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Research in Lipid Sciences
PhD in Molecular & Cellular Pathobiology

Current Seminar Schedule: Spring 2008

Date/Location Speaker Presentation Title
1/9/08
335 A&B
Thomas B. Clarkson, DVM
Pathology - Comparative Medicine
"Aprella: A New Look in Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy"
1/16/08
335 A&B
Douglas S. Lyles, PhD
Biochemistry
"Plasma Membrane Microdomains Involved in Virus Assembly"

1/23/08
335 A&B

J. Mark Brown, PhD
Pathology - Lipid Sciences
"Inhibition of Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase 1 (SCD1) Dissociates Insulin Resistance and Obesity from Atherosclerosis" 
1/30/08
335 A&B
Steven J. Kridel, PhD
Cancer Biology
"Targeting the Fatty Acid Synthesis Pathway in Tumor Cells" 
2/6/08
335 A&B

Lawrence L. Rudel, PhD
Pathology - Lipid Sciences

"Evaluating ACAT2 as a Treatment Target for CHD" 
2/13/08
335 A&B
Catherine C. Hedrick, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Endocrinology, and Metabolism; University of Virginia, Charlottesville
"Novel Roles for ABCG1 in Immunity and Diabetes" 

2/20/08
335 A&B

Michael A. Nader, PhD
Physiology & Pharmacology
"Translational Science and Monkey Models of Cocaine Abuse: The Role of Trait and State Variables in Addiction" 
2/27/08
335 A&B
Liqing Yu, MD PhD
Pathology -
Lipid Sciences
"Crosstalk Between Intestinal Cholesterol Absorption and LXR Activation" 
3/5/08
335 A&B
John S. Parks, PhD
Pathology -
Lipid Sciences
"Macrophage ABCA1, Inflammation, and Insulin Resistance" 
3/12/08 Spring Recess March 10-14 No Seminar
3/19/08
335 A&B
Peter A. Antinozzi, PhD
Biochemistry
"Functional Mapping of Disease-Susceptibility Loci with RNAi and Cell-Based Assays" 
3/26/08
335 A&B
Purnima Dubey, PhD
Pathology - Tumor Biology
"Role of the Adaptive Immune System in Prostate Cancer Progression" 
4/2/08
335 A&B
Charles E. McCall, MD
Molecular Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology, and Infectious Diseases
"Epigenetics and Inflammation" 
4/9/08
335 A&B
Fred Perrino, PhD
Biochemistry
"DNA Processing in Auto-Immune Disease" 
4/16/08
335 A&B
Sara Walker
Graduate Student [MacPath]
"Effects of Dietary Soy on Atherosclerosis, the Arterial Inflammatory Response, and Plaque Composition in the Cymomolgus Macaque"
4/22/08
1064 Hanes
2:00 PM
John Stehle
Graduate Student [MacPath]
"Natural Immunity to Cancer in Mice and Humans: Basis of a New Cancer Therapy"
4/23/08
335 A&B
Patrick Sullivan, PhD; Assistant Professor in Medicine (Geriatrics); Duke University "APOE Genotype, Westernized Diets, and Dementia" 
4/30/08
335 A&B
Yuh-Hwa Wang, PhD
Biochemistry
"Human Chromosomal Fragile Sites in Cancer-Specific Gene Translocation" 
5/7/08
335 A&B
Shunxing Rong
Graduate Student [MacPath]
"The Role of 12/15 Lipoxygenase on Lipid Metabolism and Atherosclerosis" 
5/14/08
335 A&B
Philip MacArthur
Graduate Student [MacPath]
"Mechanism of  Neutral Lipid Translocation Across the ER Membrane" 
5/21/08 Open  
5/28/08
335 A&B
Ira J. Goldberg, MD
Dickinson Richards Professor of Medicine; Chief, Division of Preventive Medicine and Nutrition at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
"Tissue Lipids: Getting Them In and Storing Them Up" 

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 Richard H. Dean Biomedical Research Building (A1) at the Piedmont Triad Research Park; 1064 Hanes is on the first floor of the Hanes Building on the Bowman Gray (Hawthorne) Campus.