Spring 2010 Colloquium in Integrative Physiology

Introduction to Colloquium

David Allen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Integrative Physiology
University of Colorado at Boulder

Hormonal Mechanisms of Developmental Plasticity: A Story of Stress, Food, and Fat

Erica Crespi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Mary Clark Rockefeller Chair of Environmental Studies
Department of Biology
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY
(Host: Pei-San Tsai pei-san.tsai@colorado.edu)

Glucocorticoid-Immune Interactions and Psychological Stress: Relevance for Health and Disease

Thaddeus Pace, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
(Host:Rodger Kram rodger.kram@colorado.edu)

Role of Calcium/Calmodulin Kinases In Skeletal Muscle Glucose Transport and Growth

Carol Witczak, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Metabolism Section
Joslin Diabetes Section
Boston, MA
(Host: Chris Lowry christopher.lowry@colorado.edu)

The NAD World: Systemic Control of Metabolism and Aging by SIRTI and NAMPT-mediated NAD Biosynthesis in Mammals

Shin-ichiro Imai, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Developmental Biology and Department of Medicine
Washington University
(Host: Doug Seals seals@colorado.edu)

Sleep and Circadian Processes in Early Childhood: Implications for Health and Development

Monique LeBourgeois, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor
Department of Education
Brown University
Providence, RI
(Host: Chris DeSouzadesouzac@colorado.edu)

Sleep, Cognition, and Brain Function in Old Age,Dementia, and Insomnia

Eus J W Van Someren, Ph.D.
Head
Department of Sleep and Cognition
Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and Leiden University Medical Center
(Host: Ken Wright kenneth.wright@colorado.edu)

Some New Opportunities for Genetic Research on the Biology of Aging

George Martin, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pathology and Genome Sciences
University of Washington
(Host: Tom Johnson thomas.johnson@colorado.edu)

Skeletal Muscle as an Endocrine Organ With Focus on the Role of Myokines in Muscle-Fat Cross-Talk

Bente Pedersen, M.D., D.M.Sc.
Professor of Integrative Medicine
Director of Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism
Department of Infectious Diseases and Metabolism
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
(Host: Doug Seals seals@colorado.edu)

Using Motor Redundancy to Control Legged Locomotion Before and After Neuromotor Trauma

Young-Hui Chang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Applied Physiology
Georgia Institute of Technology
(Host: Rodger Kramrodger.kram@colorado.edu)

Of Rules and Neural Regulation of Sensorimotor Adaptation

Amy Bastian, Ph.D., P.T.
Director, Motion Analysis Laboratory
Kennedy Kreiger Insitute
Associate Professor of Neurology
Johns Hopkins University
(Host: Alaa Ahmed alaa.ahmed@colorado.edu)

A Long Winter's Nap: Cardiovascular Consequence of Torpor

Steven Swoap, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Williams College
(Host: David Allendavid.l.allen@colorado.edu)

Genetics and Genomics in the Laboratory Mouse Applied to the Study of Human Alcoholism

Richard Radcliffe, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Colorado at Denver
(Host: Marissa Ehringermarissa.ehringer@colorado.edu)

Tutorial on Imaging of Signal Transduction Pathways

Amy Palmer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Colorado at Boulder

Graduate Student Presentations

Michael Pascoe

Age-Associated Changes in the Final Common Pathway

Owen MacEneaney

Influence of Obesity on Endothelial Cell Number and Function

Andrew Edwards

Cellular Mechanisms of Sustainable Cardioprotection