Guest Speakers for Research Seminars
Lake Forest College
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- Susan Lindquist, HHMI/Whitehead Institute of Biomedical Institute/MIT (21st Annual Volwiler Lecture, March 2007)
From Mad Cows to “Psi-chotic” Yeast: strange diseases and strange genetics - Susan Goldin-Meadow, University of Chicago (2006 Brain Awareness Week)
Language and Hearing Gesture - Susan Leibman, Distinguished UIC Professor
Yeast as small "mad cows" demonstrate protein based inheritance - Nyla Ishmail, PhD Candidate, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
The Role of Acetylcholine in the Social behavior of Honey Bees - Dr. Patricia Spear, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, March 2006 (A Beta Beta Beta Lecture)
Herpes Simplex Virus: What Determines How it enters Cells? - Dr. Nancy Muma, Loyola Stritch School of Medicine, December, 2005
Protein Aggregation in Alzheimer’s disease & Other Neurodegenerative Diseases - Dr. Dan Peterson, Rosalind Franklin School of Medicine, December 2005
Stem Cells & Brain Repair - Dr. Fred Turek, Northwestern University (November 2005) (A Beta Beta Beta Lecture)
Sleepless in America - Dr. Ethan Graf, Washington University, October 2005 forthcoming
Building Connections: Creating a Synapse - Dr. Neena Schwartz, Northwestern University (March 2005)
Greatest Discoveries in the Ovary and the Illegitimacy of Our Science - Dr. Chris Rochet, Purdue University-West Lafayette (March 2005) (Cosponsored with Chemistry Dept)
Protein Misassembly Diseases - Brandon Johnson LFC’03, PhD student, Stanford University (February 2005)
In search of new K Channel Mutants - Dr. Ginger Withers & Dr. Christopher Wallace, Biology Department, Whitman College (June 2004)
Current hypotheses About Dendritic Development - Dr. Linda Van Eldik, Cell & Molecular Department, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine (December 4, 2003)
Drug Discovery for Alzheimer's Disease: Targeting Brain Inflammation - Dr. Benjamin Wolozin, Pharmacology Department, Loyola University Medical School (December 4, 2003)
Cell Biology of Parkinson Disease - *Dr. Regina Stevens-Truss, Chemistry Department, Kalamazoo College (October 9, 2003)
Understanding Nitric Oxide Synthase As A Tool In Drug Design - Dr. Marjorie Ariano, Neuroscience Dept, Finch Chicago Medical School (December 5, 2002)
Huntington's Disease: Can transgenic mouse models really help cure this genetic disease? - Dr. John Lee, Chairman, Pathology Dept, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine (December 5, 2002)
Recent Advances in Our Understanding of Alzheimer's Disease - Dr. Janet Rowley, Blum-Riese Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine, Molecular Genetics
and Cell Biology, and Human Genetics, at the Pritzker School of Medicine,
University of Chicago (October 24, 2002)
Human Leukemia: A Story of Discovery - Dr. Marina Wolf, Vice-Chairman, Neuroscience Dept, Finch Chicago Medical School (Dec 6, 2001)
Drug Addiction: A Maladaptive Form of Learning - Dr. Raymond Roos, Chairman, Neurology Dept, University of Chicago (Dec 5, 2001)
From Mad cows to Alzheimer’s: New ideas about Neurodegenerative Diseases - Dr. Jerre Levy, Psychology Dept, University of Chicago (November 29, 2001) (A Sigma Xi Lecture)
The Two Sides of the Human Brain
Kalamazoo College
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- Dr Peter St. George-Hyslop, University of Toronto, CANADA (March 2001)
Biology of Alzheimer’s Disease (cosponsored by Pharmacia Co.) - Dr. Juanita Merchant, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan (November 2000)
Bugs in the Belfry: How Bacterial Colonization in the Stomach Causes Disease
Mentoring Women & Minority Science Undergraduates for Diverse Scientific Careers - Dr. Joseph Rucker, Department of Chemistry, Villanova University (May 21, 2000)
An Intruder With Master Keys: How HIV Gets Into Cells - Dr. Mark Gurney, Leader & Senior Scientist, Neurological Sciences Division, Pharmacia Company (March 9, 2000)
Secretases, Alzheimer’s Disease, & Drug Discovery - Dr. Raymond Roos, Chairman, Department of Neurology, University of Chicago (March 9, 2000)
Lou Gehrig’s, Mad cows, & Alzheimer’s: What causes Neurodegeneration? - Dr. David King, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Northwestern University, (February 15, 2000)
Forward Genetics & Circadian Rhythms: Identifying Clock genes through positional cloning - Dr. Steve Anderson, Graduate Program Director, Northwestern University Medical School (Nov 9, 1999)
Summer Theses and Graduate Studies at Northwestern University - Dr. Susan Uptain, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Chicago (Oct 12, 1999)
Defying Dogma: Prions and Existence of Strains - Dr. Robin Pals-Rylaarsdam, University of Chicago (May 11, 1999)
Regulated Proteolysis: Cell Division, Differentiation, and Death - Dr. Averil Ma, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago (April 22, 1999)
How our Immune System Protects Us (And Vice Versa) - Dr. Sangram Sisodia, Department of Pharmacology, University of Chicago, (February 25, 1999)
Cell and Molecular Biology of Alzheimer’s Disease - Dr. Suzanne Rutherford, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago (October 17, 1998)
Hsp90 as a Capacitor for Morphological Evolution