Brown Pathobiology

Current Seminars

In the Spring, the Pathobiology Program Seminar Series is held on Thursdays at 4:00pm in the auditorium (Room 107) located at 70 Ship Street in the Laboratories for Molecular Medicine building. A number of these seminars are co-sponsored by the Rhode Island Cancer COBRE, the Center for Genomics and Genetics, and the Marine Biological Laboratories. In addition to the Pathobiology Program seminars, other seminars are offered by the Division of Biology and Medicine and other programs throughout the year. The Pathobiology Program Seminar Series will begin on January 28, 2010.

In the Fall, the Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology (MMI) Seminar Series is held on Thursdays at 4:00pm in Eddy Auditorium (Room 291) in the Biomedical Center.

Spring 2010 Seminars

THE PATHOBIOLOGY GRADUATE PROGRAM SEMINAR SERIES
Spring 2010
Thursdays, 4:00 p.m.
70 Ship Street, Room 107

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE/TOPIC	HOST/Co-Sponsor
Jan. 28	Michael McClean, ScD Associate Professor & Director of EH Doctoral Program Boston University School of Public Health Boston, MA	“Exposure to Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers via Diet and the Home Environment”	Dr. Kim Boekelheide
Feb. 4	Shinichiro Kurosawa, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Boston University School of Medicine Boston, MA	"Development of a Non-Human Primate Model of Anthrax: Findings and Case Reports from the Year 2001"	Dr. Alfred Ayala
Feb. 11	Silvia M. Uriarte, Ph.D. Instructor in Medicine Division of Nephrology University of Louisville	TBA	Dr. Alfred Ayala (Co-sponsored by the Division Of Surgical Research)
Feb. 18	Joshua Hamilton, Ph.D. Chief Academic and Scientific Officer Marine and Biological Laboratory Woods Hole, MA	“Unraveling the Enigma of Arsenic: Drug, Poison, Environmental Health Threat”	Dr. Agnes Kane
Feb. 25	Elizabeth J. Kovacs, Ph.D. Professor & Vice-Chair for Research, Department of Surgery Stritch School of Medicine Loyola University, Chicago	"Pulmonary Consequences of Alcohol Exposure and Burn Injury"	Dr. Alfred Ayala (Co-sponsored by the Division Of Surgical Research)
Mar. 4	Constantine G. Haidaris, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, and Center for Oral Biology University of Rochester	" Shining a Light on Candida: Photosensitizers as Therapeutic Agents and Biological Tools"	Dr. Joseph Bliss
Mar.11	Jordan Orange, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	"The Ins-and-Outs of NK Cell Cytotoxicity"	Dr. Christine Biron
Mar. 18	Melissa Pepling, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	“Uncovering Mechanisms Regulating Mammalian Oocyte Development”	Dr. Richard Freiman
Mar. 25	Ana M.Soto, M.D. Professor Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology Tufts University School of Medicine	TBA	Dr. Mary Hixon
Apr. 8	Siamon Gordon, M.D., Ph.D. Professor & Emeritus Chair, Department of Pathology Oxford University	"Macrophage Receptors and Innate Immunity"	Dr. Christine Biron
Apr. 15	Suzanne Fenton, Ph.D. Research Biologist NIEHS	TBA	Dr. Mary Hixon
Apr. 22	Nikia A. Laurie, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics Division of Cancer Biology and Epigenomics Children’s Memorial Research Center Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine	"Elucidating the Molecular Mechanisms of Retinoblastoma Progression"	Pathobiology Graduate Students
Apr. 29	TBA
May 6	Jennifer Schlezinger, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Boston University School of Public Health Boston, MA	TBA	Dr. Kim Boekelheide

Any questions or comments regarding the Pathobiology Seminar Series please contact: Mary_Hixon@Brown.edu, aayala@lifespan.org or Michele_Curry@Brown.edu

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