Jessica Tyler, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
University of Colorado
Aurora, CO
“Epigenetic Regulation of Transcription, DNA Repair, Aging and Cancer”
Pizza will be served in the Foyer at 11:40am
Host: Michael Stallcup, Ph.D.
Info: 323 442 1144
Location:
CHP 203
Description:
this event has been canceled
David Diaz Sanchez, Ph.D.
Branch Chief
Clinical Research Branch
Environmental Public Health Division
US Environmental Protection Agency
“The Role of Genetics, Epigenetics and Disease in Susceptibility to Air Pollutants”
Where:
Room CHP 203
1540 Alcazar Street
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Center for Health Professions
Information: 323-442-1096
Time:
11:30am - 1:30pm
Location:
Pappas Quad
Description:
Come Celebrate!
Keck School faculty and staff are invited
to join Dean Carmen A. Puliafito
in celebration of our
bounty of NIH/ARRA research dollars
Congratulations to the Keck School investigators who have successfully competed for more than $34 million in National Institutes of Health grants made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act!
Kindly RSVP online by October 28 at http://www.usc.edu/esvp Enter code NIH
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
House Ear Institute-Auditorium
Description:
Thomas J. Lobl, Ph.D.
Vice President of Research and Development
NeuroSystec Corporation
Valencia, CA
“NST-001, a NMDA NR2a/2b Mixed
Antagonist/Agonist for the Treatment of Tinnitus ”
Host: Bill Slattery
Lunch will be provided
HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE
2100 West Third Street
Los Angeles, CA 90057
Info: 213 483-4431
Web: www.hei.org
NST-001, a NMDA NR2a/2b Mixed
Antagonist/Agonist for the Treatment of Tinnitus Summary
It is estimated that over 50 million people have tinnitus in the US and over 3 million people are disabled by the malady. Worldwide 10-14% of the population also has tinnitus. So why are there no approved, effective drugs? This presentation will review some of the issues
surrounding the development and delivery of a therapy for tinnitus. The discussion will then move on to the challenges and progress to date of NeuroSystec’s development of NST-001, a potent NMDA NR2a/2b mixed agonist/antagonist with little affinity for AMPA. The compound is active in a tinnitus animal model and was active in 5 of 6 tinnitus patients given the
compound in a compassionate individual patient treatment. The compound is now in a Phase 1b clinical trial in France
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
HMR - Hastings’ Auditorium
Description:
Terrance J. Kavanagh, Ph.D., DABT
Professor, Toxicology Program
Deputy Director, Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health
University of Washington
“Transgenic mouse models of altered glutathione synthesis; exploring the role of glutamate cysteine ligase in acetaminophen-induced liver toxicity”
All USC faculty, staff and students are invited to attend the
Southern California Leadership Panel on
The Obesity Crisis in America
Moderated by Larry King
CNN talk show host and founder, Larry King Cardiac Foundation
Featured Panelists:
Devin Alexander, noted chef and host of "Healthy Decadence with Devin Alexander"
Dr. Prediman K. (PK) Shah, Director, Division of Cardiology, Cedars Sinai Heart Institute
Dr. Melina Jampolis, Board Certified Internist and Physician Nutrition Specialist
Dr. Karol Watson, Co director, UCLA Center for Cholesterol and Lipid Management
Dean Carmen A. Puliafito, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Reservations are encouraged
Please RSVP online at www.usc.edu/esvp.
Code: LK2009
For more information, call: (323) 865 0648
Sponsored by: The Larry King Cardiac Foundation, LAC+USC Healthcare Network, COPE Health Solutions and the Keck School of Medicine of USC
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
ZNI 106
Description:
Childhood Obesity Research Center TEAM (Training, Educating And Mentoring) Seminars
Richard Jackson
UCLA
Info: Lauren Cook, laurenco@usc.edu
Time:
12:00pm
Location:
Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute (ZNI), Conference Room 112 - 1501 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles
Description:
Richard Jackson, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles
“Environmental Public Health’s Part in Confronting the Crisis, Crash and Collapse: Creating Co-beneficial Solutions for Health, Economy, and Environment”
Lunch will be provided.
Info: 323-442-1096
Time:
1:00pm - 3:30pm
Location:
Norris Medical Library, Computer Classroom on the 2nd floor
Description:
Essential Resources for Advanced Bio-Medical Literature Study -- Revolutionize your literature search, NOW!
When it comes to literature study, does any of the following describe your situation?
Still use the PubMed and often feel like you were trying to find a needle in a haystack?
Worry about the comprehensiveness of your literature study?
Too much to read yet too little time?
If yes, isn’t it high time for you to revolutionize your way of doing bio-medical literature study?
The Norris Medical Library Bioinformatics Support Service will offer "Essential Resources for Advanced Bio-Medical Literature Study”, a workshop that focuses on reputable online databases and software tools for efficient and comprehensive bio-medical literature search and study.
The workshop is offered on a first-come, first-served basis until the class is full (class size: 20), registration is required due to the limited space.
Workshop Overview
This workshop surveys some of the state-of-art literature search and knowledge mining database and tools that are designed for sophisticated bio-medical literature searches with various emphases. It also provides an overview on the key issues relevant to the biomedical information retrieval. Through hands-on demonstration, users will learn:
See the biomedical literature broader and deeper
Locate the most relevant literatures with speed and confidence
Conduct effective literature annotations for gene lists from high throughput experiments
Dramatically cut down time for literature searching and reading
To register for this workshop, please follow the link below:
http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB229RMWDWWAJ
Major Topics Covered
Overview of biomedical information retrieval
Enhanced PubMed search—General tools
Genes, diseases, drugs, and bio-medical concepts—Relationship search tools
Beyond PubMed Abstracts – Figures, tables, and full-text search tools
Got gene lists? – High throughput results literature annotation tools
Ingenuity Pathways System as a powerful literature study tool
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Regards,
Yi-Bu Chen, Ph.D.
Bioinformatics Specialist
Norris Medical Library
University of Southern California
2003 Zonal Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90089
tel: (323)-442-3309
email: yibuchen@belen.hsc.usc.edu
http://www.usc.edu/hsc/nml/lib-services/bioinformatics/index.html
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
CSC 120A, large conference room, 2250 Alcazar St, HSC
Description:
Tatjana Sauka-Spengler, PhD
California Institute of Technology
Andrew K. Groves, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor
Departments of Neuroscience and Molecular
and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
"Can Insects Tell us About Human Deafness? "
Host: Neil Segil
Lunch Will Be Served
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Aresty Auditorium, NRT-LG
Description:
Laurie Boyer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
MIT
"Chromatin States and Cell Fate"
Pizza will be served in the Foyer at 11.40am
Hosted by Judd Rice, Ph.D.
Info: gracielm@usc.edu or 323 442-1144
Time:
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location:
USC HSC Aresty Auditorium
Description:
The Institute for Global Health welcomes world-renowned global health leaders to USC to share their experience and to discuss the major trans-disciplinary issues of global health with faculty and students. Speakers are selected in collaboration with, and co-hosted by, different schools throughout the university, reflecting USC’s multidisciplinary approach to global health. Each distinguished guest delivers a keynote lecture open to the entire Trojan Family at both UPC and HSC campuses.
Visions for Change presents:
Ruth Levine, PhD.
Health economist Dr. Ruth Levine will share her experiences designing and assessing social sector programs in Latin America, Eastern Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. Dr. Levine has a doctoral degree in economic demography from Johns Hopkins University. She currently serves as Vice President for Programs and Operations at the Center for Global Development where she chairs a series of working groups focused on addressing key policy and finance issues related to the effective use of donor funding for health programs in low-income countries. Between 1997 and 1999, Dr. Levine served as an advisor on the social sectors in the office of the Executive Vice President of the Inter-American Development Bank and has designed, supervised, and evaluated loans at the World Bank. She is the author of Millions Saved: Proven Successes in Global Health, and Performance Incentives for Global Health: Potentials and Pitfalls.
Nov 9: HSC Aresty Auditorium
Global Health Forecast: The Next Twenty Years
Nov 10: UPC Town and Gown Ballroom
Compassion,Conscience and Common Interest
Both lectures will be held from 5:00pm-6:30pm and followed by a reception.
Hosted in partnership with the School of Policy, Planning, and Development
Info: Ivette Flores Guintu, MPH, 323.865.0419 or ieflores@usc.edu
Time:
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Location:
RRI101-UPC
Description:
Did you know there are high-tech core imaging facilities at UPC? These are available to the community on a recharge or fee basis. Come find out what's available and how to access it. This workshop will describe facilities at USC-UPC in the NanoBiophysics Core (particularly featuring the Atomic Force Microscopy instrumentation) and the Center for Electron MIcroscope and Microanalysis (CEMMA). Our speakers will be Nickolas Chelyapov and Alicia Thompson. Note Room Change.
Registration is open to all but please RSVP to usccer@usc.edu
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Susan L Forsburg PhD
Professor, Molecular & Computational Biology
University of Southern California RRI 201
1050 Childs Way
Los Angeles CA 90089-2910
Time:
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location:
USC HSC Aresty Auditorium
Description:
The Institute for Global Health welcomes world-renowned global health leaders to USC to share their experience and to discuss the major trans-disciplinary issues of global health with faculty and students. Speakers are selected in collaboration with, and co-hosted by, different schools throughout the university, reflecting USC’s multidisciplinary approach to global health. Each distinguished guest delivers a keynote lecture open to the entire Trojan Family at both UPC and HSC campuses.
Visions for Change presents:
Ruth Levine, PhD.
Health economist Dr. Ruth Levine will share her experiences designing and assessing social sector programs in Latin America, Eastern Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. Dr. Levine has a doctoral degree in economic demography from Johns Hopkins University. She currently serves as Vice President for Programs and Operations at the Center for Global Development where she chairs a series of working groups focused on addressing key policy and finance issues related to the effective use of donor funding for health programs in low-income countries. Between 1997 and 1999, Dr. Levine served as an advisor on the social sectors in the office of the Executive Vice President of the Inter-American Development Bank and has designed, supervised, and evaluated loans at the World Bank. She is the author of Millions Saved: Proven Successes in Global Health, and Performance Incentives for Global Health: Potentials and Pitfalls.
Nov 9: HSC Aresty Auditorium
Global Health Forecast: The Next Twenty Years
Nov 10: UPC Town and Gown Ballroom
Compassion,Conscience and Common Interest
Both lectures will be held from 5:00pm-6:30pm and followed by a reception.
Hosted in partnership with the School of Policy, Planning, and Development
Info: Ivette Flores Guintu, MPH, 323.865.0419 or ieflores@usc.edu
Time:
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location:
Health Sciences Campus, Norris Medical Library, East Conference Room
Description:
What Can Molecular Imaging Do For My Research?
•Audience: Faculty
•E-mail: usccer@usc.edu
•Due to limited space, RSVP is required.
•RSVP: usccer@usc.edu
Hossein Jadvar, associate professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, presents aspects of molecular imaging in research.
We are currently witnessing an evolution from the current nonspecific imaging methods toward patient- and disease-specific imaging evaluation based on morphologic, physiologic, molecular and genetic markers of disease.
This molecular imaging evolution is stimulated through the use of multi-modality imaging systems and "smart" specific imaging agents for achieving the key tasks of accurate diagnosis, treatment planning, treatment response prediction and evaluation, surveillance and prognosis.
In this workshop, we will explore and discuss the expanding role of imaging in translational and clinical research.
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
See Description
Description:
“Reading New generations of DNA Sequence”
Presented by Rand Wilcox, PhD & Mike Waterman PhD
Professor of Psychology, Professor of Computational Biology
DNA sequences are determined from gathering “reads” which are segments of sequences located randomly on the target genome. Then the reads are compared pairwise for overlaps, the overlap numbers are processed for overlap groups which are mutually consistent, and then these are aligned to estimate the underlying letter sequences. In the last 5 years, dramatically faster technology for producing the reads has been developed which makes obsolete the previous computational methods. Eulerian graphs provide basis for handling the new data.
UNIVERSITY PARK CAMPUS
Office of Research Advancement
USC Credit Union Building
3720 S. Flower Street, 3rd Floor
CUB 329, Conference Room
Parking available in Exposition Parking Structure (formerly PS2)
for those coming from HSC, CHLA, LAS
Display USC Permit
Light lunch provided
RSVP: usccer@usc.edu
Time:
9:00am - 11:00am
Location:
CSC 250 - Harkness Aud. at IGM/HSC
Description:
Childhood Obesity Research Center TEAM (Treaining, Educating And Mentoring) Seminars
Donna Spruijt-Metz, USC
USC-TREC Project 2 Update
Info: Lauren Cook, laurenco@usc.edu
Time:
11:30am
Location:
Mayer Auditorium
Description:
Meira & Shaul G. Massry Prize
2009 Recipients Lecture
11:30 a.m. ~ Reception
12:00 p.m. ~Lecture
Presentations by molecular biologists
Victor Ambros, Ph.D. and Gary Ruvkun Ph.D.
Speaking on their revolutionary research
“Gene Silencing”
Please respond online at www.usc/esvp (Code: Massry)
Live webcast is available. Visit either link below
CSC 120A, large conference room, 2250 Alcazar St, HSC
Description:
Bernhard Ganss., Ph.D.
Mineralized Tissue Laboratory, matrix Dynamics Group
University of Toronto, Canada
“Amelotin – an Enamel Protein in Search of a Function”
Hosted by: Michael Paine
Info: (323) 442- 3170
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Aresty Auditorium, NRT-LG
Description:
James A. Knowles, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Chair for Research
Psychiatry & The Behavioral Sciences
Keck School of Medicine
"Psychiatric Genetics and the Future of Human Genetics at KSOM"
Pizza will be served in the Foyer at 11.40am
Info: gracielm@usc.edu or 323 442-1144
Time:
9:30am - 11:30am
Location:
Norris Medical Library, (Computer Classroom (upper level)
Description:
It will be a Question-and-answer format to address individual inquiries. Doug Nguyen, Customer Education Specialist at Thomson Reuters, makers of EndNote, will conduct the session.
For questions regarding this session, contact Pamela M. Corley, Research Support Librarian, at 323-442-1125, pcorley@usc.edu
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Aresty Auditorium, NRT-LG
Description:
Debu Tripthy, M.D. will be discussing “Resistance to HER2-Targeted Therapy in Breast Cancer: Basic Insights and Clinical Strategies”
Info: lopez_l@ccnt.usc.edu
Time:
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
HSC-CHP 224, 1540 Alcazar Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033 (Center for Health Professions)
Description:
Rulin (Amy) Hechter, M.D., Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Candidate
Department of Epidemiology
School of Public Health
University of California, Los Angeles
“Cytomegalovirus, Herpes Simplex Virus, and Human Herpesvirus 8 Infection and the Risk of Subclinical Atherosclerosis in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study”
Info: 323-442-1096
Description:
This seminar has been cancelled.
Sandra K. Erickson, Ph.D.
Professor
Medicine/Endocrinology and Metabolism
VAMC
University of California, San Francisco
“Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease”
Pizza will be served
Info: 323 442-1283
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Herklotz Conference Room, ZNI
Description:
James Bowie, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry
Associate Director, UCLA-DOE Laboratory of Structural Biology
University of California, Los Angeles
“How do membrane proteins fold?”
Hosted by Ralf Langen, Ph.D.
Carol Munoz
323-865-3853
Time:
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
HSC-CHP 203, 1540 Alcazar Street, Los Angeles, 90033
Description:
Rhonda Hwang, Dr.P.H.(c), MPH
Post-Doctoral Candidate
Department of Environmental Health & Occupational Health
School of Public Health
Loma Linda University
“Impact of Ambient Air Pollution on Survival of a Potentially Sensitive Subpopulation”
Lunch will be provided.
Info: 323-442-1096
Time:
10:30am - 11:30am
Location:
NRT LG 503/4
Description:
Taekjip Ha, Ph.D.
Professor of Physics,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
"Single molecule analysis of protein function and motion on single stranded DNA"
Hosted by: Jae Jung, Ph.D.
Info: 323-865-3853
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Aresty Auditorium, NRT-LG
Description:
Pradip Roy-Burman, PhD
Professor
Pathology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Keck School of Medicine
"Cancer Stem Cells and Microenvironment in Prostate Cancer Progression"
Pizza will be served in the Foyer at 11.40am
Info: gracielm@usc.edu or 323 442-1144
Time:
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
HSC ZNI - Herklotz Seminar Room 112
Description:
Bioenergetics and Cognition
Theme: Cerebral metabolism in
Alzheimer and Diabetes Mellitus
Goals:
To find common research interests in brain
bioenergetics as it relates to cognitive health
To develop interdisciplinary translational
pilot project(s) for possible funding by the
USC Alzheimer Disease Research Center
Format:
Short 10 minute presentations (5 minutes questions)
Followed by small group strategy session
on achieving goals
Target Audience
USC and affiliated research communityfaculty and sponsored postdoctoral students
RSVP (requested but not required)
Elena Taylor Munoz
etaylor@usc.edu
“Introduction to USC ADRC”
Helena Chui, M.D., Professor of Neurology &
Gerontology , Chair of Neurology
“Mitochondrial Stress in Models of AD”
Roberta Brinton, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology &Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Biomedical Engineering
“Peripheral and Central Insulin in Diabetes”
Richard N. Bergman, Ph.D., Keck Professor of Medicine and Chair, Department of Physiology and
Biophysics
“Evaluation of Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle by MRI Spectroscopy”
Brian Ross , Ph.D., Adjunct USC Professor of Radiology, Professor of Clinical Medicine
Huntington Hospital
“Caloric Restriction & Longevity “
Valter Longo , Ph.D., Associate Professor of Gerontology
"Exercise-related Functional Reorganization of the Brain"
Daniel Holschneider, M.D.
Mike Jakowec, Ph.D.
Giselle Petzinger, M.D.
Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry
“Activity, Diet and Cognition: MCI Clinical Trials”
Lon S. Schneider, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology &
Gerontology
Time:
11:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
NTT 7409 (HSC)
Description:
Keqiang Ye, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Emory University School of Medicine
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
"Neurotrophic Receptor Signalings in Neuronal Survival and Drug Development"
Carol Munoz
323-865-3853
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
CSC 120A, large conference room, 2250 Alcazar St, HSC
Description:
“Dissecting Eph/ephrin signaling pathways in craniofacial development and disease”
Dr. Jeffrey Bush (P-30 candidate) from the Department of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Dr. Bush's research is focused on understanding the genetic control of the complex morphogenesis underlying congenital malformation.He is particularly fascinated with signaling control of craniofacial development. He has utilized forward mouse genetics to elucidate one of only a few known genetic causes for cleft lip and palate in mice. He also developed this mutant mouse strain as a model for understanding the developmental etiology of CL/P defects.
In his post-doctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Philippe Soriano at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, he has been focused on understanding signaling mechanisms underlying craniofrontonasal syndrome (CFNS), a human congenital syndrome caused by mutations in the ephrin-B1 gene. He has integrated reverse mouse genetics, biochemistry, cell biology and mass spectrometry-based proteomics approaches to dissect the signaling mechanisms by which the ephrin-B1 gene controls distinct clinical features of CFNS. His work indicates that different developmental aspects are controlled by distinct signaling pathways depending on context.
Info: (323) 442- 3170
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Aresty Auditorium, NRT-LG
Description:
Laurie D. DeLeve, M.D.
Professor
Department of Medicine
Keck School of Medicine
12pm» KSOM Research Seminar