DIVISION OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
NIDDK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR
STUDIES IN DIGESTIVE & LIVER
DISEASES
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
January—June 2012
1/5
JANUARY
2012
1/12
1/19
1/26
FEBRUARY
2012
2/2
2/9
2/16
2/23
MARCH 2012
3/1
3/8
3/15
3/22
29
4/5
APRIL
2012
4/12
4/19
4/26
5/3
MAY
2012
5/10
5/17
5/24
5/31
6/7
JUNE
2012
6/13
6/21
6/28
Lawrence B. Holzman, MD, Professor & Chief of Renal Division, UPENN, “From the Podocyte Intercellular
Junction to Regulation of its Cytoskeleton”
Nabeel M. Bardeesy, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, MA General Hospital, Harvard Med. School,
“Transcriptional Programs in Pancreatic Cancer”
Douglas J. Epstein, PhD, Associate Professor of Genetics, UPENN, “Long Range Regulation of Sonic
Hedgehog Expression in Brain Development and Disease”
Ling Qin, PhD, Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, UPENN, “EGFR, A Novel Mediator of the Anabolic
Frédéric Lemaigre, MD, PhD, Professor of Microbiology; Université Catholique de Louvain; Transcription
Factor-microRNA Networks in Liver and Pancreatic Cell Differentiation” ; Kaufman Lecture
Todd Ridkey, MD, Assistant Professor of Dermatology; UPENN; “Engineering Three-dimensional Invasive
Human Cancers in Vitro”
Ken Zaret, PhD, Joseph Leidy Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology; UPENN; “Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
from Human Pancreatic Cancer that Recapitulate Early Stages of the Disease”
TBA
TBA
Michael Ostap, PhD, Director Penn Muscle Institute; UPENN; “Motors Moving Membranes—From Molecules
to Cells”
Joseph Kissil, PhD, Associate Professor; Molecular & Cellular Oncogenesis Program; Wistar Institute; “"The
Opposing Roles of Notch in Cancer" ”
E. John Wherry, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology; UPENN; “Regulation of T Cell Responses to
Persisting Infections”
Erica Golemis, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor of Cell & Development; UPENN; “NEDD 9 in Tumor Initiation,
Progression and Metastasis”
Ellen Pure, PhD, Professor, Molecular & Oncogenesis Program; Wistar Institute; “Defining Stromal Cells and their
Function in the Tumor Microenvironment”
Susan J. Baserga, MD, PhD, Professor of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, of Genetics and of Therapeutic
Radiology; Yale University; “New Insights Into How We Make Ribosomes”
Maureen Murphy, PhD, Professor and co-Leader Molecular & Cellular Oncogenesis Program; Wistar Institute;
“Coding Region Polymorphisms in p53 that Regulate Inflammation, Apoptosis & Metabolism”
Susan Janicki, PhD, Assistant Professor; Wistar Institute; “Mechanistic Insights into Gene Regulation using
Single-Cell Imaging”
Jonathan Brody, PhD, Director Surgical Research; Thomas Jefferson University; “Proto-Oncogene 2.0: HuR
Regulates Multiple-core Signaling Pathways in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma”
Jean-Pierre Issa, MD, Professor of Medicine; Director of Fels Institute for Cancer & Molecular Biology; “Genetic and
Epigenetic Interactions in Colon Cancer.”
DDW Meeting
DDW Meeting
Eric Fearon, MD, PhD, Chief, Molecular Medicine & Genetics; Professor Oncology; Internal Medicine; Human
Catherine Lee May, PhD; Assistant Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; CHOP; “Endocrine Cell
Development in the Digestive System”
Center Symposium and Retreat, Constitution Center
Kathryn Wellen, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Cancer Biology; UPENN / Abramson; “Nutrientsensing through Acetylation ”
George Cotsarelis, MD; Chairman, Milton B. Hartzell Professor; UPENN; “TBD”
MeeƟngs are held in CRB 702 and begin promptly at 12 NOON each Thursday, unless noted.
Refreshments will be served.