Fall 2006 Advanced Physiology Seminar Series

(Room 1059, Life Science III)

8/25/06 Introduction and draw names

9/1/06 Amy Willingham Alterations in Hippocampal Activity and

Cognitive Impairment During Aging

9/8/06 Jason Walker Inflammatory Markers Involved in Diabetic

Retinopathy

9/15/06 Anne Corbin Epigenetics and Obesity in Mice

9/22/06 Jesse Vargas Intergenetic Transcripts Regulate the Epigenetic State of rRNA Genes

9/29/06 Chris Smith Growth Factors in Retinal Angiogenesis

10/6/06  Ramya Raghavan p53 Dependent Celluar Senescence in PTEN
 Knockout Mice

10/13/06 *Anthony Cuvo Autism: Characteristics, Etiology, and Epidemiology”

10/20/06 Jen Herington Spp1 Expression in the Mouse Uterus During

Decidualization is Dependent on the Presence of Uterine Natural Killer Cells

10/27/06 Nick Kopjas Compromised Inhibitory Efficacy: A Contributor

to Age-Related Decline in Cortical Functioning

11/3/06 Vikrum Puvenna Differential Effects of Opiod Receptor Subtypes

On Prolactin Secretion During Pregnancy, Lactation, and Suckling

11/10/06 Harriet Crockett Antitumor Effects of Celcoxib on K562 Leukemia

Cells are Mediated by Cell Cycle Arrest, Caspase-# Activation and Down Regulation of Cox-2 and are Synergistic with Hydroyurea or Imatinib

11/17/06 Levenia Baker Prolactin Receptor Interaction with the MAPK Signaling Pathway

12/01/06 *Kola Ajuwon Adipocytes at the junction of Metabolic and Immune System Regulation

12/08/06 Bin Liu To Be Announced

*Extra-departmental guest speaker

**Intra-departmental guest speaker