GTC Seminar Series
Co-sponsored by the Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics (CNET)
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Maria Castro, Ph.D.
Co-Director, Gene Therapeutics Research Institute
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Title: Overcoming immune evasion by brain tumors: linking innate and adaptive immunity using gene-based therapeutics
Place: Bevill Research Building, Rm. 170
Time: 10:30 AM

October 2007

GTC Seminar Series
Co-sponsored by the UAB Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
Joseph Zabner, M.D.
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Title: The Adenovirus Receptor and Adenovirus
Place: Bevill Research Building, Rm. 170
Time: 10:30 AM

November 2007

GTC Seminar Series Co-sponsored by the Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics (CNET)
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Douglas Martin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Scott-Richey Research Center
Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine
Auburn, AL
Title: AAV Gene Therapy of Neurodegenerative Disease in a Feline Model
Place: Bevill Research Building, Rm. 170
Time: 10:30 AM

December 2007

GTC Seminar Series
Co-sponsored by the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Steven M. Albelda, M.D.
William Maul Measey Professor of Medicine
Vice Chief, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Division
Director of Lung Research; Co-Director, Thoracic Oncology Laboratories
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Abramson Research Center
Philadelphia, PA
Title: Immuno-gene Therapy for Malignant Mesothelioma: Successes and Challenges
Place: Bevill Research Building, Rm. 170
Time: 10:30 AM

January 2008

GTC Seminar Series, Co-sponsored by the UAB Liver Center
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Mark A. Kay, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Departments of Pediatrics and Genetics
Director, Program in Human Gene Therapy
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA
Title: RNAi, microRNAs and Gene Therapy
Place: Bevill Research Building, Rm. 170
Time: 10:30 AM

February 2008

GTC Seminar Series
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Christof von Kalle, M.D.
Head, Division of Translational Oncology of the German Cancer Research Center
National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany.
Institute for Molecular Medicine and Cell Research, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Division of Experimental Hematology, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio
Title: The clonal fate of gene modified blood cells
Place: Bevill Research Building, Rm. 170
Time: 10:30 AM

March 2008

GTC Seminar Series, Co-sponsored by the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Frank McCormick, Ph.D, FRS
David A. Wood Distinguished Professor of Tumor Biology and Cancer Research
Director, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center & Cancer Research Institute
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Title: Cancer therapy based on the RAS pathway
Place: Bevill Research Building, Rm. 170
Time: 10:30 AM

May 2008

GTC Seminar Series, Co-sponsored by UAB Departments of Pediatrics and Genetics
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Donald B. Kohn, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Research Immunology/Bone Marrow Transplantation
Keck School of Medicine and Children's Hospital
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Title: Gene Therapy Using Hematopoietic Stem Cells
Place: Bevill Research Building, Rm. 170
Time: 10:30 AM

May 2008

GTC Seminar Series, Co-sponsored by Susan G. Komen for the Cure-North Alabama Affiliate
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Michael Sadelain, M.D.
Department of Medicine and Immunology Program
Gene Transfer and Somatic Cell Engineering Laboratory
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Title: Targeting tumors with genetically enhanced T lymphocytes
Place: Bevill Research Building, Rm. 170
Time: 2:00 PM