Free Radical Biology Research Seminar Series 2010 – 2011
| Oct. 8 | Rachel Bell | “An Investigation into Metabolic Pathways of Articular Cartilage” |
| Yao Fu | “How Does Aging Affect Redox Homeostasis and Osteoarthritis Progression in the Rat Knee Joint?” | |
| Oct. 22 | Cancelled | |
| Oct. 29 | Cancelled | |
| Nov. 12 | Satoshi Matsuzaki
Mikiei Tanaka |
“Identification of carbon-centered radical formation from mitochondrial electron transport chain by EPR-spin trapping technique”
“Identification of selectively damaged mRNA in response to oxidative stress: Characterization of abasic sites using an Aldehyde Reactive Probe” |
| Dec. 3 | Rita Issa
Rachel Chang |
“Biomechanical Regulation of Oxidative Homeostasis in Articular Cartilage”
“Potential Role of the Infrapatellar Fat Pad in Osteoarthritis”/strong> |
| Dec. 10 | Luke I. Szweda | “Effect of Obesity on Mitochondrial Metabolism and Redox Status in the Aging Heart” |
| Mar. 4 | Scott Plafker
Aaron McLain |
“UbcM2, My Ball and Chain (Builder)”
“alpha Ketoglutarate Dehydrogenase: A Mitochondrial Redox Sensor” |
| Mar. 11 | Tim Griffin Paul Rindler |
“Osteoarthritis: Accomplice or victim of the metabolic syndrome?”
“Why Catalase? Understanding the Antioxidant Response to Diet Induced Obesity” |
| Mar. 18 | No Seminar | Spring Break |
| Mar. 25 | Rheal Towner | “Magnetic Resonance Biomedical Imaging: Inflammatory Diseases, Cancer, Oxidative Stress, Diabetes and Obesity –A Little Bit of Everything” |
| Apr. 1 | Grahm Roach
Kerra Fletcher |
“Force Instrumented Mouse Running Wheel”
“Mechanisms of Mitochondrial H2O2 Consumption” |
| Apr. 8 | Kendra Plafker
Mike Kinter |
“Using FRET to Develop Biosensors of Oxidative Stress”
“How to Build a Quantitative Proteomic Method for Nrf2-Responsive Gene Products” |
| Apr. 15 | No Seminar | |
| Apr. 22 | No Seminar | |
| Apr. 29 | Ann Louise Olson | “Adaptation to high fat feeding with mild overexpression of GLUT4 in mice” |
| May. 6 | Ken Humphries
Rachel Bell |
“Evidence that Cardiac Metabolic Rigidity in Type 1 Diabetes is Mediated by Hyper-Acetylation of Protein Lysines”
“Chondrocyte Metabolic Plasticity and Osteoarthritis” |
| May. 13 | Yao Fu
Jolyn Fernandes Clair Crewe |
“The Effect of Aging on Cartilage Antioxidant Expression and Osteoarthritis Progression in F344BN Rats”
“Mechanisms of Increased Fatty Acid Utilization and Molecular Consequence in Response to High Fat Diet”
“Inhibition of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase: A Contributor to Obesity-Induced Metabolic Inflexibility in the Heart” |
| May. 20 | Rachel Chang
Satoshi Matsuzaki |
“Infrapatellar Fat Pad Hypertrophy without Inflammation in a Diet-Induced Mouse Model of Obesity and Osteoarthritis”
“Identification of Carbon-Centered Radical Formation from the Mitochondrial Electron Transport Chain: An Update” |
The Free Radical Biology & Aging Research Seminar Series will begin in October. Unless otherwise noted, seminars are held Friday afternoons from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in MC-206.
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