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 03/02/2009, Monday
 Neurology Seminar
 "Zebrafish Neuromuscular Junction: A Perfect Synapse"

Speaker:
Paul Brehm, PhD
Senior Scientist
Vollum Institute
Oregon Health Sciences University

When: 12:15 p.m.
Where: Enders Auditorium

 03/05/2009, Thursday
 Vascular Biology Seminar
 "Pathogenesis of Preeclampsia"

Speaker:
S. Ananth Karumanchi, MD
Member, Center for Vascular Biology, BIDMC
Assoc. Prof. of Medicine, HMS
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Chevy Chase, MD

When: 4:30 p.m.
Where: Enders Auditorium

Refreshments available at 4:15 p.m.

 03/06/2009, Friday
 2009 Matrix and Cellular Biology Seminar Series
 "Identification of Regeneration and Stem Cell Regulatory Genes in Planarians"

Speaker:
Peter W. Reddien, PhD
2008 Keck Distinguished Young Scholar

When: 12:30-1:30pm; Lunch 12:15pm
Where: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, East Campus
Sherman Auditorium (Gryzmish 136)

Contact: Melissa Smith 617-735-4603

Everyone is invited.

 03/11/2009, Wednesday
 Breast Oncology Seminar Series
 "Intrinsic biological classification of breast cancer on routine pathology specimens"

Speaker:
Torsten Nielson, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada

When: 8:00 a.m. Where: DFCI Smith 308/309 Please note, due to scheduling changes, BOSS is NOT cancelled this week.

 03/12/2009, Thursday
 Vascular Biology Seminar
 Mining Inflammatory Exudates Yields a Novel Genus of Anti-Inflammatory and Pro-Resolving Mediators

Speaker:
Charles N. Serhan, MD
Simon Gelman Prof. of Anesthesia (Biochem & Molecular Pharmacology)
Professor of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA

When: 4:30 p.m.
Where: Ender Auditorium, Children`s Hospital Boston

Refreshments available at 4:15 p.m.

 03/17/2009, Tuesday
 IgE-mediated antigen presentation
 "IgE-mediated antigen presentation – pushing the late phase response in allergy"

Speaker:
Edda Fiebiger, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Gastroenterology
Children`s Hospital Boston

When: 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Where: Harvard Medical School, Goldenson Room 122

Hosts: Wayne I. Lencer and Richard S. Blumberg
Co-Directors HDDC (617) 919-2543

 03/19/2009, Thursday
 Vascular Biology Seminar
 "Role of Cell-Extracellular Matrix Communications in the Development of the Cardiac Outflow Tract"

Speaker:
Sophie Astrof, PhD
Asst. Prof. of Cell and Developmental Biology
Asst. Prof. of Virology in Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
Ithaca, NY

When: 4:30 p.m.
Where: Enders Auditorium, Children`s Hospital Boston

Refreshments available after 4:30 p.m.

 03/26/2009, Thursday
 Vascular Biology Seminar Series
 "Inhibiting Vascular Morphgenesis in Tumors and Ocular Diseases"

Speaker:
Weilan Ye, PhD
Senior Scientist, Tumor Biology and Angiogenesis Dept.
Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California

When: 4:30 p.m.
Where: Ender Auditorium

Refreshments available at 4:15 p.m.

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