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2011 - 2012
LIB-110 from Noon - 1:00 PM on Thursdays unless indicated differently below
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 Speaker: Iok-Hou Pang, Ph.D. (November 8, 2012) CBAN 5120
Seminar Title : JNK Inhibitors for Glaucoma Neuroprotection
Dr. Pang is a Professor and Dean of the College of Pharmacy at the UNT Health Science Center.
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 Speaker: Vinod Labhasewetar, Ph.D. (October 18, 2012) CBAN 5140
Seminar Title : Nanomedicine: Basic to translational
Dr. Labhasetwar is staff member in the Department of Biomedical Engineering (ND20) at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute.
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 Speaker: Shao-Jun Tang, Ph.D. (October 11, 2012) CBAN 5140
Seminar Title : Pathological Mechanisms of HIV-1-Associated Chronic Pain
Dr. Tang is an assistant professor in the Department of Neuroscience & Cell Biology at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
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 Speaker: Sidas Nair, Ph.D. (October 4, 2012) CBAN 5120
Seminar Title : Unraveling the Genetic Complexity of Glaucoma
Dr. Nair is an associate research scientist at the Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME.
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 Speaker: Jian Fu, Ph.D. (August 23, 2012) CBAN 5140
Seminar Title : Protective Role of Sirt1 against Lung Coagulation, Inflammation and Injury
Dr. Fu is an associate professor in the Biomedical Research Center at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler.
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Speaker: Xiuhua Dong, Ph.D. (Monday, August 13, 2012)
Seminar Title : Structural basis for leucine-rich nuclear export signal recognition by CRM1
Dr. Xiuhua is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas Southwest Medical Center.
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 Speaker: Bassel E. Sawaya, Ph.D. (June 21, 2012) CBAN 5140
Seminar Title : HIV-1 and miRNAs: Role and Impact on Neuronal functions
Dr. Sawaya is an Associatet Professor in the Department of Neurology at Temple University School of Medicine. He is a prospective Faculty Member in our department.
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 Speaker: Andrew Huberman, Ph.D. (April 26, 2012) CBAN 5120
Seminar Title : Genetic Approaches to Understanding Visual Circuit Structure, Function, Development and Disease
Dr. Huberman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosciences and the Department of Opthamology at the University of California, San Diego.
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 Speaker: Sandra Hewitt, Ph.D. (April 12, 2012) CBAN 5140
Seminar Title : Astrocyte IL-I Signaling: Context-dependent Contributions to Tissue Injury and Protection
Dr. Hewitt is the Beverly Peterson Bishop Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Biology at Syracuse University
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 Speaker: Patricia D'Amore, Ph.D. (April 5, 2012) CBAN 5120
Seminar Title : Role and Regulation of VEGF in the Adult
Dr. D'Amore is a Professor in the Department of Opthamology & Pathology at the Harvard Medical School
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 Speaker: Alfred Lewin, Ph.D. (March 29, 2012) CBAN 5120
Seminar Title : Testing Therapies in a MouseModel of Atrophic Macular Degeneration
Dr. Lewin is a Professor in the Department of Genetics and Microbiology at the University of Florida
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 Speaker: Michael P. Fautsch, Ph.D. (March 22, 2012) CBAN 5120
Seminar Title : A Molecular Perspective into IOP as SeenThrough ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channels
Dr. Fautsch is an Associate Professor in the Department of Opthamology at The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
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 Speaker: Teresa Borras, Ph.D. (March 15, 2012) CBAN 5120
Seminar Title : Genes that Govern the Physiology of the Human Trabecular Meshwork
Dr. Al-Harthi is a Professor in the Department of Opthamology at University of North Carolina
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 Speaker: Lena Al-Harthi, Ph.D. (March 8, 2012) CBAN 5140
Seminar Title : Interplay between HIV and Wnt/b-catenin Signaling: A Tug of War Between Protection and Pathogenesis In the CNS
Dr. Al-Harthi is a Professor in the Department of Immunology & Microbiology at Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL
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 Speaker: Satya Dandekar, Ph.D. (February 23, 2012)
CBAN 5140
Seminar Title : Guts, Germs and HIV Pathogenesis
Dr. Dandekar is a Professor & Chairman in the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology/Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases at the School of Medicine, University of California, Davis
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 Speaker:Laszlo Prokai, Ph.D. (January 12, 2012)
CBAN 5140
Seminar Title : Omics-Driven Biomedical Research
Dr. Prokai is a Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology & Immunology and the Robert A. Welch Chair in Biochemistry at the UNT Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX.
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 Speaker: Weiming Mao (December 8, 2011)
CBAN 5120
Seminar Title : Cell Signaling Pathways in Glaucoma
Dr. Mao is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy at the UNT Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX.
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Speaker: Paul C. Dechow, Ph.D. (December 1, 2011)
CBAN 5140
Seminar Title : Material Properties and Microstructure of Craniofacial Bone in Hominins
Dr. Dechow is a Professor and the Vice Chairman of the Department of the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas, Texas.
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 Speaker: Sabitha Roy, Ph.D. (November 17, 2011)
CBAN 5140
Seminar Title : Opioid Modulation of Innate Immune Function: Implication in Pathogen Clearance and Wound Healing
Dr. Roy is a Professor of Surgery and the Director of the Division of Infection, Inflammation and Vascular Biology. University of Minnesota
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 Speaker: Carl Romano, Ph.D. (November 3, 2011)
CBAN 5120
Seminar Title : To Be Announced
Dr. Romano is the Senior Director at Alcon Laboratories, Inc. in Fort Worth, TX.
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 Speaker: Marcus Kaul Ph.D. (October 27, 2011)
CBAN 5140
Seminar Title : Pathological Mechanisms of NeuroAIDS: From HIV-Co-Receptors to Brain Injury
Dr. Kaul is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Infectious Diseases. University of California, San Diego. Sanford/Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California.
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  Speaker: Adron Harris, Ph.D. (October 6, 2011)
CBAN 5140
Seminar Title : Neuroimmune Genes and Alcohol Consumption: Implications for Alcoholism Treatment
Dr. Harris is the M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Chair in Molecular Biology and the Director of the Waggoner Center for Alcohol & Addiction Research.
University of Texas, Austin
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 Speaker: Jonathan Kipnis, Ph.D. (April 28, 2011)
CBAN 5140
Seminar Title: Unexpected Roles of Central and Peripheral Immunity in Brain Function
Dr. Kipnis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville, VA.
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 Speaker: Gayle Baldwin, Ph.D. (April 22, 2011)
CBAN 5140
Seminar Title: A Mightier Mouse: Adapting Mouse/Human Chimera Models for the In Vivo Study of Interactions Between HIV and Drugs of Abuse
Dr. Baldwin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine and a member of the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California in Los Angeles, California (UCLA).
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 Speaker: Karl G. Csaky, M.D., Ph.D. (April 21, 2011) 11:00 AM CBAN 5120
Seminar Title: Understanding Episcleral Drug Delivery
Dr. Csaky is the T. Boone Pickens Senior Scientist and Director of the Harrington Molecular Laboratory at the Retina Foundation of the Southwest and is also a member of the Texas Retina Associates in Dallas, Texas.
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 Speaker: Gulab Zode, Ph.D. (April 7, 2011) CBAN 5120
Seminar Title: Molecular Mechanism of Myocilin-Associated Glaucoma
Dr. Zode graduated from our department at UNTHSC with his Ph.D. and now is a Research Associate in the Department of Opthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa.
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 Speaker: John Fingert, Ph.D. (March 31, 2011) CBAN 5120
Seminar Title: Molecular Genetic Approaches to Study Glaucoma
Dr. Fingert is Associate Professor in the Department of Opthalmology and Genetics at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa.
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 Speaker: Paul Russell, Ph.D. (March 10, 2011) CBAN 5120
Seminar Title: It's a Nano World After All
Dr. Russell is a Research Vision Scientist in the Department of Surgical and Radiologial Sciences at the University of California in Davis, California.
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 Speaker: Anthony Weinhaus, Ph.D. (March 3, 2011) CBAN 5140
Seminar Title: An Elective Rotation for 3rd and 4th Year Med Students as Teaching Assistants in the 1st Year Gross Anatomy Course
Dr. Weinhaus is Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology and Director of the Program in Human Anatomy Education at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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 Speaker: Michal Toborek, M.D., Ph.D. (February 24, 2011) CBAN 5140
Seminar Title: Breaking it Down: The Involvement of the Blood-Brain Barrier in Cerebrovascular Pathology of HIV-1
Dr. Toborek is Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery, Molecular Biochemistry & Nutrition and Associate Chair of Research at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Speaker: Patricia Molina, M.D., Ph.D. (January 27, 2011) CBAN 5140
Seminar Title: Systems Approach to Understanding Alcohol & Drugs of Abuse Interaction with HIV/AID
Dr. Molina is the Richard Ashman, Ph.D. Professor in the Department of Physiology and the Director of the Alcohol & Drug Abuse Center of Excellence at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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 Speaker: Johnny J. He, Ph.D. (January 13, 2011) CBAN 5140
Seminar Title: HIV Interaction With the Brain: What Else Have We Learned?
Dr. He is Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Director of the Center for AIDs Research at Indiana University School of Medicine in Bloomington, Indiana.
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Speaker: Donald, Zach, M.D., Ph.D. (December 16, 2010) CBAN 5120 (RES 114)
Seminar Title: Neuroprotection Approach for the Treatment of Glaucoma and Retinal Degeneration
Dr. Zach is Professor in the Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neurosciences at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He is also a member of the Department of Opthalmology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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Speaker: Michael Brenner, Ph.D (December 2, 2010) CBAN 5140
Seminar Title: Alexander Disease, A Genetic Disorder of Astrocytes
Dr. Brenner is Professor in the Department of Neurobiology at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Speaker: Arthur Weber, Ph.D. (November 18, 2010) CBAN 5120
Seminar Title: Effects of Downstream Neuroprotection on Retinal Ganglion Cell Survival and Function Following Optic Nerve Injury
Dr. Weber is Professor in the Department of Physiology in the College of Medicine at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan.
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Speaker: Oleg Gorbatyuk, Ph.D. (November 17, 2010) CBAN 5140 (CBH-240)
Seminar Title: AAV Mediated Gene Transfer to Create and Cure Animal Models of Parkinson Disease
Dr. Gorbatyuk is Research Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida.
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