Room LG 110A-B

McKnight Brain Institute

2 to 3 p.m.

Refreshments will be served at 1:45 p.m.

 

January 7:

"Gene expression profiling: applications to medically important problems from sepsis to malignant gliomas"

Henry V. Baker, Ph.D., Professor,

Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida

(PubMed Search)

 

February 4:

"Role of Nkx2.5 homeoprotein in conduction and contraction of the heart"

Hideko Kasahara, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor,

Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, University of Florida

(PubMed search), (UFGI New Faculty Profile)

 

February 18:

"Pharmacogenetics: the promise of individualized therapy through genetics"

Julie A. Johnson, Pharm.D., Professor and Chair,

Department of Pharmacy Practice and Director, Center for Pharmacogenomics, University of Florida

(PubMed search)

 

March 4:

"Molecular approaches for regulating wound healing"

Gregory S. Schultz, Ph.D., Professor,

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida

(PubMed search)

David W. Mozingo, M.D., Professor,

Department of Surgery, University of Florida

(PubMed search)

 

March 6 [Note special day, time, and location - Thursday, 4:00-5:00 pm, C1-9 (Communicore Building)]:

"The epigenetics of chromatin structure"

Robert A. Martienssen, Ph.D., Professor,

Plant Genetics, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

(PubMed search)

Co-sponsored with the Program in Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology

 

March 18:

"Disease persistence through combinatorial diversity in small-genome anaplasma pathogens of animals and humans"

Tony F. Barbet, Ph.D., Professor,

Department of Pathobiology, University of Florida

(PubMed search)

 

April 1:

"Death and salvation: mitochondrial-nuclear genome interactions in S male-sterile maize"

Christine D. Chase, Ph.D., Associate Professor,

Department of Horticultural Sciences & Program in Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Florida

(PubMed search)

 

April 15:

"Molecular mechanisms of thyroid hormone action in a frog model of apoptosis"

Caren Helbing, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,

Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria

(PubMed search)

 

April 22 [Note special location - C1-11 (Communicore Building)]:

"Molecular genetics of mammalian urogenital development"

Richard R. Behringer, Ph.D., Professor,

Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center

(PubMed search)

 

April 29:

"Molecular genetics of ovule development"

Bernard A. Hauser, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,

Department of Botany & Program in Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Florida

(PubMed search)