Burnham Institute for Medical Research
10901 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037

FISHMAN AUDITORIUM
“Building 4, 1st Floor”

SEMINAR ANNOUCEMENTS FOR SEPTEMBER

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*CANCER CENTER SEMINAR*

Avri Ben-Ze’ev, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Molecular Cell Biology
The Weizmann Institute of Science

“News from the invasive tumor front”

Tuesday, September 1, 2009
12:00p.m.

Host: Robert Oshima, Ph.D.
Contact: Tara Mabry tmabry@burnham.org

*SANFORD CHILDREN’S HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER*

Translational Research Forum

Dr. Brandon Wustman
Principal Scientist
Amicus Therapeutics, La Jolla, CA

“Amicus Therapeutics and the Evolution of the Pharmacological Chaperone Concept”

Wednesday, September 2, 2009
12:00p.m.

Host: Dr. Hudson Freeze
Contact: Kathleen Alexander alexakat@burnham.org

*SPECIAL SEMINAR*

Klaus Fruh, Ph.D.
Professor, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Director, Gene Microarray Shared Resource
Oregon Health & Science University

“Viral Evasion of Immune Surveillance”

Thursday, September 3, 2009
12:00p.m.

Host: John C. Reed, M.D., Ph.D.
Contact: Laura Hughes, hughes@burnham.org

*NEUROSCIENCE, AGING, AND STEM CELL RESEARCH CENTER*

Yunwu Zhang, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Promotion Candidate

“Identification and characterization of new genes involved in Alzheimer’s disease”

Wednesday, September 9, 2009
9:30 a.m.

Host: Huaxi Xu, Ph.D.
Contact: Dawn Dunsmore dunsmore@burnham.org

*SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STEM CELL CONSORTIUM*

Fred H. (Rusty) Gage, Ph.D.
Professor, Laboratory of Genetics
Salk Institute for Biological Studies

“Regulation and Function of Stem Cells in the Adult Brain”

Thursday, September 10, 2009
9:30 - 11:00a.m.

Continental breakfast will be provided by VWR~

The broadcasting of this event (through Webinar) has been generously sponsored by Millipore

Host: Evan Snyder, M.D., Ph.D.
Contact: Bobbie Larraga, blarraga@burnham.org

*NEUROSCIENCE, AGING, AND STEM CELL RESEARCH CENTER*

Tomohiro Nakamura, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Promotion Candidate

“Redox-Mediated Mitochondrial Damage in Neurodegenerative Diseases”

Friday, September 11, 2009 3:00p.m.

Host: Stuart Lipton, M.D., Ph.D.
Contact: Dawn Dunsmore dunsmore@burnham.org

*PRESIDENT’S LECTURE SERIES*

Cam Patterson, M.D.
UNC School of Medicine
Chief, Division of Cardiology
Director, Cardiovascular Biology Center

“The Heart of Protein Quality Control”

Tuesday, September 29, 2009
12:00p.m.

Host: Ze’ev Ronai, Ph.D.
Contact: Collette Beaton cbeaton@burnham.org