Spring 2014 Advanced Seminar in Physiology Series
PHSL 500
(Room 1059, Life Science III, 12:00pm-12:50pm)
1/17
First meeting with Students and Post Doc (Organizational Meeting)
1/24
Sheree Speckman- Physiology Graduate Student. “Examining the Effect of Flaxseed on Stress-Responsive Pathways in
the Laying Hen Model of Ovarian Cancer”
1/31
Chelsea Griffith- Physiology Graduate Student. “Glucose Transporters and Insulin Signaling in 3xTg mice: A Mouse
Model of Alzheimer’s Disease”
2/07
Rescheduled: May 9th
2/14
Mary Hunzicker-Dunn- Bialy Lecture: Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor, School of Molecular Biosciences,
Washington State University. “FHS Signaling in Ovarian Granulosa Cells: How PKA Hijacks Other Pathways to Regulate
Gene Expression”
2/21
Milan Radovich- Assistant Professor. Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine. “Genomics
Driven Research and Precision Medicine for Triple Negative Breast Cancer”
2/28
Josh Welborn- Thesis Defense: Physiology Graduate Student. “Rhox Mediated Actions in the Murine Testis”
3/07
Mallory Lindberg- Thesis Defense: Physiology Graduate Student "A Mouse Model to Study Endometrial Cancer"
3/14
Spring Break
3/17
Erfan Eilati- Thesis Defense: Physiology Graduate Student “Prostaglandin E2 Pathway as a Target to Prevent and Treat
Ovarian Cancer in Laying Hens”
3/21
No Seminar- Canceled
3/28
Zixu Mao- Professor. Department of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine. "THE REAL ESTATE OF
SURVIVAL BUSINESS: Novel Molecular Circuitry in Neuronal Stress Response and Therapeutics for Neurodegenerative
Diseases"
4/04
Anushka Dikshit- Physiology Graduate Student “Flaxseed Decreases Estrogen Mediated Toxicity in the Hen Model for
Ovarian Cancer”
4/11
Lan Hai- Physiology Graduate Student “KiLHRD582G Mouse: Do High Steroids Cause Reproductive Abnormalities and
Impair Oocyte Competency?
4/18
No Seminar – SIU SOM Symposium
4/25
Melinda Frye- Associate Professor. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University. “The Myocardial
Response to Dietary Fatty Acids in Normal Rats”
5/2
Amanda Barnard- Thesis Defense: Canceled
5/9
Ralph Deberardins- Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics. UT Southwestern Medical School. “Cancer
Metabolism: Basic Biology and Translational Opportunities” Canceled Feb 7: Changed to May 9th
5/16
Karen Hales- Professor. Obstetrics/Gynecology. SIU.
Updated 4/25/14, 11:00am
Fall 2013 Advanced Seminar in Physiology Series
PHSL 500
(Room 1059, Life Science III, 12:00pm-12:50pm)
8/23
First meeting with Students and Post Doc (Organizational Meeting)
8/30
Buffy Ellsworth- Associate Professor. Physiology Department, SIUC. “Forkhead Transription Factors in Pituitary
Development and Function”
9/6
Shivakumar Rajamanickam- Physiology Graduate Student. “The Role of Deaf1 in Intellectual Disorder”
9/13
Aniruddha Ghosh- Physiology Graduate Student. “Synaptic Tagging in Alzheimer's Disease”
9/20
Dawn Grisley- Physiology Graduate Student. “Influences of Diet and Stroke on Expression of Genes that Modulate
Inflammation and Neuronal Remodeling in the Adult and Aged Male Rat Cerebral Cortex"
Jyoti Kapali- Physiology Graduate Student. “Forkhead Transcription Factor FOXO1 and Pituitary”
9/27
Emily Isgur- Physiology Graduate Student. “Dietary supplementation with flax: a potential therapeutic approach to
uterine fibroids”
Emi Hayashi- Physiology Graduate Student. “It's Alzheimer's disease -- What have we forgotten?”
10/04 Chuck Wiedmeyer- Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri.
“Continuous Glucose Monitoring and How It Helps”
10/13 Nancy Weigel- Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine.
“Phosphorylation, Cell Signaling, and Progesterone Receptor Action” (Sunday at Touch of Nature in conjunction with ISRS)
10/14 Blanche Capel- James B. Duke Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Duke University. “Macrophages: New Players in
Vascular Patterning and Signaling” (Monday at Touch of Nature in conjunction with ISRS)
10/18 Vincent Lynch- Assistant Professor, Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago. “Evolutionary Insights Into
The Molecular Basis for the Evolution of Mammalian Pregnancy”
10/25 Scott Thompson- Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology, University of Maryland. “An Excitatory Synapse
Hypothesis of Depression”
11/01 Chemyong Jay Ko- Associate Professor, College of Veterinary Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
“Pathogenesis of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: Developing Novel Animal Models”
11/08 Mark Roberson- Chair: Professor of Physiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University. “The Secret
Lives of Gonadotropes: GnRH Signaling and Regulation of Fertility”
11/15 Sedar Bulun- Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University. “How Do
Uterine Tumors Transmit Progesterone Signaling to Their Stem Cells?”
11/22 Sylvia C. Hewitt- Senior Biologist, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. “In Vivo Tools that Elucidate
Estrogen Signaling Mechanisms”
11/29 Thanksgiving Week; No Seminar
12/06 Daniel Johnston- University of Texas, Austin. (Canceled due to weather: University Closed)
12/13 Erfan Eilati- Canceled