Medical Pharmacology and Physiology seminars are held 12-1 p.m. Tuesdays.

For the Fall 2024 semester, seminars will be either in-person or via Zoom but not both.

In-person seminars will be held in Acuff Auditorium, MA217 Medical Science Building.

Fall 2024 Seminar Dates and Speakers

August 2024

August 20

  • Scott Zawieja, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri. “Lymphatic Muscle Cells: Setting the Pace for Lymph Return”

August 27

  • Richard Sherwood, PhD, Professor, Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, University of Missouri. Guest of Luis Polo-Parada, PhD. " A Soap Manufacturer, a Rubber Tycoon, and a Paleontologist Walk into a Bar: A History of Craniofacial Growth Research"

September 2024

September 10

  • Koyal Garg, PhD, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, St. Louis University. Guest of Steven Segal, PhD. “Biomaterial Interventions to Promote Muscle Regeneration and Reinnervation Post-trauma”

September 17

  • Lori O'Brien, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina. Guest of Adebowale Adebiyi, PhD. “Building the Kidney Neurovascular Network: Implications for Development and Disease”

September 24

  • Oleg Palygin, MSc, PhD, FAHA, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell biology, Medical University of South Carolina. Guest of Adebowale Adebiyi, PhD. "PAR1-mediated Non-periodical Synchronized Calcium Oscillations in Human Mesangial Cells"

October 2024

October 1

  • Nikki Jernigan, PhD, Professor, Cell Biology & Physiology, University of New Mexico. Guest of Charles Norton, PhD "Acid-sensing Ion Channels"

October 8

  • Olga Glinskii, MD, Associate Research Professor, Department of Medical Pharmacology & Physiology, University of Missouri. "Meningeal Blood and Lymphatic Microvascular Remodeling Associated with Disease-related Conditions"

October 22

  • Aaron Hinken, PhD, Director of Drug Discovery, Johnson & Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Guest of Kerry McDonald, PhD.

October 29

  • Victor Rafusse, PhD, Professor and Head, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS. Guest of Luis Polo-Parada, PhD. *ZOOM-ONLY "Strategies to Restore Useful Motor Function After Severe Nerve Injuries"

November 2024

November 5

  • David Poole, PhD, Professor, University Distinguished Professor, Kansas State University. Guest of Steven Segal, PhD "Oxygen Uptake Kinetics During Exercise”

November 12

  • Sanjeev Datar, MD, PhD, Professor, University of California. Guest of Scott Zawieja, PhD "Altered Lymphatic Function and Development in Congenital Heart Disease"

November 19

  • Jeffery Boychuk, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Missouri. Guest of Steven Segal, PhD "Circuit & Signaling Mechanisms of Somatic Motor System Biology"

December 2024

December 3

  • Jaume Padilla, PhD, Associate Professor, NEP, University of Missouri. Guest of Steven Segal, PhD