| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|
| January 21 | Marilyn Cipolla, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Vermont College of Medicine | “Hemodynamic mechanisms of eclamptic seizures” |
| January 28 | Bernhard Nausch, Graduate Student, Department of Pharmacology, University of Vermont
| "Regulation of Urinary Bladder Smooth Muscle Function by Muscarinic Receptors and Ion Channels" |
| February 4 | Steven Lidofsky, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine & Pharmacology, University of Vermont College of Medicine | "Coordination of actin and membrane dynamics during osmotic stress" |
| February 11 | Christopher Landry, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont | "Nanoporous Silica Microparticles for Biomedical Applications" |
| February 25 | Jason Bates, Ph.D., D.Sc., Research Professor, Departments of Medicine, Physiology & Biophysics, University of Vermont College of Medicine | "Contraction dynamics of airway smooth muscle: implications for asthma” |
| March 11 | Matthew J. Wargo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont College of Medicine | "Chemical probes and a potential therapeutic agent targeting the Pseudomonas aeruginosa choline acquisition pathway" |
| March 18 | George Osol, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Vermont College of Medicine | “Using graphics to communicate scientific Information: concepts and pitfalls” |
| March 25 | Paul Wiseman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Physics and Chemistry, McGill University | "Moving beyond microscopy imaging...fluorescence fluctuation analysis reveals protein interactions and transport in living cells" |
| April 8 | Tung-Tien Sun, Ph.D., Professor of Cell Biology, Pharmacology & Urology, NYU School of Medicine | “Urothelial Membrane: Structure, Function and Disease Implications” |
| April 15 | Sean Marrelli, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Baylor University | “TRPC3 Channels in the Vasculature: Normotension and Hypertension” |
| April 22 | Alan Howe, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Vermont College of Medicine | "Push me-pull you: An advice-seeking session on our impending grant on activation of PKA by mechanical stretch during cell migration" |
| April 29 | Robert Dirksen, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry | “Molecular Mechanism and Functional Role of SOCE in Skeletal Muscle.” |
| May 6 | Kathleen Martin, Ph. D., Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Pharmacology, Yale School of Medicine | "What's good about fat? The cardioprotective adipokine adiponectin in vascular smooth muscle" |
| May 13 | Joseph Miano, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine | “Transcriptional and Post-Transcriptional Control of Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation” |
| September 2 | Jessica Cassavaugh, Graduate Student, Department of Pharmacology, University of Vermont | "Micro-RNA as a novel therapeutic for treatment of metastatic disease" |
| September 16 | Yvonne Janssen-Heininger, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Vermont | "Reversible cysteine oxidation, apoptosis, and the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis" |
| September 30 | Jeffrey Spees, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont | "Protein/peptide cocktails from adult progenitor cells for tissue preservation after injury" |
| October 21 | Brad Palmer, Ph.D., Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Vermont | "Zinc-enhanced relaxation function of isolated cardiomyocytes" |
| December 2 | Junichi Sadoshima, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey | "Regulation of myocardial growth and death by oxidative stress in cardiomyocytes" |
| December 16 | Frank Faraci, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa | “Regional and Cell Specific Effects of PPAR-Gamma in the Vasculature” |