Seminars are held on Thursday afternoon at 3PM in Room MN263 unless otherwise noted.
Refreshments will be served.
Seminar Schedule
- August
Thursday, August 23
Thursday, August 30 - Dr. Margot McCullers, UK Proposal Development Office - "Get Grants – Resources from UK's Proposal Development Office and the NIH CRISP database"
- September
Thursday, September 6
Thursday, September 13
Thursday, September 20
Thursday, September 27 (Please note: Room MN363)
- October
Thursday, October 4 (Please note: Room MN363)
Thursday, October 11 (Please note: Room MN363)
Thursday, October 18 (Please note: Room MN363)
Thursday, October 25 (Please note: Room MN363) - Dr. Barry Sears, an expert on Omega-3 fatty acids and creator of the Zone Diet. - "Inflammation, Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Human Health"
- November
Thursday, November 1 (Please note: Room MN363)
Thursday, November 8 (Please note: Room MN363)
Thursday, November 15
Thursday, November 22
Tuesday, November 27 (Please note: 10:30 AM; Room MN363) - Dissertation Seminar: Mr. Dinesh Puppala - "Development of Apigenin-Protac As A Novel AHR Antagonist" - Faculty Advisor: Dr. Hollie Swanson
Wednesday, November 28 (Please note: 1:00 PM; Room MN263) - Dissertation Seminar: Ms. Michelle Sama - "Characterization of the Calcineurin/NFAT Pathway in Astrocyte-Based Immune Inflammatory Processes and Alzheimer's Disease Pathology" - Faculty Advisors: Drs. Philip Landfield and Christopher Norris
Thursday, November 29 - Dr. Peter Espenshade, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine - "Cholesterol Sensing and Synthesis: Adaptation to Hypoxia through SREBP"
- December
Thursday, December 6 - Dr. Susan Smyth, University of Kentucky - "Lysolipid signaling in cardiovascular disease"
Thursday, December 13 - Dr. Esther Dupont-Versteegden, University of Kentucky - "Skeletal Muscle Atrophy with Disuse and Aging: Searching for Commonalities and Differences"
Thursday, December 20
- January
Thursday, January 3
Thursday, January 10
Thursday, January 17
Thursday, January 24 - Dr. Jon Satin, University of Kentucky College of Medicine Department of Physiology - "Cardiac L-type Calcium Channel Tails: v1.2"
Thursday, January 31
- February
Thursday, February 7
Thursday, February 14
Thursday, February 21
Tuesday, February 26 (Please note: 9AM in MN363) - Dissertation Seminar: Ms. Tracy D. Stepanyan - "Role of NMDA Receptors in Alcohol Enhanced Neurotoxicity and Behavioral Deficits During Brain Development in Models of Ischemia" - Faculty Advisor: Dr. John Littleton
Thursday, February 28 - CANCELLED.
Dr. Hansruedi Bueler, University of Kentucky College of Medicine Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology - "Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration and AAV-Mediated Gene Therapy in Animal Models of Parkinson's Disease"
- March
Thursday, March 6
Thursday, March 13 - Dr. Mark Rich, Wright State University - "Critical illness myopathy: Defects in electrical signaling"
Thursday, March 20
Thursday, March 27 - Dr. Misung Jo, University of Kentucky College of Medicine - "The Periovulatory Process"
- April
Thursday, April 3
Thursday, April 10 (Please note: 9am in MN363) - Dissertation Seminar: Ms. Mengmeng Yang - "The Metastasis Suppressor NM23-H1 is Required for DNA Repair" - Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Kaetzel
Friday, April 11 (Please note: 2pm in MN263) - Dissertation Seminar: Mr. Justin Rogers - "Effects of 17-B-Estradiol on Calcium Channel Function: Relation to Hippocampal Plasticity and Memory Function with Aging" - Faculty Advisor: Dr. Nada Porter
Tuesday, April 15 (Please note: 1PM in MN263) - Disseration Seminar: Mr. Dušan Jeftinija - "The Role of the L-Type Voltage Gated Calcium Channel CaV1.2 in Skeletal Muscle Development and Fiber Type Specification" - Faculty Advisor: Dr. Susan Kraner
Thursday, April 17 - Dr. Hansruedi Bueler, University of Kentucky College of Medicine Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology - "Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration and AAV-Mediated Gene Therapy in Animal Models of Parkinson's Disease"
Thursday, April 24 - Dr. Vivek Rangnekar, Uninversity of Kentucky College of Medicine - "Molecular Insights into Apoptosis by Par-4"
- May
Thursday, May 1 - Graduate Student Seminar: Ms. Valentina Moirangthem and Mr. Luke Searcy
Thursday, May 8
Monday, May 12 (Please note: 9AM in MN563) - Dissertation Seminar: Ms. Sadie Hebert - Faculty Advisor: Dr. Susan Kraner
Thursday, May 15
Thursday, May 22 - Graduate Student Seminar: Mr. Jonathan Sims (Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rina Plattner)
Thursday, May 29 - Graduate Student Seminars: Ms. Kate Zaytseva (Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kilgore) and Ms. Ikhlas Ahmed (Faculty Advisor: Dr. Craven)
- FUTURE SEMINARS
- October
Thursday, Oct. 9 - Dr. Shao-Chun Wang, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine