January
January 8 - Bruce Kimler, Ph.D.
Department of Radiation Oncology
KUMC
Structural and Functional Brain Damage in Rats Subsequent to IN UTERO Exposure to Ionizing Radiation
January 22 - Mark Fey, Ph.D.
Department of Hearing and Speech
KUMC
The Development of Auxiliary Verbs in Normally Developing and Language-Impaired Children
January 29 - Jill C. Pelling, Ph.D.
Department of Pathology
KUMC
Response of Keratinocytes to UV Irradiation
February
February 5 - Glen Andrews, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry
KUMC
Metal Transcription Factor-1 Regulation of Metallothionein Gene Expression
February 12 – Rathe Karrer, Ph.D.
LIfe Span Institute
University of Kansas - Lawrence
Brain Activity Related to Cognitive Processes in Infants
February 19 – Greg Kopf, Ph.D.
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
University of Pennsylvania
Integration of Tyrosine Kinase and G-Protein-Mediated Signal Transduction Pathways in the Regulation of Mammalian Sperm
February 26 - Arthur Gutierrex-Jartmann, M.D.
Departments of Medicine and
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Genetics
University of Colorado
Pit-1/GHF-1: A POU-Homeodomain Transcription Factor That Functions as a Pituitary Cell-Specific Signal Integration Factor (SRF)
March
March 4 – Robert Delisle, Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
KUMC
gp300, A Sulfated Mucin-Like Glycoprotein of the Gastrointestinal System, Studied in Normal and CFTR (-/-) Mice
March 11 - Walter Imagawa, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
KUMC
Lipid Mitogens for Mouse Mammary Epithelium
March 25 - John Belmont, Ph.D.
Department of Pediatrics
KUMC
Promoting Adaptive Behavior THrough Manipulation of Feedback in Non-Pathological Aging
April
April 1 - Kotarappat Dileepan, Ph.D.
Department of Medicine
KUMC
Regulation of Macrophage and Endothelial cell Functions by Mast Cells
April 1 - Doug Schelling, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular Biology
University of Kentucky, Lexington
Structural and Functional Characterization of the Juvenile Hormone Esterase Promoter
April 8 - Gregory d. Plowman, Ph.D.
Director of Molecular Biology Division
Sugen, Inc., Red Wood City, CA
Ligand Specificity for the erbB-Receptor Family
April 9 - Jerome F. Strauss, III, M.D., Ph.D.
Luigi Mastroianni, Jr., Professor and Center director
Center for Research on Women's Health and Reproduction
Division of Reproductive Biology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Regulation of Steroidogenesis: A Moving Story About Cholesterol
April 15 - Ann Romaker, M.D.
Pulmonary Medicine
University of Missouri - Kansas City
and Medical Director of Sleep Disorders Center and Respiratory Therapy
St. Luke's Hospital
The Physiology of Sleep
April 22 - **26th Annual Kathleen Osborn Memorial Lecture**
L. Stephen Frawley, Ph.D.
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Medical University of South Carolina
Shedding Some Light on the Differentiation and Transdifferentiation of Pituitary Cells
April 26 - **Ph.D. Dissertation Defense**
Christine A. Rasmussen
Department of Physiology
KUMC
Decidual Prolactin-Related Protein: Biochemical and Biological Characterization and Patterns of Gene Expression During Pregnancy
April 29 - David C. Poole, Ph.D.
Departments of Kinesiology and Anatomy and Physiology and Anatomy and Physiology
Kansas State University
Microstructural and Functional Interactions in Diaphragm
May
May 6 - Donald C. Johnson, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Difficulty in Dismissing Old Theories in Reproductive Physiology
May 13 - John Eppig, Ph.D.
The Jackson Lab
Bar Harbor, Maine
The Role of the Oocyte in the Development and Function of Follicular Granulosa Cells
May 20 - John Tomich, Ph.D.
Biotech Core Laboratory
Kansas State University
and
Lawrence P. Sullivan, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
The Development and Testing of Cl Channel Forming Peptides
June
June 4 -Dr. Robert Bridges
Professor of Comparative Medicine
Tuffs University School of Veterinary Medicine
Hormone-brain Interactions in the Regulation of Parental Behavior
June 11 - Dr. Takayuki Kamei
Postdoctoral Fellow
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Signaling Pathways Involving Src-family Protein Tyrosine Kinases Modulate Trophoblast Giant cell Differentiation
June 18 - Jade Lim
Ph.D. Student
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Differential Expression of the erb2 Gene in the Periimplantation Mouse Uterus and its regulation by Steroid Hormones
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