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2009 Annual Meeting
The 2009 Annual Meeting is the first meeting of The Tennessee Physiological Society. The meeting will be held October 23, 2009, and is hosted by the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics at Vanderbilt University. Directions to the meeting location are given at the right.
The meeting agenda is listed below. You may also download a pdf version of the meeting agenda that also includes poster titles and a list of participants.
Tennessee Physiological Society Meeting
October 23, 2009
Student Life Center (Board of Trust Room), Vanderbilt University
- 8:40-9:00am Opening Remarks
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Eric Delpire, PhD, TPS President
Peter Lauf, M.D., APS Chapter Advisory Committee - 9:00–9:30am Prader-Willi Syndrome and Serotonin Receptor Editing: Coincidence or Consequence?
- Ron Emeson, PhD, Joel G. Hardman Professor of Pharmacology, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University
- 9:45-10:15am The Protective Role of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Pathway Against Benzo(a) Pyrene-Induced Atheroslcerosis
- Zhongmao Guo, PhD, Professor, Departments of Cardiovascular Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Meharry Medical College
- 10:30-11:00am Refreshment Break
- 11:00-11:30am Cardiac Ischemic Studies: Neuropeptide Mediation of Angina and Effects of Neuromodulation
- Carole Williams, PhD, Professor, Department of Physiology, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University
- 11:45am–12:15pm Role of Carbon Monoxide in Regulation of Newborn Cerebral Blood Flow
- Charles W. Leffler, PhD, Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
- 12:30–12:50 Regulation of Amphetamine-Induced Dopamine Release by Glucagon-Like Peptide-1
- Kevin Erreger, PhD, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University
- 1:00-2:00pm Lunch
- 2:15–3:45pm Poster Session
- High School Students meet Vanderbilt Physiologists
- 4:00–5:00pm Keynote Address - Chloride Channels: Discovery and Applications of Small-Molecule Modulators
- Alan Verkman, M.D. Ph.D, Professor of Medicine and Physiology, University of California, San Francisco
- 5:15-6:30pm Dinner