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).
2013-2014 Bone Seminar Series
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sept. 6, 2013 | Rulang Jiang, Ph.D., Professor, Division of Developmental Biology Cincinnati Children's Hospital Cincinnati, Ohio | The Genetic control of Craniofacial Development of Patterning |
| Oct. 2013 | No speakers for this month (2 November speakers instead) | |
| Nov. 1, 2013 | Alex Robling, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, IN | Therapeutic Applications of Wnt Signaling to Bone Metabolic Disorders |
| Nov. 22, 2013 | Steven Goldring, M.D., Chief Scientific Officer and Richard Menschel Research Chair, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY | Mechanisms of Pathological Bone Remodeling: Pathology Teaches Physiology |
| Dec. 6, 2013 | David Ornitz, M.D., Ph.D., Alumni Endowed Professor, Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri | Fibroclast Growth Factor Signaling Pathways in Skeletal Development |
| Jan. 3, 2014 | Daniel Bikle, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Medicine and Dermatology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA | The Critical Role of IGF-I Signaling During Bone Development and Remodeling. |
| Feb. 7, 2014 | Brian Foster, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, NIAMS Laboratory of Oral Connective Tissue Biology, Bethesda, Maryland | Key Regulators of Mineralization in Periodontal Development and Regeneration |
| Mar. 7, 2014 | Janet Rubin, M.D., Professor, Division of Endocrinology/Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC | Dynamic Mechanical Environment Regulates Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation |
| April 4, 2014 | Robert Lindsay, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Clinical Medicine, Chief of Osteoporisis Center, Helen Hayes Hospital, New York, NY | Osteoporosis- Where are We Going? |
| May 2, 2014 | John Bilezikian, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Columbia University, New York, NY | Primary Hyperparathyroidism: New Insights, Concepts and Guidelines for 2014. |
For more information, contact Leticia Shiery at 713-792-7679 or lashiery@mdanderson.org.