Jan. 16

Luis Santana, Ph.D. (hosted by Mike Davis, Ph.D.), University of Washington, Department of Physiology and Biophysics

“Calcium Sparklets in Arterial Myocytes”

Jan 23.

Jeff Gidday, Ph.D., (hosted by Ronald Korthuis, Ph.D.), Washington University School of Medicine, Departments of Neurosurgery, Cell Biology & Physiology, and Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

“Hypoxic Preconditioning for Protection Against Acute and Chronic Injury in the CNS”

Jan. 30

Xiaohui Wang, Graduate Student, (Mentor: T.C. Hwang, Ph.D.), University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology

“Cd Works as a CFTR Mutants Activator”

Feb. 6

Feb. 13

Matt Reifenberger, Graduate Student, (Mentor: Mark Milanick, Ph.D.), University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology

“Effects of Peroxynitrite on Na Pump Activity”

Feb. 20

Steve Houser, Ph.D. (hosted by Kerry McDonald, Ph.D.) Temple University, Department of Physiology

“Calcium Dependent Myocyte Death and Regeneration”

Feb. 27

Matt Laye, Graduate Student, (Mentor: Frank Booth, Ph.D.), University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology

“Adipose Tissue Plasticity During Physical Inactivity”

Mar. 5

Bill Sessa, Ph.D. (hosted by Steve Segal, Ph.D.), Yale University, Department of Pharmacology

“New Mechanisms Governing Angiogenesis and Vascular Remodeling”

Mar. 11

Judah Folkman, M.D., J.O. Davis Lecture, Harvard University, Departments of Surgery and Cell Biology (Tues.) Acuff

“Angiogenesis as an Organizing Principle in Biomedicine”

Special Seminar

Mar. 19

No Seminar, CV Day

Mar. 26

No Seminar, Spring Break

Apr. 2

Scott Smith, Ph.D. (hosted by Paul Fadel, Ph.D.), UT Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas, Department of Physical Therapy-Southwestern Allied Health Sciences School

“Cardiovascular Regulation During Exercise in Hypertension: Mechanisms of Muscle Reflex Overactivity”

Apr. 9

No Seminar, Experimental Biology

Apr. 16

No Seminar, Life Science Week

Apr. 23

Amber Stratman, Graduate Student, (Mentor: George Davis, M.D., Ph.D.), University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology

“Molecular Control of Endothelial Cell-Pericyte Co-Assembly”

Apr. 30

Jefferson Frisbee, Ph.D. (hosted by Steve Segal, Ph.D.) West Virginia University, Department of Physiology

“Microvascular Rarefaction in the Metabolic Syndrome: The Role of Nitric Oxide and Inflammation”

May 7

Curt Canine, Graduate Student (Mentor: Steve Segal, Ph.D.) University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology

“Blood Flow Control in Microvascular Networks”