The retreat will include oral presentations from our T32 current trainees, faculty talks, and poster presentations by research staff and trainees at all levels. Prizes will be awarded for the top oral and poster presentations. The retreat is an important component of our T32 Training Grant.
Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided.
We look forward to gathering to celebrate research from multiple laboratories!
Planning Committee
Agenda for the Pharmacology Research Retreat
8:00 - 8:45 am
Continental Breakfast and Poster Setup
8:45 am
Welcome and Introduction to Program
Stefan Strack, Ph.D.
8:50 - 10:20 am Session 1: Oral presentations - chaired by DP Mohapatra, Ph.D. and Toshi Kitamoto, Ph.D.
8:50 - 9:05 am
Adele Stewart, Graduate Student
Regulation of G Protein Signaling 6 (RGS6) Promotes Anxiety and Depression by Attenuating Serotonin-Mediated Activation of the 5-HT1AReceptor-Adenylyl Cyclase Axis
9:05 - 9:20 am
Andrew Shepherd, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Distinct Pathways Underlying Pain Hypersensitivity Caused by C-Type Natriuretic Peptide
9:20 - 9:35 am
Arianne Lark, Graduate Student
Regulation of Sleep Under Starvation Stress via a G-Protein Coupled Dual Receptor for Dopamine and Steroids in Drosophila
9:35 - 9:50 am
Emily Petruccelli, Graduate Student
Drosophila Dopamine Ecdysone REceptor (DopEcR) Modulates Ethanol-Induced Sedation and Hyperactivity
9:50 - 10:20 am
Yuriy M. Usachev, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Distinct Functions of Mitochondrial Ca2+ Uniporters MCU and MCUb in Neurons
10:20 - 10:50 am
Break and Poster Viewing
10:50 - 12:20 pm Session 2: Oral presentations chaired by Matt Potthoff, Ph.D.
10:50 - 11:05 am
Kyle Flippo, Graduate Student
Inhibition of PP2A/Bb2 and Mitochondrial Fission as a Potential Therapy for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
11:05 - 11:20 am
Kathleen Markan, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Targeting Endogenous FGF21 Activity to Enhance Insulin Sensitivity
11:20 - 11:35 am
Jacqueline Reilly, Graduate Student
Depleting the Isoprenoid Biosynthetic Pathway in a Murine Model of Prostate Cancer Metastasis
11:35 - 11:50 am
Amy Guimarães-Young, Graduate Student
Generation of a Novel Spontaneous Transgenic Mouse Model of Node Positive Metastatic Vulvar Cancer
11:50 - 12:20 pm
Kamal Rahmouni, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Molecular Basis of Neural Control of Blood Pressure
12:20 - 1:30 pm
Lunch Break and Poster Viewing
1:30 - 3:30 pm Session 3: Oral presentations chaired by Justin Grobe, Ph.D.
1:30 - 1:45 pm
Colin Burnett, Graduate Student
The Fire of Life: Surprisingly, Only 93% Aerobic. Can We Treat Obesity by Targeting the Other 7%?
1:45 - 2:00 pm
Madeliene Stump, Graduate Student
Targeting Brain PPARg: Generation of Neuron-Specific Transgenic Mice
2:00 - 2:30 pm
Anne E. Kwitek, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Genetic Regulation of Traits and Transcriptome in a Rat Metabolic Syndrome Model
2:30 - 3:30 pm
Yuriy Kirichok, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco
Mitochondrial Uncoupling and Thermogenesis
3:30 pm
Awards and Closing
Speakers for the Pharmacology Research Retreat
| Dr. Stefan Strack Professor Associate Chair for Research Department of Pharmacology University of Iowa Welcome and Introduction | |
| Dr. Yuriy Kirichok Jack D. and DeLoris Lange Endowed Chair in Systems Physiology II Associate Professor Department of Physiology University of California, San Francisco | |
| Dr. Anne E. Kwitek Associate Professor Department of Pharmacology University of Iowa | |
| Dr. Kamal Rahmouni Associate Professor Department of Pharmacology University of Iowa | |
| Dr. Yuriy M. Usachev Associate Professor Department of Pharmacology University of Iowa |