Seminar Series
The Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Bone Disease Program of Texas presents monthly seminars given by internationally recognized scientists working in the field of skeletal biology.
Unless otherwise noted, lectures are held on the first Friday of each month, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m, at MD Anderson Cancer Center in the AT&T Telehealth Center, room FC1.2002 of the Faculty Center Building, 1400 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, Texas. Directions and Map (pdf).
2010-2011 Seminar Series
| Bone Seminar Series - 2010-2011 Academic Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
| Sept.24, 2010 | Mary C. Farach-Carson, Ph.D | Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX | Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans in Bone Metastasis of Prostate Cancer |
| Oct. 1, 2010 | Frank Rauch, M.D. | Associate Professor, Genetics Unit, Shriners Hospital for Children, Montreal, Canada | Osteogenesis Imperfecta: Genotypes, Phenotypes, Treatments |
| Nov. 5, 2010 | Matthew Smith, M.D., Ph.D. | Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA | Recent Advances in Bone-Targeted Therapy for Prostate Cancer |
| Dec. 3, 2010 | Ernestina Schipani, M.D., Ph.D. | Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA | Oxygen Sensing in Bone and Cartilage Development. |
| Jan. 7, 2011 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Feb. 4, 2011 | Beth Dawson-Hughes, M.D. | Senior Scientist and Director, Bone Metabolism Labatory, Tufts Unversity, Boston, MA | Vitamin D - Musculoskeletal Effects and Beyond |
| Mar. 4, 2011 | John Wysolmerski, M.D. | Professor of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT | Dysregulation of Calcium Handling Contributes to Breast Cancer Progression |
| April 1, 2011 | Yang Chai, D.D.S., Ph.D | George and MaryLou Boone Professor of Craniofacial Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA | Novel TGF-beta Signaling Mechanism and Craniofacial Development |
| May 1, 2011 | Mary C. Nakamura, M.D. | Associate Professor of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA | Osteoimmunology: Innate Immune Regulation of Osteoclasts |
For more information, contact Berenice Torres at 713-792-7679 or mbtorres@mdanderson.org.