| 10/16/2007 |
| James F. Dice, Ph.D. |
| Tufts University |
| "News about Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy" |
| 10/22/2007 |
| Catherine H. Freudenreich, Ph.D. |
| Tufts University |
| "Molecular mechanisms and cellular consequences of chromosome fragility" |
| 10/23/2007 |
| Michael D. Forgac, Ph.D., 2007 Zucker Award Recipient |
| Tufts University |
| "The Vaculor ATPases, Nature's Most Versatile Proton Pumps, in Normal Physiology and Disease" |
| 10/30/2007 |
| Zhi Wang, Ph.D. |
| Tufts University |
| "Prenatal Exposure to Neurotrophin-3 Disrupts Synaptic Selectivity in the Spinal Cord" |
| 11/13/2007 |
| Chris Li |
| University of New York |
| "Dissecting the function of APL-1, a protein related to the human amyloid precursor protein, in C. elegans" |
| 11/19/2007 |
| Raul Martinez-Zaguilan, Ph.D. |
| Texas Tech University |
| "Vacuolar Proton ATPases in Angiogenesis and Cancer" |
| 11/20/2007 |
| Jessica McCready, Ph.D. |
| Tufts University |
| "Unraveling the mystery of hsp90 alpha secretion in breast cancer cells" |
| 11/26/2007 |
| Stephen Bunnell, Ph.D. |
| Tufts University |
| "Mechanisms of T Cell Activation through Oligomeric Signalling Complexes" |
| 12/3/2007 |
| Valeria Fantin, Ph.D. |
| Merck Pharmaceuticals |
| "Glycolysis and mitochondria: selective master switches of tumor cells?" |
| 12/4/2007 |
| Debbie Beasley, Ph.D. |
| Tufts-New England Medical Center |
| "Toll Receptors and Vascular Disease: Chlamydia pneumoniae in the Vascular Myocyte" |
| 12/5/2007 |
| Nick Mesires |
| Tufts University |
| Thesis Defense - "Chaperone-mediated Autophagy is Impaired in Mucolipidosis Type IV (MLIV)" |
| 12/10/2007 |
| T.J. Unger |
| Tufts University |
| Thesis Defense - "Examination of deficits in energy balance and affective behavior following central or hypothalamic depletion of BDNF" |
| 12/11/2007 |
| Daniel Ortiz, Ph.D. |
| Tufts University |
| "Factors regulating ABC transporter trafficking" |
| 1/7/2008 |
| Orian Shirihai, M.D., Ph.D. |
| Tufts University |
| "Mitochondrial Dynamics and Autophagy" |
| 1/8/2008 |
| Yanru Wang, Ph.D. |
| Tufts University |
| "Structure and Function of the Integral Vo Domain of the V-ATPase" |
| 1/14/2008 |
| Kevin K.W. Wang, Ph.D. |
| Associate Director, Center for Traumatic Brain Injury Studies (CTBIS) Director, Center for Neuroproteomics and Biomarkers Research (CNBR), McKnight Brain Institute |
| "Role of Calpains in Neural Regeneration and Repair" |
| 1/15/2008 |
| Gary Sahagian, Ph.D. |
| Tufts University |
| "Networking Late Stage Breast Cancer" |
| 1/22/2008 |
| Amy Simon, M.D. |
| Tufts University |
| "Exploring the Molecular Mechanisms of Airway Wall Remodeling and Asthma--from Man to Animal and Back Again" |
| 1/29/2008 |
| Brent Cochran, Ph.D. |
| Tufts University |
| "STAT3 function in glioblastoma stem cells" |
| 2/5/2008 |
| Ayana Hinton |
| Tufts University |
| "Function of a Subunit Isoforms of V-ATPase in Tumor Cell Invasion" |
| 2/25/2008 |
| David Nicholls, Ph.D. |
| Buck Institute for Age Research |
| "Mitochondria in the Life and Death of the Neuron" |
| 3/3/2008 |
| Ralph Isberg, Ph.D. |
| Tufts University |
| "Intracellular trafficking of Legionella pneumophilia in phagocytic cells" |
| 3/4/2008 |
| Jie Qi |
| Tufts University |
| Thesis Defense - "Reversible Dissociation of the Yeast V-ATPase and Characterization of the N-terminal Domain of Subunit a" |
| 3/25/2008 |
| Eric Frank, Ph.D. |
| Tufts University |
| "Recovery of Functional Synaptic Connections After Spinal Cord Injury" |
| 3/31/2008 |
| Jerry Silver, Ph.D. |
| Case Western Reserve University |
| "Functional regeneration beyond the glial scar" |
| 4/7/2008 |
| Sheila Thomas, Ph.D. |
| Harvard Medical School and BIDMC |
| "Attempts to Elucidate Signaling Mechanisms Controlling Macroautophagy" |
| 4/8/2008 |
| Gary Sahagian, Ph.D. |
| Tufts University |
| "Networking Late Stage Breast Cancer" |
| 4/14/2008 |
| Alessandra d'Azzo, Ph.D. |
| St. Jude Childern’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN |
| "Molecular pathogenesis of lysosomal neuraminidase deficiency" |
| 4/15/2008 |
| Sarah Bond |
| Tufts University |
| "A new role for the Ras-cAMP pathway in controlling V-ATPase activity in yeast" |
| 4/22/2008 |
| Cynthia Webster, DVM |
| Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine |
| "Cyclic AMP mediated survival signaling in hepatocyte apoptosis" |
| 4/30/2008 |
| Marina Simeone |
| Tufts University |
| Thesis Defense - "STAT3: A Novel Regulator of Airway Inflammation and Remodeling in Asthma" |
| 5/5/2008 |
| Brian Enloe |
| Tufts University |
| "PVR/CD155 expression in glioblastoma cells promotes invasion by MMP induction" |
| 5/6/2008 |
| Wayne Chan |
| Tufts University |
| "Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia: Gab(bing) about mechanism and the glee(vec) of treatment" |
| 5/12/2008 |
| Peter Brooks, Ph.D. |
| Maine Medical Center Research Institute |
| "Regulation of an endogenous angiogenesis inhibitor by integrin-mediated interactions with a cryptic ECM site" |
| 5/13/2008 |
| Mo-Ying Hsieh |
| Maine Medical Center Research Institute |
| "The role of NF-{kappa}B in Bcr-Abl mediated leukemogenesis" |
| 5/19/2008 |
| James L. Sherley, M.D., Ph.D. |
| Boston Biomedical Research Institute |
| "Defining 'Adult Stem Cells' for Biomedicine" |
| 5/20/2008 |
| Maureen Sherry |
| Tufts University |
| "The Role of STAT3 in Glioblastoma Stem Cells" |
| 5/21/2008 |
| Deanna Mele |
| Tufts University |
| "The Role of DPP2 in Cell Quiescence" |