Winter/Spring 2013 Seminars

February 7

Novel roles of angiotensin peptides in atherosclerosis and metabolic diseases

Speaker: Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc, FAHA
About the Speaker: Prof. Medicine and Physiology
Director, Saha Cardiovascular Inst.
Gill Fdn. Chair in Preventive Cardiology
Sr. Assoc. Dean for Research, COM
Univ. Kentucky College of Medicine
Host: Dr. G Rao

Feb 21

LPA signaling in the GI tract

Speaker: C. Chris Yun, PhD
About the Speaker: Professor, Dept. of Medicine,
(Div. of Digestive Diseases)
Emory Univ. School of Medicine
Host: Dr. G Tigyi

Feb 28

Cellular and biochemical basis of human protein folding disorders: Pathogenesis of cystic fibrosis

Speaker: William Skach, MD
About the Speaker: Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology
Oregon Health Sciences Univ.
Host: Dr. AP Naren

March 7

Signaling systems involved in the cascade of sensing systems in inflammatory and immune responses

Speaker: Thiru Kanneganti, PhD
About the Speaker: Assoc. Member, Dept. of Immunology
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Host: Dr. AP Naren

March 14

TBA

Speaker: Aruni Bhatnagar, PhD
About the Speaker: Professor of Medicine
and University Scholar
Univ. Louisville Sch. Medicine
Host: Dr. G Rao

March 21 Open

March 28

Hyperoxia increases the elastic modulus of alveolar epithelial cells through rho kinase

Speaker: Kristina R. Wilhelm, PhD
About the Speaker: Postdoctoral Research Trainee
Dept. of Physiology, UTHSC
Mentor: Dr. Chris Waters

April 4

Trafficking of CFTR

Speaker: Neil Bradbury, PhD
About the Speaker: Professor, Dept. of
Physiology and Biophysics
Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin Univ.
Host: Dr. AP Naren

April 11

Functional roles of Kv channels in Pneocortical pyramidal cells

Speaker: Robert C. Foehring, PhD
About the Speaker: rofessor & Vice Chair, Dept. of
Anatomy & Neurobiology, UTHSC

April 18

Mechanisms of phospholipid effects on endothelial cells, cell growth, and cancer

Speaker: Hsin-yu Lee
About the Speaker: Prof., Dept. of Life Science
and Assoc. Dean, International Affairs,
National Taiwan Univ., Taipei, R.O.C.
Host: Dr. G Tigyi

April 25

Intestinal and hepatic lipid processing

Speaker: Nicholas Davidson, MD, DSc
About the Speaker: Prof., Depts. of Medicine & Devel. Biol.
and Chief, Div. Gastroenterology,
Washington U. Sch. Medicine, St. Louis
Host: Dr. C Mansbach

May 2 Open

May 9 Open

May 16

Alcohol and cancer

Speaker: Helmut K. Seitz, MD, Ph.D, AGAF
About the Speaker: Distinguished Professor of Internal Medicine,
Gastroenterology and Alcohol Research
University of Heidelberg, Germany
Host: Dr. RK Rao

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