Upcoming Events
September 7, 2010
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
UIC Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
"Title TBA"
Sharon Schendel, Sanford-Burnham Institute
Herman Auditorium, MBRB, University of Illinois at Chicago
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September 7, 2010
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
NU Microbiology-Immunology
"Modification of the Bacterial Cell Surface: Remodeling of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides"
M. Stephen Trent, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, The University of Texas at Austin
Baldwin Auditorium, Lurie Building, Northwestern Univeristy (Chicago Campus)
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September 7, 2010
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
UChicago Breast Cancer Seminar
"Identification and management of women at high risk of hereditary cancer: An industrial approach using computerized clinical decision support (CDS)"
Kevin S. Hughes, MD, Co-Director, Avon Comprehensive Breast Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery, Room 1103, University of Chicago
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September 8, 2010
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
UIC Department of Pharmacology
"Lysolipid Signaling in Cardiovascular Disease"
Susan Smyth, MD, PhD, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Gill Heart Institute, University of Kentucky
1020 COMRB, University of Illinois at Chicago
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September 8, 2010
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
UIC Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
"Genetic Basis for Circadian Control of Behavior and Energy Balance"
Joe Bass, Northwestern University
Herman Auditorium, MBRB, University of Illinois at Chicago
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September 8, 2010
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
UIC College of Pharmacy
"Acid-Degradable Polymeric Materials for Nucleic Acid Delivery, Combined Optical Imaging and Gene Therapy, and Recovery of Proteins and Nucleic Acids"
Young Jik Kwon, PhD, University of California - Irvine The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
PHAR 134-3, University of Illinois at Chicago
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September 10, 2010
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
NU 2nd Annual Biomedical Research Symposium
Wolfson Lecture Hall, Northwestern Univeristy (Chicago Campus)
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September 10, 2010
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
NU 2nd Annual Bernard L. Mirkin Honorary Lecture
"Regulation of gene expression by the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway"
Dr. Kenneth Cadigan, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Program, University of Michigan
Bigler Auditorium, Northwestern Univeristy (Chicago Campus)
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September 14, 2010
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
NU Microbiology-Immunology
"Hemostasis in Host Defense from Microbial Pathogenesis"
David Ginsburg, MD, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan
Baldwin Auditorium, Lurie Building, Northwestern Univeristy (Chicago Campus)
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September 16, 2010
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
UChicago IGSB Fellows Series
"Title TBA"
Mary Hendrix, PhD, Children\'s Memorial Research Center and Northwestern University
Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery, Room 1103 (First Floor Auditorium) , University of Chicago
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September 17, 2010
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
NU Department of Physiology
"Title TBA"
Anthony R. West, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept. Of Neuroscience, Rosalind Franklin University
Ward Building Ward 5-230, Northwestern Univeristy (Chicago Campus)
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September 21, 2010
8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
UIC - IOM Chicago Regional Meeting
"Midwest Conference on Diabetes and Obesity"
UIC Forum, 725 W. Roosevelt, Chicago, IL 60608, University of Illinois at Chicago
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September 21, 2010
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
NU Microbiology-Immunology
"The MprAB Two-Component System Regulates Membrane Stress Adaptation Systems in Mycobacterium tuberculosis"
Tom Zahrt, PhD, Associate Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Medical College of Wisconsin
Baldwin Auditorium, Lurie Building, Northwestern Univeristy (Chicago Campus)
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September 21, 2010
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
NU Department of Neurobiology & Physiology
"MRI Biomarkers and the Prevention of Vision Loss"
Bruce Berkowitz, PhD, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Pancoe Auditorium, Northwestern Univeristy (Evanston Campus)
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September 22, 2010
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
UIC Department of Pharmacology
"Protein Ubiquitination in Immune Regulation"
Dr. Yun-Cai Liu, PhD, Member and Professor, Division of Cell Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology
1020 COMRB, University of Illinois at Chicago
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September 22, 2010
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
UIC College of Pharmacy
"Title TBA"
Jianjun Cheng, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
PHAR 134-3, University of Illinois at Chicago
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September 24, 2010
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
NU Department of Physiology
"Title TBA"
Nick Brandon, PhD, Head Of Schizophrenia Research, Wyeth Discovery Neuroscience
Ward Building Ward 5-230, Northwestern Univeristy (Chicago Campus)
(more info)
September 27, 2010
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
UIC Microbiology and Immunology - Micro/GEMS Seminar
"Title TBA"
Scott Muerhoff
1020 COMRB, University of Illinois at Chicago
(more info)
September 28, 2010
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
NU Microbiology-Immunology
"Regulation and Homeostatic Pathways and Macrophage Activation in IBD"
Scott Plevy, MD, Associate ProfessUor of Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chapel Hill, NC
Baldwin Auditorium, Lurie Building, Northwestern Univeristy (Chicago Campus)
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September 28, 2010
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
NU Department of Neurobiology & Physiology
"Circuits Controlling Cortical Development and Plasticity"
Patrick Kanold, PhD, University of Maryland
Pancoe Auditorium, Northwestern Univeristy (Evanston Campus)
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September 28, 2010
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
UChicago MGCB - Hewson Swift Lecture
"Gas sensors and the respiratory control circuit of Drosophila"
Mark Krasnow, MD, PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine
Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery, Room 1103, University of Chicago
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September 29, 2010
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
UIC Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
"The how and why of nuclear RNAi"
Scott Kennedy, University of Wisconsin
Herman Auditorium, MBRB, University of Illinois at Chicago
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September 29, 2010
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
UIC College of Pharmacy
"Understanding the genetics of disease by sequencing genomes and exomes"
Stephen Kingsmore, PhD, National Center for Genome Resources
PHAR 134-3, University of Illinois at Chicago
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October 1, 2010
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
UChicago Committee on Microbiology
"Enteroviruses, opportunism and disease"
Steven Tracy, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Cummings Life Science Center Room 119, University of Chicago
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October 8, 2010 to October 9, 2010
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
UChicago - The Gwen Knapp Symposium
"The Antigen Targets of Autoimmune Disease"
Keynote Speaker: Irun Cohen, The Weizmann Institute of Science
Biological Sciences Learning Center, Room 115, University of Chicago
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October 11, 2010
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
UChicago Department of Chemistry: Bloch Lecture
"Chemistry in Medicine: From the Discovery of Angiogenesis Inhibitors to the Development of Controlled Drug Delivery Systems and the Foundation of Tissue Engineering"
Robert S. Langer, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kent Chemical Laboratory, Room 120, University of Chicago
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October 13, 2010
2:00 PM - 6:30 PM
NU Center for Molecular Innovation and Drug Discovery
"15th ANNUAL DRUG DISCOVERY SYMPOSIUM 2010"
Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center, Northwestern Univeristy (Chicago Campus)
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October 16, 2010
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
NU - XXX Midwest Enzyme Chemistry Conference
TBA, Northwestern University, Evanston IL
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October 29, 2010
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
CBC Eighth Annual Symposium
"Protein Folding and Misfolding in Health and Disease"
Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, University of Chicago
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October 29, 2010
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
UChicago Developmental Biology and Growth and Differentiation Training Programs
"Regeneration Symposium"
TBA, University of Chicago
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