Department of Physiology & Biophysics
Biomed Two - Rayford Auditorium Room 106-2
Date
September 3
September 10
2015 Fall Seminars
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Speaker
Dr. Rosalia Simmen
Dr. Vladimir Lupashin
Dr. Frank Simmen
Dr. Michael Jennings
Steven Post, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology
UAMS
Title
Welcome, Orientation,
and Journal Club Meeting
for all Physiology Students
“The macrophage Class A
Scavenger Receptor (SR-A):
From cardiovascular disease to
cancer and beyond…”
Host: Rosie Simmen
September 17
Barbara Parsons, Ph.D.
Research Microbiologist
US Food and Drug Administration, NCTR
Division of Genetics and Molecular Toxicology
Jefferson, AR
“Tissue-specific Properties of
Hotspot KRAS and PIK3CA
Cancer-driver Mutations”
Host: Rosie Simmen
October 8
Manuel Amieva, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Disease)
and of Microbiology and Immunology
Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford, CA
"How Helicobacter Pylori
Colonizes and Reprograms the
Gastric Stem Cells"
Host: Aime Franco and Rick Morrison
October 15
Fusun Kilic, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
UAMS
"GDM-associated Insulin
Deficiency Prevents the
Translocation of SERT to the
Plasma Membrane"
Host: Rosie Simmen
October 22
October 29
NO SEMINAR – CAREER DAY
Emil Lou, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Host: Aime Franco and Issam Makhoul
“Intercellular communication via
tunneling nanotubes: a new
approach to investigating
physiology of tumors”
November 5
Julia Liu, MD. MSc.
Associate Professor
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
UAMS
“The Role of Microbial Induced
Epithelial Cell Death
in Intestinal Inflammation”
Host: Richard Kurten
November 12
Winston Thompson, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Physiology
Director of Research
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Director of the Mentoring Academy
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Rayford Lecturer
“How Mentoring Impacts the
Science of Disease”
Host: IMSD, Mike Jennings and Rosie Simmen
November 19
Igor Koturbash, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Environmental & Occupational Health
UAMS College of Public Health
“From DNA Methylation to
Adverse Effects: The Story of
One Amino Acid”
Host: Roy Morello
November 26
December 3
NO SEMINAR – HAPPY THANKSGIVING
NO SEMINAR – GRADUATE SCHOOL HOLIDAY RECEPTION
Biomed I, Helen Guinn Adams Atrium – 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Nang San Hti Lar Seng
Dissertation Defense
December 10
“Cdk2 Phosphorylation of Bcl-xL in
Cisplatin-induced Apoptosis”
Physiology Graduate Student
Ph.D. Candidate
UAMS
Advisor: Peter Price, Ph.D.