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
Get information on previous seminars 2006 – 2016.
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 |
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| April 10 | No seminar – room not available | ||
| April 17 | |||
| 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 |
| April 24 | |||
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| May 29 |
Archive
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 |
| December 12 | |||
| December 26 |
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 developmen |
| 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 |