UAB Department of Physiology and Biophysics

 
2006-2007  SEMINAR  SERIES


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6 September
Wednesday

12:00 noon
THT 740

 

 

 

Alan Randich, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Behavioral Neuroscience Program
U A B

 

"The Effects of Early-In-Life Bladder Inflammation on Adult Bladder Function: Implications for Painful Bladder Syndrome and Interstitial Cystitis"

 

20 September
Wednesday

12:00 noon
THT 740

 

 

 

Grace Pavlath, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept of Pharmacology
Emory University School of Medicine

 

"Cell Migration and Regulation of Muscle Growth"

18 October
Wednesday

12:00 noon
Spain Auditorium

 

Peter Agre, M.D.
Professor of Biological Chemistry
Professor of Medicine
2003 Nobel Prize Recipient in Chemistry
Johns Hopkins Univ School of Medicine

 

3RD ANNUAL ANDREOLI LECTURE

 

25 October
Wednesday

12:00 noon
THT 740

 

J. Edwin Blalock, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
UAB

 

 "Collagen fragmentation controls neutrophil influx: Proteases, products and role in chronic lung diseases"

 

 

8 November
Wednesday

12:00 noon
THT 740

 

Dale J. Benos, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
UAB


 

"Altered Images"

 

15 November
Wednesday

12:00 noon
THT 740

 

Guillermo Marques, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Cell Biology
UAB


 

"Bone Morphogenetic Protein signaling in Drosophila nervous system development"

 

13 December
Wednesday

12:00 noon
THT 740

 

Peter Smith, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
UAB

"Cellular Biology of TRPMS: a Dual-Function Ion Channel/Kinase Participating in Magnesium Homeostasis"

 

 

24 January
Wednesday

12:00 noon
THT 740

photo of Dr. DobrunzLynn Dobrunz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurobiology
UAB

 

"Mechanisms of target-cell specific short-term plasticity at excitatory hippocampal synapases"

 

 

31 January
Wednesday

12:00 noon
THT 740

Ming Li, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Husain Lab
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
UAB

"The Role of c-kit Receptor in the Adult Cardiac Stem Cells"

 

 

7 February
Wednesday

12:00 noon
THT 740

William T. Gerthoffer, Ph.D.
Foundation Professor
Department of Pharmacology
University of Nevada, Reno

 

"Novel mechanisms of vascular and airway smooth muscle relaxation by heat shock protein 20"

Itinerary

CV

Seminar Flyer

 

21 February
Wednesday

12:00 noon
THT 740

 

Heather A. Drummond, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
University of Mississippi Medical Center

 

"ENaC: Not Just for Epithelial Na+ Transport Anymore"

Itinerary

CV

Seminar Flyer

 

28 February
Wednesday

12:00 noon
THT 740

 

Joseph L. Messina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology
Dept of Physiology & Biophysics
UAB

 

"Causes and effects of acute trauma-induced insulin resistance"

CV

Seminar Flyer

 

14 March
Wednesday

12:00 noon
THT 740

Ji-Bin Peng, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology
UAB

 

 

"Epithelial calcium channels: identification, physiological roles, and regulation"

CV

Itinerary

Seminar Flyer

 

21 March
Wednesday

12:00 noon
THT 740

David Bedwell, Ph.D.
Professor

Department of Microbiology
UAB

 

"Basic and clinical insights from the study of translation termination"

CV

Seminar Flyer

 

11 April
Wednesday

12:00 noon
THT 740

 

Peter Snyder, M.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine and
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
University of Iowa

 

 

"Regulation of the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) by ubiquitination"

 CV

 Itinerary

 Seminar Flyer

 

18 April
Wednesday

12:00 noon
THT 740

 

Mark Anderson  photoMark E. Anderson, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Potter-Lambert Chair in Cardiology
Carver College of Medicine
University of Iowa

 

 

"Calmodulin kinase II in heart disease"

  CV

  Itinerary

  Seminar Flyer

 

9 May
Wednesday

12:00 noon
THT 740

Lee Liu-chen, PhDLee-Yuan Liu-Chen, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Center for Substance Abuse Research
Temple University School of Medicine

"Interaction of kappa opioid receptor with GEC1 enhances cell surface"

  CV

  Itinerary

  Seminar Flyer

 

16 May
Wednesday

12:00 noon
THT 740

 

Blandine Comte, Ph.D.
CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center
Montreal


 

 

"Cystic Fibrosis-related diabetes, oxidative stress, and polyunsaturated fatty acids. What is the weakest link?"

 CV

 Itinerary

 Seminar Flyer

 

23 May
Wednesday

12:00 noon
THT 740

 

Mark O. Bevensee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of  Physiology & Biophysics
UAB


 

"Phospholipid regulation of the Na/bicarbonate cotransporter NBCe1"

 


Seminar  Information

Our Seminar Series runs approximately every other Wednesday, September through May.  We meet in the THT 740 conference room at 12noon.  CME credits are not available with these seminars.  No food or drink is allowed in the conference room.

 

Contact  Information

Patricia Matthews
Seminar Manager
TEL:  205.934.7034
Email: pm1@uab.edu
Qin Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Seminar Series Director
TEL:  205.996.5099
Email: qinwang@uab.edu

Mailing  Address
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
MCLM 808 / 1918 University Boulevard
Birmingham, AL 35294-0005


Archived lists of previous year's seminars can be found by clicking here.