Calendar

See the online calendar and submit items at http://www.uthouston.edu/calendar/.

UT-TORCH Core Seminar, 5-6:30 p.m., Dec. 2, Dental Branch Building (DBB) 446, “Human Subjects Research” by Paula Knudson, UT Health Science Center at Houston’s special advisor for research involving human subjects, and trainee presentation by Dr. Roy Morello (postdoctoral program). This seminar series is intended for faculty and students interested in pursuing craniofacial, oral and dental research. All participants are expected to obtain a certificate in human subjects research from http://www.training.arc.ucla.edu. Contact John.M.Powers@uth.tmc.edu or (713) 500-4470.

11th Annual Neuroscience Poster Session, 10 a.m.-noon, Dec. 4, Medical School Building (MSB) Leather Lounge, drawings and awards for the best poster presentations made by a graduate student and postdoctoral fellow. Contact Laura.J.Ross@uth.tmc.edu or (713) 500-5538.

Committee on the Status of Women Distinguished Professional Woman’s Award Banquet, 5:30-9 p.m., Dec. 8, Edwin Hornberger Conference Facility, parking validated. Honoring Mary desVignes- Kendrick, M.D., deputy director, Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness, School of Public Health. President’s Mentor Awards to Faculty-Nancy Murray, Dr.P.H.; Administrative and Professional-Paula Knudson; and Classified Staff-Debra Wallis. Tickets are $25 per person. Contact Chanda.M.Kerlegon@uth.tmc.edu or (713) 500-3063.

Dean’s Lecture Series, 4 p.m., Dec. 8, MSB 3.001, Allen W. Cowley Jr., Ph.D., professor and chairman of the Department of Physiology and director of the National Institutes of Health Specialized Center for Hypertension Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, “Evolution calendar of the Genetic Map of Cardiovascular Function.”

UT-TORCH Core Seminar, 5-6:30 p.m., Dec. 16, DBB 446, “Integrating Research into Academic Life” L. Maximilian Buja, M.D., executive vice president for academic affairs, and trainee presentation by Dr. Johnna Temenoff (postdoctoral program). Contact John.M.Powers@uth.tmc.edu or (713) 500-4470.

Conference on “Frontiers of Medicine: Society, Pharmacology and Membrane Biology in the Genomic Era,” March 7-9, Rice University. Co-Chair: John L. Spudich, Ph.D., holder of the Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry and director, Center for Membrane Biology, UT Medical School at Houston and UT Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston. Check the De Lange Conference Web site for more information http://delange.rice.edu or contact Ellen Butler, (713) 348-4695 or butler@rice.edu.