Seminar Series: Spring 1993

January

January 11 - Lawrence P. Sullivan, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Fluid Secretion by MDCK Cysts

January 25 - Andrey Frolov, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Photodestruction of Biological Systems IN VITRO Sensitized by Chlorin E6

February

February 1 - Jeffrey Radel, Ph.D.
Department of Occupational Therapy Education
KUMC
Neural Transplantation as a Tool for Experimental Neurobiology

February 4 – Thomas J. Gill, III, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh
Molecular Genetics of the MHC LInked Region and the Effect of These Genes on Reproduction

February 8 – Richard Alper, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
KUMC
Cardiovascular and Neuroendocrine Responses to Central Serotonin Administration

February 15 - Helen Maguire, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
KUMC
Vascular Nucleotide Receptors

February 18 - Solomon Snyder, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Gases as Neuronal Messengers

March

March 1 – Joseph Besharse, Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
KUMC
The Circadian Clock in the Eye: Localization to
Photoreceptors and Significance to Retinal Physiology

March 10 - **Candidate for Chairmanship, Department of Physiology**
Michael O'Rand, Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Molecular and Cellular Biology of the
Interaction of Mammalian Spermatozoa with the Zona Pellucida

March 16 - ** The 23rd Annual Kathleen M. Osborn Memorial Lecture**
Roger G. Gosden, Ph.D.,
Department of Physiology
University of Edinburgh, U.K.
Current Issues in the Biology of an Ovarian Timepiece - The Follicle

March 29 - Dr. Frank Talamantes
Department of Biology
University of California, Santa Cruz
The Structure and Regulation of Expression of the
Mouse Growth Hormone Receptor and Binding Protein During Pregnancy

April

April 1 - Jack H. Kaplan, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
University of Pennsylvania
Pumping Ions: Molecular Physiology of a P-type ATPase

April 6 - Douglas C. Eaton, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
Emory University
Regulation of Renal Sodium Channels

April 8 - William J. Lederer, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
University of Maryland
Molecular and Cellular Characterization of the Cardiac Na+/Ca++ Exchanger

April 19 -Fuller W. Bazer, Ph.D.
Department of Animal Science
Texas A&M University
Interferon Tau: Trophoblast Interferons Responsible
for Maternal Recognition of Pregnancy in Ruminants

April 26 - Karen Kover
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Regulation of Gene Expression in the Mouse Uterine Epithelium

May

May 10 - Charles Lake, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry
KUMC
The Sympathetic Nervous System Regulation of Orthostasis

May 17 - Girish Shah, Ph.D.
Departments of Surgery and
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Regulation of Prolactin Secretion

May 24 - Jean Hiebert
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Effect of Target Tissue Age on Re innervation by Different Neuronal Populations

June

June 7 - **M.S. Thesis Defense**
Xing-Jian Lu
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Spontaneous Differentiation of Rat Trophoblast Cells in Primary Culture Modalation by Retinoic Acid

June 28 - Christine P. Ruangvoravat, Ph.D.
Department of Biology
University of Pennsylvania
Gap Junctions and Mammalian Development