RESEARCH CONFERENCE AGENDA

Archived Seminars

Date Speaker Topic
May 5, 2009Kenneth R. Hallows, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Cell Biology & Physiology
University of Pittsburgh
Regulation of Epithelial Transport by the Metabolic Sensor AMPK: Mechanistic Insights and Disease Implications
Apr 28, 2009Darwin Jeyaraj, M.D.
Instructor,
Department of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Rammelkamp Center for
Education & Research
The MetroHealth System
TBA
Apr 21, 2009Zhiguo Wang, Ph.D.
Montreal Heart Institute
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
University of Montreal
TBA
Apr 14, 2009Chris Dealwis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Case Western Reserve University
TBA
Apr 7, 2009Local school spring break (Easter week)N/A
Mar 31, 2009Kenneth R. Laurita, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept. of Medicine &
Biomedical Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
Rammelkamp Center for
Education & Research
MetroHealth Medical Center
TBA
Mar 24, 2009Catherine E. Patterson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Molecular Biology & Microbiology
Case Western Reserve University
Antiviral T Cell Interactions with Infected CNS Neurons
Mar 17, 2009Michael M. Lederman, M.D.
Scott R. Inkley Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Director, CWRU/UHC
Center for AIDS Research
How HIV Makes You Sick - Immunopathogenesis of HIV Infection and AIDS
Mar 10, 2009CWRU Spring breakN/A
Mar 3, 2009John O’Toole, M.D.
Assistant Professor,
Department of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Rammelkamp Center for
Education & Research
MetroHealth Medical Center
TBA
Feb 24, 2009David Samols, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Case Western Reserve University
TBA
Feb 17, 2009Ambra Pozzi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of
Medicine and Cancer Biology
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Integrins, Matrix Remodeling and Glomerular Disease
Feb 10, 2009Mitchell Drumm, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics & Genetics
Case Western Reserve University
A Novel Mouse Model for Cystic Fibrosis
Feb 3, 2009Ulrich Hopfer, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
Case Western Reserve University
Role of Solitary Cilia in Epithelial Function
Jan 27, 2009Alison K. Hall, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Neurosciences
Case Western Reserve University
Activin A and Peripheral Mechanisms of Pain Regulation
Dec 16, 2008Subrata Haldar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Case Western Reserve University
Modulators of Therapeutic and Preventive Intervention of Human Cancer: A Glimpse on the Role of MicroRNAs
Dec 9, 2008Sanjay W. Pimplikar, Ph.D.
Assistant Staff
Department of Neurosciences
CCF Lerner Research Institute
The Role of Amyloid Precursor Protein in Zebrafish Development
Dec 2, 2008Bingcheng Wang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of
Pharmacology & Oncology
Case Western Reserve University
Staff Scientist
Rammelkamp Center for Education & Research
The MetroHealth System
EphA2: A Rebellion in Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Family
Nov 18, 2008Timothy W. Nilsen, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Center for RNA Molecular Biology
Case Western Reserve University
Mechanisms of miRNA-Mediated Regulation in Animal Cells
Nov 11, 2008Shasta Sabo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Case Western Reserve University
Stop and Go Traffic: A Mechanism for Synapse Assembly in the Cerebral Cortex
Oct 28, 2008Katherine MacRae Dell, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Case Western Reserve University
Rammelkamp Center for Education & Research
The MetroHealth System
Kidney and Liver Disease Progression in Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease: Interventions and Imaging
Oct 21, 2008Neil Hukriede, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Microbiology &
Molecular Genetics
University of Pittsburgh
Utilizing a Small Molecule Screen to Delineate Kidney Development
Oct 14, 2008Susann Brady-Kalnay, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept. of Molecular Biology & Microbiology
Case Western Reserve University
PTPµ Regulates Cell Adhesion and Migration
Sep 30, 2008Charles Hoppel, M.D.
Professor of Pharmacology
Case Western Reserve University
Mitochondria, Age and the Heart
Sep 23, 2008No Rammelkamp Conference - Research Festival N/A
Sep 16, 2008Walter Boron, M.D., Ph.D.
Chairman
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
Case Western Reserve University
Gas Channels
Sep 9, 2008Haian Fu, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Emory University
14-3-3-Mediated Cell Survival Signaling and Anticancer Agent Discovery
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
Jun 3, 2008Keiko Tamai, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Genetics
Case Western Reserve University
WNT Signal Transduction at Plasma Membrane and Nucleus
May 27, 2008Danny Manor, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept. of Nutrition &
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Case Western Reserve University
Of GTPases, GEFs, and Cell Transformation
May 13, 2008Alan J. Zhu, Ph.D.
Assistant Staff
Department of Cell Biology
CCF Lerner Research Institute
Reversible Phosphorylation Regulates Hedgehog Signaling
May 6, 2008Steven Frisch, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center
West Virginia University
Nonapoptotic Functions of Caspases
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
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 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 8, 2008Calvin Cotton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
Case Western Reserve University
Regulation of the Epithelial Sodium Channel
Apr 1, 2008Edward F. Plow, Ph.D.
Chairman
Department of Molecular Cardiology
CCF Lerner Research Institute
Cleveland, OH
Molecular Mechanisms of Platelet Aggregation
Mar 25, 2008Katherine MacRae Dell, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Case Western Reserve University
Biomedical Imaging Capabilities and Applications
Mar 18, 2008Jennifer O. Liang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Case Western Reserve University
Zebrafish Neural Development: Morphogenesis to Function
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 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
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
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 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 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?
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
Jan 22, 2008Andrew Resnick, Ph.D.
Instructor
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
Case Western Reserve University
Forces and Torques in Renal Tubules
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
Dec 11, 2007Diana Kunze, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Neurosciences
Case Western Reserve University
Plasticity in Neural Pathways Controlling Cardiovascular Function
Dec 4, 2007Olga I. Stenina, Ph.D.
Assistant Staff
Department of Molecular Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
Assistant Professor
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Regulation of Vascular Gene Expression by Glucose
Nov 20, 2007Janet Houghton, Ph.D., Chair
Department of Cancer Biology
Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
Translational Research in Colorectal Cancer Based on Rational Preclinical Design
Nov 13, 2007Robert Kalayjian, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Director, Division of Infectious Disease
The MetroHealth Medical Center
Genetic Suppression of Mutations That Cause Congenital Defects
Nov 6, 2007Clemencia Colmenares, Ph.D.
Staff
Department of Cancer Biology
Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
Genetic Suppression of Mutations That Cause Congenital Defects
Oct 30, 2007Bin Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Staff
Genomic Medicine Institute
Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
Disruption of the Early Secretory Pathway as A Pathogenic Mechanism of Human Diseases
Oct 16, 2007Timothy S. Kern, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine and Ophthalmology
Center for Diabetes Research
Case Western Reserve University
Contribution of Inflammation to the Early Stages of Diabetic Retinopathy
Oct 9, 2007Noa Noy, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Case Western Reserve University
New Features of Transcriptional Signaling by Retinoic Acid
Oct 2, 2007Tatiana V. Byzova, Ph.D.
Associate Staff
Department of Molecular Cardiology
JJ Jacobs Center for
Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
Taussig Cancer Center
The Cleveland Clinic
Lerner Research Institute
Mechanisms of Pathological Angiogenesis
Sep 18, 2007Anthony Calabro, Ph.D.
Project Staff
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
Tyramine-Based Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering and Repair
Sep 11, 2007William Fissell, M.D.
Associate Staff
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
Nephrology and Hypertension
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
A Novel Silicon Hemofiltration Membrane
Jun 13, 2007Paul Janssen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Physiology & Cell Biology
Dept. of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Ohio State University
Issues of Relaxation and Tissues of Hypertrophy
Jun 6, 2007Ruth A. Keri, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Case Western Reserve University
Using Animal Models and Human Gene Expression Data to Identify Mechanisms of Breast Carcinogenesis
May 30, 2007Paul E. DiCorleto, Ph.D.
Sherwin-Page Chairman
Lerner Research Institute
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Endothelial Cell Activation by Thrombin and TNF-alpha
May 23, 2007Sandor Gyorke
Professor of Physiology & Cell Biology
Associate Director
Dorothy Davis Heart &
Lung Research Institute
The Ohio State University
Pathophysiology of Exercise-Induced Cardiac Death Linked to Mutations in Calcium Handling Proteins
May 16, 2007Krzysztof Palczewski, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Pharmacology
Case Western Reserve University
Rapid Restoration of Visual Pigment and Function with oral Retinoids in A Mouse Model of Childhood Blindness
May 9, 2007Zi-Jian Xie, Ph.D.
Professor
Physiology, Pharmacology, Metabolism and
Cardiovascular Sciences
Medical College of Ohio
Toledo, Ohio
The Non-pumping Na/K-ATPase and Cardiovascular Physiology of Endogenous Cardiotonic Steroids
May 2, 2007Thomas Egelhoff, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
Case Western Reserve University
"Cytoskeletal Mechanics of Migration in Amoeba and Cancer Cells” (or “You may be more like a slime mold than you realize”)
Apr 25, 2007Aimin Zhou, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
Cleveland State University
RNase L: Its Biological Roles and Regulation
Apr 18, 2007Hui Miao, Ph.D.
Instructor
School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Cell Signaling by Eph Kinases
Apr 11, 2007Suarav Misra, Ph.D.
Assistant Staff, Dept. of Molecular Cardiology
Lerner Research Institute
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Molecular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Probing Protein-Protein Interactions In Ubiquitination and Protein Quality Control
Apr 4, 2007John J. Mieyal, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice-Chairman
Department of Pharmacology
Case Western Reserve University
Protein-S-Glutathionylation in Redox Signal Transduction – Models of Disease Perturbation
Mar 28, 2007Hisashi Tanaka, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Staff
Department of Molecular Genetics
Lerner Research Institute
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
DNA Palindrome Formation, A Very Early Step of Gene Amplification
Mar 21, 2007Shigemi Matsuyama, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Dept. of Medicine,
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Case Western Reserve University
Identifications of New Cell Death Inhibitors, and Development of Technologies to Protect Cells from Damages
Mar 14, 2007Marina Antoch, Ph.D.
Assistant Staff
Department of Cancer Biology
Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
Mammalian Circadian Proteins In Normal Physiology and Genotoxic Stress Responses
Mar 7, 2007Alvin H. Schmaier, M.D.
Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Robert W. Kellermeyer
Professor of Hematology/Oncology
Case Western Reserve University
Novel Targets for Arterial Thrombosis
Feb 28, 2007George Stark, Ph.D., F.R.S.
Staff, Distinguished Scientist
Lerner Research Institute
Professor of Genetics
Case Western Reserve University
New Aspects of NFkB and STAT Activation and Function in Cancer and Inflammation
Feb 21, 2007~ Cancelled ~~ Cancelled ~
Feb 14, 2007~ Cancelled Due to Weather ~~ Cancelled Due to Weather ~
Feb 7, 2007

Cardiology Conference Room
Hamann - S334
5:00 p.m.
Donald M. Bers, Ph.D.
Professor & Chair of Physiology
Strich School of Medicine
Loyal University Chicago
Altered Myocyte Calcium Regulation in Heart Failure
Jan 31, 2007Ashraf El-Meanawy, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Rammelkamp Center for Education & Research
The MetroHealth System
Unlocking the Oligosyndactyly Mouse Model of Reduced Nephron Number
Jan 24, 2007Julian E. Stelzer, Ph.D.
Research Associate/Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Physiology
University of Wisconsin
Fine-Tuning of Myocardial Contraction by Myosin Binding Protein-C
Jan 17, 2007Ofer Reizes, Ph.D.
Associate Staff
Department of Cell Biology
Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
Once You Buy a Fat Cell It Is Yours to Keep: A Tale of Genes, Diets, and the Complexity of Weight Loss
Dec 5, 2006Arne Rietsch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Biology & Microbiology
Case Western Reserve University
Type III Secretion Gene Regulation in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
Nov 28, 2006Calum A. MacRae M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Cardiovascular Research Center
Arrhythmia Mechanisms: Genetic Approaches in Zebrafish and Humans
Nov 21, 2006Albert CM Ong DM MA FRCP
Academic Nephrology Unit
Henry Wellcome
Laboratories for Medical Research
School of Medicine &
Biomedical Sciences
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, England
Spatial and Functional Regulation of the Polycystin Complex
Nov 14, 2006Mark Adams, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Genetics
Case Western Reserve University
Comparative Genomics Approaches to Human Evolution
Oct 31, 2006Walter E. Horton Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of Anatomy
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Associate Director,
School of Biomedical Sciences
Kent State University
Regulation of Cell Stress in Chondrocytes : Implications for Cartilage Biology and DiseaseBA
Oct 17, 2006Steven L. Sanders, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
CASE Comprehensive Cancer Center
Case Western Reserve University
Chromatin Modifications in DNA Damage Response
Oct 10, 2006William Tse, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Blood & Marrow Transplantation Program
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Case Western Reserve University
Molecular Biomarkers for Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Oct 3, 2006Andrea N. Ladd, Ph.D.
Assistant Staff
Department of Cell Biology
Lerner Research Institute
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Alternative Splicing Regulatory Programs in the Vertebrate Heart
Sep 26, 2006Tomoko Obara, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Using Zebrafish and Medaka to Study Human Kidney Disease
Sep 12, 2006Patrick Ma, M.D.
Assistant Professor,
Department of Medicine
Division of Hematology & Oncology
Case Western Reserve University
University Hospital of Cleveland
Novel Therapy for Lung Cancer
Jun 20, 2006C. William Balke, M.D.
Senior Associate Dean for Research
Director of the Institute of Molecular Medicine
The University of Kentucky
Electrophysiological Aspects of Cell Transplantation
Jun 13, 2006George Gorodeski, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. of Reproductive Biology
Case Western Reserve University
The P2X7 Receptor: A Novel Biomarker of Uterine Epithelial Cancers
Jun 6, 2006Mary J. Laughlin, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Director, Allogeneic Transplantation Program
Case Western Reserve University
UCB Allogeneic Transplant
May 23, 2006Steven Fisher, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
Case Western Reserve University
Blood Flow Conditions Resistance Artery Smooth Muscle Gene Expression and Vasodilator Responses
May 16, 2006J. Gary Meszaros, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology
Northeastern Ohio Universities
College of Medicine
Rootstown, OH
Cellular Determinants of Cardiac Remodeling: Focus on Fibroblasts and Myofibroblasts
May 12, 2006

MetroHealth Medical Center
Rammelkamp 419
9:30 a.m.
Matthias Kretzler, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Special Seminar

Mapping the Renal Transcriptome: Towards Molecular Definition of Renal Disease
May 9, 2006Mark Chance, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Medicine
Director, CASE Center for Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry
Case Western Reserve University
Structural and Cellular Proteomics in the Post-Genomic Era
Apr 25, 2006Erwin Böttinger, M.D.
Professor and Vice Chair for Biomedical Research
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY
TGF-B and Renal Disease: More Epithelial Apoptosis than Fibrosis?
Apr 18, 2006Thomas Kleyman, M.D.
Chief, Renal-Electrolyte Division
Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology & Physiology
University of Pittsburgh
Cleaving ENaC: Role of Proteolysis in Epithelial Sodium Channel Activation
Apr 4, 2006Marie-Odile Parat Salvado, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
Anesthesiology Research
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
EC Migration and Angiogenesis: The Paradoxical Role of Caveolin-1
Mar 28, 2006Sudha Iyengar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Case Western Reserve University
New Developments in the Genetics of Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Association with Complement Factor H and Other Genes
Mar 17, 2006

9:30
R419
Anil Karihaloo, Ph.D.
Yale University
School of Medicine
Special Seminar

Angiogenic Factors Doubling as Renal Epithelial Morphogens: Killing Two Birds With One Stone?
Mar 14, 2006Peter R. Cavanagh, Ph.D.
Chairman, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Lerner Research Institute
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
The Foot Complications of Diabetes
Mar 7, 2006Balazs Halmos, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Case Western Reserve University
EGFR Signaling in Lung Cancer
Feb 28, 2006Cheng-Kui Qu, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine,
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Case Western Reserve University
Role of SHP-2 Tyrosine Phosphatase in Hematopoietic Cell Development and Leukemogenesis
Feb 10, 2006Deborah Hyink, Ph.D.
Mount Sinai
School of Medicine
Special Seminar

Ureteric Tree - Vascular Interactions During Renal Development
Feb 7, 2006Ernest C. Borden, M.D.
Taussig Cancer Center
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Interferons: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Antitumor Activity
Jan 31, 2006Fawaz George Haj, M.S., Ph.D.
Instructor, Department of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
The role of Protein-Tyrosine Phosphatases in Glucose Homeostasis
Dec 21, 2005

8:30 a.m.
R-419
Sanjeev Patel, M.D.
University of Michigan
Medical School
The PAX Transactivation Domain Interacting Protein, PTIP, Associates with Histone Methyltransferase Activity to Regulate Early Development
Dec 13, 2005Stanton L. Gerson, M.D.
Director, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor, of Hematological Oncology
Case Western Reserve University
Chief, Division of Hematology Oncology
University Hospitals of Cleveland
Stem Cell Selection Using a Drug Resistance Gene: Discovery to Therapeutics
Dec 6, 2005James Finke, Ph.D.
Staff, Department of Immunology
Lerner Research Institute
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Immune Dysfunction in Cancer Patients: Defining the Mechanisms of Suppression and Developing Strategies to Protect T Cell Responses
Nov 29, 2005Peter Mundel, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
Synaptopodin is a Critical Regulator of the Actin Cytoskeleton in Podocytes
Nov 22, 2005Nicholas Boulis, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Gene-Based Approaches to Synaptic Control
Nov 15, 2005Ram H. Nagaraj, Ph.D
Professor
Department of Ophthalmology & Pharmacology
Case Western Reserve University
Alteration of Anti-Apoptotic and Chaperone Properties of Alpha-Crystallin by Metabolic Dicarbonyl Compounds
Nov 1, 2005Mark Dibner Dunlap, M.D.
Associate Chief, Cardiology Section
Veterans Administration Medical Center
Cleveland, OH
Alterations of the Parasympathetic Nervous System in Heart Failure: Does Restoration Slow Disease Progression?
Oct 25, 2005Patricia Wilson, Ph.D.
The Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine
Division of Nephrology
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY
A Developmental Role for the Polycystic Kidney Disease-1-encoded protein, polycystin-1
Oct 11, 2005Suzanne Mohr, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Depts. of Medicine, Ophthalmology,
Physiology & Biophysics
Division of Clinical & Molecular Endocrinology
Center for Diabetes Research
Case Western Reserve University
The Role of Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase in Hyperglycemia-Induced Apoptosis of Retinal Muller Cells: Old Enzyme - New Deadly Function?”
Oct 4, 2005Renping Zhou, Ph.D
Professor, Department of Chemical Biology
Laboratory for Cancer Research
College of Pharmacy
Rutgers University
Roles of the Eph Receptors in Neural Development
Sep 27, 2005Timothy O’Toole, Ph.D.
Dept. of Molecular Cardiology
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
The Role of 14-3-3 Proteins in Integrin Signal Transduction
Sep 20, 2005Steven Emancipator, M.D.
Professor
Department of Pathology
Case Western Reserve University
On the (winding) road less traveled: travails in elucidating the pathogenesis of IgA nephropathy
Sep 13, 2005Terence Hebert, Ph.D.
Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal
Centre de recherché
Montreal, Canada
Biosynthetic Aspects of GPCR Signaling Complex Formation Monitored in Living Cells
Sep 6, 2005Warren Heston, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular Medicine
Lerner College of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Foundation/CWRU
The Role of PSMA in Targeting and Imaging Prostate Cancer
Jun 28, 2005Erwin Bottinger, M.D.
Professor and Vice Chair for Research
Department of Medicine
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
Gene Expression Analysis in Chronic Renal Disease
Jun 21, 2005Mark Palmert, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism
Case Western Reserve University
Rainbow Babies and Children`s Hospital
Variations in the Timing of Puberty: Genetic Approaches to Identifying Modulators
Jun 14, 2005David Kline, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Case Western Reserve University
Rammelkamp Center for Education and Research
MetroHealth Medical Center
Chemosensory Integration in the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract During Hypoxia
May 24, 2005

Rammelkamp 240
John Moore, M.D.
Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics
Case Western Reserve University
Head, Division of Neonatology
MetroHealth Medical Center
Stretch and Apoptosis Cause Fetal Membrane Rupture
May 17, 2005James N. Weiss, M.D.
Kawata Professor of Medicine & Physiology
Chief, Division of Cardiology
Director, Cardiovascular Research Laboratory
David Geffen School of Medicine
UCLA
Mitochondria and Cardio Protection in Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury
May 3, 2005Philip Paul Garner, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Case Western Reserve University
Helical Nucleopeptides: A New Twist on Antisense Drug Design?
Apr 26, 2005

Rammelkamp 240
Brian Mercer, M.D.
Professor
Department of Reproductive Biology
Case Western Reserve University
Consequences of and Markers for Preterm Birth
Apr 19, 2005

Rammelkamp 240
11:00-12:00
Patrick M. Catalano, M.D.
Professor
Department of Reproductive Biology
Case Western Reserve University
Chair, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
MetroHealth Medical Center
Diabesity -Treatment or Prevention?
Apr 12, 2005Jon B. Klein, M.D., Ph.D.
James Graham Brown Chair in Proteomics
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
Clinical Proteomics
Apr 5, 2005Frank C. Brosius, M.D.
Professor
Depts. of Internal Medicine and Physiology
Division Chief
Director, Nephrology Training Program
University of Michigan
GLUT4 Determines Vascular Responses in Hypertension
Mar 22, 2005Mathias Buck, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Case Western Reserve University
Biophysics of Small GTPase-protein Interactions in Cell Signaling
Mar 15, 2005Isabelle Deschenes, Ph.D.
Professor
Depts. of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
Understanding the Molecular Composition of the Potassium Current Ito and its Role in Cardiac Excitability
Mar 8, 2005

Rammelkamp 240
Robert Harvey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Case Western Reserve University
Gi-Dependent Modulation of Beta-Adrenergic Ion Channel Responses in the Heart
Mar 1, 2005Kim Chan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Case Western Reserve University
Subunits Interactions in KATP Channels: A Tale of How an ABC Protein Interacts with a Potassium Channel
Feb 22, 2005John Sedor, M.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Vice President for Research
Rammelkamp Center for Education and Research
MetroHealth Medical Center
The Problem of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
Feb 15, 2005David Boothman, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
Case Western Reserve University
Associate Director of Basic Research
Co-Director of BioNETT
The Clusterin Stress-inducible Response Gene: A Life or Death Response
Feb 8, 2005

Rammelkamp 240
Xin Yu, Sc.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
Assessing Cardiac Function, Structure and Metabolism with MRI/MRS
Feb 1, 2005Mary Barkley, Ph.D.
M. Roger Clapp University Professor of Arts and Sciences
Department of Chemistry
Case Western Reserve University
Subunit Interactions in HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase
Jan 25, 2005Jeffrey Kern, M.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine & Oncology
Case Western Reserve University
Chief, Pulmonary & Critical Care Division
University Hospitals of Cleveland
Epithelial Cell Growth Factors in Recovery from Lung Injury
Jan 18, 2005Jeffrey Schelling, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine, CWRU
Director, Division of Nephrology
MetroHealth Medical Center
The NHE1 Na+/H+ Exchanger is a Cell Survival Protein
Jan 11, 2005

Rammelkamp 319
Manju Bhat, Ph.D.
Center for Anesthesiology Research
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Channel: What a Pain!
Jan 4, 2005

Rammelkamp 319
Michael E. Lamm, M.D.
Joseph R. Kahn Professor of Pathology
Case Western Reserve University
Host Defense Functions of IgA Antibodies
Dec 14, 2004Mary Barkley, Ph.D.
M. Roger Clapp University
Professor or Arts and Sciences
Department of Chemistry
Case Western Reserve University
Subunit Interactions in HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase
Dec 7, 2004Michael E. Lamm, M.D.
Department of Pathology
Case Western Reserve University
Host Defense Functions of IgA Antibodies
Nov 30, 2004David Boothman, Ph.D.
Depts. of Radiation Oncology & Pharmacology
Associate Director of Basic Research
Co-Director of BioNETT
Case Western Reserve University
The Clusterin Stress-inducible Response Gene: A Life or Death Response
Nov 16, 2004John Moore, M.D.
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Case Western Reserve University
Head, Division of Neonatology
MetroHealth Medical Center
Stretch and Apoptosis Cause Fetal Membrane Rupture
Nov 9, 2004Katherine MacRae Dell, M.D.
Pediatric Nephrology
University Hospitals of Cleveland
EGF-related Growth Factors in the Pathogenesis of Polycystic Kidney Disease
Nov 2, 2004Eric Pearlman, Ph.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology
Center for Global Health & Diseases
Case Western Reserve University
The Role of Toll Like Receptors and Endosymbiotic Wolbachia Bacteria in the Pathogenesis of Ocular Ochocerciasis (River Blindness)
Oct 26, 2004Dominique Durand, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept of Biomedical Engineering
Director, Neural Engineering Center
Case Western Reserve University
Neural Interfacing with the Peripheral Nervous System
Oct 12, 2004G. Andrew Mickley, Jr., Ph.D.
Associate Academic Dean
Professor, Dept. of Psychology
Director of the Neuroscience Program
Baldwin-Wallace College
Berea, OH
Memory Formation in Fetuses and Neonates: Behavior and Pharmacology
Oct 5, 2004Dominique Durand, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept of Biomedical Engineering
Director, Neural Engineering Center
Case Western Reserve University
Neural Interfacing with the Peripheral Nervous System
Sep 28, 2004Mario Delmar, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology
SUNY/Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, New York
Molecular Mechanisms of Gap Junction Regulation: Beyond a Primary Structure
Sep 21, 2004Jeffrey H. Miner, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri
Roles for Laminin in Development and Function of the Kidney Glomerulus
Sep 14, 2004Edward Stavneser, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry
Case Western Reserve University
An Unexpected Collision: Ski Runs Smac into Apoptosis
Sep 7, 2004Guillermo J. Perez, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Masonic Medical Research Laboratory
Utica, New York
The Role of KCa Channel Subunits in the Cardiovascular System