The Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research's Faculty Seminar Series provides an opportunity for scientific staff and their colleagues to share their findings. All seminars are held in the Denney Conference Center, from 3:30 to 4:30 pm, with a reception immediately following. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend these seminars.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Magalie Leduc, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, The Jackson Laboratory
Using the mouse model to dissect the genetics of HDL cholesterol and other complex traits
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
William Caskey, Ph.D., Director, Office of Sponsored Programs and
April Hopstetter, Director of Technical Publications, Printing and Web
Using the New SF 424 and PHS 398 Form Sets
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Michele Sale, Departments of Medicine and Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Virginia
Genetic studies of type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemia in African Americans from the South Carolina Sea Islands
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
John B. Harley, M.D., Ph.D., Member and Program Chair, Arthritis and Immunology Research Program, George Lynn Cross Research Professor, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
The genetic tsunami redefines human systemic lupus erythematosus
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Thursday, April 8, 2010
Peter A. Zimmerman Professor, Center for Global Health & Diseases, Case Western Reserve University
Plasmodium vivax clinical malaria is commonly observed in Duffy-negative Malagasy people
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
Kent Kwoh, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Arthritis Institute
Risk factors for the development and progression of knee osteoarthritis: New developments from the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) and other studies
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Thursday, May 20, 2010 (Hixon Cenference Room)
Ellen Kraig, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, UTHSCSA
Use of nonhuman primate models for studies of immune aging
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Thursday, June 3, 2010
Petr Pancoska, Ph.D., Center for Clinical Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh
Entromics - identifying networked energy footprints of evolution in genomes (why so many experiments fail)
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
Melanie Carless, Ph.D., Assistant Scientist, Department of Genetics, SFBR
Understanding the genetic and epigenetic complexities of brain structure and function
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Thursday, September 16, 2010
Matthew Johnson, Ph.D., Assistant Scientist, Department of Genetics, SFBR
Genetic dissection of three Australian preeclampsia QTLs
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MONDAY, October 11, 2010
Michael Hauser, Ph.D., Center for Human Genetics, Duke University Medical School
Genetic studies of primary open angle glaucoma
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FRIDAY, October 15, 2010
Wayne C. Koff, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Senior Vice President, Research and Development, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
Challenges and opportunities in AIDS vaccine development
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TUESDAY, October 19, 2010
Yi Xing, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa
Evolution of splicing in primates
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Thursday, November 18, 2010
Peter Francis, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Co-Director, Oregon Retinal Degeneration Center. Oregon Health & Science University
Genetics of age-related macular degeneration
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