Conferences

GMOC/IHG Weekly Seminars
Thursdays *4:00-5:00 p.m. *Room 3-110 Moos Tower

September 27, 2007

Jaime Modiano, D.V.M., Ph.D., Professor, Professor, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Minnesota
"Inactivation of ARF & SNF and Other Reasons Dogs Get Cancer"

October 4, 2007

Damaris Lorenzo, Research Assistant, Ranum Lab, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Minnesota
"Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 5: learning from patients and flies"

October 11, 2007

Hacket Lab
"TBA"

October 18, 2007

Kristin Gehrking, Graduate Fellow, Orr Lab, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Minnesota
"SCA1: Genetic Interactions Between Ataxin-1, Tip60 and RORa"

October 25, 2007

Timothy Hallstrom, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Minnesota
"Cellular control of Rb/E2F induced proliferation and apoptosis in cancer"

November 1, 2007

Stephen Schmechel, Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Minnesota
"Identification of disease progression-related markers in prostate cancer"

November 8, 2007

Patrycia Lech, Ph.D. Candidate in Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology and Genetics Research, Institute for Molecular Virology, Somia Lab, University of Minnesota
"HIV-1 replication - Host Cell Factors"

November 15, 2007

Michael D. Koob, Assistant Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Minnesota
"On the Brink: Transmitochondrial Mice"

November 22, 2007 (NO MEETING, THANKSGIVING)

November 29, 2007

Tim Starr, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, Largaespada Lab, Cancer Center, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Minnesota

December 6, 2007

Bonnie LeRoy, Associate Professor, Department of Genetic, Cell Biology and Development, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Minnesota
"Managing Incidental Findings in Human Subjects Research: Considerations for Genetics/Genomics"

December 13, 2007 (Special Guest)

Dr. Jorge Leon, President and CEO of Leomics
"The Marketplace for Medical Genomics: Linking academic research to clinical practice"

December 20, 2007

Christine Clouser, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Molecular Virology, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Minnesota
"Teaching an old dog new tricks: Application of anti-cancer drugs for the treatment of retroviral infections"

January 24, 2008

Harry T. Orr, Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine/Pathology, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Minnesota
"SCA1 update: Intracelluar Trafficking and Neurodegeneration"

January 31, 2008

Faris Farassati, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology and Transplantation,Institute of Human Genetics, University of Minnesota
"Targeting Ras transformed cancer cells with Signal-Smart 1 oncolytic herpes: Using one human enemy against the other"

February 14, 2008

Kathleen Conklin, Associate Professor, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Minnesota
"Of phosphatases, nucleoli and MYC"

February 21, 2008

Heather H. Nelson, Associate Professor, Cancer Center, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Minnesota
"Genetic Determinants of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer"

February 28, 2008

Deanna Koepp, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Minnesota
"Regulation of Cell Division and Genome Maintenance by SCF Ubiquitin Ligases"

March 6, 2008

Michael Andresen, Research Associate, Orr Lab, Laboratory Mediciine and Pathology, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Minnesota
"Searching for Genetic Modifiers of Huntington's Disease"

March 13, 2008

Rachel J. Bergerson, Ph.D. Candidate, Largaespada Lab, Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Minnesota
"A Screen For M11-AF9 Cooperating Leukemia Mutations Using Insertional Mutagenesis"

March 20, 2008

Brian Van Ness, Ph.D., Head, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Minnesota
"Bioinformatics and Biomedical Genomics Center - Planning the future"

Next IHG Executive Faculty Committee Meetings Tentatively is Scheduled for: February 20, 2008, March 19, 2008, April 9, 2008, May 21, 2008 and June 18, 2008 from 9:00-10:00 A.M. in IHG Conference Room 4-128 Moos Tower