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
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 6 | |||
| 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 13 | Dept. | ||
| October 20 | Dept. | Ana Rita Silva Moreira, MSc., (Mentors: Dr. Gwen Childs & Dr. Angus MacNicol) | |
| October 27 | |||
| November 3 | |||
| November 10 | |||
| November 17 | Dept. | Fabio Ntagwabira, (Mentor: Dr. Antino Allen) | Senolytics as a Therapeutic Strategy for Chemotherapy Induced Cognitive Impairment |
| November 24 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| December 29 |
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Spring 2020
| Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation |
| January 14 | CTN | Edgar Garcia-Rill, Ph.D., Director, Center for Translational Neuroscience, Dept. of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences, UAMS | ????? |
| January 28 | Darla Cathcar, Graduate student, (Mentor: Dr. Mark Mennemeier) | Neurophysiology of use of muscle contract-relax for addressing muscle spasm | |
| February 4 | Dept. | Jewel Banik, student in Dr. Angus MacNicol’s Laboratory | |
| February 11 | Dept. | Juchan Lim, student in Dr. Angus MacNicol’s Laboratory | |
| March 3 | Hanna Simpson, Mentor: Tara Johnson | ||
| May 5 | Namarta Kapil, Mentor: Tara Johnson | ||
| May 26 | Fabio Ntagwabira, (Mentor: Dr. Antino Allen) | ||
| June 30 | Dept. | Ana Rita Silva Moreira, MSc., graduate assistant (Mentor: Dr. Gwen Childs) | |
Fall 2019
| Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation |
| September 3 | Dept. | Mark Mennemeier, Ph.D., Dept. of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, UAMS | Orientation to seminar |
| September 10 | Dept. | Ashley Pike, Graduate Student Presentation, (Mentor: Dr. Paul Drew) | Cognition Dysfunction in MS: The Role of fMRI Imaging |
| September 17 | No seminar due to the Research Induction Ceremony | ||
| October 8 | Dept. | Jakeira E. Davis, B.S. in Biology (Mentor: Dr. Steven Barger) | |
| October 15 | No Seminar. See offerings instead by Department of Microbiology. Microbiology Department Speaker: October 17, 2019Dr. Sharon Milgram, Director of Office of intramural Training and Education “Alternatives to Academic Faculty Careers” | ||
| October 22 | Taylor McElroy, (Mentor: Dr. Antino Allen) | Effects of redox modifier MnTnBuOE-2-PyP on cognition and hippocampal physiology following chemotherapy | |
| October 29 | Taurean Brown, (Mentor: Dr. Antino Allen) | Cognitive Impairment Resulting from Treatment with Doxorubicin, Cyclophosphamide, and Docetaxel | |
| November 5 | CTN | Emilie Darrigue, PhD student in Applied Science, Center for Integrative Nanotechnology Sciences at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock | Nanomedecine use in 3D cancer models: case of pancreatic and brain cancers. |
| November 12 | No NBDS seminar due to a student seminar on November 14. November 14, 2019 noon: Dr. Katherine Bronson; Ph.D. Department of Biochemistry Student Seminar. Student of Dr. Angus MacNicol |
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| November 19 | No NBDS seminar due to two speakers in other departments this week. -November 20, 2019 Department of Biochemistry Seminar. Dr. Silberberg, Program Director, NINDS “Rigor and Reproducibility” Pauly Auditorium 3:00 PM. -November 21, 2019 Joint Seminar Physiology and Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences: Dr. Angela Odle, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences. 3:00 PM |
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| December 3 | Dept. | Tiffany Miles, IBS Student (Mentor: Gwen V. Childs) | Loss of Leptin Signaling: The Impact of Caloric Restriction on Neonatal and Adult Mice |
| December 10 | CTN & Dept. | Michael Lehman, Ph.D., Director of the Brain Health Research institute, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Kent State Univ. | Neuroendocrinology of Reproduction: Brain health as a window into disease |
| December 17 |
Spring 2019
| 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 |
| June 11 | Dept. | Ana Rita Silva Moreira, MSc., graduate assistant (Mentor: Dr. Gwen Childs) | Translational Regulation in Pituitary Gonadotropes: A Role for Musashi in the Crosstalk between Metabolism and Reproduction |
| August 8, Thurs |
Dept. | Tori Neidzwiedz Massey, graduate student | Role of Nuclear Receptor Agonists in Treg and Oligodendrocyte Differentiation in MS Pathogenesis |
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 |