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Current Molecular Pathology Seminar Schedule

The Molecular Pathology Seminar Series meets Wednesdays, 4:00–5:00 pm, unless noted otherwise, in the R.H. Dean Biomedical Research Bldg, Room 335. The presentation title will appear every week on the infiNet and Plasma Screen calendars on each campus.

January 2013

16: Carl D. Langefeld, PhD – WFSM, Associate Professor, Biostatistical Sciences/Public Health Sciences: "Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and the Genetics of Autoimmune Disease: The Analysis of the Immunochip "
23: Anthony A. Fodor, PhD – Assistant Professor, Departement of Bioinformatics and Genomics, UNC Charlotte [host: Kylie Kavanagh, DVM]: "Microbial Dysbiosis in Cancer and Inflammation"
30: Paul Listrani, DVM – WFSM, Pathology/Comparative Medicine [Graduate student with Janice Wagner, DVM, PhD]: "DNA Methylation and Gene Expression in the Arteries of Diabetic Cynomolgus Monkeys"

February

13: Taichi Ohshiro, PhD – WFSM, Pathology/Lipid Sciences [Postdoctoral fellow with Larry Rudel, PhD], "In vitro and vivo Study of Beauveriolides, Inhibitor of Lipid Droplet Accumulation in Macrophage."
20: Janusz H. Kabarowski, PhD - Associate Professor, Departement of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham [host: Mary Sorci-Thomas, PhD], "Harnessing the Therapeutic Potential of HDL in Lupus: Winning Strategy or a Lost Cause?"
27: Jun Zhang, PhD – WFSM, Pathology/Lipid Sciences [Postdoctoral fellow with Larry Rudel, PhD], "Roles of Hepatic and Intestinal ACAT2 in Promoting Atherosclerosis Development"

March

6: Carol A. Shively, PhD – WFSM, Professor of Pathology/Comparative Medicine, "The Profound Effect of Life Stress on Health"
20: Ricquita Pollard – WFSM, Pathology/Lipid Sciences [Graduate Student with Mary Sorci-Thomas, PhD], "Lipid Acquisition by Lipid-Free ApoA-I and New Insights For the Role of PCPE2"
27: Edward A. Fisher, PhD, MD – Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Division of Cardiology, NYU Langone Medical Center [host: John Parks, PhD], "Novel Factors in the Assembly and Secretion of VLDL"

April

3: Timothy Osborne, PhD – Professor, Diabetes and Obesity Research Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, Orlando, FL [host: Paul Dawson, PhD], " Nutritional Regulation and Physiologic Roles for T2R Bitter Taste Receptors in the Mammalian Gut"
10: Erica Wieser – WFSM, Pathology/Lipid Sciences [Graduate Student with Mary Sorci-Thomas, PhD] "HDL Decreases CCR5 Trafficking to Lipid Raft Modulating Leukocyte Migration into Atherosclerotic Plaque"
17: Xin Bi – WFSM, Pathology/Lipid Sciences [Graduate Student with John Parks, PhD], "The Impact of Macrophage ABCA1 on Atherogenesis"
24 at 9-10 AM: Allison McDaniel, Graduate Student, Pathology/Lipid Sciences, "The Role of ABCG5/G8 in Sterol Homeostasis" [Defense to follow seminar]
25 (Thursday) at 1-2 PM: Stephanie Marshall, Graduate Student, Pathology/Lipid Sciences, "The Role of Hepatic ACAT2 and MTP in Hepatic Cholesteryl Ester and Triglyceride Metabolism" [Defense to follow seminar]

May

8: Daniel Ferguson – WFSM, Pathology/Lipid Sciences [Graduate Student with J. Mark Brown, PhD], "Defining the Primary Mechanism in Hepatic Steatosis Induced by Hepatitis C Virus Core Protein"
15: No seminar today
22: Kristi Brzoza-Lewis,PhD – WFSM, Pathology/Lipid Sciences [Postdoctoral fellow with Mary Sorci-Thomas, PhD] "Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Bound to Recombinant HDL Exerts Both Pro- and Anti-Atherogenic Properties Through Modulation of CCR5 Expression"
29: Kylie Kavanagh, DVM – WFSM, Pathology/Comparative Medicine