Distinguished Guest Lecturer Series 2008-2009

Each year the Department of Physiology invites distinguished researchers to present their work on topics broadly related to physiology. Topics range from those closely aligned with the research interests of the department to areas of interest to researchers across the UC Davis campus and the UC Davis School of Medicine. All seminars are held at 10 a.m. in the Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility Auditorium, room 1005.

Date	Lecture	Speaker
May 15, 2009	Synaptic vesicle trafficking and its impact on neurotransmission	Ege Kavalali, Ph.D. U.T. Southwestern Medical Center
May 1, 2009	Calcium signals in lymphocyte activation and disease	Stefan Feske, M.D. New York University
February 6, 2009	Modulation of potassium channels by free heme and heme degradation products	Toshinori Hoshi Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
January 23, 2009	Recent Advances in Cone Photoreceptor Physiology	Edward N. Pugh, Jr., Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
January 9, 2009	Regulation of cellular excitability by modulation of background channels: mechanisms and physiological roles	Douglas Bayliss, Ph.D. University of Virginia Health System
December 5, 2008	K_ATP channels: The exciting molecular link between cell metabolism, diabetes and cardiac arrhythmias	Colin G. Nichols, Ph.D. Washington University in St.Louis
November 7, 2008	New Perspectives on PIP₂ in cardiac myocytes	Donald Hilgemann, Ph.D. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
October 3, 2008	G-protein coupled receptors modulate ion channels and many other cellular functions through phosphoinositide lipid signals	Bertil Hille, Ph.D. University of Washington
September 19, 2008	Molecular mechanisms of touch and pain in mammals	Diana Bautista, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
September 5, 2007	Phospholipid regulation of the Na/bicarbonate cotransporter NBCe1	Mark Bevensee, Ph.D. University of Alabama at Birmingham