Department of Physiology and Biophysics

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LESLIE P. HENDERSON, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Physiology
Center for Environmental Health Sciences
Dartmouth Medical School

"Anabolic steroids: Novel modulators of the GABA_A receptor"

12:00 noon - THT 740

Tuesday's Journal Club Hosts:
Amish Shah, Dr. Lori McMahon

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JOHN HANRAHAN, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology   
McGill University
Montreal

"New insights into CFTR structure and function"

Seminar Postponed until
19 January 2005

Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
Dragos Olteanu, Dr. Cathy Fuller
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ROBERT C. SPETH, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Pharmacology
The University of Mississippi

"Angiotensin II vs Angiotensin III: The battle for the brain AT-1 receptor"

12:00 noon - THT 740

Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
Eve McCutchen, Dr. Kathleen Berecek
 

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DAVID WARNOCK, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director, Division of Nephrology
The University of Alabama at Birmingham

"ENaC and Human Disease"

12:00 noon - THT 740

Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
Brian Siroky, Dr. Darwin Bell

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SCOTT THOMPSON, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology
University of Maryland Baltimore

** Student Invite **

"Shining a light on dendritic integration and synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus"

12:00 noon - THT 740

Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
Caroline Smith, Dr. Lori McMahon

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  ROBERT MELTZER, Ph.D.
  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Dept of Physiology and Biophysics
  University of Alabama at Birmingham

 "Protein electrostatics and the function of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor"

12:00 noon - THT 740

Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
John Farmer, Dr. Estelle Cormet-Boyaka
 

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J. GREGORY FITZ, M.D.
Professor, Internal Medicine
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas

"Purinergic Signaling in the Liver: A Model for Autocrine Regulation"

12:00 noon - THT 740

Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
Lihua Liang, Dr. Erik Schwiebert

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WANDA VILA-CARRILES, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
U A B

"Structure-Function Analysis of the SUR₁ and K_IR6.2 Subunits, Which Compose K_ATP Channels"

12:00 noon - THT 740

Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
Lara Nyman, Dr. Carmel M. Bevensee
 

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DOUGLAS RUDEN, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept of Environmental Health Sciences
University of Alabama at Birmingham

"Developmental Pb exposure and glutamate deficiency as drosophila modals for schizophrenia"

12:00 noon - THT 740

Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
Charles Bosworth, Dr. Carmel M. Bevensee

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MARK R. WALTER, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham

"Structure and activation of Class 2 cytokine receptor complexes"

12:00 noon - THT 740

Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
Kristin Hennessy, Dr. Shawn Galin

Postponed until May due to CMB Distinguished Speaker Seminar, same day, same time.

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AGNES FOGO, M.D.
Professor, Department of Pathology
Vanderbilt Medical School

"Capillary remodeling and regression of sclerosis"

12:00 noon - THT 740

Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
Jun Li, Dr. Peter Smith

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NO SEMINAR SCHEDULED

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  THANKSGIVING

   HOLIDAYS

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CECILIA CANESSA, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Dept of Cellular & Molecular Physiology
Yale School of Medicine

"On proton sensitivity of Acid Sensing Ion Channels (ASIC) in neurons"

12:00 noon - THT 740

Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
Faheem Shaikh, Dr. Carmel M. Bevensee
 

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PETER SMITH, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept of Physiology and Biophysics
The University of Alabama at Birmingham

"The 'Chanzyme' TRPM6 and its role in magnesium homeostasis"

12:00 noon - THT 740

Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
Suzanne McAlear, Dr. Mark Bevensee

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CASEY WEAVER, M.D.
Professor
Department of Pathology
The University of Alabama at Birmingham

"Clonal heterogeneity in the CD4 T cell response: Insights from cytokine reporter mice"

12:00 noon - THT 740

Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
Nate Weathington, Dr. Shawn Galin

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NO SEMINAR DUE TO HOLIDAY SEASON

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NO SEMINAR DUE TO HOLIDAY SEASON

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GAIL BISHOP, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
   and Internal Medicine
University of Iowa

"TRAFs wear multiple hats in lymphocyte activation"

12:00 noon - THT 740

Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
Kevin Huang, Dr. Lisa Schwiebert
 

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  JOHN HANRAHAN, Ph.D.
  Department of Physiology   
  McGill University
  Montreal

"New insights into CFTR structure and function"

   12:00 noon - THT 740

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JAMES BUBIEN, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept of Physiology and Biophysics
University of Alabama at Birmingham

"CFTR/ENaC and Human Pathophysiology"

12:00 noon - THT 740

Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
Clintoria Williams, Dr. Peter Smith

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"Form, Function, and Fat: Abnormal Purkinje cell development in cholesterol-driven neurodegenerative disease"

   12:00 noon - THT 740

   Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
   Joo Hyoung Lee, Dr. Lori McMahon

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SUSAN BELLIS, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dept of Physiology & Biophysics
University of Alabama at Birmingham

"Using biomimetic peptides to improve bone formation on orthopaedic/dental biomaterials"

12:00 noon - THT 740

Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
David Kosek, Dr. Shawn Galin

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"Release and actions of nucleotides in the airways"

  12:00 noon - THT 740

  Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
Renee Russell, Dr. Lori McMahon

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C. ROGER WHITE, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Division of Cardiovascular Disease
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Inhibition of Lipopolysaccharide Induced Inflammatory Responses by an Apo A-I Mimetic Peptide

12:00 noon - THT 740

Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
Jessica Gutierrez, Dr. Dale Parks

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LING LI, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Div of Gerontology & Geriatric Med
University of Alabama at Birmingham

"The role of cholesterol in Alzheimer's Disease: Insights from animal studies"

12:00 noon - THT 740

Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
Kai Wang, Dr. Marcas Bamman

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DANIEL BULLARD, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Genetics
University of Alabama at Birmingham

"Leukocyte/Endothelial Cell Adhesion Proteins: More than just sticky molecules"

12:00 noon - THT 740

Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
Matt Hewitt, Dr. Shawn Galin
 

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LANE CLARKE, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
College of Veterinary Science
University of Missouri-Columbia

"CFTR and Anion Exchangers in the Intestinal Epithelia of Gene-Targeted Mouse Models"

12:00 noon - THT 740

Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
Alencia Woodard, Dr. Bakhram Berdiev

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EB Meeting
April 2-6

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No Seminar

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"Preclinical development of a nasal insulin formulation"

12:00 noon - THT 740

Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
Vaibhav Saini, Dr. Susan Bellis
 

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WALTER F. BORON, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Dept of Cellular & Molecular Physiology
Yale

"Sniffing CO²: How the renal proximal tubule responds to respiratory acidosis"

12:00 noon - THT 740

Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
Nai-Lin Cheng, Dr. Mark Bevensee

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"Biophysical Characteristics of the Na+/Monocarboxylate Cotransporter encoded by the Tumor Suppressor Gene SLC5A8"

SEMINAR CANCELLED

 12:00 noon - THT 740

 Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
 Zhenghao Zhang, Dr. Carmel
  Bevensee
 

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"CFTR Trafficking: Regulation by PDZ Proteins and Rab GTPases"

   12:00 noon - THT 740

   Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
   Amy Strayer, Dr. Susan Bellis

SEMINAR CANCELLED

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KATHLEEN BERECEK, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept of Physiology & Biophysics
University of Alabama at Birmingham

The role of thrombospondin-dependent TGFbeta activation in the development of cardiac fibrosis in the hypertensive diabetic rat

12:00 noon - THT 740

Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
Debeshi Majumdar, Dr. Louis Dell'Italia

SEMINAR POSTPONED

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No Seminar Scheduled

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IAN C. DAVIS, DVM, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Dept of Anesthesiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham

"Inhibition of alveolar fluid clearance by respiratory syncytial virus"

 12:00 noon - THT 740

 Monday's Journal Club Hosts:
 Matt Larson, Dr. Shawn Galin

POSTPONED UNTIL THE FALL
 

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