March 2010
March 3, 2010Dr. Susan Taylor
"Dynamics of PKA Signaling"
Susan Taylor, PhD, will present a Wednesday Afternoon Lecture on March 3, 2010. As a professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Pharmacology at the University of California, San Diego; and an investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Dr. Taylor will present "Dynamics of PKA Signaling." Be sure to catch Dr. Taylor's lecture at 3 p.m. in Masur Auditorium/Building 10 on Wednesday, March 3, 2010. The lecture is also available via live webcast.
March 10, 2010Dr. Jeffrey Ravetch
"The Paradox of Immunity"
Jeffery Ravetch, MD, PhD, will present the annual R.E. Dyer Lecture as part of the Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series on March 10, 2010. As the Theresa and Eugene Lang Professor at The Rockefeller University in New York City, Dr. Ravetch will present "The Paradox of Immunity." Be sure to catch Dr. Ravetch's lecture at 3 p.m. in Masur Auditorium/Building 10 on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. The lecture is also available via live webcast.
March 17, 2010Dr. Carol Barnes
"Memory and the Aging Brain"
Carol Barnes, PhD, will present a Wednesday Afternoon Lecture on March 17, 2010. As the Regents' Professor of Psychology and Neurology, and the Evelyn F. McKnight Chair for Learning and Memory in Aging at the University of Arizona, Dr. Barnes will present "Memory and the Aging Brain." Be sure to catch Dr. Barnes' lecture at 3 p.m. in Masur Auditorium/Building 10 on Wednesday, March 17, 2010. The lecture is also available via live webcast.
Special Thursday LectureMarch 18, 2010
Dr. Julio Montaner
"Closing the Implementation Gap to Stop HIV/AIDS"
Julio Montaner, MD, FRCPC, FCCP, will present "Closing the Implementation Gap to Stop HIV/AIDS" as part of the Wednesday Afternoon Lecture on March 18, 2010. Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dr. Montaner received his medical degree with honors from the University of Buenos Aires in 1979. In 1981, he joined the Pulmonary Research Laboratory at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, BC, Canada and completed the residency programs in both Internal Medicine (chief resident) and Respiratory Medicine. In 1988, Dr. Montaner became the director of the AIDS Research Program and the Immunodeficiency Clinic at St. Paul's Hospital and UBC and since 1996, has held the Endowed Chair in AIDS Research. He is a professor of Medicine, head of the Division of AIDS, a founding co-director of the CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network and director of the BC Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. He has been a member of the International AIDS Society since 1988, an elected member of the USA and Canada Region since 2002 and president of the IAS since August 2008. Dr. Montaner has authored over 400 scientific publications on HIV/AIDS. Be sure to catch Dr. Montaner's lecture at 3 p.m. in Masur Auditorium/Building 10 on Thursday, March 18, 2010. The lecture is also available via live webcast.
March 24, 2010Dr. Maria Grazia Roncarolo
"Role of Regulatory T Cells in Tolerance: Implication in Human Diseases"
Maria Grazia Roncarolo, MD, will present a Wednesday Afternoon Lecture on March 24, 2010. As scientific director of the San Raffaele Scientific Institute, and professor of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine and Surgery at San Raffaele Vita-Salute University in Milan, Italy, Dr. Grazia Roncarolo will present "Role of Regulatory T Cells in Tolerance: Implication in Human Diseases." Be sure to catch Dr. Grazia Roncarolo's lecture at 3 p.m. in Masur Auditorium/Building 10 on Wednesday, March 24, 2010. The lecture is also available via live webcast.
March 31, 2010Dr. David Altshuler
"Genomic Variation and the Inherited Basis of Common Disease"
David Altshuler, MD, PhD, will present a Director's Lecture as part of the Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series on March 31, 2010. As professor of Genetics and of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital; and director of the Program in Medical and Population Genetics at the Broad Institute, Dr. Altshuler will present "Genomic Variation and the Inherited Basis of Common Disease." Be sure to catch Dr. Altshuler's lecture at 3 p.m. in Masur Auditorium/Building 10 on Wednesday, March 31, 2010. The lecture is also available via live webcast.
