Advisory Board - Updated

As of Feb 28, 2010

Professors at UPenn

• Prof. Peter Sterling (Neuroscience)
• Prof. Sally Zigmond (Biology)
• Prof. Noga Vardi (Neuroscience)
• Prof. Robert G Smith (Neuroscience)
• Prof. Minghong Ma (Neuroscience)

Lecturer, The Wharton School, UPenn

• Lawrence Gelburd, MBA
  

Senior Research Investigator at UPenn

• Dr. Patricia Y Tsao (Rheumatology)

Professors at CHOP (The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) and Temple University School of Medicine

• Prof. Wenzhe Ho (Pediatrics)
  

Corresponding advisor

• Prof. Shigang He (Neuroscience)

Happy Chinese New Year 2010 - the year of the Tiger

We thank you for your enthusiasm and support. We wish you, all of our friends, a happy, healthy and prosperous Chinese new year!

PSF Entrepreneurship Workshop : Thursday, Feb 25th, 5:30pm to 7:30pm

Philadelphia Science Forum is very pleased to have Mr. Lawrence Gelburd, the lecturer from Wharton Business School, to give an instructing course for graduates/post-docs who wants to become entrepreneurs in the future.

The seminar will cover concepts, key points and steps of how to turn an idea into business plan as the first step towards entrepreneurship. The speaker will also share his own experience of how to become an entrepreneur with an engineer background.

So don't miss this opportunity to learn business!

Pizza and drinks will be provided.
The event is generously funded by GAPSA of Penn.


Date & Time: Thursday, Feb 25th, 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Location: 302, Clinical Research Building
415 Curie Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Following is the link for the speaker:
http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/teaching/faculty/gelburd.html

RSVP is required, please send email to <zjwwj@yahoo.com> with your name and school (like medical school, SAS..) for pre-registration.

Photos are here (by Ying).

职业人生讲坛-生物医学跨学科研究应用讲座 (Feb 18, 2010, Thursday) Symposium on Career Development & Interdisciplinary Approaches in Biomedical Research

You are cordially invited to attend a symposium: Career Development & Interdisciplinary Approaches in Biomedical Research, sponsored by Philadelphia Science Forum (PSF) and Peking University Philadelphia Alumni (PUPA).

职业人生讲坛-生物医学跨学科研究应用讲座
Time: 5:30-9:00 pm, 2/18/2010 (this Thursday)
Location: Clinical Research Building (CRB) Room 302, 415 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Agenda
5:30-7:00pm职业人生讲坛-Keynote Talk
“Journey to a physician faculty in the United States”

Hongming Zhuang, MD, PhD
Dr. Zhuang is an Associate Professor of Radiology at School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), Chief of Division of Nuclear Medicine and Director of PET/CT at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Deputy Editor of Clinical Nuclear Medicine.

7:00-7:30pm Dinner

7:30-9:00pm 生物医学跨学科研究应用讲座
Interdisciplinary approaches to address biomedical questions

Hongchang Qu, PhD, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UPenn
Aizhi Zhao, PhD, Center for Research on Reproduction and Women's Health, UPenn
Hualei Zhang, PhD candidate, Deptartment of Radiology, UPenn

FREE dinner will be provided. Please register with Yuting at yuting_zhao@hotmail.com in your earliest convenience. If you have any questions, please call Wenjie at 215-275-7457.


Photos are here (by Xiaoyu).

费城科学论坛系列讲座/PSF series talk: 6-7:30pm Thursday (Feb. 11) at CRB Room 302

Please join us for the Philadelphia Science Forum series talk, 6-7:30pm Thursday (Feb. 11) at CRB Room 302.

Title: Seeking therapy for autoimmune diseases: from library screening to patient treatment

Speaker: Dr. Xuming Mao (Department of Dermatology, UPenn)

Abstract: Autoimmune diseases occur when an overactive immune response attacks tissues or cells normally present in the human body. Pemphigus represents one of the autoimmune disorders that target only the skin and mucous membranes. It is a potentially fatal blistering disease characterized by autoantibodies against desmoglein (Dsg) cell adhesion proteins. To study the role of autoantibodies in pathogenesis and seek new specific treatments, we isolated lymphocytes from patients with pemphigus, followed by mRNAs to establish a cDNA expression library. Using antibody phage display, we have isolated repertoires of human anti-Dsg mAbs as single-chain variable-region fragments (scFvs) from a patient with active mucocutaneous pemphigus vulgaris. Injection of these pathogenic but not the nonpathogenic antibodies reproduced blisters in animal models or in organ-cultured human skin. In vitro studies showed mAb causes rapid internalization of Dsg during assembly in skin epidermal cells. Furthermore, we found the pathogenic antibodies triggered activation of certain signaling pathways that may contribute to antibody-mediated pathogenecity. Our preliminary results have demonstrated that interference of antibody binding or subsequent activation of cell signaling will help us to identify targeted therapy of pemphigus in the future.

Snack and beverage will be served. For event details, future event announcement, or subscription to the discussion group, please visit www.newPSF.org

Due to the severe weather condition and the school closure, today's event is canceled and the rescheduled date will be announced.

Please note the venue and time have been changed. Check here.