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_____ Fall 1999 Seminar Schedule _____ 

All seminars will be held on Thursdays at 4:00 PM in room MSB 2.024 unless otherwise noted.


September 16, 1999
David McConkey, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Cancer Biology
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Title:
Protease activation in thymocyte apoptosis.


September 23, 1999
Donald Molony, M.D., Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine - Renal Diseases and Hypertension
University of Texas Houston Health Science Center
Houston, TX
Title:
Nephrotoxicity of environmental pesticides.


September 30, 1999
Marvin Meistrich, Ph.D., Ashbel Smith Professor of Experimental Radiation Oncology
Department of Experimental Radiotherapy
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Title:
Reversal of toxicant-induced spermatogonial arrest by suppression of testosterone.


October 7, 1999
Honnavara N. Ananthaswamy, Ph.D., Professor and Chairman ad Interim
Department of Immunology
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Title:
Mechanisms in psoralen and UVA-induced cell death and skin cancer.


October 14, 1999
Laurie Owen-Schaub, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Immunology
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Title:
Fas and fas ligand: Sensors of DNA damage critical for ultraviolet-induced tumor formation and progression.


October 21, 1999
Willem J. S. de Villiers, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology
University of Kentucky Medical Center
Lexington, KY
Title:
Macrophage scavenger receptors and foam cell formation.


October 28, 1999
Manjeri A. Venkatachalam, M.B, B.S, Professor of Pathology and Medicine
Department of Pathology
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Title:
Non-apoptotic and apoptotic mechanisms of hypoxic cell death.


November 4, 1999
Ronald B. Tjalkens, Ph.D., Research Associate
Department of Environmental Health Sciences - Toxicology
University of Michigan Medical Center
Ann Arbor, MI
Title:
Role of the mitochondrial permeability transition in neurotoxicity.


November 11, 1999
Paul Foster, Ph.D., Program Director
Endocrine, Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology
Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology
Research Triangle Park, NC, (Hosted by Marvin Meistrich, Ph.D.)
Title:
The endocrine disrupting effects of phthalate esters on male reproductive development: or, You're not half the man your father was!


Tuesday
November 30, 1999
MSB 3.001
Ken Olden, Ph.D., Director
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Research Triangle Park, NC (Hosted by Lovell Jones, Ph.D.)
Title:
Improving public health through environmental health research.


 

 

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