2008 Spring Seminars
January 8:
“Toward a universal platform for autologous stem cell gene therapy”
Roger Bertolotti, PhD, Head, Gene Therapy and Regulation Research,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis
January 15:
“MicroRNAs encoded by Kaposis’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus and their potential role in viral biology and pathogenesis”
Rolf F. Renne, PhD, Associate Professor,
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida
January 29:
“Oncogenic properties of an alternative splicing factor”
Adrian R. Krainer, PhD, Professor,
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
February 12:
“Regulation of cellular growth control and gene expression by SV40 large T antigen”
James M. Pipas, PhD, Professor,
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
February 19:
“Developing therapeutics for retinal diseases”
Shalesh Kaushal, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor,
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Florida
March 18:
“The evolution of a disease resistance locus in Phaseolus vulgaris ”
C. Eduardo Vallejos, PhD, Associate Professor,
Department of Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida
April 1:
“Chromatin barriers and epigenetic regulation of gene expression”
Suming Huang, PhD, Assistant Professor,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida
April 8:
“Mechanisms of development in modern marine microbialites”
Jamie S. Foster, PhD, Assistant Professor,
Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida
April 22:
“Mechanisms underlying antigenic variation in Babesia bovis”
David R. Allred, PhD, Associate Professor,
Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, University of Florida
April 29:
“The therapeutic potential of retinoic acid signalling in nervous system regeneration and neurodegeneration”
Malcolm Maden, PhD, Professor,
Department of Zoology, University of Florida
May 27:
“Molecular biology of foamy viruses”
Axel Rethwilm, MD, Professor,
Institute of Virology and Immunobiology, University of Würzburg