All
seminars begin at 12 noon in the THT 740 conference room.
Schedule last updated 10/30/03.
Scroll down to view the complete seminar list or to see a particular month's seminar listing, please choose one of the following:
| SEPTEMBER | FEBRUARY | |
| OCTOBER | MARCH | |
| NOVEMBER | APRIL | |
| DECEMBER | MAY | |
| JANUARY | Contact Information
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| September 5
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LIN MEI, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neurobiology UAB "Formation of the neuromuscular junction: local AChR synthesis and clustering mechanisms"
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| September 12
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Seminar
postponed to JANUARY 9, 2002
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| September 19
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PAMELA GUNTER-SMITH, Ph.D. Chair Department of Biology Spelman College "ATP modulates ion transport by cultured gallbladder epithelia"
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| September 26
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CANCELLED |
| October 3
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CANDECE GLADSON, M.D. Associate Professor Department of Pathology UAB "The role of focal adhesion kinase in the proliferation of malignant astrocytoma tumors"
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| October 10 | JULIE
A. KAUER, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medical Science Dept of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology Brown University "Modulation of synaptic plasticity in the dopaminergic reward pathway by dopamine and amphetamine" Co-sponsored with UAB Dept of Neurobiology
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| October 17
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DALE A.
PARKS, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Anesthesiology Director, Transplant Research UAB "Role of endothelial nitric oxide synthase in the cardiovascular protection associated with polyphenols and alcohol"
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| October 24
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PAUL A. INSEL,
M.D. Professor Department of Pharmacology University of California, San Diego "Critical determinants of beta-adreneric receptor signaling"
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| October 31
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JAMES E. MELVIN, Ph.D. Professor Center for Oral Biology University of Rochester "The fluid secretion mechanism in salivary glands" Co-sponsored with UAB Cystic Fibrosis Center
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| November 7
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JIMMY D. NEILL, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor Department of Physiology & Biophysics UAB "Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) and GnRH receptor genes in the human genome"
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| November 14
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JAMES D. STOCKAND, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Physiology University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio "Aldosterone stimulation of the epithelial Na channel: the role of converging signaling pathways" Co-sponsored with UAB Cystic Fibrosis Center
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| November 21
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No seminar due to holiday. |
| November 28
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CAROLE R. MENDELSON, Ph.D. Professor Department of Biochemistry Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas University of Texas "Transcriptional mechanisms in hormonal and developmental regulation of gene expression in the lung"
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| December 5
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JAY M. McDONALD, M.D. Professor and Chair Department of Pathology UAB "Cellular mechanisms of apoptosis in AIDS and cancer pathogenesis"
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| December 12
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WILLIAM N. GREEN, Ph.D. Associate Professor Dept of Neurobiology, Pharmacology & Physiology University of Chicago "Alpha-4 Beta-2 nicotinic receptors: High-affinity agonist binding and upregulation" Co-sponsored with UAB Dept of Neurobiology
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| December 19
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No seminar due to holiday. |
| December 26 | No seminar due to holiday. |
| January 2
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No seminar due to holiday. |
| January 9
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SADIS
MATALON, Ph.D. Professor and Director, Anesthesiology Research Department of Anesthesiology UAB (postponed from September 12th) "Mechanisms of pathogen killing by alveolar macrophages"
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| January 16
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LAWRENCE DELUCAS, Ph.D. Director, Center for Biophysical Sciences & Engineering UAB "High-throughput structure-based drug design"
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| January 23
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JAMES M. MARKERT, M.D. Assistant Professor of Surgery Division of Neurosurgery UAB "Novel biologic agents for the treatment of brain tumors"
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| January 30
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EDUARDO MARBAN, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine and Physiology Founder and Director, The Institute of Molecular Cardiobiology Johns Hopkins "Gene
therapy for cardiac arrhythmias" |
| February 6
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STEPHEN T. BALLARD,
Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Physiology University of South Alabama "Role of submucosal glands in cystic fibrosis lung disease"
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| February 13
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J. MICHAEL WYSS, Ph.D. Professor Department of Cell Biology UAB "Nervous system mechanisms underlying NaCl-sensitive hypertension in the rat, new clues from the protective effects of estrogens"
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| February 20
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P. DARWIN BELL, Ph.D. Professor Division of Nephrology UAB "Macula Densa Cell Signaling"
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| February 27
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LOUIS J. DELL'ITALIA, M.D. Professor, Department of Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Disease UAB "The role of chymase in cardiovascular remodeling"
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| March 6
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DALE J. BENOS, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Department of Physiology and Biophysics UAB "Acid sensing ion channels in glial cells"
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| March 13
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GREGORY
WALCOTT, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Disease UAB "External
defibrillation: Issues and results" |
| March 20
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JOANNE
E. MURPHY-ULLRICH, Ph.D. Professor Department of Pathology UAB "Role of calreticulin and LDL-receptor related protein in signaling the intermediate adhesive state"
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| March 27
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RONALD W.
OPPENHEIM, Ph.D. Professor Dept of Neurobiology and Anatomy Wake Forest University "Activity-dependent regulation of neuronal survival during development"
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| April 3
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NEAL R.
PELLIS, Ph.D. Chief, Biological Systems Office Manager, Cellular Biotechnology Program NASA Johnson Space Flight Center "Microgravity Cell Biology: New opportunities in basic and applied research"
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| April 10
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EDWIN R.
CHAPMAN, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Physiology Univ of Wisconsin - Madison "Molecular mechanism of Ca2+-triggered exocytosis" Seminar co-sponsored by the Department of Neurobiology
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| April 17
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DIETER
C. GRUENERT, Ph.D. Director Human Molecular Genetics Unit University of Vermont "Sequence-specific modification of the human CFTR and ß-globin genes"
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| April 25 (Day change from Wednesday to Thursday) Please note time
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PAUL M.
QUINTON, Ph.D. Professor of Biomedical Sciences Nancy McCracken Chair in Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine Univ of California-San Diego "The Amazing CFTR: Separate controls for Cl- and HCO3-
conductances"
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| April 26 Special Seminar |
AHSAN
HUSAIN, Ph.D. Professor and Head Enzyme Research Unit Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute Sydney, Austrailia "The chymase-angiotensin system, mast cells and cardiac hypertrophy"
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| May 1
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ALVARO G. ESTEVEZ, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Physiology and Biophysics UAB "NGF: A death factor for motor neurons"
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| May 8
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SEMINAR POSTPONED |
| May 9 Please note: This seminar will be from 1pm- 2pm in Sparks Center, room 546.
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MARTIN
FRANK, Ph.D. Executive Director The American Physiological Society "Careers - It's not all academic!" Seminar co-sponsored by the Department of Neurobiology
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| May 15
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GREGORY
R. ADAMS, Ph.D. Associate Researcher Department of Physiology and Biophysics University of California - Irvine "Satellite cells and compensatory hypertrophy"
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| May 22
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LINDA J. PIKE,
Ph.D. Associate Professor Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Washington University, St. Louis "EGF receptors, lipid rafts, and signal transduction"
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| May 29 | JAMES F.
COLLAWN, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Cell Biology UAB "Protein trafficking in the endocytic pathway"
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Patricia Matthews
Seminar Coordinator
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
To view the 2000-2001 Seminar Series list of invited guests, please click here.
Page last updated on 18 April, 2005.