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Research in Lipid Sciences
PhD in Molecular & Cellular Pathobiology

Seminar Schedule: Fall-Winter 2007

Date/Location Speaker Presentation Title
9/5/07
Conf. Rms. 335 A & B
Allyn Howlett, PhD
Physiology & Pharmacology
"Endocannabinoids as Lipid Mediators at the CB1 Cannabinoid Receptor"
9/12/07
Conf. Rms. 335 A & B
Paul A. Dawson, PhD
IM -
Gastroenterology
Pathology - Lipid Sciences
"Role of the Organic Solute Transporter in Bile Acid Transport and Metabolism"

9/19/07
Conf. Rms. 335 A & B

W. Todd Lowther PhD
Biochemistry
"The Thioesterase-Orlistat Complex of Human Fatty Acid Synthase: a Molecular Blueprint for Biological Function and Drug Design"
9/26/07
Conf. Rms. 335 A & B
Jay D. Horton, MD
Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Chair in Obesity and Diabetes Research; Associate Professor, Internal Medicine & Molecular Genetics; University of Texas SW Medical Center
"PCSK9’s Role in the Regulation of Plasma LDL Cholesterol Levels"
10/3/07
Conf. Rms. 335 A & B

Patrick Tso, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; University of Cincinnati

"Regulation of Food Intake and Energy Metabolism by Apolipoprotein AIV"
10/10/07
Conf. Rms. 335 A & B
Richard B. Weinberg, MD
Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology
"Regulation of Appetite and Satiety"

10/17/07

Catherine C. Hedrick, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Endocrinology, and Metabolism; University of Virginia
Seminar Cancelled
10/24/07
Conf. Rms. 335 A & B
Mary Sorci-Thomas, PhD
Pathology - Lipid Sciences
"Three Dimensional Models of High Density Lipoprotein ApoA-I: Implications for its Assembly and Function"
10/31/07
Conf. Rms. 335 A & B
Chiara Degirolamo, PhD
Pathology - Lipid Sciences
"Dietary Flaxseed Oil and Monounsaturated Fat: Effects of Hepatic Lipid Metabolism"
11/7/07
Conf. Rms. 335 A & B
Kazushi Inoue, MD PhD
Pathology - Tumor Biology
"Role of Dmp1 in Mammary Gland Development and Breast Cancer"
11/14/07
Conf. Rms. 335 A & B
Ling Li, DVM PhD, Associate Professor; Departments of Medicine, Genetics, Pathology, and Neurobiology; University of Alabama, Birmingham "Connections Between Cholesterol, Statins, and Alzheimer's Disease: Insights from Animal Studies"
11/21/07 no seminar - holiday no seminar - holiday
11/28/07
Conf. Rms. 335 A & B
Latanya Scott
Graduate Student
"Dietary and Reproductive Elements of Cancer Risk: Role for Isoflavones and OCs in Altering Endogenous Estrogen Levels"
12/05/07
Hanes 1064
(BG Campus)
Ralph D. Sanderson, PhD
Professor, Pathology
University of Alabama, Birmingham
"Targeting Heparan Sulfate to Disrupt the Myeloma Tumor Microenvironment"
12/18/07
Conf. Rms. 335 A & B
Donna L. Perry, DVM
Graduate Student
"Soy Isoflavonoid Effects on the Nonhuman Primate and Neoplastic Human Prostate Gland"
12/19/07
Conf. Rms. 335 A & B
Stanton B. Gray, DVM
Graduate Student
"Towards Defining a Pedigreed Vervet Monkey Model of Obesity and Diabetes: Phenotypic and Genotypic Progress"

MacPath seminars meet at 4:00 pm Wednesdays unless otherwise noted. Meeting locations will be announced.

Conference Rooms 335A & B are on the third floor of the A1 Building at the Piedmont Triad Research Park; 1064 Hanes is on the first floor of the Hanes Building on the Bowman Gray (Hawthorne) Campus.