminar
Institute of Pure & Applied Mathematics No No 2004-04-16 3:30 PM MSB 3440 Eileen K. Jaffe, PhD "A Novel Structural Paradigm for Metal Ion
Mediated Allosteric Regulation of Protein Function" Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia PA Host: Joan Valentine, x59835
Biochemistry Seminar - Molecular Biology Institute
Cellular & Molecular Biology Training Grant No No 2004-04-19 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Joseph F. Costello, PhD "Silence of the Genes by Genomic and
Epigenomic Mechanisms in Tumors" Brain Tumor Research Center
Neurological Surgery, UC San Francisco Contact: Guoping Fan, x70439
Human Genetics Speaker Series No No 2004-04-19 1:00 PM CHS 33-105 Stephen P. Schoenberger, PhD "First Impressions Count: Programming of
CD8+ T Lymphocyte Responses" Division of Cellular Immunology
La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology Host: Jonathan Braun, x47953
Immuno Forum Seminar
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
JCCC Tumor Immunology Program Area No No 2004-04-20 4:00 PM NPI C8-183 Huda Akil, PhD "Searching for the Neurobiological
Basis of Emotions and Moods" Mental Health Research Institute
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI Host: Edythe London, x50606
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience
Brain Research Institute
Neuropsychiatric Institute No No 2004-04-20 4:00 PM CHS 105 Lily Wu, PhD "Investigation of Tumor Vasculatures
and Metastasis in Prostate Xenografts" Urology, UCLA
Associate, Molecular Biology Institute GU Oncology Intramural Research Series
UCLA SPORE in Prostate Cancer
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center No No 2004-04-21 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Sean Egan, PhD "Regulation of Mammary Gland Development and
Breast Cancer by Notch Signaling" Molecular & Medical Genetics, University of Toronto
Programs in Cancer Research & Developmental Biology
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Canada Host: Des Smith, x60086
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-04-21 3:00 PM Gonda 1357 Stephen G. Young, MD "Zmpste24 and Laminopathies" Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, UCSF Human Genetics No No 2004-04-22 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Maryam Sartippour (Brooks Lab) "Tumor Angiogenesis" Surgical Oncology, UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-04-22 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Patrick Ng (Morrison Lab) "Anti-Transferrin Receptor lgG3-Avidin Fusion Protein:
A Multi-Functional Therapeutic for Hematologic Malignancies" Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics, UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Conference No No 2004-04-22 12:00 PM CHS 33-105 Philip C. Hanawalt, PhD "Subpathways of DNA Excision Repair, their Regulation
and their Role in Human Diseases" Biological Sciences, Stanford University Host: Robert Schiestl, x56857
Molecular Toxicology Program
UC Toxic Substances Research & Teaching Program
Lead Campus in Toxic Mechanisms No No 2004-04-22 4:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Louise Prakash, PhD "Translesion Synthesis DNA Polymerases of Yeast and Human" Sealy Center for Molecular Science
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston Host: Guillaume Chanfreau, x54399
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2004-04-23 11:00 AM Mol Sci 3440 Kwaku Dayie, PhD "Structural Insights into the Catalytic Core of an RNA Enzyme" Department of Molecular Biology
Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland OH Host: Robert Clubb, x62334
Special Biochemistry Seminar No No 2004-04-23 12:00 PM Boyer 159 Tamara Doering, MD PhD "A Yeast Under Cover: The Opportunistic Pathogen
Cryptococcus neoformans and its Polysaccharide Capsule" Department of Molecular Microbiology
Washington University, St. Louis MO Contact: Rebecca Brown, x 52421
Genetics Seminar Series
Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics
Microbial Pathogenesis Training Grant No No 2004-04-26 11:00 AM IPAM 1200 Fuyuhiko Tamanoi, PhD "Protein-Protein Interactions in Cancer and
Small Molecule Inhibitors of Protein-Protein Interaction" Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics No No 2004-04-26 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Andrew Chess, MD "Unusual Properties of Genes that Specify Cell
Identity in Neurons and Lymphocytes" Whitehead Institute Biology, MIT
Cambridge, MA Contact: Guoping Fan, x70439
Department of Human Genetics Speaker Series
Genetics Graduate Training Program No No 2004-04-26 12:00 PM MSB 1601 Janusz M. Bujnicki, PhD "Evolution of RNA and DNA Methyltransferases: Case Studies" International Institute of Molecular & Cell Biology
Warsaw, Poland Contact: David Campbell, x54195 No No 2004-04-26 1:00 PM CHS 33-105 John Rioux, PhD "Genetic Susceptibility to Autoimmune Disease" Whitehead Institute
MIT Center for Genome Research Host: Jonathan Braun, x47953
Immunology Forum
Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
JCCC's Tumor Immunology Program Area No No 2004-04-26 4:00 PM Factor A-660 Bijay Mukherji, MD "Rescuing Tumor Epitope Specific CTL's from Premature Death" Medicine
University of Connecticut School of Medicine Host: Antoni Ribas, x63928
Immunology Forum
Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
JCCC's Tumor Immunology Program Area No No 2004-04-27 2:00 PM IPAM 1200 Arun Ramani "Learning to Extract Protein and their
Interactions from Medline Abstracts" Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology
University of Texas, Austin IPAM Proteomics Participants' Seminar
Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics No No 2004-04-28 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 David Turner, PhD "microRNAs, RNA Interference and
Mammalian Neural Differentiation" Mental Health Research Institute, University of Michigan Host: Yi Sun, x59506
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-04-28 12:00 PM Life Sci 2320 Betsy Read, PhD "Genomics and Functional Genomics Aimes at
Understanding Biomineralization in the Marine
Coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi" Biological Science
California State University, San Marcos Contact: Grace Angus, x54373
Organismic Biology, Ecology & Evolution No No 2004-04-29 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Eric Stanbridge, PhD "Molecular Characterization of Carbonic Anhydrase IX (CAIX),
an Important Biomarker of Malignancy and Hypoxia" Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, UC Irvine Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-04-29 12:00 PM Life Sci 2320 Sabeeha Merchant, PhD "Venus and Metabolism" Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Contact: Grace Angus, x54373
Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology No No 2004-04-29 2:00 PM IPAM 1200 Ronald Jansen "Combining Multiple Genomic Data Sources into
Reliable Predictions of Protein Complexes" Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York Proteomics Colloquium
Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics No No 2004-04-29 4:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Jay C. Dunlap, PhD "Genetic and Molecular Dissection
of a Simple Circadian System" Genetics, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover NH Host: Elaine Tobin, x57700
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2004-04-30 2:00 PM IPAM 1200 Paul Bajaj, PhD "Structural Basis of Protein Function:
Studies with Hemophilia B Protein" Pharmacology & Physiological Science
St. Louis University School of Medicine IPAM Proteomics Participants' Seminar
Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics No No 2004-05-03 11:00 AM MRL 1441 Junichi Sadoshima, MD PhD "Signaling Mechanism Mediating
Growth and Death of Cardiac Myocytes" Cell Biology & Molecular Medicine
New Jersey Medical School
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark Contact: Dawn Pantaleon, x75624
Distinguished Cardiovascular Lectureship
Cardiovascular Research Laboratories No No 2004-05-03 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Margaret S. Robinson, PhD "Coated Vesicle Adaptors" Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK Contact: Esteban Dell'Angelica, x63749
Human Genetics Speaker Series
Genetics Graduate Training Program No No 2004-05-03 2:00 PM IPAM 1200 George Michailidis, PhD "Protein Microarrays" Statistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Proteomics Learning Seminar
Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics No No 2004-05-04 2:00 PM IPAM 1200 Alexei Podtelezhnikov "Structural Proteomics" Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences
Chemistry & Biochemistry, UC San Diego IPAM Proteomics Participants' Seminar
Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics No No 2004-05-04 2:30 PM IPAM 1200 Wei Chu "Bayesian Segmental Models for Secondary Structure Prediction" University College, London IPAM Proteomics Participants' Seminar
Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics No No 2004-05-05 11:00 AM Gonda 1357 Carlos Bustamante, PhD "Comparative Population Genomics of Humans and Chimpanzees" Biological Statistics and Computational Biology
Cornell University, Ithaca NY Human Genetics Department Lecture No No 2004-05-05 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Jindrich Kopecek, PhD "Macromolecular Therapeutics:
Design, Mechanism of Action, and Future Directions" Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Bioengineering
University of Utah, Salt Lake City Host: Heather Maynard, x75162
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-05-05 4:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Ke Shuai, PhD "Regulation of Cytokine-activated Signaling Pathways" Biological Chemistry, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute JCCC Signal Transduction Program Area
ACCESS Tumor Biology Group
Tumor Cell Biology Training Grant No No 2004-05-05 4:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Luisa Iruela-Arispe, PhD "VEGF and Angiogenesis: Learning Basic Signaling
Lessons from Aberrant Tumor Vessels" Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute JCCC Signal Transduction Program Area
ACCESS Tumor Biology Group
Tumor Cell Biology Training Grant No No 2004-05-06 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Mark Pegram, MD "Phase I Trial of a Thymidylate Synthase-activated
Prodrug in Colorectal Cancer" Medicine-Hematology & Oncology, UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-05-06 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Shehla Pervin (Chaudhuri lab) "Concentration Dependent Effects of Nitric Oxide
on Proliferation and Apoptosis in Human Breast Cancer Cells" Obstetrics & Gynecology, UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-05-06 2:00 PM IPAM 1200 Kevin W. Plaxco, PhD "My Protein Folds Faster than Yours:
An Experimentalist's View of Protein Theory" Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC Santa Barbara Proteomics Colloquium
Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics No No 2004-05-06 4:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Susan S. Taylor, PhD "Dynamics of Signaling by cAMP-dependent Protein Kinase" Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC San Diego Host: Sabeeha Merchant, x58300
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2004-05-07 10:15 AM NPI C8-183 Sheryl Smith, PhD "Neurosteroid Withdrawal and GABA-A Receptor Function" Physiology & Pharmacology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn NY Brain Research Institute
Neuropsychiatric Institute
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
Neurobiology - Neurology No No 2004-05-07 11:00 AM NPI C8-183 Carolyn Houser, PhD "GABA Receptor Subunit Plasticity in Epilepsy" Neurobiology, UCLA Brain Research Institute
Neuropsychiatric Institute
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
Neurobiology - Neurology No No 2004-05-07 1:30 PM NPI C8-183 Stephen J. Moss, PhD "Tonic Inhibition and its Physiological and
Pharmacological Modulation" Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Brain Research Institute
Neuropsychiatric Institute
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
Neurobiology - Neurology No No 2004-05-07 2:00 PM IPAM 1200 Arun Ramani "Learning to Extract Protein and their
Interactions from Medline Abstracts" Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology
University of Texas, Austin IPAM Proteomics Participants' Seminar
Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics No No 2004-05-07 3:30 PM NPI C8-183 John Huguenard, PhD "The Physiological Function of GABA
in Thalamo-Cortical Circuitry" Neurology, Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Stanford University School of Medicine Brain Research Institute
Neuropsychiatric Institute
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
Neurobiology - Neurology No No 2004-05-07 4:15 PM NPI C8-183 Cynthia Czajkowski, PhD "GABA-A Receptors: Structural Determinants of
Ligand Recognition and Allosteric Cross-Talk" Physiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison Brain Research Institute
Neuropsychiatric Institute
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
Neurobiology - Neurology No No 2004-05-07 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM NPI C8-183 GABA All Day Symposium See Events below GABA-mediated Inhibition in Normal Brain Function and Disease Info: Linda Maninger, x56055 No No 2004-05-07 9:15 AM NPI C8-183 Richard W. Olsen, PhD "GABA-A Receptors are Major Targets of CNS Drugs" Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Brain Research Institute
Neuropsychiatric Institute
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
Neurobiology - Neurology No No 2004-05-10 11:00 AM MRL 1441 Richard N. Kitsis, MD "Manipulating Apoptosis in Heart Disease" Cardiovascular Research Center
Medicine and Cell Biology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx NY Contact: Dawn Pantaleon, x75624
Distinguished Cardiovascular Lectureship
Cardiovascular Research Laboratory No No 2004-05-10 11:30 AM Boyer 159/173 Steven E. Brenner, PhD "Alternative Role for Splicing:
Nonsense-mediated mRNA Decay and Gene Regulation" Plant and Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley Contact: Chiara Sabatti, x49567
Human Genetics Speaker Series
Genetics Graduate Training Program No No 2004-05-10 12:00 PM CHS 33-105 Christopher B. Wilson, MD "Transcriptional Instructions for T Cells
Govern Host Defense to Infection" Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle Host: Genhong Cheng, x47953
Immuno Forum Seminar
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
JCCC's Tumor Immunology Program Area No No 2004-05-11 3:00 PM CHS 13-105 Helen Blau, PhD "Adult Stem Cells: Regenerative Medicine for Brain and Brawn" Molecular Pharmacology, Stanford University Contact: Lily Wu, x44390
Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Program
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics No No 2004-05-11 4:00 PM LS 2320 Guillermo Oliver, PhD "Prox1, a Key Regulator of Vertebrate Organogenesis and
its Role during Developmental Lymphangiogenesis" Department of Genetics
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis TN Contact: Luisa Iruela Arispe, x45763
Campus-wide Vascular Seminar Series
Training Program in Vascular Biology
Department of Medicine No No 2004-05-12 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Geert-Jan Boons, PhD "Unraveling Cellular Activation Using Chemical Genomics" Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-05-13 12:00 PM CHS 63-105 Qingyi Wei, PhD "Suboptimal DNA Repair and Susceptibility to
Cancer: What We Have Learned?" Division of Cancer Prevention, Department of Epidemiology
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston Molecular Toxicology IDP Seminar Series No No 2004-05-13 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Gary Pasternack, MD PhD "pp32 (ANP32A) and the Control of Proliferation and
Differentiation in Cancer Cells" Division of Molecular Pathology
Cell Biology & Anatomy, Oncology and Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore MD Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-05-13 1:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Richard Burgess, PhD "LRET-Based Studies of Protein-Protein Interactions in
E. coli RNA Polymerase: Drug Discovery and Biochemistry" McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research
Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison Host: Albert Courey, x52530
Special Biochemistry Seminar No No 2004-05-13 4:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Roy R. Parker, PhD "Life, Death and Midlife Crisis of
mRNA in Simple Eukaryotic Cells" Molecular & Cellular Biology
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
University of Arizona, Tucson Host: Guillaume Chanfreau, x54399
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2004-05-14 3:30 PM Young 2033 Michael Cox, PhD "Regulation of RecA Filament Formation in E. coli" Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison Host: Robert Clubb, x62334
Biochemistry Seminar
Worth Publishing No No 2004-05-17 11:00 AM IPAM 1200 Giovanni Zocchi, PhD "Allosteric Control: the Biological Transistor" Physics and Astronomy, UCLA Lectures on Nano-Biotechnology, Part I
Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics No No 2004-05-17 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Terry Speed, PhD "Incorporating Dependence into Models for DNA Motifs" Statistics and Program in Biostatistics, UC Berkeley Contact: Chiara Sabatti, x49567
Human Genetics Speaker Series
Genetics Graduate Training Program No No 2004-05-17 12:00 PM CHS 33-105 Pamela J. Bjorkman, PhD "Fc Receptors, from Molecules to Cells" Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA Host: Jonathan Braun, x47953
Immuno Forum Seminar
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
JCCC's Tumor Immunology Program Area No No 2004-05-17 4:00 PM Boelter 3400 Eli Yablonovitch, PhD "Nano-Technology, the World of the Very Small" Electrical Engineering, UCLA UCLA Science Faculty Research Colloquium Series
Colleges of Life Sciences and Physical Sciences No No 2004-05-17 4:00 PM RNRC C-240 Marie-Francoise Chesselet, MD PhD "Neural Repair in the Adult Brain" Neurology, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Neurobehavior and Dementia Conference, UCLA
Brain Matters Lecture Series No No 2004-05-17 8:15 AM - 4:30 PM RPB Aud JSEI 9th Annual James Economou (UCLA), Donald Kohn (USC),
Joseph Glorioso (U Pittsburgh), Joanne Douglas (U Alabama),
Kim Lyerly (Duke), K. K. Wong Jr. (City of Hope),
Scott McIvor (U Minnesota) UCLA Human Gene Medicine Symposium Info: Sylvia Kiertscher, x68318
Admission is Free-No Reservations Required-Seating is Limited No No 2004-05-18 2:00 PM IPAM 1200 Yingying Huang "Creating a Better Peptide Fragmentation Model
for MS/MS Spectra Interpretation" Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson IPAM Proteomics Participants' Seminar
Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics No No 2004-05-18 4:00 PM NPI C8-183 Nathaniel Heintz, PhD "Genetic Analysis of Complex Mammalian Tissues:
Molecules and Mechanisms of CNS Function and Dysfunction" Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Rockefeller University, New York NY Host: William Yang, x72761
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience
Brain Research Institute
Neuropsychiatric Institute No No 2004-05-18 4:00 PM CHS 63-105 Ann Wu, PhD "Shedding Light on Cancer: Tailoring Antibodies for
In Vivo Imaging and Therapy" Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, UCLA UCLA SPORE in Prostate Cancer
JCCC's GU Oncology Intramural Research Series No No 2004-05-19 11:00 AM IPAM 1200 Giovanni Zocchi, PhD "Detectors and Devices Based on Conformational Motion" Physics and Astronomy, UCLA Lectures on Nano-Biotechnology, Part II
Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics No No 2004-05-19 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Eric Kool, PhD "The Importance of DNA Size and
Shape in Replication and Repair" Chemistry, Stanford University Host: Jorge Barrio, x54167
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-05-19 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CHS 24-132 Steven Peckman "Human Subjects Research and IRB Review" Office for the Protection of Research Subjects, UCLA Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-05-20 11:00 AM Gonda 1357 James Downey, PhD "Therapeutic Limitation of Myocardial Infarct Size" Physiology, University of South Alabama, Mobile Contact: Dawn Pantaleon, x75624
Distinguished Cardiovascular Lectureship
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-05-20 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Theresa LaVallee, PhD "Preclinical and Clinical Development of 2-Methoxyestradiol
(Panzem): An Orally Available Antiangiogenic and Antitumor Agent" Cell Biology, EntreMed Inc., Rockville MD Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-05-20 12:00 PM CHS 63-105 J. Carl Barrett, PhD "Biosystems and cancer: Implications for
Cancer Cause and Therapy" Laboratory of Biosystems and Cancer
Center for Cancer Research
National Cancer Institute, Bethesda MD Molecular Toxicology IDP Series No No 2004-05-20 2:00 PM IPAM 1200 Marc Delarue "Structure-Function Relationship in DNA Polymerases" CNRS and Institut Pasteur, Paris France Contact: Barry Merriman, x57920
Proteomics Colloquium
Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics No No 2004-05-20 2:00 PM MSB 1601 Mei-Ling Liou "The C-terminus of Pten Contributes to Tumorigenesis in Mice" Mentor: Charles Sawyers, MD
Molecular Biology IDP, UCLA Molecular Biology Institute Yes No 2004-05-20 4:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Deborah Morrison, PhD "Function and Regulation of RAS Signaling:
The KSR Scaffold" Center for Cancer Research, NCI/NIH, Frederick MD Host: John Colicelli, 310 625-5272
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2004-05-20 4:00 PM CHS 33-105 Roger Nicoll, MD "Glutamate Receptor Trafficking and Synaptic Plasticity" Cell & Molecular Pharmacology, UC San Francisco Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology IDP Seminar No No 2004-05-21 11:00 AM IPAM 1200 Giovanni Zocchi, PhD "DNA as a Tool" Physics and Astronomy, UCLA Lectures on Nano-Biotechnology, Part III
Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics No No 2004-05-21 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM MSB 1601 Trainee Seminars Randal Eckert (Shi Lab), Hsiang-I Liao (Sun Lab),
Joshua Bleharski (Modlin Lab), Luciana Kohatsu (Baum Lab),
Scot Liu (Miceli Lab) Microbial Pathogenesis Training Grant Contact: Rebecca Brown, x52421
No No 2004-05-24 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Jeff Mann, PhD "Mechanism of Action of the Insulin-like
Growth Factor 2 Imprinting Control Region in Mice" Biology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope CA Contact: Guoping Fan, x70439
Human Genetics Speaker Series
Genetics Graduate Training Program No No 2004-05-25 3:00 PM Gonda 1357 Laura Elnitski, PhD "Comparative Genomics: Using Multi-species
Alignment Information as a Guide to Identifying
Cis-acting Regulatory Regions" Center for Comparative Genomics & Bioinformatics
Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Human Genetics Department No No 2004-05-25 4:00 PM NPI C8-183 Marla Feller, PhD "The Mechanisms and Function of Spontaneous Activity
in the Developing Mammalian Retina" Neurobiology Section
Division of Biological Sciences, UC San Diego Host: Felix Schweizer, x45733
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience
Brain Research Institute - Neuropsychiatric Institute No No 2004-05-26 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Jorge Barrio, PhD "Imaging Neurofibrillary Tangles, ß-Amyloid Plaques
and Neuronal Death in the Aging Human Brain" Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, UCLA Pharmacology 251 Series
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-05-26 2:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Paul Garrity, PhD "Development and Function of the
Drosophila Visual and Thermosensory System" Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge Host: Larry Zipursky, x52834
Howard Hughes Medical Institute No No 2004-05-27 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Koki Morizono (Chen Lab) "Antibody-directed Targeting of Lentiviral Vector
via Cell Surface Antigens" Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-05-27 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Harnisa Dalwadi (Dubinett Lab) "Novel STAT3 Pathways in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer" Lung Cancer Research Program, UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-05-27 4:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Holly A. Ingraham, PhD "Orphan Nuclear Receptors: Gene Dosage
Effects and Ligand-independent Modulation" Physiology, UC San Francisco Host: Art Arnold, x52169
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2004-05-31 : Memorial Day Academic and Administrative Holiday No No 2004-06-01 4:00 PM NPI C8-183 Allan Tobin, PhD "Impatience and Serendipity in the
Fight Against Huntington's Disease" Brain Research Institute
Physiological Science and Neurology, UCLA
Emeritus, Molecular Biology Institute Fifteenth Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience Series
Brain Research Institute - Neuropsychiatric Institute No No 2004-06-02 11:00 AM MRL 1st Flr Conf Rm Sangram S. Sisodia, PhD "Molecular Neurobiology of Alzheimer's Disease" Center for Molecular Neurobiology
Neurobiology, Pharmacology & Physiology
University of Chicago, Illinois Info: William Yang, x72761 No No 2004-06-02 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Dario Neri, PhD "Ligand-based Targeting of Angiogenesis:
From the Bench to the Clinic" Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich Host: Heather Maynard, x75162
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-06-02 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM NPI C8-183 The Third Annual Istvan Mody (UCLA), Daniel Feldman (UCSD), Joshua Trachtenberg (UCLA), Thanos Siapas (Caltech), Theodore Berger (USC), Oswald Steward (UCI), Larry Swanson (USC), Michael Fanselow (UCLA), Richard Anderson (Caltech), Stephan Anagnostaras (UCSD), Bernard Balleine (UCLA) UCLA Learning & Memory Symposium Registration is free but required!
Brain Research Institute
Neurology - Physiological Science - Psychology No No 2004-06-03 12:00 PM CHS 63-105 Jia Chen, ScD "Molecular Epidemiology: From Cause to Cure" Commmunity & Preventive Medicine and Pediatrics
Derald H. Ruttenberg Cancer Center
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York NY Info: Lydia Heemstra, x56857
Molecular Toxicology Seminar Series No No 2004-06-03 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Richard F. Ambinder, MD PhD "EBV and Hodgkin's Disease" Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore MD Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-06-03 4:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Christian Tschudi, PhD "The Mechanism and Biological Function of
RNA Interference in Trypanosoma brucei" Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
Yale School of Public Health, New Haven CT Host: Dan Ray, x54178
Molecular Biology Institute
Microbial Pathogenesis Training Grant No Yes 2004-06-04 12:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Keith L. Parker, MD PhD "Tissue Specific Knockouts of Steroidogenic Factor-1
Reveal Its Essential Roles in Endocrine Function" Internal Medicine-Endocrinology & Metabolism
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas Host: Anita Iyer, x63050
Genetics Seminar Series
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics No No 2004-06-04 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM MSB 1601 Microbial Pathogenesis Desiree Baron (Hill Lab), Mark Brown (Johnson Lab),
Asher Hodes (JF Miller Lab), Natalia Kozak (JF Miller Lab),
and Heather Maxion (Kelly Lab) Training Grant Trainee Seminars Contact: Rebecca Brown, x52421
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics No No 2004-06-07 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Magnus Nordborg, PhD "The Genomic Pattern of Polymorphism and
Genotype-Phenotype Associations in Arabidopsis" Molecular & Computational Biology, USC Contact: Chiara Sabatti, x49567
Human Genetics Speaker Series
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-06-09 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 David W. Golde, MD "Vitamin C and ROS: Cellular Defense and Signaling" Laboratory of Molecular & Cellular Hematology
Molecular Pharmacology & Chemistry Program
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York NY Pharmacology 251
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-06-10 11:00 AM MRL 1440 Karin D. Hepner "A Coordinator of Signaling Complexes:
The MAGI-2 MAGUK Protein" Research Mentor: Prof. Charles Sawyers
Molecular Biology IDP Molecular Biology Institute Yes No 2004-06-10 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Christina Yeon (Pegram Lab) "The First Phase I Combination of Two
Humanized Monoclonal Antibodies (Herceptin/Avastin)" Oncology, UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-06-10 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Nathalie Heuze-Vourc'h (Dubinett Lab) "COX-2 Regulation in NSCLC by IL-10 Family Members" Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-06-10 12:00 PM CHS 63-105 Simin Liu, MD ScD "The Influence of Genetic Variants and Nutrition on the Development of
Vascular Diseases - Current Status and Future Directions" Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health Molecular Toxicology IDP Seminar
Molecular Epidemiology Gene-Environment Interaction Seminar
Schools of Medicine and Public Health No No 2004-06-10 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Dianne K. Newman, PhD "How Bacteria Respire Minerals" Geobiology & Environmental Science
Division of Geological & Planetary Sciences
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA Host: Joan Valentine, x59835
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2004-06-14 11:00 AM MRL 1441 Andre Terzic, MD PhD "KATP Channels in Cardiac Stress Adaptation in Health and Disease" Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester MN Contact: Dawn Pantaleon, x75624
Distinguished Cardiovascular Lectureship
Cardiovascular Research Laboratories
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-06-14 12:00 PM CHS 33-105 Eli E. Sercarz, PhD "The Life History of Autoimmune Driver T Cell Clones" Division of Immune Regulation
Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, San Diego CA Host: Jonathan Braun, x50650
Immuno Forum Seminar
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
JCCC's Tumor Immunology Program Area No No 2004-06-17 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Chih-Ming Ho, PhD "Bio-system Technologies" Institute for Cell Mimetic Space Exploration (CMISE)
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
School of Engineering & Applied Science, UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-06-17 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Series resumes September 30! No Yes 2004-06-17 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM Faculty Center 9th Annual Program includes plenary talks, poster session
and keynote luncheon address by Alan M. Fogelman, MD Research Conference on Aging Free - Reservation required for lunch, x40676
UCLA Center on Aging
Multicampus Program in Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology No No 2004-06-18 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Manuel Zimmer "Contact Mediated Repulsion by EphB Receptors and
EphrinB Ligands Requires Bidirectional Endocytosis" HHMI, UC San Francisco Host: Larry Zipursky, X52834
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Biological Chemistry No No 2004-06-21 4:00 PM Gonda 1357 Lily Wu, MD PhD "Coupling Molecular Imaging in Cancer Gene Therapy" Urology, Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Pediatrics, Mattel Children's Hospital
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Contact: Sylvia Kiertscher, x68318
UCLA Gene Medicine Program
Department of Human Genetics No No 2004-06-23 10:00 AM Boyer 159/173 Siavash Kurdistani, MD "Mapping Global Histone Acetylation Patterns to Gene Expression" Biological Chemistry, Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Host: Larry Zipursky, x52834
Biological Chemistry Seminar No No 2004-06-24 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Series resumes September 30! No Yes 2004-06-25 12:00 PM CHS 13-105 Shannon C. Kenney, MD "Interactions between the Epstein-Barr Virus BZLF1 Protein
and the Host Cell: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill JCCC Cancer Virology Program Area and the Lymphoma Group
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center No No 2004-06-28 2:00 PM Gonda 1357 Babette Fuss, PhD "Regulation of Oligodendrocyte-extra-cellular Matrix
Interactions during Myelination - Role of PD-Iα/ATX(NPP-2)" Anatomy & Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond Host: Anthony Campagnoni, x55006
Mental Retardation Research Center - Neuropsychiatric Institute No No 2004-07-01 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Series resumes September 30! No Yes 2004-07-05 : Independence Day Holiday No No 2004-07-06 10:00 AM 6740 MRL Prof. Hajime Tokuda "Sorting of Lipoproteins to Outer Membranes of E. coli by the Lo1 System" Laboratory of Cell Biogenesis
Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences
University of Tokyo, Japan Host: Ron Kaback, x65053
Howard Hughes Medical Institute No No 2004-07-08 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Series resumes September 30! No Yes 2004-07-09 11:30 AM MP 300 - 3rd Flr Conf Rm Eli Sercarz, PhD "How the Antigen-processing Environment Can Effect Autoimmunity" Division of Immune Regulation
Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies
La Jolla CA Seminar in Psychoneuroimmunology
UCLA-NPI Cousins Center for PNI No No 2004-07-15 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Series resumes September 30! No Yes 2004-07-21 2:00 PM CHS 23-105 Derek Welsbie "Targeting Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer
by Inhibition of the Androgen Receptor" Mentor: Dr. Charles Sawyers
Molecular Biology IDP, UCLA Molecular Biology Institute Yes No 2004-07-22 12:00 PM CHS 63-105 James Stewart, PhD "Molecular Pathogenesis of Gammaherpesviruses" Professor of Molecular Virology
Department of Medical Microbiology & Genitourinary Medicine
University of Liverpool, UK Host: Ren Sun, x45557
Special Seminar
JCCC Cancer Virology Program Area No No 2004-07-22 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Series resumes September 30! No Yes 2004-07-23 12:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Lynn L. Silver "Overcoming Obstacles to Antibacterial Discovery" LL Silver Consulting, Springfield NJ Host: Jeffrey H. Miller, x58460
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics No No 2004-07-26 1:00 PM Gonda 1357 Ricky I. Cohen, PhD "The Neuroplastic Potential of Adult Human
Mesenchymal Stem Cells" Coriell Institute for Medical Research
Camden NJ Host: Anthony Campagnoni, x53630
Mental Retardation Research Center
Neuropsychiatric Institute No No 2004-07-26 4:00 PM Gonda 1357 William M. Pardridge, MD "Gene Therapy with a New Non-viral Gene Transfer Technology" Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Contact: Sylvia Kiertscher, x68318
UCLA Gene Medicine Program
Department of Human Genetics No No 2004-07-29 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Series resumes September 30! No Yes 2004-08-05 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Series resumes September 30! No Yes 2004-08-09 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Valeria Marigo, PhD "Large-scale RNA in situ Hybridization as a Tool
for Functional Studies of Human Diseases" Telethon Institute of Genetics & Medicine (TIGEM)
Napoli Italy Contact: Esteban Dell'Angelica, x63749
Human Genetics Department No No 2004-08-10 4:00 PM Gonda 1357 Larry Trussell, PhD "Spike Timing-dependent Plasticities
in the Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus" Oregon Hearing Research Center and Vollum Institute
Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland Brain Research Institute
Department of Neurobiology
Ahmanson Laboratory of Neurobiology No No 2004-08-12 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Series resumes September 30! No Yes 2004-08-19 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Series resumes September 30! No Yes 2004-08-19 5:00 PM CHS 17-323 Shaun Coughlin, MD PhD "Protease-activated Receptors in Vascular Biology" Cardiovascular Research Institute, UC San Francisco Division of Cardiology No No 2004-08-23 11:00 AM Boyer 159 Makoto Kawamukai, Ph.D. "Divergence of Prenyl Diphosphate Synthases and
Curious Phenotypes of Ubiquinone-less Fission Yeast" Faculty of Life and Environmental Science
Shimane University, Japan Host: Beth Marbois, x57327
Special Summer Biochemistry Seminar
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry No No 2004-08-26 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Series resumes September 30! No Yes 2004-08-30 11:00 AM MRL 1441 Douglas L. Mann, MD "Determinants of Remodeling: The Role of Innate Stress Responses" Gordon Cain Chair and Professor of Medicine, Director,
Winters Center for Heart Failure Research, Baylor College of Medicine Contact: Dawn Pantaleon, x75624
Distinguished Cardiovascular Lectureship
Cardiovascular Research Laboratory No No 2004-08-30 12:00 PM CHS 63-105 Dieter Wolf, MD "Proteolytic Mechanisms of Cell Cycle Control:
Cullin Ubiquitin Ligases Involved in Ploidy Control, DNA Repair, and Cancer" Department of Genetic and Complex Diseases
Harvard School of Public Health Host: Robert Schiestle, x56857
Molecular Toxicology Program
UC Toxic Substances Research & Teaching Program
Lead Campus in Toxic Mechanisms No No 2004-08-30 4:00 PM 1357 Gonda Robert M. Prins, Ph.D. "Immunotherapeutic Targeting of Melanoma-Associated
Antigens in Malignant Brain Tumors" Department of Surgery and Department of Microbiology,
Immunlogy & Molecular Genetics,
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Contact: Sylvia M. Kiertscher, x68318
The UCLA Gene Medicine Program and
The Department of Human Genetics No No 2004-09-01 12:00 PM CHS 63-105 Isaac P. Witz, Ph.D. "Tumor-Endothelium Cross Talk via Selectin-Selectin Ligand
and Chemokine-Chemokine Receptor Interactions" Professor of Immunology, Tel-Aviv University, Israel Host: Benjamin Bonavida, x52233
Immuno Forum Seminar
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine & JCCC's Tumor Immunology Program Area No No 2004-09-01 : No No 2004-09-02 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Series resumes September 30! No Yes 2004-09-09 9:00 AM Faculty Center First Annual Aging Forecast Conference featuring John Morris, Paul Shekelle, Dan Silverman,Gary Small and Fernando Torres-Gil presented by the UCLA Center on Aging Complimentary conference and luncheon; reservations required - call (310) 794-0686. No No 2004-09-10 11:00 AM CHS B3-020 Justin Merritt "Physiological and Genetic Characterization of a
Mutation in the luxS Dependent Interspecies Signaling
Pathway of Streptococcus mutans" Molecular Biology IDP
Mentor: Professor Wenyuan Shi Molecular Biology Institute Yes No 2004-09-10 1:30 PM Fac Ctr/Calif Rm Dennis R. Burton, PhD "Neutralizing Antibodies and HIV Vaccine Design" Department of Immunology
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla CA Contact: Susie Esquivel, x41817
The UCLA Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)
Research Conference No No 2004-09-15 12:00 PM 23-105 CHS Thomas Graeber, PhD "Towards a Systems View of Cancer: Interrogating mRNA Levels
and Protein Phosphorylation States of Signaling Networks" UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics Host: Mike Phelps,x56539
Geffen School of Medicine Special Seminar
Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology No No 2004-09-16 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Series resumes September 30! No Yes 2004-09-17 2:00 PM 13-105 CHS JOSIAH BROWN SYMPOSIUM IN DIABETES RESEARCH Keynote speaker: Steven Haffner
Manuel Quinones, Christopher Lyon, Michael Bryer-Ash, Peter Butler Moderator: Willa A. Hsueh For information please call (310) 206-6741
Department of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension No No 2004-09-23 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Series resumes September 30! No Yes 2004-09-23 4:00 PM MSB 1601 Tammy Rickabaugh "Murine Gammaherpesvirus-68 as a Model for the
Development of an Anti-gammaherpesvirus Vaccine" Molecular Biology IDP
Mentor: Prof. Ren Sun Molecular Biology Institute Yes No 2004-09-27 11:00 AM Gonda 1357 Mark Sussman, PhD "Over ‘Akt’ ing in the Nucleus: a healthier heart?" Professor of Biology, San Diego State University Contact: Dawn Pantaleon, x75624
Distinguished Cardiovascular Lectureship
Cardiovascular Research Laboratories - Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-09-27 4:00 PM Gonda 1357 Lali K. Medina-Kauwe, PhD "Developing Viral Capsid Proteins into Non-Viral Vectors and
How Cell Biology Can Aid Vector Development" Gene Therapeutics Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Contact: Sylvia Kiertscher, x68318
UCLA Gene Medicine Program
Department of Human Genetics No No 2004-09-27 8:30 AM - 9:00 PM 3440 Mol Sci THE ORVILLE J. CHAPMAN MEMORIAL SYMPOSIUM Includes Dedication of the Orville L. Chapman Learning Center Complete Symposium and Registration Information Contact: Alice Ramirez, x61036
Chemistry and Biochemistry No No 2004-09-29 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Leroy Hood, MD, PhD "Systems Biology: Revolutionizing Biology and Medicine" President, Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, Washington Pharmacology 251
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology - Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-09-30 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Caroline Philpott, MD "Pumping Iron: The Response to Iron Deprivation
in Saccharomyces cerevisiae" Liver Diseases Section, Digestive Diseases Branch
National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases
NIH, Bethesda MD Host: Joan Valentine, x59835
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2004-10-01 1:00 PM MSB 1601 Yinuo Li "Molecular Basis of Type IV Pilus-dependent
Motility in Myxococcus xanthus:
Mechanism, Regulation and Nanomechanical Analysis" Molecular Biology IDP
Mentor: Prof. Wenyuan Shi Molecular Biology Institute Yes No 2004-10-04 11:00 AM MRL 1441 Richard Vander Heide, MD, PhD "The Role of the Cytoskeleton in Myocardial Injury: New Insights" Internal Medicine and Pathology, Harper University Hospital,
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI Contact: Dawn Pantaleon, x75624
Distinguished Cardiovascular Lectureship
Cardiovascular Research Laboratories - Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-10-04 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Chris Burge, PhD "Exonic Splicing Silencers and Conserved Alternative Splicing" Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Biology, Cambridge, MA Contact: Chiara Sabatti, x49567
Human Genetics Speaker Series - Genetics Graduate Training Program No No 2004-10-04 5:00 PM CS-50 James R. Heath, Ph.D. "Molecular Electronics and Molecular Mechanics" Elizabeth W. Gilloon Professor of Chemistry,
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA Info: http://cnsi.ucla.edu
UCLA Nanosystems Seminar Series
California NanoSystems Institute No No 2004-10-05 4:00 PM Mol Sci 3440 Gordon Cannon, Ph.D. "Carboxysomes and Related Polyhedral Bodies:
The Role of Micro-compartmentalization in Prokaryotic Metabolism" Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Southern Mississippi Contact: Cindy Chau, x53754
Sponsored by Molecular Biology Institute and
the UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics No No 2004-10-06 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Martin Lavin, Ph.D. "Role of DNA Damage Response in a
Subgroup of the Spinocerebellar Ataxias" Foundation Professor of Molecular Oncology,
Queensland Institute of Medical Research and
the University of Queensland, Australia Host: Richard Gatti, x57618
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology Seminar
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-10-06 12:30 PM - 5:30 PM Faculty Cntr. Calif. Room The 3rd Annual Neurobiology Symposium: "Space and Time in Vision and Action" A Tribute to John Schlag, MD Department of Neurobiology No No 2004-10-07 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 SEMINAR CANCELLED
Judith Gasson, Ph.D. "Inside the JCCC: Space, Money, Partnerships and Stem Cells" Director, UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Contact: Si Un Cha, x49529
Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-10-07 4:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Roberto Kolter, PhD "Biofilms: The Matrix Revisited" Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA Host: Wenyuan Shi, x58356
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2004-10-08 12:00 PM Boyer 159 Michael Elowitz, PhD "Noisy Machines: Gene expression and regulation in individual cells" Department of Biology and Applied Physics
California Institute of Technology Host: Dr. Beth Lazazzera, x44804
Genetics Seminar Series - Genetics Training Grant No No 2004-10-11 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Charles Stiles, Ph.D. "Transcription Factors and Glial Development
in the Vertebrate Central Nervous System" Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Contact: Guoping Fan, x70439
Human Genetics Speaker Series - Genetics Graduate Training Program No No 2004-10-11 12:00 PM CHS 33-105 Xiaolu Yang, Ph.D. "Role of c-IAP2 in Antigen Receptor Signaling
in Normal and Malignant Lymphocytes" Department of Cancer Biology, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Host: Genhong Cheng, x58896
Immuno Forum Seminar
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine - JCCC's Tumor Immunology Program Area No No 2004-10-12 4:00 PM NPI C8-183 Harry Orr, Ph.D. "Neurodegeneration in Mouse and Humans:
Lessons from the Polyglutamine Disease SCA1" Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Institute of Human Genetics
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Host: Nelson Freimer, x49571
UCLA Joint Seminars in Neuroscience
Brain Research Institute - Neuropsychiatric Institute No No 2004-10-12 4:00 PM Life Sci 2320 Linda Demer, M.D., Ph.D. "Artery Wall Stem Cells" UCLA Department of Medicine, Physiology, and Biomedical Engineering Contact: Raellen Man, x58112
Campus-Wide Vascular Seminar Series
Co-sponsored by the Training Program in Vascular Biology
and the Department of Medicine No No 2004-10-12 5:00 PM CS-50 Z. Hong Zhou, Ph.D. "Seeing Biological Nano-Machineries by
Cryo-Electron Microscopy and Tomography" Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School Info: http://www.cnsi.ucla.edu
UCLA Nanosystems Seminar Series
California NanoSystems Institute No No 2004-10-13 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Joanna S. Fowler, Ph.D. "Molecular Imaging in Drug Studies" Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering Departments
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Brookhaven PET Program, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, New York Molecular and Medical Pharmacology Seminar
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-10-14 12:00 PM Life Sci 2320 Henry Sucov, Ph.D. "Cardiovascular Development in Retinoic
Acid Receptor Mutant Mice" Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Institute for Genetic Medicine, Cell & Neurobiology
School of Medicine, University of Southern California Sponsored by Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology and
Laubisch Developing Heart Club No No 2004-10-14 3:00 PM Schoenberg Hall H. Ronald Kaback "The Passion of the Permease" Department of Physiology
Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
Member, Molecular Biology Institute UCLA's 97th Faculty Research Lecture No No 2004-10-14 4:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Michael Rudnicki, Ph.D. "Molecular Regulation of Stem Cell
Function during Regenerative Myogenesis" Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ontario Canada Host: Melissa Spencer, x45225
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2004-10-15 12:00 PM Marion Davies Bldg.
A2-342 Jane Alison McKeating, Ph.D. "Lessons from Retroviral Pseudotypes
for Hepatitis C Virus Biology" Research Center for the Study of Hepatitis C
The Rockefeller University, New York, NY Molecular and Medical Pharmacology Seminar
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-10-18 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Gonçalo Abecasis, Ph.D. "Patterns of Linkage Disequilibrium in the Genome" Center for Statistical Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Human Genetics Speaker Series – Genetics Graduate Training Program No No 2004-10-19 5:00 PM CS50
(Court of Sciences) Michael Phelps, Ph.D. "Molecular Imaging: Probing the Biology of Disease from Mice to Patients" Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, UCLA Info: http://www.cnsi.ucla.edu
UCLA Nanosystems Seminar Series - California NanoSystems Institute No No 2004-10-20 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 James W. Larrick, M.D., Ph.D. "Antibodies vs. Small Molecule Pharmaceuticals: A Global Perspective" Founder and Managing Director, Panorama Research Institute
Mountain View, CA Pharmacology 251
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology - Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-10-20 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Hong Wu, M.D., Ph.D. "PTEN Tumor Suppressor: Signal Transduction and Animal Models" Department of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
Member, Molecular Biology Institute JCCC Signal Transduction Program Area/ACCESS Tumor Biology Group/
Tumor Cell Biology Training Grant No No 2004-10-20 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Michael Teitell, M.D., Ph.D. "TCL1 is AKTing up in Cancer" Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Member, Molecular Biology Institute JCCC Signal Transduction Program Area/ACCESS Tumor Biology Group/
Tumor Cell Biology Training Grant No No 2004-10-21 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Nicholas Cacalano, Ph.D. "Regulation of Cytokine and Growth Factor Signal Transduction
by Suppressors of Cytokine Signaling (SOCS)" Department of Radiation Oncology, UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-10-21 12:00 PM Life Sci 2320 Carl Urbinati, Ph.D. "RNA on the Move: Coordinating mRNA Localization and Translation" Department of Biology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology No No 2004-10-21 1:00 PM CHS 13-105 Josef Priller, M.D. "Engraftment of Bone Marrow-derived Cells in the Murine CNS" Departments of Psychiatry and Experimental Neurology
Charité, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany Host: Matthias Groszer, x55454
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-10-21 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Jeffrey Esko, Ph.D. "Glycans: Novel Targets for Tumor Therapy" Cellular & Molecular Medicine, UC San Diego Host: Linda Baum, x65985
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2004-10-22 12:00 PM Boyer 159 Amy Pasquinelli, Ph.D. "MicroRNAs: A Small Contribution from Worms" Molecular Biology Section, Divison of Biology, UC San Diego Host: Guillaume Chanfreau, x67465
Genetics Seminar Series - Genetics Training Grant No No 2004-10-26 2:00 PM Mol Sci 1601 Junji Yamauchi, Ph.D. "BDNF Activation of p75NTR Inhibits Schwann Cell Migration via the Src/Vac2/RhoA/Rho-kinase Signaling Pathway" Department of Neurobiology
Stanford University School of Medicine Host: Fuyu Tamanoi, x67318
JCCC Signal Transduction Program Area No No 2004-10-28 12:00 PM Life Sci 2320 Arnim Jenett, Ph.D. "The Standard Brain Protocol: Proceedings and Applications
of a Genetic Atlas of the Drosophila Brain" Department of Genetics, University of Würzburg, Germany Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology No No 2004-10-28 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Begonya Comin-Anduix (Ribas Lab) and Yu-Pei Liao (McBride Lab) "Standardization of MHC Tetramer and ELISPOT Assays to Quantitate Antigen-Specific T Cell Expansion after CTLA4 Blockade"(Comin-Anduix)
and
"Radiation Effects on Tumor Antigen Presentation by Dendritic Cells"(Liao) Geffen School of Medicine Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-10-28 12:00 PM CHS 13-105 Gerd Pfeifer, Ph.D. "Mechanisms of Mutagenesis by Environmental Carcinogens" Beckman Research Institute
City of Hope National Medical Center Molecular Toxicology Program
and the UC Toxic Substances Research & Teaching Program Lead Campus in Toxic Mechanisms No No 2004-10-28 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Michael A. Dyer, Ph.D. "The Role of the Rb Protein in
Retinal Development and Retinoblastoma" Developmental Neurobiology
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis TN Host: Evan Hsieh (Yang Lab), x56992
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2004-10-29 12:00 PM NPI 68-236 Ernesto Bongarzone, Ph.D. "From Basic to Applied Biology for Myelin Disorders" Laboratory for Gene Therapy of Neurodegenerative Disorders
San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, Milano, Italy Host: Jean de Vellis, x59395
Mental Retardation Research Center No No 2004-10-29 12:00 PM Boyer 159 Lucy Shapiro, Ph.D. "The Cell Cycle: Spatial and Temporal Control
of a Multicomponent Genetic Network" Department of Developmental Biology
Stanford University Host: James Gober, x69449
Genetics Seminar Series - Genetics Training Grant No No 2004-11-01 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Janet Sinsheimer, Ph.D. "Family Feuds - Modeling Maternal-Fetal Genotype Incompatibility" Human Genetics, Geffen School of Medicine Human Genetics Speaker Series - Genetics Graduate Training Program No No 2004-11-02 9:00 AM Grand Horizon Rm-Covel Commons Symposium on New Advances in Detection and Prevention of Cancer Speakers include: Denise Aberle (UCLA), Andrew J. Dannenberg (Cornell), Raymond N. DuBois (Vanderbilt), Patricia A. Ganz (UCLA),
Jonathan M. Kurie (UTexas-MD Anderson Cancer Ctr),
Scott M. Lippman (UTexas-MD Anderson Cancer Ctr),
and Stanley F. Nelson (UCLA) Presented by UCLA and the W.M. Keck Foundation Pre-enrollment is required.
Information available on-line or by phone, x57093 No No 2004-11-04 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Renata Stripecke, Ph.D. "Novel Approaches for Dendritic Cell Generation with
Lentiviral Vectors: Applications in Cancer Immunotherapy" Digestive Diseases, Geffen School of Medicine and
Associate Member, Molecular Biology Institute Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-11-04 12:00 PM Life Sci 2320 Sean Brugger, Ph.D. "BMPs and Msx2 Bash it Out" Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Geffen School of Medicine Contact: Grace Angus, x54373
Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology No No 2004-11-04 4:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Richard Carthew, Ph.D. "Gene Silencing by RNA" Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology
Northwestern University, Evanston IL Host: Ming Guo, x67597
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2004-11-05 12:00 PM Boyer 159 Fitnat Yildiz, Ph.D. "Regulation of Rugosity and Biofilm Formation
in Vibrio cholerae 01 El Tor" Department of Environmental Toxicology
University of California, Santa Cruz Host: Sabeeha Merchant, x58300
Genetics Seminar Series - Genetics Training Grant No No 2004-11-08 12:00 PM CHS 33-105 Bruce Beutler, M.D. "How We Sense Infection: Toll-like Receptors and the
Forward Genetic Analysis of Innate Immunity" Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute Contact: Genhong Cheng, x58896 and Jonathan Braun, x47953
Immuno Forum Seminar
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine - JCCC's Tumor Immunology Program Area No No 2004-11-08 3:00 PM CHS 73-105 Nissim Benvenisty, M.D., Ph.D. "Human Embryonic Stem Cells in Medical and Genetic Research" Department of Genetics, Institute of Life Sciences,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Host: Tim Lane, x45799
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Hematopoietic Malignancies Program Area No No 2004-11-09 1:00 PM Gonda 1357 Adrian Bird, Ph.D. "Reading the DNA Methylation Signal" Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland Contact: Guoping Fan, x70439
Human Genetics Speaker Series - Genetics Graduate Training Program
Note special date and time No No 2004-11-11 : Veterans' Day Holiday No No 2004-11-12 10:00 AM NPI C8-183 Harry Noller, Ph.D. "Inside the Translational Engine: Exploring the Ribosome
with Biochemistry and Crystallography" Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Center for Molecular Biology of RNA
University of California, Santa Cruz
2004 Massry Award Recipient for Ribosomal Structure and Function Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Research Conference
with seminar above No No 2004-11-12 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM NPI C8-183 Ada Yonath, Ph.D. "The Amazing Ribosomal Architecture: Peptide Bond Formation,
Nascent Protein Folding and Antibiotics Synergism" Department of Structural Biology
Kimmelman Center for Macromolecular Assemblies
Weizman Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
2004 Massry Award Recipient for Ribosomal Structure and Function Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Research Conference
with seminar below No No 2004-11-12 12:00 PM Boyer 159 James D. Bangs, Ph.D. "Surface Coats, Differentiation, and Protein
Trafficking in African Trypanosomes" Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology,
University of Wisconsin-Madison Host: Desiree Baron, x67452
Genetics Seminar Series - Genetics Training Grant
Co-hosted with Microbial Pathogenesis Training Grant No No 2004-11-13 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM Dinner 6:30 PM
Covel Commons 2004 Seaborg Symposium and Medal Award Dinner "Interacting Proteins" 2004 Medal Winner
David Eisenberg, Ph.D.
Chemistry & Biochemistry, Biological Chemistry
UCLA-DOE Laboratory of Structural Biology & Molecular Medicine
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Also speaking:
Stanley B. Prusiner (UCSF), Douglas C. Rees (Caltech),
Thomas C. Terwilliger (Los Alamos Natl. Lab.)
Reservations requested - contact Cynthia Allen, x75123
Chemistry and Biochemistry No No 2004-11-16 5:00 PM CS50 (Court of Sciences) Saul Tendler, Ph.D. "Probing Biomolecular Interactions at the Nano Level" Department of Biophysical Chemistry, University of Nottingham Info: http://www.cnsi.ucla.edu
UCLA Nanosystems Seminar Series - California NanoSystems Institute No No 2004-11-17 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Mark Davis, Ph.D. "Cell-cell Recognition as Taught by T Cells: A Film Festival" Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Host: Anna Wu, x45088
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology – Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-11-18 12:00 PM Life Sci 2320 Graham F. Hatfull "Genomics of Mycobacteriophages: Understanding
the Basis of Phage Gene Diversity" Department of Biological Sciences
University of Pittsburgh, PA Contact: Grace Angus, x54373
Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology No No 2004-11-18 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Neil Shah, M.D., Ph.D. "Improving Targeted Therapy for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
and Other Malignancies" Department of Hematology and Oncology, Geffen School of Medicine Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference
with seminar above No No 2004-11-18 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Alan Lichtenstein, M.D. "Potential of mTOR Inhibitors" Department of Hematology
Veterans Administration - West Los Angeles Hospital Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference
with seminar below No No 2004-11-18 12:00 PM CHS 13-105 Jerry Last, Ph.D. "Interactions of Ozone Ultrafine Particles in a Mouse Model of Asthma, and the Role of Inflammatory Cell-produced NO in Asthma" Department of Pulmonary Medicine &
Toxic Substances Research & Training Program
University of California, Davis Host: Robert Schiestle, x49271
Molecular Toxicology Program
UC Toxic Substances Research & Training Program
Lead Campus in Toxic Mechanisms No No 2004-11-18 4:00 PM Boyer 159/173 Bruce Stillman, Ph.D. "The Origin Recognition Complex: Involvement in DNA
Replication, Chromosome Segregation and Cytokinesis" Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY Host: York Marahrens, x72466
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2004-11-19 12:00 PM Boyer 159 Katherine Osteryoung, Ph.D. "Plastid Division in Plant Cells" Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University Host: Sabeeha Merchant, x58300
Genetics Seminar Series - Genetics Training Grant No No 2004-11-22 11:00 AM MRL 1441 Charles Steenbergen, M.D., Ph.D. "Role of PI3-kinase in Cardioprotection" Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC Distinguished Cardiovascular Lectureship
Cardiovascular Research Laboratories - Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-11-22 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Philippe Soriano, Ph.D. "Defining Receptor Tyrosine Kinase
Signaling Specificity During Development" Division of Basic Sciences,
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA Contact: Guoping Fan, x70439
Human Genetics Speaker Series - Genetics Graduate Training Program No No 2004-11-22 3:00 PM Boyer 159 Dean DellaPenna, Ph.D. "Vitamin E Synthesis and Function in Photosynthetic Organisms" Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Host: Sabeeha Merchant, x58300
Co-sponsored by: The Molecular Biology Institute and
the Cellular & Molecular Biology Training Grant No No 2004-11-22 4:00 PM Gonda 1357 Ren Sun, Ph.D. "Reactivation of Tumor-associated Herpesviruses and Clinical Applications" Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Geffen School of Medicine
Director, Tumor Virology Program, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Contact: Sylvia Kiertscher, x68318
The UCLA Gene Medicine Program and the Department of Human Genetics No No 2004-11-23 4:00 PM 2320 Life Sci Srinivasa Reddy, Ph.D. "Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Phosphatase-1 in Vascular Disease" Pharmacology, Geffen School of Medicine
Associate Member, Molecular Biology Institute Contact: Raellen Man, x58112
Campus-Wide Vascular Seminar Series
Training Program in Vascular Biology and Department of Medicine No No 2004-11-25 : Thanksgiving Holiday No No 2004-11-29 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Marc Suchard, Ph.D. "Swinging Through the Tangles in the Tree of Life:
New Models for Horizontal Gene Transfer" Department of Biomathematics, Geffen School of Medicine Contact: Chiara Sabatti, x49567
Human Genetics Speaker Series No No 2004-11-29 12:00 PM CHS 33-105 Bruce Torbett, Ph.D. "Closing the Door to HIV Infection Through Gene Delivery" Departments of Molecular and Experimental Medicine and
Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA Immuno Forum Seminar
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine - JCCC's Tumor Immunology Program Area No No 2004-11-30 4:00 PM CHS 63-105 Gordon Hager, Ph.D. "Real Time Dynamics of Transcription Factor/Genome Interactions" Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression
National Cancer Institute, Bethesda,MD Contact: Si Un Cha, x49529
Gene Regulation Leaders in the Field Seminar Series
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center No No 2004-12-01 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 James Broach, Ph.D. "How Cells Think - Integrating Information from Multiple Signaling Pathways" Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, NJ
Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology - Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-12-02 12:00 PM Life Sci 2320 John Colicelli, Ph.D. "RAS Signal Transduction Through the RIN1 Effector Protein" Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology No No 2004-12-02 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Manuel Penichet, M.D., Ph.D. "Antibody Fusion Proteins: Harnessing the Combined Power of Antibodies and other Therapeutics for the Treatment of Cancer" Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2004-12-02 2:00 PM Mol Sci 3440 Tim Riley, Ph.D. "New Tools for Protein Characterization and Biomarker Discovery" Proteomics Business Development, Waters Corporation Contact: Kym Faull, x67881
The Pasarow Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Departments of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences and Chemistry & Biochemistry and The Neuropsychiatric Institute No No 2004-12-02 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Huntington F. Willard, Ph.D. "Genomic Approaches to Understanding the Function
of Natural and Engineered Human Chromosomes" Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy
Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Duke University, Durham, NC Host: Tim Lane, x45799
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2004-12-03 12:00 PM Boyer 159 Joseph DeRisi, Ph.D. "Genomics and Infectious Disease" Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco Host: Ken Bradley, x67465
Genetics Seminar Series - Genetics Training Grant No No 2004-12-06 11:00 AM MRL 1441 Joel Linden, Ph.D. "Tissue Protection from Reperfusion Injury by
Agonists of A2A Adenosine Receptors" Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and
Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics
University of Virginia, Charlottesville Contact: Dawn Pantaleon, x75624
Distinguished Cardiovascular Lectureship
Cardiovascular Research Laboratories - Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-12-06 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Richard Spritz, M.D. "The Genetics of Vitiligo and Associated Autoimmune Diseases" Human Medical Genetics Program
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver Contact: Esteban Dell'Angelica, x63749
Human Genetics Speaker Series No No 2004-12-07 5:15 PM MRL 1441 Paul S. Brookes, Ph.D. "Cardiac Ischemia-Reperfusion: from Preconditioning
to Mitochondrial SNO-Proteomics" Department of Anesthesiology
University of Rochester Medical Center, NY Info: Thomas Vondriska, x75624
UCLA Proteomics Supergroup No No 2004-12-08 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Carlos F. Barbas III, Ph.D. "Polydactyl Zinc Finger Transcription Factors:
Developing Strategies to Control and Discover Gene" Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute Contact: Sam Chow, x59600
Pharmacology 251 Seminar, Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-12-09 12:00 PM Life Sci 2320 Mark Mercola, Ph.D. "Discovery of Molecules for Cardiomyocyte
Differentiation from Embryonic Stem Cells" The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, CA Contact: Grace Angus, x54373
Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology and Laubisch Developing Heart Club No No 2004-12-09 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Noah Craft, M.D., Ph.D. "Enhanced Antitumor Immune Response using the Toll-like Receptor 7 Agonist Imiquimod Against Melanoma" Department of Dermatology, Geffen School of Medicine (Miller Lab) Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference
with seminar above No No 2004-12-09 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Ashley Forbes "EMP2: A New Connection Between Receptor
Trafficking and Endometrial Carcinogenesis" Department of Cellular & Molecular Pathology, UCLA (Braun Lab) Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference
with seminar below No No 2004-12-09 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Kim Orth, Ph.D. "Black Death, Black Spot:
The Diversity of YopJ-like Proteins" Molecular Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas Host: Ken Bradley, x67465
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2004-12-10 12:00 PM Boyer 159 Amy Kiger, Ph.D. "MorphoGenomics: Functional Genomic Analysis of Drosophila Morphogenesis" Cell and Developmental Biology Section, Divison of Biological Sciences
University of California, San Diego Host: Ken Bradley, x67465
Genetics Seminar Series - Genetics Training Grant No No 2004-12-13 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Kevin Eggan, Ph.D. "Cloning and Stem Cells: Nuclear Equivalence and Epigenetic Reprogramming" Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Contact: Guoping Fan, x70439
Department of Human Genetics Seminar, Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-12-15 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 David Anderson, Ph.D. "Neural Circuits for Innate Defensive Behaviors in Flies and Mice" Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Host: Ren Sun, x45557
Pharmacology 251, Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2004-12-16 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Diana Marquez-Garban, M.D. "Therapeutic Targeting of Growth Factor and Estrogen
Receptor Signaling Pathways in Human Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer" Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology
Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Contact: Si Un Cha, x49529
Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference
with seminar above No No 2004-12-16 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Jason Christiansen, Ph.D. "Epithelial Cell Polarity to Immunotherapy:
Studies from Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen" Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Contact: Si Un Cha, x49529
Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference
with seminar below No No 2004-12-16 3:00 PM Boyer 159 Maria Laura Gennaro, M.D. "The Change of the State of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
in Response to Lung Immunity" Public Health Research Institute, Newark, NJ Contact: Cindy Chau, x53754
UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics No No 2004-12-17 12:00 PM Boyer 159 Lora Hooper, Ph.D. "How Commensal Bacteria Shape Innate Immunity in the Gut" Center for Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas Host: Asher Hodes, x69053
Genetics Seminar Series - Genetics Training Grant
Co-hosted with Microbial Pathogenesis Training Grant No No 2004-12-21 4:00 PM CHS 63-105 Kathleen Sakamoto, M.D., Ph.D. "Targeting Protein for Ubiquitination and Degradation in Prostate Cancer" Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Geffen School of Medicine
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Contact: Kristina de Vera, x63704
GU Oncology Intramural Research Series
and UCLA Spore in Prostate Cancer No No 2005-01-01 : No No 2005-01-01 : No No 2005-01-01 : No No 2005-01-01 : No No 2005-01-01 : No No 2005-01-01 : No No 2005-01-01 : No No 2005-01-01 : No No 2005-01-01 : No No 2005-01-01 : Anne C. Hart, Ph.D. "Genetic Analysis of C. elegans Behavior" Department of Pathology
Harvard Medical School and
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center Hosted by David Krantz, x68508
UCLA Joint Seminars in Neuroscience
Sponsored by the Brain Research Institute, The Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior and
The David Geffen School of Medicine No No 2005-01-01 : No No 2005-01-01 : No No 2005-01-01 : No No 2005-01-01 : Dawn Hower "Genetic and Functional Genomic Characterization of
the Treponema denticola Chemotaxis Pathway" Molecular Biology IDP
Mentor: Wenyuan Shi, PhD Molecular Biology Institute Yes No 2005-01-01 : Steven Reed, Ph.D. "Of Mice, Men and Yeast: On the Trail of the
Cyclin-Depending-Binding Protein Cks1" Department of Molecular Biology
The Scripps Research Institute No No 2005-01-01 : Craig C. Mello, Ph.D. "RNAi and Development in C. Elegans" Department of Molecular Medicine
University of Massachusetts Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center No No 2005-01-02 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Kieth R. Yamamoto, Ph.D. "Dissecting a C. elegans Regulatory Network that Affects Adult Lifespan and Modulates Energy Metabolism" Departments of Cellular/Molecular Pharmacology and Biochemistry/Biophysics
University of California, San Francisco Host: Anna Wu, x45088
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine No No 2005-01-02 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Kieth R. Yamamoto, Ph.D. "Dissecting a C. elegans Regulatory Network that Affects Adult Lifespan and Modulates Energy Metabolism" Departments of Cellular/Molecular Pharmacology and Biochemistry/Biophysics
University of California, San Francisco Host: Anna Wu, x45088
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine No No 2005-01-05 10:00 AM Boyer 159 Parag Mallick, Ph.D. "Application of MS Proteomics to Serum Marker Discovery and Genome Validation" Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA Host: Jim Bowie, x64747 No No 2005-01-05 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Peter B. Dervan, Ph.D. "Regulation of Gene Expression with Programmable DNA Binding Oligomers" Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Host: Michael Carey, x67859
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, Geffen School of Medicine No No 2005-01-06 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Judith Gasson, Ph.D. "Inside the JCCC: Space, Money, Partnerships and Stem Cells" Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference
Special Seminar No No 2005-01-06 12:00 PM Life Sci 2320 Bruce Gelb, M.D. "Noonan Syndrome: The Heart and The Blood that Runs Through It" Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY Contact: Grace Angus, x54373
Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology and
Laubisch Developing Heart Club No No 2005-01-06 4:00 PM Boyer 159 David Baker, Ph.D. "Prediction and Design of Macromolecular
Structures and Interactions" Department of Biochemistry
University of Washington, Seattle Host: Jim Bowie, x64747
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2005-01-07 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Ardem Patapoutian, Ph.D. "How Do You Feel? Molecular Mechanisms of Temperature Sensation" Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla No No 2005-01-07 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Ardem Patapoutian, Ph.D. "How Do You Feel? Molecular Mechanisms of Temperature Sensation" Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla Contact: Chiara Sabatti, x49567
Human Genetics Speaker Series No No 2005-01-07 3:30 PM Mol Sci 3440 Baldomero Olivera, Ph.D. "Neurotoxins from Fish-Hunting Cone Snails:
Probes for the Brain, Drugs for Pain" Department of Biology & Molecular Bioscience
University of Utah, Salt Lake City Host: Robert Rainey, x44834
UCLA Biochemistry Seminar No No 2005-01-08 4:00 PM NPI C8-183 Richard Kramer, Ph.D. "New Approaches to Measuring and Manipulating Synapses and Ion Channels in the Retina and Beyond" Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley Host: Tom Otis
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience - Brain Research Institute - Neuropsychiatric Institute No No 2005-01-09 10:00 AM MRL 1-441 Ren-He Xu "BMP, bFGF, and Human ES Cell Self-renewal WiCell Research Institute, Madison, WI Contact: Marsha Flamer, x55268
Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine and
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center No No 2005-01-09 10:00 AM MRL 1-441 Ren-He Xu "BMP, bFGF, and Human ES Cell Self-renewal WiCell Research Institute, Madison, WI Contact: Marsha Flamer, x55268
Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine and
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center No No 2005-01-10 11:30 AM Gonda 1375 Noah Rosenberg, Ph.D. "Genome-Wide Analysis of Human Variation and Population Structure" Program in Molecular and Computational Biology, USC Contact: Chiara Sabatti, x49567,
Human Genetics Speaker Series No No 2005-01-11 2:00 PM Life Sci 2320 SEMINAR CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER RELATED PROBLEMS
Joseph L. Witztum, M.D. "A Rationale for Why the Innate Immune System
Recognizes Oxidized LDL and Implications for Atherogenesis" Department of Medicine, SCOR in Molecular Medicine and Atherosclerosis, UC San Diego Contact: Catherine Bosler, x45766
Campus-wide Vascular Seminar Series
Training Program in Vascular Biology and Department of Medicine No No 2005-01-11 4:00 PM NPI C8-183 Larry Young, Ph.D. "Molecular Basis of Social Bonding" Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry
Emory University, Atlanta, GA Host: Mark Barad, x49410
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience - Brain Research Institute - Neuropsychiatric Institute No No 2005-01-11 5:30 PM CHS 13-105 Gilbert Omenn, M.D., Ph.D. "Building a Knowledge Base for Plasma Biomarkers of Diseases: Findings from the International Collaborative HUPO Human Plasma Proteome Project" Department of Internal Medicine, Human Genetics and Public Health
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Contact: Dawn Pantaleon, x75624
Distinguished Cardiovascular Lectureship and UCLA Proteomic Super Group
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2005-01-11 9:30 AM LSB 2320 Alvaro Sagasti, Ph.D. "Abhor Thy Neighbor: Repulsive Interactions Sculpt Sensory Neuron Morphologies" Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University Medical Center Contact: Utpal Banerjee, x65439
Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology No No 2005-01-12 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Greg Verdine, Ph.D. "Chemical Biology of DNA Repair" Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Boston, MA Host: Jing Huang, x54329
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Geffen School of Medicine No No 2005-01-13 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Steve Rivera "Discover and Analysis of a Dioxin-inducible Cytochrome P450" Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Geffen School of Medicine Contact: Si Un Cha, x49529
Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference
with seminar above No No 2005-01-13 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Oliver Dorigo, M.D., Ph.D. "Gene Transfer and Expression Mediated by a Helper Dependent Adenovirus - Epstein-Barr Virus Hybrid System" Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Geffen School of Medicine Contact: Si Un Cha, x49529
Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference
with seminar below No No 2005-01-13 12:00 PM Gonda 1357 Joseph G. Hacia, Ph.D. "Comparative Genomics of Humans and African Great Apes" Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute for Genetic Medicine
School of Medicine, University of Southern California Contact: X. William Yang, x49576
Neurogenetics Affinity Group No No 2005-01-13 4:00 PM Boyer 159 ***CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER RELATED PROBLEMS***
June B. Nasrallah, PhD "Recognition and Rejection of Self
in Plant Reproduction" Department of Plant Biology
Cornell University, Ithaca NY Host: Elaine Tobin, x57700
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2005-01-13 9:30 AM Boyer 159 Wesley Grueber, Ph.D. "Genetic Regulation of Neuronal Morphological Diversity in Drosophila" Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UC San Francisco Host: Greg Payne, x52834
UCLA Biological Chemistry Seminar No No 2005-01-14 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Marcie McClure, Ph.D. "Hunting for Reverse Tanscriptase Encoding Agents, the Genome Parsing Suite, a Method to Rapidly Identify and Characterize Retroid Agents in Genomes" Department of Microbiology & the Center for Computational Biology
Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana No No 2005-01-14 3:30 PM Mol Sci 3340 J. Clark Lagarias, Ph.D. "Harnessing Phytochrome's Glowing Potential" Department of Plant Biochemistry, Molecular & Cellular Biology, UC Davis Host: Michael Allen, x53661
UCLA Biochemistry Seminar No No 2005-01-14 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Arnold Berk, M.D. "Lessons in Transcription Control and
Cell Biology from Adenovirus and some Practical Applications" Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, UCLA
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Contact: Mercy Bicad, x54453
UCLA Science Faculty Research Colloquium Series No No 2005-01-14 9:30 AM LSB 2320 Kieran Harvey, Ph.D. "Searching for Novel Tumor Suppressor Genes Using Drosophila" Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, UC Berkeley Contact: Utpal Banerjee, x65439
Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology No No 2005-01-17 : Martin Luther King Holiday No No 2005-01-18 12:00 PM MRL 1441 Matthias Hentze, M.D. "Regulation of Mammalian Iron Metabolism and Its Diseases" European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany Contact: Tomas Ganz, x56112
Department of Medicine, Geffen School of Medicine
See additional seminar by Dr. Hentze below No No 2005-01-18 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Matthias Hentze, M.D. "Protein Synthesis and Its Control" European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany Contact: Tomas Ganz, x56112
Department of Medicine, Geffen School of Medicine
See additional seminar by Dr. Hentze above No No 2005-01-18 4:00 PM NPI C8-183 Venkatesh Murthy, Ph.D. "Single Neuron Perturbations and Synaptic Plasticity" Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Host: Felix Schweizer, x45733
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience – Brain Research Institute – Neuropsychiatric Institute No No 2005-01-18 4:00 PM CHS 63-105 David B. Seligson, M.D. "A Tissue Array Study of Histone Modification in Prostate Cancer" UCLA Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Contact: Kristina de Vera, x63704
UCLA SPORE in Prostate Cancer and
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center's GU Oncology Intramural Research Series No No 2005-01-18 9:30 AM LSB 2320 Ravishankar Palanivelu, Ph.D. "Pathfinding in Plants: Isolation and Characterization of Pollen
Tube Guidance Signals in Arabidopsis thaliana" Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago Contact: Utpal Banerjee, x65439
Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology No No 2005-01-19 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Erin O'Shea, Ph.D. "Eukaryotic Gene Expression" Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of California, San Francisco Host: Michael Carey, x67859
Pharmacology 251, Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2005-01-20 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Richard Gatti, M.D. "Correction of ATM Gene Function by Aminoglycoside-induced
Readthrough of Premature Termination Codons" Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Geffen School of Medicine
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Contact: Si Un Cha, x49529
Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference
with seminar above No No 2005-01-20 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Tove Olafsen, Ph.D. "Antibody Design and Selection for PET Imaging of Cancer" Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging
Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
Geffen School of Medicine Contact: Si Un Cha, x49529
Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference
with seminar below No No 2005-01-20 12:00 PM CHS 13-105 Steven Kliewer, Ph.D. "Nuclear Xenobiotic Receptors: Checking into Detox" Departments of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas Host: Oliver Hankinson, x49271
Molecular Toxicology Program and UC Toxic Substances Research & Teaching Program
Lead Campus in Toxic Mechanisms No No 2005-01-20 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Richard M. Amasino, PhD "The Epigenetic Memory of Winter:
Vernalization and the Competence to Flower" Department of Biochemistry
University of Wisconsin, Madison Host: Chentao Lin, x69576
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2005-01-20 9:30 AM LSB 2320 Hannah Mikkola, M.D., Ph.D. "Development of the Hematopoietic Stem Cells:
Novel Niches and Molecular Regulators" Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA Contact: Utpal Banerjee, x65439
Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology No No 2005-01-20 9:30 AM Boyer 159 Gillian Stanfield, Ph.D. "Sperm Competition and Activation in C. elegans Male Fertility" Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA Host: Greg Payne, x63121
Biological Chemistry Seminar No No 2005-01-21 12:00 PM Boyer 159 Andrew Fire, Ph.D. "Cellular Response to Genetic Change" Departments of Pathology and Genetics
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA Host: Michael Carey, x67859
Genetics Seminar Series, Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Program and
Molecular Biology Institute No No 2005-01-21 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Jamie Nichols "Delta and Notch Get Tubular" Weinmaster Laboratory, UCLA Department of Biological Chemistry Contact: Karen Ronan, x52834
Biological Chemistry Embryology Club No No 2005-01-21 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM Northwest Campus
Auditorium Center for Neurovisceral Sciences and Women's Health (CNS) BASIC AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM All Day Event For more information visit http://www.ibs.med.ucla.edu or call x42620 No No 2005-01-21 9:30 AM LSB 2320 Tomer Avidor-Reiss, Ph.D. "Decoding Cilia Function: Defining Specialized Genes Required for Compartmentalized Cilia Biogenesis" Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego Contact: Utpal Banerjee, x65439
Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology No No 2005-01-22 10:00 AM MRL 1441 Tom Force, M.D. "Functions of the Beta-catenin/T Cell Factor Pathyway in Terminally Differentiated Cells: Regulation of Cardiac Hypertrophy" Cardiomyocyte Biology Laboratory, Molecular Cardiology Research Institute, Tufts-, Boston, MA No No 2005-01-22 10:00 AM MRL 1441 Tom Force, M.D. "Functions of the Beta-catenin/T Cell Factor Pathyway in Terminally Differentiated Cells: Regulation of Cardiac Hypertrophy" School of Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, MA No No 2005-01-22 10:00 AM MRL 1441 Tom Force, M.D. "Functions of the Beta-catenin/T Cell Factor Pathyway in Terminally Differentiated Cells: Regulation of Cardiac Hypertrophy" Cardiomyocyte Biology Laboratory, Molecular Cardiology Research Institute, Tufts-, Boston, MA No No 2005-01-24 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Ignacio Tinoco, Jr., Ph.D. "Unfolding RNA One Molecule at a Time" Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley 6:30 PM open reception to follow at the Faculty Center
For more information or to RSVP for reception contact Luis Campos, x61275
The Winter 2005 Proctor & Gamble Lecture
The Hispanic Organization for Multidisciplinary Interaction in Education & Science
UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
and Physical Chemistry
No No 2005-01-24 9:30 AM LSB 2320 Wange Lu, Ph.D. "Wnt Signaling and Neural Development" Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Contact: Utpal Banerjee, x65439
Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology No No 2005-01-25 2:00 PM NPI C8-183 NEURAL STEM CELLS, DISEASE AND REPAIR S. Thomas Carmichael (UCLA Dept. of Neurology), Yi Sun (UCLA Departments of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, and Molecular & Medical Pharmacology) and Ichiro Nakano (UCLA Department of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology) Mini-Symposium
in conjunction with UCLA Joint Seminars in Neuroscience Contact:Harley Kornblum, x47866
The Brain Research Institute, The Mental Retardation Research Center,
and The Neuropsychiatric Institute No No 2005-01-25 4:00 PM Gonda 1357 Gerald Lipshutz, M.D. "Studies in Fetal Gene Therapy: Is Phenotypic Correction Possible?" Department of Surgery, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine Contact: Sylvia Kiertscher, x68318
UCLA Gene Medicine Program and Department of Human Genetics No No 2005-01-25 4:00 PM NPI C8-183 Michael Sofroniew, M.D., Ph.D. "Adult Neural Stem Cells: Transgenic Analysis of Identity, Function and Potential" UCLA Department of Neurobiology and the UCLA Brain Research Institute Host: Harley Kornblum, x47866
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience - Brain Research Institute - Neuropsychiatric Institute No No 2005-01-25 9:30 AM LSB 2320 Chris J. Thorpe, Ph.D. "Regulation of Zebrafish Mesoderm Development
by Wnt/beta-catenin Signaling" Department of Pharmacology and Center for Developmental Biology
University of Washington, Seattle Contact: Utpal Banerjee, x65439
Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology No No 2005-01-26 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 William R. Sellers, M.D. "Linking Somatic Genetic Alterations in Cancer to Therapeutics: Emerging Results from Systematic Cancer Genome Analyses" Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard University Pharmacology 251, Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2005-01-26 9:30 AM LSB 2320 Gyorgi Csankovszki, Ph.D. "Condensin and Gene Regulation: Lessons from Dosage Compensation" Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley Contact: Utpal Banerjee, x65439
Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology No No 2005-01-27 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Gary Bokoch, Ph.D. "Cytoskeletal Regulation by Chronophin: A Novel Cofilin Phosphatase" Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA Contact: Si Un Cha, x49529
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Research Conference
No No 2005-01-27 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Daniel Hebert, Ph.D. "The Glycan Code, Carbohydrates Act as Maturation and
Quality Control Tags in the Endoplasmic Reticulum" Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
University of Massachusetts, Amherst Host: Carla Koehler, x44834
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2005-01-27 4:00 PM C240 Reed Ctr Kiran Madura, Ph.D. "Defining the Link Between Parkinson's Disease
and the Ubiquitin/Proteasome System" Department of Biochemistry
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey -
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway Contact: Marie Françoise Chesselet, x71781
UCLA Center for the Study of Parkinson's Disease No No 2005-01-27 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM Calif. Rm.
Faculty Center Agi Hirschberg Symposium on Pancreatic Cancer Reservation is required. Registration is free, and lunch will be provided.
RSVP to vlwgo@mednet.ucla.edu by Tuesday, January 25th An all-day symposium featuring research frontiers in pancreatic
cancer research in both basic and clinical sciences
For more information please visit www.pancreatic.org Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine No No 2005-01-27 9:30 AM Boyer 159 Takao Inoue, Ph.D. "Network of Wnt Pathways and Transcription Factors in C. elegans Organogenesis" Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Host: Greg Payne, x63171
Biological Chemistry Seminar No No 2005-01-28 3:00 PM CHS 63-105 William R. Sellers, M.D. "Oncogenic Signaling through the PTEN/PI3K Pathway in Prostate Cancer" Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard University Contact: Si Un Cha, x49529
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Genitourinary Oncology Program Area and
UCLA SPORE in Prostate Cancer Seminar Series No No 2005-01-28 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Kartik Pappu, Ph.D. "Mechanism of Hedgehog Signaling During Drosophila Eye Development" UCLA Department of Biological Chemistry Contact: Karen Ronan, x52834
Biological Chemistry Embryology Club No No 2005-01-28 9:30 AM LSB 2320 Zhen Huang, Ph.D. "The Origin Recognition Core Complex Acts as a Switch in
Neurons for Regulating Dendrite Development" Department of Physiology, UC San Francisco Contact: Utpal Banerjee, x65439
Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology No No 2005-01-31 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 David Wang, Ph.D. "Viral Detection and Discovery Using DNA Microarrays" Department of Molecular Microbiology
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO Contact: Christina Jamieson, x49567
Human Genetics Speaker Series No No 2005-01-31 12:00 PM CHS 13-105 Vishva Dixit, M.D. "Innate Immunity: Adapters and Ubiquitination" Molecular Oncology, Genentech Corporation Host: Genhong Cheng, x58896
Immuno Forum Seminar
Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine - JCCC's Tumor Immunology Program Area No No 2005-01-31 9:30 AM Gonda 1357 Baljit Khakh, Ph.D. "ATP-Gated P2X Channels" Division of Neurobiology, The Medical Research Council (MRC)
Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK Special Department of Physiology Seminar No No 2005-02-01 4:00 PM NPI C8-183 Marie Burns, Ph.D. "Regulation of G Protein Activity in Intact Cells: Lessons from Photoreceptors" Center for Neuroscience, University of California, Davis Host: Felix Schweizer, x45733
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience - Brain Research Institute - Neuropsychiatric Institute No No 2005-02-01 5:00 PM CS50
(Court of
Sciences) Jeff F. Miller, Ph.D. "Engineering Molecular Recognition Using Diversity-Generating Retroelements" UCLA Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Info: www.cnsi.ucla.edu
UCLA Nanosystems Seminar Series - California NanoSystems Institute No No 2005-02-01 9:30 AM LSB 2320 Marc Meneghini, Ph.D. "Euchromatic Regulation of the Epigenome" Department of Biochemistry and Developmental Biology
University of California, San Francisco Contact: Utpal Banerjee, x65439
Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology No No 2005-02-02 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Keith R. Yamamoto, Ph.D. "Dissecting a C. elegans Regulatory Network that Affects Adult Lifespan and Modulates Energy Metabolism" Departments of Cellular/Molecular Pharmacology and Biochemistry/Biophysics
University of California, San Francisco Host: Anna Wu, x45088
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine No No 2005-02-03 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Robert M. Strieter, M.D. "CXC chemokines in Renal Cell Carcinoma" Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
UCLA Geffen School of Medicine Contact: Si Un Cha, x49529
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Research Conference
with seminar above No No 2005-02-03 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Karen Reckamp, M.D. "CXCR3/CXCR3 Ligand Biological Axis in Metastatic Cancer" Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology
UCLA Geffen School of Medicine Contact: Si Un Cha, x49529
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Research Conference
with seminar below No No 2005-02-03 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Jeffrey S. Chamberlain, Ph.D. "Systemic Delivery of Micro-dystrophin
Genes to Dystrophic Mice" Department of Neurology
University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle Host: Melissa Spencer, x45225
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2005-02-03 9:30 AM Boyer 159 Kathrin Plath, Ph.D. "'Tails' of Histone Methylation - X-inactivation and Polycomb Group Proteins" Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Host: Greg Payne, x63171
Biological Chemistry Seminar No No 2005-02-04 3:30 PM Boyer 159
Note Room Change
Ulrich Mueller, Ph.D. "The Sound of Silence: Mechanosensory Transduction and Deafness" Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA Host: David Hwang, x58427
Biochemistry Seminar and
Biological Chemistry Embryology Club
The Jonsson Cancer Center's Cancer Cell Biology Program Area No No 2005-02-07 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Ardem Patapoutian, Ph.D. "How Do You Feel? Molecular Mechanisms of Temperature Sensation" Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla Contact: Guoping Fan, x70439
Human Genetics Speaker Series No No 2005-02-08 4:00 PM NPI C8-183 Richard Kramer, Ph.D. "New Approaches to Measuring and Manipulating Synapses and Ion Channels in the Retina and Beyond" Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley Host: Tom Otis, x60746
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience - Brain Research Institute - Neuropsychiatric Institute No No 2005-02-09 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Ian A. Wilson, D. Phil. "Structural Basis of HIV-1 Neutralization: Implications for Vaccine Design" Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA Host: Anna Wu, x45088
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine No No 2005-02-10 4:00 PM Boyer 159 William M. Bement, Ph.D. "Conserved Signaling Mechanisms Control Single
Cell Wound Healing and Cell Division" Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison Host: Cameron Gundersen, x53423
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2005-02-11 12:00 PM Young Hall 2033 Donna Arndt-Jovin, Ph.D. "Quantum Dots Shed Light on Signal Transduction" Department of Molecular Biology, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Göttingen, Germany Host: Shimon Weiss, x40093
Special Physical Chemistry Seminar No No 2005-02-11 3:30 PM Mol Sci 3440 David Zusman, Ph.D. "Multiple Chemotaxis-like Signal Transduction Systems Control Directed Movements and Development in the Fruiting Bacterium, Myxococcus Xanthus" Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley Host: Arun Divakaruni, x58427
Biochemistry Seminar No No 2005-02-14 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Marcella A. McClure, Ph.D. "Hunting for Reverse Transcriptase Encoding Agents, the Genome Parsing Suite, a Method to Rapidly Identify and Characterize Retroid Agents in Genomes" Department of Microbiology & the Center for Computational Biology
Montana State University, Bozeman Contact: Chiara Sabatti, x49567
Human Genetics Speaker Series No No 2005-02-15 4:00 PM CHS 63-105 Owen Witte, M.D. "Prostate Stem Cells and Prostate Cancer Development" UCLA Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Contact: Kristina de Vera, x63704
GU Oncology Intramural Research Series
UCLA SPORE in Prostate Cancer and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center No No 2005-02-16 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Arthur Horwich, M.D. "Chaperone Rings in Protein Folding and Unfolding" Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA Host: Ren Sun, x45557
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine No No 2005-02-16 1:00 PM Boyer 159 Leonid V. Chernomordik, Ph.D. "How Viruses Enter Cells: Pathways and Inhibitors of
Protein-mediated Membrane Fusion" Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biophysics
NICHD, National Institutes of Health Host: Robert Lehrer
Contact: JoAnne Mordechai, x51033 No No 2005-02-16 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Ralf Landgraf, Ph.D. "Mechanism and Functional Consequences of ErbB Receptor Clustering" UCLA Departments of Medicine and Biological Chemistry
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Contact: Cindy Wong, x55964
JCCC Signal Transduction Program Area, ACCESS Tumor Biology Group
Tumor Cell Biology Training Grant
with seminar above No No 2005-02-16 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Julian P. Whitelegge, Ph.D. "Current Trends in Mass Spectrometry for Research
in Cancer and Signal Transduction" UCLA Departments of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Associate Member, Molecular Biology Institute Contact: Cindy Wong, x55964
JCCC Signal Transduction Program Area, ACCESS Tumor Biology Group
Tumor Cell Biology Training Grant
with seminar below No No 2005-02-17 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Saroj Basak, Ph.D. "Integrin alpha v (α v) Expression on Dendritic Cell Subsets and Their Role in Adenoviral Transduction and Antigen Presentation" Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine Contact: Si Un Cha, x49529
Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference
with seminar above No No 2005-02-17 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Robert Prins, Ph.D. "Immunotherapeutic Targeting of Melanoma Antigens
Expressed on Murine and Human CNS Gliomas" UCLA Division of Neurosurgery and
Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Contact: Si Un Cha, x49529
Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference
with seminar below No No 2005-02-17 2:00 PM CHS 43-105 Z. Hong Zhou, Ph.D. "Structure and Assembly of Human Cytomegalovirus and Tumor Herpesviruses" Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Texas Medical School at Houston Host: Jeffery F. Miller, x67926
Special Seminar
Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics and California NanoSystems Institute No No 2005-02-17 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Kun-Liang Guan, Ph.D. "Regulation of Cell Growth and
Cell Size by the TSC-mTOR Pathway" Life Sciences Institute, Department of Biological Chemistry
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Host: Fuyu Tamanoi, x67318
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2005-02-17 4:00 PM CHS 43-105 Kazuo Umezawa, Ph.D. "Molecular Design and Biological Activities
of a Novel NF-kB Inhibitor, DHMEQ" Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology
Keio University, Yokohama, Japan Host: Benjamin Bonavida, x52233
Immuno Forum Seminar - Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine - JCCC's Tumor Immunology Program Area No No 2005-02-18 12:00 PM Boyer 159 SEMINAR CANCELLED
Lois Weisman, Ph.D. "Yeast Vacuole Inheritance: Insights into the Regulation of Organelle Movement and Intracellular Signaling" Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City Host: Greg Payne, x63171
Genetics Seminar Series No No 2005-02-18 4:00 PM Boyer 159 THE 2004-2005 UCLA SCIENCE FACULTY
RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM SERIES
Edward M. De Robertis, M.D., Ph.D. "How is the Brain Induced in Vertebrate Embryos" Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Reception follows lecture
Contact: Mercy Bicad, x51042
Divisions of Life & Physical Sciences
UCLA College of Letters & Science No No 2005-02-21 : Presidents' Day Holiday No No 2005-02-22 10:00 AM MRL 1441 Tom Force, M.D. "Functions of the Beta-catenin/T Cell Factor Pathway in Terminally Differentiated Cells: Regulation of Cardiac Hypertrophy" Cardiomyocyte Biology Laboratory, Molecular Cardiology Research Institute
Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA Contact: Dawn Pantaleon, x75624
Distinguished Cardiovascular Lectureship and
UCLA Proteomic Super Group Geffen School of Medicine No No 2005-02-22 3:00 PM Boyer 159 Jitka Forstová, Ph.D. "Cell Entry and Trafficking of Mouse Polyomavirus" Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic Host: Harumi Kasamatsu, x53048
Special Virology Seminar
Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology No No 2005-02-22 4:00 PM NPI C8-183 Sheila Fleming, Ph.D. "Behavioral Phenotyping of Genetic Mouse Models of Parkinson's Disease" UCLA Department of Neurology Host: Felix Schweizer, x45733
2005 Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow in Neuroscience Lecture
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience - Brain Research Institute - Neuropsychiatric Institute No No 2005-02-23 12:00 PM SEMINAR
CANCELLED SEMINAR CANCELLED
Nicholas R. Cozzarelli, Ph.D. "Title TBA" Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley Host: Michael Carey, x67859
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine No No 2005-02-23 4:30 PM Covel Commons 2005 MAUTNER LECTURE (Public Lecture)
Eric S. Lander, Ph.D. "Beyond the Human Genome" Broad Institute & Department of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Harvard Medical School
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research RSVP/Info: 310.206.3535 - lsevents@support.ucla.edu
Co-sponsored by the UCLA College, Molecular Biology Institute
and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry No No 2005-02-24 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Michael Nishimura, Ph.D. "T Cell receptor Gene Transfer for the Immunotherapy
of Cancer and Viral Infections" Department of Surgery and Surgical Oncology Laboratories, University of Chicago Contact: Si Un Cha, x49529
Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference
No No 2005-02-24 12:00 PM Gonda 1357 Peter A. Edwards, Ph.D. "From the Fly Eye to Mammalian Macrophages and Neurons;
the Role of ABC Transporters in Controlling Pigmentation, Lipid Homeostasis and Neuron Function" Departments of Biological Chemistry and Medicine, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Contact: David Krantz, x68508
Neurogenetics Affinity Group Seminar No No 2005-02-24 4:00 PM Franz Hall 1178
Note special location 2005 MAUTNER LECTURE (Research Lecture)
and MBI THURSDAY SEMINAR SERIES
Eric S. Lander, Ph.D. "Beyond the Human Genome" Broad Institute & Department of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Harvard Medical School
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research RSVP/Info: 310.206.3535 - lsevents@support.ucla.edu
Co-sponsored by the UCLA College, Molecular Biology Institute
and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry No No 2005-02-25 3:30 PM Mol Sci 3440 Matthew Redinbo, Ph.D. "Structural Insights into Gene Regulation by Orphan Nuclear Receptors" Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biophysics
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Host: Todd Yeates, x64866
Biochemistry Seminar No No 2005-02-25 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Jules Stein
Auditorium From Infertility to Cancer: Future Directions in Urologic Research Anthony Atala, M.D. (Wake Forest University School of Medicine)
"Tissue Engineering, Stem Cells and Cloning: Applications for Regenerative Medicine"
Colin E. Bishop, Ph.D. (Baylor College of Medicine)
"Use of Transgenic Mouse Mutants to Understand the Genetics of Reproductive Failure"
Chih-Ming Ho, Ph.D. (UCLA)
"Nano/Micro Technology Based Bio-Marker Detection"
Sean J. Morrison, Ph.D. (U of Mich.)
"Links Between Stem Cell Self-renewal and Cancer Cell Proliferation" UCLA Urology Research Conference Contact: Kristina de Vera, x63704
UCLA SPORE in Prostate Cancer
UCLA Department of Urology and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center No No 2005-02-28 11:00 AM MRL 1441 Christopher Baines, Ph.D. "The Role of Cyclophilin-D in Mitochondrial Permeability Transition" Division of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH Contact: Dawn Pantaleon, x75624
Distinguished Cardiovascular Lectureship, Geffen School of Medicine
Cardiovascular Research Laboratories No No 2005-02-28 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Michael Newton, Ph.D. "On Genes and Gene Sets Exhibiting
Differential Expression in Microarray Studies" Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics
University of Wisconsin-Madison Contact: Chiara Sabatti, x49567
Human Genetics Speaker Series No No 2005-02-28 12:00 PM CHS 13-105 Yang Liu, Ph.D. "Foxp3 in Cancer and Autoimmune Diseases" Division of Cancer Immunology, Department of Pathology
College of Medicine and Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus Contact: Fernanda Giannecchini, x60240
Immuno Forum Seminar - Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine - JCCC's Tumor Immunology Program Area No No 2005-02-28 4:00 PM CHS 23-105 Michael Starnbach, Ph.D. "T-cell Responses to Intracellular Bacteria" Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School Contact: Fernanda Giannecchini, x60240
Immuno Forum Seminar - Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine - JCCC's Tumor Immunology Program AreaRita B. Effros, Ph.D. "Genetic Manipulation of Telomerase in Human T Cells:
Relevance to HIV Disease and Aging" Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Contact: Sylvia Kiertscher, x68318
UCLA Gene Medicine Program and Department of Human Genetics No No 2005-03-01 12:00 PM Gonda 1357 Vipin Kumar, Ph.D. "Homeostatic Control of Immunity by Regulatory CD4 and CD8 T Cells" Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, San Diego, CA Hosts: Benjamin Bonavida, x52233 and James Economou, x52644
Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics and
The JCCC Translational Therapeutic Program Area No No 2005-03-01 4:00 PM NPI C8-183 Kristen Harris, Ph.D. "Dendritic Spine Changes During Hebbian (LTP)
and Homeostatic Synaptic Plasticity" Synapses and Cognitive Neuroscience Center
Department of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta Host: Kelsey Martin, x49507
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience - Brain Research Institute - Neuropsychiatric Institute No No 2005-03-02 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 George D. Yancopoulos, M.D., Ph.D. "From Discovery to the Clinic: Traps in Trials for Cancer, Arthritis and other Diseases, and VelociGene Coupled to VelocImmune for the Next Generation of Drug Targets" Regeneron Laboratories and Department of Microbiology, Columbia University Host: Owen Witte, x66411
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Geffen School of Medicine No No 2005-03-03 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Bin Liu, Ph.D. "Regulation of STAT and NF-kB Signaling Pathways" Department of Hematology and Oncology, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine Contact: Si Un Cha, x49529
Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference
with seminar above No No 2005-03-03 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Eri Srivatsan, Ph.D. "Curcumin Inhibits Growth of Head and Neck Cancer Cell Lines
in vitro and in Nude Mouse Xenografts" Division of General Surgery, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine
Associate Member, Molecular Biology Institute Contact: Si Un Cha, x49529
Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference
with seminar below No No 2005-03-03 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Jonathan D. Gitlin, MD "Interplay of Nutrition and Genetics
in Zebrafish Embryonic Development" Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine
Washington University, St. Louis, MO Host: Sabeeha Merchant, x58300
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2005-03-04 12:00 PM Boyer 159 Peter Verrijzer, Ph.D. "Chromatin Regulation in Development and Disease" Department of Biochemistry, Erasmus University Medical Centre, The Netherlands Host: Michael Carey, x67859
Genetics Seminar Series and The JCCC Gene Regulation Program No No 2005-03-04 3:30 PM Mol Sci 3440 David Cafiso, Ph.D. "Dynamics and Conformational Changes in a Membrane Transport
Protein Determined Using Site-Directed Spin Labeling" Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville Host: Mark Fleissner, x68831
Biochemistry Seminar No No 2005-03-04 9:00 AM CHS 13-105 Robert Blelloch, M.D., Ph.D. "Nuclear Transfer, Stem Cells and Cancer" Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA Contact: Yayoi Robinson, x47953
Immunopathology Seminar
UCLA Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Geffen School of Medicine No No 2005-03-08 4:00 PM Life Sci 2320 Edward Fisher, M.D., Ph.D. "Regression of Atherosclerosis: Molecular Insights
from Novel Animal Models" Department of Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine Contact: Jake Lusis, x51359
Campus wide Vascular Seminar Series
Training Program in Vascular Biology and the Department of Medicine No No 2005-03-08 5:00 PM CS50
(Court
of Sciences) Milan Mrksich, Ph.D. "Engineering Active Interfaces Between Cells and Materials" Department of Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics
The University of Chicago Info: www.cnsi.ucla.edu
UCLA Nanosystems Seminar Series - California NanoSystems Institute No No 2005-03-09 12:00 PM CHS 23-105 Peter A. Jones, Ph.D., D.Sc. "Epigenetic Therapy" Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Urology
Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles Contact: Ren Sun, x45557
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Geffen School of Medicine No No 2005-03-09 4:00 PM CHS 43-105 Lishan Su, Ph.D. "Modulation of Thymocyte Development and Post-selection Maturation by TSLP" Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Host: Genhong Cheng, x58896
Immuno Forum Seminar - Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine - JCCC's Tumor Immunology Program Areafor Proteomics and Drug Discovery” Nanostream Inc., Pasadena CA Contact: Jing Huang, x54329
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Geffen School of Medicine No No 2005-03-10 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Frederick Hawthorne, Ph.D. "New Biomedical Applications at the Interface
of Boron and Carbon Chemistries" UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Contact: Si Un Cha, x49529
Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2005-03-10 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Laura Lillien, Ph.D. "Progenitor Diversity in the Central Nervous System" Center for Neuroscience
University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Host: Xian-Jie Yang, x57020
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2005-03-11 3:30 PM Mol Sci 3440 Robert H. Singer, Ph.D. "Observing RNA Synthesis, Movement and Localization of Living Cells" Departments of Anatomy & Structural Biology and Cell Biology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Host: Fabien Pinaud, x47271
Biochemistry Seminar No No 2005-03-11 4:00 PM Boyer 159 James Waschek, Ph.D. "Neuropeptides as Growth Factors in Development, Nerve Regeneration and Cancer: Lessons from Knockout Mouse Models" UCLA Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences Contact: Karen Ronan, x52834
Jonsson Cancer Center's Cancer Cell Biology Program Area No No 2005-03-14 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Huaxi Xu, Ph.D. "Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Proteolytic Processing and Intracellular Trafficking of Alzheimer's Beta-amyloid Protein" Center for Neuroscience and Aging, The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, CA Contact: Guoping Fan, x70439
Human Genetics Speaker Series No No 2005-03-14 12:30 PM CHS 23-105 Mark Schlissel, M.D., Ph.D. "Probabilistic Gene Activation and the Mechanism
of Ig kappa Locus Allelic Exclusion" Department of Molecular & Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley Host: Stephen Smale, x64777
Immuno Forum Seminar - Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine - JCCC's Tumor Immunology Program AreaKristina de Vera, x63704
GU Oncology Intramural Research Series
UCLA SPORE in Prostate Cancer and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center No No 2005-03-16 8:15 AM CHS 13-105 Irvin Chen, Ph.D. "An Update on the Molecular Pathogenesis of HIV Infection" UCLA Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
and UCLA AIDS Institute, Member, Molecular Biology Institute Contact: Linda Escobar, 267-0467
UCLA Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Grand Rounds and Continuing Education Series No No 2005-03-17 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 SEMINAR CANCELLED
Gabriel Lopez-Berestein, M.D. "APL: Molecular Mechanisms and New Targets" Cancer Therapeutics Discovery Program
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston Contact: Si Un Cha, x49529
Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference
No No 2005-03-17 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Boyer 159 2005 DAVID S. SIGMAN SYMPOSIUM 2005 Sigman Lecturer Anthony J. Pawson (Mt. Sinai Hospital & University of Toronto)
"Modular Protein Interactions in Signal Transduction"
Kevan Shokat (UC San Francisco & UC Berkeley)
"Chemical Genetic Approaches to the Study of Signal Transduction"
Robert J. Deschenes (Medical College of Wisconsin)
"Lipid Modification and the Membrane Association of Small GTPases"
Arnold J. Berk (UCLA MIMG)
"How the Ras-MAP Kinase Pathway Activates Transcription" Signal Transduction: Motifs, Small Molecules, Lipids, and Transcription Registration not required, info. and program: www.mbi.ucla.edu, x51018
Molecular Biology Institute and
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center No No 2005-03-18 4:00 PM Boyer 159 THE 2004-05 UCLA SCIENCE FACULTY
RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM SERIES
Robijn Bruinsma, Ph.D. "Physics and the Life of a Virus" UCLA Department of Physics & Astronomy Reception follows lecture
Contact: Mercy Bicad, x51042
Divisions of Life & Physical Sciences
UCLA College of Letters & Science No No 2005-03-18 4:00 PM MRL 1441
Note room change Volker Hartenstein, Ph.D. "Digital Models of the Drosophila Brain: The Who, Why, What, and When" UCLA Department of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Contact: Karen Ronan, x52834
Jonsson Cancer Center's Cancer Cell Biology Program Area No No 2005-03-21 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Julie Korenberg, Ph.D., M.D. "Williams Syndrome: A Genetic Window into Human Cognition" Departments of Pediatrics & Human Genetics, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Division of Neurogenetics, Medical Genetics Institute Contact: Nancy Hards, x72487
Human Genetics Speaker Series No No 2005-03-23 12:00 PM Boyer 159 -
ROOM CHANGE Michael Grunstein, Ph.D. "The Logic of Histone Acetylation" UCLA Department of Biological Chemistry
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Contact: Ren Sun, x45557
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Geffen School of Medicine No No 2005-03-24 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Harnisha Dalwadi, Ph.D. "Cyclooxygenase-2-dependent Regulation of STAT3 Pathways
in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer" UCLA Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Contact: Si Un Cha, x49529
Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference
No No 2005-03-24 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Series will resume April 7 No Yes 2005-03-24 9:30 AM Boyer 159 Lars Dreier, Ph.D. "Ubiquitin-mediated Regulation of Glutamate Receptors" Department of Molecular Biology, Harvard Medical School Host: Greg Payne, x63121
Biological Chemistry Seminar No No 2005-03-25 : Cesar Chavez Holiday No No 2005-03-30 12:00 PM CHS 53-105
Room Change Peter M. Howley, M.D. "Papillomavirus Host Cell Interactions: Mechanisms of Persistence" Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School Contact: Ren Sun, x45557
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Geffen School of Medicine No No 2005-03-31 12:00 PM LSB 2320 Amy Rubinstein, Ph.D. "Integrating Zebrafish into Preclinical Drug Discovery" Zygogen LLC, Atlanta, GA Contact: Grace Angus, x54373
UCLA Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology In-house Seminar No No 2005-03-31 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Guoping Fan, Ph.D. "Epigenetic Regulation of Neural Cell-lineage Differentiation: Role of DNA Methylation" UCLA Human Genetics Contact: Si Un Cha, x49529
Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference
and UCLA Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine No No 2005-03-31 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Series will resume April 7 No Yes 2005-04-01 11:00 AM CHS 33-105 Sushovan Guha, M.D. "G Protein-coupled Receptor Mediated Signaling Pathways
in Human Pancreatic Cancer" Molecular Biology IDP, STAR Fellow
Mentor: Enrique Rozengurt Division of Digestive Diseases, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine
Molecular Biology Institute Yes No 2005-04-01 12:00 PM Boyer 159 Thomas Langer, Ph.D. "Regulation of Mitochondrial Biogenesis by Proteolysis" Institute for Genetics and Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Cologne, Germany Host: Carla Koehler, x44834
Genetics Seminar Series No No 2005-04-04 11:00 AM MRL 3248 Brian O'Rourke, Ph.D. "The Mitochondrial Origin of Post-Ischemic Arrhythmias:
Novel Targets for Intervention" Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Institute of Molecular Cardiobiology Contact: Dawn Pantaleon, x75624
Distinguished Cardiovascular Lectureship, Cardiovascular Research Laboratories No No 2005-04-04 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Paivi Pajukanta, M.D., Ph.D. "From Mapping Towards Function: Susceptibility Genes of
Complex Cardiovascular Disorders" UCLA Department of Human Genetics UCLA Department of Human Genetics Speaker Series No No 2005-04-04 4:00 PM CHS 13-105 John Crispino, Ph.D. "Mechanisms of Leukemogenesis in Children with Down Syndrome" Ben May Institute for Cancer Research, University of Chicago Contact: Kathleen Sakamoto, x47007
JCCC Signal Transduction Program Area/ACCESS Tumor Biology Group/
Tumor Cell Biology Training Grant No No 2005-04-05 12:00 PM Mol Sci 1601
Special Location Daniel Kalman, Ph.D. "A Tail of Two Pathogens -- Disabling Pathogenic E. coli and Pox Viruses,
from Cell Biology to a Translational Strategy" Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Emory University, Atlanta, GA Host: Robert Simons, x69736
Genetics Seminar Series No No 2005-04-05 4:00 PM NPI C8-183 James W. Truman, Ph.D. "Hormones and Neuronal Remodeling: Insights from Live
Imaging and Receptor Manipulations in Drosophila" Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle Host: Art Arnold, x52169 and the Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology
Charles Sawyer Distinguished Lecture
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience
The Brain Research Institute and the Neuropsychiatric Institute No No 2005-04-06 12:00 PM CHS 53-105 Peter J. Houghton, Ph.D. "The TOR Pathway in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Cancer" Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee, College of Medicine, Memphis Contact: Jing Huang, x54329
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Geffen School of Medicine No No 2005-04-06 8:15 AM CHS 13-105 Charles Sawyers, M.D. "Kinase Inhibitors in Cancer: Lesson from Chronic Myeloid Leukemia" Division of Hematology-Oncology, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine Contact: Linda Escobar, 267-0467
UCLA Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Grand Rounds and Continuing Education Series No No 2005-04-07 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Jun Urano, Ph.D. "Novel Hyperactive Mutants of the Rheb GTPase Identified by using Fission Yeast Based Screen: Implications in Tsc/Rheb/mTOR Signaling and Cancer" UCLA Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Contact: Si Un Cha, x49529
Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference No No 2005-04-07 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Liang Tong, Ph.D. "Structural Studies of Fatty Acid Metabolism and
Relevance to the Obesity Epidemic" Department of Biological Sciences
Columbia University, New York NY Host: Ren Sun, 310 794-5557
Molecular Biology Institute No Yes 2005-04-07 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM CHS 53-105 Distinguished Faculty from the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden Abdul El Manira, Ph.D.
"Retrograde Endocannabinoid Modulation within the Spinal Locomotor Network"
and
Tatiana Deliagina, Ph.D.
"Neural Mechanisms of Postural Control" Presented by the UCLA Department of Neurobiology Contact: Eva Mellado, x67625 No No 2005-04-08 12:00 PM Boyer 159 Wolfgang Voos, Ph.D. "Mitochondrial Protein Biogenesis:
the Essential Functions of Chaperones and Proteases" Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Universität Freiburg, Germany Host: Carla Koehler, x44834
Genetics Seminar Series No No 2005-04-08 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM CHS 53-105 Distinguished Faculty from the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden Ole Kiehn, M.D.
"Physiologic and Genetic Determination of Mammalian Locomotor Networks"
and
Sten Grillner, Ph.D.
"The Intrinsic Function of a Vertebrate Motor Program -
From Ion Channels to Behavior" Presented by the UCLA Department of Neurobiology Contact: Eva Mellado, x67625 No No 2005-04-08 4:00 PM Boyer 159 Pelin Cayirlioglu, Ph.D. "Genetic Analysis of Wiring in the Drosophila Olfactory System" UCLA Department of Biological Chemistry Contact: Karen Ronan, x52834
Embryology Club
Sponsored by the Jonsson Cancer Center's Cancer Cell Biology Program Area No No 2005-04-11 11:30 AM Gonda 1357 Steven E. Arnold, M.D. "Molecular Traction: Schizophrenia Research in the Era of Functional Genomics" Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Center for Neurobiology and Behavior
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Contact: Esteban Dell'Angelica, x63749
UCLA Department of Human Genetics Speaker Series No No 2005-04-11 1:30 PM CHS 13-265 Gokul Das, Ph.D. "Repression of p53 Tumor Suppressor Function by Estrogen Receptor" Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY Host: Ayyappan K. Rajasekaran, x51199
Cellular and Molecular Pathology Graduate Program No No 2005-04-11 4:00 PM Bunche Hall 5288 Soraya de Chadarevian, Ph.D. "Beyond the Double Helix: Genetics in the Atomic Age" Department of History and Philosophy of Science
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom UCLA Center for Society and Genetics No No 2005-04-12 4:00 PM NPI C8-183 Anirvan Ghosh, Ph.D. "Activity-Dependent Development of Cortical Circuits" Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego Hosts: Kelsey Martin, x49507 & Larry Zipursky, x52834
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience
The Brain Research Institute and the Neuropsychiatric Institute No No 2005-04-12 4:30 PM Boyer 159 Bernadette So "Characterization of the Role of Bone
Morphogenetic Protein 3 in Lung Development" Molecular Biology IDP, UCLA
Research Mentor: Karen Lyons, PhD Molecular Biology Institute Yes No 2005-04-12 8:00 AM 200 Med Plaza, B265-85 Quynh-Thu Le, M.D. "Identification of Secreted Markers for Hypoxia in Head and Neck Cancers using Genomic and Proteomic Approaches" Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine UCLA Geffen School of Medicine No No 2005-04-13 12:00 PM CHS 53-105 Shimon Weiss, Ph.D. "In-vitro and in-vivo Single Molecule Molecular Rulers" UCLA Departments of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Physiology
Member, Molecular Biology Institute Contact: Anna Wu, x45800
Pharmacology 251 Seminar
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Geffen School of Medicine No No 2005-04-13 4:00 PM CHS 63-105 Carlo Montemagno, Ph.D. "Restorative Health Care thru Synthetic Biology" UCLA Departments of Biomedical Engineering &
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Contact: MSTP Office, x41817
2005 MSTP Distinguished Lecture
Medical Scientist Training Program, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine No No 2005-04-13 8:15 AM CHS 13-105 Erin Ochoa, M.D. "Targeting p27kip1 to Improve Hepatocyte Transplantation" Division of Transplantation Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Contact: Linda Escobar, x70467
UCLA Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Grand Rounds and Continuing Education Series No No 2005-04-14 12:00 PM CHS 73-105 Anning Lin, Ph.D. "Regulation of Apoptosis by JNK: A Double-edged Sword" Ben May Institute for Cancer Research, Committee on Cancer Biology
University of Chicago Contact: Si Un Cha, x49529
Jonsson Cancer Center Research Conference
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