Seminar 77:207 in Free Radical and Radiation Biology Schedule

Fall 2012

Contact: garry-buettner@uiowa.edu Tel 319-335-8015

Scheduled Seminars for Fall 2012:

August 23, 2012
Presenter: Dr. Garry R. Buettner
Title: “Writing for Publication: How I Write a Scientific Paper”

August 30, 2012
Presenter: Mitchell Coleman
Title: “Sirtuin 3 is a critical regulator of liver superoxide metabolism during early and late effects of whole body irradiation”

September 6, 2012
In lieu of our seminar, we will be attending the Human Toxicology Seminar, on Friday, September 7, 2012 at 10:30am in 283 EMRB
Presenter: David Murhammer, PhD
Title: “Oxidative Stress Caused by the Viral Infection of Insect Cell Cultures”
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, College of Engineering,
The University of Iowa

September 13, 2012
Presenter: Dr. Douglas R. Spitz
Title:  “Follow the electrons: An integrated approach to understanding the relationship between metabolism, signal transduction, and gene expression”

September 20, 2012
Presenter: Kristin Plichta, Postdoc Candidate
Title: “Mammary Epithelial Cell Subtype-Specific Analysis of Ras Pathway Activation”

September 27, 2012
Presenter:  Dr. Prabhat Goswami
Title: “Redox Reactions and Oxidative Stress Response”

October 4, 2012
Presenter:  No FRRB Seminar due to RRS Conference

October 11, 2012
Presenter: Dr. Victor Darley-Usmar, Professor, University of Alabama Birmingham, Dept of Pathology
Title: “Revising the Oxidative Stress Paradigm; Implications for therapeutics and mechanisms of disease”

October 18, 2012
In lieu of our seminar, we will be attending the Human Toxicology Seminar, on Friday, October 19, 2012 at 10:30am in 283 EMRB
Presenter:  William Sivitz, MD
Title: “Mitochondria and Diabetes, New Insight”
Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa

October 25, 2012 NOTE Time and Place
Presenter: Jo Anne Powell-Coffman, Ph.D.
Professor of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology
Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Title:  “Adapting to hypoxia: Genetic analyses in C. elegans”

Thursday, October 25, 2012
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. 1289 CBRB

November 1, 2012
Presenter:  Cameron Cushing
Title: “Predicting plasma ascorbate levels upon infusion and biochemical considerations for G6PD deficient patients”

November 8, 2012
SFRBM Practice Talks
Presenter: Jeffrey He
Title: “Redox Regulation of the Macrophage Phenotype Modulates Pulmonary Fibrosis”

Presenter: Susan Jiang
Title: “Nox1 NADPH Oxidase Is Necessary for Late, But Not Early, Ischemic Preconditioning Against Myocardial Infarction in Mice”

Presenter: Jen Streeter
Title: “Nox1 phosphorylation in cardiovascular disease”

November 15, 2012
Annual SFRBM Meeting, San Diego, CA– NO SEMINAR

November 22, 2012
THANKSGIVING, NO SEMINAR

November 29, 2012
Presenter:  Kelley Salem
Title: “Understanding therapy resistance in multiple myeloma: A look at NF-kB, IL-6, and MnSOD interactions”

December 6, 2012
In lieu of our seminar, we will be attending the Human Toxicology Seminar, on
Friday, December 7, 2012 at 10:30am in 2117 MERF
Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona
Presenter:  Bernard Futscher Ph.D.,
Title: “Epigenomic Responses to Environmental Arsenicals”