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Seminar Series

2008-2009 LPI Seminars


All seminars are held in ALS 4001 at 2:00pm unless otherwise noted.

Luiz Bermudez, M.D.
Department of Biomedical Science, Oregon State University
"A Glance into the Complex Life of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis within Host Cells: Apoptosis Control"
November 13, 2008

Robert Martindale, M.D., Ph.D.
Oregon Health and Science University
"Probiotics in Medicine: From 'Natural' Product to Therapeutic Tool"
December 4, 2008
This seminar is co-sponsored by the Department of Food Science and Technology

Ke Jian "Jim" Liu, Ph.D.
University of New Mexico
"Inhibition of DNA Damage Repair as a Mechanism of Arsenic Carcinogenesis"
January 22, 2009

Martin Hewison, Ph.D.
UCLA Orthopaedic Hospital
Back to the Future: A New Look at "Old" Vitamin D
February 5, 2009

Daren L. Knoell, Pharm.D., F.C.C.P.
Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University
Zinc-Mediated Regulation of the Host Response to Sepsis: A Translational Perspective
February 26, 2009

David H. Wasserman, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Muscle Glucose Uptake in Three Easy Steps
March 19, 2009

Dee Denver, Ph.D.
Department of Zoology and CGRB, Oregon State University
Mitochondria-generated Reactive Oxygen Species as a Mechanism for Causing Elevated Mutation Rates in Nematode Genomes
April 9, 2009

Gerd Bobe, Ph.D., MPH
National Cancer Institute
Early Response Biomarker for Molecular-Targeted Dietary Cancer Prevention
April 23, 2009

Kathy Magnusson, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Oregon State University
The Role of the NMDA Receptor Complex on Age-Related Memory Declines
April 30, 2009

Shivendra V. Singh, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Cancer Prevention by Garlic Constituents
June 4, 2009