August 27

Receptor and Transporter Mediated Drug Delivery--A New Paradigm in Drug Design

Dr. Ashim Mitra, UMKC School of Pharmacy  (host: Anil Kumar)

September 3

Regulation of Limbic Dopamine D3 Receptors

Dr. John Q. Wang, UMKC School of Medicine  (host: Anil Kumar)

September 10

How Are Microsomal Electron Transport Proteins Organized Within the Membrane?

Dr. Wayne Backes, Louisiana State University  (host: Santosh Kumar)

September 17

Antioxidants and Disease Prevention

Dr. Xianglin Shi, University of Kentucky  (host: Hari Bhat)

September 24

Structural Biology as a Tool to Understand Staphylococcal Immune Evasion

Dr. Brian Geisbrecht, UMKC School of Biological Sciences  (host: Anil Kumar)

October 1

TBA

Dr. Marco Brotto, UMKC School of Nursing  (host: Anil Kumar)

October 8

CCN5: A Micromanager of Breast Cancer

Dr. S.K. Banerjee, KU Medical Center (host: Hari Bhat)

October 15

Calcium Signaling and Degenerative Diseases of the Eye: Opportunities for Therapy Development

Dr. Peter Koulen, UMKC School of Medicine  (host: Anil Kumar)

October 22

October 29

Behavioral and Neurophysiological Correlates of Neuronal Impairment in an SIV Model of Neuro-AIDS

Dr. Paul Cheney, KU Medical Center  (host: Anil Kumar)

November 5

Induction of Hepatic Transporters

Dr. Curtis Klaassen, KU Medical Center
(host: Marcus Iszard)

November 12

Effect of Alcohol and Anti-Retroviral Therapy on the Regulation of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes

Ms. Mengyao Jin  (host: Anil Kumar)

November 19

Mechanisms of Synaptic Dysfunction in HIV Encephalitis

Dr. Benjamin Gelman, University of Texas Medical Branch  (host: Anil Kumar)

December 3

TBA

Ms. Julia Reis  (host: Anil Kumar)