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Seminar Series

AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO
TRAINING TOMORROW’S SCIENTISTS
Fall 2023

Thursdays, 1:00 pm
W-233 Vet Med Bldg.

 SEPT 7 Zhen Yan, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Center for Exercise Medicine Research, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, “New Insights of AMPK Function in Skeletal Muscle by Integrative Omics”
SEPT 14 Ruwaida Ben Musa, Graduate Student, Department of Biomedical Sciences (Mentor: Dr. Kevin Cummings), “Orexin Facilitates the Hypoxic Ventilatory Response Via the Activation of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons that Project to the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract”
SEPT 21 Charles Norton , Ph.D. , Assistant ResearchProfessor, Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri-Columbia, “Effects of Age, Diet and Sex on Resilience to Oxidative Stress in Cerebral Arteries”
SEPT 28 Aaron Ericsson, DVM, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri-Columbia, “Fetal Programming of Neurodevelopment and Behavior in Response to the Maternal Microbiome”
OCT 5 Teresa Pitts, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair of Speech Language & Hearing Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, “The Ever-Expanding Swallow Pattern Generator”
OCT 12 Jaapna Dhillon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology , “How Diet and Exercise Influence Cardiometabolic Health and Microbiome Interactions”
OCT 19 Jasenka Zubcevic, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Toledo , “New Interoceptive Mechanisms of Blood Pressure Control”
OCT 26 E. Fiona Bailey, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona , To Be Determined
NOV 2 Ilker Ozden, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biological and Biomedical Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia , “Neural Correlates of Reward-Driven Behavioral Switching in the Striatum”
NOV 9 Brant Isakson, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, “Alpha-Hemoglobin in the Cardiovascular System”
NOV 16 Michael Petris, Ph.D. , Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and Ophthalmology, University of Missouri-Columbia , “Therapeutic Targeting of Copper Metabolism Using New and Repurposed Drugs”
NOV 23 NO SEMINAR – THANKSGIVING BREAK

Graduate Studies in Biomedical Sciences

At the Department of Biomedical Sciences, investigators are engaged in research across a variety of fields, including cancer, neurodegenerative disease, exercise, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, respiratory and reproductive physiology.

With world-class and award-winning researchers, our graduate program has a great deal to offer.

Find out more.

Faculty Spotlight

Salman M. Hyder, PhD

News

  • Expertise, Collegiality Earn Tommy Thompson Dean’s Impact Award
  • SEC Emerging Scholars Program Helps Guide Career Options for Biomedical Sciences Fellow
  • Prenatal Opioid Exposure May Trigger Neurological, Behavioral Changes Later in Life
  • Research With Heart
  • Retired Associate Dean Ronald L. Terjung Passes Away

Contact

Department of Biomedical Sciences
University of Missouri-Columbia
E102 Veterinary Medical Building
1520 Rollins Street
Columbia, MO 65211
Phone: 573-882-7011
Fax: 573-884-6890

 

Administrative Contacts

Dr. Douglas Bowles
Department Chair

BowlesD@missouri.edu
573-882-7193

Dr. Kevin Cummings
Director of Graduate Studies
cummingske@missouri.edu
573-882-0283

Thomas Thompson
Business Manager

ThompsonT@missouri.edu
573-882-4503

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