01-10-08

Karsten Weis, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. "Dissecting Early Steps of Nuclear Pore Complex Assembly."
Host: Yuh Min Chook, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology.

01-17-08

Jonathan Terman, Ph.D., Center for Basic Neuroscience and Department of Pharmacology, UT Southwestern. "Molecular Mechanisms Directing the Growing Axon: From Guidance Cue to Cytoskeletal Alterations."
Host: David J. Mangelsdorf, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology.

01-24-08

Donald B. DeFranco, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. "Regulation of Androgen and TGF-beta Signaling in Prostate Stroma by the Nuclear Receptor Coactivator Hic-5."
Host: Stephen R. Hammes, M.D., Ph.D., Internal Medicine – Endocrinology and Department of Pharmacology.

01-29-08

K2.610
NOON

Jean Y. J. Wang, Ph.D., Moores-UCSD Cancer Center. "DNA Damage Alters the RNA Polymerase II CTD Code through ABL to Regulate Splicing."
Hosts: Melanie H. Cobb, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology and Michael A. White, Ph.D., Department of Cell Biology.
Joint Pharmacology and Cell Biology Seminar.

01-30-08

NB2.102
4:00 PM

Cynthia Kenyon, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco.  "Genes that Control the Rate of Aging."
Alvin Taurog Lectureship.

01-31-08

L4.176
NOON

Karen Knudsen, Ph.D., Thomas Jefferson University, Kimmel Cancer Center. "Flipping the Switch: Implications for Androgen Receptor Signaling and Prostate Cancer."
Hosts: Carole R. Mendelson, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry and Elisabeth Martinez, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology.
Joint Biochemistry and Pharmacology Seminar.

02-07-08

Michael Levine, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley.
"Cis-regulatory Sequences in Animal Development and Evolution."
Host: Sam Holmstrom, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology.

02-14-08

Rong Li, Ph.D., Stowers Institute for Medical Research. "Mechanisms of Signaling and Cytoskeleton Organization During Cell Division and Morphogenesis."
Host: Lani Wu, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology.

02-21-08

Dean P. Smith, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology and Center for Basic Neuroscience, UT Southwestern. "Pheromone Reception in Drosophila."
Host: David J. Mangelsdorf, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology.

02-28-08

Randy J. Seeley, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati.  "How Obesity Went to our Heads: Novel Aspects of the Neuroendocrine Control of Energy Balance."
Host: Joel K. Elmquist, D.V.M., Ph.D., Internal Medicine – Center for Hypothalmic Research and Department of Pharmacology.

03-20-08

John D. Minna, M.D., Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology and Department of Pharmacology, UT Southwestern.  "Molecular Signatures in Tumors Predictive of Response to Chemotherapy."
Host: David J. Mangelsdorf, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology.

03-27-08

Anthony A. Kossiakoff, Ph.D., University of Chicago.  "The Structure of the Open and Closed Forms of the Full-length KcsA Potassium Channel: Size Does Make a Difference."
Host: Kevin H. Gardner, Ph.D., Departments of Biochemistry and Pharmacology.

04-03-08

Randal J. Kaufman, Ph.D., University of Michigan Medical School. "Physiological Roles of the Unfolded Protein Response."
Host: Mark A. Lehrman, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology.

04-17-08

Jose Rizo-Rey, Ph.D., Departments of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, UT Southwestern. "Structural Insights into the Mechanism of Neurotransmitter Release."
Host: David J. Mangelsdorf, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology.

05-01-08

Tom Misteli, Ph.D., National Cancer Institute, NIH.  "The Improbable Link between Nuclear Architecture and Human Aging."
Host: Elisabeth Martinez, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology.

05-08-08

Anton M. Bennett, Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine.  "Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases in Growth Factor Signaling and Disease."
Host: Melanie H. Cobb, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology.

05-15-08

Hongtao Yu, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology, UT Southwestern.  "Molecular Mechanism of Chromosome Segregation."
Host: David J. Mangelsdorf, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology.

05-29-08

Greg L. Verdine, Ph.D., Harvard University.  "Enzymatic Recognition and Repair of Damaged DNA."
Host: Patrick Ryan Potts, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology.