July
July 11 - Ruth Shalgi, Ph.D.
Department of Embryology
Tel Aviv University, Israel
Activation of the Mammalian Egg
July 16 - Allan D. Forsman, Ph.D.
Division of Biology
Kansas State University
Practical considerations for Conducting Research on the Space Shuttle
July 18 - Leslie L. Heckert, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology
Case Western Reserve University
Transcriptional Regulation of the Human
α Subunit Gene: Mechanisms Underlying Cell-Specificity and Androgen Regulation
August
August 8 - **Ph.D. Dissertation Defense**
Robert A. Whitman
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Investigation of the Mechanisms Responsible for the Development of Systematic Hypertension in Rats Acclimatized to Hypoxia
August 20 - **Candidate for Faculty Position**
Monica M. Montano, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
University of Illinois
Antiestrogen Action and Regulation of Estrogen Receptor Bioactivity
September
September 9 – Norberto C. Gonzalez, M.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Factors Limiting Maximal O2 Uptake After Acclimatization to Hypoxia in Rats
September 16 - Thomas J. Imig, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Mechanisms of Sound Localization: Single Unit Sensitivity to Monaural Spectral Cues
September 17 - Jeffrey Bowen, Ph.D.
Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Public Health
College of Veterinary Medicine
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Development of a Model System to Study the Porcine Implantation Cascade
September 23 -Michael Wolfe, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Requirements for Transcription of the Luteinizing Hormone Beta-Subunit Gene: Basal and Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Regulated Expression
September 24 - Gregory Knipp
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of Kansas, Lawrence
Paracellular Diffusion in Caco-2 Cell Monolayers: Effect of Solution Conformation of Model Pentapeptides and Perturbation on their Paracellular Permeability
September 30 - Sudhansu K. Dey, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Molecular Signaling in Blastocyst Implantation
October 7 – Richard Clancy, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Evaluating Diaphragm Shortening
October 14 -Lisa Stehno-Bittel, Ph.D.
Department of Physical Therapy Education
KUMC
Frog Eggs Have Weird G Proteins
October 15 - **Faculty Candidate**
Dr. Warren Nothnick
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
University of Kentucky
Tissue Remodeling During Luteal Development and Regression
October 21 - Vincent Gattone, Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
KUMC
Extracellular Matrix in Polycystic Kidney Disease
October 22 - Jeremy Chien
Dr. Girish Shah's Laboratory Group
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Role of cAMP-Dependent Pathway in the Proliferation of Prostate Cancer Cells
October 28 -Girish V. Shah, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Neuroendocrine Factors in Proliferation of Prostate Cancer Cells
November
November 4 - Stuart Handwerger, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics
University of Cincinnati
Director, Division of Endocrinology
Children's Hospital, Cincinnati
Novel Regulation of Human Placental Lactogen Gene Expression
November 11 -Joseph S. Tash, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
New Methods for Analysis of Motility-Related Signal Transduction in Spermatozoa: Identification of Targets
November 18 - Merrill Tarr, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Nonvoltage-Gated Calcium Channels
November 25 - Peter G. Smith, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
KUMC
Remodeling of the Parasympathetic Nervous System
November 26 - Dr. Heide Schatten
Biological Sciences
University of Missouri - Columbia
Cytoskeletal Organization & Function During First Reproduction Cell Cycle in Sea Urchin and Mice
December
December 2 - Puliyer S. Mohankumar, Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy and Physiology
Kansas State University
Prolactin, Hypothalamic Dopamine and Aging
December 9 - Deborah Kipp, Ph.D., R.D.
Department of Dietetics and Nutrition
KUMC
Hyperprolactinemia and Bone Remodeling in the Rat
December 10 - Lance Miller, Ph.D.
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
KUMC
Progesterone Modulate
IκBα & TNF-α mRNA Expression in LPS Activated Macrophages
December 16 - Timothy A. Jones, Ph.D.
Departments of Surgery and PHysiology
University of Missouri, Columbia
Origins of and Adequate Stimulus for Vestibular Responses to Linear Translations
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