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February, 2009:

February 4: MPB Seminar.
Aberrant DNA Methylation is Associated with High Serum Persistent Organic Pollutant Levels in Greenlandic Inuit, from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. in Lecture Room A. Presented by Jennifer A. Rusiecki, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Preventive Medicine & Biometrics, USU.

February 4: Faculty Senate Mentoring Committee.
Meeting at 2:00 p.m. in Room B3079.

February 4: MCB Seminar.
Biology of AAV Transduction: Applications in Gene Therapy, at 3:30 p.m. in Lecture Room A. Presented by John A. Chiorini, PhD, Senior Investigator, Adeno-Associated Virus Biology Section, Molecular Physiology & Therapeutics Branch, NIDCR/NIH. Seminar Host - Dr. Gabriela Dveksler, 295-3332.

February 4: MPS Seminar.
Aberrant DNA Methylation is Associated with High Serum Persistent Organic Pollutant Levels in Greenlandic Inuit, from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. in Lecture Room A. Presented by Jennifer A. Rusiecki, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Preventive Medicine & Biometrics, USU.

February 5: LRC Training.
EndNote Basics, from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. in the LRC Classroom. Registration Information. For further questions, please contact Jeffrey Prater at the LRC (301)319-4039.

February 5: LRC Training.
Advanced EndNote Q&A, from 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. in the LRC Classroom. Registration Information. For further questions, please contact Jeffrey Prater at the LRC (301)319-4039.

February 5: PHA Seminar.
Wiring the Brain: Asymmetric Signaling in the Growth Cone, at 11:30 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. in Lecture Room F. Presented by Christopher Quinn, Ph.D., Department of Pathology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

February 6: PMB Seminar.
Energy and Climate Change Impacts on Public Health and National Security, from 10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. in Lecture Room D. Presented by Peter T. LaPuma, PhD, PE, CIH.

February 6: MCB Seminar.
Biology of AAV Transduction: Applications in Gene Therapy, at 3:30 p.m. in Lecture Room A. Presented by John A. Chiorini, PhD, Senior Investigator, Adeno-Associated Virus Biology Section, Molecular Physiology & Therapeutics Branch, NIDCR/NIH. Seminar Host - Dr. Gabriela Dveksler, 295-3332

February 6: AFRRI Seminar.
Delta tocotrienol as a radiation countermeasure, at 11:00 a.m. in AFRRI Conference Room. Presented by Venkataraman Srinivasan, PhD, Research Biologist, Radiation Countermeasure Program, AFRRI. For more information, contact Dr. Vijay K. Singh at 301-295-2347, or via email at singh@afrri.usuhs.mil.

February 9: MIC Seminar.
Adjuvants and Formulations to Augment the Immunogenicity of Nasally-Administered Vaccines, from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. in Lecture Room B. Presented by Dr. Herman Staats, Professor, Department of Pathology, Duke University.

February 9: MPS Seminar.
Traumatic Brain Injury Overview: Mechanisms and Sequelae in the era of OIF/OEF, at 12:00 a.m. in Room A2053. Presented by Wendy A. Law, Ph.D., Clinical Neuropsychologist, Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, Department of Neurology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

February 11: PMB Seminar.
Why Are My Fingertips Blue? Rethinking 65 Years of Hypoxia Training in the U.S. Military, from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. in Lecture Room A. Presented by Anthony R. Artino, Jr., Ph.D., CAsP, Lieutenant Commander, MSC, U.S. Navy, Assistant Professor, Performance Improvement & Learning Technologies (PILeT) Lab Division of Occupational & Environmental Health Sciences Department of Preventive Medicine & Biometrics, USU.

February 11: NES Seminar.
Astrocyte Synaptic Dysfunction in Neurodegeneration-Mechanisms & Target for Therapy, at 3:30 p.m. in Lecture Room A. Presented by Jeffrey Rothstein, MD, PhD, Professor, Neurology & Neuroscience, Director, Robert Packard Center for ALS Research, Director, Brain Science Institute-NeuroTranslational Program Johns Hopkins University.

February 12: Pediatric Grand Rounds.
Seafood Deficient Diets and Adverse Neuropsychiatric Outcomes, at 7:45 a.m. in Lecture Room C. Presented by Joseph R. Hibbeln, M.D., CAPT, USPHS, Acting Chief, Section on Nutritional Neurochemistry, Laboratory of Membrane Biophysics and Biochemistry, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health.

February 12: PHA Seminar.
Imaging CFTR Interactions and Structure, at 11:30 a.m. in Lecture Room F. Presented by Peter Haggie, Ph.D., Department of Medicine, University of California.

February 13: AFRRI Seminar.
Cytogenetic biodosimetry at the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, at 11:00 a.m. in AFRRI Conference Room. Presented by Pataje G.S. Prasanna, PhD, Research Biologist, AFRRI. For more information, contact Dr. Vijay K. Singh at 301-295-2347, or via email at singh@afrri.usuhs.mil.

February 18: PMB Seminar.
Military Tropical Medicine: Education at Home and Abroad, from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. in Lecture Room A. Presented by David Brett-Major, MD, MPH, LCDR, MC, USN, Assistant Professor, Director, Military Tropical Medicine Course, Preventive Medicine Biometrics, USU.

February 18: MCB Seminar.
Novel Signaling in Cancer Cells and Development of Targeted Therapy, at 3:30 p.m. in Lecture Room A. Presented by Mien-Chie Hung, PhD, Professor & Chair, Molecular & Cellular Oncology, Professor, Surgical Oncology, Director, Breast Cancer Basic Research Program, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

February 19: PHA Seminar.
Small Icosahedral Viruses Interacting With Host Proteins: A Structural Study of Receptor Usage, Antigenicity and Antibody Neutralization, at 11:30 a.m. in Lecture Room F. Presented by Susan Hafenstein, Ph.D., Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University.

February 19: PAT Seminar.
Age-Related Neurodegenerative Disorders: Lessons from the Western Pacific, at 12:00 p.m. in Room G252. Presented by Daniel P. Perl, M.D., Professor of Pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Director, Neuropathology Division, Mount Sinai Medical Center.

February 20: AFRRI Seminar.
Radiation countermeasure studies with tocols, at 11:00 a.m. in AFRRI Conference Room. Presented by K.S. Kumar, PhD, Research Chemist, Radiation Countermeasures, AFRRI. For more information, contact Dr. Vijay K. Singh at 301-295-2347, or via email at singh@afrri.usuhs.mil.

February 20: EID Seminar.
Systems Genetics Approach for the Unbiased Discovery of Host Genes and Pathways Modulating Susceptibility and Outcomes in Infectious and Other Diseases, at 1:00 p.m. in Lecture Room B. Presented by Malak Kotb, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

February 23: MPS Seminar.
The Impact of Family Environment on Disordered Eating in Obese Adolescents, at 12:00 p.m. in Room A2053. Presented by David A. Ross, M.A., CPT, USA, Graduate Student, Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, USU.

February 24: Faculty Senate Winter Assembly.
Meeting from 11:45 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. in Lecture Hall D.

February 25: NES Seminar.
The Monogamous Male Brain, at 3:30 p.m. in Lecture Room A. Presented by Zuoxin Wang, PhD, Professor Psychology & Neuroscience Program, Florida State University Tallahassee, FL. Neuroscience Seminars are presented by the USUHS Neuroscience Program, and is open to all. For more information, contact Tina Finley, 301-295-3642 or nfinley@usuhs.mil. Parking is available under the Medical School. Seminar Poster.

February 25: PMB Seminar.
Neglected or Unimportant?: Impact of An. gambiae plant-feeding behavior and malaria transmission, from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. in Lecture Room A. Presented by Hortance Manda, Ph.D., Post Doctoral Researcher,Division of Tropical Public Health, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, USU.

February 25: SUR (Distinguished Lecturer) Seminar.
The fine art and science of colon and rectal surgery, at 4:00 p.m. in the Sanford Auditorium. Presented by Dr. David Rothenberger from the University of Minnesota.

February 27: AFRRI Seminar.
Combined injury: treatment and radiation dose determination challenges., at 11:00 a.m. in AFRRI Conference Room. Presented by G. David Ledney, PhD, Research Biologist, Radiation Combined Injury Program, AFRRI. For more information, contact Dr. Vijay K. Singh at 301-295-2347, or via email at singh@afrri.usuhs.mil.

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