2015 Monday Seminars

December 7, 2015

5:15-6:15 PM – Room 451, Cancer Genetics Research Complex (CGRC) Building

Peter Todd, MD, PhD
Department of Neurology
University of Michigan

“Repeat associated non-AUG (RAN) translation: mechanisms and roles in neurodegeneration”


September 21, 2015

10:00-11:00 AM – Room 451, Cancer Genetics Research Complex (CGRC) Building

Nguyen picLien Nguyen
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Chemistry

“Small Molecules targeting expanded CCUG and CUG repeats as potential therapeutics for Myotonic Dystrophy”


July 23, 2015

10:00-11:00 AM – Room 451, Cancer Genetics Research Complex (CGRC) Building

andreiAndrei Korostelev, PhD
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
University of Massechusetts Medical School

“Mechanisms of IRES-dependent translation and tRNA translocation on the ribosome”


July 9, 2015

1:30-2:30PM – Room 451, Cancer Genetics Research Complex (CGRC) Building

Laura Bott, PhD
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
NeuroGenetics Branch

“Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy: New Insights into the Disease Mechanism and Prospects for Pharmacological Therapy”


March 30, 2015

5:15-6:15 PM – Room 451, Cancer Genetics Research Complex (CGRC) Building

watersMichael Waters, MD, PhD
Department of Neurology
University of Florida

“Pathophysiology in SCA13”


May 14, 2015

2:00-3:00PM – Room 451, Cancer Genetics Research Complex (CGRC) Building

PhotoToddTiffany Todd, PhD
Yale University
Department of Genetics

“Nemo-Like Kinase modulates the pathogenesis of the polyglutamine disease Spinal and Bulpar Muscular Atrophy”


February 23, 2015

5:15-6:15 PM – Room 451, Cancer Genetics Research Complex (CGRC) Building

Rodriguez-e1409169848243Edgardo Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
University of Florida

“AAV-CRISPER/Cas9: A new approach to the study and treatment of neurogenetic disease”


February 3, 2015

4:00-5:00PM – DeWeese Auditorium, McKnight Brain Institute

sonenbergNahum Sonenberg, PhD
Department of Biochemistry
McGill University, Montreal, Canada

“Translational control of cancer and neurodevelopmental diseases via eIF4E”


Jan 26, 2015

5:15-6:15 PM – Room 451, Cancer Genetics Research Complex (CGRC) Building

RC_20121023_UF_David_Vaillancourt_0218-199x300David Vaillancourt, Ph.D.
Departments of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology; Neurology; Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida

“Neuroimaging in Spinocerebellar Ataxia 6”