Seminars 77:207 and 77:208 in Free Radical and Radiation Biology Schedule

Spring 2001

Contact: frederick-domann@uiowa.edu Tel 319-335-8018

January 18, 2001
Presenter: Dr. Garry Buettner
Title: "How I Write a Scientific Paper. Selling Your Data with Power Writing."

January 25, 2001
Presenter: Dr. Neal Weintraub, Dept. of Internal Medicine
Title: "H2O2 increases O2·- in vascular smooth muscle cells: a novel role for NAD(P)H oxidase in promoting cell death"

February 01, 2001
Presenter: Dr. Rebecca S. Hartley, Anatomy & Cell Biology
Title: "Translational control of the Cell Cycle" 

February 08, 2001
Presenter: Dr. Paul Dent, Medical College of Virginia
Title: "Cytoprotective signaling via the TGF-a - EGFR - MAPK module"

February 15, 2001
Presenter: Jianfang Hu
Title: "Oxidative Stress and Aging in Primary Rat Hepatocyte"

February 22, 2001
FRRB-debate: (For: Larry, Garry, and Christine; Against: Doug, Rick, and Hannah; Moderator: Prabhat) A loss in MnSOD activity is THE fundamental defect in neoplastic transformation

March 01, 2001
Presenter: Ying Zhang
Title: "Suppression of the malignant phenotpe of human glioma cells by overexpession of copper zinc superoxide dismutase"

March 08, 2001
Presenter: Jun Luo
Title: "PDT Induces the Expression of AP-2"

March 15, 2001
Spring Break

March 22, 2001
Presenter: Dr. David Price, Dept. of Biochemistry
Title: "Positive and Negative Factors Controlling Elongation by RNA Polymerase II"

March 27, 2001
Presenter: Chun-hong Zhu
Title: "Dominant Negative Interference of AP-2 Transcription Factor Leads to Alterations in the Expression of Cancer-Related Genes"

March 29, 2001
Presenter: Chandrashekhar Korgaonkar, Dept. of Pharmacology
Title: "Identification of Functional Domains within the ARF Tumor Suppressor Protein "

April 05, 2001
Presenter: Dr. Mike McCormick, Div. Infectious Diseases
Title: "Biological Effects of Menadione: Biochemistry vs. Photochemistry"

April 12, 2001
Presenter: Tongrong He
Title: "Role of Ref-1 in the Redox-Regulation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation Induced by PDGF-BB"

April 19, 2001
Presenter: Eric Kelly
Title: "The Role(s) for Nitric Oxide in Photodynamic Therapy"

April 26, 2001
Radiation Research Meeting. No meeting

May 03, 2001
Presenter: Nick Khoo
Title: "Mechanisms Governing Catalase Expression: A Role for Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors?"