2001 Fall Seminar Series

 *Due to the September 11th tragedy, many of the speakers had to cancel their trip.                        

September 20, 2001*

Dr. Peggy Farnham
University of Wisconsin Medical School
The Use of  Chromatin Immunoprecipitation  to Clone Novel E2F Target Promoters

October 4, 2001*

Dr. Ann Marie Pendergast
Duke University Medical School
Role of Abl Tyrosine Kinases and Abl-Interactor Proteins in the Regulation of the Dynamic Cytoskeleton

October 11, 2001

Dr. Emad Alnemri
Thomas Jefferson University
Regulation of Apoptosis by IAP-binding Proteins

October 18, 2001

Dr. Warren Pear
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Notch Signaling in Hematopoiesis and Leukemia

November 1, 2001

Dr. Michael J. Weber
University of Virginia Health System
Signal Transduction by Kinase Cascades: Specific Messages from Ubiquitous Messengers

November 8, 2001*

Dr. Shao-Cong Sun
Pennsylvania State University
NF-kB Signaling in T Cells:  Deregulation by the Retroviral Oncoprotein Tax

November 15, 2001

Dr. George Prendergast
DuPont Pharmaceuticals Co. and The Wistar Institute
Novel Mechanisms of Cancer Cell Suicide

November 29, 2001*

Dr. Richard Jove
University of  South Florida
College of Medicine
Role of Activated STAT Signaling in Oncogenesis

December 6, 2001*

Dr. Michael B. Kastan
St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital
DNA Damage Response Pathways in the Genesis and Treatment of Cancer