Department of Molecular Medicine
Molecular Medicine - College of Medicine - USF-Health


For questions and information regarding Molecular Medicine Seminars
please contact
Dana Cole (
dcole@health.usf.edu, 813-974-8320)

Molecular Medicine Friday Seminars

Unless otherwise noted: 11:30AM to 12:30PM MDL1005

*Please notify Dana Cole if you would like to schedule a meeting with an outside speaker
dcole@health.usf.edu 974-8320

August 28th

Michael White, PhD

Host: Robert J. Deschenes, PhD(MM)

Michael White, PhD
Professor, Molecular Medicine, USF
"Coordinated progression through two subtranscriptomes underlies replication of the AIDS-pathogen, Toxoplasma gondii"

September 4th

Narasaiah Kolliputi, PhD

Host: Shyam Mohapatra, PhD(MM)(SIPAID)

Narasaiah Kolliputi, PhD*
Research Scientist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
"xogenous administration of SOCS-1 by gene transfer provides protection against hyperoxia-induced lung injury "

September 11th

Gary Daughdrill, PhD

Host: Robert J. Deschenes, PhD(MM)

Gary Daughdrill, PhD 
Associate Professor, University of South Florida, CMMB & FCoE BITT
"Structure, function, and evolution of intrinsically disordered protiens"

September 18th

Heather Drummond, PhD

Host: Danie Yip, PhD(MPP)(SIPCVR)

Heather A. Drummond, PhD* 
Associate Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center 
"Degenerin protiens in vascular function"

September 25th

Keiran Smalley, PhD

Host: Robert J. Deschenes, PhD(MM)

Keiran Smalley, PhD
Associate Professor, University of South Florida, CMMB & FCoE BITT
"Structure, function, and evolution of intrinsically disordered protiens"

October 2nd

Carol Williams, PhD

Host: Robert J. Deschenes, PhD(MM)
 

Carol Williams, PhD* 
Associate Professor, Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Medical College of Wisconsin
"Interaction of SmgGDS Splice Variants with Prenylated and Non-Prenylated Small GTPases in Lung Cancer"

 
October 9th

Said Sebti, PhD

Host: Robert J. Deschenes, PhD(MM)
 

Said Sebti, PhD
Chair, Drug Discovery Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
"Signal Transduction, a Goldmine of Anti-Cancer Targets: From Chemical Biology to Hypothesis-Driven Clinical Trials"

 
October 23rd

Oscar Marroquin, MD, PhD

Host: Kevin Kip, PhD(CON)(SIPCVR)
 

Oscar Marroquin, MD*  
Assistant Professor, Medical Center Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pittsburg
"Renal Dysfunction is the new "Diabetes": Challenges in Treating Patients with Renal Dysfunction and Coronary Artery Disease "

 
October 30th

Erick Hendrickson, PhD

Host: Peter Medveczky, PhD(MM)
 

Eric Hendrickson, PhD*
Professor, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
"KU, ONE RING TO RULE THEM ALL: TELOMERES, GENE TARGETING AND DNA REPAIR" 

 
November 13th

Paul Lieberman, PhD

Host: Danie Yip, PhD(MPP)(SIPCVR)
 

Paul Lieberman, PhD*
"Mechanisms of Genome Maintenance: Lessons from Gammaherpesvirus Latency"
Professor, the Wistar Institute, University of Pennsylvania

 
November 20th

David Cohen, MD, PhD

Host: Gene Ness, PhD & Min You, PhD(MM)
 

David E. Cohen, MD, PhD*   
Associate Professor, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
"START-Domain Mediated Regulation of Hepatic Lipid and Glucose Metabolism"

 
December 11th

Lincoln Potter, PhD

Host: William Gower, PhD(VA/MM)(SIPCVR)
 

Lincoln Potter, PhD*  
Professor, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota
"Degradation of Natriuretic Peptides and Their Guanylyl Cyclase-Linked Receptors: It's Not What You've Been Told!"

 
December 18th

Amiya K. Banerjee, PhD

Host: Shyam Mohapatra, PhD(MM)(SIPAID)
 

Amiya K.Banerjee,Ph.D * 
Head, Section of Virology, Dept of Molecular Genetics, Lerner Research Institute

 

Please see our Calendar for detailed information.