January
January 9 - Tim I. Musch, Ph.D.
Departments of Kinesiology, Anatomy and Physiology
College of Veterinary Medicine
Kansas Sate University
Muscle Microcirculatory Oxygen Exchange in Chronic Heart Failure
January 23 - **Faculty Candidate**
Brent M.Bany, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
School of Medicine
Southern Illinois University
Post-Implantation Mouse Conceptuses Produce Paracrine Signals that Regulate the uterine Endometrium Undergoing Decidualization
January 30 - **Faculty Candidate**
Andrei B. Belousov, Ph.D.
Department of Cell & Molecular Biology
Tulane University
New Orleans, Louisiana
Glutamate-Dependent Neuronal Plasticity in the Central Nervous System: Chemical and Electrical Synapses
February
February 6 - **Faculty Candidate**
Rafal Butowt, Ph.D.
Department Of Physiology
University of Nevada
Neuronal Trafficking of Trophic Factors in the Developing Visual System
February 13 –Leslie L. Heckert, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Partial Rescue of SF-1 Null Mice Reveals its Role in Leydig Cell Development
February 20 – **Faculty Candidate**
Michael M. Francis, Ph.D.
Department of Biology
University of Utah
Molecular Regulation Neurotransmitter Receptors at C. Elegans Synapses
February 27 – Craig A. Harms, Ph.D.
Department of Kinesiology
Kansas State University
Exercise-Induced Arterial Hypoxemia: Mechanisms and Consequences
March
March 6 –Rong Li, Ph.D.
Stowers Institute For Medical Research
Kansas City, Missouri
A Budding Problem: The Design Principles in the Control of Cell Polarization
March 13 - Nanduri R. Prabhakar, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
Case Western Reserve University
Oxygen Sensing in Health and Disease
March 16 - **Faculty Candidate**
Kyle E. Orwig, Ph.D.
Pittsburgh Development Center of the Magee-Women's Research Institute
University of Pittsburgh
Spermatogonial Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
March 20 - Sam Enna, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Molecular and Pharmacological Properties of GABA-B Receptors
March 27 -Juan L. Bruses, Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology
KUMC
The N-Cadherin Complex in Synapse Formation and Neuronal Physiology
March 29 - **Dissertation Defense**
Alfred Casillan
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Microvascular Acclimatization to Systemic Hypoxia
April
April 3 - Erik J. Plautz, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Functional Plasticity and Therapeutic Interventions Following Cortical Injury
April 10 - Jack D. Keene, Ph.D.
Center for RNA Biology and
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
Duke University
Regulation of Gene Expression by Eukaryotic RNA Operons
April 17 -Michael W. Wolfe, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Egr1 - A Critical Player Within the Reproductive Axis
April 24 - Thomas A. Pressley, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Structural and Regulatory Diversity in the Na,K=Pump
May
May 1 - Irina V. Smirnova, Ph.D.
Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science
KUMC
Unraveling the Molecular Mechanisms of Exercise Benefits in the Diabetic Heart
May 17 - **Thesis Defense**
Ann M. Stowe
Molecular& Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Early Molecular Events in Remote Neurons Following and Infarct in Primary Motor Cortex
May 22 - Peter G. Smith, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Two Faces of Estrogen: Why Peripheral Axons Wax and Wane
June
June 5 - **Thesis Defense**
Teresa A. Orth
M.D./Ph.D. Student
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Exercise Training Prevents the Inflammatory Response to Hypoxia in Locomotory and Nonlocomotory Skeletal Muscle Venules
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