January
January 11 - Norberto C. Gonzalez, M.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Systemic Oxygen Transport in Hypoxia: Effects of Acclimatization
January 25 - Ronald T. Borchardt, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of Kansas, Lawrence
Attempts to Fool Mother Nature: Strategies to Orally Deliver Therapeutic Peptides and Peptidomimetics
February
February 1 - Michael Welch, M.D.
Research and Graduate Studies
KUMC
Functional MRI Studies of Migraine Aura: Indirect Evidence for 'Spreading Depression of Leao' in Human Brain
February 8 – Radhakris Padmanabhan, Ph.D.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
KUMC
Molecular Biology of Dengue Virus: A Human Pathogen of Global Significance
February 9 - Dr. Greg Knipp
Molecular & Integrative PHysiology
KUMC
Fatty Acid Transport Regulatory Proteins in the Developing Rat Placenta and in Trophoblast Cell Culture
February 15 – Dennis Valenzeno, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Cell Calcium as a Trigger for Cell Death
February 22 - Youngsoo Lee
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Feedback Effects of Placental Lactogens on Prolactin Secretion During Pregnancy in the Rat
March
March 1 – Alan Poisner, M.D.
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
KUMC
Neurotoxin and Monoamine Cation Transporters and Placental Toxicity
March 9 - Dr. William Kinsey
Anatomy and Cell Biology
KUMC
Regulation of Phospholipase-C in the Fertilized Sea Urchin Egg
March 10 - William T. Newsome, Ph.D.
Department of Neurobiology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Making Decisions: The Brain's Link Between Perception and Action
March 15 - Richard Clancy, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Assessing and Treating Diaphragm Fatigue
March 22 - Joanne Marcario, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Movement, Memory and Motivation: Behavioral Impairment in a Model of HIV-1 Infection
March 23 - Dr. Danhua Wang
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Decidual Prolactin Related Protein (dPRP), A Regulator of Intrauterine Immunological Milieu?
March 29 - Walter Imagawa, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Compartmentalization of Hormone and Growth Factor Regulation in Mammary Development
April
April 5 -Alan R. Godwin, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Hoxc13: Its Involvement in Hair Follicle Development and the Hair Cycle
April 12 - Victor D. Vacquier, Ph.D.
Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine
University of California, San Diego
Biochemistry and Evolution of Species Specific Fertilization
April 19 - Keith L. Parker, Ph.D.
Department of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Gene Knockout Models of Steroidogenesis
April 23 - **Ph.D. Dissertation Defense**
Youngsoo Lee
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Neuronal Mechanism Regulation Prolactin Secretion During Pregnancy
April 26 - Steven M. LeVine, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Mechanisms of Demyelinaton
April 27 - Dr. BC Paria
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Ligand-Receptor Signaling with Histamine in Implantation
May
May 11 - Dr. Jeffery Reese
Pediatrics
KUMC
The Impact of COX-1 Deficiency on Reproduction in the Mouse
May 17 - John Wood, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Hypoxia and Microcirculation
May 24 - Michael Park
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Mapping Primary Motor Cortex Output to Twenty-Four Muscles of the Forelimb in Rhesus Macaques
May 25 - Dr. Brian Petroff
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Combined Effects of Dioxins and Exogenous Exogenous Estrogen on the Female Rat
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