January
January 6 - Peggy Petroff, Ph.D.
Anatomy and Cell Biology
KUMC
B7 Family Molecules Aden Maternal-Fetal Immunology: Sharing A Common Ground with Cancer, Transplantation, and Autoimmune Disease
January 8 - Shawn Murphy, Ph.D.
Department of Immunology
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Silencing of MHC Class II Gene Expression in Trophoblasts
January 13 - Benyi Li, M.D., Ph.D.
Urology
KUMC
Regulation of Androgen Receptor Transactivation in Prostate Cancer
January 15 - Mario Ascoli, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology
Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
University of Iowa
Trafficking of the Luteotropin/Chorinogonadotropin Receptor
January 21 -
Deborag Segaloff, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology & Biophysics
Roy J. And Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
University of Iowa
Mutations of the LH and FSH Receptors: Lessons Learned from Nature and the Laboratory
January 27 - Tina Hines, R.N., Ph.D.
School of Nursing
University of Missouri - Kansas City
What Does the Brain Know About Blood Pressure During Pregnancy?
February
February 10 - Brian Hermann
Graduate Student
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Ftz-f1 Gene Regulation: Inputs from Genomics and Knockouts
February 12 – William Kinsey, Ph.D.
Professor
Anatomy & Cell Biology
KUMC
Mechanism of Fyn Kinase Signaling at Fertilization
February 17–Shyamal K. Roy, Ph.D.
Obstetrics & Gynecology and
Physiology & Biophysics
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Granulosa Cell Proliferation: Impact of FSH
February 20 – Peter Smith, Ph.D.
Director
BRIN Bioinformatics Core and MRRC
KUMC
And
Stan Svojanovsky, Ph.D.
Bioinformatics Specialist
Research Assistant Professor
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Bioinformatics Applications for Microarray Data
February 24 - Edmund B. Rucker III, Ph.D.
Department of Animal Sciences
University of Missouri
Apoptotic Mechanisms in Murine Stem Cells
February 26 - Alan Godwin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Hox12: a Reproductive Phenotype?
March 3 – **Candidate for Hall Professorship in Molecular Medicine**
David Albertini, Ph.D.
Anatomy, Cellular Biology and Obstetrics & Gynecology
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts
Genetic and Epigenetic Blueprints for Oogenesis in Mammals
March 10 - Mark Chertoff, Ph.D.
Hearing and Speech
Scholl of Allied Health
KUMC
Characterizing Mechano-Electric Transduction Hearing-Impaired Ears
March 17 - Gustavo Blanco, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Na,K-ATPase in Polycystic Kidney Disease
March 19 - Melanie Vacchio, M.D., Ph.D.
Experimental Immunology Branch
NIH/NCI
Peripheral Tolerance in the Maternal Immune System: Pregnancy as a Model to Study Peripheral T Cell Tolerance and the Role of Costimulatory Molecules
March 24 - Shalmica Williams
Graduate Student
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
The Effects of TCDD on Ovarian Cancer Progression
March 26 - Jeffrey Holzbeierlein, M.D.
Urology
KUMC
Identification of the Direct Targets of the Androgen Receptor by Chromatin Immunoprecipitation
March 31 - Mark Roberson, Ph.D.
Physiology Department
Cornell University
New Insights into Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone action: Lipid Rafts, Membrane Cholesterol and MAPK Signaling
April
April 3 - Mark Hedger, Ph.D.
NHMRC Senior Research Fellow
Monash Institute of Reproduction and Development
Monash University, Australia
The Immunology of Male Reproduction
April 7 - Numa Dancause
Graduate Student
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Vicarious Processes of the Premotor Cortex in the Recovery Following an Ischemic Lesion in Primary Motor Cortex: Support for Anatomical Changes
April 14 - Alfred Casillan
Graduate Student
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase and Heme Oxygenase-1 Reduce Hypoxia-Induced Microvascular Inflammation in Acclimatized Rats
April 14 - Audrey Blacklock
Graduate Student
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Estrogen Selectively Increases Sensory Nociceptor Innervation of Small Blood Vessels
April 21 - Joe McDonald
Graduate Student
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Systemic Hypoxia Induces Oxidative-and Mast Cell-Driven Inflammatory Responses in the Cerebral Microcirculation
April 28 -Ryan Thummel
Graduate Student
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Hoxc13 Orthologs in Zebrafish
May
May 5 - Allen W. Cowley, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Physiology
Medical College of Wisconsin
Connecting Genes to Complex Systems Biology
May 7 - Katherine Roby, Ph.D.
Anatomy & Cell Biology
KUMC
Effects of Ovarian Cancer on Ovarian Function
May 19 - Robert A. White Ph.D.
Genetics Laboratory
University of Missouri - Kansas City
School of Medicine & Children's Mercy Hospital
A Tale of Two Anemias: A Dickens of a Cloning Project
May 21 - Han-E Zhou, Ph.D. and Xuan Zhang, Ph.D.
Obstetrics& Gynecology
Division of Basic & Clinical Research
Disruption of the TIMP-1 Gene Product is Associated with Reduced Uterine TIMP-3 Expression and Altered Endometrial Gland Formation During Early Post-Natal Uterine Development
AND
Disruption of the TIMP-1 Gene Product Reveals that Steroid Induction of Uterine TIMP-1 Expression Influences Subsequent Steroidogenic Responses within the Uterus
June
June 6 - **Dissertation Defense**
Don Warn
Parasympathetic Phenotypic Plasticity Following Long Term Sympathectomy
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