Transmission of Endoscopic Procedures from the Medical Sciences Campus to Four Institutions Simultaneously
Dr. Blanca P. Ayala
University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus receives
Dr. Blanca P. Ayala, Research Assistant Professor from Oregon Health & Sciences University
The RCMI AIDS and Emerging Infectious Diseases Program at the UPR-Medical Sciences Campus sponsored the visit of Dr. Blanca P. Ayala, Research Assistant Professor from the Oregon Health & Sciences University on November 17-18, 2005.
Dr. Ayala presented the workshop Calcium Signaling where she reviewed the cellular Ca2+ transport pathways, addressed cell signaling pathways influenced by Ca2+ transients, and provided examples of key sites for pharmacological manipulation. On her seminar Neisseria gonorrhoeae pili and porin cooperatively induce Ca2+ transients during infection she discussed her results on Ca2+ transients induced in human epithelial cells during infection with live, piliated N. gonorrhoeae. Dr. Ayala proposed a model whereby cooperation between the pilus and porin results in the triggering of Ca2+ fluxes during the initial stages of pilus-mediated attachment. Both activities were well attended, with active participation from faculty members, graduate and undergraduate students.
Contact:
- Emma Fernández-Repollet,Ph.D.
- Program Director
- RCMI Program
- Room 621-A, 6th. floor
- Main Building, Medical Sciences Campus
- GPO Box 365067
- San Juan, PR 00936-5067
- Email: efernandez@rcm.upr.edu
- Voice (787) 763-9401
- FAX (787) 758-5206
