July
July 10 - **Candidate for Faculty Position**
David A. Ford, Ph.D.
Division of Bioorganic chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Washington University
Plasmalogen and Fatty Acid Metabolism During Myocardial Ischemia
July 13 - **Candidate for Faculty Position**
Volkhard Linder, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Pathology
University of Washington
Role of bFGF, PDGF and NF?B in Injured Arteries of Rats and Mice
July 20
-**Candidate for Faculty Position**
Ching-Yuan Su, Ph.D.
Department of Medicine
Southern Illinois University
Stress Response Protects Against Cardiac Reperfusion Injury
July 24 - **Candidate for Faculty Position**
Michael L. Smith, Ph.D.
Departments of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
Mechanisms of Sympathoexcitation in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
July 28 - Lars Hedin, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
Goteborg University
Goteborg, Sweden
Potential Role of CCAAT-Enhancer Binding Proteins-α and
β in Follicular Development and Ovulation
August
August 8 - Jean-Paul Richalet, M.D.
Association pour la Recherche en Physiologie de l'Environment
ISERM, France
Examples of Oxygen Sensing in Altitude Hypoxia: Cellular and Molecular Aspects
September
September 11 – Steven M. LeVine, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Pathogenic Mechanisms of Desalinating Disease in the CNS
September 18 - Cynthia Larvie, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
University of Kansas, Lawrence
Examination of Molecular Association with NMR Spectroscopy
September 25 - Louis Wetzel, M.D.
Department of Diagnostic Radiology
KUMC
Introduction to Magnetic Resonance Imaging
October 2 – Craig Lunte, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
University of Kansas - Lawrence
Using Microdialysis to Probe Living Systems
October 9 - Roy Baynes, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Medicine
Division of Hematology
KUMC
Biochemical Identity, Origins of, and Clinical Utility of the Serum Form of the Transferrin Receptor
October 16 - Peter Smith, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Cellular Determinants of Sympathetic Neuronal Plasticity
October 23 - Abderraouf Belhaj Saif, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Changes in Motor Cortical Cells Discharge During Muscular Fatigue in Monkey
October 30 - Lydia Arbogast, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative pHysiology
KUMC
Control of Hypothalamic Dopamine Neurons During Lactation
November
November 2 - **Candidate for Faculty Position**
Jesús García-Martínez, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
Colorado State University
Single Point Mutations Alter the Voltage Dependence of the Dihydropyridine Receptor
November 6 - Richard Dubinsky, M.D.
Department of Neurology
Driving Performance in Neurological Diseases
November 9 - Chun Jiang, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Pediatrics
Yale University
Modulation of Ion channel Activity During Hypoxia
November 20 - Ronal MacGregor, Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
KUMC
Parathyroid Hormone - The Case for Regulated Constitutive Secretion
November 27 - Paul Terranova, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Effects of Endotoxin on Ovarian Function
December
December 4 - Alan S. Rudolph, Ph.D.
Naval Research Laboratory
Department of the Navy
Washington, D.C.
Liposome-Encapsulated Hemoglobin, and Experimental Red Cell Substitute for Trauma
December 11 - Winnie Dunn, Ph.D., O.T.R.
Department of Occupational Therapy Education
KUMC
Sensory Processing: an "Outside" Perspective
December 18 - John Wood, Ph.D.
Department of Surgery
KUMC
Endothelial-Derived Factors and the Gastric Microcirculation
December 20 - **Ph.D. Dissertation Defense**
Rebecca J. Flieststra
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Lactogenic Hormones of the Pituitary and Placenta
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