January
January 12 - Christopher C. Taylor, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Src Tyrosine Kinase: Roles in Gonadal Steroidogenesis and Ovarian Cancer
January 13 -Dr. Paul Terranova
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Dioxin Alteration of Ovarian Function: Indirect and Direct Effect
January 26 -Joseph F. Lutkenhaus, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
KUMC
Role of the Tubulin-Like FtsZ Protein in Bacterial Cell Division
January 27 - Stephanie Jones
Biological Sciences
University of Missouri - Kansas City
Regulation of G1 Events in the Cell Cycle of Uterine Stromal Cells
February
February 2 - Joan Hunt, Ph.D.
Departments of Anatomy and Cell Biology
and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
KUMC
The Tumor Necrosis Factor Superfamily: Immunological and Other Functions in Pregnancy
February 9 – Curtis Klaassen, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
KUMC
The Use of Transgenic Animals to Determine the Role of Metallothionein in Cadmium Hepatotoxicity and Nephrotoxicity
February 10 - Dr. William J. Hendry III
Department of Biological Sciences
Wichita State University
The Hamster and Neonatal Exposure to Diethylstilbestrol, The Original Endocrine Disruptor
February 12 - Dr. Marc Edery
Director of Research
Division of Molecular Endocrinology
INSERM Unité 334, Faculty of Medicine
Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades
Paris, France
Signal Transduction by Prolactin Receptors
February 16 – Bruce Schultz, Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy and Physiology
Kansas State University
Epithelial Chloride Channels as Targets of Drug Therapy
February 20 - Niki Whitley
Department of Animal Sciences
Mississippi State
Starkville, MS
The Influence of Metabolic Hormones on Reproduction in Sows
February 23 - Jeremy Chien
Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
KUMC
The Role of Neuropeptide Calcitonin in Prostate Carcinomas
February 24 -
Dr. Jeffery Bowen
Anatomy & Cell Biology
KUMC
The Role of Integrins in Placental Development
March
March 2 – Nelson Horseman, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology
University of Cincinnati
Signaling Mechanisms and Biological Activities of Prolactin
March 4 - Alan d. Agulnick, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Mammalian Genes & Development NICHD, NIH
Lim-Domain Binding Proteins and Dorsal Axis Formation in the Mouse
March 9 - Paul Kelly, M.D.
Division of Molecular Endocrinology
INSERM 334
Paris, France
Lessons Learned From the Knockout of the Prolactin Receptor
March 10 - Dr. Gilbert Greenwald
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
eCG and Prepubertal Rat: FSH, hCG Receptors and In Vitro Steroidogenesis
March 12 - **Candidate for Assistant Professor**
Alan R. Godwin, Ph.D.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of Utah
HOXC13 Mutant Mice Lack External Hair: A Break in Spatial Conlinearity?
March 16 - Edward Stephens, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
KUMC
Molecular Characterization of a Simian-Human Immunodeficiency Virus (SHIV) That Cause AIDS in Macaques
March 23 - **Ph.D. Dissertation Defense**
Thomas Peters
Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Trophoblast Giant Cell Differentiation: Invasive and Endocrine Properties
March 24 - Dr. Joseph Tash
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Sperm as a Rapid and Sensitive Screening Model for Environmental Toxicants
March 30 - Nancy Berman, Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology
KUMC
A Multidisciplinary Approach to NeuroAIDS
April
April 13 - **Ph.D. Dissertation Defense**
Darren Wallace
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Role of Chloride Channels in Epithelial Fluid Secretion
April 20 - ** The J. Hambleton Abrahams Lectureship in Physiology**
Nobel Laureate
Physiology/Medicine 1986
Distinguished Professor
American Caner Society Research Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Vanderbilt University
Evolution of Growth Factors
April 27 - Gouli Dai, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Prolactin-Like Protein-C Subfamily: Structure, Gene Regulation and Potential Sites of Action
May
May 4 - **28th Annual Kathleen M. Osborn Memorial Lecture**
Geula Gibori, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
The University of Illinois at Chicago
Novel Mechanism of Prolactin Action in the Ovary
May 11 - Elena Zoubina and Don Warn
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Plasticity in the Autonomic Nervous System
May 12 - Dr. Alan Posner
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
KUMC
The Placenta: A Target for Neurotoxins and Monoamines
May 14 - Holly A. Ingraham, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
University of California - San Francisco
Wilms Tumor 1, Dax-1 and SF-1 - The Ying and Yang of Mammalian Sex Determination
May 19 - Margaret Greene Petroff
Department of Animal Sciences
The Ohio State University
Mechanisms of Immune Function in the Bovine Corpus Luteum
May 26 - Dr. BC Paria
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Ligand Receptor Signaling with Histamine in Implantation
June
June 1 - Gerald Call
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Signal Transduction for Equine Luteinizing Hormone Beta Transcription
June 9 - Dr. Melissa Daggett
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Expression of the Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Receptor (FSHR) Gene in Sertoli Cells Requires an Intact E-Box
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