| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| Jan 6 |
Dr. Stacey Huppert
Dept of Molecular Biology & Pharmacology, Washington University in St. Louis |
Unraveling the mechanism of Notch signaling in mouse organogenesis: Lessons from the somite |
| Jan 10 |
Dr. Kris DeMali
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC |
Role for vinculin in integrin-mediated cell adhesion |
| Jan 13 |
Dr. Michael Ensslin
Dept of Cell Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA |
Function of SED1 in mammalian fertilization and epithelial morphogenesis |
|
Wendy Garrison
(graduate student in Dr. Stephen Duncan's laboratory)
Dept of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, MCW
|
Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 alpha regulates development of the gastrointestinal tract |
| Feb 3 |
Dr. Michael Caterina
Dept of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins Univ School of Medicine |
TRPV channels and the detection of physical stimuli by epithelial cells |
| Feb 10 |
Sandya Govindaraju (graduate student in Dr. Danny Riley's laboratory)
Dept of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, MCW |
Cold vibrations: peripheral nerve and vascular injury |
| Feb 17 |
David Baewer (graduate student in Dr. Danny Riley's laboratory)
Dept of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, MCW |
Pathophysiology of central core-like lesions in chronically shortened skeletal muscle fibers |
| Feb 24 |
Dr. Mahendra Rao
Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Baltimore, MD |
Biology of human embryonic stem cells |
| March 10 |
Dr. Brian Link
Dept of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, MCW |
Research in Progress: Analysis of the apical cell polarity complex during retinal lamination |
| March 17 |
Sakkapol Ongwijitwat (graduate student in Dr. Margaret Wong-Riley's laboratory)
Dept of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, MCW |
Nuclear respiratory factor 2 as a transcriptional coordinator of all cytochrome c oxidase nuclear subunit genes |
| March 24 |
Dr. Joseph Besharse
Dept of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, MCW |
Research in Progress: Two screens, two genes: Nocturnin, Usp2, and the Circadian regulation of mRNA and protein stability |
| March 31 |
Dr. Kristine Krajnak
Biological and Functional Effects of Vibration group, Engineering & Control Technology Branch, Health Effects Division, National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health, Morgantown, WV |
Neural and vascular changes in response to acute and repeated bouts of vibration: Animals studies of hand-arm vibration syndrome |
| April 7 |
Dr. Linda Greenbaum
Dept of Medicine, Div of Gastroenterology, Univ of Pennsylvania |
Regulation of the hepatocyte cell cycle: The role of C/EBPbeta |
| April 14 |
Dr. Bo Chang
The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME |
Mouse models of ocular diseases |
| April 15 |
Dr. Robert Anderson
Depts of Cell Biology and Ophthalmology, Univ of Oklahoma |
The PI 3-kinase pathway protects photoreceptor cells from stress-induced apoptosis |
| May 5 |
Jennifer Luebke-Wheeler (graduate student in Dr. Stephen Duncan's Laboratory)
Dept of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, MCW |
HNF4a regulates expression of Creb3l3 in differentiating hepatocytes |
| May 12 |
Students' Choice Seminar: Dr. Benjamin Neel
Cancer Biology Program, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Dept of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
Tyrosine phosphatases in health and disease |
| May 19 |
Dr. Timothy Kamp
Depts of Medicine and Physiology, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison |
Cardiomyocytes and cardiac regeneration from embryonic stem cells |
| May 26 |
Dr. Alan Mast
Blood Research Institute, The Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin, Milwaukee |
Association of tissue factor pathway inhibitor with endothelium |
| June 9 |
Dr. Peter Calvert
Dept of Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
Watching proteins move in living cells: Toward understanding signal-dependent arrestin redistribution in rod photoreceptors |