RESEARCH CONFERENCE AGENDA
Organized by: Leslie Bruggeman, Ph.D.
MetroHealth Medical Center
Rammelkamp Center for Education & Research
2nd Floor Conference Room #240
Tuesdays 12:00 noon - 1:00PM

Date Speaker Topic
Sep 15, 2009Sanjay Gupta, Ph.D.
Carter Kissell Associate
Professor and Research Director
Department of Urology
Case Western Reserve University
Inflammation and prostate cancer: Is there a link?
Sep 22, 2009No Rammelkamp Conference - Research Festival - September 24
Sep 29, 2009Jim Shayman, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
University of Michigan
The discovery and characterization of a lysosomal phospholipase that mediates autoimmune nephritis
Oct 6, 2009Ken Laurita, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Cardiovascular Research Center
Cell therapy for sudden cardiac death
Oct 13, 2009Nuria Pastor-Soler, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine,
Division of Nephrology
University of Pittsburgh
Regulation of vacuolar ATPase by Kinases
Oct 20, 2009John Feng, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Case Western Reserve University
LRRK2 Regulates Unfolded Protein Response Through MAP Kinase Pathway – Implication to Parkinson’s Disease Pathology
Oct 27, 2009Brian Cobb, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
Case Western Reserve University
Carbohydrate antigens and the adaptive immune response
Nov 3, 2009Nenad Bursac, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
Stem cells and engineered tissues for functional heart repair
Nov 17, 2009Greg Tochtrop, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Case Western Reserve University
Small Molecule Modulation of Expression in the Inflammatory Response
Nov 24, 2009Thanksgiving Break---
Dec 1, 2009Booki Min, DVM, Ph.D.
Assistant Staff
Department of Immunology
CCF, Lerner Research Institute
Homeostatic Regulation of T Lymphocytes in Vivo: A Key Mechanism to Control the Immune System
Dec 8, 2009Jeffrey Simske, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist
Rammelkamp Center for Education & Research
The MetroHealth System
Live and Let Die: The role of Glycogen Debranching Enzyme and AMP Kinase During C. elegans Embryogenesis and Aging
Jan 19, 2010David Serre, Ph.D.
Assistant Staff, Genomic Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
The Role of Epigenetic Mechanisms in the Regulation of Glucose Homeostasis
Jan 26, 2010Michiko (Mich) Watanabe, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology)
Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital
The Pluripotent Epicardium
Feb 2, 2010Michael Weiss, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman,
Department of Biochemistry
Case Western Reserve University
Design of Novel Insulin Analogs
Feb 9, 2010Isabelle Deschenes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Case Western Reserve University
Sodium Channels and Cardiac Arrhythmias
Feb 16, 2010Amitabh Chak, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology
University Hospitals
Case Western Reserve University
Familial Burretts Esophagus
Feb 23, 2010Veronique Lefebvre, Ph.D.
Associate Staff,
Department of Cell Biology
Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
Roles of SoxC Genes in Organogenesis
Mar 2, 2010Jeremy N. Rich, M.D.
Chairman
Dept. of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
TBA
Mar 9, 2010CWRU Spring break
Mar 16, 2010Brian McDermott, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Case Western Reserve University
TBA
Mar 23, 2010Martin Pollak, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Genetics
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
TBA
Mar 30, 2010Local School Spring Break
Apr 6, 2010George Dubyak, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Case Western Reserve University
TBA
Apr 13, 2010Vincent Monnier, M.D.
Professor
Department of Pathology
Case Western Reserve University
Protein Damage by Glycation and Oxidation in Diabetes, ESRD and Aging
Apr 20, 2010Eckhard Ficker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Case Western Reserve University
Rammelkamp Center for
Education & ResearchThe MetroHealth System
TBA
Apr 27, 2010Kevin Donahue, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Rammelkamp Center for
Education & ResearchThe MetroHealth System
TBA
May 4, 2010Vera Moiseenkova-Bell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Case Western Reserve University
TBA
May 11, 2010Julian Stelzer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Case Western Reserve University
TBA
May 18, 2010Haifeng Yang, Ph.D.
Assistant Staff
Department of Cancer Biology
Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
TBA
May 25, 2010Bruce Lamb, Ph.D.
Associate Staff
Department of Neurosciences
Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
TBA

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