Past Events and Seminars

Date Event Title Speaker Host
05/17/2018 Trainee Talks Brooke Ahern, Ben Shaw, & Anthony DeSana Gregory Frolenkov
05/09/2018 Using the salamander to guide regeneration in mammals James Godwin, PhD Physiology Graduate Students
05/02/2018 TRP channels and the regulation of blood flow Gerard Ahern, PhD Ken Campbell
04/25/2018 Pathobiology of apoE4 in Alzheimer’s disease Guojun Bu, PhD Lance Johnson
04/11/2018 Connecting taste buds to the brain Robin Krimm, PhD Tim McClintock
04/04/2018 Regulation of sphingolipid metabolism and signaling Richard L. Proia, PhD Stefka Spassieva
03/28/2018 Integrative modulation of cardiac contractility by cMyBPC Julian E. Stelzer, PhD Ken Campbell
03/21/2018 Trainee Talks - Understanding the Effects of Focal TBI on Tau Solubility Shelby Meier Gregory Frolenkov
03/14/2018 APOE phenotypes for AD prevention approaches Bill Rebeck, PhD Lance Johnson
03/07/2018 Dissecting Mechanisms Mediating Sensory Hair Cell Maintenance Jung-Bum Shin, PhD Gregory Frolenkov
02/28/2018 Glial cells in regulating brain disease microenvironment Dandan Sun, MD, PhD Guanghu Wang
02/21/2018 Dynamic neural mechanisms of pain perception, and molecular remodeling by opioids Greg Corder, PhD Skinner Lecture
02/14/2018 Trainee Talks - Molecular mechanisms of thoracic aortic aneurysm formation Jeff Chen Gregory Frolenkov
02/07/2018 Secrets and Lyase: New roles of S1P in the immune system Susan Schwab, PhD Guanghu Wang
01/31/2018 Disturbances of the postnatal Stress Hyporesponsive Period heightens cardiometabolic risk in rodents Analia Loria, PhD Ming C. Gong
01/24/2018 The Genetics of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Mary B. Sheppard, MD Alan Daugherty
01/17/2018 Targeting sphingolipids in the control of airway inflammation in asthma Jamie Sturgill, P.D Lu-Yuan Lee
12/13/2017 Translation of stem cell-based technologies Hans Keirstead, PhD Sasha Rabchevsky
12/12/2017 PGY Dissertation Defense - Β-CATENIN REGULATION OF ADULT SKELETAL MUSCLE PLASTICITY Yuan Wen, PhD Candidate Mentor: John McCarthy
12/06/2017 Sphingolipids as mediators of diabetic cardiomyopathy L. Ashley Cowart, PhD M.N. Karakashian
11/29/2017 APOE: Role in amyloid-β accumulation and in tau-mediated neurodegeneration David M. Holtzman, MD Lance Johnson
11/22/2017 PGY Dissertation Defense - New Insights into Post-Sepsis Muscle Weakness Elucidated using a Novel Animal Model Allison Steele, PhD Candidate Mentor: Hiroshi Saito
11/01/2017 Deorphanizing olfactory receptors Hiroaki Matsunami, PhD Tim McClintock
10/25/2017 Force encoding in muscle spindles: Towards a multiscale model for sensorimotor feedback control Lena H. Ting, PhD Ken Campbell
10/04/2017 Sensory Disruptions: Is modern living killing our sense of smell? Kara C. Hoover, PhD Tim McClintock
10/03/2017 PGY Dissertation Defense - The Mechanical Properties of Non-failing and Failing Human Myocardium Cheavar Blair, PhD Candidate Mentor: Ken Campbell
09/29/2017 Endoplasmic reticulum catastrophes in neurodegeneration: tau, ER dysfunction, and other demons Joe Abisambra, PhD Alan Daugherty
09/22/2017 Translating a genetic risk gene for Alzheimer’s into an effective therapy Donna Wilcock, PhD Alan Daugherty
09/20/2017 Role of microglia in AD pathogenesis Wolfgang J. Streit, PhD Sasha Rabchevsky
09/13/2017 Molecules and mechanisms of deafness Gregory Frolenkov, PhD Alan Daugherty
09/06/2017 Contractile function in human heart failure: from biophysics to biospecimens and back Kenneth Campbell, PhD Alan Daugherty
08/30/2017 Cardiac myofilaments: from health to heart disease Kerry S. McDonald, PhD Ken Campbell
08/16/2017 Sex, Drugs, and Macroph-aging in Spinal Cord Injury John Gensel, PhD Alan Daugherty
05/03/2017 Regulation of protein trafficking by palmitoyl acyltransferases Robert J. Deschenes, PhD Joe Abisambra
04/26/2017 Exploring New Pharmaceutical Target and Electroceutical Mechanism for Chronic Pain Treatment Yun Guan, MD, PhD Brad Taylor