Departmental In-House Seminar Series

2021

January 22, 2021

Teaching with Tech and Active Learning: Our “Teaching Tidbits”

Lauren Liets, Ph.D.
Associate Adjunct Professor
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

John Payne, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

February 19, 2021

“Heterogeneity in Pancreatic Islets, Different and Yet the Same?”

Mark Huising, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

March 5, 2021

Colleen Clancy, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 9, 2021

"Can lymphocytes be harnessed for diagnosing and managing congestive heart failure and related diseases?"

Alla Fomina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 23, 2021

"Machinations of a hysteretic K+ channel"

Jon Sack, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 14, 2021

"Design of biologics targeting ion channels"

Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 4, 2021

"Functional selectivity at dopamine receptors"

Jennifer Whistler, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

September 17, 2021

"Allosteric activation of the spicy sensor TRPV1"

Jie Zheng, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 28, 2021

“Renewable Recombinant Antibodies for Studying Ion Channels"

James Trimmer, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 16, 2021

“Role of Lipids, Calcium, and Membrane Contact Sites in Neurodegeneration”

Eamonn Dickson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

December 7, 2021

“Lipid Regulation of Cardiac EC-coupling”

Rose Ellen Dixon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2020

September 18, 2020

"Using proteomics to determine the molecular mechanisms involved in ibuprofen related cellular dysfunction"

Aldrin Gomes, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 9, 2020

"Molecular Response of Tendon to Varying Load and Nutrition"

Keith Baar, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 23, 2020

"Molecular modeling of membrane protein - ligand interactions and their effects on heart rhythm"

Igor Vorobyov, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 20, 2020

"Signaling mechanisms underlying neural tube defects"

Laura Borodinsky, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

December 11, 2020

"Randomness, instability, and stasis in cardiac and smooth muscle physiology"

Fernando Santana, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2019

January 25, 2019

“A new year, a fresh look at pancreatic islets”

Mark Huising, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

February 22, 2019

“De novo design of biologics targeting sodium channels involved in pain signaling”

Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 15, 2019

“This is your brain on drugs”

Jennifer Whistler, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 19, 2019

"Visualizing endogenous potassium channel activity"

Jon Sack, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 17, 2019

“TRPV1 activation by vanilloids”

Jie Zheng, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 7, 2019

Martha E. O'Donnell, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 25, 2019

"Lysosomal control of neuronal excitability and dendritic spine plasticity"

Eamonn Dickson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 15, 2019

"GPCR regulated CaV1.2 channel trafficking tunes cardiac EC-coupling”

Rose Ellen Dixon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

December 6, 2019

"Potassium Channels As Organizers of Specialized Neuronal Calcium Signaling Domains"

James Trimmer, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2018

December 7, 2018

“How Cone Opsins Make Vision in Bright Daylight Possible”

Ed Pugh, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 30, 2018

“The Emerging Roles of Erythrocytes in the Regulation of Cerebral Microcirculation”

Jiandi Wan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering

October 19, 2018

“Effects of Nutrition and Loading on Tendon Structure and Function”

Keith Baar, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

September 28, 2018

“Using Proteomics to discover the pathways associated with the side effects of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)”

Aldrin Gomes, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 25, 2018

“Stochastic Assembly of Calcium Signaling Units in Muscle”

Fernando Santana, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 13, 2018

“Genetic disorders of the neuromuscular junction: diverse genes and molecular mechanisms”

Michael Ferns, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 16, 2018

“Computational physiology, biophysics and pharmacology: From the atom to the rhythm”

Colleen Clancy, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

February 23, 2018

“Environmental regulation of spinal cord development”

Laura Borodinsky, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2017

December 1, 2017

“Ion Channels and Their Specialized Membrane Domains”

James Trimmer, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 20, 2017

“The lipid trade: cholesterol transfer at ER-lysosome contact sites regulates neuronal excitability”

Eamonn Dickson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

September 15, 2017

“Ganging up to fight (or flight): β-adrenergic receptor activation promotes augmented Ca2+ channel clustering and cooperative interactions”

Rose Ellen Dixon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 2, 2017

"Structural and temporal mechanisms underlying capsaicin activation of TRPV1 ion channel"

Fan Yang, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar, Zheng Lab
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 19, 2017

“Voltage-independent Ca2+-influx affects basal Ca2+ level and regulates release of catecholamines in adrenal chromaffin cells”

Alla Fomina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

February 17, 2017

“Design of novel ion channel modulators using artificial intelligence”

Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2016

December 2, 2016

“Modulation of the neuronal K-Cl cotransporter, KCC2”

John Payne, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 4, 2016

"A Neogenic Niche within Pancreatic Islets Sustains a Lifelong Population of Virgin Beta Cells"

Mark Huising, Ph.D.
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

October 7, 2016

“Sex differences in the metabolic response to dietary macronutrients and the endocrine fibroblast growth factors”

Karen Ryan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

September 9, 2016

“Force transfer and strength in health and disease”

Keith Baar, Ph.D.
Professor in Residence
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

June 3, 2016

“Molecular basis for nicotinic AChR localization at cholinergic synapses”

Mike Ferns, Ph.D.,
Professor
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 6, 2016

“Ion transport and signaling at the blood-brain barrier: endothelial cell responses to hyperglycemia and ischemic stroke”

Nicholas Klug
Graduate Student Researcher, O’Donnell Lab
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 29, 2016

“Local control of vascular smooth muscle”

Fernando Santana, Ph.D.,
Chair and Professor
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 15, 2016

“The endothelial glycocalyx: Further investigations of structure and function, with particular emphasis on the Revised Starling Principle of fluid exchange and maintenance of plasma volume”

Roy Curry, Ph.D.,
Professor Emeritus
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 18, 2016

“Quantifying Rhodopsin in the Living Mouse Eye with EyePod Confocal Imaging”

Edward Pugh, Ph.D.,
Professor
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology
Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy

March 11, 2016

“Calcium signaling at the neuronal primary cilium”

Sangwoo Shim, Ph.D.
Project Scientist, Borodinsky lab
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

February 18, 2016

“ISG15: A double edged sword in skeletal muscle differentiation”

Aldrin Gomes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

February 12, 2016

"Red-head toxin opens a heat sensor"

Jie Zheng, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2015

February 7-11, 2015

Biophysical Meeting

February 27, 2015

“The role of the Proteasome in NSAID induced Cardiotoxicity”

Aldrin Gomes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 6, 2015

“Design of novel ion channel modulators”

Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 28 - April 1, 2015

Experimental Biology Meeting

April 3, 2015

“Why spicy means hot: structural mechanism of TRPV1 activation by capsaicin”

Fan Yang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 17, 2015

“Spatio-temporal aspects of calcium signaling in lymphocytes”

Alla Fomina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 1, 2015

“Exacerbated brain edema in diabetic ischemic stroke: what do blood brain barrier Na transporters have to do with it?"

Olga Chechneva, Ph.D.
Assistant Project Scientist

Nicholas Klug
Graduate Student Researcher

Martha E. O'Donnell, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 15, 2015

“Xenopus laevis as an animal model to study folate action in neural tube development"

Olga Balashova
Graduate Student Researcher, Borodinsky Lab

Laura Borodinsky, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 29, 2015

Edward Pugh, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 5, 2015

“A novel anti-inflammatory mechanism activated by atrial natriuretic peptide"

Fitz-Roy Curry, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 19, 2015

Michael Ferns, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

September 11, 2015

“Beacons” for imaging voltage activation of endogenous neuronal ion channels.

Jon Sack, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

September 25, 2015

“Force transfer and injury: a unified theory of muscle wasting"

Keith Baar, Ph.D.
Professor in Residence
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 9, 2015

“Nuclear Receptor Signaling in the CNS Regulation of Stress and Metabolism”

Karen Ryan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

October 17-21, 2015

Neuroscience Meeting

October 23, 2015

“Regulation of Beta Cell Fate and Function through Crosstalk in Pancreatic Islets”

Mark Huising, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior

November 6, 2015

“Dysregulation of Protein Degradation Pathways in Aging Muscles and their role in Sarcpenia”

Sue Bodine, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 20, 2015

“Voltage-gated Kv2 K+ channels and ER-plasma membrane junctions in brain neurons”

James Trimmer, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

December 4, 2015

John Payne, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2014

February 7, 2014

“TRPV1-dependent Mechanism for Flushing Side-effect of Niacin”

Linlin Ma, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar

Jie Zheng, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

February 15-19, 2014

Biophysical Meeting

February 20-21, 2014

UC Davis Cardiovascular Symposium

February 28, 2014

“mTOR-independent control of protein synthesis after resistance exercise”

Keith Baar, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 21, 2014

“Skeletal Muscle Aging and the Development of Anabolic Resistance”

Sue Bodine, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 4, 2014

“Switch in Sonic hedgehog signaling pathway during spinal cord development”

Laura Borodinsky, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 26-30, 2014

Experimental Biology meeting

May 2, 2014

“Tonic Regulation of Vascular Permeability: the roles of Sphingosine-1-phosphate, albumin, and red cells”

Roy Curry, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 16, 2014

“Molecular determinants of nicotinic AChR trafficking”

Michael Ferns, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 30, 2014

“Ischemic Stroke in the Setting of Diabetes: Neurovascular Unit Na Transporters as Therapeutic Targets”

Martha O'Donnell, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 20, 2014

“Pulling strings to tune CRAC channels”

Alla Fomina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

August 29, 2014

“Targeting ion channels for therapeutic potential of neuropsychiatric disorders”

KeWei Wang, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor
Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
Peking University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

September 19, 2014

“K-Cl Cotransport in Vertebrate Cardiomyocytes”

John Payne, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 3, 2014

NIH Grant Deadline

October 17, 2014

“Delineation of Molecular Pathways Involved in Cardiomyopathies Caused by Troponin T Mutations"

Aldrin Gomes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 31, 2014

“Statin Modulation of the Mevalonate Pathway in the Treatment of Asthma”

Amir Zeki, M.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine

November 7, 2014

“Imaging ion channel activation with tarantula toxins”

Jon Sack, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 15-19, 2014

Neuroscience Meeting

November 21, 2014

“Placental Stem Cells for Treatment of Spina Bifida"

Diana Farmer, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Chair and Professor
Department of Surgery at UC Davis

December 5, 2014

“Functional Divergence of Ion Channel Paralogs by Multisite Phosphorylation"

James Trimmer, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2013

November 1, 2013

“Rational design of novel analgesics”

Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 15, 2013

“Astrocyte - neuron signaling plasticity”

H. Rheinallt Parri, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology
School of Life and Health Sciences
Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom

2012

January 20, 2012

“Role of calcium-mediated electrical activity during nervous system and muscle development and regeneration”

Laura N. Borodinsky, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

February 3, 2012

“Understanding a genetic mouse model of plasma volume regulation: An international collaboration to investigate the action of atrial natriuretic peptide to modify vascular permeability”

Fitz-Roy Curry, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 9, 2012

“Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: assembly, trafficking and disease mechanisms”

Michael Ferns, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 16, 2012

“Ryanodine receptor in human T lymphocytes: expression and function”

Alla Fomina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 6, 2012

“Commonly used drugs and the Proteasome”

Aldrin Gomes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 18, 2012

“Engineered Tissues: Towards Understanding Physiology and Development”

Keith Baar, Ph.D.
Professor in Residence
School of Medicine
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 1, 2012

“Blood-brain Na transporters in hyperglycemic stroke”

Martha O’Donnell, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 15, 2012

“Renewing the Twilight Zone”

Randen Patterson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

September 7, 2012

“A proposal for the interdisciplinary dissection of WNT signaling”

Randen Patterson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

September 21, 2012

“Voltage-dependent adhesion to K+ channels via chemically reactive tarantula toxin”

Jon Sack, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 5, 2012

“Dynamic regulation of axonal ion channel localization”

James Trimmer, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2011

February 8, 2011

“Structural Basis for Gating Charge Movement in the Voltage Sensor of a Sodium Channel”

Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

February 22, 2011

“Exploiting potassium channel conformational change”

Jon Sack, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 8, 2011

“Diet-Induced Obesity and the Regulation of Muscle Mass”

Sue Bodine, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 22, 2011

“Role of calcium-mediated signaling during nervous system development”

Laura N. Borodinsky, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 12, 2011

“Adaptive blasting – Bringing the computer to the bench”

Randen Patterson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 26, 2011

“The regulation of vascular permeability: a novel interaction of sphingosine-1-phosphate and red cells”

Fitz-Roy Curry, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 10, 2011

“Disorders affecting the development and maintenance of the neuromuscular junction”

Michael Ferns, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 13, 2011

“Relative importance of CFTR and Ca-activated Cl channels in fluid secretion from human airway mucous glands”

Jonathan Widdicombe, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 24, 2011

“Ryanodine receptors in T lymphocytes: expression and function”

Alla Fomina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 25, 2011

“Regulation of Muscle Size by MuRF1 and MAFbx”

Sue Bodine, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 14, 2011

“Proteasome Dysfunction in Cardiomyopathies”

Aldrin Gomes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 28, 2011

“Ain't Misbehavin': Disorder and Promiscuity in Myosin Binding Protein-C”

Samantha Harris, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

September 27, 2011

Martha O’Donnell, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 11, 2011

“K-CI Cotransport in Vertebrate Cardiac Myocytes”

John Payne, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 25, 2011

“Engineered Tissues: Towards Understanding Physiology and Development”

Keith Baar, Ph.D.
Professor in Residence
School of Medicine
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 25, 2011

“Rod photoreceptor single-photon responses: a molecular theory that matches the facts”

Edward Pugh, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 8, 2011

“Capsaicin - the fire on the tongue”

Jie Zheng, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 22, 2011

“C1 secretion by cultures of airway gland epithelium”

Jonathan Widdicombe, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

December 13, 2011

“Dynamic regulation of ion channels by phosphorylation”

Jim Trimmer, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2010

May 13, 2010

“Relative importance of CFTR and Ca-activated Cl channels in fluid secretion from human airway mucous glands”

Jonathan Widdicombe, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 25, 2010

“Regulation of Muscle Size by MuRF1 and MAFbx”

Sue Bodine, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2009

January 30, 2009

“Orchestration Of Nervous System Development By Calcium-Dependent Activity”

Laura N. Borodinsky, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 19, 2009

"Physiological regulation of microcirculation in genetically modified mice"

Fitz-Roy Curry, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 10, 2009

Michael Ferns, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 24, 2009

"Mechanisms regulating Ca²⁺ store refilling in human T lymphocytes"

Alla Fomina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 15, 2009

Martha O’Donnell, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 29, 2009

John Payne, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 5, 2009

Martha O’Donnell, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 12, 2009

James A. Trimmer, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 26, 2009

Jonathan Widdicombe, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

July 17, 2009

Jie Zheng, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 13, 2009

Martha O’Donnell, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 27, 2009

Jonathan Widdicombe, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 10, 2009

Jie Zheng, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2008

January 4, 2008

Jim Trimmer, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

January 24, 2008

Peter Cala, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

January 25, 2008

“NHE1 Structure-Function Correlates”

Peter M. Cala, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

February 15, 2008

"Inflammation and Chronic Disease"

Roy-Fitz Curry, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology
Associate Dean, Research

March 7, 2008

Michael Ferns, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 21, 2008

Alla Fomina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 18, 2008

James A. Trimmer, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 9, 2008

Crina Nimigean, Ph.D.
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 9, 2008

Michael Ferns, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 23, 2008

Martha O’Donnell, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 6, 2008

John Payne, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 27, 2008

Jonathan Widdicombe, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

July 11, 2008

Jie Zheng, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

September 26, 2008

“Acid-sensing Ion Channels in Oligodendrocyte Lineage Cells”

Daniel H. Feldman, Ph.D.
Institute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine
Shriners Hospital for Children

October 10, 2008

“Intracellular Na and the Na/K Pump in the Heart; Implications for Intracellular Ca and Contractility"

Sanda Despa, Ph.D.
School of Medicine
Department of Pharmacology

October 31, 2008

“Oligodendroglial lineage ionotropic glutamate receptors: disease relevance, and search for a function"

David Pleasure, Ph.D.
School of Medicine
Department of Neurology

December 12, 2008

Peter Cala, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2007

January 25, 2007

Peter M. Cala, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

February 15, 2007

Fitz-Roy Curry, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 7, 2007

Michael Ferns, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 21, 2007

Alla Fomina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 18, 2007

Jim Trimmer, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 9, 2007

Crina Nimigean, Ph.D.
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 23, 2007

Martha O'Donnell, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 25, 2007

“Bicarbonate Transport Across Oxiductal Epithelium”

Madhumitha Rajogopal
Graduate Student Researcher
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 6, 2007

John A. Payne, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 22, 2007

“The Trp And Clc Channels”

Jie Zheng, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 27, 2007

Jonathan Widdicombe, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

July 11, 2007

Jie Zheng, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 19, 2007

“Early Calcium-Dependent Neuronal Activity And Its Role During Nervous System”

Laura N. Borodinsky, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 16, 2007

“Myosin Binding Protein-C: A Novel Regulator of Cardiac Contraction Through Thick and Thin”

Samantha Harris, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology