January
January 7 - Lawrence P. Sullivan, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
KUMC
Mechanism of Organic Ion Transport in Renal Proximal Tubules
January 14 - Michael P. Sarras, Jr., Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
KUMC
Basement Membrane/ Epithelial Cell Interactions During Development: Use of the Cnidarian, Hydra Vulgaris as a Model System
January 28 - Larry Wlling, M.D., Ph.D.
Departments of Pathology and
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Absorbate Flow in Epithelial Intercellular Channels
February
February 4 -Chi-Ming Huang, Ph.D.
Division of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
UMKC
Cerebellar Function in Audition and Speech: Effect of Ethanol
February 11 – **Dissertation Defense**
Robert J. Leadley, Jr.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Hemodynamic Renal and Hormonal Effects of the Peptide Hormones Atriopeptin and Endothelin
February 18 – John G. Wood, Ph.D.
Department of Surgery
KUMC
Effects of Platelet-Activating Factor on the Gastric Microcirculation
February 21 - **M.S. Thesis Defense**
Mark A. Saville
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
The Physiology of Atrial Peptides
February 25 - Paul Burton, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Cell Biology
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
Cytoskeleton of Olfactory Neurons with Emphasis on Microtubules
March
March 18 – Jared Grantham, M.D.
Department of Medicine KUMC
Fluid Secretion, Cysts and Hormones
April
April 1 - Thomas Pazdernik, Ph.D.
Department of pHarmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
KUMC
Neurochemical Basis of Abnormal Brain Metabolism and Damage
April 8 - Susan Norton, Ph.D.
Department of Hearing and Speech
KUMC
Development and Death of Cochlear Nonlinearities
April 15 - Richard Maurer, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
University of Iowa
Multihormonal Regulation of Prolactin Gene Expression
April 22 - Merrill Tarr, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Reactive Oxygen Effects on Cardiac Ionic Currents
April 24 - Susan Fisher, Ph.D.
Department of Oral Biology
Anatomy and Pharmacological Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco
Mechanisms of Human Trophoblast Invasion
April 29 - Steve Morris, Ph.D.
Division of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Simultaneous Calcium and pH Kinetics in Living Cells
April 29 - Peter Smith, Ph.D.
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Developmental Determinants of Autonomic Innervation
May
May 8 - **21th Annual Kathleen M. Osborn Memorial Lecture**
Dr. Caleb E. Finch
Andrus Gerontology Center
University of Southern California
Evolutionary Perspectives on Reproductive Senescence
May 13 - James L. Maller, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology
University of Colorado
Control of the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle by Protein Phosphorylation
May 20 - Bill Millington, Ph.D.
Division of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Post-Translational Processing of
β Endorphin
June
June 6 - Dr. U.C. Hegde
Assistant Director
Institute for Research in Reproduction
Bombay, India
Effects of a Monoclonal Progesterone Antibody on Pregnancy in the Mouse
June 14 - Dr. Antonin Bukovsky
Institute for the Care of Mother and Child
Prague, Czechoslovakia
and
Department of Medical Research
Methodist Hospital of Indiana
Indianapolis, Indiana
Immunohistochemistry of Follicular Atresia in the Human Ovary
June 28 - Richard A. Reale, Ph.D.
Department of Neurophysiology
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
Madison, Wisconsin
Virtual Space Receptive Fields of Neurons in Cat Primary Auditory Cortex
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