Seminar Series

Seminar Schedule - Fall 2008
Seminar Start Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: 1001-1003 Beller, KLSIC (except as noted)
Social Hour: 4:30 p.m. in 1001-1003 Beller, KLSIC

July

July 1 - **Ph.D. DISSERTATION DEFENSE** 2 P.M. Clendening Auditorium
Anh-Nguyet Nguyen
Graduate Student
Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Role of the Na,K-ATPase in Polycystic Kidney Disease

July 11 - **Ph.D. DISSERTATION DEFENSE** 10 A.M.
Darcy Griffin
Graduate Student
Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Primate Motor Cortex: Individual and Ensemble Neuron-Muscle Output Relationships

September

September 1 - No Seminar - Labor Day

September 8 -

Joan S. Hunt, Ph.D. University Distinguished Professor Anatomy & Cell Biology KUMC

Randolph J. Nudo, Ph.D. Director Center of Aging Professor Molecular & Integrative Physiology KUMC

Peter G. Smith, Ph.D. Director Kansas Intellectual & Development Disabilities Research Center Professor Molecular & Integrative Physiology KUMC

Reflections on Successful Strategies for Grant Proposals

September 15 - **J. Hambleton Abrahams Lectureship**
Philip R. Kennedy, M.D., Ph.D.
Neural Signals, Inc.
Neural Prosthetics
Atlanta, GA

September 18 -
Dr. Bjarke Ebert

September 22 -
P. Prabhakara Reddi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
University of Virginia
Role of an Insulator in Testis-Specific Gene Transcription

September 29 -
Susan M. Lunte, Ph.D.
Ralph N. Adams Distinguished Professor
Department of Chemistry & Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of Kansas - Lawrence

October

October 6 -
Dora Agbas, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC

October 13 - **38th Annual Osborn Lecture**
John H. Nilson, Ph.D.
Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor
DIrector, School of Molecular Biosciences
Washington State University
Pullman, WA

October 20 -
Nancy Muma, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
University of Kansas - Lawrence

October 27 -
David H. Abbott, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Wisconsin National Primate Research Center
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI

November

November 5 - 12:00 P.M. 4024 Varnes, School of Nursing
Sanjay Maggirwar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Microbiology & Immunology
University of Rochester Medical Center

November 10 -
Dr. Xinmai Yang
University of Kansas - Lawrence

November 17 -
Peter Baumann, Ph.D.
Assistant Investigator
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Kansas City, MO

November 24 -

December

December 1 -

December 8 -
Sue Jaspersen, Ph.D.
Assistant Investigator
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Kansas City, MO

December 15 -

December 22 - No Seminar

December 29 - No Seminar