Date

Speaker (Seminar Host)

Seminar Title

January 9

Timothy Bartness, PhD
Professor
Department of Biology
Georgia State University

(Phil Kern, MD / Grace Walton)

Bidirectional communication between the brain and adipose tissue

January 16

Kenneth Ain, MD
Professor
Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine
University of Kentucky

(Joel Thompson)

Cellular Imposters: Cell Line Contamination and Research Ethics

January 23

Kristen Platt
GCNS Doctoral Student
University of Kentucky

(Kevin Pearson, PhD)

High fat, diet, exercise, and branched chain amino acids in mice

January 30

Sanjay Srivastava, PhD
Professor
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
University of Louisville

(Changcheng Zhou, PhD)

Oxidized lipids and athersosclerosis: role of aldehydes

February 6

CANCELLED

CANCELLED

February 13

Paula C Chandler-Laney, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Nutrition Sciences
University of Alabama at Birmingham

(Kevin Pearson, PhD)

Maternal glucose during pregnancy and children's body composition

February 20

Rolf Craven, PhD
Professor
Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology
University of Kentucky

(Shuxia Wang, PhD)

Sigma-2 receptor: An intracellular receptor linked to metabolism, cancer signaling and autophagy

February 27

Yu Wang
GCNS Doctoral Student
University of Kentucky

(Lisa Cassis, PhD)

Adipocyte renin-angiotesin system: a link between obesity and hypertension

March 6

Molly Bray, PhD
Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Genetics
University of Alabama at Birmingham

(Karyn Esser, PhD)

How Genes and Environment Interact to Influence Health Behaviors

March 13

Hollie Swanson, PhD
Professor
Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology
University of Kentucky

(Changcheng Zhou, PhD)

Nutrients, xenobiotics, and the aryl hydrocarbon receptor

March 20

Jing Liu
GCNS Doctoral Student
University of Kentucky

(Alan Daugherty, PhD)

Does hypercholesterolemia have a threshold effect on abdominal aortic aneurysms in mice infused with angiotensin II?

March 27

Joseph Layne
GCNS Doctoral Student
University of Kentucky

(Nancy Webb, PhD)

Post-translational regulational of group X secretory phospholipase A2

April 3

Zhong Zheng
GCNS Doctoral Student
University of Kentucky

(Xiang-An Li, PhD)

SR-BI and T cell homeostasis

April 10

Nate Helsley
GCNS Doctoral Student
University of Kentucky

(Changcheng Zhou, PhD)

Pregnane X receptor mediates dyslipidemia induced by the HIV protease inhibitor amprenavir in mice

April 17

Junting Ai
GCNS Doctoral Student
University of Kentucky

(Xiang-An Li, PhD)

Role of SR-BI in adrenal insufficiency in sepsis

April 24

CANCELLED

EB Conference

May 1

Meredith Hawkins, PhD
Professor
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

(Phil Kern, MD)

Tackling the Multi-Oran Pathogenesis of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus