January 11, 2012

Kristen Platt
GCNS Research Assistant
University of Kentucky

(Kevin Pearson, PhD)

"Offspring health effects of voluntary and controlled exercise during murine pregnancy"

January 18

Nadeem Mohammed
GCNS Research Assistant
University of Kentucky

(Erik Eckhardt, PhD)

“Diet, bacteria and inflammation: the intestinal mucosa and metabolic disease”

January 25

Zhenyu Li, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
University of Kentucky

(Lisa Cassis, PhD)

“Distinct roles for Src family kinases in regulating endothelial integrity and barrier function”

February 1

Junting Ai
GCNS Research Assistant
University of Kentucky

(Xiangan Li, PhD)

“Role of scavenger receptor B1 in erythropoiesis”

February 8

Joseph Layne
GCNS Research Assistant
University of Kentucky

(Nancy Webb, PhD)

February 15

Lindsay Carter
GCNS Research Assistant
University of Kentucky

(Kevin Pearson, PhD)

“Exercise during pregnancy and health effects on offspring ”

February 22

Teresa Reyes, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

(Vicki King, PhD)

“High fat diet and the brain reward system: Prenatal and postnatal effects”

February 29

Zhyong Zheng
GCNS Research Assistant
University of Kentucky

(Xiangan Li, PhD)

"Emerging roles of scavenger receptor B1 in adaptive immunity"

March 7- BBDOC Seminar

Bret H. Goodpaster, PhD
Associate Professor
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Medicine

“Does skeletal muscle fat accumulation play a role in the loss of function with aging?”

March 14-BBDOC Seminar

Swapan K. Das, MSc, PhD
Department of Internal Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine

(Philip Kern, MD)

“Integrative genomic approaches to understand the pathophysiology of obesity and insulin resistance”

March 21

Sanghee Lee
GCNS Research Assistant
University of Kentucky

(Guo-Min Li, MD, PhD)

“The molecular mechanism of DNA mismatch repair initiation”

March 28- BBDOC Seminar

Nalini Santanam, PhD
Professor Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Toxicology
Marshall University

(Philip Kern, MD)

“Oxidized lipids and vascular cells”

April 4

Fred Finkelman, MD
Professor
Division of Immunology
University of Cincinnati

“Lessons from mouse models of anaphylaxis and food allergy” 

April 11

Neal Weintraub, MD
Professor
Cardiovascular Division
University of Cincinnati

(Students)

“Role of histone deacetylase-9 in adipocyte differentiation and diet-induced obesity”

April 18

Dana Dolinoy, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
University of Michigan

(Bernhard Hennig, PhD)

"In utero bisphenol A exposure: effects on epigenetic and metabolic homeostasis throughout the life course"