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| Thursday, December 1, 2011
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Noon - 1:00 PM
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Periodontitis: a Community Affair
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Speaker: Richard P. Darveau, Ph.D., Chair Dept. of Periodontics School of Dentistry, Univ. Of Washington
Location: The Forsyth Institute, Seminar Room A, 245 First Street, 17th Floor, Cambridge
Abstract: The complexity of the sub-gingival microbiota has hindered the identification of the precise microbial etiology of periodontitis although very strong correlations between the amount and composition of the dental plaque biofilm and disease have been described. Furthermore, extensive microbial compositional analysis, based originally on culture techniques and subsequently extended by large scale DNA:DNA hybridization methodologies, has identified potential periopathogens, designated the red complex. Examination of potential virulence characteristics shared by red-complex bacteria, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Tannerella forsythia and Treponema denticola, has not yielded clear associations with disease. However, one shared attribute is their ability to either inhibit or evade innate host responses. This talk will provide evidence and a mechanism by which P. gingivalis employs both the microbial community and the host to cause periodontitis in mice.
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Pam Quattrocchi
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| Monday, December 5, 2011
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Noon
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Modeling contraction-induced muscle injury
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Jeffrey J. Widrick, Ph.D., Director, Krivickas Muscle Cell Laboratory, Harvard Medical School
LOCATION: Room 220, Boston University, College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College, 635 Commonwealth Avenue
HOST: Dr. Susan Kandarian
Refreshments will be served
For more information on Dr. Widrick go to:
http://connects.catalyst.harvard.edu/profiles/profile/person/95510 or http://pmr.hms.harvard.edu/pages/11/88/
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Jeffery J. Widrick, Ph.D.
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4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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| Tuesday, December 6, 2011
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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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| Wednesday, December 7, 2011
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6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
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Education through Soma®Rapid Prompting Method (RPM)
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Special Seminar: The Autism and Developmental Disorders Colloquium Series at MIT
Please RSVP to lmavros@mit.edu
Soma Mukhopadhyay, Executive Director of Education,
HALO (Helping Autism through Learning & Outreach)
Soma RPM (Rapid Prompting Method) is an academic-based method for improving academic success for persons with autism and related conditions. This talk will be an overview of the methodology and implementation of the Rapid Prompting Method. Clips of 1:1 student instructional session will also be shown demonstrating how to begin using RPM.
Supported by the Simons Initiative on Autism and the Brain at MIT (web.mit.edu/autism)
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Lee Mavros Rushton
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| Thursday, December 8, 2011
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Noon - 1:00 PM
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Gynecologic Pathologies in Mouse Models
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Tufts University Program in Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Seminar Series.
Guest Speaker: Jose Teixeira, PhD, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
Location: Tufts University, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Room B09, 145 Harrison Avenue, Boston
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Sharon Belding
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5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
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| Friday, December 9, 2011
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Noon - 1:00 PM
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Health Information Lunchtime Lecture Series
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Countway Library of Medicine is proud to announce the Health Information Lunchtime Lecture Series in Consumer Health.
Inaugural Speakers: Jerome Groopman and Pamela Hartzband, authors of Your Medical Mind.
Friday, Dec 9 at noon in the Minot Room at Countway Library. Book signing, book sales from the Harvard Medical Coop and light refreshments to follow.
Fore more information contact health_info@hms.harvard.edu
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Emily Bell
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| Monday, December 12, 2011
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Functional genomics, experimental models and cancer
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MGH/Harvard Cutaneous Biology Research Center Special Seminar Series
Speaker - William C. Hahn, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
7th Floor, Isselbacher Auditorium, Building 149, Charlestown Navy Yard, MGH East
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Kevin J. Travers
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| Tuesday, December 13, 2011
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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
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| Thursday, December 15, 2011
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Noon - 1:00 PM
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| Friday, December 16, 2011
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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
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Linking RNA to Human Health
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John L. Rinn, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard Univ., Associate Member, Broad Institute, Assistant Professor of Pathology, BIDMC
Fred S. Rosen Conference Room, CLSB 3069, 3 Blackfan Circle
Hosted by: Sun Hur
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Zac DiPasquale
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| Tuesday, December 20, 2011
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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| Thursday, December 22, 2011
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Noon - 1:00 PM
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The Cell and Molecular Biology of Bone Repair and Regeneration
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Speaker: Thomas A. Einhorn, MD, Boston University School of Medicine
Location: Seminar Room A, 17th Floor, The Forsyth Institute, 245 First Street, Cambridge
Abstract: Skeletal healing is a highly reproducible process that recapitulates events of skeletal development in utero. Although the method of fracture treatment can influence the cellular and tissue responses, most fractures worldwide heal by a process of endochondral ossification. Using a laboratory model of endochondral fracture healing, we have demonstrated the a membranous bone response from the periosteum and a simultaneous endochondral response adjacent to the fracture site. Mesenchymal stem cells differentiate into chondroblasts and lay down cartilage. Once a critical mass is achieved, and mechanical loads can be transferred across the fracture gap, the newly formed cartilage becomes mineralized, becomes a target for chondroclasts that resorb decalcified cartilage, and is ultimately replaced by woven bone. A related process, known as distraction osteogenesis, is driven by angiogenic events. While in fracture healing, endochondral ossification prevails, in distraction osteogenesis, bone is produced by direct membranous ossification from elements in the bone marrow space. Several experiments have demonstrated that vascular endothelial growth factor and HIF-1Ą are involved in this process.
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Pam Quattrocchi
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| Sunday, December 25, 2011
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9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
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2011 Nobel-Pauling Biotech Pharma Christmas Dim Sum Symposium
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Goal: to give foreign students, post-docs and scientists, as well as other biotech people who cannot be with their families for Christmas, the opportunity to gather together and share the holiday.
Registration fee: $ 0
Registration is required: www.Nobel-Pauling.org
Contact: Alex Pauling (alex@Nobel-Pauling.org)
Speakers are Dr. Thomas Tan (Roche), Dr. Zhijian Lu (China Novartis), Keven Stevens, IDT, Dr. Jingsong Cao (Novartis), Dr. Li Xing, Pfizer, Dr. Lily Zhu, BiogenIdec; Dr. Lan Yang, Genzyme; Dr. David He, Abbott; Dr. Victor Chu, BMS; Dr. Kevin Zhou, CEO, SSTK Biotech, Shenzhen, Dr. Yanjun Liu, CEO, Suzhou, Dr. Zhu Huaxing, CEO and Dr. Lijun Cai, Novoprotein, Dr. Jeffrey Su, CSO, Cytovance Biologics, Dr. Karen Wen, CEO, Mycenax, Taiwan & Dr. Joerg Lindenblatt, Sartorius, Germany, Dr. Jeff Hou, Australia, Prof. Nam-Joon Cho, Singapore, Dr. Hongfeng Zhou, COO, YZYBio, Wuhan, Dr. Wenzhi Tian, CEO, HuaBo Biopharm, Julio Vito Wykrota, EincoBio, Brazil and Hamilton Lenox, Neuland Laboratories, India
For more information visit www.nobel-pauling.org
Sponsors: EincoBio, Brazil (www.eincobio.com.br), Neuland Laboratories, India (www.neuland.com.in), Novoprotein (www.novoprotein.com.cn) Shanghai, QIAGEN (www.QIAGEN.com); Integrated DNA Technologies (www.idtdna.com), Huabo Biopharma, Shanghai, China, Dongguan (www.dg.gov.cn, China), Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks (www.HKSTP.org), SSTK Bio-Tech (www.sstkbiotech.com) Shenzhen, Mycenax, Taiwan ( www.mycenax.com.tw), Sartorius, Germany (www.sartorius.com), www.Genewiz.com, www.Cytovance.com; www.biomabs.com & www.lonza.com;
Themes: Mixing the arts with science for open innovation. If Innovation is the seed, where is the soil for new drug discovery?
Summary by Dr. Grace, CEO, ActoKine on the Biologics Conference in Shanghai, China (Nov 29 to Dec 1, 2011, www.imapact.com)
Description:
The Nobel-Linus-Pauling Biotech Symposium is to honor the life and work of Dr. Linus Pauling who has won two unshared Nobel Prizes; in 1954 for Chemistry, and in 1962, for Peace, for his work to stop above-ground nuclear testing. The goal is to promote science and biomedical research around the world by helping to build bridges between academia, Government and industry and among the US, Europe and Asia. We hope to strive to bring inventors, innovators, investors, leading scientists and executives together to mix cutting-edge science with business and to stimulate thought for new biotech collaborations.
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Alex Pauling
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Month of December 2011
