July
July 14 - Martin Matzuk, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Pathology,Cell Biology, and Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Transgenic Models to Study Reproduction and Onocogenesis
August
August 12 - **Candidate for Assistant Professor**
Shyam k. Sharan, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular & Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Murine BRCA2: Cloning and Functional Analysis
August 18 - Belinda Chapman
DNA Sequencer Tutorial
August 26 - **Candidate for Assistant Professor**
William Shawlot, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular Genetics
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Genetic Analysis of the Mouse Gastrula Organizer
September
September 8 – Raymond DuBois, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Medicine/GI
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Cyclooxygenase-2: A Potential Target in Colorectal Carcinogenesis
September 9 - Dr. Joseph Tash
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Microgravity Stimulates Signal Transduction During Motility Activation in Sperm
September 15 - Daniel Linzer, Ph.D.
Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cell Biology
Northwestern University
Placental Hormones and the Regulation of Angiogenesis
September 22 - Mark Fisher, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
KUMC
Substrate Variability in Chaperonin-Assisted Protein Folding
September 29 -Lawrence P. Sullivan, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Cellular Basis of Fluid Transport in Cysts
October 6 – Jared Grantham, M.D.
Department of Medicine and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
KUMC
Pathogenesis of Progressive Dysfunction in Polycystic Kidney Disease
October 13 - Brian Davis, Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
University of Kentucky
Novel Effects of Neurotrophins on the Developing Sympathetic Nervous System
October 14 - Dr. Heiner Müller
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Uteroplacental Prolactin Family: New Developments
October 20 - George Bousfield, Ph.D.
Department of Biological Sciences
Wichita State University
Structure Function Studies on Equine Gonadotropins
October 27 -Hiroaki Serizawa, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
KUMC
The Multiple Functions of Transcription Factor TFIIH
October 28 - Dr. Jill Jacobson
Pediatric Endocrinology
The Children's Mercy Hospital
Gender Bias in the Immune System
November
November 3 - Randolph J. Nudo, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Center on Aging
KUMC
Adaptive Plasticity in Primate Motor Cortex as a Consequence of Behavioral Experience and Neuronal Injury
November 10 - Thomas Pazdernik, Ph.D.
Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics
KUMC
Limbic Stressors: Neuroprotective or Neurodegenerative
November 11 - Thomas Peters
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Trophoblast Giant Cell Differentiation: Invasive & Endocrine Properties
November 17 - **Candidate for Assistant Professor**
T. Rajendra Kumar, Ph.D.
Department of Pathology
Baylor College of Medicine
Redesigning The Reproductive Axis: A Transgenic Approach
November 18 - Kevin V. King
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri - Columbia
SMAD Signaling in Larval Development and Life Span Determination of C. Elegans
November 24 - Dale B. Hales, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology/Biophysics
University of Illinois, Chicago
Immune-Endocrine Control of Leydig Cell Steroidogenesis
November 25 - Dr. Jeffery Bowen
Anatomy & Cell Biology
KUMC
The Role of Integrins in Placental Development
November 25 - **Walter T. Imagawa, Ph.D.**
Department of Pharmacology and Kansas Cancer Institute
KUMC
Hormone/Growth Factor Networks in Mammary Gland Development and Neoplasia
December
December 1 - Kyle Orwig, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Transcriptional Regulation in Decidual and Trophoblast Cells
December 2 - Dr. Jeffery Bowen
Anatomy & Cell Biology
KUMC
The Role of Integrins in Placental Development
December 8 - Tsuneo Suxuki, M.D., Ph.D.
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics
KUMC
Transcriptional Regulation in Decidual and Trophoblast Cells
December 9 - Dr. Virginia Rider
Biological Sciences
University of Missouri - Kansas City
Gender Differences in Auto Immune Disease: Estrogen and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
December 15 - Hideaki Nagase, Ph.D.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
KUMC
Collagenases and TIMPS
December 22 - James L. Voogt, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Hormonal and Neuronal Regulation of Tyrosine Hydroxylase
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