When Good Proteins Go Bad
2:00 p.m., Thursday 11 October
Room 532
Moderator
Jeffrey Brodsky, Ph.D.
Avinoff Professor of Biological Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
Presentations
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency: An Aggregation-Prone Protein Causes Liver Diseases in Children
David H. Perlmutter, M.D.
Vira I. Heinz Professor and Chair of Pediatrics and Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology
School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
When Good Worms Turn Bad: New Models to Study Protein Aggregation and Elimination
Gary A. Silverman, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and of Cell Biology and Physiology
School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Wrestling with CFTR Folding: SUMO Enters the Ring
Raymond Frizzell, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Cell Biology and Physiology
School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh