Scientific Calendar

Week of May 12, 2008

Monday, May 12

Perspectives in Immunology Symposium

8:45 AM

Introduction by Arygrios Theofilopoulos

9:00 AM

Recognition, Signaling and Transcription in the Innate Immune System, Tadatsugu Taniguchi, University of Tokyo, Japan.

10:00 AM

Innate Immune Sensing and Response, Bruce Beutler, Scripps Research.

11:00 AM

Apoptosis and Innate Tumor Immunity, Laurence Zitvogel, INSERM, Institute Gustave Roussey.

1:30 PM

The Systemic Autoinflammatory Disease: Inborn Errors of Innate Immunity, Daniel Kastner, Genetics and Genomics Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases.

2:30 PM

HIV Disease: Immune Activation, Microbes and Leaky Gut, Daniel Douek, Vaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Health.

Hosts: Argyrios Theofilopoulos, Richard Ulevitch.

Valerie Timken Amphitheater, Green Hospital Building

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9:00 AM

Short Course on Metabolomics 2008, Gary Siuzdak, Sunia Trauger, Bill Wikoff, Oscar Yanes, Bill Webb, Ewa Kalisiak, Scripps Center for Mass Spectrometry. Host: Gary Siuzdak.

The Neurosciences Institute Auditorium, 10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive

4:00 PM

Major Urinary Proteins: Functional Characterization of a Novel Pheromone Family that Promotes Intermale Aggression, Ryan A. Shenvi, Kellogg School of Science and Technology. Ph.D. Thesis Presentation.

W.M. Keck Foundation Amphitheater, The Beckman Center

Tuesday, May 13

2:00 PM

PAMP My Fly: Toll Signaling, Specificity, and Evolution, Steven Wasserman, Professor, University of California, San Diego. Host: Bruce Beutler. Genetics Seminar Series.

THE COMMITTEE Lecture Hall, Skaggs Institute Building

Wednesday, May 14

2:00 PM

Integrated Approaches to Uncovering Transcription Regulatory Networks in Macrophages, Timothy Ravasi, University of California, San Diego. Host: Ulrich Mueller.

WM Keck Foundation Amphitheater, The Beckman Center

4:00 PM

Epigenetic Targets in Psychosis Treatment, Alessandro Guidotti, Professor, Berkeley Center for Synthetic Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago. Host: Pietro Sanna. Neurosciences Seminar Series.

THE COMMITTEE Lecture Hall, Skaggs Institute Building

5:00 PM

Linking Rho GTPase Signaling Dynamics to the Cytoskeletal Machinery, Gary M. Bokoch, Professor, Scripps Research. Faculty Lecture Series.

Valerie Timken Amphitheater, Green Hospital Building

 

Thursday, May 15

12:00 PM

Gene Regulatory Networks Orchestrating the Development of the Innate and Adaptive Immune Systems, Harinder Singh, Professor, The University of Chicago; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Host: Charles Surh. Immunology Affinity Group Seminar Series.

THE COMMITTEE Lecture Hall, Skaggs Institute Building