Visiting Professor and Research Seminar Series

Presentations are scheduled for
4:00 to 5:00 pm (Tuesdays)

Winter 2010

January 12: Nancy Berman, PhD
Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology, KU School of Medicine

Wound Healing in the Aged Brain

Wahl West Auditorium

January 26: Jackob Moskovitz, D. Sc.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, KU

Roles of the Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase System in Antioxidant Defense
and Neurological Functions

Landon Center on Aging, Room 200

February 9: Brenda Hanna-Pladdy, PhD
Research Faculty, Landon Center on Aging
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, KUMC

Aging and the Musical Brain

Wahl West Auditorium

February 23: Huntington Potter, PhD
Eric Pfeiffer Chair for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease, Suncoast Gerontology and Alzheimer’s Center; Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine; University of South Florida

Alzheimer Beta Peptide Inhibition of Specific Microtubule Motors Leads to Both Chromosome Aneuploidy, including trisomy 21, and to Reduced Transport of Receptors to the Cell Surface: Implications for Long-Term Neurogenesis and Short-Term Neuronal Plasticity

Landon Center on Aging, Room 200

March 9: Sandra Bergquist-Beringer, PhD
Assistant Professor, KU School of Nursing

TBA

Wahl West Auditorium

March 30: Robyn Honea, DPhil
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, KUMC

Genetics, Imaging and Alzheimer’s Disease

Landon Center on Aging, Room 200

April 13: Sally Rigler, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Research Faculty, Landon Center on Aging, KUMC

TBA

Wahl West Auditorium

April 27: Cindy Teel, RN, PhD
Associate Dean, Graduate Programs, KU School of Nursing

Research Update on Alzheimer’s Disease and Stroke Caregiver Studies

Landon Center on Aging, Room 200