University of Florida Genetics Institute
2008 SPRING SEMINAR SERIES
2 to 3 p.m.
"Toward a universal platform for autologous stem cell gene therapy"
Roger Bertolotti, PhD, Head, Gene Therapy and Regulation Research,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis
"MicroRNAs encoded by Kaposis's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus and their potential role in viral biology and pathogenesis"
Rolf F. Renne, PhD, Associate Professor,
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida
"Oncogenic properties of an alternative splicing factor"
Adrian R. Krainer, PhD, Professor,
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
"Regulation of cellular growth control and gene expression by SV40 large T antigen"
James M. Pipas, PhD, Professor,
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
"Developing therapeutics for retinal diseases"
Shalesh Kaushal, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor,
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Florida
"The evolution of a disease resistance locus in Phaseolus vulgaris "
C. Eduardo Vallejos, PhD, Associate Professor,
Department of Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida
"Chromatin barriers and epigenetic regulation of gene expression"
Suming Huang, PhD, Assistant Professor,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida
"Mechanisms of development in modern marine microbialites"
Jamie S. Foster, PhD, Assistant Professor,
Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida
"Mechanisms underlying antigenic variation in Babesia bovis"
David R. Allred, PhD, Associate Professor,
Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, University of Florida
"The therapeutic potential of retinoic acid signalling in nervous system regeneration and neurodegeneration"
Malcolm Maden, PhD, Professor,
Department of Zoology, University of Florida
"Molecular biology of foamy viruses"
Axel Rethwilm, MD, Professor,
Institute of Virology and Immunobiology, University of Würzburg