Distinguished Scientist Series Gulf Coast, Alabama (AL) - University of South Alabama Health System, Mobile

Outstanding Scientists Present Seminars- Thursdays at 4:00 PM

USA College of Medicine basic science departments invite distinguished scientists from other academic institutions to present seminars describing their latest research findings. The seminars are presented on Thursday afternoons at 4:00 p.m. in the first floor auditorium in the Medical Sciences Building. Faculty, staff and students are strongly encouraged to attend as we welcome these outstanding scientists.

DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST SEMINAR SERIES (DSSS)
September 2011 - May 2012
DATE	DEPARTMENT	HOST	SPEAKER	AFFILIATION	SEMINAR TITLE
9/8/2011	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Donna Cioffi, Ph.D.	Indu Ambudkar, Ph.D. Bio	Chief of the Secretory Section of Molecular Physiology & Therapeutics Branch, NIDCR, NIH, Bethesda, MD	"TRPC Channels: Modulators of Cytosolic Signaling and More"
9/15/2011	OPEN
9/22/2011	OPEN
9/29/2011	Microbiology & Immunology	Paul Brett, Ph.D.	Alfredo Torres, Ph.D.	Associate Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch, Departments of Microbiology & Immunology, and Pathology, Galveston, TX	"To See Burkholderia Mallei, or Not to Cure Glanders, that is the Host Question?"
10/6/2011	Cell Biology & Neuroscience	Lyudmila Rachek, Ph.D.	Nicolas Musi, M.D.	Director, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) STVHCS, and Director, Center for Healthy Aging, UTHSCSA/School of Medicine, San Antonio, TX	"Metabolic Endotoxemia and Insulin Resistance"
10/13/2011	MCI	Laurie B. Owen, Ph.D.	Bruce Chabner, M.D.	Professor, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, & Director, Clinical Research, MGH Cancer Center, Massachussetts General Hospital, Boston, MA	"Phase I Trials Guided by Molecular Profiling"
10/20/2011	OPEN
10/27/2011	OPEN
11/3/2011	OPEN
11/10/2011	Physiology	Jim Downey, Ph.D.	Tetsuji Miura, M.D., Ph.D.	Professor & Chair, Second Department of Medicine II (Cardiology), Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine, Sapporo City, Japan	"Pro-survival Signaling Pathways in the Heart: Their Regulation and Dysregulation"
11/17/2011	OPEN
12/1/2011	MCI	Laurie B. Owen, Ph.D.	Bart Barlogie, M.D., Ph.D.	Professor, Departments of Medicine & Pathology, and Director, Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR	"Challenges of Myeloma Diagnosis and Therapy from the Arkansas Perspective"
12/8/2011	Pharmacology	Eugene Cioffi, Ph.D.	Ronald Schnaar, Ph.D.	Professor, Departments of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD	"Axon-myelin Interactions, Axon Stability & the Control of Axon Regeneration"
1/12/2012	Physiology	Steve Ballard, Ph.D.	Richard Cone, Ph.D.	Professor, Department of Biophysics, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD	"Robust Barrier Function of Mucus"
1/19/2012	Cell Biology & Neuroscience	Xiangming Zha, Ph.D.	Zhigang Xiong, Ph.D.	Professor, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA	"ASICs as Novel Target for Neurological Disorders"
1/26/2012	OPEN
2/2/2012	OPEN
2/9/2012	OPEN
2/16/2012	OPEN
2/23/2012	Cell Biology & Neuroscience	Mikhail Alexeyev, Ph.D.	K. John McLaughlin, Ph.D.	Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH	"Transplant Models of Patient-Specific Gamete-Derived Pluripotent Stem Cells"
3/1/2012	Physiology	Thomas Lincoln, Ph.D.	Alan Cherrington, Ph.D.	Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN	"Glucagon: The Forgotten Hormone"
3/8/2012	Comparative Medicine	Wensheng Lin, Ph.D.	Brian Popko, Ph.D.	Jack Miller Professor of Neurological Disorders, and Director of the Jack Miller Center for Peripheral Neuropathy, Department of Neurology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL	"Myelin Repair"
3/15/2012	OPEN
3/22/2012 CANCELLED	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	William Gerthoffer, Ph.D.	Julian Solway, M.D.	Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL	"How Breathing Antagonizes Bronchoconstriction"
3/29/2012	OPEN
4/5/2012	Microbiology & Immunology	Robert Barrington, Ph.D.	Kathryn Haskins, Ph.D.	Professor, Integrated Department of Immunology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO	"Pathogenic CD4 T Cells in Type 1 Diabetes and their Autoantigens"
4/12/2012	Physiology	David Weber, Ph.D.	James Parker, Ph.D.	Professor, Department of Physiology, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, AL	"Starling forces and vascular permeability in the lung: 30 years of evolution"
4/19/2012	Pharmacology	Diego Alvarez, M.D., Ph.D.	Augustine M.K. Choi, M.D.	Parker B. Francis Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA	"Autophagy: Regulation and Function in Lung Disease"
4/26/2012	Cell Biology & Neuroscience	Xiangming Zha, Ph.D.	Steven Green, Ph.D.	Professor, Department of Biology & Otolaryngology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA	"A Culture of Noise: An In Vitro Approach to the Study of Acoustic Trauma"
5/3/2012	Cell Biology & Neuroscience	Mikhail Alexeyev, Ph.D.	Yidong Bai, Ph.D.	Associate Professor, Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, TX	"The Role of Mitochondrial Respiratory Complex I in Tumorigenesis"
5/10/2012	Physiology	Thomas Lincoln, Ph.D.	Roger J. Colbran, Ph.D.	Professor and Vice Chair, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN	"Bidirectional CaMKII Synaptic Signaling Mechanisms"