The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases

Seminars

Unless otherwise specified, all seminars will be held at 11 AM in the Beth Robertson Auditorium on the First Floor of the Sarofim Research Building at 1825 Pressler Street.

DATE AND HOST

2012 IMM SEMINAR SERIES

Friday, September 28
Host: Ying Liu, Phd

Ming  Zhan, Phd
Associate Professor, Vice Chair of Department of Systems Medicine and Bioengineering
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Weill Cornell Medical College

Friday, October 05
Host: Zhiqiang An, PhD

 

Renping Zhou, Phd
Professor & Chair, Department of Chemical Biology,
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy,
Rutgers University

Friday, October 12
Host: Qingchun Tong, PhD

 

Andrew Butler, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Metabolism & Aging
The Scripps Research Institute

Friday, October 19
Host: Jiaqian Wu, PhD

Sherman Morton Weissman, MD
Sterling Professor of Genetics
Yale University

Friday, October 26
Host: Sheng Zhang, PhD

Pedro Fernandez-Funez, PhD
Assistant Professor  | Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience
Genetics Institute | Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases McKnight Brain Institute
University of Florida

November 2, 2012
Host: Yong Li

Terence A. Partridge, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics,
Children’s National Medical Center & George Washington University Medical School

Friday, November 9
Host: Qingchun Tong, PhD

Heike Muenzberg-Bruening, PhD
Assistant Professor
Laboratory of Central Leptin Signaling

Friday, November 23

Holiday Week


Friday, December 07
Host: Naoki Nakayama, Ph.D.

Martin Lotz, PhD
Professor and Head
Division of Arthritis Research
Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine
The Scripps Research Institute

Friday, December 14,
Host: Mikhail Kolonin, PhD

Philipp Scherer, PhD
Professor
Endowed Title: Gifford O. Touchstone Jr.
and Randolph G. Touchstone Distinguished Chair in Diabetes Research
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Friday, January 11,
Host: Nami McCarty, PhD

Marina Y. Konopleva, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Leukemia
Division of Cancer Medicine
University of Texas | MD Anderson Cancer Center

Friday, January 18,
Host: AJ Marian, MD, PhD

Monica Justice, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics 
Baylor College of Medicine 

Friday, January 25,
Host: Nami McCarty, PhD

Curt I. Civin, MD
Associate Dean for Research,
University of Maryland School of Medicine Director
Center for Stem Cell Biology
& Regenerative Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics and Physiology 

Friday, February 01,
Host: AJ Marian, MD, PhD

Aibin He, Ph.D.
Department of Cardiology
Boston Children's Hospital &
Harvard Medical School

Friday, February 08,
Host: Yeonseok Chung, PhD

Ming Li, Ph.D.
Associate Member
Immunology Program Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Cornell University

Friday, February 15,
Host: John F. Hancock, PhD

Franck Mauvais-Jarvis, M.D., Ph.D. 
Research Director, NCCO
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology
Metabolism and Molecular Medicine
Northwestern University School of Medicine 

Friday, February 22,
Host: Yeonseok Chung, PhD

Shao-Cong Sun, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Immunology, 
The University of Texas 
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Friday, March 01,
Host: Sheng Zhang, PhD

Hugo Bellen, PhD
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Baylor College of Medicine
Program in Developmental Biology
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics
Jan and Dan Duncan Neurology Research Institute
at Texas Children's Hospital

Friday, March 08, 
Host: Ba-Bie Teng, PhD

Fen Wang, PhD
Professor
Director Center for Cancer and Stem Cell Biology
Institute of Bioscience and Technology
Texas A&M Health Science Center
Member of the GSBS Faculty

Friday, March 15, 
Host: Ying Liu, PhD

Jeanne F. Loring, PhD
Director, Center for Regenerative Medicine
The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, California

Wednesday, March 20,
Host: Vihang, Narker, PhD

Phil Shaul, M.D.
Director, Division of Pulmonary
and Vascular Biology Vice Chair for
Research Department of Pediatrics University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Friday, April 05,
Host: Jiaiqan Wu, PhD

Michael Snyder, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Professor, Genetics Member,
Stanford Cancer Institute Member, Child Health Research Institute

Friday, April 12,
Host: AJ Marian, MD, PhD

Robert Roberts, M.D., FRCPC, MACC, LLD (Hon.)
President and CEO
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Professor of Medicine
Director, Ruddy Canadian Cardiovascular Genetics Centre

Friday, April 19,
Host: Wenliang Li, PhD

Jer-Tsong Hsieh, Ph.D.
Professor
Endowed Title: Dr. John McConnell Distinguished Chair in Prostate Cancer Research
Department: Urology

Friday, April 26,
Host: Zhiqiang An, PhD

Sachdev Sidhu, PhD
The Donnelly Centre | University of Toronto

Friday, May 03,
Host: Qingchun Tong, PhD 

Andrew Butler, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Metabolism & Aging
The Scripps Research Institute
Jupiter, Florida

Friday, May 10, 2013
Host: Ba-bie Teng, PhD 

Guangyong Peng, M.D., Ph.D.
St. Louis University School of Medicine
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy & Immunology
St. Louis, MO

Friday, May 17, 2013

No Seminar on this Friday

Friday, May 24,
Host: Qingchun Tong, PhD

Dr. Timothy J. Bartness
Departments of Biology
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia 

Friday, May 31, 2013
Host: Vihang Narkar, PhD

Jeffrey S. Chamberlain, PhD
Professor of Neurology
Director, Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy
Cooperative Research Center
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 

Friday, June 07, 2013
Host: Yong Li, PhD

Qi Lu, PhD
Professor and Director
McColl-Lockwood Laboratory for Muscular Dystrophy Research
Department of Neurology,
Adjunct Professor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Friday, June 14,
Host: Rick Wetsel, PhD

Dr. Joan E. Nichols, PhD
Associate Director, Research and Operations, Galveston National Laboratory
Associate Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology
Galveston, Texas 77555-1019