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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Resource Scheduler Training Classes RS3104

Registration Required
Available Seats: Class Full
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: S2-307 D Goff Learning Center D, Medical School Building, University Campus
Instructor: Heidi Beberman - Karen Zirpola
Prerequisite: None
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

The Molecular Mechanisms for Maintenance of Cancer Stem CellS in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: S5-402, Medical School Building, University Campus
Speaker: Haojian Zhang
Cancer Biology Program
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Following an Academic Path Toward the Discovery of New Antibiotics

Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: LRB-816 Seminar/Conference Room , Aaron Lazare Medical Research Building, University Campus
Speaker: Amy Anderson, PhD
University of Connecticut
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

No Cell Dynamics Journal Club scheduled this week

Time: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Location: B4 - 3rd floor Conference Room B4 - 3rd floor, Biotech 4 Building, University Campus
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Brian Stadinski, PhD

2012 Spring In-House Pathology Post-Doctoral Seminar Series . . .
Time: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Location: S2-310 Pathology Seminar Room, Medical School Building, University Campus
Speaker: Brian Stadinski, PhD
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Rock Lab
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Chromatin Dynamics in Pluripotency and Differentiation

Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Location: LRB-816 Seminar/Conference Room , Aaron Lazare Medical Research Building, University Campus
Speaker: Ozlem Yildirim
Interdisciplinary Graduate Program
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Ubiquitination in Signaling and Cancer: Smurfing the way from TGF-beta to Genome Stability

Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: S5-310 MGM Seminar Room, Medical School Building, University Campus
Speaker: Ying E. Zhang, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Ethical and Practical Issues for Medication Discontinuation

UMassMemorial Medical Center / UMass Medical School Department of Medicine Division of Geriatric Medicine Conference Ethical and Practical Issues for Medication Discontinuation Jennifer Tjia . . .
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: B4 - 3rd floor Conference Room B4 - 3rd floor, Biotech 4 Building, University Campus
Speaker: Jennifer Tjia, MD, MSCE
Assistant Professor, Geriatric Medicine
Thursday, May 24, 2012

Manager's Toolbox HR/EAP/PURCHASING/IS/FINANCE WHM301

Registration Required This session is for those who are new to a managerial role at UMMS.It introduces Human resources management basics and best practices.It provides the tools necessary to successfully navigate HR system . . .
Available Seats: 18
Time: 8:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: HR Training Room@South Street, 333 South Street Building, South Street Campus
Instructor: HR/EAP/Purchasing/IS Speakers
Thursday, May 24, 2012

Adobe Acrobat

Cancelled Co-sponsored by the Office of Faculty Affairs and Information Services. Adobe Acrobat PDF files can be used for more than just sharing cross-platform, visually accurate copies of documents. In this . . .
Available Seats: 11
Time: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: S2-307 D Goff Learning Center D, Medical School Building, University Campus
Thursday, May 24, 2012

"Merkel Cell Polyomavirus and Merkel Cell Carcinoma"

2012 IVP SPRING SEMINAR SERIES . . .
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: S1-607 Goff Lazare Auditorium, Medical School Building, University Campus
Speaker: James A. DeCaprio, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Friday, May 25, 2012

Skull Deformities in Children

Objectives: 1. Type of the skull deformities in children will be described. 2. Etiology and causative factors of these deformities will be discussed. 3. Plagiocephaly and Craniosynostosis will be f . . .
Time: 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Location: S2-102 Amphitheater I, Medical School Building, University Campus
Speaker: Oguz Cataltepe, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics, UMMS, Director, Pediatric Neurosurgery, UMMHC,
Friday, May 25, 2012

Runx1 C-Terminal Domains During Hemotopoietic Development and Leukemogenesis

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:15 PM
Location: S2-351 2nd floor, Medical School Building, University Campus
Speaker: Christopher R. Dowdy
Cell Biology Program
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Introduction to GoToMeeting

Registration Required Information Services has arranged for four, one-hour online sessions with a GoToMeeting representative to introduce you to GoToMeeting. The sessions will be held on March 20, March 27, April 3 and Ap . . .
Available Seats: 25
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: Online - Live Classroom
Instructor: Information Services and Jim Weed - Citrix Systems Inc.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Transcriptional Regulation of the Interleukin-8 Promoter by Multiple Dengue Viral Proteins

Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: S2-352 Conference Room, Medical School Building, University Campus
Speaker: Jacob Collins
Program in Immunology & Virology
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Small Molecule Investigation of KCNQ Potassium Channel Complexes

Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: LRB-816 Seminar/Conference Room , Aaron Lazare Medical Research Building, University Campus
Speaker: Karen Mruk
Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Finding new reguators of Golgi transport

Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: LRB-816 Seminar/Conference Room , Aaron Lazare Medical Research Building, University Campus
Speaker: Elizabeth.Conibear, PhD
University of British Columbia
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

"Metabolite Profiles and the Risk of Cardiometabolic Disease"

Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: LRB-316 Tear Conference room, Aaron Lazare Medical Research Building, University Campus
Speaker: Robert E. Gerszten, M.D.
Cardiology Division and Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Cell Dynamics Journal Club Cancelled due to conflict with Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Seminar

Time: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Location: B4 - 3rd floor Conference Room B4 - 3rd floor, Biotech 4 Building, University Campus
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Elena Merino Rodriguez

2012 Spring In-House Pathology Post-Doctoral Seminar Series . . .
Time: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Location: TBD, Power Plant Building, University Campus
Speaker: Elena Merino Rodriguez
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Rock Lab
Thursday, May 31, 2012

Resource Scheduler Training Classes RS3104

Registration Required
Available Seats: Class Full
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Location: S2-307 D Goff Learning Center D, Medical School Building, University Campus
Instructor: Heidi Beberman - Karen Zirpola
Prerequisite: None
Thursday, May 31, 2012

"T-Cell Derived Protein S Negatively Regulates the Innate Immune Response"

2012 IVP Spring Seminar Series . . .
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: S1-607 Goff Lazare Auditorium, Medical School Building, University Campus
Speaker: Carla V. Rothlin, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Immunobiology, Yale University
Friday, June 1, 2012

Antagonistic Pleiotropy: The Role of SMURF2 in Cancer and Aging

Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: S5-310 MGM Seminar Room, Medical School Building, University Campus
Speaker: Charusheila Ramkumar
Cell Biology Program
Friday, June 1, 2012

Transposition Driven Genomic Heterogeneity in the Drosophila Brain

Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: LRB-716 7th Floor, Tara Bean Conference Room, Aaron Lazare Medical Research Building, University Campus
Speaker: Paola Perrat
Program in Neuroscience
Monday, June 4, 2012

New Hire Benefitted Orientation NEO100

Time: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: S1-607 Goff Lazare Auditorium, Medical School Building, University Campus
Monday, June 4, 2012

Content Manager Basics

Registration Required This class is required for people responsible for maintaining sites on www.umassmed.edu and inside.umassmed.edu. Access is given to individual websites upon completion of this 2-hour workshop and the . . .
Available Seats: 5
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: S2-307 D Goff Learning Center D, Medical School Building, University Campus
Instructor: Ranjana Verma
Prerequisite: None
Monday, June 4, 2012

University Campus Faculty Luncheon

Faculty luncheons are a great opportunity for faculty to network and get to know one another better. Stop by, even if it’s only for a few minutes, and enjoy lunch and conversation with your colleagues . . .
Time: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Location: S1-342 Faculty Conference Room, Medical School Building, University Campus
Instructor: Office of Faculty Affairs
Tuesday, June 5, 2012

BLS Vista: Basics Training

Registration Required Introductory course in using BLS Vista as part of an academic program. This is a hands-on session during which participants will have the opportunity to interact with the tool as both an instructor (t . . .
Available Seats: 11
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: S2-307 D Goff Learning Center D, Medical School Building, University Campus
Instructor: Todd McNeil
Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Transcriptional and signaling pathways driving melanoma

David E. Fisher, MD, PhD Edward Wigglesworth Professor and Chairman, Dept of Dermatology, Mass General Hospital, Harvard Medical School . . .
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: LRB-416 Svenson Conference room, Fourth Floor, Aaron Lazare Medical Research Building, University Campus
Speaker: David E. Fisher, MD, PhD
Edward Wigglesworth Professor and Chairman,, Dept of Dermatology, Mass General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Tuesday, June 5, 2012

The Future of Cancer Research in the Context of NCI's Cancer Research Continuum: The Roles of Type III Error, Big Science, Narrow Thinking and Looming Crises of the 21st Century

Time: 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Location: S2-102 Amphitheater I, Medical School Building, University Campus
Speaker: James R. Hébert, MSPH, ScD
Director, South Carolina Statewide Cancer Prevention & Control Program, Health Sciences Distinguished Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina
Wednesday, June 6, 2012

A Closer Look at E*Value: Program Evaluations

Registration Required This 2-hour course is for Program Administrators who use E*Value to schedule student and faculty evaluations. Topics include: • User Administration • Creating Time Frames (Single and Multiple Gener . . .
Available Seats: 12
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: S2-307 D Goff Learning Center D, Medical School Building, University Campus
Instructor: Lee Morin
Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Resource Scheduler Training Classes RS3104

Registration Required
Available Seats: Class Full
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Location: S2-307 D Goff Learning Center D, Medical School Building, University Campus
Instructor: Heidi Beberman - Karen Zirpola
Prerequisite: None
Thursday, June 7, 2012

Resource Scheduler Training Classes RS3104

Registration Required
Available Seats: 6
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: 13W319 Learning Center, 333 South Street Building, South Street Campus
Instructor: South St Staff Training -Karen Zirpola-Miller
Prerequisite: None
Thursday, June 7, 2012

A Role for the c-Jun Kinase (JNK) Signaling in Promoting Cascade Glial Engulfment of Degenerating Axons

Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: LRB-716 7th Floor, Tara Bean Conference Room, Aaron Lazare Medical Research Building, University Campus
Speaker: Jennifer MacDonald
MD/PhD Program in Biomedical Sciences
Thursday, June 7, 2012

Chemokines and the generation and delivery of protective T cell responses

Registration Required 10th Annual Immunology Virology Program Retreat June 7, 2012 University of Massachusetts Amherst Conference Services . . .
Available Seats: 100
Time: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: TBD
Speaker: Andrew D. Luster, MD., PhD.
Persis, Cyrus and Marlow B. Harrison Professor of Medicine , Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA
Monday, June 11, 2012

Eaters of the Dead: How Glial Cells Respond to and Engulf Degenerating Axons in the CNS

Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: LRB-716 7th Floor, Tara Bean Conference Room, Aaron Lazare Medical Research Building, University Campus
Speaker: Jennifer Ziegenfuss
Program in Neuroscience
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Resource Scheduler Training Classes RS3104

Registration Required
Available Seats: Class Full
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: S2-307 D Goff Learning Center D, Medical School Building, University Campus
Instructor: Heidi Beberman - Karen Zirpola
Prerequisite: None
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Finding the Center: Plasticity and Progenitors in Normal and Neoplastic Pancreas

Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: S1-608 Jacob F. Hiatt Auditorium (GLC), Medical School Building, University Campus
Speaker: Steven Leach, M.D.
Professor, McKusick Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Pre-Award I WHT201

Registration Required Provides the tools needed to assist researchers to find and apply for grants to fund their efforts. Participants will receive a thorough overview of proposal development and submission guidelines for . . .
Available Seats: Class Full
Time: 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: HR Training Room@South Street, 333 South Street Building, South Street Campus
Instructor: Melissa Gordon, Janice Lagace & Rik Madison
Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Exploring the Psychosical and Behavioral Determinants of Medication Adherence Among African Americans with Hypertension

Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: AC7-211 Belmont Hill Conference Room, ACCES Building, University Campus
Speaker: Yendelela L. Cuffee
Clinical and Population Health Researc
Wednesday, June 13, 2012

SharePoint 2010 Site Owner Training

Registration Required If you are the primary administrator of a SharePoint site, you will need to register for this class. As a site owner, you will learn how to manage a SharePoint site, its libraries, lists and other co . . .
Available Seats: 12
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: South Street Learning Center, 333 South Street Building, South Street Campus
Instructor: Information Services
Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Kavitha Narayan, PhD

2012 Spring In-House Pathology Post-Doctoral Seminar Series . . .
Time: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Location: S2-310 Pathology Seminar Room, Medical School Building, University Campus
Speaker: Kavitha Narayan, PhD
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Kang Lab
Thursday, June 14, 2012

Adobe Connect Pro: Conducting an Online Meeting

Registration Required Learn to use Connect Pro to interact with people anywhere in the world. With Connect Pro, you can - Set up a meeting and send invitations. - Share documents, computer screen and a whiteboard. - . . .
Available Seats: 10
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: S2-307 D Goff Learning Center D, Medical School Building, University Campus
Instructor: Ranjana Verma
Prerequisite: None
Thursday, June 14, 2012

Resource Scheduler Training Classes RS3104

Registration Required
Available Seats: 10
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: 13W319 Learning Center, 333 South Street Building, South Street Campus
Instructor: South St Staff Training -Karen Zirpola-Miller
Prerequisite: None
Friday, June 15, 2012

Summit Academic Administrator and PI Training FIN_SUM100

Registration Required This live online webinar gives you the tools to navigate through the Academic Administrator and PI Summit Dashboards where you can manage your Sponsored Projects and Non Sponsored Project as well as y . . .
Available Seats: 15
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: Live Online Webinar
Instructor: Tara Nevins
Prerequisite: Intro to PeopleSoft
Monday, June 18, 2012

New Hire Benefitted Orientation NEO100

Time: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: HR Training Room@South Street, 333 South Street Building, South Street Campus
Tuesday, June 19, 2012

How to kill a cell and get rid of the evidence

Michael Overholtzer, Ph.D. Assistant Member, Cell Biology Program Sloan-Kettering Institute . . .
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: LRB-416 Svenson Conference room, Fourth Floor, Aaron Lazare Medical Research Building, University Campus
Speaker: Michael Overholtzer, Ph.D.
Assistant Member, Cell Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute
Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Resource Scheduler Training Classes RS3104

Registration Required
Available Seats: Class Full
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: S2-307 D Goff Learning Center D, Medical School Building, University Campus
Instructor: Heidi Beberman - Karen Zirpola
Prerequisite: None
Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Adobe Presenter: Create Flash Movies from PowerPoint

Registration Required Adobe Presenter makes it easy to create rich, multimedia online presentations from new or existing PowerPoint slides. It allows you to -Add and edit voice-over narration, embed or associate Flash . . .
Available Seats: 10
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: S5-436, Medical School Building, University Campus
Instructor: Ranjana Verma
Prerequisite: Knowledge of MS PowerPoint
Wednesday, June 20, 2012

The Myths and Facts About Cancer Clinical Trials

Wednesday, June 20 12:00-12:30 Conquering Diseases Community Resource Center, 1st floor of the Ambulatory Care Center Patients and Families Welcome! The Conquering Diseases Program is holding t . . .
Time: 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Location: TBD, ACCES Building, University Campus
Speaker: Andrew M. Evens, DO, MS
Medical Director, Cancer Research Office, UMass Memorial Cancer Center of Excellence
Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Ivari Kleino

2012 Spring In-House Pathology Post-Doctoral Seminar Series . . .
Time: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Location: S2-310 Pathology Seminar Room, Medical School Building, University Campus
Speaker: Ivari Kleino
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Berg Lab
Thursday, June 21, 2012

Innate Signals and B Cell Responses to Virus Infection

Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: S2-351 and 352 2nd floor, Medical School Building, University Campus
Speaker: Forum Raval
Program in Immunology & Virology
Thursday, June 21, 2012

Resource Scheduler Training Classes RS3104

Registration Required
Available Seats: 10
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: 13W319 The Learning Center, 333 South Street Building, South Street Campus
Instructor: South St Staff Training -Karen Zirpola-Miller
Prerequisite: None
Friday, June 22, 2012

Summit Department Administrators FINSUM103

Registration Required This live online webinar gives you the tools to navigate through the Administrative Department Summit Dashboards. This dashboard has been tailor designed to meet the Financial Reporting needs of the . . .
Available Seats: 15
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Live Online Webinar
Instructor: Tara Nevins