January
January 3 - **Faculty Candidate**
Dean Tang, Ph.D.
Department of Radiation Oncology
Wayne State University
Apoptosis in Prostate Cancer: From Benchwork to Clinical Trial
January 10 - J. Thomas Pierce, Ph.D.
Center for Environmental & Occupational Health
KUMC
Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry: A New Tool in Exposure Assessment
January 24 - **Dissertation Defense**
Elena Zoubina
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Uterine Neuroplasticity in the Adult Virgin Rat
January 31 - Timothy J. Hall, Ph.D.
Department of Radiology
KUMC
Tracking Progressive Renal Disease with Quantitative Ultrasonography
February 8 - Joseph Tash, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Hypergravity Negatively Impacts Sperm Activation and Egg Fertilization in Sea Urchins
February 14 – Jon Scheinman, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics
KUMC
The Immunohistopathology of Glomerular Antigens: Their Role in Understanding the Kidney
February 21 – Shu-ping Yang, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Brain Mechanisms Responsible for Mating-Induced Prolactin Surges
February 22 - Bill Kinsey, Ph.D.
Anatomy & Cell Biology
KUMC
Signal Transduction Mechanisms at Fertilization
February 28 –Warren B. Nothnick, Ph.D.
Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology and
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
The Role of Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 (Timp-1) in Uterine Physiology
March
March 6 – Erik Plautz
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Learning Dependent Plasticity in Primary Motor Cortex
March 13 – Robin Maser, Ph.D.
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
KUMC
Antioxidant Enzyme Expression in Polycystic Kidney Disease
March 20 - Katherine F. Roby, Ph.D.
Anatomy & Cell Biology
KUMC
Effects of TCDD on Ovarian Follicular Development and Ovulation
March 27 – Frank K. Samson, Ph.D.
Molecular& Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Differential Sensitivity to Monaural Spectral and Binaural Disparity Cues In the Cat's Medial Geniculate Body
April
April 6 - **J. Hambleton Abrahams Lectureship in Physiology**
Mario R. Capecchi, Ph.D.
Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics and Biology
University of Utah
How Do Hox Genes Specify our Body Plan?
April 10 - Harold M. Laughin, Ph.D.
Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences and Physiology
University of Missouri-Columbia
Non-Uniform Improvement of Endothelial Function in the Coronary Artery Tree After Exercise Training
April 17 - Kelly Mayo, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology
Northwestern University
Regulation and Actions of Inhibin and Activin in the Ovary
April 24 - Amy O'Brian Ladner, M.D.
Department of Medicine
KUMC
Bioavailable Iron and the LPS Stimulated Macrophage
May
May 8 - John Peluso, Ph.D.
Departments of Physiology and
Obstetrics & Gynecology
University of Connecticut
Cadherin-Mediated Cell Contact and Its Role in Regulating Apoptosis
May 15 - Brigid Hogan, Ph.D.
Department of Cell Biology
Vanderbilt University
BMP's: Multifunctional Regulators of Embryonic Development
May 22 - Jeff Reese, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics
KUMC
Prostaglandins in Maternal-Fetal Communication During Reproduction
May 23 - Margaret Petroff, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Tolerance at the Maternal-Fetal Interface: Two Possible Mechanisms to Suppress Antigen Presentation
June
June 2 - William Murdoch, Ph.D.
Animal Sciences University of Wyoming
Proteolytic and Cell Death Mechanisms in Ovulatory Ovarian Rupture
June 4 - Gouli Dai, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Biology of the Rodent Uteroplacental Prolactin Family
June 11 - B.C. Paria, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Histamine Ligand-Receptor Signaling During Early Pregnancy in the Mouse
June 13 - Koji Ashizawa, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Animal Reproduction
Miyazaki University, Japan
Avian Sperm Motility: The Mechanisms of Intracellular Regulation
June 21 - Joe M. McDord Ph.D.
Webb-Waring Institute
Head, Division of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Professor of Medicine,
Biochemistry, Biophysics, & Molecular Genetics and
Microbiology & Immunology
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Cancer-Associated Changes in the Human Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Gene
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