August
August 6 - **Ph.D. Dissertation Defense**
Marie Teresa Nolasco de Faria
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Trophoblast Cell Differentiation: Expression and Regulation of the Placental Prolactin Gene Family
August 7 - Carmen Lavilla-Apelo, D.V.M.
Predoctoral Student
Department of Animal Reproduction
Hokkaido University
Sapporo, Japan
Pathogens Associated with Mammalian Embryo
September
September 9 – Paul Cheney, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
and Smith Mental Retardation Research Center
KUMC
Neurons, Muscles and Movement: Connections, Correlations and Causality
September 16 - Paul Kitos, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
Targets of Organophosphorus Insecticides in the Avian Embryo
September 23 - Paul F. Terranova, Ph.D.
Smith Mental Retardation Research Center
KUMC
Ovarian Tumor Necrosis Factor
September 30 - Lydia Arbogast, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Regulation of Hypothalamic Tyrosine Hydroxylase by Steroid and Lactogenic Hormones
October
October 11 – Dr. George W. Mulheron
Division of Reproductive Biology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Duke University
The Regulation of Ovarian TGF-β Expression
October 14 - Greg Cahill, Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
KUMC
Neurobiology of the Retinal Circadian Clock
October 21 - **Fifth Annual J. Hambleton Abrahams Lectureship in Physiology**
Richard Palmiter, Ph.D.
Howard Hughes Research Laboratory
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Transgenic Approaches for Studying Mammalian Development and Disease
October 28 - Steven Morris, Ph.D.
Division of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Imaging of Multiple Fluorescent Probes in Living Cells: Simultaneous Ca++ and pH Measurements
November
November 4 - Nira Ben-Jonathan, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Indiana University
Prolactin Releasing Factor in the Posterior Pituitary
November 7 -Karl Ullrich, M.D.
Max Planck Institute for Biophysics
Frankfurt, Germany
Substrate Specificity of the Organic Anion and Organic Cation Transport Systems in the Proximal Renal tubule
November 18 - Erik Floor, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Cell Biology University of Kansas, Lawrence
Rapid Turnover of Catecholamines in Brain Synaptic Vesicles IN VITRO
November 25 - Michael Soares, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Trophoblast Cell Endocrine Differentiation
December
December 2 - Dale Bredesen, M.D.}Department of Neurology
University of California-Los Angeles
Dead Neuron Society - Neural Degeneration and Replacement
December 9 - Joanne Mathiasen
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Dopaminergic and Serotnergic Control of Prolactin Release
December 16 - Cheryl Hodges-Savola, Ph.D.
V.A. Medical Hospital
Kansas City, Missouri
Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Acetylcholinesterase Isoenzymes
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