NIDCR's seminar series is designed to highlight advances in basic and applied research most likely to benefit medical practice in the future. Series talks focus on research topics of broad interest to the NIH community. All lectures are held in the Lipsett Amphitheater, Bldg. 10, on the NIH campus.
Upcoming Lectures:
September 15, 2009 at 12:30 PM
Michael Karin
University of California, San Diego
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of inflammation and cancer
Lecture Title: Control of Tumor Promotion and Metastatic Progression by Inflammatory Signaling
See description of Dr. Karin's lecture
September 30, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Jane Lian
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Epigenetic control of skeletal development
Past Lectures:
March 18, 2009 at 2:30 PM
David Sidransky
John Hopkins University
Molecular basis of head and neck and lung carcinogenesis; particular interest in molecular alterations in premalignant lesions, genetic instability, and mitochondrial dysregulation, development of diagnostic tests for early detection
May 21, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Sean C. Mackey
Department of Anesthesia
Stanford University School of Medicine
Imaging of pain especially the spinal cord, neuropathic pain, real time fMRI in feedback control of pain sensation
Lecture Title: The Strain in Pain Lies Mainly in the Brain: What Have We Learned from the Neuroimaging of Pain?
See description of Dr. Mackey's lecture
June 12, 2009 at 2:00 PM
David Mooney
Harvard University
Engineering cell-biomaterials interactions for tissue healing and regeneration
Lecture Title: Materials to Regulate Cell Trafficking In Vivo: From Regeneration to Immunotherapies
See description of Dr. Mooney's lecture