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Polyunsaturated Lipid Function Interest Group

Past Meeting & Seminar Information

Day Date Time Location Topic(s) Speaker(s)
Wednesday 03/06/02 2:00 pm Conf.Room, Flow Bldg., 12510 Washington Ave., Rockville  “The Effect of Chronic DHA Dietary Deficiency on Dendritic Morphology in the Developing and Adult Rat Brain.”   Dr. Ronald F. Mervis 
Wednesday 01/09/02 1:00pm Conf.Room, Flow Bldg., 12501 Washington Ave., Rockville  The meeting is about "Impaired Synthesis of DHA in Patients with X-linked Retinitis Pigmentosa"   Dr. James Demar 
Friday 08/17/01 8:30am to 3:30pm Conf.Room C, Bldg. 31  A two-day workshop. Information available from Dr. Rao S. Rapaka (435-1304)   Agenda posted in "Special Items" section of website. 
Thursday 08/16/01 8am to 5pm Conf.Room C, Bldg. 31  CANNABINOIDS: CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY A two-day workshop. Information available from Dr. Rao S. Rapaka (435-1304)   Agenda posted in "Special Items" section of website. 
Thursday 07/26/01 2:00-3:00 pm Building 36, 1B07-1B13  Probes for Manipulating the Endogenous Cannabinoid Syatem   Billy R. Martin, Ph.D.; info at 301-443-2069 
Thursday 06/28/01 3-day conference Breckenridge, CO  Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cancer   added information from Dr.H.Seifried, NCI/NIH or Dr. L. Jenski, Marshall Univ. 
Wednesday 05/09/01 4:00-5:00 pm Conf.Room, Flow Bldg., 12510 Washington Ave., Rockville with videoconferencing at 31/1B44 and Willco/400.  “The Enzymatic Regulation of Endogenous Cannabinoid Signaling: How to Achieve a Natural High"   Dr. Benjamin Cravatt from Scripps Research Institute 
Wednesday 05/02/01 1:00-2:00 pm Conf.Room, Flow Bldg., 12510 Washington Ave., Rockville  Journal Club Discussion of: "Neurotrophic actions of DHA: DHA as membrane phospholipids or free fatty acid?"   Dr. Hee-Yong Kim 
Tuesday 05/01/01 4 PM Flow Building library  Hashish: A Historical Perspective and the Synthesis of Important Cannabinoid Ligands   Dr. R.K. Razdan 
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04/04/01 1:00-2:00 pm Conf.Room, Flow Bldg., 12510 Washington Ave., Rockville  Journal Club Discussion of: DELIVERY AND TURNOVER OF PLASMA-DERIVED ESSENTIAL POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS IN MAMMALIAN BRAIN. J. Lipid Res. In press, 2001; Stanley I. Rapoport, Michael C. J. Chang, Arthur A. Spector   Stanley Rapoport, Brain Physiology and Metabolism Section, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 
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03/20/01 afternoon USDA (see website travel advice)  "Essential Fatty Acids in Health Maintenance and Disease Prevention". Find schedule and register at http://www.barc.usda.gov/fmod/fatty acids/   see agenda at website 
Wednesday 03/07/01 1:00-2:00 pm Conf.Room, Flow Bldg., 12510 Washington Ave., Rockville  Journal Club Discussion of CHANGE OF OLIGOSACCHARIDES OF RAT BRAIN MICROSOMES DEPENDING ON DIETARY FATTY ACIDS AND LEARNING TASK; S. Yatoshi, et al, J. Neurosci. Resh. 2001; 63: 185-195.   Bill Lands 
Monday 01/29/01 Noon Lipsett Amphitheater  "Endogenous Cannabinoids: Biochemistry and Pharmacology of a Novel Signaling System" NIH Neuroscience Lecture Series   Daniele Piomelli 
Tuesday 11/28/00 4 PM Flow Building library  NMR Studies on Reconstituted Neural Receptor Membranes   Dr. Klaus Gawrisch 
Tuesday 11/14/00 4 PM Flow Building library  Biochemical and Biological Functions of Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA): Positive Influence on Neuronal Cell Survival   Dr. Hee-Yong Kim 
Tuesday 10/31/00 4 PM Flow Building library  "How Ethanol and Membrane Lipid Composition Modulate A G-Protein-Coupled Signalinmg Pathway"   Dr. Burt Litman 
Tuesday 09/26/00 4 PM Flow Building library  "Omega-3 fatty acids and prevalence rates of depression and violence: neurodevelopmental issues"   Dr. Joe Hibbeln 

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