January
January 22 - Helen Maguire, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
KUMC
Purines and Autacoids in Regulation of Human Placental Vascular Resistance
January 29 - Lawrence P. Sullivan, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Factors Involved in Acidosis Induced Swelling in Renal Proximal Tubule
February
February 5 - Norberto Gonzalez, M.D.
Department of Physiology
KUMC
Characteristics of Exercise in Rats Acclimated to Simulated Altitude
February 12 –Ronald Borchardt, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of Kansas
Cultured Human Colon Carcinoma Cells (Caco-2):
An In Vitro Model System to Sturdy Intestinal Transport of Drugs
February 19 – Wayne Moore, Ph.D.
Department of Pediatrics
KUMC
Antigen Presenting Cells
February 26 - Hugo fernandez, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative PHysiology
KUMC
Neural Regulation of Skeletal Muscle ACHE Isoforms: Effects of Neuromuscular Inactivity and Exercise
March
March 5 – Teresa Faria
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Ontogeny of Placental Lactogen I and Placental Lactogen II - Expression in the Developing Rat Placenta
March 13 – Henry G. Friesen, M.D.
Department of Physiology
University of Mantoba Winnipeg, Canada
Galanin: An Estrogen Regulated Gene and Hormone of the Anterior Pituitary Gland
March 19 - Richard Alper, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
KUMC
Can Serotonin Agonists Act Peripherally to Increase Glucocorticoid Secretion?
March 26 - Mary L. Michaelis, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology
University of Kansas
Ca2+ Regulating Proteins in Brain Neurons: New Insights into Old Problems
March 29 - **Ph.D. Dissertation Defense**
Joel R. Stiles
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Studies on Acetylcholinesterase and its Neural Regulation,
With Quantitative Monte Carlo Computer Simulations of Miniature Endplate Currents
April
April 2 - John C. Porter, Ph.D.
Arthur Grollman Professor of Neuroendocrinology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center
Tyrosine Hydroxylase in Dopaminergic Neurons: A Study of the mRNA,
Mass and In Sito Activity of the Enzyme Under In Vivo and In Vitro Condition
April 9 - Donald C. Johnson, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Placental Steroidogenesis
April 23 - Frank Samson
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Physiological Mechanisms of Single Unit Directional Selectivity in the Cat's Primary Auditory Cortex (AI), Revealed by Ear Occlusion
April 30 - Lloyd L. Anderson, Ph.D.
Department of Animal Sciences
Iowa State University
Relaxin in Pigs and Cattle: Its Endogenous Secretion and Biological Actions
May
May 7 - **20th Annual Kathleen M. Osborn Memorial Lecture**
John D. Biggers, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Does the Development of the Pre-implantation Embryo Depend on a Unique Environment?
May 14 - John Wu, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology & Cell Biology
University of Kansas
Characterization and Regulation of the GABA System in the Central Nervous System
May 21 - Michael J. Soares, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Trophoblast Cell Differentiation: Expression of Placental Prolactins, P450scc and Alkaline Phosphatase
May 29 - Pascal Barone, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Participation of Prefrontal Cortex in Short Term Memory and Oculomotor Planning
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