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Departmental Seminars
April 6, 2010

Yong-Jun Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Vivian L. Smith Distinguished Chair & Professor in Immunology
Director, Center for Cancer Immunology Research
University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center

"Characterization of anti-Viral Sensors in Dendritic Cells."

March 30, 2010

J. Usha Raj, M.D.
Professor and Head
Department of Pediatrics
University of Illinois at Chicago

“Effects of acute and chronic hypoxia on the fetal pulmonary circulation”

January 12, 2010

Toru Ouchi, Ph.D.
Northwestern University

"TBA"

December 8, 2009

Suzana D. Savkovic, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Division of Gastroenterology
Department of Medicine
ENH Research Institute

“OutFOXOing intestinal pathology: FOX03 in inflammation, cancer, and intestinal barrier function”

November 17, 2009

Cormac Taylor, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Cellular Physiology
University College Dublin

"Into thin air: the cellular response
to hypoxia"

November 3, 2009

Jose V. Moyano, Ph.D.
R.A.- Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
University of Chicago

"Autocrine TGF-beta1 activation mediated by alphaV-beta3 integrins regulates transcriptional expression of Laminin-332 in kidney epithelial cells"

August 13, 2009

Yupo Ma, M.D., M.S., Ph.D.
Professor, Chief of Hematopathology
Head of Stem Cell Program,
Department of Pathology
Nevada Cancer Institute

“A Cross Talk between Embryonic, Adult and Leukemic Stem Cells”

June 16, 2009

Shu-Yuan Xiao, M.D.
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Co-Director, Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Weill Medical College of Cornell University

"Issues Related to Hepatitis C Liver Pathology"

May 26, 2009

Kenan Onel, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Hematology/ Oncology Pediatrics
University of Chicago

"The genetics of therapy-related myeloid leukemia susceptibility"

May 19, 2009

Kay Macleod, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Ben May Department for Cancer Research
University of Chicago

"Autography and adaptive responses to hypoxia in tumorigenesis"

May 12, 2009

Jay W. Heinecke, M.D.
Professor
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
University of Washington School of Medicine

“A Macrophage Sterol-regulated Network Plays a Central Role in Atherogenesis”

May 8, 2009

*Special Seminar*
Jay L. Hess, M.D., Ph.D.

Carl V. Weller Professor and Chairman
Department of Pathology
University of Michigan

"Mechanisms of Epigenetic Dysregulation in Acute Leukemia"

May 5, 2009

Jason Cheng, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Fellow
Department of Pathology
University of Chicago

"Genetic and Epigenetic Controls of Myeloid Lineage Specification and Tumorigenesis"

April 14, 2009

Yingming Zhao, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Ben May Department for Cancer Research
University of Chicago

“Novel Proteomics Technologies for Dissection of Protein Modification Pathways”

April 9, 2009

*Special Seminar*
Deborah Blue, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine

"Estimating the Relevance of an Infectious Disease Pathology Protocol for Diagnosing Infections in an Immunosupressed Patient”

April 1, 2009

* Special Seminar *
Angella Charnot-Katsikas, M.D.

Clinical Pathology Resident
University of Chicago

“Measuring ‘Global’ Immune Responses in Transplant Patients Using the ImmuKnow Assay”

March 31, 2009

CANCELLED

Harris R. Perlman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University

"A Central Player in Autoimmunity”

March 24, 2009

David M. Engman, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University

"Trypanosomiasis:  Mechanisms of Disease Pathogenesis and Flagellar Biogenesis"

March 17, 2009

Vera Tesic, M.D., M.S.
Medical Microbiology Fellow
University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories

“16S rRNA Sequencing of Polymicrobial Specimens”

March 3, 2009

H. Rosie Xing, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
University of Chicago

" Co-targeting tumor and tumor stroma"

February 10, 2009

Warren Strober, M.D.
Senior Investigator Chief,
Mucosal Immunity Section
Hatfield Clinical Research Center
Bethesda, MD

"Molecular Regulation of IL-17 Transcription"
Citation for Background Reading Prior to Lecture:
Muramyl article in JCI Vol. 118 no. 2 pp. 545-559

January 20, 2009

Tatjana Antic, M.D.
Cytopathology Fellow
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

"Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB) of Soft Tissue
and Bone Tumors (Selected Cases)”

January 13, 2009

Souzan Sanati, M.D.
Breast and Gynecologic Pathology Fellow
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

"Spindle Cell Lesions of the Breast”

January 6, 2009

Yang-Xin Fu, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pathology
University of Chicago

“ Change is coming: new strategies for cancer treatment”

December 2, 2008

Anil K. Rustgi, M.D.
T. Grier Miller Professor of Medicine and Genetics
Division Chief, Gastroenterology
University of Pennsylvania- School of Medicine

"The Tumor Microenvironment: Interplay of Epithelial and Stromal Cells"

December 1, 2008

*Special Seminar*
Michael C. Yang, M.D.

New York University

“Immunohistochemical Differential Expression in Lung and Breast Cancers”

November 18, 2008

Stephen Rohan, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

"The Birt-Hogg-Dubé Gene in Sporadic Renal Epithelial Neoplasms"

November 11, 2008

Michael Teitell, MD, PhD
Professor and Chief, Pediatric and Developmental Pathology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

"Lymphocyte Transformation in the Germinal Center"

November 6, 2008

*Special Seminar*
Debra Zynger, M.D.

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

“Glypican 3 Expression in Neoplastic Tissue” and  “MicroRNA Expression Profiling in Renal Cell Carcinoma”

October 21, 2008

Said H Khayyata, MD
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

"Cystic Pancreatic Lesions: FNA Diagnosis and its Clinical Implications"

October 16, 2008

Demetrios Braddock, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Yale University School of Medicine

”Torsion, Transcription, and pre-mRNA 3’ splice site recognition: The structure of FIR/PUF60 bound to Nucleic Acid”

October 13, 2008

Julia Bridge, MD
Director of Tissue Core Banking Facility
Assoc. Director of Clinical Cytogenetics
Department of Pathology & Microbiology
University of Nebraska Medical Center

"Genetics of Adipose Tissue Tumors"

September 30, 2008

Bahig Shehata , MD
FCAP, FASCP
Medical Director of Pediatric Pathology
Associate Professor of Pathology and Pediatrics,
Emory University School of Medicine
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

"Histiocytoid Cardiomyopathy"

September 9, 2008 Sheldon Chen, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

"Diabetic Nephropathy and the role of VWEGF Signaling"

July 17, 2008

Yong-Jun Liu, MD, PhD
Vivian L. Smith Chair in Immunology and Professor
Director, Center for Cancer Immunology Research
University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center

"Plasmacytoid dentritic cells sense nucleic acids in viral infection and autoimmune diseases"

June 17, 2008

Peter Pytel, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
University of Chicago

"One little, two little, three little ferlins
Four little, five little, six little ferlins..."

June 10, 2008

Weiping Zou, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of  Surgery,
Immunology and Biology
University of Michigan School of Medicine

"Immune Imbalances in the Tumor Microenvironment"

June 6, 2008

*Special Seminar*
Michael B. Prystowsky, MD, PhD

Professor and Chairman
Department of  Pathology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY

"Building a systems biology approach to study HNSCC"

June 3, 2008

Marcus E. Peter, PhD
Professor
Ben May Department for Cancer Research
University of Chicago

"Novel Functions of the "Death Receptor" Fas"

May 27, 2008

Cathryn Nagler, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics and Immunology
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

" TLR mediated signals from intestinal microbes regulate immune responsiveness"

May 20, 2008

Ivan Moskowitz, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Genetics and Genomics,The Institute for Molecular Pediatric Sciences
University of Chicago

"Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Congenital Heart Disease:
Lineage Specification During Mammalian Heart Development"

May 13, 2008

Godfrey Getz, MD, PhD
Professor
Departments of Pathology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and the College
University of Chicago

“HDL and Cardiovascular Disease: Not all HDL is created equal”

April 29, 2008

Pampee P. Young, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor & Director of
Transfusion Medicine
Department of Pathology
Vanderbilt University

"TNF mediated tumor growth: The role of modulating the myeloid phenotype"

April 22, 2008

Stephen Archer, MD
Harold Hines Jr. Professor
Chief of Cardiology
Department of Medicine
University of Chicago

"Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension; New Pathophysiological Insights on the Cause of Vascular and Right Ventricular Disease"