SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH

The Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research's Faculty Seminar Series provides an opportunity for scientific staff and their colleagues to share their findings. All seminars are held in the Denney Conference Center, from 3:30 to 4:30 pm, with a reception immediately following. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend these seminars.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Magalie Leduc, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, The Jackson Laboratory
Using the mouse model to dissect the genetics of HDL cholesterol and other complex traits

Thursday, February 4, 2010

William Caskey, Ph.D., Director, Office of Sponsored Programs and
April Hopstetter, Director of Technical Publications, Printing and Web

Using the New SF 424 and PHS 398 Form Sets

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Michele Sale, Departments of Medicine and Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Virginia
Genetic studies of type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemia in African Americans from the South Carolina Sea Islands

Thursday, March 18, 2010

John B. Harley, M.D., Ph.D., Member and Program Chair, Arthritis and Immunology Research Program, George Lynn Cross Research Professor, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
The genetic tsunami redefines human systemic lupus erythematosus

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Ellen Kraig, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, UTHSCSA
Use of nonhuman primate models for studies of immune aging

Thursday, June 17, 2010

John L. VandeBerg, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, SFBR; Director, SNPRC
The critical role of animals in the advancement of science and medicine

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Melanie Carless, Ph.D., Assistant Scientist, Department of Genetics, SFBR
TBD

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Matthew Johnson, Ph.D., Assistant Scientist, Department of Genetics, SFBR
TBD

Date TBD, 2010

Kimberley A. Phillips, Ph.D., Trinity University
Brain development in capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)

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