Seminars  

Translational Research in Molecular Pathology 
Seminar Series

All of the Molecular Pathology Seminars are normally held at the HSFII Auditorium (20 Penn Street, Baltimore, MD 21201) on the 4th Tuesday of each month unless otherwise indicated. To recommend a seminar speaker, please send an email along with the candidate's CV to Melinda Tillman at mtillman@som.umaryland.edu  (x6-6300).

2009

Wednesday, June 10, 2009
The Hormone Adiponectin as a Link Between Obesity and Malgnancies
Christos S. Mantzoros, M.D., D.Sc., Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Heath, Boston, MA

Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Cell Cycle Dysregulation in Prostate Cancer: Impact on AR Signaling  and Theraupeutic Response
Karen E. Knudsen, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Thomas Jefferson University
Kimmel Cancer Center, Department of Cancer Biology and Department of Urology, Philadelphia, PA

Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Biophysics of Hemoglobin S Fiber Formation and the Search for a Cure of Sickle Cell Disease
William A. Eaton, M.D., Ph.D., NIH Distinguished Investigator, Chief Laboratory of Chemical Physics, NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, MD

Thursday, March 26, 2009
Cancer Immunotherapy for Cervical Cancer: From Bench to Bedside
T.C. Wu, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Pathology, Oncology, OB-GYN and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Enhancing Recovery from Viral Encephalomyelitis
Diane E. Griffin, MD, PhD
Member of the National Academy of Sciences; Alfred and Jill Sommer Professor and Chair, W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD

2008

Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Fourth Annual Symposium of Translational Research in Molecular Pathology
Individualized Molecular Testing for Personalized Medicine
Davidge Hall, School of Medicine Campus

Friday, August 15, 2008
Translating Alcohol Research to Interventions
Ting-Kai (T.K.) Li, MD
Member of the National Academy of Sciences; Director, National Insitutute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), NIH, Bethesda, MD

Friday, April 11, 2008
Analyzing Cancer Genome to Identify New Cancer-Associated Genes in Ovarian Cancer
Ie-Ming Shih, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

2007

Monday, October 29, 2007
Third Annual Symposium of Translational Research in Molecular Pathology
Clinical Applications of Genomics
Davidge Hall, School of Medicine Campus

Tuesday, September 11, 2007
A Systems Biology Approach to the Dissection of Dysregulated Pathways in Lymphoid Malignancies
Andrea Califano, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI); Director, Center for Multiscale Analysis of Genetic and Cellular Networks (MAGNet); Associate Director, Irving Cancer Research Center (ICRC); Co-Director, Center for Computational Biology Bioinformatics at Columbia University Medical Center 
New York, New York

Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Profiling Human ErbB Receptor Isoforms in Cancer Patients 
Nita J. Maihle, Ph.D., Professor
Departments of OB/GYN and Reproductive Sciences, Pathology and Pharmacology
School of Medicine
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Wednesday, May 29, 2007
Entry Mechanism of Viruses by Live-Cell and Single-Molecule Imaging
Xiaowei Zhuang, Ph.D.. Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Professor of Physics; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Herpes Simplex Virus Disease and the Locks and Keys for Viral Entry into Cells
Patricia G. Spear, Ph.D.
Member of the American Academy of Sciences
Johns Evans Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
The Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL

Wednesday, March 14, 2007
DNA Replication, Checkpoints and Cancer: Lessons Learned from Fission Yeast
Gennaro D'Urso, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
Dr. John T. Macdonald Center for Medical Genetics
School of Medicine
University of Miami
Miami, FL

Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Oncogene Addiction and Novel Anticancer Agents
I. Bernard Weinstein, M.D.
Member of American Academy of Sciences
Frode Jensen Professor of Medicine
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
Columbia University
New York, NY

Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Lung Vascular Barrier Regulation: Sphingolipids and the Endothelial Cytoskeleton
Joe G.N. Garcia, M.D.
Lowell T. Coggeshall Professor of Medicine
Chairman
Department of Medicine
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

2006

Tuesday, November 28, 2006
The Many Faces of Drug Resistance in Neoplastic Cells
Bernard L. Mirkin, Ph.D., M.D.
William G. Swartchild, Jr. Distinguished Chair in Research
Professor of Pediatrics, Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Director of Research Emeritus, Children's Memorial Research Center
Chicago, IL

Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Second Annual Symposium of Translational Research in Molecular Pathology:
From Nanotechnology to Personalized Medicine
Click here for more details 

Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Current Strategy in the Evaluation of Hematologic Malignancies
Adam Bagg, M.D.
Professor 
Director of Hematology
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Targeting EGFR-Signaling in Head and Neck Cancer
Jennifer R. Grandis, M.D.
Professor and Vice Chair of Research
UPMC Endowed Chair in Head and Neck Cancer Surgical Research Departments of Otolaryngology and Pharmacology
University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA

Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Construction of Therapeutic Herpes Simplex Viruses that Specifically Target Receptors Unique to Malignant Glioma Tumors
Bernard Roizman, Sc.D.
Member of American Academy of Sciences
Joseph Regenstein Distinguished Service Professor
Department of Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Committee on Cancer Biology
Committee on Genetics
Committee on Microbiology 
The Cancer Research Center
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

2005

Friday, October 28, 2005
First Symposium on Translational Research in Molecular Pathology
Location: HSFII Auditorium
University of Maryland at Baltimore (UMB)
20 Penn Street
Baltimore, MD 21201

 

Informal “Brown Bag” Research Discussion

Everyone is Welcome 

Where: Bressler Conference Room, 9-033

When: 12 noon – 1:00pm, once a month (dates to be determined) 

What: A “Brown Bag Lunch”, hosted by the Division of Molecular Pathology, Pathology Department, will be held once a month at 12 noon in the conference room on the 9th floor of the Bressler Research Building (9-033). The purpose of the meetings is to provide an informal forum to discuss emerging research ideas and to foster collaborations amongst scientists. All faculty, post-docs and graduate students are invited to speak. Talks are intended for scientists to discuss preliminary data and new research plans, rather than present previously published data. Talks will be limited to 25 minutes, with 5 minutes for Q&As. Talks can be presented either as PowerPoint or “chalk board presentations.” If you would like to present at this luncheon, please send an email to Melinda Tillman at mtillman@som.umaryland.edu (6-6300) or Dr. Anne Hamburger at ahamburg@som.umaryland.edu (8-3908). Lunch will be provided. 

Past Presentations

Qing C. Chen, MD, Ph.D., Associate Professor: Natural Autoantibodies: Role in Immunity and Autoimmunity

Luis Alberto Rubio Martinez, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow: BK and JC Virus Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay at the Molecular Diagnostic Lab

Sergei Bhatta, Graduate Student (Simard lab): Transcriptional regulation of SUR1-regulated NCCa-ATP channel by hypoxia inducible factor 1 alpha in brain injury 

Jennifer Johnson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor: Plasmid-mediated beta-lactamases in E. coli and Klebsiella species 

Dan Yu, Ph.D. Postdoc (Zhan lab): Receptor mediated endocytosis involves tyrosine phosphorylation of cortactin 

Antonio Passaniti, Ph.D., Assistant Professor: New directions in the control of angiogenesis and tumor growth by the RUNX2 transcriptional factor 

Christina Celluzi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Elutriation: Separating Cells for Clinical Use

Namita Kundu, Ph.D., Instructor (Fulton lab)
Prostaglsndin E2 Receptor Antagonism Inhibits Breast Cancer Metastasis

Yuexing Zhang, M.D., Instructor (Hamburger Lab) 

Steven Zhan, Ph.D., Professor
Characterization of the role of tyrosine phosphorylation of cortactin

Feng Jiang, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor Identification of putative oncogenes in lung adenocarcinoma by a comprehensive functional genomic approach 

Frank Zhao, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor
The role of SCL in T-cell acute leukemia

George Li, M.D., Ph.D., Postdoc (Zhaolab) Protein Phosphatase 2A (Aα/Cβ) is required for HIV-1 Vpr-induced cell cycle G2/M arrest 

Calvin Qin, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Zhaolab)A proposal to study antagonistic interaction between prion and doppel during neurodegeneration and spermatogenesis