12:00 noon
THT 740

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

"Airway mucin secretion: Key molecules and chaperones in the secretory process"

Dr. Adler's visit is co-sponsored by the Department of Anesthesiology.

12:00 noon
THT 740

Ian Davis, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Dept of Anesthesiology
U A B

"Inhibition of alveolar fluid clearance by respiratory syncytial virus”

12:00 noon
THT 740

                 Juan Reyes, Ph.D.
  Instituto de Quimica
  Pontificia Universidad Catolica De Valparaiso
  Chile
  (UAB Adjunct Professor, Physiology)

"Metabolic differentiation, interaction, and signaling in the seminiferous epithelium: Lessons from below"

12:00 noon
THT 740

  "Therapeutic vaccines for Myasthenia Gravis"

12:00 noon
THT 740

Bakhram Berdiev, M.D., Ph.D.
Instructor
Dept of Physiology & Biophysics
UAB

'FRETting over the CFTR and Epithelial Sodium Channel "relationship":  Allusive, Elusive, or Illusive?'

12:00 noon
THT 740

"Regulation of CFTR: Reversible inhibition by glutathionylation and functional activation (rescue) by pore blocker analogs"

12:00 noon
THT 740

Sue Piper Duckles, Ph.D.

"Estrogen increases mitochondrial efficiency: A new mechanism for vascular protection?"

Dr. Duckles is the invited guest of our Cellular and Molecular Physiology graduate students.

12:00 noon
THT 740

Chou-Long Huang, Ph.D.
 Associate Professor
 Dept of Internal Medicine
 UT Southwestern Medical Center
 Dallas

"TRPV5 Channel: Function and Regulation"

12:00 noon
THT 740

"Pathogenesis of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy"

12:00 noon
THT 740

  John Chatham, D.Phil
  Associate Professor of Medicine
  U A B

"Protein O-glycosylation and the heart:
How sweet it is..."

12:00 noon
THT 740

Dale Parks, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept of Anesthesiology
U A B

“Role of Alcohol in Cardiovascular Protection: NO^. News is Good News”

12:00 noon
THT 740

W. Timothy Garvey, M.D.
Professor and Chair
Dept of Nutrition Sciences
U A B

"Mechanisms of Human Insulin Resistance: Lessons Learned from cDNA Microarray and Proteomic Studies"

12:00 noon
THT 740

R. Stokes Peebles, Jr., M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Div of Allergy, Pulmonary & Critical Care Med.
Vanderbilt

"Cyclooxygenase regulation of allergic responses in the lung"

12:00 noon
THT 740

Gergely Lukacs, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto

NO SEMINAR -- POSTPONED UNTIL MAY 17

"Folding and misfolding of CFTR: A cellular perspective"

Dr. Lukacs' visit is co-sponsored by the UAB Cystic Fibrosis Research Center.

12:00 noon
THT 740

  Jean-Yves LaPointe, Ph.D.
 

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

Postponed from 2004-2005 Seminar Season

2:00 p.m.
MCLM 801

Lydia Aguilar-Bryan, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, & Metabolism
Baylor College of Medicine

"An update on KATP channels: What have we learned from man and mice"

10:30am
MCLM 801

12:00 noon
THT 740

Christian F. Deschepper, M.D.
Head, Experimental Cardiovascular Biology Research Unit
Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal
University of Montreal

"Genetic and environmental determinants of cardiac mass and function"

12:00 noon
THT 740

12:00 noon
THT 740

Gergely Lukacs, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto

POSTPONED FROM FEBRUARY 22

"Folding and misfolding of CFTR: A cellular perspective"

Dr. Lukacs' visit is co-sponsored by the UAB Cystic Fibrosis Research Center.