2013 Schedule
Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm unless othewise noted
Place: Maine Medical Center Research Institute
81 Research Drive, Scarborough
Conference rooms 1-2-3
Contact: Betsy Crocker crockb1@mmc.org (207) 396-8219
Tuesday, January 8
Xiangjian Zheng, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Cerebral Cavernous Malformation Signaling in Cardiovascular Development
January 10
Youn-Kyoung Lee, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Modeling Human Adipose Disorders Using Pluripotent Stem Cells
Tuesday, January 15
Ji Zhang, University of California, San Diego
Lost in Lipid Metabolism - Finding the Phosphatase in Mitochondria
January 17
Glenn Rowe, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Transcriptional Regulation of Metabolism in the Musculoskeletal System
Tuesday, January 22
Xiaochun Long, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Molecular Regulation of Smooth Muscle Differentiation
February 7
Brenda Lilly, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
Cell-cell Interationcs in Blood Vessel Formation: Notch Signaling and Beyond
April 4
Laurie McCauley, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, MI
Osteo-Macrophages and Anabolic Actions of PTH in Bone
April 11
Hong Chen, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
The Role of Endocytic Adaptor and Ubiquitin-Binding Protein Epsin in Vascular Development and Tumor Angiogenesis
April 18
Matthias Clauss, Indiana University School of Medicine, VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN
EMAPII, A Positive Feedback Loop Linking Tissue Destruction with Inflammation: Relevance for Lung Emphysema and Diabetic Retinopathy
May 9
Y. Peng Loh, National Institutes of Health
Carboxypeptidase E: A New Trophin in Neuronal Survival, Depression and Cancer
June 27
Ann Marie Schmidt, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY
RAGE & Signal Transduction - A Critical Axis in Diabetes Complications & the Inflammatory Response
October 17
Guillermo Oliver, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
October 24
Lisa Coussens, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR