Seminar Series
Fall 2019 (GMS 6495: Seminar in Physiology)
Mondays 4-5 PM in MSB room M-559 unless otherwise noted on schedule.
August 26:
Dr. Sihong Song, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, UF: “Therapeutic Applications of Alpha 1 Antitrypsin.”
September 2:
Labor Day (No Seminar Scheduled).
September 9:
No Seminar Scheduled.
September 16 (M-304):
Dr. Helen Jones, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati: “The Role of the Placenta in Pathological Pregnancy and Congenital Defects: Causative, Correlative and Therapeutic Target?”
September 23:
No Seminar Scheduled.
September 30:
No Seminar Scheduled.
October 7:
Dr. Tanja Taivassalo, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, College of Medicine, UF: “Exercise in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Past Perceptions, Current Perspectives and Protocols.”
October 14:
Dr. Yehia Daaka, Ph.D., Haskell Hess Professor and Chair, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, UF: “Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection.”
October 21:
Dr. Christian Jobin, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, UF: “Cancer Etiology and Therapeutics- A View from the Microbiome.”
October 28:
Dr. Jose Abisambra, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, College of Medicine, UF: “The Impact of Tau on Translation: Dysproteostatic Events in Tauopathies.”
November 4:
Dr. Andrew Liu, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, College of Medicine, UF: “mTOR Links Nutrient Sensing to Circadian and Sleep Homeostasis.”
November 11:
Veterans Day (No Seminar Scheduled).
November 18:
Dr. Hans K. Ghayee, D.O., Clinical Assistant Professor; VA Section Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, UF: “Targeting Pheochromocytoma.”
November 25:
Thanksgiving Week (No Seminar Scheduled).
December 2:
Dr. Rajesh Mohandas, M.D., Associate Professor, Division of Nephrology, Hypertension & Renal Transplantation, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, UF: “Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Dysfunction in Chronic Kidney Disease: Feeling the Pressure.”
December 9:
No Seminar Scheduled.
December 16 (1:00 PM, M-304):
Dr. Kjersti Aagaard, M.D., Ph.D., FACOG., Henry and Emma Meyer Chair in Obstetrics & Gynecology; Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital: “Unexpected Beginnings of our Microbiomes.”