2011- 2012
Monday, August 22, 2011
Merritt G. Gillilland III, Ph.D., M.S., Research
Fellow, Department of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical
Care Medicine, National Institute of Health. Research Interests:
Dr. Gillilland is interested in the community ecology of
the gut microbiota, more specifically, ecological succession
and how perturbations to the gut ecosystem impact and change
the gut bacterial community using a murine model. Topic:
The microbiome and understanding ecological succession of
bacterial communities during conventionalization of the
germ-free mouse gut. 10:00-11:00 AM, 6530 Medical Science
Research Building I. Hosted by the Michigan Gastrointestinal
Peptide Research Center.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Fayez K. Ghishan, M.D., Professor and Head, Department
of Pediatrics, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center.
Research Interests: Dr. Ghishan is internationally recognized
for his research in pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition.
Dr. Ghishan has cloned a human intestinal sodium-phosphate
transporter gene and has extensively characterized the structure,
function and regulation of a variety of other sodium-phosphate
transporters, including PHEX, the defective gene product
in people with rickets. Topic: Recent Advances
in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Bench to Bedside? 4:00-5:00
PM, 7745 Medical Science II. Hosted by Molecular & Integrative
Physiology and the Peptide Center.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Mrinalini Chatta Rao, Ph.D., Professor, Department
of Physiology and Biophysics. Joint Appointment, Professor,
Department of Medicine Section of Digestive Diseases and
Nutrition. Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, University
of Illinois at Chicago. Research Interests: Dr. Rao's laboratory
focuses on elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying
hormonal and neurotransmitter mediated regulation of physiological
processes, in particular, those modulating ion transport
across epithelial cells. Topic: To Secrete or
Not to Secrete: Lessons in Signaling. 4:00-5:00 PM,
5915 Buhl Building. Hosted by the Michigan Gastrointestinal
Peptide Research Center.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Timothy Denning, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Department of Pediatrics and Department of Pathology, Emory
University. Research Interests: Dr. Denning's laboratory
focuses on understanding how intestinal antigen presenting
cells regulate adaptive immune responses. His lab is particularly
interested in how lamina propria macrophages and dendritic
cells control CD4+ T cell differentiation and function in
the intestine during homeostasis and inflammatory conditions.
Topic: Gut Instincts: How Intestinal APCs Direct
T Cell Responses. 4:00-5:00 PM, 7745 Medical Science
II. Hosted by the Michigan Gastrointestinal Peptide Research
Center.
Wednesday, February 28, 2012
Igor M. Belyakov, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc., Research Assistant
Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine,
Division of Allergy Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for
Medicine and Biological Sciences. Research Interests: Dr.
Belyakov's research focuses primary interest in research
is the immunology of host-pathogen interactions and the
host immune responses to pathogens at mucosal sites. Topic:
Mucosal Immunity and Inflammation. 4:00-5:00
PM, 5915 Buhl Building. Hosted by the Michigan Gastrointestinal
Peptide Research Center.
Monday, April 16, 2012
Yvette Taché, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, David
Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Director, CURE: Digestive
Diseases Research Center - Animal Core Co-Director, Center
for Neurobiology of Stress & Women's Health VA Greater Los
Angeles Healthcare System. Research Interests: Dr. Tache's
laboratory focuses on brain-gut interaction as it relates
to neuroanatomical and biochemical substrata using neuropharmacological,
neuroanatomical, and electrophysiological methods. Topic:
Corticotropin Releasing Factor Receptors in the Brain
and the Gut: Role in GI Response to Stress in Health and
Diseases. 4:30-5:30 PM, 2C108 University Hospital. Hosted
by Department of Surgery, Molecular & Integrative Physiology,
Michigan Gastrointestinal Peptide Research Center.
