National Institutes of Health
Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series

March 2012

Dr. HandelsmanSpecial Thursday Lecture
March 1, 2012 at 3 p.m. in Masur Auditorium
Dr.
Jo Handelsman
“Phalanx or Traitor? Impact of Gut Microbial Communities on Insect Health”

Jo Handelsman, Ph.D., the Frederick Phineas Rose Professor at Yale University and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, will present “Phalanx or Traitor? Impact of Gut Microbial Communities on Insect Health,” on Thursday, March 1, 2012. The lecture can be viewed via videocast.

Dr. Tomic-CanicWednesday, March 7, 2012 at 3 p.m. in Masur Auditorium
Dr
. Marjana Tomic-Canic
"Wizardry of Tissue Repair and Regeneration: A Tale of Skin Cells When Their Magic Is All But Gone"

Marjana Tomic-Canic, Ph.D., R.N., Professor of Dermatology and Director of the Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, will present "Wizardry of Tissue Repair and Regeneration: A Tale of Skin Cells When Their Magic Is All But Gone," on Wednesday, March 7, 2012. The lecture can be viewed via videocast.

Dr. FathmanWednesday, March 14, 2012 at 3 p.m. in Masur Auditorium
Dr. C. Garrison Fathman

"Understanding Peripheral Tolerance and Autoimmune Disease"

C. Garrison Fathman, M.D., Professor in the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology at Stanford University, will present "Understanding Peripheral Tolerance and Autoimmune Disease," on Wednesday, March 14, 2012. The lecture can be viewed via videocast.

Dr. DiMauroWednesday, March 21, 2012 at 3 p.m. in Masur Auditorium
Dr.
Salvatore DiMauro
"Mitochondrial DNA: Prometheus's Gift or Pandora's Box?"

Salvatore DiMauro, M.D., The Lucy G. Moses Professor of Neurology at Columbia University Medical Center, will present "Mitochondrial DNA: Prometheus's Gift or Pandora's Box?," on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. The lecture can be viewed via videocast.

Dr. Abdool KarimSpecial Thursday Lecture
Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 3 p.m. in Masur Auditorium
Dr. Quarraisha Abdool Karim

"Tenofovir Gel: New Hope for HIV Prevention in Women"

Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Clinical Epidemiology at Columbia University, Adjunct Professor in Public Health at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, and Associate Director of the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, will present "Tenofovir Gel: New Hope for HIV Prevention in Women," on Thursday, March 22, 2012. The lecture can be viewed via videocast.

Dr. PicciottoWednesday, March 28, 2012 at 3 p.m. in Masur Auditorium
Dr. Marina Picciotto

"What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Fatter: Neurobiological Mechanisms Underlying Effects of Nicotine on Addiction and Appetite"

Marina Picciotto, Ph.D., the Charles B.G. Murphy Professor in Psychiatry, and Professor of Pharmacology and Neurobiology at Yale University, will present "What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Fatter: Neurobiological Mechanisms Underlying Effects of Nicotine on Addiction and Appetite," on Wednesday, March 28, 2012. The lecture can be viewed via videocast.

 

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