Seminars: Rayford Auditorium Room 106-2, Biomedical Research Building II
Graduate Journal Club: 4th Floor Conf. Room, Biomedical Res. Building II Tuesdays, 12:00-1:00 PM unless otherwise noted.
To schedule seminars, please contact Dr. Abdallah Hayar amhayar@uams.edu, Tel. 686-6362
Spring 2019
April 16
| Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation |
| February 12 | CTN | Veronica Bisagno, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Not all stimulants are the same: histone acetylation and deacetylation in the cortex |
| March 13, Wed. 3:00 pm, Rahn Bldg, Rm 2/280 | Dept. Faculty Candidate | Jaime Hinojosa, M.S., M.D., Assistant Prof. of Clinical Anatomy, DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, Lincoln Memorial University |
The Future of Clinical Anatomy in Early Medical Education: Bridging the Gap |
| March 27, Wed. 12:00 pm, Rahn Bldg, Rm 3/204 | Dept. Faculty Candidate | Ellen Robertson, Ph.D., Dept. of Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences, The University of Mississippi Medical Center | The Anatomy Pipeline: From Classroom to Clinic |
| March 29, Fri. 12:00 pm, Rahn Bldg, Rm 3/280 |
Dept. Faculty Candidate | Edgar R. Meyer, Ph.D., Dept. Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences, The University of Mississippi Medical Center | Virtual 3D Anatomy: The Optimism and Skepticism in Using Stereopsis |
| April 2, Tues. noon, Biomed II, Rayford Audit | CTN | Francisco Urbano, Ph.D., Univ. of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Neuroepigenetics of arousal: F-actin control gamma oscillations in the pedunculopontine nucleus |
| April 2, Tues. 3:00 pm, Rahn Bldg, Rm 1/202 |
Dept. Faculty Candidate | Sutton Williams, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences, The University of Mississippi Medical Center | Educational Research in Anatomy Education |
| April 23 | Dept. | Gwen Childs, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Dept. of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, UAMS | Immunocytochemistry: Challenging paradigms to illuminate new discoveries in the pituitary |
| April 30, Rahn Bldg, Rm G/226 | Dept. Faculty Candidate | Sonya Van Nuland, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow, Department of Anatomy, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and Science, Scottsdale, AZ | Are E-Learning Tools the Answer? A comparison of e-learning tools with traditional kinesthetic tactile learning approaches in the anatomical sciences |
| May 7 | Ph.D. Candidate | Jakeira E. Davis, B.S. in Biology (Mentor: Dr. Steven Barger) | Glucose Utilization In Alzheimer’s Disease |
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Archive
Fall 2018
| Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation |
| August 21 | Dept. | Derek A. Hamilton, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico | Neural Bases of Deficits in Behavioral Flexibility and Memory Associated with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure |
| September 12 (Wednesday at noon) | Joint Seminar with Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Ania Wilczynska, Associate Scientist, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Switchback Rd, Bearsden, Glasgow G61 1BD, UK | DEAD-box proteins and translational control: the code beyond the codon |
| September 25 | CTN | Gwen Marchand, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas College of Education | Evaluation of Centers and Institutes: Emerging Trends and Methods |
| October 2 | CTN | Edgar Garcia-Rill, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, UAMS | Reproducibility, transparency, and rigor in science |
| November 13 | Dept. | Jakeira Davis (qualifying exam) (Mentor: Dr. Steven Barger) |
Spring 2018
Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation |
| February 8, Thurs, 3:00 pm, Rayford Audit. | Joint seminar with Physiology & Biophysics | Wilson K. Clements, Ph.D., Assistant Member, Dept. of Hematology, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital | Using Zebrafish to Investigate Developmental and Disease Hematopoiesis |
| March 13 | CTN | Francisco Urbano, PhD, Univ. of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Neuroepigenetics of gamma oscillations in the pedunculopontine nucleus |
| March 27 | CTN | Jaideep Kapur, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Neurology & Director of UVA Brain Institute, Univ. of Virginia | Mechanisms and Treatment of Status Epilepticus |
| April 20 (Friday at 1:00 pm) | Dept. | Rachel Hendrix (Graduate student dissertation seminar, Mentor: Dr. Steven Barger) | The amyloid-beta protein in Alzheimer’s disease contributes to impairments in glucose regulation |
Fall 2017
Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation |
| November 21 | CTN | Merle G. Paule, Ph.D., A.T.S., Director, Division of Neurotoxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research US FDA, Jefferson, Arkansas | Neurotoxicological Research at the FDA’s National Center for Toxicological Research |
| November 28 | CTN | Aliza Brown, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor, Dept. of Radiology, UAMS | Decreasing Mortality One App at a Time |
| December 5 | CTN | Whit Hall, M.D., Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, UAMS | Telehealth for Children: The Rural-Urban Gap |
Spring 2017
| Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation |
| January 10 | Dept. | Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., Instructor, Neurosurgical Oncology, City of Hope National Medical Center | Immunotherapy and the Tumor microenvironment in GBM |
| March 9 9:00am |
Dept. | Ben Lovely, Ph.D., Molecular Biosciences, Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, University of Texas at Austin | Gene – ethanol interactions and their impact on craniofacial development |
| March 14 | CTN | In-Hyun Park, Ph.D., Associate Prof. of Genetics and Associate Prof. in the Child Study Center, Yale Stem Cell Center | Reprogramming and its application in Rett syndrome |
| May 18 Thurs. 9:00am |
Dept. | Thomas Groves (Student seminar; Mentor: Dr. Antino Allen) | 5-Fluorouracil chemotherapy upregulates cytokines and alters hippocampal dendritic complexity in aged mice |
| May 30 | Dept. | Rachel Hendrix (Student seminar; Mentor: Dr. Steven Barger) | Dysregulation of blood glucose levels by the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in a model of Alzheimer’s disease |
| July 11 | Dept. | Darla Cathcart (Student seminar; Mentor: Dr. Mark Mennemeier) | Genito-Pelvic Pain/Penetration Disorder: Review of the Condition, Anatomy, and Potential for tDCS Augmentative Intervention |