Spring 2012 Toxicology Seminar Series
Mondays at 3:30 PM
Room 423, Veterinary Medical Research Building (VMRB)
Jan. 23
Wenshe Liu, PhD, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University
“Pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase: a mediocre enzyme could be a gift from nature - Engineering pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase for
the synthesis of proteins with posttranslational and other modifications”
Host: Dr. Weston Porter
Feb. 6
Jean-Philippe Pellois, PhD, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Texas A&M University
“Delivery of Macromolecules to Live Cells with Viral Peptides”
Host: Dr. Steve Safe
Feb. 20
Ruth Schemmer, PhD, Graduate Student Services, Texas A&M University Career Center
“How to Get a Job as a Graduate Student”
Host: Kim Daniel
Feb. 27
Dean Edwards, PhD, Depts. Of Molecular & Cellular Biology, and Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine
“The Role of Progesterone Receptor in the Normal Mammary Gland and in Breast Cancer- Is the Mouse a Good Model of
Human?”
Host: Dr. Weston Porter
Mar. 5
Chen Zhao, PhD, Translational Genomic Research Institute (TGen), Phoenix, AZ
“Green Fluorescent Protein Based Drug Response Data Modeling and Analysis”
Host: Dr. Ivan Ivanov
Mar. 26
Maria Bondesson Bolin, PhD, Center for Nuclear Receptors and Cell Signaling, University of Houston
“Zebrafish Screening Models for Developmental Toxicity”
Host: Dr. Steve Safe
Apr. 2
Ruhee Dere, PhD, Center for Translational Cancer Research, TAMHSC Institute of Biosciences & Technology
“Primary Cilium – A Tumor Suppressor Organelle”
Host: Dr. Steve Safe
Apr. 9
Sendurai Mani, PhD, Co-Director of the Metastasis Research Center, U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
“EMT and Stem Cells in Cancer Progression”
Host: Dr. Weston Porter
Apr. 16
Jun-Yun Ji, PhD, Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, College of Medicine, TAMHSC
“Function of CDK8 in Regulating Lipid Metabolism”
Host: Dr. Weston Porter
Apr. 23
Traci Lyons, PhD, Department of Medical Oncology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
“Novel Insights into Postpartum Breast Cancer through Pre-Clinical Models”
Host: Dr. Weston Porter
Apr. 30
Graduate Student Hosted Seminar (to be announced)
Host: Toxicology Graduate Students
May 7
Clinton C. MacDonald, PhD, Department of Cell Biology & Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Science Center
“How Polyadenylation Controls Male Reproduction and Tissue-Specific Gene Expression”
Host: Dr. Stephen Safe