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Date
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Speaker
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Title
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Sept.
9
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Paul Fisher, Ph. D
VCU
Human Genetics
Richmond,
VA
Host:
Andrew Davies, Ph.D.
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“
New Gene Targets for Inhibiting Cancer Progression and Metastasis”
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Sept.
23
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Henry Lester, Ph.D
California
Institute of Technology
Division
of Biology
Pasadena,
CA
Host:
Darlene Brunzell, Ph.D.
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“Changes
in the brain during chronic exposure to nicotine.”
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Oct.
7
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John Imig, Ph.D
Department
of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Medical
College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee,
WI
Host:
Pin-Lan Li, M. D., Ph.D.
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“Cardiovascular
Protection by Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Inhaibition and
Expoxyeicosandiods”
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Oct.
21
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Dr.
Frederick Monsma, Jr.
Schering-Plough
Research Institute
Department
of New Lead Discovery
Kenilworth,
NJ
Host:
Dana Selley, Ph.D.
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"Cells
on Drugs: High Throughout Cellular Microscopy in Drug Discovery.”
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Nov.
4
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Candace
Floyd, Ph.D
University
of Alabama at Birmingham
Department
of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Birmingham,
AL
Host:
Kate Nicholson, Ph.D., D.V.M.
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“Estrogens
as protective agents in spinal cord injury”
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Nov.
11
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Kurt
Hauser, Ph. D
Virginia
Commonwealth University
Department
of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Richmond,
VA
Host:
Andrew Davies
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“Glia orchestrate the neurodegenerative response of
the CNS to opioid drug abuse and HIV-1”
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Dec.
2
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Robert W.
Williams Ph.D
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Department
of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Memphis,
TN
Host:
Mike Miles, M.D., Ph.D.
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“Large
Scale Analysis of Gene Expression in the CNS: A Rapidly Expanding
Collaborative Lanscape.”
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Dec.
16
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Edward
Schwartz, Ph. D
Albert
Enstein College of Medicine
Montefiore Medical
Center
Department
of Oncology
Bronx,
NY
Host:
David Gewirtz, Ph.D.
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“Inhabiting Angiogenesis and
Disrupting the vasculature in Tumors: A New Target for Microtubule –
Binding Drugs.”
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Jan.
13
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Candace
Johnson, Ph. D
Roswell
Park Cancer Institute
Department
of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Buffalo,
NY
Host:
David Gewirtz, Ph. D.
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“Epigenetic
Silencing of Endothelial Cells in the Tumor Microenvironment.”
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Jan.
27
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Marilyn
Carroll, Ph. D
Professor
University
of Minnesota
Host:
Patrick Beardsley, Ph. D.
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“Modeling
addiction-prone and resistant phenotypes in the animal laboratory.”
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Feb.
10
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Daniel McGehee, Ph. D
Associate
Professor
Department
of Anesthesia and Critical Care
University
of Chicago
Host:
Galya Abdrakhmanova,
Ph. D.
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“Excitating effects of nicotine in brain reward
areas.”
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Feb.
24
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Loren H.
Parsons, Ph. D
Associate
Professor
Committee
on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders
The
Scripps Research Institute
La
Jolla, CA
Host:
Aron Lichtman,
Ph.D.
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“TBA”
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Mar.
17
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George Koob, Ph. D
Sterling
Visiting Professor
The
Scripps Research Institute
LoJolla, CA
Host:
Lou Harris, Ph. D.
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“TBA”
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Mar.
31
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Al
Munson, Ph. D.
Director,
Health Effects Laboratory, NIOSH
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“TBA”
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April
14
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William
Carlezon, Ph. D
Associate
Professor of Psychiatry
McLean
Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Behavioral
Genetics Lab
Belmont,
MA
Host:
Steve Negus, Ph.D.
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“TBA”
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April
28
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Alan Gintzler, Ph. D
Professor
and Interim Chair,
Department
of Biochemistry
SUNY
Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn,
NY
Host:
Hamid Akbarali, Ph, D.
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“TBA”
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May
12
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Robert
Messing, M. D
Professor,
Associate Director
Ernest
Gallo Clinic and Research Center
University
of California, San Francisco
Emeryville,
CA
Host:
Mike Miles, M.D.,Ph.D.
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“TBA”
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