September
September 10 -
| Robert Hanzlik, Ph.D Professor Medicinal Chemistry University of Kansas, Lawrence |
Gerald Lushington, Ph.D Associate Scientist Structural Biology Center Courtesy Assistant Professor Medicinal Chemistry University of Kansas, Lawrence |
| David VanderVelde, Ph.D. Senior Scientist Structural Biology Center Courtesy Assistant Professor Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of Kansas, Lawrence |
Todd Williams, Ph.D. Senior Scientist Structural Biology Center Courtesy Professor Medicinal Chemistry University of Kansas, Lawrence |
The KU Molecular Structures Group: Partners in Discovery and Analysis
September 17 – Ruth Welti, Ph.D.
Professor
Division of Biology
Kansas State University
Mass-Spectrometry-Based Analysis of Lipids
September 24 – Greg Vanden Heuvel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Anatomy & Cell Biology
KUMC
Cell Cycle Regulation in Kidney Development and Disease
October
October 1 - Brian Douglas Ackley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Biosciences
University of Kansas, Lawrence
ECM Dependent Synapse Formation in C. Elegans: A Genetically Tractable Model to Dissect Pathways Underlying Muscular Dystrophy-Like Diseases
October 10 – T. Rajendra Kumar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Genetic Approaches for Understanding FSH Physiology
October 17 - ** 37th Annual Osborn Lecture ** Lied Auditorium
Kelly E. Mayo, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Cell Biology
Center for Reproductive Science
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Formation and Regulation of the Ovarian Follicle: Insights from Studies on Inhibin and Activin
October 22 – Kenneth McCarson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics
KUMC
Stress, Sex and Pain: Looking for Answers Outside the Spinal Cord
October 29 – Naveet Dhillon, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Antisense DNA Against Host Factors as a Therapy for AIDS
November
November 5 - Joyce Slusser, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Flow Cytometry Core
Director
Microbiology, Molecular Genetics & Immunology
KUMC
Go With the Flow! Whether you want to measure proliferation rate, determine cell cycle kinetics, study all steps of apoptosis, quantify soluble molecules, or do single cell westerns, you can do it all using flow cytometry tools.
November 12 - Michael Johnson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Kansas, Lawrence
Analysis of Neurological Disease States Using High Temporal Resolution Neurochemical and Behavioral Methods
November 19 - Garry Hammer, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Internal Medicine
Division of Metabolism, Endorinology & Diabetes
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Millie Schembechler Professor of Adrenal Cancer
Univeristy of Michigan
Adrenocortical Stem/Progenitor Cells: Implications for Plasticity in Steroidogenic Organs
November 26 - Lisa Timmons, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Biosciences
University of Kansas, Lawrence
ABC Transporters are Required for Efficient RNAi in C. Elegans
November 29 - **Ph.D. DISSERTATION DEFENSE**
Gregory A. Onyszchuck
Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration as Mechanisms for Worsened Outcomes in Elderly Traumatic Brain Injury
December
December 3 - Stephen H. Benedict. Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Biosciences
University of Kansas, Lawrence
The Adhesion Molecule ICAM-1: An Unexpected Regulator of the Immune Response
December 5 - Stacy Zamudio, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Obstetics, Gynecology and Women's Health
New Jersey Medical School
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Newark, NJ
Placenta Hypoxia and Pregnancy Pathologies, Lessons from High Altitude
December 10 - Norberto C. Gonzalez, M.D.
Professor
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Alveolar Macrophages, Mast Cells, and Systematic Inflammation in the Hypoxic High Hill
December 17 - James P. Calvert, Ph.D.
Professor
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
KUMC
The Central Role of cAMP in Polycystic Kidney Disease: Thoughts on Treatments
