UCSD Physician-Scientist Colloquium
Tuesday Evening, February 28th in the Leichtag Auditorium (Room 107)

         5:30 - 6:30 P.M.   Hors d'Oeuvres & Social Hour                  
6:30 - 7:00 P.M.   Biomedical Magazine Review Club      
      7:00 - 7:30 P.M    Career Perspectives of a Physician-Scientist

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Biomedical Magazine Review Article for Discussion
Gary Firestein, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology
Executive Director, UCSD Center for Innovative Therapy
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 Camps et al. "Blockade of PI3Kgamma suppresses joint inflammation and damage in mouse models of rheumatoid arthritis." Nat Med. 2005; 11:936-43.

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Career Perspectives Speaker
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Sydney Brenner, M.D.
Distinguished Professor
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Nobel Laureate in Medicine 2002

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 Genetics and molecular biology; discovery of the existence of mRNA and demonstration of how amino acid order is established in proteins; pioneering work with the roundworm C. elegans as a model of nerve cell function, aging and apoptosis.