Pathways to Excellence
2011 Pathways to Excellence Seminar Series
February 9, 2011
"Fibroblast growth factor signaling in tooth epithelial stem cells during development"
Dr. Feng Wang
HSC-Institute for Biosciences and Technology, Houston
February 23, 2011
"MicroRNAs regulate proliferation and differentiation of dental progenitor (stem) cells"
Dr. Brad Amendt
HSC-Institute for Biosciences and Technology, Houston
March 9, 2011
"Phosphates and chronic kidney disease"
Dr. Makoto Kuro-o
UT Southwestern Medical Center
March 22, 2011
"Novel models for tissue engineering and reparative dentistry"
Dr. Alastair Sloan
Cardiff University, Wales, UK
March 23, 2011
"Gene therapy for pain: Preliminary efficacy results from the Phase 1 clinical trial"
Dr. David Fink
University of Michigan
April 6, 2011
"How intermediate filaments aid angiogenic sprout initiation"
Dr. Kayla Bayless
HSC-College of Medicine
April 20, 2011
"From ankylosis to gomphosis: Evolution and development of complex tooth attachment -The ultimate in dining sophistication”
Dr. Thomas Diekwisch
University of Illinois, Chicago
September 21, 2011
"MSC characterization and their potential application for osteogenesis"
Dr. Yin Xiao
Queensland University of Technology, Australia
November 9, 2011
"The Odd-skipped transcription factors control fate and pattern of the developing craniofacial mesenchyme"
Dr. Rulang Jiang
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
December 7, 2011
"The hardest part of dentistry: Enamel and its formation"
Dr. James Simmer
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
For information about this seminar series, please contact Dr. Jerry Feng (jfeng@bcd.tamhsc.edu).
