SEMESTER
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Department of Pharmacology
Visiting Professor Seminar Series
Fall 2018
Wednesdays at 12:00 PM, 1020 COMRB
DATE
SPEAKER
TITLE
September 26
Associate Professor in Pharmacology
School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
*11 AM*
"The Dynamics of Protease
Activated Receptor 4 (PAR4)
Activation and Signaling"
October 3
Klaus Unna Lecture
Senior Scientist in Developmental &
Stem Cell Biology
University of Toronto
Toronto, CAD
"Making the Mouse Blastocyst:
Stem Cells, Gene Editing and Human Relevance"
October 10
Kun-Liang Guan, PhD
Distinguished Professor in Pharmacology
Moores Cancer Center
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA
"The Hippo Pathway in Cell Growth,
Organ Size, and Cancer"
October 24
Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Dermatology
Carver College of Medicine
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
"Mechanisms Linking E-Cadherin Mechanotransduction, Metabolism
& Cell Survival"
November 7
Emil R. Unanue Professor
Pathology & Immunology Professor
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
"Mesenteric-Peritoneal Interface in Host Defense and Inflammatory Disease"
November 14
Professor
Kent Gordon Croft Investment Management Faculty Scholar
Whiting School University, John Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
"Microenvironmental Impact on
Vascular Fate and Assembly"
December 5
"Powering LPS Transport Across the Bacterial Cell Envelope with ABCs"
December 12
Director, Center for Diabetes and Metabolism
Professor and Chief, Endocrinology
Charles F Kettering Professorship of Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
"Genomics of Metabolic Timekeeping"
All seminars will be held in College of Medicine Research Building, located at 909 S Wolcott Ave
in Room 1020 Moss Auditorium unless designated above.
Coordinator: (312) 355-3281
Revised: 10/11/18