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Calendar of Events


Monthly Lunches

Monthly lunch meetings of all MD/PhD students are held in B646 Mayo, 12-1:30 p.m., and will include "chalk talks" by current students, invited speakers from the University and an opportunity for students to gather and stay connected.

Fall 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 1-110 MTRF
"How to Put Together and Present a Scientific Talk," John Carlis, Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering
Tuesday, Septemeber 23
Friday, October 24
"Malpractice," Kathleen Flynn Peterson, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.
Tuesday, November 18
Tuesday, December 16
"Careers in Industry for MD/PhDs", Daniel Sigg, M.D., Ph.D., Medtronic

Winter/Spring 2009
Tuesday, January 13
Tuesday, February 17
Tuesday, March 17
Tuesday, April 14
Tuesday, May 19

Seminar Series

This seminar series for  first- and second-year students is held Mondays at 12:20 p.m., B646 Mayo Building. Its aim is to keep students aware of and intellectually involved in the exciting basic biomedical research that is currently in progress, and to help the students choose a preceptor with whom to carry out their Ph.D. dissertation research.  Talks are given by MD/PhD preceptors or senior students in the program.  

Fall 2008 Schedule

September 15, 2008
1) Iron deficiency in the developing hippocampus
and
2) Practical advice for earning a PhD in science
Erik Carlson, Ph.D.
MD/PhD student
Neuroscience Graduate Program
September 22, 2008
Adventures in gene therapy research		 R. Scott McIvor, Ph.D.
MCDB&G Graduate Program
September 29, 2008
The human embryonic stem cell debate: Ethical and policy issues		 Jeffrey Kahn, Ph.D., M.P.H
Director and Professor, Maas Family Endowed Chair in Bioethics, Center for Bioethics
Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Public Health; and Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota
October 6, 2008 Canceled
October 13, 2008
Heme Oxygenase-1 in Sickle Cell Disease: An adaptive response to hemolysis		 Greg Vercellotti, M.D., MICaB Graduate Program
October 20, 2008
Memory T cells and protection against pathogens: issues of quantity, quality, and location		 David Masopust, Ph.D.
MICaB Graduate Program
October 27, 2008 Apostolos P. Georgopoulos, M.D., Ph.D.
Neuroscience Gradaute Program
November 3, 2008
Transposon based cancer gene discovery 		David Largaespada, Ph.D.
MCDB&G Graduate Program
November 10, 2008
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus: The toxin factor(y)		 Patrick Schlievert, Ph.D.
MICaB Graduate Program
November 17, 2008 Pete Bitterman, M.D., MICaB Graduate Program
November 24, 2008 Laura Ranum, Ph.D., MCDB&G Graduate Program
December 1, 2008 Chris Pennell, Ph.D.
MICaB Graduate Program


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