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Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology

Seminar Series

Spring, 2008 Schedule

Note that most of the seminars will be held in Lied Auditorium; any changes to seminar rooms will be e-mailed in advance of the scheduled presentation. Seminars are from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. unless noted.

Date Speaker Research Area
Thursday,
January 10
Karra Jones
Graduate Student
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Wright Laboratory
KUMC
Abnormal sensorimotor function and aberrant large sensory nerve fiber innervation in diabetic neuropathy
Thursday,
January 17
Ed Hall
Professor
Director, Spinal Cord & Brain Injury Research Center
Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Neurosurgery and Neurology
University of Kentucky Medical Center
Acute neuroprotection in CNS injury
Thursday,
February 7
Madhulika Sharma
Senior Research Scientist
Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology
University of Kansas Medical Center
Cux-1/ TLE4 interactions during kidney development
Thursday,
February 14
Linheng Li
Associate Investigator
Stowers Institute
Molecular and genetic pathways of adult stem cell development
Thursday,
February 21
cancelled  
Thursday,
March 6
Raymond C. Harris, M.D.
Ann and Roscoe R. Robinson Professor of Medicine, Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Chief, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension - Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Sponsored by the Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology and the Centers Of Biomedical Research Excellence grant: Molecular Regulation of Cell Development and Differentiation;
Co-sponsored by the NIH Grant Number P20 RR024214 from the COBRE Program of the National Center for Research Resources.
Interactions of intrarenal dopamine and cycloxygenase-2 in regulation of kidney physiology and pathophysiology
Thursday,
March 13
David Albertini, Ph.D.
Hall Endowed Professor
Molecular & Integrative Physiology – KUMC
The biology behind aging in the female germ line: Rescuing the inevitable?
Thursday,
March 20
Wallace Marshall
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
University of California – San Francisco, CA
Orientation and Positioning of Cilia
Thursday,
April 3
Autumn Ruiz
Graduate Student
Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology
University of Kansas Medical Center
Modulation of HIV-1 Subtype C Vpu protein trafficking and function: role of overlapping tyrosine and dileucine based sorting motifs
Thursday,
April 10
No seminar – Student Research Forum  
Thursday,
April 17
Kristina Adams
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Universityof Washington
Maternal-fetal microchimerism
Thursday,
May 1
Andrew F. Russo, Ph.D.
Professor & Director , Biosciences Program - Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa

Sponsored by the Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology and the Centers Of Biomedical Research Excellence grant: Molecular Regulation of Cell Development and Differentiation; Co-sponsored by the NIH Grant Number P20 RR024214 from the COBRE Program of the National Center for Research Resources.
Ramping up CGRP expression and function: Potential relevance to migraine
Thursday,
May 8
Amy Bauer
Los Alamos National Labs
Los Alamos, NM
 
Thursday,
May 15
Steve Carlson
Professor
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Universityof Washington
Molecular recognition events between Pre- and postsynaptic nerve cells during synapse formation
Thursday,
May 22

Tim Newman, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Physics - Arizona State University

Biological Physics, with an emphasis on modeling fluctuations and collective phenomena: computer modeling of developmental processes
Thursday, June 5 Charlotte M. Vines, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology - University of Kansas Medical Center
CCR7 Trafficking and Signaling in Human T cells