2022-2023 Seminar Series
Seminars are held in Rayford Auditorium, Biomed 2, Room 106-2 on Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. Please contact Cheryl Shelton by email at cshelton@uams.edu to register.
September 7, 2022
None Scheduled
September 14, 2022
None Scheduled
September 21, 2022
Chi-Fung Lee, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation)
“Roles of NAD Metabolism in Cardiac Dysfunction”
September 28, 2022
Lance Benson (Ph.D. Candidate, UAMS)
“Activated CD8Ts Contribute to the Development of Hypertension”
October 5, 2022
Katherine Deck (Pre-Ph.D. Candidate)
“Impact of CD8+ T Cells on Renal Sodium Transporters in Salt-Sensitive Hypertension”
Christoph Mora (Pre-Ph.D. Candidate)
“The Role of Immune Cells in Contributing to Diastolic Dysfunction”
October 12, 2022
Laura Osborn (Pre-Ph.D. Candidate)
“Evaluating Epigenetic Changes in Paclitaxel-induced Peripheral Neuropathy for Therapeutic Targeting”
October 19, 2022
None Scheduled
October 26, 2022
Brian Parks (Ph.D. Candidate)
November 2, 2022
Ying H. Shen, M.D., Ph.D. (Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor University)
November 9, 2022 – Technology Session
Federico Scala (Field Applications Specialist, Sartorius Corporation)
“Incucyte Live-Cell Imager & Analysis”
November 16, 2022 – Technology Session
Spence Fast (10x Genomics) and Katherine Melville (Oxford Nanopore Technologies)
“Adding New Dimensions to Your 10x Genomics Single Cell and Spatial Experiments with Oxford Nanopore Technologies”
November 23, 2022
No Seminar – Holiday Break
November 30, 2022
Samir Jenkins, Ph.D. (Research Instructor, UAMS)
“Drug Delivery”
December 7, 2022
Phillip Gerk, Pharm.D., Ph.D. (Professor and Vice Chair Virginia Commonwealth University)
December 14, 2022
Peter Heeger, M.D., Ph.D. (Professor and Director, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York)
December 21, 2022
No Seminar – Holiday Break
December 28, 2022
No Seminar – Holiday Break
January 4, 2023
January 11, 2023
January 18, 2023
January 25, 2023
February 1, 2023
Elia Duh, M.D., Ph.D. (Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland)
February 8, 2023
February 15, 2023
February 22, 2023
Se-Ran Jun (Assistant Professor, UAMS)
March 1, 2023
March 8, 2023
Yu-Ying, Ph.D. (Professor, University of Chicago)
March 15, 2023
March 20-24, 2023
No Seminar – Spring Break
March 29, 2023
April 5, 2023
Rami Ahmad Shahror, Ph.D. (Post-Doctoral Fellow, UAMS)
April 12, 2023
Gopinath Venugopal, Ph.D. (Post-Doctoral Fellow, UAMS)
April 19, 2023
April 26, 2023
May 3, 2023
Julia Tobacyk, Ph.D. (Post-Doctoral Fellow)
May 10, 2023
Carol Morris, (Pre-Ph.D. Candidate)
May 18-23, 2023
No Seminar – ASPET Conference
2021-2022 Seminar Series
September 22, 2021 – Special Session
Jason Paris, Ph.D. (Director, Neuropharmacology Core, University of Mississippi)
“HIV Proteins Disrupt Steroidogenesis: Implications for Stress and Reward”
October 6, 2021 – NCTR Series
Dr. Dayton Petibone, Division of Genetic and Molecular Toxicology
“Development of Microphysiological Systems for Evaluating Anti-Zika Virus Therapies”
Dr. Xilin Li, Division of Genetic and Molecular Toxicology
“The Development and Application of Metabolically Competent TK6 Cell Lines for Genotoxicity Testing”
October 13, 2021 – NCTR Series
Dr. Weida Tong, Division of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics
“Three Things You Need to Know About AI”
Dr. Wenjing Guo, Division of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics
“Informing Selection of Drugs for COVID-19 Treatment by Big Data Analytics”
October 20, 2021 – NCTR Series
Dr. Sangeeta Khare, Division of Microbiology
“Gastrointestinal Microbiome: Translational and Regulatory Sciences Research”
Dr. Kidon Sung, Division of Microbiology
“Dynamic Adaptive Response of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to Antibiotic-Coated Catheters”
October 27, 2021 – NCTR Series
Dr. Serguei Liachenko, Division of Neurotoxicology
“MRI Biomarkers of Neurotoxicity”
Dr. Andrew Shen, Division of Neurotoxicology
“The Importance of CBD Research at FDA”
November 3, 2021 – NCTR Series
Dr. Ellen Jones, Division of Systems Biology
“MALDI Imaging Mass Spectrometry: A New Tool Imaging Modality for Use in Toxicological Studies”
Dr. Li Pang, Division of Systems Biology
“Evaluation of Oncology Drug-Induced Cardiotoxicity with Patient-Specific iPSC-CMs”
November 10, 2021 – NCTR Series
Dr. Camila Silva, Division of Biochemical Toxicology
“Wastewater Surveillance as a Complementary Tool to Monitor COVID-19 Spread in Arkansas”
Dr. Yuxi Li, Division of Biochemical Toxicology
“Identify Male Reproductive Toxicities of Chemicals Using In Vitro Cell Models”
November 17, 2021
Brian Parks
Title TBD
November 25, 2021
No Seminar – Thanksgiving
December 1, 2021
Lance Benson
Title TBD
December 8, 2021
December 15, 2021
December 22, 2021
No Seminar – Winter Break
December 29, 2021
No Seminar – Winter Break
January 6, 2022
Benjamin Humphreys, M.D., Ph.D.
January 12, 2022
Julia Tobacyk, Ph.D.
Title TBD
January 19, 2022
January 26, 2022
February 2, 2022
February 9, 2022
Hui-Ming Chang, M.D., M.P.H. (Professor, Dept of Pharmacology & Toxicology, UAMS)
“Phoenix trials : Prevention of Heart Failure induced by Doxorubicin with Early Administration of Dexrazoxane”
February 16, 2022
February 23, 2022
March 2, 2022
March 9, 2022
March 16, 2022
March 21-25, 2022
No Seminar – Spring Break
March 30, 2022
April 6, 2022
No Seminar – EB 2022 Conference April 2-5
April 13, 2022
April 20, 2022
Robert Nickells, Ph.D. (Professor and Frederick A. Davis Chair of Ophthalmology, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
April 27, 2022
Parajuli Lab (TBD)
Title TBD
May 4, 2022
May 11, 2022
2020-2021 Seminar Series
Seminars are held virtually on Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. Please contact Pam Kahler to register.
November 4, 2020
Colleen Urban (Specialist, Nanostring Technologies)
“GeoMx Digital Spatial Profiling: Morphology Driven, High-Plex Spatial Analysis of Tissue Microenvironments”
November 11, 2020
No Seminar – Veterans Day
November 18, 2020
Lian Leng, Ph.D. (Associate Director, Emulate, Inc)
“Recreating Key Features of the Human Body using “Organs-on-a-Chip””
November 25, 2020
No Seminar – Thanksgiving
December 2, 2020
Adam Brown, Ph.D. (Field Application Specialist, BioRad Laboratories)
“Power of Partitioning: The QX200 Droplet Digital PCR System”
December 9, 2020
Neil Detweiler, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Goshen College)
“Control of Ventilation and Ventilation-Perfusion Matching: from Mice to Yaks”
December 16, 2020
Samantha McClenahan, Ph.D. (Postdoctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt University)
“Tools for Tubules: Development of Kir4.1/5.1 Potassium Channel Modulators for Controlling Sodium Reabsorption in the Distal Nephron”
December 23, 2020
No Seminar – Winter Break
December 30, 2020
No Seminar – Winter Break
January 6, 2021
Stephanie Byrum, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UAMS)
“Exploring Gene Expression in the Context of the Tissue Microenvironment using 10x Spatial Gene Expression”
January 13, 2021
Benjamin J. Lieblong, Ph.D. (Study Coordinator, Dept of Pathology, UAMS)
“Immunomechanisms of Cervical Precancerous Lesion Regression with PepCan, a Therapeutic Human Papillomavirus Vaccine”
January 20, 2021
Dr. Nancy Rusch, Department Town Hall Meeting
January 27, 2021
Donald Johann, Ph.D. (Professor, Dept of Biomedical Informatics, UAMS)
“The ABC’s of Next Generation Sequencing”
February 3, 2021
Galen Wenger, Ph.D. (Emeritus Professor, Dept of Pharmacology and Toxicology, UAMS)
“Behavioral Pharmacology and Its History at UAMS”
February 10, 2021
Anatoliy Gashev, M.D., Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Texas A & M University)
“Mast Cells and Lymphatic Vessels: Bidirectional Regulatory Interactions”
February 17, 2021
Qinghua Zhou, Ph.D. (Professor, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China)
“Molecular Mechanisms of Autophagy Promotion by Mitochondrial Endonuclease G”
February 24, 2021
Zufeng Ding, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor Cardiology, Dept of Internal Medicine, UAMS)
“PCSK9 and Myocardial Infarction”
March 3, 2021
Timothy Haystead, Ph.D. (Professor, Duke University)
“Adventures in Targeting the Chaperone Machinery in Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes- from the Bench to Clinical Trials“
March 10, 2021
J. Christopher States, Ph.D. (Professor, Vice Chair, Research Dept of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville)
“MicroRNA Dysregulation and Aneuploidy in Arsenic-induced Skin Carcinogenesis”
March 17, 2021
Nabil Alkayed, Ph.D. (Director, Cardiovascular Research, OHSU)
“GPR39 As a Therapeutic Target in Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia“
March 24, 2021
No Seminar – Spring Break
March 31, 2021
Edward T. Yeh, Ph.D. (Chair of Department of Internal Medicine, UAMS)
“SUMO/Sentrin, From Bench to Bedside”
April 7, 2021
Martin Gallagher, M.D., Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University)
“High Density EEG and Network Analysis in Rodent Models of Neurological Disease“
April 14, 2021
Sharda Singh, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Texas Tech University)
“Sulforaphane Use in Cancer Chemotherapy to Protect Against Doxorubicin Cardiotoxicity”
April 21, 2021
Tanecia Mitchell, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham )
“The Role of Diet and Immunity in Kidney Stone Disease”
April 28, 2021
No Seminar – EB 2021 Conference
May 5, 2021
Elizabeth Byrnes, Ph.D. (Professor, Tufts University)
“Is It Really All Your Mother’s Fault? Opioids, Transgenerational Epigenetics, and Metabolism“
May 12, 2021
Steve Crowley, M.D., Ph.D. (Professor of Nephrology, Duke University)
“Regulators of Dendritic Cell-Mediated T Cell Activation in Salt-Sensitive Hypertension”
May 19, 2021
Theresa M. Carbonaro, Ph.D. (Pharmacologist, US Dept of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration)
“Evaluating Drug Abuse Liability: Applying Pharmacology Data to Drug Scheduling Actions”
May 26, 2021
Marco Pravetoni, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, University of Minnesota)
“Vaccines and Antibody-based Strategies to Counteract Opioid Use Disorders and Overdose”