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. Mark Mennemeier MSMennemeier@uams.edu and Dr. Abdallah Hayar amhayar@uams.edu, Tel. 501-686-6362
Spring 2021
Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation |
January 12 | |||
January 19 | |||
January 26 | |||
February 2 | |||
February 9 | |||
February 16 | |||
February 23 | |||
March 2 | Merideth Addicott, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, UAMS | The role of the insula in tobacco addiction | |
March 9 | |||
March 16 | |||
March 23 | |||
March 30 | Dept. | Cathy Morton, Ed.D., Director of the Health Sciences and Technology Academy (HSTA) at West Virginia University | |
April 6 | |||
April 13 | |||
April 20 | |||
April 27 | |||
May 4 | |||
May 11 | |||
May 18 | |||
May 25 | |||
June 1 | |||
June 8 | |||
June 15 | Dept. | Taurean Brown, (Mentor: Dr. Antino Allen) | Investigating the impact of Docetaxel, Doxorubicin, and Cyclophosphamide (TAC) induced inflammation on cognitive impairment |
June 22 | |||
June 29 | |||
July 6 | |||
July 13 | |||
July 20 | |||
July 27 |
Previous Seminars
Fall 2020
Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation |
August 25, Tue, 2:00 pm | Dept. | Tiffany K. Miles, (Mentor: Dr. Gwen Childs), Zoom Link, Meeting ID: 933 9263 9621, Passcode: 625617 | Loss of Leptin Signaling: The Impact of Caloric Restriction on Neonatal and Adult Mice |
September 11 Fri, 2:00 pm |
Dept. | Hannah Simpson, B.S., (Master’s Thesis Defense, Mentor: Dr. Tara Johnson), Zoom Link, Meeting ID: 934 2182 0879 | Constructing and validating a biofidelic infant neurological exam model to train pediatric residents |
October 8, Thu, noon |
Dept. of Biochemistry | Katherine Bronson, (Mentor: Dr. Angus Macnicol), Zoom Link. | Protein: protein interactions and the control of Musashi function |
October 20 | Dept. | Ana Rita Silva Moreira, MSc., (Mentors: Dr. Gwen Childs & Dr. Angus MacNicol) | |
October 29 Thu, 4 pm |
Dept. | Darla Cathcart, DPT, PhD candidate, Dissertation Defense, (Mentor: Dr. Mark Mennemeier), Zoom Link. | Neurophysiological Augmentation of a Behavioral Intervention for Vaginismus |
November 17 | Dept. | Fabio Ntagwabira, (Mentor: Dr. Antino Allen) | Senolytics as a Therapeutic Strategy for Chemotherapy Induced Cognitive Impairment |
December 1 | Dept. | Namarta Kapil, (Candidacy exam; Mentor: Dr. Tara Johnson) | Quantification of the General Movement Assessment to Improve Upon Early Detection and Treatment of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Infants |
December 8 | Dept. | Jewel Banik, (Mentor: Dr. Angus MacNicol) | |
December 15 | Dept. | Alexa Escapita, (Candidacy exam; Mentor: Dr. Tara Johnson) | Implementation of developmental biomarkers to detect the cortical motor pathways in children with Congenital Heart Disease |
December 22 |