UToledo-Salford Exchange Program
20th Anniversary of the UToledo-Salford Exchange Program: March 25-26, 2004
| Thursday March 25 | ||
| 1:00-3:00PM | Alumni/Faculty Forum: Reflections on the UT-Salford Exchange Experience | Student Union 2591 |
| 3:00-5:00PM | Alumni/Faculty/Student Reception (remarks by Provost Goodridge) | Student Union 2592 |
| Friday March 26 | ||
| 8:30AM- 12:30PM | Molecular Parasitology Mini-Symposium | Wolfe Hall 3246 |
| Moderator: Professor David Storey (Salford) | ||
| 1:30- 5:00PM | Molecular Medicine Mini-Symposium | Wolfe Hall 3246 |
| Moderator: Professor Patricia Komuniecki (UT) | ||
| Molecular Parasitology Mini-Symposium: Friday, March 26, 2004, WO 3246 | ||
| 8:30AM | Arrival-coffee, tea, juice and bagels | |
| 8:55AM | Welcome: Professor David Storey, Head of School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford | |
| 9:00AM |
Plenary Lecture: Dr. Karen Hayton (1994-95 exchange at UT) |
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| B.Sc. (Hons) 1996, Salford; Ph.D. 2000, University of Edinburgh; Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH “Malaria genetics: Sex, drugs and virulence” | ||
| 10:00AM |
Dr. Nicholas Downey (1988-89 exchange at UT) |
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| B.Sc. (Hons) 1990, Salford; M.S. 1992, UT; Ph.D. 1999, University of Iowa; Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, UCLA “Mitochondrial DNA ligases of Trypanosoma brucei: The nick must be controlled” | ||
| 10:30AM | Huw Williams (1998-99 exchange at UT) | |
| B.Sc. (Hons) 2000 Salford, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Biological Sciences, Salford (Ph.D. anticipated 2004) “Keeping it in the family: Is Toxoplasma gondii vertically transmitted?'” | ||
| 11:00AM | Russell Richardson (1998-99 exchange at UT) | |
| B.Sc. (Hons) 2000, Salford; Ph.D. candidate, Department of Biological Sciences, Salford (Ph.D. anticipated 2004) “Can circulating parasite DNA be detected in the plasma of human cystic hydatid disease patients? ” | ||
| 11:30AM | Elizabeth Rex (1997-98 exchange at UT) | |
| B.S. (Hons) 1999, Salford; Ph.D. candidate, Department of Biological Sciences, UT (Ph.D. anticipated May 2004) “Tyraminergic receptors and novel tyraminergic signaling in C. elegans” | ||
| 12:00PM | Robert Hobson (1998-99 exchange at UT) | |
| B.Sc. (Hons) 2000, Salford; Ph.D. candidate, Department of Biological Sciences, UT “Serotonin modulates key processes in nematodes” | ||
| Molecular Medicine Mini-Symposium: Friday, March 26, 2004, WO 3246 | ||
| 1:40PM | Welcome: Professor Patricia R. Komuniecki, Chair Department of Biological Sciences, UT | |
| 1:45PM | Plenary Lecture: Dr. Mark Cookson (1989-90 exchange at UT) | |
| B.Sc. (Hons) 1991; Ph.D. 1996 University of Salford; Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Newcastle; Senior Research Fellow, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute of Aging, NIH “Pathways to Parkinsonism” | ||
| 2:45PM | Rhea Busick (1996-98 exchange at Salford) | |
| B.S. Biology, 1999, UT; Ph.D. candidate, Department of Biological Sciences, UT “Autoimmune diseases: GAD65 and Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus” | ||
| 3:15PM | Cory Dunn (1997-98 exchange at Salford) | |
| B.S. Biology, 1999, UT; Ph.D. candidate, Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University “Genetic requirements for budding yeast lacking a mitochondrial genome” | ||
| 3:45PM | Kara Buehrer (1997-98 exchange at Salford) | |
| B.S. Bioengineering, 2000, UT; Ph.D. candidate, Neural Engineering Center, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University “In vitro characterization of Na+ channel mutation in a mouse model of inherited epilepsy” | ||
| 4:15PM | Melissa Srougi Bentle (1999-00 exchange at Salford) | |
| B.S. Biology, 2001, UT; Ph.D. candidate, Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University “The molecular mechanisms of ß-lapachone-induced apoptosis” | ||
| Closing remarks | ||
Reunion Photos
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Salford Reception held at Dr. Komuniecki's house. |
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Faculty, students and exchange program alums attending the Salford Alumni/ Faculty Luncheon (SU2591). |
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Alumni/Faculty Forum: Reflections on the Student Union 2591 UT-Salford Exchange Experience |
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Hayton Plenary lecture in Molecular Parasitology |
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Alumni/Faculty/Student Reception Student Union 2592 (remarks by Provost Goodridge) |
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L>R: Dr. Komuniecki, Provost Goodridge and Prof. Storey |
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Profs. Storey and Komuniecki cut the "20th Anniversary cake" |