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 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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