Seminars

Sung W. Rhee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at UAMS will present "Long-acting gene therapy for hypertension: targeted delivery of a K+ channel gene to the vasculature" on February 18, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. in the Rayford Auditorium.

Fang Zheng, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at UAMS will present "The role of canonical transient receptor potential channels in excitotoxicity" on February 4, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. in the Rayford Auditorium.

Katharine Whitney, Interdisciplinary Toxicology Graduate Student, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at UAMS will present "A Lifespan Study of Working Memory in the Ts65Dn Mouse Model of Down Syndrome" on January 28, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. in the Rayford Auditorium.

Eric Peterson, Ph.D., Instructuor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at UAMS will present "Antibody-Nanoparticle Conjugates for the Treatment of Methamphetamine Abuse" on January 21, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. in the Rayford Auditorium.

Swapnil Sonkusare, M.S., Pharmacology Graduate Student, will present "Upregulation of Vascular L-type Calcium Channels in Hypertension: Role of Beta Subunits" on January 14, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. in the Rayford Auditorium.

Biny Joseph, M.S., Interdisciplinary Toxicology Graduate Student, will present "Loss of K+ Channels in the Cerebral Circulation of Hypertensive Rats: Membrane-Associated Proteins and Myogenic Tone" on January 7, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. in the Rayford Auditorium.

John Lipscomb, Ph.D., Toxicologist, National Center for Enviromental Assessment, Cincinnati, OH, will present "Why Enzyme Differences Might Not Alter Tissue Distributions of Toxicants: A Risk Assessment Application" on December 17, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. in the Rayford Auditorium.

Kathryn Seely, Interdisciplinary Toxicology Graduate Student, will present a seminar entitled "Marijuana, Red Wine, and Curry: A Pharmacological Relationship Between Cannabinoids, Resveratrol, and Curcumin" December 10, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. in the Rayford Auditorium.

Victoria Korovkina, M.D., Associate, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, presents "Maxi-K Channels: The Role in Pre-term Labor and Breast Cancer" on December 3, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. in the Rayford Auditorium.

Gunnar Boysen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, UAMS, presents “Biomarkers and the Importance of Enzyme Activity in Exposure Monitoring” on November 19, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. in the Rayford Auditorium.

Martha E. Stokely, Ph.D. will present “Logistics: Controlling Degeneration and Regeneration in the Nervous System” on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. in the Biomedical Research Building II, Rayford Auditorium, Room 106-2.