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    Dean's Research Forum / Lectures
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    Dissertation Defense
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    Meetings - Biosafety
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    Meetings - Conflict of Interest
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    Meetings - IACUC
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    Meetings - Institutional Review Board (IRB)
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    Meetings - Research Council
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    Meetings - UAMS Research Committee (URC)
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    Other Meetings
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    Seminars
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    Workshops / Conferences
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    Multiple Categories
Nov 2nd, 2009 (Mon)
  Cancer Institute Forum
Rashmi Sinha, PhD
National Cancer Institute
"Meat, meat-cooking mutagens and cancer"
Noon in the Walton Auditorium, 10th floor Cancer Institute
Nov 3rd, 2009 (Tue)
  Institutional Review Board Mtg
IRB meeting every Tuesday.
Biomedical Research Center, Building One, Room 205/207.

Note: The deadline for submitting protocol materials for IRB review is 4:30 p.m., two weeks prior to the meeting date.
Nov 4th, 2009 (Wed)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar
Dr. Bill Fantegrossi,Assistant Professor, UAMS, presents "Effects of Amphetamine Derivatives on Memory Performance and Tissue Content of Monoaminergic and Amino Acid Neurotransmitters in Mice"
Nov 5th, 2009 (Thu)
1:30 PM - 2:50 PM
  Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Michael Otto, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
The National Institutes of Health
Rocky Mountain Laboratories
Bethesda, MD

"Attacking human white blood cells: a successful strategy of pandemic community-associated MRSA"

Biomedical Research Center II
Rayford Auditorium
Room 106-2
Nov 5th, 2009 (Thu)
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  CCTR Connectivity Conference
Connectivity Conference

TOPICS
•Center for Clinical & Translational Research Overview
•CCTR Pilot Studies Program Information
•CCTR KL2 Scholars Program Information
•Q&A from you‐the Investigator
•Opportunities to connect research across the campus, the state, and the nation

Hosted by: Center for Clinical & Translational Research
Refreshments: Heavy hors d’oeuvres and refreshments

Location: Joe Ellen Ford Auditorium, Ground Floor, Reynolds Institute on Aging (by teleconference at AHEC sites)

For more information, call: 614‐CCTR (2287)

For more information about the Center for Clinical and Translational Research and the current Innovative Research Pilot Awards and K12 Scholars funding opportunities visit www.uams.edu/cctr
Nov 5th, 2009 (Thu)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  Physiology and Biophysics Weekly Seminar Series
GWEN V. CHILDS, Ph.D., Professor and Chair
Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences
College of Medicine, UAMS

Biomed Two Building, Rayford Auditorium Room 106-2

Title: “Leptin Signals To Pituitary Somatotropes May Prevent Obesity”
Nov 10th, 2009 (Tue)
  Institutional Review Board Mtg
IRB meeting every Tuesday.
Biomedical Research Center, Building One, Room 205/207.

Note: The deadline for submitting protocol materials for IRB review is 4:30 p.m., two weeks prior to the meeting date.
Nov 10th, 2009 (Tue)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  Dissertation Defense
Dinesh K. Hirenallur, Doctor of Philosophy candidate, presents "Regulation of Voltage-Dependent Calcium Channels in Neonatal Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension"
Nov 11th, 2009 (Wed)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  2009 Mentoring/Facutly Development (Brown Bag)
Subject: International Faculty - Immigration and Acculturation Issues
Panel Members: Drs. Angtuaco, Gokden, Morales, Pablo, Bora, Chen and Ms. Tiffany Edwards

IDW 115AB - video conferenced to Nabholz/Hickman
Nov 12th, 2009 (Thu)
1:30 PM - 2:50 PM
  Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Ravi Mahalingam, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Department of Neurology
University of Colorado - Denver

"Varicella (chicken pox), latency and reactivation (shingles) in monkeys"

Biomedical Research Center II
Rayford Auditorium
Room 106-2
Nov 12th, 2009 (Thu)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  Physiology and Biophysics Weekly Seminar Series
WILLIAM J. BROWN, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Biomed Two Building, Rayford Auditorium Room 106-2

Title: “Golgi Complex Structure and Function is Greased by Continuous Phospholipid Remodeling”
Nov 17th, 2009 (Tue)
  Institutional Review Board Mtg
IRB meeting every Tuesday.
Biomedical Research Center, Building One, Room 205/207.

Note: The deadline for submitting protocol materials for IRB review is 4:30 p.m., two weeks prior to the meeting date.
Nov 18th, 2009 (Wed)
12:05 PM - 1:00 PM
  Ophthalmology Seminrs on amyloid protein
Presented by Dr. Yuzhi Chen, from Geriatrics and Neorobiology. Title “Amyloid Precursor Protein in Alzheimer’s Disease”. JEI 2nd floor, room # 211
Nov 18th, 2009 (Wed)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar
Nancy J. Rusch, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, UAMS, presents "Vascular Ion Channel Remodeling in Hypertension:Will our findings lead to novel vasodilator therapies?
Nov 19th, 2009 (Thu)
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  Everything You Need Your PI to Know
Location: IDW Lecture Hall 226
Objective of this presention is to provide some practical tools and information that can be used to guide UAMS PIs, research teams and grant administrators through the research organization maze.
Registration through Training Tracker. See GMPA Advanced Classes.
https://secure.uams.edu/TrainingTracker/frmEnrollInClass.aspx
Nov 19th, 2009 (Thu)
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  Research Council
COM Research Council Meetings are held the 3rd Thursday of each month in BioMed I, room #205/207. Attendees to bring brown bag lunches.
Nov 19th, 2009 (Thu)
3:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  Physiology and Biophysics Weekly Seminar Series
Enrico Di Cera, M.D.,
Roy and Diana Vagelos Professor of
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Professor of Internal Medicine
Washington University Medical School
St. Louis, MO

Biomed Two Building, Rayford Auditorium Room 106-2

Title: “Thrombin Allostery”
Nov 20th, 2009 (Fri)
8:00 AM - 2:30 PM
  19th Annual Professional Development Day
Professionals at Work - Caring, Teaching, Discovering, Leading
Professional Development for researchers, clinicians and administrator. Keynote speaker is Stephen Bogdewic, Ph.D., "Leadership, the Art of Changing the Conversation." Workshops include topics on educational technology, communications, how not to burn out, conflict management, staying on top of the literature and conflict of interest. Watch for announcments.
Office of Faculty Affairs - contact Glenda J. Cooper, Director, for more information (501.526.4685)
Nov 20th, 2009 (Fri)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  Monthy IACUC Meeting
Monthly meeting at noon (3rd Friday of each month)
held in Biomed I, 2nd floor, room #205/207.

Note: IACUC Protocols due on or before the 1st Friday of each month to Linda Laney-Rogers.
Nov 24th, 2009 (Tue)
  Institutional Review Board Mtg
IRB meeting every Tuesday.
Biomedical Research Center, Building One, Room 205/207.

Note: The deadline for submitting protocol materials for IRB review is 4:30 p.m., two weeks prior to the meeting date.
Nov 24th, 2009 (Tue)
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  Science Cafe - Monthly event
Topic: Obesity: Young & Old

Panelists include:
Reza Hakkuk, Ph.D., Professor, Chairman Dept of Dietetics and Nutrition; UAMS

Judy Weber, M.D., Associate Professor; Center for Applied Research & Evaluation; Department of Pediatrics; UAMS

Karen Young, M.D., Assistant Professor; Medical Director of the ACH Fitness Clinic; Department of Pediatrics; UAMS

John W. Baker, M.D., Medical Director of the Baptist Medical Center's
Baptist Health Weight Loss Center

Location: Vieux Carre/Afterthought, 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd (Hillcrest), Little Rock, AR

For more information, contact:
Linda Williams
686-7418
ldwillliams@uams.edu
www.sciencecafelr.com
Nov 30th, 2009 (Mon)
  Cancer Institute Forum
Alexzander Asea, PhD
Texas A&M Health Science Center
"Hsp27 as a target for anti-cancer therapy"
Noon in the Walton Auditorium, 10th floor Cancer Institute
Dec 1st, 2009 (Tue)
  Institutional Review Board Mtg
IRB meeting every Tuesday.
Biomedical Research Center, Building One, Room 205/207.

Note: The deadline for submitting protocol materials for IRB review is 4:30 p.m., two weeks prior to the meeting date.
Dec 2nd, 2009 (Wed)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar
Dr. Steven Post, Department of Pathology, UAMS, presents "RGL2, a novel regulator of hypertrophic response of cardiomyocytes"
Dec 3rd, 2009 (Thu)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  Physiology and Biophysics Weekly Seminar Series
Haibo Zhao, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Dept. Of Internal Medicine - UAMS

Biomed Two Building, Rayford Auditorium Room 106-2

Title: "Osteoclastic Bone Resorption: A Lysosomal Point of View"
Dec 7th, 2009 (Mon)
  Cancer Institute Forum
Stavros Manolagas, MD, PhD
Professor Medicine, UAMS
"The vitamin D endocrine system and its implications for health and disease"
Noon in the Walton Auditorium, 10th floor Cancer Institute
Dec 8th, 2009 (Tue)
  Institutional Review Board Mtg
IRB meeting every Tuesday.
Biomedical Research Center, Building One, Room 205/207.

Note: The deadline for submitting protocol materials for IRB review is 4:30 p.m., two weeks prior to the meeting date.
Dec 9th, 2009 (Wed)
4:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar Series
Dr. Christian Herzog, Research Scientist, Department of Nephrology,UAMS, will presernt "Meprin in acute renal failure"
Dec 10th, 2009 (Thu)
1:30 PM - 2:50 PM
  Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Patricia A. Rosa, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
Chief, Molecular Genetics Section
Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Rocky Mountain Laboratories

"Molecular genetics of Lyme disease spirochete"

Biomedical Research Center II
Rayford Auditorium
Room 106-2
Dec 12th, 2009 (Sat)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  2009 Mentoring/Facutly Development (Brown Bag)
Subject: Difficult Conversations/Crisis Management
Margaret Cohen-Morgan
Room: IDW 115 AB - video conferenced to Nabholz/Hickman
Dec 15th, 2009 (Tue)
  Institutional Review Board Mtg
IRB meeting every Tuesday.
Biomedical Research Center, Building One, Room 205/207.

Note: The deadline for submitting protocol materials for IRB review is 4:30 p.m., two weeks prior to the meeting date.
Dec 16th, 2009 (Wed)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Dr. Robert Jilka, Professor, Department of Med/Endocrinology, UAMS, presents "Lipid peroxidation and its relationship to the pathogenesis and treatment of osteoporosis"
Dec 17th, 2009 (Thu)
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  Research Council
COM Research Council Meetings are held the 3rd Thursday of each month in BioMed I, room #205/207. Attendees to bring brown bag lunches.
Dec 18th, 2009 (Fri)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  Monthy IACUC Meeting
Monthly meeting at noon (3rd Friday of each month)
held in Biomed I, 2nd floor, room #205/207.

Note: IACUC Protocols due on or before the 1st Friday of each month to Linda Laney-Rogers.
Dec 22nd, 2009 (Tue)
  Institutional Review Board Mtg
IRB meeting every Tuesday.
Biomedical Research Center, Building One, Room 205/207.

Note: The deadline for submitting protocol materials for IRB review is 4:30 p.m., two weeks prior to the meeting date.
Dec 29th, 2009 (Tue)
  Institutional Review Board Mtg
IRB meeting every Tuesday.
Biomedical Research Center, Building One, Room 205/207.

Note: The deadline for submitting protocol materials for IRB review is 4:30 p.m., two weeks prior to the meeting date.
Jan 5th, 2010 (Tue)
  Institutional Review Board Mtg
IRB meeting every Tuesday.
Biomedical Research Center, Building One, Room 205/207.

Note: The deadline for submitting protocol materials for IRB review is 4:30 p.m., two weeks prior to the meeting date.
Jan 12th, 2010 (Tue)
  Institutional Review Board Mtg
IRB meeting every Tuesday.
Biomedical Research Center, Building One, Room 205/207.

Note: The deadline for submitting protocol materials for IRB review is 4:30 p.m., two weeks prior to the meeting date.
Jan 15th, 2010 (Fri)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  Monthy IACUC Meeting
Monthly meeting at noon (3rd Friday of each month)
held in Biomed I, 2nd floor, room #205/207.

Note: IACUC Protocols due on or before the 1st Friday of each month to Linda Laney-Rogers.
Jan 19th, 2010 (Tue)
  Institutional Review Board Mtg
IRB meeting every Tuesday.
Biomedical Research Center, Building One, Room 205/207.

Note: The deadline for submitting protocol materials for IRB review is 4:30 p.m., two weeks prior to the meeting date.
Jan 21st, 2010 (Thu)
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  Research Council
COM Research Council Meetings are held the 3rd Thursday of each month in BioMed I, room #205/207. Attendees to bring brown bag lunches.
Jan 26th, 2010 (Tue)
  Institutional Review Board Mtg
IRB meeting every Tuesday.
Biomedical Research Center, Building One, Room 205/207.

Note: The deadline for submitting protocol materials for IRB review is 4:30 p.m., two weeks prior to the meeting date.