January 17

Dr. Qun Lu	Department of Cell BiologyEast Carolina UniversityHost: Keith Burridge

"Presenilin Binding Proteinsand Brain Disorders:  Zoom intoCytoskeletons and Cell Junction"

January 24

Dr. Mohanish DeshmukhDepartment of Cell Biology & AnatomyUNC-Chapel HillHost:  Keith Burridge

"Mechanism of NeuronalApoptosis:  How is CaspaseActivation Regulated?"	

February 7

Dr. Akira Arimura, Ph.D. Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New OrleansHost: Peter Petrusz

"Pituitary Adenylate CyclaseActivating Polypeptide and itsReceptors in the Testis"

February 28

Dr. Patricia Whitaker-AzmitiaSUNY, Stony BrookHost: Jean Lauder	

"Animal Models of HumanNeurodevelopmental DisordersArising From SerotonergicDysfunction"

March 14

Dr. John CondeelisDept. of Anatomy and Structural BiologyAlbert Einstein College, NYHost:  Ken JacobsonCo-host:  Program in Molecularand Cellular Biophysics

"The Role of EGF-StimulatedCell Motility in Tumor Cell Invasionand Metastasis"

March 21

Dr. Lewis TilneyDepartment of BiologyUniversity of PennsylvaniaHost:  Thierry Horner & Cell Biologyand Anatomy Graduate Students

"Insanely Tall Cells:  BuildingBug Bristles by Bundling ActinFilaments"

March 28

Dr. Terry MagnusonDepartment of GeneticsUNC Chapel HillHost:  Jean Lauder

"Genetic Approaches to EmbryonicPatterningin the Mouse"

April 4

Dr. Michael EhlersDepartment of NeurobiologyDuke UniversityHost: Richard Weinberg

"Glutamate Receptor TraffickingTo and From the Synapse"

May 9

Dr. David PaulDepartment of NeurobiologyHarvard Medical SchoolHost:  Kurt Gilliland & Cell Biologyand Anatomy Graduate Students

"Diverse Roles for Gap JunctionalCommunication in the Visual System"