2025-2026 Series Schedule
Date: December 9, 2025 (Tuesday at 10:00am Cancer Institute Walton Auditorium Room 10028)
Cole Bolen, MD/PhD Graduate Student
Advisor: Angus MacNicol, Ph.D.
Title: Organoids and Isoforms: A Study of Anterior Pituitary Plasticity and Pluripotency
Date: January 26th, 2026 (Tuesday at Noon- Rayford Auditorium, Biomed Two Room 106-2)
Milla Reddick, PhD Graduate Student
Advisor: Angus MacNicol, Ph.D.
Title: Musashi-mediated mechanisms of pituitary plasticity
Date: February 3rd, 2026 (Tuesday at Noon- Rayford Auditorium, Biomed Two Room 106-2)
Reserved- Please see fliers for information.
Date: February 10th, 2026 (Tuesday at Noon- Rayford Auditorium, Biomed Two Room 106-2)
Reserved- Please see fliers for information.
Date: February 17th, 2026 (Tuesday at Noon- Rayford Auditorium, Biomed Two Room 106-2)
Reserved- Please see fliers for information.
Date: February 24th, 2026 (Tuesday at Noon- Rayford Auditorium, Biomed Two Room 106-2)
Dr. Yunmeng Liu, Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, UAMS
Title: “Sweet” T cells Promote Diabetic Hypertension
Date: March 3rd, 2026 (Tuesday at Noon- Rayford Auditorium, Biomed Two Room 106-2)
Kamryn Thomas, Graduate Research Assistant
Advisor: Antiño Allen, Ph.D.
Title: Understanding the effects of AC-T chemotherapy on brain composition and behavior
Date: March 31st, 2026 (Tuesday at Noon- Rayford Auditorium, Biomed Two Room 106-2)
Bushra Zaman, B.Pharm, Ph.D Candidate and Graduate Research Assistant,
Advisor: Abdelrahman Fouda, Ph.D.
Title: The Protective Role of Clusterin in Ischemic Retinopathy
Date: April 13th, 2026 (Monday at 1:00pm Cancer Institute Walton Auditorium Room 10028)
Ashley Herdman, Ph.D. Candidate, GPIBS Neuroscience Track
Advisor: Dr. Angela Odle
Title: Regulation of Pituitary Gonadotrope Function: Secretoneurin as a Mediator of Luteinizing Hormone Secretion
Date: April 14th, 2026 (Tuesday at 12:30 pm- Rayford Auditorium, Biomed Two Room 106-2)
Dr. Lori Raetzman,
Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Title: TBD
Date: April 21st, 2026 (Tuesday at Noon- Rayford Auditorium, Biomed Two Room 106-2)
Dr Ahmed Ibrahim, PhD,
Department of Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences Wayne State University
Title: TBD
Date: April 28th, 2026 (Tuesday at Noon- Rayford Auditorium, Biomed Two Room 106-2)
Dakota Redling, PhD Graduate Student
Advisor: Kim Stephens, PhD
Title: TBD
Looking to share your knowledge? Please contact Dr. Angela Odle or Dr. Kimberly Stephens to schedule your seminar presentation!