Physiology Seminar Schedule

	Upcoming Seminars 2007
	September 5th
	40 Years' Study on Acvupuncture Mechanisms: Emphasis on Pain and Drug Abuse Ji-Sheng Han, MD, Professor & Director of the Neuroscience Research Institute Peking University
	September 6th
	Role of AMP-activated Protein Kinase in the Age-related Loss of Overload-induced Fast-twitch Skeletal Muscle Growth Scott Gordon, Ph.D., Associate Professor Exercise and Sport Science College of Health and Human Performance East Carolina University
	September 20th
	Protein Acylation Regulates the Function of CD44 as an Endocytosis Receptor for Hyaluronan Warren Knudson, Ph.D., Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy Brody School of Medicine East Carolina University
	October 4th
	TBA Brian Annex, M.D. Professor of Cardiology DukeUniversity School of Medicine Durham, NC
	October 18th
	MiRNA Biosynthetic Pathway in Peripheral Nerve Axons Alexander K. Murashov, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Physiology Brody School of Medicine East Carolina University
	November 1st
	Particulate Matter in Cigarette Smoke Disrupts Normal Iron Homeostasis Producing an Oxidative Stress and Inflammation Andy Giho, Ph.D. US EPA Research Triangle Park, NC
	November 15th
	Nanomaterials in Tissue Engineering Benjamin S. Harrison, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Wake Forest University Health Sciences Institute for Regenerative Medicine Winston-Salem, NC
	December 6th
	Skeletal Muscle GLUT4 Gene Regulation by Exercise and Fatty Acids Terry Jones, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Physical Therapy, School of Allied Health East Carolina University
	December 20th
	Post Transcriptional Control of Gene Expression: Lessons for Differentiation and Drug Discovery Maria Ruiz-Echevarria, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Brody School of Medicine East Carolina University
	January 17th
	mRNA Traffic, Local Translation and Fragile X Syndrome Gary J. Bassell, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Neurology Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta,GA
	April 12
	Role of Circadium Clock Genes in the Heart Martin Young, D. Phil., Assistant Professor Baylor College of Medicine, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Houston, Texas
	April 26
	Myocardial Caveolin Modulates the Cardiac Baroreflex Abdel Abdel-Rhaman, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, East Carolina University
	May 7
	Special Seminar Role of the CNS in Cardiovascular Response to Variability to Stress Mark Knuepfer, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Science, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
	May 10
	Targeting the Links Between Aging, Cardiovascular Disease and Sexual Dysfunction: Impact of Diet, Exercise and Antihypertensive Drug Therapy Michel Adams, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario
	May 24
	Cellular Mechanism of Tolerance to Opioids David Taylor, Ph.D., Professor and Chairman, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, East Carolina University
	Past Seminars 2005 - 2007

	March 22
	It was NO then and it is NO now, My Experiences With Nitric Oxide Chris Reilly, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair for Physiology, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA
	March 8
	Systemic Microvascular Consequences of Pulmonary Ultrafine Particulate Exposure Tim Nurkiewicz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Neurobiology and Anatomy Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Cardiovascular Sciences, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
	February 22
	Mechanisms Controlling Stem Cell Differentiation Nadia Malouf-Anderson, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pathology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
	January 11
	Plasticity in Motor Cortical Control of Voluntary Movement in Humans Tibor Hortobagyi, Ph.D., Professor, Director of Biomechanics Laboratory, Exercise and Sports Science Department, East Carolina University
	December 14
	Genetic Mutations and Inner Ear Dysfunction Sherri M. Jones, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, School of Allied Health, East Carolina University
	November 30
	Calcium-induced Calcium Sensitization of Arterial Smooth Muscle Force Maintenance Paul Ratz, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond VA
	November 9

	The Making of a Heartbeat: NCX1, Background Conductances and Automaticity in Developing Heart Tony Creazzo Ph.D., Associate Professor, Pediatrics/Neonatology Division, Neonatal/Perinatal Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
	October 26

	Regulating Localized Protein Synthesis in Axons - How and Why Jeff Twiss, MD., PhD. Head, Neuroscience Research Lab, Nemours Biomedical Research, Alfred I DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware
	September 28

	Ethical Issues in Publication Robert Carroll, Ph.D., Department of Physiology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, School of Medicine
	September 14
	The CaM-Kinases as Novel Targets for Cancer Therapy Richard Franklin, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, East Carolina University
	August 31
	Factors Governing Mitochondrial ROS Emission in Skeletal Muscle Darrell Neufer, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Exercise and Sports Science Department, Human Performance Laboratory, East Carolina University
	August 16
	Medullary Serotonin in the Sleeping Piglet - Implications for the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Justin Brown, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, James Madison University
	September 22
	Poxvirus virulence and regulation of immunity Rachel Roper, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Brody School of Medicine at ECU.
	October 13

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