Our group generally meets on the 2nd Thursday of every month from 5:30-7pm in room 177 (1st floor conference room) of the Medical Sciences Building, except when indicated. We are approved to award 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CME credits for participation in each meeting. If you are interested in attending, please e-mail cysticfibrosis@med.illinois.edu for more details.
*: denotes special day, time, or place
2009
01/15/09*: |
Zachary M. Sellers, M.S., M.D./Ph.D. Candidate, UIUC. "On the Road to Understanding a Role for CFTR in the Heart" |
02/12/09: |
Nancy Mings, Pediatric Clinical Social Worker, Carle Clinic. "Psychosocial Issues Facing Those with CF" |
03/12/09: |
Donald Davison, M.D., Pediatric Pulmonologist, Director of CF Clinic, Carle. "Progress in CF Care and Practice Variation Between CF Centers" |
04/09/09: |
Visiting Speaker, Steven D. Freedman, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. "Development of New Therapeutic Targets in Cystic Fibrosis Liver Disease" |
05/14/09: |
Po-Chao Wen, Graduate student, UIUC. "From hydrolysis to translocation -- a study of ABC transporter mechanism"
Susan Lansky-Shafer, M.S., Genetic Counselor, UIUC. "The Evolution of Genetic Counseling for Cystic Fibrosis" |
06/11/09: |
Cibele Falkenberg, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, UIUC. "Modeling the Bronchial Epithelium"
Guilherme Garcia, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina. "Computational Model of Extracellular Nucleotide Regulation in Airway Epithelia" |
07/09/09: |
Cancelled: No meetings this month |
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Friday |
Jessie Yang, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Diego. "Can bicarbonate help mucus release in cystic fibrosis?" |
09/24/09*:
12pm, CLSL B102
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Visiting Speaker, Michael Welsh, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Carver Trust-Roy J. Carver Biomedical Chair in Internal Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, University of Iowa.
"Pursuing Cystic Fibrosis: Developing a New Gene-Targeted Porcine Model" |
10/08/09: |
Martha Trenkamp, R.D., C.D.E., Dietitian, Carle Clinic.
"Cystic Fibrosis: Nutrition implications" |
11/12/09: |
Gee Lau, Ph.D. , Assistant Professor of Pathobiology, UIUC.
"Induction of Goblet Cell Hyperplasia and Mucus Over-secretion by Pseudomonas Exotoxin Pyocyanin" |
12/10/09: |
Cancelled: No meetings this month |
2008
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