The Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism in the Department of Medicine will host a research conference on Wednesday, May 5 at 4 p.m. in the Diabetes Research Institute, Room 1000. Stuti Dang, assistant professor of medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, will present “Technology-Assisted Care Coordination for Chronic Disease Management.” For more information, please contact Angie Saint Jean at [email protected] or 305-243-8417.

The Center for Computational Science Seminar Series will present “Systems Modeling In Biomedical Sciences,” with guest speaker Igor Goryanin, professor and Henrik Kacser Chair at the University of Edinburgh, UK. The seminar will be held in the Mailman Center for Child Development, Room 3023, on Wednesday, May 5 at 1 pm.

Knowledge and data management are among current challenges in biomedical sciences. The presentation will cover how systems biology models and tools could help in planning biomedical experiments, hypothesis generation, and the decision-making process. The process, challenges, and application of human metabolic reconstruction will be discussed. COX inhibition (NSAIDs) and RTK inhibition models will be used as examples of successful applications for drug safety, novel biomarkers, and personalized combination therapies. New initiatives in systems biology, including virtual biochemical human (VBH) and the upcoming International Conference on Systems Biology (http://www.icsb2010.org.uk/), will also be discussed.

For additional information on this and other CCS seminars, please visit http://www.CCS.miami.edu.

Lisa Plano, associate professor of clinical pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, at the Miller School of Medicine, will present “Interactions of the Exfoliative Toxins of Staphylococcus Aureus and Their Target Desmoglein 1” on Wednesday, May 5 from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, Ioannides Library, Room 2090. For more information, please call 305-243-4472.

M. Beatriz Currier, associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and director of the Courtelis Center for Psychosocial Oncology, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, will present “Pharmacotherapy of Mood Disorders During Pregnancy and the Post-Partum” on Wednesday, May 5 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fifth-floor auditorium. The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. CE credits of 1.25 will be awarded to psychologists. Social workers, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors who attend will receive 1.5 CE credits.

For more information, please contact Carmen Bou-Crick at 305-355-9073, e-mail [email protected], or visit http://psychiatry.med.miami.edu/Grand-Rounds.aspx.

John A. Kessler, the Ken and Ruth Davee Professor in Stem Cell Biology, chairman of the Department of Neurology, and director of the Stem Cell Institute at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, will present “Regulation of Glial Scar Formation after Spinal Cord Injury” on Wednesday, May 5 from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. His lecture is part of the Gail F. Beach Memorial Visiting Lectureship Series. For more information, call 305-243-7108 or visit www.themiamiproject.org/lectures.