Seminar Series

Fall 2011 (GMS 6495: Seminar in Physiology)

Mondays 4-5 PM unless otherwise noted on schedule.  All seminars will be held in room R5-265 ARB Building.

Aug. 29: Maria Grant, M.D.
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Florida College of Medicine
“Novel Progenitor Cell Strategies for Vascular Repair in the Retina”

Sept. 5 (Labor Day): no seminar

Sept. 12: Michael Marchuck, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine
“Mechanisms of Development of Pulmonary Hypertension Following Acute Pulmonary Embolism.”

Sept. 19: Ulrike Steckelings, Ph.D.
Center for Cardiovascular Research, Institut für Pharmakologie,Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
“AT2-receptor stimulation and neuroprotection”

Sept. 26: Jennifer Bizon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida College of Medicine
“Aging and GABAergic systems across multiple cognitive domains”

Oct. 3: Tom Lyons, Ph.D.
Principle Research Scientist, The Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution
“Progesterone and adiponectin and global energy metabolism: Disparate hormones linked by similar receptors”

Oct. 10: Brad Behnke, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, College of Health and Human Performance
“Skeletal muscle oxygen exchange with aging and mechanical ventilation”

Oct. 17: Shyama Masilamani, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, West Virginia University
“The Epithelial Sodium Channel: It’s Complicated”

Oct. 24: Charles S. Wingo, M.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, College of Medicine
“Salt, Sex and H,K-ATPases”

Oct. 31:  cancelled

Nov. 7: Demetra Christou, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, College of Health and Human Performance
“Mineralocorticoid receptors and vascular function in older adults”

Nov. 14: Lisa Lesniewski, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine
“Mechanisms Underlying an Age-associated Exacerbation of Western Diet Induced Endothelial Dysfunction”

Nov. 21 (Thanksgiving week): no seminar

Nov. 28: Marguerite Hatch, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Florida, College of Medicine
“The Ins and Outs of Intestinal Oxalate Transport”

Dec. 5: Christy Carter, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Aging and Geriatric Research, Institute on Aging, University of Florida
“Does Life-span = Health-span?”