Join the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department at a symposium on Tuesday, May 2 to honor the great contributions and long service of Bill Wright and Barry Zirkin.
Bill and Barry have both retired recently, and though they will be missed in the Department, we are celebrating their entry into the rank of Professors Emeriti with a day-long symposium, featuring highly accomplished investigators in the fields of drug development and delivery, stem cell and reproductive biology, aging, and the regulation of cell differentiation and homeostasis.
Registration is required, whether you are attending for the full day or just a portion. Please complete this form by April 26.
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Program
All lectures will be presented in Becton Dickinson (W1020)
8:30 Coffee and Pastries (note, food and drink are not allowed in the lecture hall)
Session 1, 9:30 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.
9:30 Welcome
9:40 Adaptative Stress Responses in Complex Epithelia - Pierre Coulombe, Chair of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan (and former chair of BMB)
10:25 Stem Cell Therapies for Male Infertility - Kyle Orwig, Professor of Ob/Gyn & Reproductive Science, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
11:10 Break
11:25 Pharmacological Approaches to Address Testosterone Deficiency - Vassilios Papadopoulos, Dean of the Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California
12:10 Lunch
Session 2, 1:10 – 4:05 p.m.
1:10 RNA-Based Therapies: Are We on the Brink of a Therapeutic Revolution? - Sonya Zabludoff, PhD ’92 (Wright lab), Vice-President, Clinical Development, Nitto BioPharma
1:55 Cycles, Waves and Pulses in Spermatogenesis - Michael D. Griswold, Regents Professor and Director, School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University
2:40 Break
2:55 Replacements For Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: A Regrettable Affair? - Bernard Robaire, James McGill Professor, Departments of Pharmacology & Therapeutics and of Obstetrics & Gynecology, McGill University
3:35 Closing remarks
4:05 Reception in Feinstone Hall
