Generally on Thursdays, 3:30-4:30 PM, in 516 Nash; some are on Monday mornings, 10-11 AM
NOTE: Beginning May 1, 2008, all seminar times will be changed to 12:00 Noon unless noted otherwise. Note
May 7th is a Wed., and the seminar time is 9am.
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Date
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Speaker
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Topic or Title
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| Sept. 13th | Dr. Cheryl R. Scheid Vice Chancellor for Academic, Faculty, and Student Affairs, UTHSC |
Renal stone formation: Possible involvement of lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) |
| Sept. 20th |
Dr. Lester VanMiddlesworth, Ph.D., M.D. Professor Emeritus Physiology Professor Emeritus Medicine |
Compound W: Can outsiders tell from this how well the mother and fetus are getting along? |
| Sept. 27th | Dr. William (Bill) Taylor Director UT Flow Cytometry Lab (aka MRC) UTHSC |
Opportunities in, and practices to use to optimize results produced by, UT's Molecular Resource Center (MRC) |
| Oct. 4 | Dr. Karl T. Weber Professor and Div. Chief Div. Cardiology Dept. Medicine, UTHSC |
The road to wasting is paved with lost minerals |
| Oct. 11 | Dr. Helena Parfenova Professor Dept. of Physiology UTHSC |
Brain oxidative stress, cerebral vascular injury, and circulating endothelial cells |
| Oct. 18 | Dr. Junming Yue Director, Viral Vector Core Lab Cancer Research Institute and Assistant Professor Dept. of Physiology, UTHSC |
New Viral Vector Core: Lentiviral and adenoviral vector services to UTHSC faculty |
| Oct. 25 | Dr. Ioannis Dragatsis Assistant Professor Dept. of Physiology, UTHSC |
Huntingtin and huntingtin-associated protein-1 (Hap1) |
| Nov. 1 | Dr. Steven White Associate Professor, Dept. Medicine (Pulmonary & Critical Care) University of Chicago Hospitals |
Apoptosis and repair of airway epithelium Host: Chris Waters |
| Nov. 8 | Dr. Charles Mansbach Professor Depts. of Medicine & Physiology College of Medicine, UTHSC |
The regulation of vesiculation of the pre-chylomicron transport vesicle |
| Nov. 14 (Wed.) |
Hypertension Research Day This is the departmental seminar program for this week |
8:00 AM- noon; Coleman North Auditorium |
| Nov. 29 | Dr. Zofia Zukowska Professor Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics Georgetown Univ. School of Medicine |
Pivotal role of neuropeptide Y (NPY) in vascular remodeling, response to stress, and obesity host: GN Rao |
| Dec. 6 | Dr. James M. Anderson Professor Dept. of Cell and Molecular Physiology Univ. of North Carolina |
Epithelial tight junctions
host: RK Rao |
| Dec. 13 | Dr. Lawrence T. Reiter Assistant Professor Dept. of Neurology College of Medicine, UTHSC |
Advantages of the fruit fly model and of using UT's core fruit fly faciltiy |
| Jan. 3 | Ms. Himabindu Penmatsa Graduate Research Assistant Dept. of Physiology, UTHSC |
Higher order complex of PDE3A and CFTR regulate channel function |
| Jan. 10 | Dr. Lorraine B. Ware Assistant Professor Div. Allergy, Pulm., & Critical Care Med. Dept. Medicine Vanderbilt Univ. School of Med. |
Strategies to Improve Donor Lung Function: The Role of Alveolar Fluid Clearance |
| Jan. 17 | Dr. Gordon Mills Professor & Chair Dept. of Systems Biology MD Anderson Cancer Center Univ. of Texas, Houston |
Signal transduction in lymphocytes and in breast and ovarian cancer cells |
| Jan. 24 | Dr. Michael N. Sawka Chief Thermal & Mountain Medical Division US Army Research Institute of Environmental Med., Natick, Mass. |
Heat, water, exercise and the human body |
| Jan. 31 | Dr. Richard Lee Associate Professor Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences College of Pharmacy, UTHSC |
Killing bugs with drugs |
| Feb. 7 | Ms. Veronica G. Conoley Graduate Research Assistant Dept. of Physiology, UTHSC |
NS1 protein of H5N1 disrupts epithelial barrier function |
| Feb. 14 (10-11 AM) |
Dr. Gungwei Du Assistant Professor Dept. of Pharmacology SUNY Stony Brook |
Role of phospholipases in cardiovascular disease
Faculty Candidate; host: Gabor Tigyi |
| Feb. 18 (10-11 AM) |
Dr. Jana Barlic Welcome Trust Research Fellow Nat’l Heart & Lung Institute Faculty of Medicine Imperial College, London |
Chemokine signaling in atherogenesis
Faculty Candidate; host: Gabor Tigyi |
| Feb. 21 | Dr. Marshall H. (Chip) Montrose (Cancelled to be rescheduled) Professor and Chair Dept. Molecular & Cellular Physiology Univ. Cincinnati College of Medicine |
High resolution confocal and 2-photon microscopy for exploring events in living GI epithelial cells |
| Feb. 25 Monday (10-11 AM) |
Dr. Yanqiao Zhang Dept. of Biological Chemistry David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA |
Molecular endocrinology of the FXR receptor
Faculty Candidate; host: Gabor Tigyi |
| Feb. 28 | Dr. William (Billy) Valentine Post-doctoral Research Trainee Dept. of Pharmacology, UTHSC |
Subtype specific residues involved in the activation of the EDG-family of lysophosphatidic acid receptors |
| Mar. 6 | Dr. David W. Busija Professor Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology Wake Forest Univ. School of Medicine |
Regulation of cerebrovascular circulation
host: Charles Leffler |
| Mar. 12 Wednesday (10-11 AM) |
Dr. Kristen M. O’Connell Postdoctoral Fellow Dept. of Biomedical Sciences Colorado State Univ. |
Kv channel trafficking
Faculty Candidate; host: Gabor Tigyi |
| Mar. 20 | Dr. Seema Khurana Professor Dept. of Physiology, UTHSC |
Regulation of epithelial cell function and homeostasis by the microfilament structure |
| Mar. 27 | Dr. Mark T. Nelson Professor and Chair Dept. of Pharmacology Univ. Vermont College of Medicine The Departmental Distinguished Visiting Speaker in Cardiovascular Physiology |
Ion channels and calcium sparks in arterial smooth muscle co-hosts: Jon Jaggar & Charles Leffler |
| Apr. 3 | Dr. Wolfgang Dostmann Associate Professor Dept. of Pharmacology Univ. Vermont College of Medicine |
Cyclic GMP signaling in vascular smooth muscle host: AP Naren |
| Apr. 10 | Ms. Veronica G. Conoley Graduate Research Assistant Dept. of Physiology, UTHSC |
NS1 protein of H5N1 disrupts epithelial barrier function
mentor: AP Naren |
| Apr. 17 | Dr. Kim E. Barrett Professor of Medicine Dean of Graduate School Univ. Calif. San Diego The Departmental Distinguished Visiting Lecturer in Gastrointestinal Physiology |
The EGF Receptor: A Signaling Crossroads that Controls the Function of Intestinal Epithelial Cells |
| Apr. 24 | Lakita Cavin (Staff Attorney) & Richard Magid (Licensing Associate) UT Research Foundation (Memphis Office) |
Technology Commercialization at UT |
| May 1 Seminar at 12 Noon |
Dr. Seema Khurana Professor Department of Physiology, UTHSC |
Regulation of epithelial cell function and homeostasis by the microfilament structure |
| May 7 Seminar at 9am |
Dr. Jessica A. Filosa Research Assistant Professor Dept. of Psychiatry Univ. Cincinnati |
Ion channels in chemosensitive neurons
This visit is primarily sponsored by the Neuroscience Center |
| May 15 Seminar back to 12 Noon | Dr. Y. Eugene Chen Assoc. Professor Dept. of Int. Medicine & Cardiovascular Center Univ. Michigan Medical Center |
TBA |
| May 22 | Dr. Charles W. Leffler Professor Dept. of Physiology, UT |
CO and the regulation of neonatal cerebral circulation |
| May 29 | Dr. Zofia Zukowska Professor Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics Georgetown Univ. School of Medicine |
Pivotal role of neuropeptide Y (NPY) in vascular remodeling, response to stress, and obesity
host: GN Rao |
| May 30 (please note the time change: 2 PM) |
Dr. Maik Gollasch Professor Dept. of Nephrology Medical ICU Charite-University of Medicine Berlin, Germany |
Cav1.2 channels and Ca sparks in vascular smooth muscle host: Jon Jaggar |
| June 5 | Dr. Mukesh K Jain Professor, of Medicine Director, Case Cardiovascular Res. Inst. Chief Research Officer, Heart & Vasc. Inst. Case Western Univ. School of Medicine |
TBA |
| June 12 | Ms. Mitzi Dunagan Graduate Research Assistant Dept. of Physiology, UTHSC |
Inhibition of the protein phosphatases PPA2 and/or PP4 improves intestinal barrier function in the presence of acetaldehyde
mentor: RK Rao |