Translational Biomedical Research Seminar Series Archives
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Spring 2010
February 1, 2010
"(Re)Engineering Gene Delivery: Toward Construction of Artificial Visures."
Dan Pack, PhD, Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois
February 8, 2010
"Development of Polymeric Nanoconjugates for Cancer Treatment"
Jianjun Cheng, PhD, Assistant Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, University of Illinois
March 1, 2010
"The Domestic Dog: A Genome with Two Tales"
Matthew Breene, PhD, Professor of Genomics, North Carolina State University
March 8th, 2010
"Direct Procaspase-3 Activation as an Anti-Cancer Stratergy: Compound Discovery, Mechanism of Action, and a Canine Clinical Trial"
Paul Hergenrother, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois
March 15, 2010
"MicroRNAs and cancer: Comparative and Translational Opportunities in the Dog"
William Kisseberth, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University
April 5, 2010
"Systems Approach to Disease Stratification"
Nathan Price, Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois
April 12, 2010
"Campylobacter jejuni Pathogenesis: secretion of virulence proteins from the flagellar apparatus"
Michael Konkel, PhD, Professor, School of Molecular Biosciences at Washington State University
April 26, 2010
"Bioinfomatics in Biomarker Discovery"
Jake Chen, PhD, Associate Professor, Founding Director, Indiana Center for Systems Biology and personalized Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
September 14
Molecular Imaging, NanoBiotechnology, and Cancer Biology in Live Cells.
Peter Wang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering, University of Illinois
September 25
"Devices for Diagnosis and Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease."
Ghassan Kassab, PhD, Thomas J. Linnemeier Guidant Chair, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Surgery, Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Biomedical Engineering Department, Indiana-Purdue University
October 5
"Expression of Oxidative Stress Proteins in Mammary Tumors: Mechanisms to Help Ensure Tumor Cell Survival."
Ann Nardulli, Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois
October 12
"Phytoestrogens and Breast Cancer: A Complex Story."
William B. Helferich, Professor Food Science and Human Nutrition, Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois
October 19
"Integration of MAP Kinase and Progesterone Receptor Signaling in Breast Cancer Models."
Carol Lange, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center
November 2
"Regulation of the fragile X mental retardation protein FMRP."
Stephanie Ceman, Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois
November 9
"Alpha-synuclein as a therapeutic target in Parkinsons disease."
Julie George, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, University of Illinois
November 16
"Modulation of stem cells in Alzheimers disease: from where therapy stems"
Orly Lazarov, Assistant Professor Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine Research Building, University of Illinois at Chicago
Spring 2009
February 2
Mouse Models of Bone Metastasis: Translational Research in Action.
Thomas J. Rosol, DVM, PhD, DACVP, Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University
February 9
Aminobisphosphonates and Osteosarcoma: From Malignant Osteolysis to Metastases.
Tim Fan, DVM, PhD, Veterinary Clinical Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois
March 2
From Single Neurons to Brain Regions: Using Mass Spectrometry to Probe Cell to Cell Signaling.
Jonathan Sweedle, PhD, Director of Biotechnology Center, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois
March 9
Honey bee behavior: the role of neuropeptides.
Axel Brockmann, PhD Department of Entomology, University of Illinois
March 16
Neuropeptidomics: From Discovery To Function.
Lingjun Li, PhD,
School of Pharmacy & Department of Chemistry,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
April 6
Opportunities for Collaboration Between Animal Health Pharma and Veterinary Schools.
Jane Owens, DVM, PhD, Dipl ACVCP, Chief Medical Officer, Equine Products Elanco Animal Health
April 13
Pharmacokinetics and Clinical Pharmacology of Gabapentin in Horses.
Levent Dirikolu, DVM, MVSc, PhD, Veterinary Bioscience, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois
April 27
Translational pharmacology in animals -- extrapolating across species.
Mark Papich, DVM, MS, Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, NC State University
Fall 2008
September 8
Ovarian Cancer: The Use of a Validated Model for Early Detection and Therapeutic Intervention.
Janice Bahr, PhD, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois
September 15
Constitutively active luteinizing hormone receptor: Consequences of in vivo expression.
Prema Narayn, PhD, Department of Physiology , School of Medicine, Southern Illinois University
September 22
Uterine Leiomyomas: new Therapeutic Approaches and a New Animal Model.
Romona Nowak, PhD, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois
October 6
Transforming Environmental Health Protection.
John Bucher, PhD, Director, National Toxicology Program, NIEHS, National Institute of Health
Co-Sponsor: Merck Seminar Series
October 13
The Genomic Revolution: Implications for Pathology.
Robert Cardiff, MD, PhD, Center for Genomic Pathology, University of California, Davis
Co-Sponsor: Merck Seminar Series
October 20
Extrapulmonary Effects of Air Pollutants: Lessons from the Laboratory Mouse.
Jack Harkema, DVM, PhD, DACVP, Center for Integrative Toxicology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University
Co-Sponsor: Merck Seminar Series
November 3
Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging: Towards a practical tool for automated histopathy.
Rohit Bhargava, PhD, Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois
November 10
Photoacoustic tomography: high-resolution imaging of optical contrast in vivo at new depths.
Lihong Wang, PhD, Gene K. Beare Distinguished Professor, Optical Imaging Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
November 24
Intraoperative Optical Biopsy for High-Resolution Image-Guided Cancer Surgery.
Stephen Boppart, MD, PhD, Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bioengineering and Medicne and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois
Spring 2008
January 14
From Cradle to Adulthood, Old and New Techniques for the Development of Broad Spectrum Vaccines Against Group B Streptococcus.
Dr. Michael Cieslewicz, Senior Scientist, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Cambridge, Mass.
February 11
The Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome: How Tent Catepillars Cost Kentucky Breeders $330 million in Spring 2001
Dr. Thomas Tobin, Department of Veterinary Science & Graduate Center for Toxicology, University of Kentucky
February 18
Applying Proteomics in Biomedical Research
Dr. Peter Yau, Director of Proteomics Biotechnology Center, University of Illinois
March 3
Genetics and Transmissible Spongiform Enceophalopathies
Dr. William Laegreid, Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
March 10
Viral Mechanisms for Controlling Inflammatory Processes: Potential Uses as Therapeutics?
Dr. Joanna Shisler, Department of Microbiology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
March 24
Pathogenesis of Experimental Tuberculosis in the Guinea Pig Model: Lessons Learned and Lessons Forgotten
Dr. Randall Basarada, Department of Microbiology and Pathology, Colorado State University
April 7
Molecular Determinants in the Interspecies Transmission of H9N2 Avian Influenza Viruses
Dr. Daniel Perez, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
April 14
TBA
Dr. Stewart Bauck, IGENITY Livestock, Production Business Unit
April 21
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) Virus: Evasion Strategies from the Host Defense
Dr. Dongwan Yoo, Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Fall 2007
September 10
One World Health (Conservation Medicine) in Practice
Wildlife is not Sterile. Habitats are not Sterile
Dr. Dave Hunter, Turner Enterprises, Inc.
September 17
Metamodeling for Conservation:
Disease Risk Management for Threatened and Endangered Species
Dr. Phil Miller , Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG)
September 24
Classroom under the Acacia Tree; Learning from Africa’s Animals
Dr. Jeanne Grade, Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
Dept of Plant Production Lab. Tropical & Subtropical Agriculture & Ethnobotany, BELGIUM
October 8
Clinical Applications of Veterinary Regenerative Medicine
Dr. Corey Orava, Vet Stems
October 15
Exploring the Therapeutic Potential of Vessel-derived Stem Cells
Dr. Suzanne Berry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Veterinary Biosciences
October 22
Mechanisms of genetic robustness in RNA viruses
Santiago F. Elena, Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular de Plantas
October 29
Links between Animal and Human Health: Emerging and Neglected Zoonoses
Sarah Cleaveland, Wildlife and Emerging Disease Section, Center for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Royal School of Veterinary Studies, Univ of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, Roslin, Midlothian UK
November 12
Mucosal vaccination and immunity
J. A. Ellis, Dept of Veterinary Microbiology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Univ of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Canada
November 19
Strengthening health systems: the potential of cooperation between human and animal health
Jakob Zinsstag, Swiss Tropical Institute, Socinstrasse , Basel Switzerland
November 26
"Emerging Diseases in Marine Mammals: So What's Ailing Flipper?"
Greg Bossart, Harbor Branch Oceanographic
Spring 2007
January 22
Molecular explanations for the toxicity of oxygen
Jim
Imlay, PhD, Dept of Microbiology, University of Illinois
January 29
The
role of α-synuclein
protein accumulation, oxidative stress, and dopaminergic neurode-generation
in equine pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID) and Parkinson's
disease
Dianne
McFarlane, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, DABVP, Department of Physiological Science,
Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University
February 12
Nitric
Oxide: From drugs to sleep
Tony
Oluoch, DVM, MS, PhD, Veterinary Biosciences, University of Illinois
February 19
Nitric oxide and cancer: An overview from the chemical perspective from toxicology to signal transduction
David Wink, PhD, Division of Clinical Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
February 26
Cell-free
hemoglobin in Sickle Cell Disease - TODAY'S
SEMINAR IS CANCELLED
Neil Hogg, PhD, Department of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin
March 12
Canine osteosarcoma: A comparative model for evaluating cancer therapies
Tim Fan, DVM, PhD, Veterinary Clinical Medicine, University of Illinois
March 19
A
comparative approach to cancer biology and therapy
Chand
Khanna, DVM, PhD, Tumor Metastases Section, National Institute of Health
March 26
Nanoparticles
for targeted cancer therapy
Jianjun
Cheng, PhD, Department of Bioengineering Material Science and Engineering,
University of Illionis
April 9
The
role of land-use change and human-wildlife linkages in disease
Tom
Gillespie, PhD, Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois
April 16
Understanding chronic wasting disease (CWD) in northern Illinois deer populations
Nohra Mateus-Pinilla, DVM, MS, PhD, Division of Ecology and Conservation Sciences, Illinois Natural History Survey
April 23
Anthropogenic influences on coral black band disease
Bruce Fouke, PhD, Department of Geology, University of Illinois
April 30
The spatial dynamics of infectious disease
Bruce Hannon, PhD, Department of Geography, University of Illinois
Spring 2006
January 23
Skeletal tissue regeneration with stem cells
Brian Johnstone, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Oregon Health & Science University
January 30
Intrinisic mechanisms of cartilage repair: The role and function of osteogenic protein-1
Susan Chubinskaya, Rush University Medical Center
February 3
Humanized SCID mouse models for biomedical research
Leonard Shultz, The Jackson Laboratory (Co-sponsored by the Institute for Genomic Biology)
February 13
Advanced optical imaging of dynamic three-dimensional engineered tissues
Stephen Boppart, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Illinois
February 20
Osteoconductive biomaterials: Evaluation and clinical applications
Dominique Griffon, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, University of Illinois
February 27
Genderbender: Discovering the road to femaleness
Joan Jorgensen, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Illinois
March 13
The piglet as a biomedical model to develop therapies to ameliorate TPN-induced abnormalities in intestinal structure and digestive and immune function
Sharon Donovan, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois
March 27
New methods for developing vaccines: Protecting patients from poultry to people
Paul Budworth, Senior Scientist, Diversa, Inc. San Diego, California
April 4
Doug Atczak, James A Baker Institute for Animal Health, Cornell University (Co-sponsored by the Institute for Genomic Biology)
April 10
Circardian rhythmns in translation
Shelley Tischkau, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Illinois
April 17
Brain deprived neurotrophic factor as a biological marker for major depressive episodes
Kathleen Bottum, Cell & Structural Biology, University of Illinois