UCSD Physician-Scientist Colloquium
Monday Evening, April 24th 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
Ravindra Mehta, MBBS, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Associate Chair for Clinical Affairs

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 Mishra J et al.  Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) as a biomarker for acute renal injury after cardiac surgery.  Lancet 2005; 365:1231-8.

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Career Perspectives Speaker
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Chuck Stevens, MD, PhD
Professor and Vincent J. Coates Chair
in Molecular Neurobiology
Salk Institute for Biological Studies

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 Mechanisms responsible for neuronal synaptic transmission. Function of hippocampal synapses; mechanisms of synaptic plasticity and the relevance of plasticity to neuronal computations.  Molecular basis of neurotransmitter release.