Susan M. Barman, PhD (Host: Paul Fadel, PhD) - Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Michigan State University
"What can we learn about control of the cardiovascular system by studying rhythms in sympathetic nerve discharge?"

Dae Joong Kim, PhD (Mentor: George Davis, MD, PhD) - Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri
"Exploring the role of EB1, p150Glued and Clasp1 in vascular tube formation: critical role for microtubules and tubulin acetylation"

Jacob Brown (Mentor: Frank Booth, PhD) – Graduate Student, Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri
"Primary prevention of diet-induced obesity is associated with increased total and fat energy expenditure during voluntary running in C57BL/6N mice"

Kattesh V. Katti, M.Sc.Ed, PhD (Host: Ronald Korthuis, PhD) - Curators’ Professor of Radiology and Physics, Margaret Proctor Mulligan Distinguished Professor of Medical Research, University of Missouri
"Novel nanomedicine approaches in molecular imaging and therapy"

No Seminar - 19th Annual Cardiovascular Day 2012 (8 am - 5 pm; Reynolds Alumni Center)

Michael W. Brands, PhD (Host: Mark Milanick, PhD) – Professor and Director of Medical Physiology, Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Health Sciences University
"Insulin-mediated sodium retention: new physiology and clinical implications"

Peter Libby, MD (JO Davis Graduate Student Endowed Lectureship) – Chief of Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
"Inflammation in atherosclerosis- a translational tale?"

R. Scott Rector, PhD (Host: Paul Fadel, PhD) - Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Missouri
"Integrative approach to combat nonalcoholic fatty liver disease"

Carl Blobel, MD, PhD (Host: George Davis, MD, PhD) – Professor, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
"ADAMs: key regulators of EGFR and Notch signaling in angiogenesis"

No Seminar - Spring Break 3/23 – 3/30

Stephanie Watts, PhD (Host: Ronald Korthuis, PhD) - Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Michigan State University
"Function of intracellular amines in vascular myocytes"

Kangyang Jih (Mentor: Tzyh-Chang Hwang, MD, PhD) - Graduate Student, Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri
"A violation of strict coupling in CFTR gating- seeing is believing"

Christian Aalkjaer, MD (Host: Mike Hill, PhD) – Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Health Sciences Aarhus University
"The role anion transport in smooth muscle - HCO3- and Cl-"

No Seminar - Experimental Biology Meetings

George Osol, PhD (Host: Steven Segal, PhD) – Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Vermont College of Medicine
"Maternal uterine vascular remodeling during pregnancy: patterns, pathways and signals"

David Yue, M.D., Ph.D (Host: Tzyh-Chang Hwang, MD, PhD) – Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
"Horizons of calmodulin signaling in voltage-gated ion channels"

Srijita Dhar (Mentor: Mike Hill, PhD) - Graduate Student, Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri
"Protein modification by non-enzymatic glycation alters binding to vascular cells"