July
July 19 - Kazuyoshi Taya, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology
The Fetal Gonads as a Major Endocrine Organ in the Equine Fetus During the Second Half of Gestation
September
September 5 – **M.S. Dissertation Defense**
Naoko Brown
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Aspects of Blastocyst Implantation: Role of Neuregulins and Telomeres
September 9 - Mark J. Van Gorp, Ph.D.
Academic Technology
KUMC
Identifying and Illustrating JUMC Technology Resources for Teaching and Learning
September 16 - Kathy Mitchell, Ph.D.
Anatomy and Physiology
Kansas State University
Umbilical Cord Matrix, a Novel Source of Multipotent Stem Cells
September 23 - Natalia Kedishvili, Ph.D.
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
School of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Human Enzymes Involved in Homeostasis of Retinoic Acid
September 27 - Donald J. Tindall, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Departments of Urology & Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Mayo Medical School
The Roles of Androgen Receptor and PI3K/Akt in Survival of Androgen-Refractory Prostate Cancer Cells
September 30 - Li Meng, Ph.D.
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
KUMC
Nuclear-Cytoplasm Interactions During Mouse Oocyte Meiotic Maturation, Fertilization and Preimplantation Development: Metaphase I Spindle vs. Germical Vesicle (GV) Transfer
October
October 7 - Kottarappat Dileepan, Ph.D.
Internal Medicine, Division of Allergy
Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology
KUMC
Synergy Between Mast Cell Mediators and Bacterial Pathogens in Endothelial Cell Activation: Implications of Infection in Vascular Disease
October 9 – Deok-Soo Son, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
A New Paradigm of Dioxin Toxicity
October 14 - Douglas Crawford, Ph.D.
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
School of Biological Science
University of Missouri - Kansas City
Molecular Adaptation: Nucleotides to Cardiac Function
October 21 – Brian Petroff, D.V.M., Ph. D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Interactions Between the Female Endocrine System and the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Pathway
October 28 - Andrea Cupp, Ph.D.
Animal Science
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Role of Angiogenic Growth Factors in Testis Morphogenesis
November
November 5 - Victoria Corbin, Ph.D.
Molecular Biosciences
University of Kansas
Cell Communication in Fly Muscle Development
November 11 - Mehmet Bilgen, Ph.D.
Radiology
University of Texas at Houston Medical Center
Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Beyond Anatomical Visualization
November 18 - **32nd Annual Osborn Lecture**
John Kopchick, Ph.D.
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Ohio University
Growth Hormone, Growth Hormone Antagonists, and Growth Hormone Receptor "Knock Outs:"
from Mice to Men (and women)
November 25 - David Poole, Ph.D.
Anatomy & Physiology
College of Veterinary Medicine
Kansas State University
Dynamics of Muscle Oxygen Exchange in Health and Disease
December
December 2 - Sangita Biswas, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Experimental Therapeutics in Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy
December 4 - Gaurav Chaturvedi, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Department of Molecular &Integrative Physiology
The Role of Src Tyrosine Kinase in Ovarian Steroidogenesis
December 9 - Jin-Hui Wang, Ph.D.
Molecular Biosciences
University of Kansas
The Behavior of Cortical Synapses in Transmitting Sequential Neural Signals
December 16 - Chris Ross, Ph.D.
Anatomy and Physiology
College of Veterinary Medicine
Kansas State University
PR-39, an Anti-Inflammatory Peptide
December 18 - Shalmica Williams
Graduate Student
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
The Effects of TCDD on Ovarian Cancer Progression
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