Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
Tuesday, November 24, 2009: Acute Leukemia Research Seminar
2:30-3:30 p.m., 450 MCRB
Targeting H3 K4 methyltransferase MLL
Yali Dou, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Departments of Pathology and Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School
Host: John Kersey, M.D.
International Visiting Professor Presentation: Olalekan Ayo-Yusuf
Friday, December 4, 2009, 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Room 105, 717 Delaware St. SE
Translating treatment policy and research to practice: a case of South Africa
Olalekan Ayo-Yusuf, B.D.S., M.Sc., M.P.H., Ph.D., associate professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Join the Program in Health Disparities Research and the Office of International Programs for a special presentation by Olalekan Ayo-Yusuf, who has been at the forefront of researching the composition and health effects of smokeless tobacco used in South Africa. Sandwiches and beverages will be served to the first 40 attendees.
Department of Pharmacology Seminar
Friday, December 4, 2009, 12 p.m., 2-101 Nils Hasselmo Hall
The uncertain role of nicotine in tobacco dependence
Paul Clarke, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University
Co-sponsored by the PharmacoNeuroImmunology Training Program