Seminars

Inflammation Research Network Seminar Series
January - June 2009

Date

Time

Room

Type

Speaker

Title

Jan 7 12:00 G500 S Dr. Simon Hirota
Postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Paul Beck’s lab
Department of Medicine
University of Calgary
HIF-1alpha and the regulation of mucosal barrier function - A new therapeutic strategy for C. Difficile-associated disease
Joint seminar with GIRG
Jan 14 12:00 G500 S Ian Hons
Grad student, Dr. Keith Sharkey’s lab
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
University of Calgary
Inflammation and the enteric synapse
Joint seminar with GIRG
Jan 21 12:00 G500 S Mani Lejeune
Grad student, Dr. Kris Chadee’s lab
Dept of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
University of Calgary
Knock-down of EP2 receptors compromise colonic epithelial barrier integrity
Joint seminar with GIRG
Jan 28 12:00 G500 S Dr. Keith Sharkey
Professor
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
University of Calgary
Publish or Perish
Joint seminar with GIRG
Jan 29 9:00 Theatre 3 S Dr. Arturo Zychlinksy
Director
Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
Berlin, Germany
Oxygen regulates inflammation
Joint seminar with the Snyder Institute
Feb 4 9:00 Theatre 1 RIP Tamia Lapointe
Grad student, Dr. Andre Buret’s lab  
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Calgary
Interleukin-1 receptor activates rho kinase to disrupt epithelial tight junctions during Helicobacter pylori infection
Feb 11 12:00 G500  S Kim Lewis
Grad student, Dr. Derek McKay’s lab
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
University of Calgary
Butyrate inhibits bacterial internalization and translocation through an NF-kB mediated mechanism
Joint seminar with GIRG
Feb 18 9:00 Theatre 1 RIP Dr. Christina Hirota
Postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Wally MacNaughton’s lab
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
University of Calgary
Exploring mechanisms of PAR2-Induced COX-2 expression In epithelial cells
Feb 25 12:00 G500 S Dave Prescott
Grad student, Dr. Derek McKay’s lab
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
University of Calgary
Modulation of the macrophage response to infection by aspirin- triggered lipoxin
Joint seminar with GIRG
Mar 4 9:00 Theatre 1 S Dr. Abhay R. Satoskar
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology
The Ohio State University
A novel strategy for treating infections caused by intracellular pathogens
Mar 11 12:00 G500 S Dr. David Smyth
Postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Derek McKay’s lab
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
University of Calgary
Interferon gamma signaling In colonic
epithelial cells
Joint seminar with GIRG
Mar 18       No seminar
 
 
Mar 25 12:00 G500 S Matt Klompus
Grad student, Dr. Derek McKay’s lab
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
University of Calgary
Neuropeptide Y exerts anti-secretory effects In mouse colon In a region specific manner and are lost during inflammation
Joint seminar with GIRG
Apr 1   9:00 Theatre 3   S Dr. David Sigalet
Professor
Department of Surgery
University of Calgary
GLP-2: Mechanisms by which it regulates adaptation and inflammation
 
Apr 8 9:00 Theatre 1 RIP Kim Willoughby
Grad student, Dr. Howard Ceri’s lab
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Calgary
Biofilm formation by gastrointestinal bacteria
Apr 15 9:00 Theatre 1 S Mahmoud El-Daly
Grad student, Dr. Morley Hollenberg’s lab
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
University of Calgary
Proteinases and vascular function: Tyrosine kinase signaling and PAR-EGFR crosstalk
Apr 22       No seminar EB09 New Orleans
Apr 29       No seminar  
May 6 9:00 G500 RIP Dr. Niklas Schuelert
Postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Jason McDougall’s lab
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
University of Calgary
Endocannabinoids and osteoarthritic pain
May 13       No seminar  
May 20 9:00 G500 RIP Lisa Nelson
Grad student, Dr. Howard Ceri’s lab
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Calgary
Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence in the prostate
 
May 27 9:00 G500 S Dr. Donna-Marie McCafferty
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
University of Calgary
Chronic inducible nitric oxide synthase activation and colitis-associated cancer progression
Jun 3 9:00 G500 S Dr. Régine Mydlarski
Director, Immunodermatology & Transplant Dermatology
University of Calgary
Bullous disease: From bench to bedside
Jun 10 9:00 G500 S Dr. Jason McDougall
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
University of Calgary
PAR4 involvement in joint pain and inflammation
Jun 17       Seminar cancelled  
Jun 23 9:00 Dr. Clara Christie Theatre S Dr. Nathalie Vergnolle
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
University of Calgary
PARs in pain-associated pathologies
Jun 24 9:00 G500 RIP Sonia Rehal
Grad student, Dr. Pierre-Yves von der Weid's lab
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
University of Calgary
Lymphatic drainage in intestinal inflammation: A Role for prostaglandins

 

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