January
January 6 – PhD Dissertation Defense, 10:00 a.m. Stowers Institute for Medical
Research
Guangbo Chen
Graduate Student
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Target the adaptability of heterogenous aneuploidy populations
January 12 -
Krishna Dummula, MD, MPH, FAAP
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
KUMC
Intraventricular hemorrhage in premature infants: Baby steps towards understanding the mechanism of disease
January 19 -
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday – No seminar
January 20 – PhD Dissertation Defense, 9:00 a.m. Stowers Institute for Medical
Research
Lili Pan
Graduate Student
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Telomere architecture and maintenance in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
January 26 –
Michelle McWilliams
Doctoral Candidate
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Estrogen regulation of PRICKLE-1 in the pathogenesis of Uterine Fibroids
February
February 2 –
Holly Hull, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Dietetics and Nutrition
KUMC
The role of the in utero environment in programming the offspring phenotype

February 9 -
Michael J. Wacker, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Basic Medical Science
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Kidney-bone-heart crosstalk: cardiovascular effects induced by the osteocyte-derived hormone, FGF23
February 16
Asma Zaidi, PhD
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
The neuronal calcium pump: A target of brain aging and neurodegeneration
February 23 –
Warren Nothnick, PhD, HCLD
Professor
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
MicroRNAs in endometriosis pathogenesis and treatment: Dissecting the complexity of the miR451-MIF pathway
March
March 2 –
Paige C. Geiger, PhD
Associate Professor
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Obesity, insulin resistance and diabetes: Sex differences and the role of estrogen receptors
March 9
–
Zijian Xie, PhD
Investigator and Director
Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
Marshall University
Huntington, WV
Na/K-ATPase, Salt Handling and Tissue Fibrosis
March 16 – No seminar

March 23
–
Qi Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor
Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics
KUMC
Losing and finding our way at C: Vitamin C in cancer treatment
March 30
– No seminar
April
April 6 –
Danny Miller
Graduate Student
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Somatic mosaicism in Turner syndrome and congenital heart defects
April 13 –
Craig van Horne, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Neurosurgery
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Multimodal DBS therapy for Parkinson’s disease: Peripheral nerve tissue grafts targeted to reverse disease progression
April 20
– No seminar
April 27 – Master’s Thesis Defense, 10:00 a.m.
Erin Hayes
Graduate Student
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC microRNA Sequencing of Long-Term Estrogen Deprived Breast Cancer Cells Reveals a
Potential Role for miR-181a in Estrogen-Independent Growth

April 27
–
Michael W Wolfe, PhD
Associate Professor
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Gonadal regulation of growth and metabolism is ESR1-dependent in rate
John A Stanford, PhD
Associate Professor
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Neuromuscular effects of targeted strength training in the SOD1-G93A rat model of ALS
May
May 4 –
Steven LeVine, PhD
Professor
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Iron deposition in multiple sclerosis: Experimental models reveal insights about disease mechanisms
Shahid Umar, PhD
Associate Professor
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
Enteric Pathogens and Disease Pathogenesis
May 11 –
Kathleen Gustafson, Ph.D.
Director of Fetal Magnetoencephalography
Research Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
Hogland Brain Imaging Center
University of Kansas Medical Center
Developmental Origins
– Programming for Long-Term Health
May 18 – Voyages Seminar
Norberto Gonzalez, MD
Professor
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
KUMC
“What did you discover? Reflections on a lifetime of research in physiology”

May 25
–
Memorial Day – No seminar