Free Radical Biology Research Seminar Series

Sept. 2		“Introduction to FRB&A labs by PI’s”
Sept. 9	Tim Griffin Rachel Chang	“Targeting Intra-articular Adipose Tissue as a Therapeutic Signaling Mediator of Osteoarthritic Pain”“Infrapatellar Fat Pad Hypertrophy Without Inflammation in a Diet-Induced Mouse Model of Obesity and Osteoarthritis”
Sept. 16	Scott Plafker Ken Humphries	“Future R01 application: Interrogating mitochondrial integrity and dynamics in healthy and sick RPE cells”“Mitochondrial dysfunction in type 1 diabetes”
Sept. 23rd	Mike Kinter Paul Rindler	“Probing Nrf2-dependent protein expression with quantitative proteomics”“Where’s the Catalase? Subcellular location of the catalase response to high fat diet within the heart”
Sept. 30th	Tim Griffin Satoshi Matsuzaki	“Mechanosensitive targeting of intra-articular adipose tissue for mediating osteoarthritis pain”“Reversible Cytochrome C Association/Disassociation Induced by Ischemia and Reperfusion”
Oct. 7th		No Seminar
Oct. 14th	Aaron McLain Rachel Bell	“Oxidative Inactivation of KGDH; Modification and Metabolic Fate of the Cofactor Lipoic Acid”“Metabolomics: A Method for Investigating Metabolic Flux”
Oct. 21st	Clair CreweHui-Ying Lim	“Cardiac Pyruvate Production and Utilization in Response to High-Dietary Fat”“Paracrine ROS signaling controls the adult Drosophila heart function”
Oct. 28th	Yao Fu Jolyn Fernandes	“Anti-oxidant Protein and Expression in Aging and Osteoarthritis”“Regulation of Mitochondrial Fatty Acid Utilization in Response to High Dietary Fat: The Potential Role of Aconitase”
Nov. 4th	Luke Szweda Kendra Plafker	“Rapid Response to Cellular Energy Demands: The Role of Mitochondrial Substrate Cycling and Interconversion of NADH and NADPH”“New Insights into UbcM2 Activity and Anti-Oxidant Function”
Nov. 11th	Rita Issa Gary O’Mealey	“Cyclic Loading Preconditions Cartilage Against Oxidative and Inflammatory Stress”“Characterization of the MARCH5 Ubiquitin Ligase in mitochondrial dynamics and oxidative stress”
Dec. 2nd	Lorin Olson	“Understanding Fibrosis Using PDGFR-driven Models of Disease”
Dec. 8th	Deborah M. Muoio, Ph.D	Please join us at 12:00 noon on December 8th in the OMRF Wileman Auditorium for Dr. Deborah Muoio’s seminar
Jan. 13	Yao Fu Lee Bockus	“The effect of aging on cartilage oxidative homeostasis and osteoarthritis”“Chronic cAMP stimulation decreases protein kinase A levels in cardiomyocytes by a proteasome dependent mechanism”
Jan. 27	Mike Kinter Paul Rindler	“Peer review and criticism – It’s not always fun but it is important”“The Peroxisome? Initiator of Cardiac Insulin Resistance in Response to High-Fat Diet”
Feb. 3	Dr. John Knight	“Writing a persuasive grant”
Feb. 24	Tim Harford Kathryn Schulz	“Trial, Error and the God Complex” “On Being Wrong”
Mar. 15	Dr. Paul Brookes	“Role of Sirtuins in Ischemic Preconditioning”
Mar. 23	Gary O’Mealey Tim Griffin	“Investigation of the Ubiquitin Proteolytic System in Mitochondrial Dynamics” “Independence of Leptin and Bodyweight in Osteoarthritis”
Mar. 30	Rachel Lane Satoshi Matsuzaki	“A New Source of Chondrocytes: Investigating Osteoarthritis Metabolism in Lean and Obese Human Patients” “Mitochondrial Complex I Deactivation During Cardiac Ischemia”
Mar. 23	Gary O’Mealey Tim Griffin	“Investigation of the Ubiquitin Proteolytic System in Mitochondrial Dynamics” “Independence of Leptin and Bodyweight in Osteoarthritis”
April 13	Luke Szweda Kendra Plafker	“Cardiac Metabolism in the 21st Century” “Detecting Nrf2, Visualizing the Invisible”
April 20	Clair Crewe Hui-Ying Lim	“Adaptation of the Heart to High-Dietary Fat: Rapid and Selective Upregulation of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinase 4” “Genetic Screen for Genes Involved in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity and Cardiomyopathy”
April 27	Dr. Hong Chen	“Conditional Deletion of Epsins Attenuates Adiposity by Regulating Adipogenesis in Mice”
May 4	Scott Plafker	“FRB&A Game Day”
May 11	Dr. Kevin Short	“The Impact of Physical Activity on Childhood Obesity”
May 18	Luke Szweda	”State of the FRB&A: Imagine”

The Free Radical Biology & Aging Research Seminar Series will begin in October. Unless otherwise noted, seminars are held Friday afternoons from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in MC-206. If you would like to be on the mailing list for this seminar series, send e-mail to evansj@omrf.org. Free Radical Biology Research Seminar Series 2010 – 2011