Department of Biochemistry
Seminar Schedule 2009-2014
Tuesdays at noon
Tuesday April 22ndt 2014 @ noon (3A)
John Hill, PhD
Senor Scientist
Department of Pharmacology
Amgen
Title: "Drug Discover”
Michael Garrett, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: "Genomic Technologies at UMMC: The stuff that dreams are made of…”
Tuesday December 10, 2013 @ noon (4A)
Ritu Aneja, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
Georgia State University
Title: "Severing the ties that bind:
Centrosome declustering is a chemotherapeutic strategy of exceptional potential"
Tuesday November 26, 2013 @ noon (4A)
Gene “Lee” Bidwell III, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: "Maternally restricted therapeutic proteins for treatment of preeclampsia"
Tuesday October 29, 2013 @ noon (4A)
Eric George, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: "New pathogenic mechanisms in preeclampsia"
Tuesday October 15, 2013 @ noon (4A)
Radhika Pochampally, PhD
Associate Professor
Cancer Institute
Department of Biochemistry
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: "Tumor supportive microRNA and cytokines in exosomal fraction of stressed
Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells"
Tuesday October 1, 2013 @ noon (4A)
Michael A. Puskarich, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Adjunct Professor
Department of Biochemistry
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: "Frontiers in sepsis: The riddle of the mitochondria and microcirculation"
Tuesday August 20, 2013 @ 10:00 AM (3A)
Eszter K. Vladar, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Pathology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Title: "How to Make a Functional Ciliated Cell"
Tuesday June 4, 2013 @ noon (3A)
Martina Brueckner, MD
Associate Professor
Departments of Pediatrics & Genetics
Yale University School of Medicine
Title: "Congenital heart disease and the cilium"
Tuesday May 21, 2013 @ noon (3A)
John David Dignam, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology
University of Toledo College of Medicine
Title: "Use of Polyethylene Glycol Modifed Human Albumin in the
Treatment of Hypovolemia Associated with Sepsis and Trauma"
Tuesday May 14, 2013 @ noon (3A)
Emily I. Chen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacological Sciences
Scientific Director, Proteomics Center
School of Medicine
Stony Brook University
Title: "TBD"
Tuesday May 7, 2013 @ noon (3A)
Merry L. Lindsey, Ph.D., FAHA, FAPS
Director, Jackson Center for Heart Research
Director, San Antonio Cardiovascular Proteomics Center
Professor
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: "Exploring the Cardiac Extracellular Matrix"
Tuesday April 23, 2013 @ noon (3A)
Nichola C. Garbett, Ph.D.
Director of Laboratory Operations
Louisville Bioscience Inc.
Instructor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of Louisville
Title: "Diagnostic application of plasma protein calorimetry"
Tuesday April 16, 2013 @ noon (3A)
Kirk A. Mykytyn, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology
The Ohio State University
Title: "Physiology and Pathophysiology of Neuronal Primary Cilia"
Tuesday April 2, 2013 @ noon (4A)
José Javier Miguel-Hidalgo, Ph.D., D.M.Sc.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: "Neurochemistry of Depression and Alcoholism: Lessons from Postmortem Studies of
the Human Brain"
Tuesday March 19, 2013 @ noon (3A)
Kounosuke Watabe, Ph.D.
Professor
Departments of Microbiology & Biochemistry
Associate Director for Basic Science
Cancer Institute
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: "Roles of microRNA and Notch signaling in brain metastasis of breast cancer"
Tuesday February 19, 2013 @ noon (3A)
Yin-Yuan Mo, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
& Cancer Institute
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: "Non-coding RNAs in cancer"
Tuesday January 8, 2013 @ noon (6A)
Mark E. Hatley, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Member
Solid Tumor Division, Department of Oncology
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Title: "Rhabdomyosarcoma originating outside of the muscle lineage"
Tuesday December 11, 2012 @ noon (6A)
Jian-Xiong Chen, M.D. FAHA
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: "Mechanisms of diabetes-induced impairment of angiogenesis"
Tuesday November 13, 2012 @ noon (3A)
James A. Stewart, Jr., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Mississippi State University
Title: "AGE/RAGE Axis in Type 2 Diabetes"
Thursday November 1, 2012 @ 11:00 am (6A)
David L. Bain, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Director,
Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Title: "Toward a Quantitative Understanding of the Human Steroid Receptors:
The Role of Energetics"
Thursday May 10, 2012 @ 11:00 am (4A)
Matthew E. Burow, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Tulane University School of Medicine
Title: "Glyceollins - Novel Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators identified from stressed
soy"
Thursday April 19, 2012 @ 11:00 am (4A)
Istvan Arany, Ph.D., C.Sc.
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: "Signaling Pathways Involved in Adverse Effects of Chronic Nicotine Exposure on
Kidney Injury"
Thursday March 29, 2012 @ 11:00 am (3A)
Azeddine Atfi, PhD
Director, Tumor Cell Biology Program
Cancer Institute
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: "Mechanisms of Wnt signaling amplification by the homeodomain protein TGIF"
Thursday March 1, 2012 @ 11:00 am (3A)
Bruce Littlefield, PhD
Distinguished Scientist, Oncology
Eisai, Inc.
Title: "Discovery and Development of Halichondrin B Macrocyclic Ketone Analog Eribulin
(Halaven®) as a New Drug for Late-Stage Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients "
Thursday February 23, 2012 @ 11:00 am (3A)
Radhika Pochampally, PhD
Associate Professor
Cancer Institute
Department of Biochemistry
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: "MicroRNA-mediated Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Survival in Breast Cancers"
Thursday February 2, 2012 @ 11:00 am (3A)
Jonathan Hosler, PhD
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: "Pathways for Copper in Cytochrome Oxidase Assembly"
Thursday December 4, 2011 @ 4:00 pm (CW308)
Runzhao Li, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Winship Cancer Institute
Emory University School of Medicine
Title: "Paradoxes of the Function and Variant forms of EAPII/TTRAP/TDP2 in Human
Tumors"
Thursday November 10, 2011 @ 4:00 pm (CW106)
Seongjin Seo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Title: "The Molecular Pathophysiology of Bardet-Biedl Syndrome: Biochemical, Cell
Biological, and Genetic Approaches"
Thursday October 27, 2011 @ 4:00 pm (CW106)
Rakesh K. Singh, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Biomedical Sciences
College of Medicine
Florida State University
Title: "Histone Proteolysis and Its Role in Genome Maintenance"
Thursday October 20, 2011 @ 11:00 am (CW308)
Istvan Arany, Ph.D., C.Sc.
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: "Signaling pathways involved in chronic nicotine exposure-mediated kidney injury"
Thursday October 13, 2011 @ 4:00 pm (CW106)
Daitoku Sakamuro, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center
LSU Health Sciences Center
Title: "Oncogenic c-MYC, Genomic Instability & DNA Damage Resistance"
Thursday September 29, 2011 @ 4:00 pm (CW308)
Maureen Wirschell, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Cell Biology
Emory University School of Medicine
Title: " The Essential Cilium: Assembly, Targeting and Regulation of the
Ciliary Dynein Motors"
Thursday September 8, 2011 @ 4:00 pm (CW308)
John P. Hagan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Hematology and Oncology
Children’s Hospital Boston
Title: "MicroRNAs: Medulloblastoma and Their Regulation by Lin28/Zcchc11"
Thursday August 18, 2011 @ 11:00 am (CW308)
James G. Wilson, M.D.
Director
Clinical and Population Studies
Professor
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: "A high resolution recombination map of the human genome, and new insights into
mechanisms of recombination"
Thursday June 16, 2011 @ 11:00 am
Jia (Joe) L. Zhuo, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Departments of Pharmacology & Toxicology and Medicine
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: " Intracrine/intracellular angiotensin II: a new paradigm in cardiovascular and renal
regulation"
Thursday May 12, 2011 @ 11:00 am
A. Clay Clark, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry
North Carolina State University
Title: "Allosteric control of caspases as a strategy to kill cells"
Thursday April 14, 2011 @ 11:00 am
Michael D. Hebert, PhD
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: "The Cajal body: What have we learned in the last 108 years?"
Thursday March 10, 2011 @ 11:00 am
Wael M. Elshamy, PhD
Associate Professor
Director, Molecular Cancer Therapeutics Program
Cancer Institute
Department of Biochemistry
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: “Inhibiting breast cancer metastasis through suppressing Geminin and/or its aneuploidy
inducing pathways”
Thursday March 3, 2011 @ 11:00 am
David T. Brown, PhD
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: "The role of linker histone isotypes in chromatin structure"
Thursday February 24, 2011 @ 11:00 am
Paul R.S. Baker, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology
University of Pittsburgh
Title: “Biogeneration and Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Nitrated Fatty Acids”
Thursday February 3, 2011 @ 11:00 am
Damian G. Romero, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: "Regulator of G-protein signaling 22 and breast cancer cell proliferation"
Thursday January13, 2011 @ 11:00 am
Victor L. Davidson, PhD
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: " Remote enzyme microsurgery: How to generate powerful oxidants and specifically
modify proteins without causing oxidative stress"
Thursday December 9, 2010 @ 11:00 am
Luis A. Martinez, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: "Regulation of E2F3 by Chemotherapy"
Thursday November 18, 2010 @ 11:00 am
John J. “Jack” Correia, PhD
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: "Progress on the Biophysics of Anti-Cancer Drugs"
Wednesday November 10, 2010 @11:00 am
Tomoo Iwakuma, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Genetics
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Title: TBD
October 21, 2010 @11:00 am
Anait S. Levenson, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology
Cancer Institute
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: “Epigenetic Mechanisms of Anticancer Activity of Resveratrol in Prostate Cancer: the Role of
MTA1”
September 23, 2010 @11:00 am - CANCELLED
Paul R.S. Baker, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology
University of Pittsburgh
Title: “Biogeneration and anti-Inflammatory Properties of Nitrated Fatty Acids”
September 16, 2010 @11:00 am
John E. Hall, PhD
Arthur C. Guyton Chair & Professor
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: “Obesity-induced hypertension: role of the sympathetic nervous system, leptin and
melanocortins”
August 26, 2010 @11:00 am
Chindo Hicks, PhD
Associate Professor
Associate Director, Bioinformatics
Center of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Director, Cancer Bioinformatics
Cancer Institute
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: “Elucidating the Molecular Signature of the Notch Signaling Pathway in Breast Cancer”
July 29, 2010 @11:00 am
Christine Maric, PhD, FAHA, FASN
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: “Role of sex steroids in diabetic renal disease”
July 8, 2010 @4:00 pm
Felix Kratz, PhD
Head, Macromolecular Prodrugs
Tumor Biology Center (Freiburg, Germany)
Title: “Albumin, a versatile drug carrier with increasing clinical application”
June 24, 2010 @4:00 pm
George W. Booz, PhD, FAHA
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: “Uncovering the Versatility of STAT3 in Endothelial Cells”
May 27, 2010 @4:00 pm
D. Ashley Robinson, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: “MRSA Evolution in High Resolution”
April 22, 2010 @4:00 pm – CANCELLED DUE TO VOLCANIC ASH
Felix Kratz, PhD
Head, Macromolecular Prodrugs
Tumor Biology Center (Freiburg, Germany)
Title: “Albumin, a versatile drug carrier carrier with increasing clinical application”
March 25, 2010 @4:00 pm
Lucio Miele, MD, PhD
Ergon Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology
Director, University of Mississippi Cancer Institute
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: “Notch signaling in breast cancer”
January 28, 2010 @4:00 pm
Guri Tzivion, PhD
Associate Professor
Cancer Institute & Department of Biochemistry
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: “AKT-FOXO and Nicotinamidase-sirtuin pathways in regulation of cancer and
longevity”
December 3, 2009 @4:00 pm
Wolfgang H. Kramer, PhD
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Millsaps College
Title: “Potential Photodynamic Therapy Agents: Synthesis, Photophysical Properties and
DNA Interactions of Nitrogen Onium Salts”
November 19, 2009 @4:00 pm
Cheng-Xin Gong, MD
Head, Laboratory of Brain Metabolism
New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities
Staten Island, New York
Title: “Diabetes Increases the Risk for Alzheimer Disease- Mechanism Studies”
October 15, 2009 @4:00 pm
Ruisheng Liu, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: “Regulation of macula densa neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS)”
September 17, 2009 @4:00 pm
Elise P. Gomez-Sanchez, DVM, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Senior Research Physiologist
Jackson VA Medical Center
Title: “MR Selectivity: Tying down a Promiscuous Receptor”
August 20, 2009 @4:00 pm
JunMing Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: “Gonadal Hormone Receptors and Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Factors”
June 18, 2009 @4:00 pm
David Stec, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: “Kidney Heme Oxygenase and Hypertension”