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Date/Time & Location	*Guest*	*Affiliation*	*Seminar Title*	*Host*
9/12/05 12:00pm Levin Hall Classroom 3.320	Wlodek M. Bujalowski, Ph.D. http://www.hbcg. utmb.edu/faculty /bujalowski/ index.html	Professor, Department of Human Biological Chemistry & Genetics; Professor, Sealy Center for Structural Biology; Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Member, Sealy Center for Cancer Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TX	“Kinetic Mechanism of Double Stranded DNA Unwinding Catalyzed by A Helicase”	Internal
9/19/05 12:00pm Levin Hall Classroom 3.320	Santosh Kumar, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TX	“Use of Directed Evolution of Mammalian Cytochromes P450 for Investigating the Molecular Basis of Enzyme Function and Generating Novel Biocatalysts”	Internal
10/10/05 12:00pm Levin Hall Classroom 3.320	Dina Cappiello	Environment Writer Houston Chronicle 801 Texas Ave. Houston, TX 77002	“The story behind the story: How the Houston Chronicle uncovered toxic air pollution”	John Sullivan
10/17/05 12:00pm Levin Hall Classroom 3.320	Jingwu Xie, Ph.D. http://www. utmb.edu/ scccb/Xie.htm	Assistant Professor Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TX	“Molecular Basis of Hedgehog Signaling Activation in Human Cancer”	Internal
10/24/05 12:00pm Levin Hall Classroom 3.320	Melissa Bondy, Ph.D.	Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Director of the Center for Childhood Cancer and Prevention at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX	“Mano a Mano - Mexican-American Cohort Study”	Dr. J. Ward
10/31/05 12:00pm BSB Auditorium 2.212	John E. Casida, Ph.D. http://nst.berkeley. edu/index.php?option=com_ content&task= view&id=65	Professor, Environmental Chemical Toxicology Lab at Berkeley University of California, Berkeley, CA	“Molecular Toxicology of Cholinergic Insecticides”	Dr. S. Ansari
Date/Time & Location	*Guest*	*Affiliation*	*Seminar Title*	*Host*
11/07/05 12:00pm Levin Hall Classroom 3.320	Bhagavatula Moorthy, Ph.D. http://www. neonate.net/ faculty/moorthy. htm	Associate Professor of Pediatrics–Neonatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX	“Mechanisms of Regulation of Cytochrome P450 A Enzymes By Hyperoxia: Implications for Hyperoxic Lung Injury”	Dr. F. Khan
11/14/05 12:00pm Levin Hall Classroom 3.320	Harvey Pollard, M.D. http://www. usuhs.mil/nes/ pollard.htm	Professor and Chair Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics USU School of Medicine (USUHS) 4301 Jones Bridge Road Bethesda, MD. 20814	“Proteomic Mechanisms for Inflammation in Cystic Fibrosis”	Dr. A. Brasier
11/21/05 12:00pm Levin Hall Classroom 3.320	David Christiani, Ph.D. http://www.hsph. harvard.edu/ facres/chrstn.html	Professor of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology in the Faculty of Public Health; Professor of Medicine, Harvard School of Public Health 665 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115	“Genetic Susceptibility to Lung Cancer”	Sherif Abdel-Rahman, Ph.D.
11/28/05 12:00pm Levin Hall Classroom 3.320	Xiaoming Hu, Ph.D.	Post-Doctoral Fellow HBC&G-RESEARCH	“IL-1 Activation of NF-kB Contributes to Perinatal Hypoxia/Ischemia Induced Cell Death”	Internal
12/05/05 12:00pm Levin Hall Classroom 3.320	Thomas A. Gasiewicz, Ph.D. http://www2. envmed.rochester. edu/envmed/tox/ faculty/ gasiewicz.html	Professor and Chair, Dept. of Environmental Medicine University of Rochester, Medical Center, Rochester, NY	“Role of the Ah Receptor Hematopoiesis”	Dr. J. Halpert
12/12/05 12:00pm Levin Hall Classroom 3.320	Lauren Aleksunes, Ph.D.	Graduate Student, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Univ. of Connecticut, School of Pharmacy, Stoors, CT	“Regulation of Hepatic Transporters During Chemical-Induced Injury”	Dr. M. Moslen
Date/Time & Location	*Guest*	*Affiliation*	*Seminar Title*	*Host*
01/09/06 12:00p.m. Levin Hall Classroom 3.320	Nathan Cherrington, Ph.D. http://toxtraining. pharmacy.arizona. edu/faculty_pages/ cherrington.html	Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ	“Xenobiotic Transporters and Chemical Modulation of Hepatic Function”	Dr. M. Moslen
01/23/06 12:00pm Levin Hall Classroom 3.320	Stokes Peebles, MD https:// phonedirectory. vanderbilt.edu/ cdb/index.jsp?action=list	Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Allergy/Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN	“Cyclooxygenase Regulation of Allergic Inflammation”	Dr. A. Brasier
01/30/06 12:00pm Levin Hall Classroom 3.320	Ben Van Houten, Ph.D. http://dir.niehs. nih.gov/dirlmg/ drmd/home.htm	Chief, Program Analysis Branch & Investigator in the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, NIEHS, Triangle Park, NC 27709	Iron, reactive oxygen, mitochondrial DNA damage, and telomerase: what are the connections?	Dr. S. Mitra
02/06/06 12:00pm Levin Hall Classroom 3.320	Rodney S. Nairn, Ph.D. http://sciencepark. mdanderson.org/ documents/ rnairn/nairn.html	University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX	“Overlapping Roles of MMR and NER Components in Homologous Recombination in Mammalian Cells”	Dr. S. Mitra
Date/Time & Location	*Guest*	*Affiliation*	*Seminar Title*	*Host*
03/06/06 12:00pm Levin Hall Classroom 3.320	Robert O. Fox, Ph.D. http://www.hbcg. utmb.edu/ faculty/fox/	Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TX	"Structural Biology of E. coli Stress Proteins"	Internal
03/13/06 12:00pm Levin Hall Classroom 3.320	Paul Doetsch, Ph.D. http://www. biochem.emory. edu/cgi-bin/ people/ detail_faculty?id=medpwd	Professor Emory University Department of Biochemistry, Atlanta, GA	“Transcriptional Mutagenesis in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes”	Dr. S. Mitra
03/20/06 12:00pm Levin Hall Classroom 3.320	James Stoops, Ph.D. and Hong Zhou, Ph.D. http://dpalm.med. uth.tmc.edu/ faculty/bios/ stoops/stoops.htm	Professor of Pathology Department of Pathology (Stoops) and Assoc. Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Zhou) University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX	“Structural Studies of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complexes by Electron Imaging”	Dr. J. Lee
03/27/06 12:00pm Levin Hall Classroom 3.320	Arthur I. Cederbaum, Ph.D. http://directory. mssm.edu/ faculty/facultyInfo. php?id=7683 &deptid=30	Professor, Pharmacology & Biological Chemistry Mount Sinai School of Med. New York, NY	“CYP2E1-Dependent Oxidative Stress and Liver Cell Injury”	Dr. B. Kaphalia
04/10/06 12:00pm Levin Hall Classroom 3.320	Tapas K. Hazra, Ph.D. http://www.hbcg. utmb.edu/ faculty/hazra/	Post Doctoral Fellow, Sealy Center for Molecular Science, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TX	“Is transcription-associated repair of oxidized bases in mammalian genomes a distinct sub pathway of base excision repair?”	Internal
04/17/06 12:00pm Levin Hall Classroom 3.320	Stephen Sarabia, Ph.D. http://www.bcm. edu/medicine/ thrombosis.htm	Postdoc Fellow-PHD Medicine-Thrombosis Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX	"Estrogens and human platelet function"	Dr. M. Moslen
Date/Time & Location	*Guest*	*Affiliation*	*Seminar Title*	*Host*
05/01/06 12:00pm Levin Hall Classroom 3.320	George Delclos, MD, MPH http://www.uth. tmc.edu/uths/ staff.html	Southwest Center for Occupational & Environmental, University. of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, TX	“Update on Asthma in the Workplace”	Dr. E. Brooks
05/08/06 12:00pm Levin Hall Classroom 3.320	Susan P. LeDoux, Ph.D., Professor & Vice Chair http://southmed. usouthal.edu/ com/scb/ ledoux.htm	University of South Alabama College of Med. Dept. of Cell Biology & Neurosciences Mobile, AL	“Consequences of Targeting DNA Repair Enzymes to the Mitochondria”	Dr. S. Mitra
05/15/06 12:00pm Clinical Science Auditorium Room 362	Edward Dennis, Ph.D., http://cobra. ucsd.edu/	Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacology Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California at San Diego La Jolla, CA 92093-0601	“The LIPID MAPS Approach to Eicosanoid Lipidomics”	Dr. S. Ansari
05/22/06 12:00pm Levin Hall Classroom 3.320	Kristen Mitchell, Ph.D.	Post-Doctoral Fellow Dept. of Pharmacology University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TX	“Role of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Activity During Liver Regeneration”	Dr. Moslen

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Environmental Health Science Seminar Series Archive

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