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

February 13

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

(Kevin Pearson, PhD)

Maternal glucose during pregnancy and children's body composition

February 20

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

(Shuxia Wang, PhD)

Sigma 2 receptor: an intra-cellular receptor linked to metabolism, cancer signaling and autophagy

February 27

Yu Wang
GCNS doctoral candidate

(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, Birmingham

(Karyn Esser, PhD

March 13

[SPRING BREAK]

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 Lui
GCNS doctoral candidate

(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 candidate

(Nancy Webb, PhD)

Post-translational regulational of group X secretory phospholipase A2

April 10

Nate Helsley
GCNS doctoral candidate

(Changcheng Zhou, PhD)

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