Seminars Oct 2011 - June 2012




Seminars are held Fridays 12:30-1:30pm in K069 unless otherwise noted




February 2012

February 3rd 2012
     John McPherson, PhD
     Genome Technologies Director
     Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

February 10th 2012
     Stanley Fields, PhD
     Professor, Medical Genetics and Genome Sciences

February 17th 2012
     "Emerging RNA Interference-based Gene Silencing Therapy for Dominant Genetic Disease of Muscle"
     Joel Chamberlain, PhD
     Research Assistant Professor, Medical Genetics

February 24th 2012
     "A Tale of Two Exomes: Familial Dyskinesia with Facial Myokymia X-Linked Parkinsonian Syndrome"
     Wendy Raskind, MD, PhD
     Professor, Medicine/Medical Genetics and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

     Olena Korvatska, PhD
     Research Scientist, Medical Genetics



March 2012

March 2nd 2012
     Diane Genereux, PhD
     Research Associate, Department of Biology

March 9th 2012
     Heather Mefford, MD, PhD
     Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - Genetic Medicine

March 16th 2012
     Andre Lieber, PhD
     Professor, Medical Genetics

March 23rd 2012
     William Catterall, PhD
     Chair and Professor
     Department of Pharmacology

March 30th 2012
     David Emery, PhD
     Research Associate Professor, Medical Genetics



April 2012

April 6th 2012
     Faculty meeting/No Seminar

April 13th 2012
     Russell Van Gelder, MD, PhD
     Boyd K. Bucey Professor and Chair
     Department of Ophthalmology

April 20th 2012
     Robb MacLellan, MD
     Robert A. Bruce Professor of Medicine
     Head, Division of Cardiology

April 27th 2012
     Konstantin Doronin, PhD
     Acting Assistant Professor, Medical Genetics



May 2012

May 4th 2012
     Brian Browning, PhD
     Associate Professor, Medical Genetics

May 11th 2012
     David Hawkins, PhD
     Assistant Professor, Medical Genetics and Genome Sciences

May 18th 2012
     Wan-Fen Li, PhD
     Acting Instructor, Medical Genetics

May 25th 2012
     Clem Furlong, PhD
     Professor, Medical Genetics



June 2012

June 1st 2012
     David Valle, MD
     Henry J. Knott Professor and Director of the Institute of Genetic Medicine
     John Hopkins University

June 8th 2012
     Faculty meeting/No Seminar

June 15th 2012
     "Cardiovascular Genetics: Care of the Patient and Family"
     Sponsored by: Genetic Medicine Clinic

June 22nd 2012
     "Medical Genetics in Vietnam: Strategies for Program Development in an Emerging Country"
     Kathleen Leppig, MD
     Chief, Genetic Services
     Group Health Cooperative

June 29th 2012
     TBD