July
July 1 - **Ph.D. DISSERTATION DEFENSE**
Anh-Nguyet Nguyen
Graduate Student
Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Role of Na,K-ATPase in Polycystic Kidney Disease
July 11 - **Ph.D. DISSERTATION DEFENSE**
Darcy M. Griffin
Graduate Student
Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Primate Motor Cortex: Individual and Ensemble Neuron-Muscle Output Relationships
September
September 1 -No Seminar - Labor Day
September 8 - Reflections on Successful Strategies for Grant Proposals
| Joan S. Hunt, Ph.D. University Distinguished Professor Anatomy & Cell Biology KUMC |
Peter G. Smith, Ph.D. |
Randolph J. Nudo, Ph.D. Director Center of Aging Professor Molecular & Integrative Physiology KUMC |
September 15 - **J.Hambleton Abrahams Lectureship**
Phillip R. Kennedy, Ph.D., M.D.
CEO & Chief Scientist
Neural Signals, Inc.
Duluth, GA
The Application of Motor Control Principles to the Development of a Speech Prosthesis
September 12 - Vargheese M. Chennathukuzhi, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist II
WYETH
Collegeville, PA
Developing Potential Targets and Biomarkers for Rational Drug Discovery
September 18 - Bjarke Ebert, Ph.D..
Senior Principal Scientist
Lundbeck Pharmaceuticals
Copenhagen, Denmark
Goboxadol in Sleep, Stress and Depression
September 22 - P. Prabhakara Reddi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
University of Virginia
Role of Insulator in Testis-Specific Gene Transcription
September 29 - Susan M. Lunte, Ph.D.
Ralph N. Adams Distinguished Professor
Department of Chemistry & Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of Kansas - Lawrence
Applications of Lab-on-a-Chip Technologies to Neuroscience: In Vivo Monitoring and Single Cell Analysis
October
October 6 - Dora Agbas, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Estrogen Modulated Uterine Innervation as a Model of Axon Degeneration
October 13 – **38th Annual Osborn Lecture**
John H. Nilson, Ph.D.
Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor
DIrector, School of Molecular Biosciences
Washington State University
Pullman, WA
Exposing the Secret Life of B-Catenin in the HPG Axis
October 20 -Nancy Muma, Ph.D.
Professor & Chair
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
University of Kansas - Lawrence
Transglutaminase in Huntington's Disease and other Neurodegenerative Diseases
October 27 - David H. Abbott, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of
Obstetrics & Gynecology and Wisconsin National Primate Research Center
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Developmental Origins of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Lessons from the Rhesus Monkey
November
November 3 -
Cary R. Savage, Ph.D.
Director, Functional MRI
Hoglund Brain Imaging Center
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
KUMC
fMRI Studies of the Neural Basis of Overeating and Obesity
November 5 -
Sanjay Maggirwar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Microbiology & Immunology
University of Rochester Medical Center
Is String Theory a Theory of String? - A Closer Look at NeuroAIDS
November 10 - Xinmai Yang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Bioengineering Research Center
Mechanical Engineering
University of Kansas - Lawrence
Photoacoustic Imaging and its Application to Animal Brain
November 17 - Peter Baumann, Ph.D.
Assistant Investigator
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Kansas City, MO
Chromosome Dynamics - Insights from Yeasts, Lizards and Man
November 24 -
Mark E. Chertoff, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Hearing and Speech
KUMC
Developing Clinical Tools to Assess the Underlying Pathophysiology Leading to Hearing Loss
December 1 -
**Voyages Seminar Series**
Jared J. Grantham, M.D.
Harry Statland Professor of Nephrology
Associate Dean for Medical Graduate Studies
KUMC
Home-Grown Translational Medicine: From the Kitchen Floor, to the Bench, to the Bedside
December 8 - Sue Jaspersen, Ph.D.
Assistant Investigator
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Kansas City, MO
Ins and Outs of Three Dimensional Nuclear Organization: The SUN Proteins
December 15 - Katherine F. Roby, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Anatomy & Cell Biology
KUMC
Ovarian Cancer and Preclinical Development of Nanotax
December 22 - No Seminar
December 29 - No Seminar
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