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| Monday, September 10, 2012
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4:00 PM
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| Wednesday, September 12, 2012
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Noon - 1:00 PM
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| Thursday, September 13, 2012
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Noon - 1:00 PM
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Immunoregulation by adenosine and hypoxia
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Speaker: Akio Ohta, Ph.D., Principal Research Scientist, New England Inflammation and Tissue Protection Institute, Northeastern University
Location: The Forsyth Institute, Seminar Rooms A & B, 245 First Street, 17th Floor, Cambridge
Summary: Immune system has various mechanisms to discourage potentially tissue-damaging immune activation, e.g. anti-inflammatory cytokines and anti-inflammatory cells including regulatory T cells and myeloid-derived suppressor cells). Extracellular adenosine also plays a non-redundant role in the control of immune responses. The increase of adenosine levels in pathophysiological conditions may represent negative feedback mechanism triggered by hypoxia in damaged tissue. Such counterbalance can prevent overactivation of immune responses and consequent excessive tissue injury, but are also able to diminish immune responses to fight against infectious pathogens and cancer cells. Immunoregulatory mechanism through the hypoxia-adenosine pathway may be crucial in the control of pro- and anti-inflammatory balance.
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Pam Quattrocchi
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2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
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Resume & Networking workshop for HBC Career Fair
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Making the Most of the Harvard Biotechnology Club's Career Fair: Resumes and Networking Strategies.
Laura Stark Malisheski, Office of Career Services for Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Location: Cannon Room, 1st Floor Building C, HMS Quad.
*Note: Due to space limitations, the workshops will be open only to Harvard-affiliated members.
Are you attending the Harvard Biotech Club Career Fair? Make the most out of this great opportunity to meet with employers who want to hire PhDs!
Laura Stark Malisheski of the Office of Career Services for Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, will share her tips on how to present yourself, on paper and in person!
In the first part of this workshop, you will learn how to best organize your resume for different types of PhD-level nonacademic positions. Laura will offer specific guidelines and sample resumes to inspire you to create a resume that best represents your strengths and experiences.
In part two of the workshop, you will learn how to effectively introduce yourself to potential employers and make the most of your time at the HBC Career Fair.
RSVP: If you would like to attend this event, please send an email to RSVP@thebiotechclub.org with "workshop" in the subject line.
Presented to you by the GSAS Harvard Biotech Club (www.thebiotechclub.org) in collaboration with Harvard FAS Office of Career Services
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Edouard Mullarky
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5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
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| Friday, September 14, 2012
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Noon - 1:00 PM
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Tregs & periodontal disease: from regulatory and migratory mechanisms to therapeutic opportunities
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Speaker: Gustavo Pompermaier Garlet, DDS, MSc, PhD, Associated Professor, Dept of Biological Sciences, School of Dentistry of Bauru, Brazil
Location: The Forsyth Institute, Seminar Rooms A & B, 245 First St., 17th Floor, Cambridge
Summary: While the mechanisms involved in periodontal destruction by inflammatory cytokines are well known, regulatory mechanisms involved in the control of periodontitis remain elusive. In this scenario, regulatory T cells (Tregs) appears as a T helper subset potentially involved in disease outcome determination. Our group recently demonstrate the presence of Tregs in diseased periodontal tissue, as well its role in experimental disease outcome. Together with this previous data, unpublished results describing the mechanisms involved in the migration of Tregs to periodontal tissues will be discussed, as well the opportunities for the therapeutic manipulation of this system. Also, the possible role of distinct classes of oral bacteria in the modulation of Tregs system in periodontal environment will be discussed.
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Pam Quattrocchi
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Week of Sunday, September 9, 2012
