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
Jan 15, 2008Guangbin Luo, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Genetics
Case Western Reserve University
University Hospitals of Cleveland
The Role of DNA Replication Arrest in Aberrant Recombination, Carcinogenesis and Response to Chemotherapeutic Agents
Jan 22, 2008Andrew Resnick, Ph.D.
Instructor
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
Case Western Reserve University
Forces and Torques in Renal Tubules
Jan 29, 2008Leslie Bruggeman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Rammelkamp Center for Education & Research
The MetroHealth System
Development of A 3D Cell Culture Device to Mimic the Glomerular Filtration Barrier
Feb 5, 2008Andrea Romani, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
Case Western Reserve University
How is Cellular Magnesium Regulated? And Why Should We Care?
Feb 12, 2008Chris Flask, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Scientific Director Imaging Operations
Case Center for Imaging Research
Case Western Reserve University
Biomedical Imaging Capabilities and Applications
Feb 19, 2008John Zhenghe Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Genetics
Case Western Reserve University
Exploring the Role of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases in Cancer
Feb 26, 2008Alex Y. Huang, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Case Western Reserve University
Imaging Dynamic Immune Cell Behavior in Situ
Mar 4, 2008Surya Nauli, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology
The University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio
Roles of Primary Cilia in Inherited Polycystic Kidney Disease
Mar 11, 2008William Schilling, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
Case Western Reserve University
Rammelkamp Center for
Education & Research
The MetroHealth System
TRPC3 Channels in the Collecting Duct
Mar 18, 2008Jennifer O. Liang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Case Western Reserve University
Zebrafish Neural Development: Morphogenesis to Function
Mar 25, 2008Katherine MacRae Dell, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Case Western Reserve University
Biomedical Imaging Capabilities and Applications
Apr 1, 2008Edward F. Plow, Ph.D.
Chairman
Department of Molecular Cardiology
CCF Lerner Research Institute
Cleveland, OH
Molecular Mechanisms of Platelet Aggregation
Apr 8, 2008Calvin Cotton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
Case Western Reserve University
Regulation of the Epithelial Sodium Channel
Apr 15, 2008Paul L. Fox, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular Medicine
Department of Cell Biology
CCF Lerner Research Institute
Translational Control of Inflammatory Gene Expression
Apr 22, 2008Benjamin Margolis, M.D.
Professor, Internal Medicine
Professor, Biological Chemistry
Associate Chair for Research, Internal Medicine
University of Michigan
Protein Complexes That Control Polarity and Ciliagenesis
Apr 29, 2008Jun-Lin Guan, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Molecular Medicine & Genetics
Department of Cell and
Developmental Biology
University of Michigan
Analysis of Breast Cancer Stem Cells and Angiogenesis using Mouse Models
May 6, 2008Steven Frisch, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center
West Virginia University
Nonapoptotic Functions of Caspases
May 13, 2008Alan J. Zhu, Ph.D.
Assistant Staff
Department of Cell Biology
CCF Lerner Research Institute
Reversible Phosphorylation Regulates Hedgehog Signaling
May 27, 2008Danny Manor, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept. of Nutrition &
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Case Western Reserve University
Of GTPases, GEFs, and Cell Transformation
Jun 3, 2008Keiko Tamai, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Genetics
Case Western Reserve University
WNT Signal Transduction at Plasma Membrane and Nucleus
Jun 10, 2008Agnieszka Swiatecka-Urban, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Nephrology, Cell Biology & Physiology
University of Pittsburgh
Dynamic Regulation of Slit Diaphragm Integrity by Nephrin Trafficking

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