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University
at Albany
Cancer Research Center Seminar Series
Mondays 11:30-12:30 AM Massry Auditorium
Coffee
at 11:15
Seminar
Schedule for Spring, 2009
| Date |
Seminar |
Host |
| February
23 |
Dr.
Alain Laederach, Developmental Genetics and
Bioinformatics,
Wadsworth Center: Electrostatics, initial conformational,
and topology in determining preferred RNA folding
pathways.
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Babu
Guda |
| March
16 |
Dr.
Mike Fasullo, Ordway Institute: Activating
chemical carcinogens by expressing cytochrome P450
genes in budding yeast: a tool for evaluating P450
polymorphisms.
|
JoEllen
Welsh |
| March
23 |
Dr.
Ye Ding, Developmental Genetics and Bioinformatics,
Wadsworth Center: Effect of target secondary
structure on function of small RNAs.
|
Babu
Guda |
| March
30 |
Dr.
Richard Zitomer, Professor and Chair, Department
of Biological Sciences, University at Albany: Transcriptional
Responses to Stress in Yeast: A Variety of Repression
Mechanisms
|
Doug
Conklin |
| April
6 |
Dr.
Lauren Endres, Harvard Medical School: Cancer
cell fate decisions in response to TNF-a: a novel
role for CDIP
|
Tom
Begley |
| April
13 |
SPRING
BREAK |
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| April
20 |
Dr.
Nilesh Banavali, Laboratory of Structural Pathology,
Wadsworth Center: Deducing biological mechanisms
using molecular dynamics simulation.
|
Igor
Kuznetsov |
| April
27 |
Dr.
John White, Department of Physiology, McGill
University: Signaling events underlying non-classical
actions of vitamin D in immunity and cancer.
|
Martin
Tenniswood |
| May
4 |
Dr.
Andrew Yen, Department of Biomedical Sciences,
Cornell University: Retinoic Acid/vitamin A Induced
Hyperactive RAF Drives Leukemic Cell Differentiation
and G0 Arrest.
|
JoEllen
Welsh |
| May
11 |
Dr.
Charles Giardina, Department of Molecular and
Cell Biology,
University of Connecticut: HDACs, HDAC inhibitors
and colon cancer cell epigenetics.
|
JoEllen
Welsh |
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| May
25 |
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