Spring 2021 (GMS 6495: Seminar in Physiology)
Mondays 4-5 PM in MSB room M-559 unless otherwise noted on schedule.
February 1 (Zoom Meeting Only):
Dr. Karyn Esser, Ph.D., Professor and Associate Program Director for Institute of Myology, Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, College of Medicine, UF: “Muscle Weakness and Clocks; Clues for Aging?”
February 8:
No Seminar Scheduled
February 15 (Zoom Meeting Only):
Dr. Sarah J. Wherry, Ph.D., Research Associate, IMAGE Research Group, Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO: “Disruption of Calcium Homeostasis during Exercise as a Mechanism to Explain Exercise-Induced Bone Loss in Adults.”
February 22:
No Seminar Scheduled
March 1:
No Seminar Scheduled
March 8 (Zoom Meeting Only):
Dr. Rebecca Wilson, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, College of Medicine, UF: “5 Species, 4 Cities, and a Whole Lot of Placentas!”
March 15 (Zoom Meeting Only):
Graduate Student: Mengchen Li (Mentor: Dr. Maureen Keller-Wood, Ph.D.): “Modest Chronic Maternal Hypercortisolemia in Late Gestation Alters Cardiac Function of Surviving Newborn Lamb.”
March 22 (Zoom Meeting Only):
Dr. Christopher Wolff, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, College of Medicine, UF: “Exercise is a Circadian Clock Modifier.”
March 29:
No Seminar Scheduled
April 5:
No Seminar Scheduled
April 12:
No Seminar Scheduled
April 19 (Zoom Meeting Only):
Dr. Erin Bruce, Ph.D., Lecturer, Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, College of Medicine, UF: “A Path to Building a Successful Distance Education Program.”
April 26:
No Seminar Scheduled
May 3 (Zoom Meeting Only):
Graduate Student: William Dodd (Mentor: Brian Hoh, M.D.): “NLRP3 Inflammasome Inhibition is Protective After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.”
Graduate Student: Collin Douglas (Mentor: Karen Esser, Ph.D.): “Investigating the Role of the Skeletal Muscle Circadian Clock in Sarcomere Structure Homeostasis.”
May 5 (Zoom Meeting Only):
Dr. Erica Dale, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, College of Medicine, UF: “Respiratory Neuroplasticity: Implications for Spinal Cord Injury.”
May 10:
No Seminar Scheduled
May 11 (Zoom Meeting Only):
Dr. Kristine Griffett, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO: “Probing Nuclear Receptor Functions in Physiology and Disease.”
May 17 (Zoom Meeting Only):
Graduate Students: Kelly Healy and Andrew Morris (Mentor: Andrew Liu, Ph.D.): “Circadian Synchrony: Sleep, Nutrition, and Physical Activity.”