Department of Physiology and Biophysics
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Department of Physiology and Biophysics |
2003 - 2004 SEMINAR SERIES
All
seminars begin at 12 noon in the
THT 740
conference room, unless otherwise
specified.
Schedule last updated
07/07/04.
Scroll down to view the complete seminar list or to see a particular month's seminar listing, please choose one of the following:
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| JANUARY | Contact Information
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September 3
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L. GABRIEL
NAVAR, Ph.D. Professor and Chairman Department of Physiology Tulane University School of Medicine "Intrarenal angiotensin II in normal and hypertensive states"
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September 10
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ERIK M. SCHWIEBERT, Ph.D. Associate Professor Dept of Physiology and Biophysics U A B "Novel therapeutics in cystic fibrosis: From ATP to zinc"
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September 17
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JEFFREY A. WOODS NOTE: This seminar will begin at 11:30 a.m. "Can exercise improve immune function in the aged?"
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September 24
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MARY M. HAGAN, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychology U A B "The physiology of hyperphagia: Lessons from animal models of binge-eating and obesity"
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| October 1 |
PI-LING CHANG, Ph.D. "Osteopontin and tumorigensis"
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| October 8 |
No Seminar this week
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October 15
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YIU-FAI CHEN, Ph.D. Research Professor Division of Cardiovascular Disease U A B "Mechanisms of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP)-induced inhibition of caridac growth and remodeling"
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| October 22 |
No Seminar this week
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October 29
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STUART J. FRANK, M.D. Professor Div. of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism U A B "Growth hormone signaling: Proteolysis and crosstalk" -- POSTPONED UNTIL 31 MARCH 2004 --
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November 5
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FRANS P. NIJKAMP, Ph.D. Professor and Director Centre for ImmunoPharmacology Utrecht University The Netherlands "NO and other reactive nitrogen species in airway disease"
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November 12
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ELLEN VITETTA, Ph.D. Professor and Director Cancer Immunology Center Univ. of TX Southwestern Med. Center at Dallas "Immunotoxins: A 20 year voyage"
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November
19
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EDWIN McCLESKEY,
Ph.D. Vollum Institute Oregon Health and Science University "An ion channel that may trigger angina"
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November 26
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No
Seminar due to Holiday
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December 3
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MARCAS
M. BAMMAN, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Dept of Physiology and Biophysics U A B "The plasticity of aging skeletal muscle"
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December 10
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NEVIN A. LAMBERT, Ph.D. "Postsynaptic GPCR signaling complexes: Receptor precoupling and RGS proteins"
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December 17
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MARY
F. LIPSCOMB, M.D. Professor and Chair Department of Pathology Univ of New Mexico School of Medicine "Dendritic cells: Potential immunomodulators in hypersensitivity diseases and cancer"
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December 24
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No seminar due
to holiday.
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December 31
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No seminar due
to holiday.
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| January 7 |
BRUCE R. KORF, M.D.,
Ph.D. Journal Club Hosts: Dr. Lori McMahon, Virgil Mazilu
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January 14
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MICHAEL REID, Ph.D. "TNF-alpha and skeletal muscle weakness: Cellular and molecular mechanisms" Journal Club Hosts: Dr. Alvaro Estevez, Annal Meleth _________________________________________________________________________ 4:00pm - MCLM 801
ULRICH HOPFER, M.D., Ph.D. "Physiology and pathology of angiotensin II signaling in the proximal tubule"
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January 21 This seminar has been CANCELLED. May be rescheduled at a later time. |
JOHN
HANRAHAN, Ph.D. "New insights into CFTR structure and function"
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January 28
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JOHN F. KEARNEY, Ph.D. "Bacillus anthracis and the immune system" Journal Club Hosts: Dr. Shawn Galin, Jelena Andrejic
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February 4
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MAHMOOD MOZAFFARI, DMD Associate Professor Oral Biology and Maxillofacial Pathology Medical College of Georgia Journal Club Hosts: Dr. Kevin Kirk, Jessica Gutierrez
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February 11
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GARY
C. SIECK, Ph.D. Professor of Physiology Mayo Medical School "The role of CD38-dependent cyclic-ADP-ribose in dynamic intracellular calcium regulation" Journal Club Hosts: Dr. Carmel McNicholas-Bevensee, Kristin Hennessy
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February 18
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LEE E. LIMBIRD, Ph.D. "Specificity in signal transduction: The power of partial agnosim and of receptor localization" Journal Club Hosts: Dr. Lori McMahon, Caroline Cofer
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February 25
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DAVID D.
CHAPLIN, M.D., Ph.D. Professor and Chairman Department of Microbiology U A B "Mechanisms controlling CD4 T-cell-induced allergic airway inflammation" Journal Club Hosts: Dr. Shawn Galin, John Farmer
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March 3 CANCELLED
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WILLIAM W. BUSSE, M.D. Academic Program Director General Clinical Research Center University of Wisconsin Hospital This seminar has been cancelled, due to unforeseen circumstances. Journal Club Hosts: Dr. Lisa Schwiebert, Veronica Swystun
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March 9 Date/Time Change 1:00pm
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STEVEN C. HEBERT, M.D. Professor and Chairman Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University "The scent of an ion - Emerging roles of the extracellular calcium(nutrient)-sensing receptor" Journal Club Hosts: Dr. James Schafer, Brian Siroky
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March 17
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ELIZABETH S.
SZTUL, Ph.D. "Molecular regulation of membrane traffic" Journal Club Hosts: Dr. Biljana Jovov, Lara Nyman
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March 24
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PETER BRINK,
Ph.D. Professor and Chairman Department of Physiology and Biophysics SUNY at Stony Brook Journal Club Hosts: Dr. Biljana Jovov, Jun Li
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March 31
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STUART J. FRANK, M.D. Professor Div. of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism U A B "Growth hormone signaling: Proteolysis and crosstalk" -- Postponed from 29 October 2003 --Journal Club Hosts: Dr. Doug Weigent, Amish Shah
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April 7
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JOAN MANNICK,
M.D. Assistant Professor Infectious Diseases and Immunology Univ of Massachusetts Medical School "Regulation of cell signaling by protein nitrosylation" Journal Club Hosts: Dr. Shawn Galin, Kevin Huang
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April 14
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No Seminar
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April 21
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No Seminar
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April
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AHSAN HUSAIN, Ph.D. Professor Department of Physiology and Biophysics U A B "Recreating a time point in serine protease evolution" Journal Club Hosts: Dr. Kathleen Berecek, Debeshi Majumdar
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May 5
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QIN WANG, M.D., Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor Dept of Pharmacology Vanderbilt University Medical Center "Reciprocal control of GPCR trafficking and signaling by arrestin and spinophillin" Journal Club Hosts: Dr. James Schafer, Clintoria Richards
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May 12 |
LAWRENCE S. PRINCE,
M.D. "Toll-like receptor signaling and alveolar development in the fetal mouse lung" Journal Club Hosts: Dr. Marcas Bamman, Lihua Liang
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May
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GARY L. JOHNSON,
Ph.D. Professor and Chair Department of Pharmacology Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Journal Club Hosts: Dr. Mark Bevensee, Renee Russell
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May 26
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THOMAS R. KLEYMAN, M.D. Professor and Chief Renal-Electrolyte Division Department of Medicine University of Pittsburgh "Epithelial Na+ channel regulation by extracellular cues" Journal Club Hosts: Dr. Peter Smith, Suzanne McAlear |
Patricia Matthews
Program Manager
UAB Dept of Physiology & Biophysics
MCLM 808
1918 University Boulevard
Birmingham, AL 35294-0005
TEL: (205) 934-4210
FAX: (205) 975-7679
EMAIL: pm1@uab.edu
Dr. Lori M. McMahon
Seminar Series Director
TEL: (205) 934-3523
Email: mcmahon@uab.edu
To view the list of invited guests from previous years, please click here.
Page last updated on 20 July, 2004.