Seminar Series

Seminar Start Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Lied Auditorium (except as noted)
Refreshments served in the Hixson Atrium beginning at 3:45 p.m.

January

January 7 -
T. Rajendra Kumar, PhD
Associate Professor
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Genetic Modification of Gonadotropin Secretion & Ovarian Function

January 14 - No seminar

January 21 - No seminar, Martin Luther King, Jr Day

January 28 -
Pomila Singh, PhD, AGAf
Professor
Department of Neuroscience & Cell Biology
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX
Diagnostic and therapeutic significance of cancer stem cell markers

February

February 4 -
Vargheese Chennathukuzhi, PhD
Assistant Professor
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Pathogenesis of uterine fibroids - New molecular mechanisms

February 11 -
Pamela Tran, PhD
Assistant Professor
Anatomy & Cell Biology
KUMC
Primary cilia and Hedgehog signaling in cystic kidney disease

February 18 -
Nancy Berman, PhD
Professor
Anatomy & Cell Biology
KUMC
How aging changes the brain's responses to injury

February 25 -
Blake Peterson, PhD
Regents Distinguished Professor
Medicinal Chemistry
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
Synthetic mimics of mammalian cell surface receptors and related molecular probes

March

March 4 -
Steven LeVine, PhD
Professor
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC

March 7 - 12:00 p.m., 4017 Wahl Hall East
Gerd Heusch, FESC, FACC, FISHR, FRCP
Professor & Chairman
Institute for Pathophysiology
University School of Medicine Essen
Essen, Germany 
Coronary microembolization- from bedside to bench and back to bedside

March 11 -
Anand Mehta
Associate Professor
Drexel University College of Medicine
Doylestown, PA

March 18 -
Christie Befort, PhD
Assistant Professor
Preventative Medicine & Public Health
KUMC

March 25 -
Irfan Saadi, PhD
Assistant Professor
Anatomy & Cell Biology
KUMC

April

April 1 -

April 8 -
Tommaso Falcone, MD
Department Chairman
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Vice Chair, Office of the Chief of Staff
Professional Staff Affairs
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Cleveland, OH
Relationship between pathophysiology and management of endometriosis patients

April 15 -

April 22 -

May

May 6 -

May 13 - Voyages Seminar Series
Joan S. Hunt, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Anatomy & Cell Biology
KUMC

May 20 -
Brooke L. Fridley, PhD
Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Director, Biostatistics and Informatics Shared Reseource, University of Kansas Cancer Center
Site Director, K-INBRE Bioinformatics Core
KUMC

May 27 - No seminar, Memorial Day