The 12th Annual Arthur H. Briggs Lectureship, sponsored by the department of pharmacology, will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, in the Pestana Lecture Hall (3.104A). G. Stanley McKnight, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology at the University of Washington, Seattle, will be the featured speaker and will present
Protein Kinase A is a gatekeeper for germ cell maturation. Dr. McKnight received his Ph.D. degree in pharmacology in 1976 from Stanford University Medical School.
A wine and cheese reception will follow the lecture in the Pestana Hall foyer. All are invited to attend.
The Briggs Lectureship is named for Arthur H. Briggs, M.D., a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine graduate who became chair of the department of pharmacology at the Health Science Center in 1968. Dr. Briggs remained chair until 1993.
Pharmacology’s 12th Annual Graduate Student SymposiumThe pharmacology department’s 12th Annual Graduate Student Symposium will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, at the Marriott Northwest, 3233 N.W. Loop 410.
G. Stanley McKnight, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology at the University of Washington, Seattle, will be the keynote speaker and will present
Chick Oviducts to Mouse Eggs. In addition, slide presentations and two poster sessions will feature the current research of graduate students, faculty members, post-doctoral fellows and research assistants within the department of pharmacology.
For more information, contact Sandra Westerman:
Westerman@uthscsa.edu or (210) 567-4202.
