Fall 2022 Schedule
Spring 2022 Schedule
Fall 2021 Schedule
August 25 – Lance Benson
Renin Cell Baroreceptor, a Nuclear Mechanotransducer Central for Homeostasis
Watanabe, Hirofumi, Belyea, Brian C, Paxton, Robert L, Li, Minghong, Dzamba, Bette J, DeSimone, Douglas W, Gomez, R Ariel, Sequeira-Lopez, Maria Luisa S
September 1 – Francesca Lobianco
Perkons, Nicholas R, Kiefer, Ryan M, Noji, Michael C, Pourfathi, Mehrdad, Ackerman, Daniel, Siddiqui, Sarmad, Tishchfield, David, Profka, Enri, Johnson, Omar, Pickup, Stephen, Mancuso, Anthony, Pantel, Austin, Denburg, Michelle R, Nadolski, Gregory J, Hunt, Stephen J, Furth, Emma E, Kadlecek, Stephen, Gade, Terence P F
September 8 – Joel Vazquez
Metushi, IG, Hayes, M.A., Uetrecht J
September 15 – Brian Parks
Sadat-Shirazi, Mitra-Sadat, Karimi, Forough, Kaka, Gholamreza, Ashabi, Ghorbangol, Ahmadi, Iraj, Akbarabadi, Ardeshir, Toolee, Heidar, Vousooghi, Nasim, Zarrindast, Mohammad-Reza
September 22 – Kalee Holloway
Newville, Jessie, Valenzuela, Carlos Fernando, Li, Lu, Jantzie, Lauren L, Cunningham, Lee Anna
September 29 – Ravi Sun
Blockade of VEGF-C signaling inhibits lymphatic malformations driven by oncogenic PIK3CA mutation
Martinez-Corral, Ines, Zhang, Yan, Petkova, Milena, Ortsater, Henrik, Sjoberg, Sofie, Castillo, Sandra D., Brouillard, Pascal, Libbrecht, Louis, Saur, Dieter, Graupera, Mariona, Alitalo, Kari, Boo, Laurence, Vikkula, Miikka, Makinen, Taija
October 6 – Lance Benson
Posttranscriptional control of T cell effector function by aerobic glycolysis
Chang, Chih-Hao, Curtis, Johnathan D., Maggi, Jr., Leonard B., Faubert, Brandon, Villarino, Alejandro V., O’Sullivan, David, Ching-Cheng Huang, Stanley, van der Windt, Gerritje J.W., Blagih, Julianna, Qiu, Jing, Weber, Jason D., Pearce, Edward J. , Jones, Russell G., Pearce, Erika L.
October 13 – Francesca Lobianco
Nesbitt, Heather, Logan, Keiran, Thomas, Keith, Callan, Bridgeen, Gao, Jinhui, McKaig, Thomas, Taylor, Mark, Love, Mark, Stride, Eleanor, McHale, Anthony P., Callan, John F.
October 20 – Joel Vazquez
Mazumder, Nikhilesh R., Simpson, Dinee, Atiemo, Kofi, Jackson, Kathryn, Zhao, Lihui, Daud, Amna, Kho, Abel, Gabra, Lauren G., Caicedo, Juan C., Levitsky, Josh, Ladner, Daniela P.
October 27 – Brian Parks
Egervari, Gabor, Landry, Joseph, Callens, James, Fullard, John F., Roussos, Panos, Keller, Eva, Hurd, Yasmin L.
November 3 – Kalee Holloway
Pascual, Maria, Montesinos, Jorge, Montagud-Romero, Sandra, Forteza, Jeronimo, Rodriguez-Arias, Marta, Minarro, Jose, Guerri, Consuelo
November 10 – Ravi Sun
TBD
Spring 2021 Schedule
January 27 – Lance Benson
February 3 – Francesca Lobianco
Lee MMY, Docherty KF, Sattar N, Mehta N, Kalra A, Nowacki AS, Solomon SD, Vaduganathan M, Petrie MC, Jhund PS, McMurray JJV
February 10 – Joel Vazquez
Development and evaluation of a rapid CRISPR-based diagnostic for COVID-19
Hou T, Zeng W, Yang M, Chen W, Ren L, Ai J, Wu J, Liao Y, Gou X, Li Y, Wang X, Su H, Gu B, Wang J, Xu T.
February 17 – Postponed due to Inclement Weather
February 24 – Brian Parks
Mukherjee S, Cabrera MA, Boyadjieva NI, Berger G, Rousseau B, Sarkar DK.
March 3 – Soumiya Pal
Mast cell-mediated antigen presentation regulates CD8+T cell effector functions
Stelekati E, Bahr R, D’Orlando O, Orinska Z, Mittrücker HW, Langenhaun R, Glatzel M, Bollinger A, Paus R, Bulfone-Paus S
March 10 – Lance Benson
Wang Z, Aguilar E, Luna J, Dunai C, Khuat L, Le C, Mirsoian A, Minnar C, Stoffel K, Sturgill I, Grossenbacher S, Withers S, Rebhun R, Hartigan-O’Connor D, Mendez-Lagares G, Tarantal A, Isseroff R, Griffith T, Schalper K, Merleev A, Saha A, Maverakis E, Kelly K, Aljumaily R, Ibrahimi S, Mukherjee S, Machiorlatti M, Vesely S, Longo D, Blazar B, Canter R, Murphy W, Monjazeb A
March 17 – Francesca Lobianco
Pharmacogenomics of intracellular methotrexate polyglutamates in patients’ leukemia cells in vivo
Lopez-Lopez E, Autry R, Smith C, Yang W, Paugh S, Panetta J, Crews K, Bonten E, Smart B, Pei D, McCorkle R, Diouf B, Roberts K, Shi L, Pounds S, Cheng C, Mullighan C, Pui CH, Relling M, Evans W
March 24 – Spring Break
March 31 – Joel Vazquez
Acute liver failure is regulated by MYC- and microbiome-dependent programs
Kolodziejczyk A, Federici S, Zmora N, Mohapatra G, Dori-Bachash M, Hornstein S, Leshem A, Reuveni D, Zigmond E, Tobar A, Meir Salame T, Harmelin A, Shlomai A, Shapiro H, Amit I, Elinav E
April 7 – Brian Parks
Activation of Astrocytic μ-Opioid Receptor Causes Conditioned Place Preference
Nam MH, Han KS, Lee J, Won W, Koh W, Bae JY, Woo J, Kim J, Kwong E, Choi TY, Chun H, Lee SE, Kim SB, Park KD, Choi SY, Bae YC, Lee CJ
April 14 – Soumiya Pal
Li W, Gauthier J, Tong A, Terada Y, Higashikubo R, Frye C, Harrison M, Hashimoto K, Bery A, Ritter J, Nava R, Puri V, Wong B, Lavine K, Bharat A, Krupnick A, Gelman A, Kreisel D
Fall 2020 Schedule
September 2 – Lauren Russell
Dissertation Defense Practice
September 9 – Francesca Lobianco
COVID-19 vaccine development and a potential nanomaterial path forward.
Shin, M.D., Sourabh, S., Chung, Y.H., Beiss, V., Soo, K.C., Oscar, Ortega, O.A.O., Wirth, D.M. Chen, A., Sack, M., Pokorki, J.K., Steinmetz, N.F.
September 16 – Amal Shoeib
Inhibition of monoacylglycerol lipase, an anti-inflammatory and antifibrogenic strategy in the liver.
Habib, A., Chokr, D., Wan, J., Hedge, P., Mabire, M., Seibert, M., Ribeiro, M.P., Le Gall, M., Letteron, P., Pilard, N., Mansouri, A., Brouillet, A., Tardelli, M., Weiss, E., Le Faouder, P., Guillou, H., Cravatt, B.F., Moreau, R., Trauner, M., Lotersztajn, S.
September 23 – Cathryn Wilson
Cannabidiol improves survival and behaviroural co-morbidities of Dravet syndrom in mice .
Patra, H., P., Serafeimidou, P., E., Bazelot, M., Walley, B., J., Williams, C., M., McNeish, A., J.
October 7 – Lance Benson and Soumiya Pal
L-type Ca 2+channel blockers promote vascular remodeling through activation of STIM proteins.
Johnson, M.T., Gudlur, A., Zhang, X., Xin, P., Emrich, S. M., Yoast, R.E., Courjaret, R., Nwokonko, R.M., Li, W., Hempel, N., Machaca, K., Gill, D.L., Hogan, P., G., Trebak, M.
October 14 – Christian Cabanlong
Silva, J.P., Carmo, H., Carvalho, F.
October 21 – Brian Parks and Lance Benson
Opioid presynaptic disinhibiton of the midbrian periaqueductal grey descending analgesic pathway.
Lau, B.K., Winters, B.L., Vaughn, C.W.
October 28 – Amal Shoeib and Joel Vazquez
Cho, T., Wang, X., Uetrecht, J.
November 4 – Soumiya Pal and Brian Parks
Mukohda, M., Mizuno, R., Ozark, H.
November 18 – Francesca LoBianco
Efficacy and Safety of Transarterial Chemoembolization Plus External Beam Radiotherapy vs Sorafenib in Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Macroscopic Vascular Invasion. Yoon, S.M., Ryoo, B.Y., Lee, S.J., Kim, J.H., Shin, J.H., An, J.H., Lee, H.C., Lim, Y.K.
December 2 – Lance Benson and Brian Parks
The Purinergic Receptor P2RX7 directs Metabolic Fitness of Long-Lived Memory CD8+ T Cells da Silva, H.B., Beura, L.K., Wang, H., Hanse, E.A., Gore, R., Scott, M.C., Walsh, D.A., Block, K.E., Fonesca, R., Yan, Y., Hippen, K.L., Blazar, B.R., Masopust, D., Kelekar, A., Vulchanova, L., Hogquist, K.A., Jameson, S.C.
December 9 – Joel Vazquez and Soumiya Pal
Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Drives Dysfunction of the Liver Lympathic System Burchill, M.A., Finlon, J.M., Goldberg, A.R., Gillen, A.E., Dahms, P.A., McMahan, R.H., Tye, A., Winter, A.B., Reisz, J.A., Bohrnsen, E., Schafer, J.B., D’Alessandro, A., Orlicky, D.J., Kriss, M.S., Rosen, H.R., McCullough, R.L., Tamburini, B.A.J.
Spring 2020 Schedule
January 26 – Joel Vazquez and Melissa Clemens will present:
Gluchowski, N.L., Gabriel, K.R., Chitraju, C., Bronson, R.T., Mejhert, N., Boland, S., Wang, K., Lai, Z.W., Farese, R.V., Jr., Walther, T.C.,
Hepatology. 2019 Dec;70(6):1972-1985. doi: 10.1002/hep.30765. Epub 2019 Jun 26. PMID 31081165, PMCID: PMC6893913
February 5 – David Henry and Francesca Lobianco will present:
Suchard, M.A., Schuemie, M.J., Krumholz, H.M., You, S.C., Chen, R., Pratt, N., Reich, C.G., Duke, J., Madigan, D., Hripcsak, G., Ryan, P.B.,
Lancet. 2019 Nov 16;394(10211):1816-1826. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32317-7. Epub 2019 Oct 24.
PMID: 31668726, PMCID: PMC6924620
February 12 – Amal Shoeib and Christian Cabanalong will present
Ruehle, S., Wager-Miller, J., Straiker, A., Farnsworth, J. Murphy, M.N., Loch, S., Monory, K., Mackie, K., Lutz B.,
J Neurochem. 2017 Aug;142(4):521-533. doi: 10.1111/jnc.14099. Epub 2017 Jul 18. PMID: 28608535, PMCID: PMC5554085
February 19 – Melissa Clemens and David Henry
Beretta, S., Versace, A., Carone, D., Riva, M., Dell’Era, V., Cuccione, E., Cai, R., Monza, L., Pirovano, S., Padovano, G., Stiro, F., Presotto, L., Paternò, G., Rossi, E., Giussani, C., Sganzerla, E.P., Ferrarese, C.,
Feb. 26 – Christian Cabanlong and Joel Vazquez will present:
Macrophage MerTK Promotes Liver Fibrosis in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis.
Cai, B., Dongiovanni, P., Corey, K.E, Wang, X., Shmarakov, I.O., Zheng, Z., Kasikara, C., Davra, V., Meroni, M., Chung, R.T., Rothlin, C.V, Schwabe, R.F., Blaner, W.S., Birge, R.B., Valenti, L., Tabas, I. PMID: 31839486, PMCID: PMC7004886
March 4 – Soumiya Pal and Lance Benson will present
Sympathetic enhancement of memory T cell homing and hypertension sensitization.
Xiao, L., Do, Carmo, L., Foss, J.D., Chen, W., Harrison, D.G., PMID: 31928179
April 1 – Brian Parks and Saki Fukuda to jointly present
In vivo brain GPCR signaling elucidated by phosphoproteomics.
Liu, J.J., Sharma, K., Zangrandi, L., Chen, C., Humphrey, S.J., Chiu, Y.T., Spetea, M.,, Liu-Chen, L.Y., Schwarzer, C., Mann, M.,PMID: 29930108,
PMCID: PMC6527112
April 15 – Lance Benson and Soumiya Pal will present
Epsin deficiency promotes lymphangiogenesis through regulation of VEGF3 degradation in diabetes.
Wu, H., Rahman, H,N,A, Dong,Y., Liu, X., Lee, Y., Wen, A., To,H.T., Xiao,L., Birsner, A.E., Bazinet, L., Wong,S., Song, K., Brophy, M.L., Mahamud, M.R., Baojun,C., Cai, X., Pasula, S., Kwak, S., Yang, W., Bischoff, J., Xu, J., Bielenberg, D.R., Dixon, J.B., J.D., Robert, Srinivasan, S.R., and C, Hong, PMID: 30102256, PMCID: PMC6118634,
Fall 2019 Schedule
September 4, 2019 – Melissa Clemens will present:
Kim SJ, Feng D, Guillot A, Dai S, Liu F, Hwang S, Parker R, Seo W, He Y, Godlewski G, Jeong WI, Lin Y, Qin X, Kunos G, Gao B.
Hepatology. 2019 May;69(5):1965-1982. doi: 10.1002/hep.30525. Epub 2019 Mar 18. PMID: 30681731
September 11, 2019 – David Henry will present:
Beretta S, Cuccione E, Versace A, Carone D, Riva M, Padovano G, Dell’Era V, Cai R, Monza L, Presotto L, Rousseau D, Chauveau F, Paternò G, Pappadà GB, Giussani C, Sganzerla EP, Ferrarese C.
Neurobiol Dis. 2015 Feb;74:305-13. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2014.11.019. Epub 2014 Dec 5. PMID: 25484287
September 18, 2019 – Joel Vazquez will present:
Arsenic May Act as a Pro-Metastatic Carcinogen Through Promoting Tumor Cell-Induced Platelet Aggregation.
Kim K, Heo YK, Chun S, Kim CH, Bian Y, Bae ON, Lee MY, Lim KM, Chung JH.
Toxicol Sci. 2019 Mar 1;168(1):18-27. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfy247. PMID: 30428081
September 25, 2019 – Amal Shoeib will present:
Maor Y, Yu J, Kuzontkoski PM, Dezube BJ, Zhang X, Groopman JE.
Genes Cancer. 2012 Jul;3(7-8):512-20. doi: 10.1177/1947601912466556. PMID: 23264851
October 2, 2019 – Christian Cabanalong will present:
Thomas BF, Lefever TW, Cortes RA, Grabenauer M, Kovach AL, Cox AO, Patel PR, Pollard GT, Marusich JA, Kevin RC, Gamage TF, Wiley JL.
J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2017 Apr;361(1):162-171. doi: 10.1124/jpet.116.238717. Epub 2017 Jan 13. Erratum in: J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2017 May;361(2):245. PMID: 28087785
October 16, 2019 – Francesca Lobianco will present:
Morel KL, Ormsby RJ, Klebe S, Sweeney CJ, Sykes PJ.
Radiat Res. 2019 Aug;192(2):231-239. doi: 10.1667/RR15404.1. Epub 2019 May 16. PMID: 31095445
October 23, 2019 – David Henry & Laura Ewing will present:
Mfsd2a+ hepatocytes repopulate the liver during injury and regeneration.
Pu W, Zhang H, Huang X, Tian X, He L, Wang Y, Zhang L, Liu Q, Li Y, Li Y, Zhao H, Liu K, Lu J, Zhou Y, Huang P, Nie Y, Yan Y, Hui L, Lui KO, Zhou B.
Nat Commun. 2016 Nov 18;7:13369. doi: 10.1038/ncomms13369. PMID: 27857132
October 30, 2019 – Laura Ewing & Francesca Lobianco will present:
Zhu F, Guo R, Wang W, Ju Y, Wang Q, Ma Q, Sun Q, Fan Y, Xie Y, Yang Z, Jie Z, Zhao B, Xiao L, Yang L, Zhang T, Liu B, Guo L, He X, Chen Y, Chen C, Gao C, Xu X, Yang H, Wang J, Dang Y, Madsen L, Brix S, Kristiansen K, Jia H, Ma X.
Mol Psychiatry. 2019 Aug 7. doi: 10.1038/s41380-019-0475-4. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31391545
November 6, 2019 – Amal Shoeib & Christian Cabanalong will present:
Therapeutic role of miR-19a/19b in cardiac regeneration and protection from myocardial infarction.
Gao F, Kataoka M, Liu N, Liang T, Huang ZP, Gu F, Ding J, Liu J, Zhang F, Ma Q, Wang Y, Zhang M, Hu X, Kyselovic J, Hu X, Pu WT, Wang J, Chen J, Wang DZ.
Nat Commun. 2019 Apr 17;10(1):1802. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09530-1. PMID: 30996254
November 13, 2019 – Francesca Lobianco & Melissa Clemens will present:
Cardiac macrophages promote diastolic dysfunction.
Hulsmans M, Sager HB, Roh JD, Valero-Muñoz M, Houstis NE, Iwamoto Y, Sun Y, Wilson RM, Wojtkiewicz G, Tricot B, Osborne MT, Hung J, Vinegoni C, Naxerova K, Sosnovik DE, Zile MR, Bradshaw AD, Liao R, Tawakol A, Weissleder R, Rosenzweig A, Swirski FK, Sam F, Nahrendorf M.
J Exp Med. 2018 Feb 5;215(2):423-440. doi: 10.1084/jem.20171274. Epub 2018 Jan 16. PMID: 29339450
November 20, 2019 – Melissa Clemens & Joel Vazquez will present:
PIEZOs mediate neuronal sensing of blood pressure and the baroreceptor reflex.
Zeng WZ, Marshall KL, Min S, Daou I, Chapleau MW, Abboud FM, Liberles SD, Patapoutian A.
Science. 2018 Oct 26;362(6413):464-467. doi: 10.1126/science.aau6324. PMID: 30361375
December 4, 2019 – Christian Cabanalong & Amal Shoeib will present:
Han Y, Sun CY, Meng SQ, Tabarak S, Yuan K, Cao L, Yan W, Xu LZ, Deng JH, Zhu WL, Li JL, Lu L, Xue YX, Shi J.
Mol Psychiatry. 2019 Aug 2. doi: 10.1038/s41380-019-0470-9. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31375779
December 11, 2019 – Joel Vazquez & David Henry will present:
Faraco G, Sugiyama Y, Lane D, Garcia-Bonilla L, Chang H, Santisteban MM, Racchumi G, Murphy M, Van Rooijen N, Anrather J, Iadecola C.
J Clin Invest. 2016 Dec 1;126(12):4674-4689. doi: 10.1172/JCI86950. Epub 2016 Nov 14. PMID: 27841763
December 18, 2019 – Laura Ewing will present:
Groselj B, Ruan JL, Scott H, Gorrill J, Nicholson J, Kelly J, Anbalagan S, Thompson J, Stratford MRL, Jevons SJ, Hammond EM, Scudamore CL, Kerr M, Kiltie AE.
Mol Cancer Ther. 2018 Feb;17(2):381-392. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-17-0011. Epub 2017 Aug 24. PMID: 28839000
Spring 2019 Schedule
January 9, 2019 – Samantha McClenahan & Laura Ewing
https://bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bph.13030
Bosnano JS, Banks ML, Kolanos R, Sakloth F, Barnier ML, Glennon RA, Cozzi NV, Partilla JS, Baumann MH, Negus SS. Quantitative structure-activity relationship analysis of the pharmacology of para-substituted methcathinone analogues. British Journal of Pharmacology. 2015, May; 172(10):2433-2444. PMID: 25438806.
January 16, 2019 – David Henry & Lauren Russell
http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/10/426/eaan4488.short
Sagiv-Barfi I, Czerwinkski DK, Levy S, Alam IS, Mayer AT, Gambhir SS, Levy R. Eradication of spontaneous malignancy by local immunotherapy. Science Translational Medicine. 2018, Jan 31; 10(426): eaan4488. PMID: 29386357
January 23, 2019 – Cancelled
January 30, 2019 – Julia Tobacyk & Amal Shoeib
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-13282-7
Carhart-Harris RL, Roseman L, Bolstridge M, Demetriou L, Pannekoek JN, Wall MB, Tanner M, Kaelen M, McGonigle J, Murphy K, Leech R, Curran HV, Nutt DJ. Psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression: fMRI-measured brain mechanisms. Sci Rep. 2017, Oct 13; 7(1): 13187. PMID: 29030624
February 6, 2019 – Cancelled
February 13, 2019 – Kyle Urquhart & Julia Tobacyk
http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org/content/88/2/335.long
Thompson GL, Lane JR, Coudrat T, Sexton PM, Christopoulos A, Canals M. Biased Agonism of Endogenous Opioid Peptides at the μ-Opioid Receptor. Mol Pharmacol. 2015 Aug; 88(2): 335-46. PMID: 2601354
February 20, 2019 – Brittney Garner & David Henry
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124718315031?via%3Dihub
Chakraborty S, Galla S, Cheng X, Yeo J-Y, Mell B, Singh V, Yeoh B, Saha P, Mathew AV, Vijay-Kumar M, Joe B. Salt-Responsive Metabolite, β-Hydroxybutyrate, Attenuates Hypertension. Cell Rep. 2018 Oct 16;25(3):677-689.e4. PMID: 30332647
February 27, 2019 – Christian Cabanlong & Brittney Garner
http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org/content/88/2/368.long
Khajehali E, Malone DT, Glass M, Sexton PM, Christopoulos A, Leach K. Biased Agonism and Biased Allosteric Modulation at the CB1 Cannabinoid Receptor. Mol Pharmacol. 2015 Aug; 88(2): 368-379. PMID: 26044547
March 6, 2019 – Stephen Shrum & Kyle Urquhart
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/adb.12639
Hemby SE, McIntosh S, Leon F, Cutler SJ, McCurdy CR. Abuse liability and therapeutic potential of the Mitragyna speciosa (kratom) alkaloids mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine. Addict Biol. 2018 Jun 27. doi: 10.1111/adb.12639. PMID: 29949228
March 13, 2019 – Cancelled
March 20, 2019 – Spring Break
March 27, 2019 – Allie Davis & Stephen Shrum
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature18928
Hayakawa K, Esposito E, Wang X, Terasaki Y, Liu Y, Changhong X, Ji X, Lo EH. Transfer of mitochondria from astrocytes to neurons after stroke. Nature. 2016 Jul 28; 535(7613):551-555. PMID: 27466127
April 3, 2019 – Laura Ewing & Allie Davis
https://www.pnas.org/content/112/51/E7138.long
Wheeler DS, Underhill SM, Stolz DB, Murdoch GH, Thiels E, Romero G, Amara SG. Amphetamine activates Rho GTPase signaling to mediate dopamine transporter internalization and acute behavioral effects of amphetamine. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Dec 22; 112(51): E7138-47. PMID: 26553986
April 17, 2019 – Melissa Clemens & Christian Cabanlong
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0191299
Barry RL, Byun NE, Williams JM, Siuta MA, Tantawy MN, Speed NK, Saunders C, Galli A, Niswender KD, Avison MJ. Brief exposure to obesogenic diet disrupts brain dopamine networks. PLoS One. 2018 Apr 26;13(4):e0191299. PMID: 29698491
April 24, 2019 – Amal Shoeib & Melissa Clemens
https://www.pnas.org/content/115/50/12616.long
Milojevic S, Radicchi F, Walsh JP. Changing demographics of scientific careers: the rise of the temporary workforce. PNAS. 2018, Dec 11; 115(50): 12616-12623. PMID: 3053069
Fall 2018 Schedule
September 5, 2018 – Julia Tobacyk & Samantha McClenahan
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0269881114565144?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3Dpubmed&
Bogenschutz MP, Forcehimes AA, Pommy JA, Wilcox CE, Barbosa PC, Strassman RJ. Psilocybin-assisted treatment for alcohol dependence: a proof-of-concept study. J Psychopharmacol. 2015 Mar;29(3):289-99. doi: 10.1177/0269881114565144. Epub 2015 Jan 13. PMID: 25586396
September 12, 2018 – Chris Bolden & Lauren Russell
http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/344/3/708.long
DeWire SM, Yamashita DS, Rominger DH, Liu G, Cowan CL, Graczyk TM, Chen XT, Pitis PM, Gotchev D, Yuan C, Koblish M, Lark MW, Violin JD. A G protein-biased ligand at the μ-opioid receptor is potently analgesic with reduced gastrointestinal and respiratory dysfunction compared with morphine. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2013 Mar;344(3):708-17. doi: 10.1124/jpet.112.201616. Epub 2013 Jan 8. PMID: 23300227
September 19, 2018 – Christian Cabanlong & David Henry
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673612620893?via%3Dihub
2021-2022 Seminar Series
Seminars are held virtually on Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. Please contact Cheryl Shelton to register.
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”