Xueting Luo, graduate student in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Miller School of Medicine, will present a Ph.D. dissertation seminar, “Translational Control of nanos1 RNA in Xenopus Germline,” this Thursday, April 7, at 12 p.m. in the Gautier Building, Room 118.

The Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute Lectureship Series continues on Thursday, April 7, from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. Jeff Goldberg, associate professor of ophthalmology, will present “Retinal Stem Cells.” For more information, call Carol Laracuente at 305-243-5579 or email [email protected]

The Division of Hospital Medicine will host Grand Rounds on Thursday, April 7, from 12 to 1 p.m. at University of Miami Hospital, first-floor Seminar Center A and B. Rafael E. Campo, professor of clinical medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and chief patient safety and quality officer for University of Miami Health System, will present “Preventing and Managing Surgical Site Infections.” For more information, call Janette Jurado at 305-243-1960.

Anna Dellarole, senior research associate at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, will present “Modulation of Central Nervous System Neurogenesis in Neuropathic Mice Subjected to Peripheral Nerve Injury” on Thursday, April 7, from 8 to 9 a.m. at the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. For more information, call 305-243-7108.

Sanford Baim, associate professor of clinical medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, has organized a CME-accredited Osteoporosis Symposium, “Advances in the Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis 2011,” which will take place on Thursday, April 7, from 11:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. at the Clinical Research Building, Gordon Center Auditorium. Miller School of Medicine Dean Pascal Goldschmidt will open the symposium, and the scientific program will include presentations by John Kanis, Michael Liewicki, Eric Orwoll, and Clifford Rosen. Lunch will be served for registered attendees. For more information and to register, call 305-630-9414.