2013 Seminars

Date/Time/Location	Speaker	Title
11 January, Friday 9 a.m. Seminar Durham Research Center 1002	Qingsheng Li, PhD University of Nebraska Lincoln Host: Tony Wilson, PhD	"Mucosal Transmission of HIV-1 and Its Prevention"
18 January, Friday Rescheduled for March 29th 9 a.m. Seminar Durham Research Center 1002	Tadeusz Wysocki, PhD University of Nebraska Lincoln Host: Tony Wilson, PhD	"Modeling biological processes using communication protocols"
25 January, Friday 9 a.m. Seminar Durham Research Center 1002	Anumantha Kanthasamy, PhD Iowa State University Host: Lee Mosley, PhD	"Novel Oxidative Signaling in Dopaminergic Neurodegeneration and Translational Strategies"
1 February, Friday 9 a.m. Seminar Durham Research Center 1002	Gang Zhang Graduate Student Mentor: Howard E. Gendelman, MD Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience	"Enhanced nanoART therapy by a new adjuvant drug URMC-099"
8 February, Friday 9 a.m. Seminar Durham Research Center 1002	Jennifer Black, PhD Eppley Host: Myron Toews, PhD	"New insights into the regulation of protein kinase C"
15 February, Friday 9 a.m. Seminar Durham Research Center 1002	Yi Wang Graduate Student Mentor: Tianyzi Li Graduate Student Mentor: Howard E. Gendelman	"Glutaminase 1 is essential for the survival, differentiation, and proliferation of neural progenitor cells" "Small magnetite containing antiretroviral therapy particle for drug delivery to HIV reservoir"
22 February, Friday 9 a.m. Seminar Durham Research Center 1002	Tian C. Zhang, PhD, PE University of Nebraska Lincoln Host: Tony Wilson, PhD	"Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Carbon-Nanotube Nanosensors: Principles and Biomolecular Applications"
1 March, Friday 9 a.m. Seminar Durham Research Center 1002	Jianxun Xia Graduate Student Mentor: Huangui Xiong, MD., PhD	"Co-morbid effects of Methamphetamine and HIV gp120 on NMDA receptor-associated neuronal hyperpolarization in rat hippocampal slices"
8 March, Friday 9 a.m. Seminar Durham Research Center 1002	Norman Haughey, PhD Johns Hopkins University Host: Huangui Xiong, MD., PhD	"Molecular and Transgenic Approaches to Unravel the Mechanisms for Altered Amyloid Handling in the Setting of HIV-infection"
15 March, Friday 9 a.m. Seminar Durham Research Center 1002	Ariel Burns Graduate Student Mentor: Pawel Ciborowski, PhD Aditya Bade Graduate Student Mentor: Howard E. Gendelman, MD	"Histone Deacetylase1 (HDAC1) Deregulation in HIV-1-Infected Macrophages Exposed to Methamphetamine" "Inflammation and MEMRI Signal Enhancement
29 March, Friday 9 a.m. Seminar Durham Research Center 1002	Tadeusz Wysocki, PhD University of Nebraska Lincoln Host: Tony Wilson, PhD	"Modeling biological processes using communication protocols"
9 April, Tuesday 9 a.m. Seminar Durham Research Center 1002	Staci Bilbo, PhD Duke University Host: PEN Graduate Students
12 April, Friday 9 a.m. Seminar Durham Research Center 1002	Phil Purnell Graduate Student Mentor: Howard Fox, PhD Xiaohuan Xia Graduate Student Mentor: Iqbal Ahmad, PhD
19 April, Friday 9 a.m. Seminar Durham Research Center 1002	Adrian Epstein Graduate Student Host: Mike Boska, PhD
26 April, Friday 9 a.m. Seminar Durham Research Center 1002	Max Kurz, PhD Munroe Meyer Host: Tony Wilson, PhD
3 May, Friday 9 a.m. Seminar Durham Research Center 1002	Andrew Tager, MD Harvard University Host: Larisa Poluektova, PhD and Myron Toews, PhD	"General topic is mice with humanized immune system"
9 May, Thursday 9 a.m. Seminar Durham Research Center 1002	Amrita Datta Chaudhuri Dissertation Defense Graduate Student Mentor: Howard Fox, PhD
10 May, Friday 9 a.m. Seminar Durham Research Center 1002	Arthi Kanthasamy, PhD Iowa State University Host: Dan Monaghan, PhD
17 May, Friday 9 a.m. Seminar Durham Research Center 1002	Andrea Martinez-Skinner Graduate Student Host: Howard E. Gendelman, MD
24 May, Friday 9 a.m. Seminar Durham Research Center 1002	Olimpia Meucci, MD., PhD Drexel University Host: Shilpa Buch, PhD
31 May, Friday 9 a.m. Seminar Durham Research Center 1002	Nicky Haverland Graduate Student Host: