October 26, 2011 - The S.C. Ferguson Memorial symposium
1:00 - 4:00 pm University Hospital, 3rd Floor, Auditorium A
The S.C. Ferguson Memorial Symposium Visiting Scholars Program is supported by a gift to the Robarts Research Institute by S.C. Ferguson’s son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Gary G. and Mrs Mary E. Ferguson.
1:00-1:05pm
Welcome
Dr. Stephen S.G. Ferguson
Director, Molecular Brain Research Group/Robarts Research Institute
Professor, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, UWO
1:05-1:25pm
Signaling pathways regulating apoptosis in neuronal injury
Dr. Sean Cregan
Research Scientist, Robarts Research Institute
Professor, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, UWO
1:30-1:50pm
The regulation of TGFbeta signal transduction by atypical PKC
Dr. John DiGuglielmo
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, UWO
1:55-2:15pm
Subtype specific regulation of NMDARs by Src family kinases: a molecular mechanism for metaplasticity
Dr. Michael Jackson
Research Scientist, Robarts Research Institute
Adjunct Professor, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, UWO
2:20-2:35pm
Break
2:35-2:55pm
Convergence of protein kinase and caspase signaling: a mechanism for pathological rewiring of survival pathways by protein kinase CK2
Dr. David Litchfield
Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry, UWO
3:00-4:00pm
Keynote Speaker - Anchored Kinase Signaling and Cancer
John D. Scott FRS
Edwin G. Krebs-Speights Professor of Cell Signaling and Cancer Biology Howard Hughes Medical Institute Department of Pharmacology University of Washington
4:00pm
Closing Comments
Reception to follow at Robarts Research Institute
2nd floor Fisher Scientific conference room