Regenerative medicine is a relatively new concept in the U.S., although research into the use of stem cells to treat disease is more established in Europe. Since stem cells have the ability to differentiate into any type of cell, they have the potential to foster the repair of damaged tissue. As such, stem cell therapy offers great promise in the development of medical treatments for a wide range of conditions — including heart attacks.

On March 30 and 31st the University of Kentucky hosted a total of 150 students from Oneida and Manchester elementary schools in Clay County Kentucky. These students are participants in a study called The Clay County Clock Study funded by CCTS. The co-PIs of the study, Jody Clasey from Kinesiology and Karyn Esser from Physiology, arranged for the students to get a “hands on” look at science at UK. The students did 4 rotations around campus including Engineering, Cardiology, Human Performance, and Microbiology. Dr. Beth Garvy, with help from Dr.

Congratulations to Animesh Dhara Ph.D.(postdoc) and Elizabeth Watts B.S. (lab manager) from the Sinai Lab for each having been recognized as presenting the best posters at the 13^th International Congress on Toxoplasmosis and T. gondii Biology held in Gettysburg PA.  Animesh and Elizabeth’s posters were selected on the basis of both the quality of the work, its display and presentation.  The top 12 posters out of a total of 221 poster presentations were chosen by the attendees at the conference for this honor.

Dr. Michael Lynch, middle, with Dr. Bruce Mast, Glancy Competition Chair and Dr. Henry Vasconez,
SESPRS President and Chief of UK Plastic Surgery

A pioneer in the study and development of Endourology, minimally invasive Urology, will be the Spring 2015 Edward Hunt Ray, Sr. Visiting Professor in Urology on Friday, June 26.

Ralph Clayman, MD, Founder of the Endourology Society and Professor of Urology at the University of California-Irvine, will make three presentations throughout the day on Friday in the MN 263 lecture hall in the William R. Willard Medical Education Building.

Ese Ighodaro, a COM M.D./Ph.D. student, mentored by Pete T. Nelson, M.D., Ph.D., recently published a research article titled “Hippocampal Sclerosis of Aging Can Be Segmental: Two Cases and Review of the Literature” in the July issue of the Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. In addition to having their work published in the journal, figures from their research will also be featured on the cover of the journal.  

Doctor of Philosophy: Junting Ai, China; Kate Townsend Creasy, Richmond, VA; Paulina Renee Davis, Temecula, CA; Leann Sara Fiore, Tulsa, OK; Sang Hee Lee, South Korea; Kristen Platt, Flemingsburg, KY; Robin Camille Shoemaker, Farmington, NM; Joel Christopher Thompson, Lexington, KY; Congqing Wu, Lexington, KY

The University of Kentucky’s fifth annual Barnstable Brown Obesity and Diabetes Research Day was held on May 20 at the Albert B. Chandler Hospital Pavilion A.

Since 2011, the event has focused on current findings in obesity and diabetes research and features presentations by nationally prominent physician-scientists as well as the work of regional researchers and UK students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty chosen from abstract submissions.