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Omar N. Al Yacoub, Pharmaceutical SciencesAl Yacoub Defense Photo

THE N/OFQ-NOP RECEPTOR SYSTEM: A POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC TARGET FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

Date and Time: June 9th, 2023, 9:00 AM CST, Location: College of Pharmacy Building, CPB 101

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Kelly M. Standifer, PhD (Committee Chair); Hibah O. Awwad, PhD; Anna Csiszar, MD, PhD; Rheal A. Towner, PhD; Amanda L. Sharpe, PhD

 

Kevin Thomas, Pathology

Molecular Characterization of Heterogeneity of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Date and Time: May 23rd, 2023, 1:00 PM, Location: Hensley Library, BMSB 433

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Judith James, MD, PhD; Joel Guthridge, PhD; Joe Zhao, PhD; Asish Ghosh, PhD; Matlock Jeffries, MD

 

 

Vasileios Morkotinis, Cell Biology 

Mechanisms of intestine remodeling and regeneration in the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea

Date and Time: Thursday, May 4th, 2023, 2:00 - 3:00 PM, Location: Biomedical Research Center (BRC), Room 109 and Zoom

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: David J. Forsthoefel, Ph.D., Chair; Shannon Conley, Ph.D.; Patrick Gaffney, M.D.; Courtney Griffin, Ph.D.; Eric Howard, Ph.D.; Lorin Olson, Ph.D.

 

 

Wentao Liang, Physiology  

Pathogenic Mechanisms of Diabetic Keratopathy

Date and Time: Friday May 5th, 2023, 2:00 - 3:00 PM, Location: Biomedical Research Center (BRC), Room 109 and Zoom 

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Jian-Xing Ma, M.D., Ph.D., Chair; Jiyang Cai, Ph.D., Co-Chair; Dimitrios Karamichos, Ph.D.; Michelle Callegan, Ph.D.; Raju Rajala, Ph.D.; Shaoning Jiang, Ph.D.

 

 

Destiny Simpson, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 

RAG2 Noncore Domain Regulates Localization, Enzyme Activity, and Chromatin Interactions of the V(D)J Recombinase

Date and Time: May 3rd, 2023, 2:00 - 3:00 PM, Location: Biomedical Research Center (BRC), Room 109 and Zoom

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Karla Rodgers, PhD; Paul DeAngelis, PhD; Christopher Sansam, PhD; Mark Lang, PhD; William Rodgers, PhD; Guangpu Li, PhD

 

 

Nicole Lee Eliason, Pharmaceutical Sciences  

HYPOTHALAMIC ASTROCYTES EXPRESSING MELANOCORTIN-4 RECEPTORS REGULATE INFLAMMATION AND BODY WEIGHT HOMEOSTASIS

Date and Time: April 27th, 2023, 1:00 PM, Location: College of Pharmacy Building, CPB 101 and Zoom

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Dr. Amanda Sharpe, Dr. Kelly Standifer, Dr. Michael Ihnat, Dr. Ann Louise Olson, Dr. Bill Freeman

 

 

Ruhul Kayesh, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Regulation of Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptide (OATP) 1B1 and OATP1B3 by Competitive Inhibition and Post-translational Modifications

Date and Time: April 26th, 2023, 12:00 PM, Location: College of Pharmacy Building, CPB 101

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Wei Yue, PhD (Committee Chair); Nathan Shankar, PhD; Michael Ihnat, PhD; Lucila Garcia-Contreras; PhD; Jie Wu, PhD.

 

Michael Chacko, Radiolocial Sciences 

Application of Computed Tomography and Machine Learning Techniques to Improve Proton Stopping Power Estimation for Radiation Therapy

Date and Time: April 26th, 2023, 2:00 PM, Location: Garrison Tower, Suite 3G3210 Room 3211

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: J.R. Sonnad, Ph.D., Dee Wu, Ph.D., Salahuddin Ahmad, Ph.D., Raman Rana, Ph.D., Hong Liu, Ph.D.

 

 

Araya Dimtsu Assfaw, Public Health - Health Promotion Sciences

IDENTIFYING UNMET NEEDS AND CHALLENGES OF INFORMAL CAREGIVERS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA (PLWD)

Date and Time: Wednesday, April 26th, 2023, 2:00 PM, Location: Hudson College of Public Health Building 1st floor Room 144 and Zoom

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Kerstin M. Reinschmidt PhD, MPH (Committee Chair); Thomas A.Teasdale, DrPH; Lancer Stephens, PHD; Keith L. Kleszynski, PhD; Kathleen Dwyer, PhD, RN

 

 

Ami E. Sedani, Epidemiology 

Understanding Emerging Issues in Lung Cancer Prevention Strategies

Date and Time: April 17, 2023, 8:00 AM, Location: Hudson College of Public Health (CHB) Room 144 or Zoom 

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Janis E. Campbell, Ph.D. (chair), Laura A. Beebe, Ph.D., Jennifer D. Peck, Ph.D.,  Summer G. Frank-Pearce, Ph.D., Ann F. Chou, Ph.D. 

 

 

Amy Kennedy, Pathology  

Mechanism of SHetA2 in Cervical Cancer

Date and Time: Monday, April 17th, 2023 3:00 P.M. Location: Bird Library Auditorium (LIB299) and Zoom

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Doris Benbrook, PhD (Committee Chair); Bethany Hannafon, PhD, Asish Ghosh, PhD, Anna Csiszar, PhD, Wei-Qun Ding, PhD

 

 

Rachel McNamar, Cell Biology  

Identifying Components of the Mammalian RNA Polymerase I Apparatus Required for rDNA Transcription

Date and Time: Monday, April 17th, 2023 3:00 - 4:00 P.M.. Location: Biomedical Research Center (BRC), Room 109

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Lawrence I. Rothblum, Ph.D., Chair; Gary Gorbsky, Ph.D.; Ralf Janknecht, Ph.D.; Christopher Sansam, Ph.D.; Augen Pioszak, Ph.D..

 

 

Huiping Shi, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

ROLES OF VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR IN SICKLE CELL DISEASE

Date and Time: March 21st, 2023 10:00 A.M. Location: Bird Library Auditorium and Zoom

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Lijun Xia, MD, PhD (Committee Chair); Ann Louise Olson, PhD; Paul L. DeAngelis, PhD; Archana Unnikrishnan, PhD; Xin Zhang, MD, PhD

 

 

Katarzyna Zyla-Jackson, Cell Biology

METABOLIC INTERVENTIONS FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Date and Time: February 10th, 2023, 10:00am Location: Biomedical Research Center (BRC) 109 and Zoom

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Scott M Plafker, PhD, Shannon M Conley, PhD, Susan Kovats, PhD, John Kimble Frazer, MD, PhD, Kenneth M Humphries, PhD, David M Sherry, PhD

 

 

Leena Almasri, Nursing

INNATE IMMUNE RESPONSE IN OLDER ADULTS WITH DIABETES WHO LIVE IN NURSING HOMES IN OKLAHOMA

Date and Time: December 16th, 2022, 12:00 PM, Location: CON Rm. 130

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE:   Emily J. Jones PhD, RNC-OB, Chair; Barbara Carlson PhD, RN; Diana L. Sturdevant PhD, GCNS-BC, APRN; Summer G. Frank-Pearce, Jonea Lim UM, MD

 

 

Robert S. Fogle, III, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Design and Development of Atypical Steroidal Scaffolds Targeting Oxysterol Binding Protein

Date and Time: December 15th, 2022, 10:00 AM, Location: COP Rm. 339 and Zoom

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Anthony Burgett, Ph.D., Vibhudutta Awasthi, Ph.D., Hariprasad Gali, Ph.D., Aditya Joshi, Ph.D., Priyabrata Mukherjee, Ph.D.

 

 

Walker Hoolehan, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Updating the Definition of V(D)J Recombination Signal Sequences with High-Throughput Recombination Assays

Date and Time: 14th December, 2022, 3:30 pm, Location: Bird Library Auditorium (LIB299) and Zoom 

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Karla Rodgers, PhD (Committee Chair); Sanjay Bidichandani, MBBS, PhD; Paul DeAngelis, PhD; Franklin Hays, PhD; Jonathan Wren, PhD; Madeleine Cunningham, PhD

 

 

Jordan (Jordi) DelFavero, Physiology

AGE-DEPENDENT ACCUMULATION OF SENESCENT CELLS AND THEIR IMPACT ON CEREBRALVASCULAR HEALTH AND COGNITION

Date and Time: December 14th, 2022, 3:00 pm, Location: Biomedical Research Center (BRC) 109 and Zoom 

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Anna Csiszar MD, Ph.D.; Shannon Conley, Ph.D.; Robert Foreman, Ph.D.; Andrei Belousov, Ph.D.; Xin Zhang, Ph.D.; Mike Ihnat, Ph.D.; Michael Wenger, Ph.D.; and Michael Elliott, Ph.D.

 

 

Jonathan D. Day, Rehabilitation Sciences

NON-INVASIVE METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING PROGRESS OF HEALING AFTER TRANSTIBIAL AMPUTATION: A PILOT STUDY

Date and Time: Friday, December 9, 2022 at 8:00 AM, Location: AHB 2058, TUL 2D15, and Zoom

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE:   Shirley James, Ph.D., Hongwu Wang, Ph.D., Carrie Ciro, Ph.D., William J.J. Ertl, M.D., Elizabeth Hile, Ph.D., Andriy Yabluchanskiy, M.D., Ph.D., Daniel Zhao, Ph.D.

 

 

Hunter Porter, Neuroscience

USING COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS TO UNDERSTAND DNA METHYLATION IN AGING AND AGE-RELATED DISEASE

Date and Time: December 9th, 2022, 1:00 PM, Location: Biomedical Research Center (BRC) Room 109 and Zoom 

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Jonathan D. Wren, Willard M. Freeman, Arlan Richardson, Benjamin F. Miller, and Michael B. Stout

 

 

Zitha Redempta Isingizwe, Pharmaceutical Sciences

MODELING AND INTERVENING IN PATHOLOGIC INTERACTIONS OF PLATELETS AND OVARIAN CANCER

Date and Time: December 7, 2022, 3:00 PM, Location: Biomedical Research Center, Room 109

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Doris M. Benbrook, PhD (Chair), Randle Gallucci, PhD , Lucila Garcia-Contreras, PhD, Wei-Qun Ding, PhD, Michael Ihnat, PhD and Anil K. Sood, MD

 

 

Fiifi Neizer-Ashun, Cell Biology

Elucidating the Unknown Biology of the Lysine Rich Coiled-Coil 1 (KRCC1): A Novel Target in Cancer

Date and Time: December 5th, 2022, 10:00 AM

Location: Biomedical Research Center (BRC), Room 109 and Zoom

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Resham Bhattacharya, Ph.D., Chair; Leonidas Tsiokas, Ph.D.; Courtney Griffin, Ph.D.; Julio Morales, Ph.D.; Wei-Qun Ding, Ph.D.

 

 

Sherri Longobardi, Microbiology & Immunology

Shared Autoantibody Specificities in Sjögren’s Syndrome Patients

Date and Time: November 28th, 2022, 2:00pm, Location: BRC 109 and Zoom

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: A. Darise Farris, Ph.D., Michelle Callegan, Ph.D., Madeleine Cunningham, Ph.D., William Hildebrand, Ph.D., David Sherry, Ph.D.

 

 

Xiang (Eric) Ma, Physiology

THE ROLE OF VERY LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR IN AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION

Date and Time: November 11, 2022, 9:00 a.m. CDT, Location: Biomedical Research Center (BRC), Room 109 and Zoom

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Jian-Xing Ma, M.D., Ph.D. Chair, Michael H. Elliott, Ph.D. Co-Chair, Jiyang Cai, Ph.D., Xin Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., Courtney T. Griffin, Ph.D., Lijun Xia, M.D., Ph.D.

 

 

 

Yuan Sui, Pathology

DUAL FUNCTION OF DNPH1 IN MELANOMA

Date and Time: November 02, 2022, 2:00 - 4:00 PM, Location: BMSB 433 (Pathology Hensley Library) and Zoom

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Ralf Janknecht, Ph.D., Zhizhuang Joe Zhao, Ph.D., Wei-Qun Ding, Ph.D., Maria J. Ruiz-Echevarria, Ph.D., Asish K. Ghosh, Ph.D., Lawrence Rothblum, Ph.D.

 

 

Yeboah Kofi Gyening, Cell Biology

Deciphering Mutant ELOVL4 Activity in Different Disease Phenotypes

Date and Time: Thursday September 8th, 2022 at 10am, Location: Biomedical Research Center (BRC), Room 109 and Zoom (details attached)

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Martin-Paul Agbaga, Ph.D., Chair; Robert E. Anderson, M.D., Ph.D.; Scott Plafker., Ph.D.; David Sherry., Ph.D.; Xi-Qin Ding, Ph.D.; Michael H. Elliott., Ph.D.

 

 

 

 

Chetan Ahire, Pathology

PHARMACOLOGICAL DEPLETION OF SENESCENT ENDOTHELIAL CELLS RESCUES VASCULAR FUNCTION, PREVENTING CHEMOBRAIN IN PACLITAXEL-TREATED MICE

Date and Time: Wednesday, September 21st, 2022 at 10 a.m., Location: Bird Library Auditorium, Room 299

Committee in Charge: Anna Csiszar, M.D., Ph.D., Doris Benbrook, Ph.D.,  Shannon Conley, Ph.D., Asish Ghosh, Ph.D., Priyabrata Mukherjee, Ph.D.

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