Fall 2018
Thursdays, 1:00 pm
Adams Conference Center
Vet Med Bldg.
| SEPT 6 | Alan Parrish, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology “Potential role of cadmium and lead in renal cell carcinoma metastasis” |
| SEPT 13 | Erica Levitt, Ph.D., Pharm.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Center for Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation, University of Florida “Pontine mechanisms of opioid-induced respiratory dysfunction” |
| SEPT 20 | L. Ashley Cowart, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University and Research Health Scientist, Hunter Holmes McGuire VAMC “Bioactive sphingolipids as mediators of the pathological outcomes of obesity” |
| SEPT 27 | R. Scott Rector, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Departments of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology and Medicine and Research Health Scientist, Truman VAMC “Hepatocellular eNOS and regulation of NAFLD susceptibility” |
| OCT 4 | Rowena Woode, Graduate Student, Department of Biomedical Sciences (Mentor: Dr. Lane Clarke) “Intestinal paracellular permeability: the role of Cftr in intestinal barrier function” |
| OCT 11 | Kolter Grigsby, Graduate Student, Department of Biomedical Sciences (Mentor: Dr. Frank Booth) “The role of nucleus accumbens CREB in the rescue of low voluntary running behavior” |
| OCT 18 | Christopher Foote, Ph.D., Senior Research Specialist, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center “The role of the glycocalyx in type 2 diabetes-associated endothelial dysfunction” |
| OCT 25 | Taylor Kelty, Graduate Student, Department of Biomedical Sciences (Mentor: Dr. Frank Booth) “Hippocampal responses to resistance exercise in a rat model of ladder climbing” |
| NOV 1 | Cheryl Heesch, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Investigator, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center “Sympatho-respiratory coupling: Is a sigh, really just a sigh?” |
| NOV 8 | Frank Booth, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences “Philharmonic orchestration of maximal aerobic exercise during training: an ultimate integration of genes and systems while maintaining homeostatic harmony” |
| NOV 15 | Rayne Lim, Graduate Student, Department of Biomedical Sciences (Mentor: Dr. Shyam Chaurasia) “Role of retinal microglia-derived S100A9 in diabetic retinopathy” |
| NOV 22 | NO SEMINAR – THANKSGIVING BREAK |
