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Apr 3rd, 2012 (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.
Apr 3rd, 2012 (Tue)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  Jinhu Xiong, M.S. Dissertation Defense
Dissertation Defense of Jinhu Xiong, M.S., IBS PhD Candiate, Aging Track

“Matrix-embedded Cells Control Osteoclast Formation”

Major Advisor: Dr. Charles O’Brien
Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism Division

Tuesday, April 3, 2012
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Sam Walton auditorium
Cancer institute
Room 1026
Apr 3rd, 2012 (Tue)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  Biostatistics Journal Club
The Department of Biostatistics will host Journal Club on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 12p-1p in COPH 2280.
The speaker will be Songthip Ounpraseuth, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biostatistics.
The topic of discussion will be: "Evaluating the Effect of Hospital and Insurance Type on the Risk of 1-Year Mortality of Very Low Birth Weight Infants: Controlling for Selection Bias."

Please mark your calendar to attend!
Apr 3rd, 2012 (Tue)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences
Jerry Ware, PhD
Professor
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
UAMS

Title: "The Platelet Paradigm Beyond Hemostasis and Thrombosis"

Rayford Auditorium
Biomedical Research Building II
Apr 4th, 2012 (Wed)
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar Series
Eric Peterson, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, presents “Using Molecular Engineering and Nanotechnology to Customize Immunotherapy for Methamphetamine Abuse.” (Rayford)
Apr 5th, 2012 (Thu)
1:30 PM - 2:50 PM
  Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar
Jennifer Junecko
Graduate Student
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
UAMS

"Regulation of biofilm by the SaeRS two-component system in Staphylococcus aureus."

Biomedical Research Building II. Rayford Auditorium, Room 106-2
Apr 6th, 2012 (Fri)
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  IBS Student Research Symposium
Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Graduate Student Research Symposium

10:00am - 4:00pm

Rayford Auditorium, Biomedical Research Center 2, Room 106-2
Apr 6th, 2012 (Fri)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  UCVC Seminar Series
UAMS CardioVascular Center Seminar Series
"Critical Research Questions in Vascular Surgery"

Presenter: John Eidt, M.D., Director of the Division of Vascular Surgery, UAMS College of Medicine

College of Public Health, Pauly Auditorium Room G219

For more information: contact Pam Kahler (526.7358)
Apr 10th, 2012 (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.
Apr 10th, 2012 (Tue)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  Student Research Day
UAMS campus-wide Student Research Day includes research posters and presentations from graduate, professional, post-docs, and house staff.

Keynote seminar speaker: Darwin Labarthe, M.D., Ph.D., MPH. Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine, Nortwestern University,

"Sodium Reduction: Assessment, Policy Development, and Assurance"
Keynote at 4:00 p.m. in IDW #126.

Student research awards announced immediately following the seminar.

For more information, contact Linda Williams, ldwilliams@uams.edu.
Apr 11th, 2012 (Wed)
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar Series
Cynthia J. Kane Ph.D, Professor, Department of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

"Alcohol Effects on Neuroimmune System across the lifespan: Fetal Developmental to Senescence"

Wednesday April 11, 2012
3:30 p.m.
Biomedical Research Building II
Rayford Auditorium, Room 106-2
Apr 12th, 2012 (Thu)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  URC monthly meeting
UAMS Research Committee (2 designated representatives from each college) meets to discuss research support, policy, and other concerns.

Location: Jones Eye Institute, 2nd floor conference room, #J227

For more information, contact: Linda Williams, Research Liaison, 501-686-7418, ldwilliams@uams.edu
Apr 12th, 2012 (Thu)
1:30 PM - 2:50 PM
  Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Arturo Casadevall MD, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Medicine
Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY

"Mammals, Martians and Dinosaurs: nihilistic thoughts on the origin of microbial virulence"

Biomedical Research Building II, Rayford Auditorium, Room 106-2
Apr 12th, 2012 (Thu)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  Physiology and Biophysics Weekly Seminar Series
Sung Rhee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
UAMS Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Title: “PSD95 scaffolding of K+ channels in cerebral arteries”

Biomedical Research Center II, Rayford Auditorium Room 106-2
Apr 13th, 2012 (Fri)
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  MD/PhD Graduate Student Research Symposium
MD/PhD Graduate Student Research Symposium

10:00am - 4:00pm

Rayford Auditorium, Biomedical Research Center 2, Room 106-2
Apr 16th, 2012 (Mon)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  Joseph Hunter Holthoff Dissertation Defense
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Dissertation Defense

Joseph Hunter Holthoff, B.A.
Doctor of Philosophy Candidate
Pharmacology Graduate Program

"A Preclinical Evaluation of the Polyphenol Resveratrol During Sepsis-induced Acute Renal Injury"

Rayford Auditorium, Biomedical Research Center 2, Room B106-2

Advisor: Philip Mayeux, PhD
Apr 16th, 2012 (Mon)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  Joseph Hunter Holthoff Dissertation Defense
Joseph Hunter Holthoff, B.A.
Doctor of Philosophy Candidate
Pharmacology Graduate Program

“A Preclinical Evaluation of the Polyphenol Resveratrol during Sepsis-Induced Acute Renal Injury"

Advisor: Dr. Philip R. Mayeux

Thursday, April 26, 2012
1:00 p.m.

Rayford Auditorium
Biomedical Research Center II, Room 106-2
Apr 17th, 2012 (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.
Apr 17th, 2012 (Tue)
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
  21 CFR Part 11 Webinar
"21 CFR Part 11 Add-On Inspections by the FDA"

Speaker: Angela Bazigos

Date: Thursday, April 19, 2012

Time: 9:30 - 11:00 a.m.

Location: IDW Room 115A/B

2 credits will be offered for this class

For more information, contact Charnise Virgil at 501.526.6879
Apr 18th, 2012 (Wed)
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar Series
Merle G. Paule, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Neurotoxicology
National Center for Toxicological Research, FDA

"Perinatal exposures to anesthetics or sedatives: developmental origins of brain dysfunction and disease?"

Wednesday April 18th, 2012
3:30 PM
Biomedical Research Building II Room 106-2
Rayford Auditorium.
Apr 19th, 2012 (Thu)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  Shubhra Chaudhuri Dissertation Defense
Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences, Ph.D. Candidate
Clinical Translational Sciences Track

"Modulation of HIF-1 Alpha in Acetaminophen Toxicity in the Mouse"

Shubhra Chaudhuri, M.D.

Primary Advisor: Dr. Laura James

Rayford Auditorium, Biomedical Research Center 2, Room 106-2
Apr 19th, 2012 (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.
Apr 19th, 2012 (Thu)
1:30 PM - 2:50 PM
  Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Jon T Skare, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Chair
Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis
Texas A&M, College Station, TX

"The use of bioluminescent Borrelia burgdorferi to track pathogenic features and gene regulation during active infection".

Biomedical Research building II, Rayford Auditorium, Room 106-2
Apr 19th, 2012 (Thu)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  Physiology and Biophysics Weekly Seminar Series
Peter Price, Ph.D., Professor 
UAMS Department of Internal Medicine

Title: “Interactions of Life and Death Pathways after Cellular Injury”

Biomedical Research Center II, Rayford Auditorium Room 106-2
Apr 20th, 2012 (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.
Apr 24th, 2012 (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.
Apr 24th, 2012 (Tue)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences
Usha Ponnappan, PhD.
Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
UAMS

Title: "Immune Senescence and Inflammaging:Proteosomal Regulation Gone Awry"

Rayford Auditorium, Room 106-2
Biomedical Research Building II
Apr 26th, 2012 (Thu)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  Omar Rahal Dissertation Defense
Omar Rahal
IBS Ph.D. Candidate

Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences
Cell Biology Track

“Exploring Novel Mechanisms for Dietary Prevention of Breast Cancer”

Major Advisor: Dr. Rosalia C.M. Simmen
Professor
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
UAMS and Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center

Thursday, April 26, 2012
10:00 a.m.

Rayford Auditorium
Biomedical Research Center 2, Room 106-2
Apr 26th, 2012 (Thu)
1:30 PM - 2:50 PM
  Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
Paul Lieberman, Ph.D.
Professor, Gene Regulation Group
The Wistar Institute
Philadelphia, PA

"Mechanisms of Genome Maintenance: Lessons from Gammaherpesvirus Latency"

Biomedical Research Building II, Rayford Auditorium, Room 106-2
Apr 26th, 2012 (Thu)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  Physiology and Biophysics Weekly Seminar Series
Antonio Di Cristofano, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Irma T. Hirschl Scholar
Department of Developmental & Molecular Biology
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Center
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Albert Einstein Cancer Center
Price Center for Genetic & Translational Medicine
Bronx, New York

Title: "Oncogenic Pathways and Metabolic Alterations in Thyroid Cancer: Lessons from Mouse Models"

Biomedical Research Center Two, Rayford Auditorium, Room 106-2
Apr 27th, 2012 (Fri)
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
  RESIN
The Research Support Information Network (RESIN) agenda is posted at: http://www.uams.edu/research/RESIN_Agenda.asp

Location: Walton Auditorium, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, 10th floor.

For more information, contact: Linda Williams, 686-7418, ldwilliams@uams.edu
May 1st, 2012 (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.
May 1st, 2012 (Tue)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  Biostatistics Journal Club
The Department of Biostatistics will host Journal Club
Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 12p-1p in COPH 2280.
Your speaker will be Josh Callaway, MPH, Health Program Analyst, Arkansas Department of Health.
The topic of discussion will be: "Development of Dynamic Real-Time Robust Multivariable Monitoring Tool for Neonatology Data."

Please mark your calendar to attend!
May 2nd, 2012 (Wed)
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  Pharmacology & Toxicology Seminar Series
Dr. William Fantegrossi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
UAMS Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology

Title: Dirty pharmacology with abused "bath salt" 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV)

Wednesday May 2, 2012 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Biomedical Research Building II
Rayford Auditorium, Room 106-2
May 3rd, 2012 (Thu)
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  The Teaching with Technology Committee Open Meeting
Open meeting discussing educational technology and teaching. 11:30-1:00, Thursday, May 3 in COPH 8240.

For more information, please contact Jon Goddell at 501-526-5641 or visit the Teaching with Technology Blog http://uamstwt.wordpress.com/.
May 3rd, 2012 (Thu)
1:30 PM - 2:50 PM
  Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Andreas Baumler, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice Chair of Research
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
University of California at Davis

"Food from the fire: How the host response feeds Salmonella"

Biomedical Research Center II
Rayford Auditorium, Room 106-2
May 3rd, 2012 (Thu)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  Physiology and Biophysics Weekly Seminar Series
Angus M. MacNicol, Ph.D., UAMS Professor
Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences, Physiology & Biophysics,
and the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute

Title: “Role and menace of the stem cell fate determinant, Musashi”

Biomedical Research Center II
Rayford Auditorium Room 106-2
May 7th, 2012 (Mon)
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  Physiology Dissertation Defense - Hamdan G. Hamdan, Ph.D. Candidate
Hamdan G. Hamdan, B.S., M.S., a doctoral candidate in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics will defend his dissertation entitled
“Human Myelin Proteolipid Protein Gene Expression in Brain is Governed by Intronic Regulatory Elements”

Biomedical Research Center Two
Rayford Auditorium Room 106-2
Advisor: Patricia Wight, Ph.D.
May 8th, 2012 (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.
May 8th, 2012 (Tue)
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  Writing Standard Operating Procedures
CRS and Socra credit will be offered for this class.

Speaker: Larry Parker
Topic: Writing Standard Operating Procedures
Location: IDW 114A/B
Time: 9:00 - 11:00

Contact Charnise Virgil in the Office of Research Compliance with any questions. 501.526.6879
May 8th, 2012 (Tue)
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  MD/PhD Students' Choice Speaker Seminar
M.D./Ph.D. Graduate Program
Third Annual
MD/PhD Students’ Choice Speaker

Matthew Hardee, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Radiation Oncology
New York University Medical Center

"Transforming Growth Factor-β (TGFβ) as a Therapeutic Target in Glioma"

Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 10:30 a.m.
Rayford Auditorium
Biomedical Research Center 2, Room 106-2
May 10th, 2012 (Thu)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  URC monthly meeting
UAMS Research Committee (2 designated representatives from each college) meets to discuss research support, policy, and other concerns.

Location: Jones Eye Institute, 2nd floor conference room, #J227

For more information, contact: Linda Williams, Research Liaison, 501-686-7418, ldwilliams@uams.edu
May 10th, 2012 (Thu)
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
  Image Resources from the UAMS Library
Learn about free medical and non-medical images you can use for lectures and presentations. 12:00-12:50, Thursday, May 10, Location COPH 8240.

For more information, please contact Jon Goddell at 501-526-5641 or visit the Teaching with Technology Blog http://uamstwt.wordpress.com/.
May 10th, 2012 (Thu)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  Physiology and Biophysics Weekly Seminar Series
Martin Hauer-Jensen, MD, PhD, FACS
Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Surgery, and Pathology
Director, Division of Radiation Health
Associate Dean for Research, College of Pharmacy, UAMS

Title: "Somatostatin Analogs as Radiation Mitigators: From the Laboratory to Advanced Development"

Biomedical Research Center II, Rayford Auditorium Room 106-2
May 15th, 2012 (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.
May 15th, 2012 (Tue)
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  Developing A Research Protocol
This class is offered through the Office of Research Compliance. CRS and Socra credit will be offered for this class.

Speaker: David Avery
Topic: Developing A Research Protocol
Location: IDW 105A/B
Time: 9:00 - 11:00 am
May 16th, 2012 (Wed)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  Information Quality
This class will provide CRS and Socra credit.

Speaker: John Talburt
Topic: Information Quality
Location: IDW 114A/B
Time: 10:00 - 11:00

If there are any questions regarding this event, please contact Charnise Virgil in the Office of Research Compliance at 501.526.6879.
May 16th, 2012 (Wed)
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  Pharmacology & Toxicology Seminar Series
2011-2012 Seminar Series
Dr. Alfred Geller, Ph.D.
W. Roxbury VA Hospital/Harvard Medical School
"HSV-1 vectors for neural gene therapy and cognitive learning mechanisms"
Wednesday May 16th, 2012 3:30 p.m.
Biomedical Research Building II
Rayford Auditorium, Room 106-2
May 17th, 2012 (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.
May 17th, 2012 (Thu)
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
  The Filter Bubble and Research
Learn how Google, Facebook and others personalize the web by selecting and filtering information and how this impacts academic research. 12:00-12:50, Thursday, May 17, Location COPH 8240.

For more information, please contact Jon Goddell at 501-526-5641 or visit the Teaching with Technology Blog http://uamstwt.wordpress.com/.
May 17th, 2012 (Thu)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  Physiology and Biophysics Weekly Seminar Series
Julie Donaldson, Ph.D., NIH Senior Investigator
Laboratory of Cell Biology
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Bethesda, MD

Title: “Cross-talk between Clathrin-Dependent and Independent Endosomal Membrane Trafficking Pathways”

Biomedical Research Center II
Rayford Auditorium Room 106-2
May 18th, 2012 (Fri)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  UCVC Seminar Series
UCVC Seminar Series
Dr. Thomas T. Porter (University of Nebraska Medical Center)
"Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications of Ultrasound Contrast Particles"
COPH G219 Pauly Auditorium
12:00 PM
May 18th, 2012 (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.
May 22nd, 2012 (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.
May 23rd, 2012 (Wed)
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  Pharmacology & Toxicology Seminar Series
Dr. John Crow, Ph.D.
Professor
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology

“D-serine, Glia, and Mutant SOD1 in ALS: New Connections in the Pathogenesis Puzzle”

Wednesday May 23, 2012
Biomedical Research Building II
Rayford Auditorium Room 106-2
May 24th, 2012 (Thu)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  Data Sharing in Genomics Research Webinar
This webinar will offer CRS credit.

Host: Prim&R
Topic: Data Sharing in Genomics Research
Location: IDW 105A/B
Time: 12:00 - 1:30
May 24th, 2012 (Thu)
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
  Empathy in Medical Education
Empathy is an essential part of the art of medicine. This presentation reveals how vicarious empathy changes as medical students are trained to be physicians. Results will show sex as well as desired residency differences among the students. 12:00-12:50, Thursday, May 24, Location COPH 8240.

For more information, please contact Jon Goddell at 501-526-5641 or visit the Teaching with Technology Blog http://uamstwt.wordpress.com/.
May 25th, 2012 (Fri)
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
  RESIN
The Research Support Information Network (RESIN) agenda is posted at: http://www.uams.edu/research/RESIN_Agenda.asp

Location: Walton Auditorium, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, 10th floor.

For more information, contact: Linda Williams, 686-7418, ldwilliams@uams.edu
May 29th, 2012 (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.
Jun 5th, 2012 (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.
Jun 5th, 2012 (Tue)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences Seminar Series
Rhonda Kineman, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Medicine
Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Title: "The Somatotrope as a Metabolic Sensor: The Direct Effects of Insulin on Growth Hormone Output"

Rayford Auditorium Room 106-2
Biomedical Research Building II
Jun 12th, 2012 (Tue)
  Auditing Clinical Research Studies - webinar
Auditing Clinical Research Studies - webinar
11:30 - 1:30
IDW 115A/B
Jun 12th, 2012 (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.
Jun 12th, 2012 (Tue)
  Conflict of Interest Training
Conflict of Interest Training
by Jennifer Smith
3:00 - 4:00
COPH AUD 8240
Jun 14th, 2012 (Thu)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  URC monthly meeting
UAMS Research Committee (2 designated representatives from each college) meets to discuss research support, policy, and other concerns.

Location: Jones Eye Institute, 2nd floor conference room, #J227

For more information, contact: Linda Williams, Research Liaison, 501-686-7418, ldwilliams@uams.edu
Jun 18th, 2012 (Mon)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  Conflict of Interest Training
Conflict of Interest Training
by Jennifer Smith
10:00 - 11:00
COPH AUD G225
Jun 19th, 2012 (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.
Jun 19th, 2012 (Tue)
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM
  Pharmacology & Toxicology Seminar
Dr. Martin Hansen, Ph.D.
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Title: Design and development of selective 5-HT2A agonists and applications in medical imaging

Biomedical Research Building II
Rayford Auditorium
Jun 20th, 2012 (Wed)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  Adaptive Clinical Trial Designs - webinar
Adaptive Clinical Trial Designs - webinar
12:00 - 1:30
IDW 126 Lecture Hall
Jun 22nd, 2012 (Fri)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  Pharmacology & Toxicology Dissertation Defense
Matthew Howell, B.S
Doctor of Philosphy
Interdisciplinary Toxicology Graduate Program

Advisor
Dr. Paul Gottschall

"Extracellular proteoglycans and their cleaving metalloproteinases are associated with alterations in neural plasticity"
Rayford Auditorium
Jun 26th, 2012 (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.
Jun 26th, 2012 (Tue)
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
  Amanda Elton Dissertation Defense
Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences
Clinical Translational Sciences Track
Dissertation Defense
Amanda Elton, IBS Ph.D. Candidate
"The Human Neuroscience of the Risk for and Expression of Drug Addiction"
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
9:30 a.m.
Major Advisor: Dr. Clinton D. Kilts
Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Brain Imaging Research Center
UAMS
Rayford Auditorium
Biomedical Research Center 2, Room 106-2
Jun 27th, 2012 (Wed)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  Aga Zielinska's Dissertation Defense
Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences
Infectious Disease & Pathogenesis Track
Dissertation Defense

Aga Zielinska, M.S.
IBS Ph.D. Candidate

“The sarA-mediated regulation of Staphylococcus aureus virulence factors in CA-MRSA”

Advisor: Mark S Smeltzer
Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2012
10:00-11:00 am
Rayford Auditorium
Jun 27th, 2012 (Wed)
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
  Preparing for SOP Inspection - webinar
Preparing for SOP Inspection - webinar
11:00 - 12:30
IDW 115A/B
Jun 29th, 2012 (Fri)
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  Meeting HIPPA & FDA Requirements - webinar
Meeting HIPPA & FDA Requirements - webinar
11:00 - 1:00
IDW 115A/B