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In-House Seminars

FALL, 2012 seminars take place on Thursdays at 9 a.m. in the Telemedicine Theater B001

October 11: Dr. Elisa Deriu (Raffatellu Lab), “The probiotic E. coli Nissle 1917 needs iron to reduce Salmonella colonization”

October 18: Dr. Esther Choi (Shi Lab), “Global Regulation of mRNA Alternative Polyadenylation in cancer”

October 25: Dr. Sidney Golub (MMG), Stem Cells and Politics: A Case Study of Science and Elections ”

November 1: Dr. Judith Behnsen (Raffatellu Lab), “Cytokine IL-22 promotes the growth of Salmonella Typhimurium in the inflamed gut”

November 15: Dr. Xiaochen Tian (Sandri-Goldin Lab), “The Role of ICP27 in HSV-1 Viral mRNA Export

November 29: Dr. Chris Rosario (Tan Lab), “Two regulators of Chlamydia late genes: Variations on a common theme”

December 6: Dr. Anke Busch (Hertel Lab), “Learning about splicing mechanisms through splicing predictions”

WINTER, 2013 seminars take place on Thursdays at 9 a.m. in the Tamkin Student Lecture Building, Room F-114

January 17:  Eric Velazquez (Goldin Lab), An Epilepsy-Causing Mutation in SCN1A Causes Gain-of-Function in GABAergic Interneurons”

January 31: Brian Tanaka (Goldin Lab), Scn8a Mediated Reduction in Seizure Susceptibility”

February 14: Clayton White (Casali Lab), “Epigenetic modulation of the antibody response

March 7: Wenhou Zhou (Demetriou Lab), “Regulation of T cells by N-glycosylation”

March 14: Janet Liu (Raffatellu Lab), “Zinc sequestration by the neutrophil protein calprotectin enhances Salmonella growth in the inflamed gut”

SPRING, 2013 seminars take place on Thursdays at 9 a.m. in the Tamkin Student Lecture Building, Room F-114

March 21:  Tonika Lam (Casali Lab), “Rab7 and B cell autophagy in maturation of the antibody response”

March 28: Dr. Tan & Dr. Semler (UCI), "Pathogens & You - Norovirus: The cruise ship virus"

April 4:  Serena Chan (Shi Lab), “Proteomic and functional studies of the mRNA 3' processing complex” 

April 11: Stephanie Sprowl (Waterman Lab), “Tumor Microenvironment Crosstalk to Wnt Signaling in Colon Cancer” 

April 18: Lindsey Araujo (Demetriou Lab),“Reciprocal control of Th17 versus T regulatory cell fate by N- glycosylation and N-acetylglucosamine” 

April 25: Vladimir Diaz-Ochoa (Raffatellu Lab), (PLEASE NOTE THIS WILL BE IN NELSON AUDITORIUM) “TBA”

May 2: Hyuna Lee (Borrelli Lab), “Dopamine Regulation of Physiological function: Unraveling the Role of Dopamine D@ Receptor Isoforms”

May 9: Derrick Reynolds (Hertel Lab), “A Global Analysis of Splicing in Breast Cancer

May 16: Eric Baggs (Semler Lab), “Identification of Cellular Determinants for IRES Mediated Translation Initiation

May 23: Jakhan Nguyen (Goldin Lab), “Characterizing the effects of the SCN1A-R1648H and SCN8A-R1627H mutations in seizure generation” 

May 30: Angela Garibaldi (Hertel Lab), “Tracking Gene Expression Dynamics from Transcription to Degradation”

June 6: Dr. Barbour & Dr. Buchmeier (UCI), "Pathogens & You Virus without a Name: Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome"