Seminar Series - Archives 2008-2009

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Date/Time	Speaker	Title	Host
2008
July 11 11 a.m.	Amanda Vega Ph.D. Student University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Physiology Madison, WI	Protein Kinase A Suppresses IK1 of Heteromeric Kir2.1-V227F Channels: Implications for CPVT	Host: Xander Wehrens, Ph.D.
July 17 12 p.m.	Sanam Sane Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	Regulation of Nicotinic Receptor Expression by the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System	1st Year Student - Journal Club
July 24 12 p.m.	Joseph Fachini Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	Growth-Inhibitory and Tumor-Suppressive Functions of p53 depend on Its Repression of CD44 Expression	1st Year Student - Journal Club
July 25 1 p.m.	Junling Jia Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	Dissertation Seminar: The Notch Signal Pathway Defines the Zone of Differentiation in the Developing Ocular Lens through Directly Suppressing the Expression of p57Kip2	Mentor: Pumin Zhang, Ph.D.
July 30 11 a.m.	Shi-Qing Cai, Ph.D. Research Assistant The Department of Physiology & Biophysics University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey	The Physiology Roles of Multiple Regulations of Potassium Channel in C. Elegans	Host: Steen Pedersen
July 31 12 p.m.	Sarah Shahmoradian Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	Cryo-Electron Tomography-Based Morphological Assay For Huntingtin Aggregation	Mentor: Wah Chiu, Ph.D.
Aug. 7 12 p.m.	Inna Yanez Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	Allosteric Modulation of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor	Mentor: Steen Pedersen, Ph.D.
Aug. 14 12 p.m.	Karen Smith Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	The Alzheimer's Disease Treatment R-Flurbiprofen Improves In vivo Axonal Transport Rates	Mentor: Robia Pautler, Ph.D.
Aug. 14 12:30 p.m.	Wei-Ting Chao, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	Type I PIP Kinase Alpha Regulates Directed Cell Migration by Modulating Adhesion-Induced Rac 1 Plasma Membrane Targeting and Activation	Mentor: Jeannette Kunz, Ph.D.
Aug. 21 12 p.m.	Philippe York Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	Gas2: A Developmentally Important Regulator of Apoptosis and Cell Proliferation	Mentor: Pumin Zhang, Ph.D.
Aug. 21 12:30 p.m.	Daniel Galvan, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	Isoproterenol Increases Susceptibility of the Y524S Mouse Model of Malignant Hyperthermia to Heat-Induced Episodes	Mentor: Susan L. Hamilton, Ph.D.
Aug. 28 12 p.m.	Charlie Gilman Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	Skeletal Muscle Excitation-Redox Coupling	Susan L. Hamilton, Ph.D.
Aug. 28 12:30 p.m.	Xingxu Huang, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	A Large-Sale RNAi Screen to Identify hemosensitive Genes in Human Cancer Cells	Pumin Zhang, Ph.D.
Sep. 4 12 p.m.	Zanwen Chen Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	Studying the Correlation Between Structural and Functional Plasticity of Dendritic Spines	Peter Saggau, Ph.D.
Sep. 4 12:30 p.m.	Jennifer Lucitti, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	Blood Flow Regulates Murine Embryonic Yolk Sac Vascular Remodeling Via Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase	Mary Dickinson, Ph.D.
Sep. 9 11 a.m. Conference Room N-315	Gregory Macleod, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Physiology University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio, TX	Reconciling Mitochondrial Activity with Nerve Activity: Ca2+ as Mediator	Faculty Host: Ellen A. Lumpkin, Ph.D. Student Host: Lu Huang
Sep. 11 12 p.m.	Rashieda Hatcher Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	Mitotic Regulation and Beyond	Pumin Zhang, Ph.D.
Sep. 11 12:30 p.m.	Irina Larina, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	A Novel Transgenic Mouse Model to Study Cardiovascular Development	Mary Dickinson, Ph.D.
Sep. 23 11 a.m.	Bjorn Knollmann, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor Division of Clinical Pharmacology Department of Medicine and Pharmacology Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	Regulation of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Release by Triadin and Calsequestrin	Xander Wehrens, M.D., Ph.D.
Sep. 25 12 p.m.	Zhubo Wei Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	PHF6, the BFL Syndrome Gene, Regulates Cell Proliferation	Pumin Zhang, Ph.D.
Sep. 25 12:30 p.m.	Yunguang Liu, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	Development of a Chemically-Regulated System for Protein Endocytosis	J. Henri Bayle, Ph.D.
Sep. 30 11 a.m.	Matteo Vatta, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics-Cardiology Baylor College of Medicine	Cytoskeletal Macromolecular Complexes and Ion Channel Function in the Cardiomyocytes	Xander Wehrens, M.D., Ph.D.
Oct. 2 12 p.m.	Joseph Fachini Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	Herp2 Regulation of Lens Formation	Pumin Zhang, Ph.D.
Oct. 2 12:30 p.m.	Cynthia Massaad, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	Mitochondrial Free Radicals Play a Critical Role in Alzheimer's Disease Pathology	Robia Pautler, Ph.D.
Oct. 7 11 a.m.	Mirjana Maletic-Savatic, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics Section of Pedi-Neurology Baylor College of Medicine	Metabolomic Profiling of Neural Progenitors: A Novel Approach to Biomarker Discovery	Gang-Yi Wu, Ph.D.
Oct. 9 12 p.m.	Sanam Sane Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	Depletion of 26S Proteasomes in Mouse Brain Neurons Causes Neurodegeneration and Lewy-Like Inclusions Resembling Human Pale Bodies	1st Year Student
Oct. 9 12:30 p.m.	Tegy Vadakkan, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	Multiphoton Imaging of Far Red Dyes with an Optical Parametric Oscillator	Mary Dickinson, Ph.D.
Oct. 16 12 p.m.	Pier-Anne Lachance Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	Current Advancement in Lymphangiogenesis: Where Do I Stand?	Eva Sevick, Ph.D.
Oct. 16 12:30 p.m.	Ralph van Oort, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Leak causes Accelerated Development of Heart Failure	Xander Wehrens, M.D., Ph.D.
Oct. 21 11 a.m.	Jun Qin, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Biochemistry Baylor College of Medicine	Pathway Discovery with Proteomics: an Update	Gang-Yi Wu, Ph.D.
Oct. 30 12 p.m.	Postdoctoral Invited Guest
Nov. 6 12:30 p.m.	Jianjun Xu, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	Muscle from Mice Heterozygous for a Mutation that Abolishes FKBP12 Binding to RyR1 Fatigue more Slowly than Wildtype Muscle	Susan L. Hamilton, Ph.D.
Nov. 11 11 a.m.	Wei Dai, Ph.D. Professor Department of Environmental Medicine New York University School of Medicine Tuxedo, NY	Dissecting Molecular Components Suppressing Chromosomal Instability during Mitosis	Faculty Host: Pumin Zhang, Ph.D.
Nov. 13 12 p.m.	Julia Reynolds Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	Chemical Regulation of Pax6 During Cortical Development	Joseph H. Bayle, Ph.D.
Nov. 13 12:30 p.m.	Jing Zhao, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	Developmental Change of Ras Pathway in NF1 mice	Gangyi Wu, Ph.D.
Nov. 18 11 a.m.	Zheng Zhou, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Baylor College of Medicine	Vesicle Transport and the Clearance of Apoptotic Cells	Gang-Yi Wu, Ph.D.
Nov. 25 11 a.m.	Rebecca Wingert, Ph.D. Center for Regenerative Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston, MA	Mechanisms of Renal Progenitor Development in Zebrafish	Mary Dickinson, Ph.D.
Dec. 2 11 a.m.	Henry Colecraft, Ph.D. Associate Professor Dept. of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons New York, NY	Mechanisms and Applications of RGK GTPase Inhibition of Voltage-Dependent Calcium Channels	Mary Dickinson, Ph.D.
Dec. 4 12 p.m.	Lu Huang Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	Revealing the Function of ERManI's Intracellular Trafficking	Richard Sifers, Ph.D.
Dec. 4 12:30 p.m.	Min Li, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	Spindle Checkpoint and Tumorigenesis	Pumin, Zhang, Ph.D.
Dec. 9 11 a.m.	Cheryl Stucky, Ph.D. Associate Professor Dept. of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI	Skin Sensations Exposed: The Roles of Cutaneous TRP Channels	Ellen A. Lumpkin, Ph.D
Dec. 11 12 p.m.	Monica Garcia Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine	FoxO1 Function in Endothelial Cells is Required for Yolk Sac Vascular Remodeling	Mary Dickinson, Ph.D.
Dec. 16 11 a.m.	Neal Waxham, Ph.D. Professor Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy The University of Texas Medical School at Houston	Limiting Calmodulin Revealed by Fluorescence and Image Correlation Spectroscopy	Gang-Yi Wu, Ph.D.
Dec. 30 11 a.m.	Gong Chen, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Biology The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences The Pennsylvania State University	Dancing with Neurons and Astrocytes: Regulation of Cofilin Rods and Glial Endocytosis	Gang-Yi Wu, Ph.D.
2009
Jan. 6 11 a.m.	Ann-Bin Shyu, Ph.D. Professor The Jesse H. Jones Chair in Molecular Biology Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology The University of Texas Medical School At Houston	Mechanisms and Regulation of mRNA Turnover in Mammalian Cells	Gang-Yi Wu, Ph.D.
Jan. 8 12 p.m.	Jim Culver Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Regulation of Adult Neurogenesis By Hemodynamic Force	Mary Dickinson, Ph.D.
Jan. 8 12:30 p.m.	Tom Sarma, M.D. Postdoc Associate Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Inhibition of RyR2 Phosphorylation Prevents Onset of Cardiomyopathy in a Mouse Model of Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy	Xander Wehrens, M.D., Ph.D.
Jan. 13 11 a.m.	Luis Cuello, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor The University of Chicago Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Chicago, IL	Structural Basis for K+ Channel C-Type Inactivation: Crystal Structures of KcsA in the Open Conductive and C-Type Inactivated Conformation	Frank Horrigan, Ph.D.
Jan. 15 12 p.m.	Qiaoyun Shi Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Targeted Delivery of Liposomal Complexes for Antiangiogenic Cancer Therapy	Nancy S. Templeton, Ph.D.
Jan. 15 12:30pm	Ryan Udan, Ph.D. Postdoc Associate Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Elucidation of the Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Vascular Remodeling	Mary Dickinson, Ph.D.
Jan. 20 11 a.m.	Hui Zou, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Molecular Biology The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, Texas	Sister Chromatid Cohesion and Separation, Two Opposite Processes for a Common Course	Pumin Zhang, Ph.D
Jan. 22 12 p.m.	Ross Poché, Ph.D. Postdoc Associate Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	The Corneal Micropocket Assay as a Method to assess the in vivo Integration of Engineered Tissue Constructs	Mary Dickinson, Ph.D.
Jan. 29 12 p.m. Closed Session Physiology Postdocs Only	Christine Beeton, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Starting a New Lab After Your Postdoc: Things You Think You Know But Really Don't
Feb. 5 12 p.m.	Lakshmi Sampath Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Non-Invasive In-Vivo Imaging of Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor – 2 (HER2) Overexpression in Breast Cancer	Eva Sevick, Ph.D.
Feb. 5 12:30 p.m.	Irina Larina, Ph.D. Postdoc Associate Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Live Imaging of Early Embryonic Cardiovascular Dynamics	Mary Dickinson, Ph.D.
Feb. 6 1 p.m.	Charles Gilman Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Dissertation: Depolarization-Induced Type 2 NADPH Oxidase Activity Regulates Skeletal Muscle Physiology	Susan L.Hamilton, Ph.D.
Feb. 10 11 a.m.	Helene Benveniste, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Anesthesiology Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY	Small Animal Imaging: Impact of Physiology of Anesthesia	Robia Pautler, Ph.D.
Feb. 12 12 p.m.	Yuanyuan Fu Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	The Timing and Effect of mTOR Signaling in Regulating Brain Growth	Gang-Yi Wu, Ph.D.
Feb. 12 12:30 p.m.	Rui Rui Ji, Ph.D. Postdoc Associate Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Molecular Mechanisms of Regulation of RyR1 by FKBPs	Susan Hamilton, Ph.D.
Feb. 19 12 p.m.	Han Lin Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	FAM/USP9x, a Deubiquitinating Enzyme Essential for TGFb Signaling, Controls Smad4 Monoubiquitination	1st Year Student
Feb. 26 1 p.m.	Michael Liebling, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of California in Santa Barbara	Multiscale and Multi-Modal Microscopic Imaging of Cardiac Development	Mary Dickinson, Ph.D.
March 10 11 a.m.	Anil Bhushan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Larry Hillblom Islet Research Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles	Epigenetic Regulation of Pancreatic Beta Cells During Aging and Regeneration	Pumin Zhang, Ph.D.
March 12 12 p.m.	Taeko Inoue Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	The Molecular Elasticity of the Insect Flight Muscle Proteins Projectin and Kettin	1st Year Student
March 13 12 p.m.	Håkan Westerblad, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Physiology Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology Karolinska Institutet Stockholm, Sweden	Reactive Oxygen/Nitrogen Species, Friends or Foes? Studies in Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle	Gangyi Wu, Ph.D.
March 17 11 a.m.	J. Alan Diehl, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Cancer Biology Associate Investigator, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute Director, Cancer Cell Biology Program University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine	Oncogenes, Tumor Suppressors and Tumor Modifiers=Novel Approaches for Therapy	Pumin Zhang, Ph.D.
March 19 12 p.m.	Chuang Sun Graduate Student	Survival of Cancer Cells Is Maintained by EGER Independent of Its Kinase Activity	1st Year Student
March 19 12:30 p.m.	Na Li, Ph.D. Postdoc Associate	Inhibition of PKA Phosphorylation of RyR2 Attenuates Abnormal Ca2+ Homeostasis in Muscular Dystrophy	Xander Wehrens, M.D., Ph.D.
March 24 12 p.m.	Henry A. Lester, Ph.D. Professor and Bren Professor of Biology Division of Biology California Institute of Technology	Changes in the Brain Produced by Chronic Exprosure to Nicotine	Mary Dickinson, Ph.D.
April 9 12 p.m.	Rashieda Jonine Hatcher Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Securin's Role in Tumorigenesis and Metastasis	Pumin Zhang, Ph.D.
April 9 12 p.m.	Xueyou Hu, Ph.D. Postdoc Associate Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	K+ Channel of Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes: New Target for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis	Christine Beeton, Ph.D
April 16 12 p.m.	Aya Wada, Ph.D. Postdoc Associate Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Lmo2-GFP Labels Early Mesoderm Progenitor Cells that Give Rise to Endothelial and Hematopoietic Cell Types in the Mouse	Mary Dickinson, Ph.D.
April 17 11 a.m.	Marcos Malumbres, Ph.D. Head, Cell Division & Cancer Group Molecular Oncology Program Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO) Madrid, Spain	Functional Analysis of Mitotic Kinases and the APC/C Proteolytic Machinery in Mammals: From the Cell Cycle to Human Disease	Pumin Zhang, Ph.D.
May 7 12 p.m.	Xiao Fang Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Activation of the p53 Pathway by ATM in Response to Aneuploidy	Pumin Zhang, Ph.D.
June 11 12 p.m.	Dorothy Lewis, Ph.D. Professor Department of Immunology Baylor College of Medicine	How NOT to Switch Faculty Jobs Right Before a Hurricane!	Christine Beeton, Ph.D
July 14 12 p.m.	Lu Huang Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Thesis Seminar: Fine-tuning of ER-associated degradation by intracellular trafficking of ER Mannosidase I	Academic Advisor: Dr. Richard Sifers
Aug. 4 11 a.m.	Hongli Zhan, Ph.D. Research Scientist The Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Rice University	Structure and Function Relationship Studies of Lactose Repressor And Members of LacI/GalR Protein Family	Susan L. Hamilton, Ph.D.
Aug. 6 12 p.m.	Inna Yanez-Orozco Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Detecting Changes of Conformation at the AChR Agonist Sites with LRET	Mentor: Steen Pedersen, Ph.D.
Aug. 6 12 p.m.	Aditya Joshi, Ph.D. Postdoc Associate Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	The Role of ER Stress and ROS Production in Malignant Hyperthermia and Central Core Disease	Mentor: Susan L. Hamilton, Ph.D.
Aug. 13 12 p.m.	Karen Smith Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	R-Flurbiprofen Treatment Results in Amyloid Beta Reduction and Improved Axonal Transport Rates	Mentor: Robia Pautler, Ph.D.
Aug. 13 12 p.m.	Dimitra Georgiou, Ph.D. Postdoc Associate Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	CaM Interactions with the IQ Motif of CaV1.1 and CaV1.2 The Role of Non-conserved Amino Acids	Mentor: Susan Hamilton, Ph.D.
Aug. 20 12 p.m.	Philippe York Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	The Role of Gas2 in the Ovary; Folliculogenesis and Fertility	Mentor: Pumin Zhang, Ph.D.
Aug. 20 12 p.m.	Tegy Vadakkan, Ph.D. Postdoc Associate Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Structure and Composition of the Subependymal Zone Niche	Mentor: Mary Dickinson, Ph.D.
Aug. 25 11 a.m.	Kjersti Marie Aagaard-Tillery, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology Baylor College of Medicine	Comparative Genomics, Epigenomics, and Metabolomics in Perinatal Health: Keys to Understanding the Molecular Basis of the Developmental Origins of Adult Disease	Host: Mary Dickinson, Ph.D.
Aug. 27 12 p.m.	Zhubo Wei Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	PHF6, the BFL Syndrome Gene, Regulates Cell Proliferation	Mentor: Pumin Zhang, Ph.D.
Aug. 27 12 p.m.	Yunguang Liu, Ph.D. Postdoc Associate Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Chemically-Regulated Endocytosis of α5 Integrin Inhibits Cell Spreading	Mentor: Joseph Bayle, Ph.D.
Sept. 3 12 p.m.	Pier Anne Lachance Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Optical Imaging of Lymphangiogenesis	Mentor: Eva Sevick, Ph.D.
Sept. 3 12 p.m.	Johanna Lanner, Ph.D. Postdoc Associate Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	AICAR Prevents Heat-Induced Death in Mice with Malignant Hyperthermia (RyR1Y524S)	Mentor: Susan L. Hamilton, Ph.D.
Sept. 10 12 p.m.	Postdoctoral Program - Invited Guest TBN
Sept. 21 1:30 p.m.	Qiaoyun Shi Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Dissertation Seminar: Targeted Delivery of Liposomal Complexes for Anti-Angiogenic Cancer Therapy	Mentors: Nancy Smyth Templeton, Ph.D. F. Charles Brunicardi, M.D.
Sep. 24 12 p.m.	Yuanyuan Fu Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	How Does It Go?-The mechanisms in regulating Calcineurin A nucleocytoplasmic shuttling	Mentor: Gang-Yi Wu, Ph.D.
Sep. 24 12 p.m.	Irina Larina, Ph.D. Postdoc Associate Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Live Imaging of Mammalian Embryonic Development with Optical Coherence Tomography	Mentor: Mary Dickinson, Ph.D.
Sep. 29 11 a.m.	Ralf Krahe, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Genetics M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2 (DM2): Unusual Genetics and Pathomechanisms	Host: Lubov Timchenko, Ph.D.
Oct. 1 12 p.m.	Wei-Ting Chao, Ph.D. Postdoc Associate Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Type I PIP Kinase Beta Promotes Focal Adhesion Disassembly through the Endocytosis of Integrin Receptors	Mentor: Jeannette Kunz, Ph.D.
Oct. 8 12 p.m.	Sarah Shahmoradian Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Mode of Huntingtin Interaction with Chaperonins Using Cryo-Electron Microscopy	Mentor: Wah Chiu, Ph.D.
Oct. 8 12 p.m.	Ryan Udan, Ph.D. Postdoc Associate Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	The Role of Hemodyna.m.ic Force in Regulating Endothelial Cell Migration and Vascular Fusion for Proper Vascular Remodeling	Mentor: Mary Dickinson, Ph.D.
Oct. 15 12 p.m.	James Culver Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	The Role of the Vasculature in the Neural Stem Cell Niche	Mentor: Mary Dickinson, Ph.D.
Oct. 15 12 p.m.	Min Li, Ph.D. Postdoc Associate Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	p53 Pathway as a Barrier Against Aneuploidy-Induced Tumorigenesis	Mentor; Pumin Zhang, Ph.D.
Oct. 22	Graduate Student Symposium
Oct. 29 12 p.m.	Monica Garcia Graduate Student Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	FoxO1 is Required in Endothelial Cells for Vascular Remodeling	Mentor: Mary Dickinson, Ph.D.
Oct. 29 12 p.m.	Na Li, Ph.D. Postdoc Associate Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Genetic Inhibition of PKA Phosphorylation of RyR2 Prevents Dystrophic Cardiomyopathy	Mentor; Xander Wehrens, M.D., Ph.D.