January
January 5 - Henry E. Heffner, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Toledo
Animal Models of Tinnitus
January 16- Debra Tucci, M.D.
Department of Otolaryngology
Duke University Medical Center
Effects of Conductive Hearing Loss on Central Auditory System Function
January 26 -
Wohaib Hasan, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Nerve-Target Interactions: Novel Functions for Nerve Growth Factor
February
February 2 - Nancy E.J. Berman, Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
KUMC
It's a Pain to be a Girl ... or ... How I Became a Dental Researcher
February 9 – Kenneth E. McCarson, Ph.D.
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
KUMC
Pain-Induced Neural Plasticity: From Genes to Behavior
February 16–Steve Fowler, Ph.D.
Pharmacology & Toxicology and Life Span Institute
University of Kansas, Lawrence
Microbehavioral Analysis of Amphetamine-Induced Focused Stereotypes in Rats: Implications for Antipsychotic Drug Development and Basal Ganglia Function
February 23 –Blanche Capel, Ph.D.
Department of Cell Biology
Duke University
The Battle of the Sexes: Controlling the Fate of the Mammalian Gonad
February 23 - **Faculty Candidate**
Lane Christenson, Ph.D.
Center for Research on Reproduction & Women's Health
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Ovulation: Identification of Genes Downstream of LH Regulated Transcription Factors
March
March 1 –T. Chris Gamblin, Ph.D.
Molecular Bioscience
University of Kansas, Lawrence
Modeling Neurodegenerative Tauopathies In Vitro Mammals
March 8 -Gunda I. Georg, Ph.D.
University Distinguished Professor
Department of Medici al Chemistry
University of Kansas, Lawrence
Medicinal Chemistry Approaches to Biological Problems
March 15 - T. Rajendra Kumar, Ph.D.
Departments of Pathology and Molecular & Cellular Biology
Baylor College of Medicine
Genetic Approaches to Study the Physiology of the Mouse Reproductive Axis
March 22 - Marie-Helene Boudrias
Graduate Student
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Output Properties of Supplementary Motor Area In Rhesus Macaques
March 29 - Kelly E. Lyons, Ph.D.
Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorder Center
Department of Neurology
KUMC
Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease
April
April 5 - Mehmet Bilgen, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Applications of High Resolution MRI in Biomedical Research at KUMC
April 12- Beth Levant, Ph.D.
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
KUMC
PUFA's and Mental Health
April 19 - April Ronca, Ph.D.
Life Sciences Division
NASA Ames Research Center
Gravid without Gravity: Spaceflight Effects on Mammalian Pregnancy and Development
April 26 - Austin Cooney, Ph.D.
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Baylor College of Medicine
Reciprocal Regulation of Oct4 Expression and Pluripotence by the Orphan Receptors LRH-1 and GCNF
May
May 3 -Peter L. Strick, Ph.D.
Department of Neurobiology & Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh
'Muscle' and 'Movement' Representation in the Motor Cortex: New Anatomical and Physiological Perspectives
May 10 - Anatol Feldman, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
University of Montreal
Threshold Mechanisms in Movement Production and Control
May 17 -Kent Thornburg, Ph.D.
The Heart Research Center
Oregon Health & Science University
Fetal Heart Growth: Implications for Adult Survival
June
June 2 - **Ph.D. Dissertation Defense**
Audrey Blacklock
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Estrogen as a Modulator of Peripheral Sensory Innervation
June 25 - **Ph.D. Dissertation Defense**
Ryan Thummel
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Genetic Analysis of Hoxc13 Orthologs in Mice and Zebrafish
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