| Wednesday, December 1, 2004 | |
Aaron S. Goldstein, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical
Engineering, Virginia Tech Date: Wednesday,
December 1, 2004 VCOM Host:Dr. Beverly Rzgalinski |
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This presentation will discuss 2D flow approaches to characterize the osteoinductive effect of shearing flow, electrospinning approaches to modulate substratum topography, and the combination of degradable segmented polyurethane elastomer foam scaffolds and a perfusion bioreactor for stimulating ex vivo bone tissue development. |
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| Wednesday, November 3, 2004 | |
Martha E. Stokely, Ph.D.Department of Neuroscience Date: Wednesday,
November 3, 2004 VCOM Host: Dr. Hara Misra |
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| Martha E. Stokely, Ph.D., received her doctorate degree in 2002 from the University of North Texas Health Science Center for Biomedical Sciences. Her postdoctoral research was conducted at the Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of North Texas Health Science Center and at the Veterans Administration, Research Service, Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida. Dr. Stokely is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow studying the neurobiology of Aging at the Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville. Her research interests involve chemical intermediaries of neuroglial interactions and anterograde axonal transport. She is a current nominee for the 2003 Lewis Rudin Glaucoma Prize of the New York Academy of Medicine. Wednesday, August 4, 2004 | |
| Thursday, September 30, 2004 | |
Sydney Brenner, Ph.D.Brenner Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological
Studies What: Via Research Recognition Day 2004-2005 VCOM Host: Dr. Hara Misra |
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| Sydney Brenner, Ph.D., a distinguished professor, is one of the past century’s leading pioneers in genetics and molecular biology. Most recently, Brenner has been studying vertebrate gene and genome evolution. His work in this area has resulted in new ways of analyzing gene sequences, which has developed a new understanding of the evolution of vertebrates. Among his many notable discoveries, Brenner established the existence of messenger RNA and demonstrated how the order of amino acids in proteins is determined. He also conducted pioneering work with the roundworm, a model organism now widely used to study genetics. His research with Caenorhabditis elegans garnered insights into aging, nerve cell function and controlled cell death, or apoptosis. Dr. Brenner is a recepient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. | |
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