2013 PROPOSED SMART PROGRAM SEMINAR SERIES
12:00-1:00 in N315 (Auditorium in Alkek Building), except where noted
DATE
TOPIC
Focus: The Research Environment
5/28 Functioning in a Lab: Practical and Ethical Issues
5/31 Evolution of a Research Project: The WFDCI Gene
6/01 Disproving Your Own Hypothesis:
Uncovering the Cause of Retinopathy Prematurity
SPEAKERS
Gayle Slaughter, PhD
David Rowley, PhD
Frank Kretzer, PhD
Focus: Molecular Biology and Gene Science
6/04 M112 Time Management
Margaret Goodell, PhD
6/05 Presenting SMART Research: Written Summary and Talk
Gayle Slaughter, PhD
6/06 Gene Structure and Splicing
Chris Bland, PhD
6/07 Steroid Hormone Regulation of Gene Expression
Bert O’Malley, MD
6/08 Molecular Biology in Clinical Diagnosis
Jean Bernard Durand, MD
Focus: Molecular Genetics and Gene Medicine
6/11
6/12
6/13
6/14
6/15
Microarrays to Diagnose Cancer, Personalize Treatment
Sequencing Genomes
Genetics of Autism, Mental Retardation, and Schizophrenia.
Environmental Change, Permissive Genes and
Type 2 Diabetes Among Mexican Americans
Gene Medicine to Treat, Cure Diabetes and Obesity
Focus: Signal Transduction
6/18 G-Protein Receptors
6/19 Post-translational Modification of Proteins
6/20 Ion Channels
PhD
6/21 Receptors and Addiction
PhD
6/22 Transducing Signals in the Nervous System
Focus: Cell Division and Cancer
6/25 Cancer and Genomic Instability
6/25 4:30 pm M112 Conquering Tropical Diseases
6/26 Role of p53 in Cancer
6/27 Why is it important to understand normal development to
understand alterations in cancer?
6/28 Stem Cell and Cancer Research
6/29 Cancer Immunotherapy
Focus: Infectious Organisms and Immune System Response
7/02 The Importance of Probiotics in Maintaining Health
7/03 Targets for Vaccines
PhD
7/05 Developing and Testing Vaccines
7/06
Pediatric HIV - Restoring Hope
MD
7/09
11:30 am Reconstituting the Immune System
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Suzanne Fuqua, PhD
Richard Gibbs, PhD
Art Beaudet, MD
Craig Hanis, PhD
Lawrence Chan, MD
Ted Wensel, PhD
Nancy Weigel, PhD
Xander Wehrens, MD,
Mariella
DeBiasi,
Matthew Rasband, PhD
William R. Brinkley, PhD
Peter Hotez, MD, PhD
Larry Donehower, PhD
Jeff Rosen, PhD
Yi Li, PhD
Helen Heslop, PhD
James Versalovic, MD, PhD
Maria Elena Bottazzi,
Pedro Tony Peidra, MD
Mark Kline,
William Shearer, MD, PhD
7/10
Focus on the Future
President and CEO, BCM
Paul Klotman, MD
Focus: Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
7/11 X-ray Diffraction: Drug and Vaccine Development
Oluwatoyin Asojo, PhD
7/12 Cyro-electron Microscopy to Solve Structures without Crystalilzation Matt Baker, PhD
7/13 Imaging Living Systems and Organisms
Mary Dickinson, PhD
7/16 Imaging Technologies for Visualizing Vascular Disease
Joel
Morrisett,
PhD
Focus: Frontier Level Neuroscience Research
7/17 fMRI Analysis of Animal Brain Function: Alzheimer's Disease
PhD
7/18 Neurodegenerative Diseases
7/19 Next Generation Research NIH Early Independence Awardee
PhD
7/20 Visualizing Complex Brain Architecture
PhD
7/23 A Vaccine for Addiction
7/24
7/25
7/26
SMART Program Presentations (TBA)
SMART Program Presentations (TBA)
Finding and Funding Your Niche
Robia Pautler,
Huda Zoghbi, MD
Rodney Samaco,
Roy Sillitoe,
Thomas Kosten, MD
Gayle Slaughter, PhD
BCM alumni - Geoff Predis, MD, PhD; James Versalovic, MD,PhD, BCM and also SMART
alumni, Chris Bland, PhD; Matt Baker, PhD, Rodney Samoco, PhD
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