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Seminars at Salk



Thursday February 2, 2012
4:00 pm

“Interactome Networks and Human Disease”

Marc Vidal, Ph.D.,Director, Dana Farber’s Center for Cancer Systems Biology; Professor, Harvard Medical School

SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES
Trustees Room
Host: Joe Ecker
Contact: Inger K. Johnson, 858-453-4100 x1658


Other Seminars



Monday January 30, 2012

"Cellular Heterogeneity and Stress Survival in Yeast"

Mark Siegal, New York University

Ecology Behavior and Evolution Special Seminar

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
1103 Muir Biology Building
Host: Lin Chao
http://biology.ucsd.edu/emflyers/Siegal.seminar.ebe.pdf



Monday January 30, 2012
12:00 pm

“Loss of the 14-3-3 Sigma Tumor Suppressor is a Critical Event in ErbB2 Tumor Progression”

William J. Muller, Ph.D., Professor, Biochemistry, McGill University

Cancer Center Seminar

SANFORD | BURNHAM MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Fishman Auditorium
Host: Robert Oshima
Contact: Tara Mabry: tmabry@sanfordburnham.org



Monday January 30, 2012
4:00 pm

“Genetics of Circadian Rhythms”

Dr. Stuart Brody, Professor Emeritus, Molecular Biology, University of California, San Diego

UCSD Program in Gene Therapy

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Center for Neural Circuits & Behavior (formerly CMG)
Host: Theodore Friedmann



Monday January 30, 2012
4:00 pm

Talk Title to be Announced

Lee Grimes, Ph.D., Director, Cancer Pathology Program, Division of Experimental Hematology, Division of Pathology, Associate Professor, Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati

Pathology Research Lecture Series 2012

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Leichtag Biomedical Building, Room 107



Tuesday January 31, 2012
8:30 am

"Rho-Kinase Signaling in Cerebral Cavernous Malformations Lesion Genesis"

Rebecca Stockton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego

The Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology Seminar (RAIS) Series

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Leichtag Biomedical Building, Room 107
http://raidivision.ucsd.edu/
Contact: raidivision@ucsd.edu



Tuesday January 31, 2012
11:00 am

“Robustness and Divergence of Complex Traits”

Mark Siegal, New York University

Ecology, Behavior and Evolution Seminars

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Muir Biology 1103



Tuesday January 31, 2012
12:00 pm

“Structural Studies on p53 Protein Family”

Hector Viadiu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego

Cancer Center Seminar

SANFORD | BURNHAM MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Fishman Auditorium
Host: Francesca Marassi
Contact: Tara Mabry: tmabry@sanfordburnham.org



Tuesday January 31, 2012
12:00 pm

"Dual Specificity Phosphatases as Disease Drivers"

John Lazo, Ph.D., University of Virginia

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Leichtag Biomedical Building, Room 107
Host: The Department of Pharmacology
Contact: Lizette Cerf, 858-822-3936



Tuesday January 31, 2012
4:00 pm

“Sculpting Synapse Patterns with Inhibitory Cues”

Kang Shen, Stanford University

Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Center for Neural Circuits & Behavior (formerly CMG)
Host: Sarah Leinwand
Contact: Kelly Hermanson, 858-822-2006



Wednesday February 1, 2012
12:00 pm

“Self-reactivity in Thymic Selection”

Kristin A. Hogquist, Professor, Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota

LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
Ishizaka Seminar Room
Hosts: Mitchell Kronenberg and Lynn Hedrick
Contact: Carol Behm, 858-752-6606



Wednesday February 1, 2012
12:00 pm

“Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet as Risk Factors for Breast Cancer Progression”

John P. Pierce, Ph.D., Professor, Association Director for Population Sciences, Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego

Biomedical and Clinical Research Seminar

UCSD Medical Center
Clinical Teaching Facility (CTF), Building C, Room 301
Hosts: Mitchell Diccianni and Tineke Lauwae
Contact: Gregory Best, 858-246-0027, bbest@ucsd.edu



Wednesday February 1, 2012
1:00 pm

“Joint Aging and Osteoarthritis: Concepts, Prevention and Treatment”

Martin Lotz, M.D., Professor, Head, Arthritis Research, The Scripps Research Institute

Sanford Children’s Health Research Center Translational Research Forum

SANFORD | BURNHAM MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Fishman Auditorium
Host: Salvo Albani
Contact: Jessica Colomb, jcolomb@sanfordburnham.org



Wednesday February 1, 2012
2:00 pm

“Connectomics Mapping of Memory Circuits in the Drosophila Brain”

Ann-Shyn Chiang, KIBM International Faculty, Director, Brain Research Institute, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

The Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind (KIBM)

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Center for Neural Circuits & Behavior (formerly CMG)
Host: Ralph Greenspan
Contact: Terry Peters, 858-534-7753



Thursday February 2, 2012
10:00 am

“Regulation of Inflammatory Lymphoid cells in the Intestinal Microenvironment”

Dan R. Littman, M.D., Ph.D., Kimmel Professor of Molecular Immunology Skirball Institute, NYU School of Medicine, Investigator, HHMI

Division of Biological Sciences Section of Molecular Biology Immunobiology Seminar Series Division

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
1205 Natural Sciences Building

Contact: Andrea Schnitz, 858-534-0625, aschnitz@ucsd.edu



Thursday February 2, 2012
12:00 pm

“TCR Signal Strength in Thymic Selection”

Kristin Hogquist, Ph.D., Professor, Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota

THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
THE COMMITTEE Lecture Hall, TSRI

Contact: Daniella R. Carlson, iag-desk@scripps.edu



Thursday February 2, 2012
12:00 pm

Talk Title to be Announced

Marius Wernig, Stanford University

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Leichtag Biomedical Building, Room 107
Host: A. Conway
Contact: Benjamin Yu, byu@ucsd.edu



Thursday February 2, 2012
3:00 pm

“On the Good and Bad Side of Host Galectins in Viral Infections”

Barry T. Rouse, DVM, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee

Pathogenesis Affinity Group Seminar

THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
East Conference Room, Immunology Building
Host: Michael B.A. Oldstone
Contact: Barbara Parker, bparker@scripps.edu



Thursday February 2, 2012
4:00 pm

“Pathogenic IL-5-producing memory Th2 cell subset”

Toshinori Nakayama, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Chairman, Immunology Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan

LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
Ishizaka Seminar Room
Host: Mitchell Kronenberg
Contact: Jenny Lagos, 858-752-6722



Thursday February 2, 2012
4:00 pm

“Multi-generational Epigenetic Inheritance and Germline Immortality”

Scott Kennedy, Ph.D., University of WI-Madison

Cellular and Molecular Medicine/Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Seminar Series

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Center for Neural Circuits & Behavior (formerly CMG)
Hosts: Karen Oegema & Amy Pasquinelli
Contact: Judy Johns, 858-534-9684, jujohns@ucsd.edu



Thursday February 2, 2012
4:00 pm

“Learning from Insect Brains: Explorations of a ‘Simple’ Olfactory System”

John G. Hildebrand, Ph.D., Regents Professor, Professor, Neuroscience, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Entomology, and Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Arizona

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Skaggs School of Pharm. & Pharm. Sci. Auditorium

Contact: Kathleen McPherson, 858-534-3568, kmcpherson@ucsd.edu



Friday February 3, 2012
2:00 pm

"Structural and Biochemical Mechanisms of Synchronous Neuro-transmitter Release”

James E. Rothman, Ph.D., Chairman, Cell Biology, Yale University

Cellular and Molecular Medicine/Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Seminar Series

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Leichtag Biomedical Building, Room 107
Host: Marilyn Farquhar
Contact: Judy Johns, 858-534-9684, jujohns@ucsd.edu



Friday February 3, 2012
2:00 pm

“Development of Second-Harmonic Generation Microscopy for Quantification of Fibrillar Collagen Organization at Cellular and Molecular Scales”

Kimani Toussaint, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Powell-Focht Bioengineering Hall, Fung Auditorium