The Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center regularly schedules an informal seminar series discussing current research projects within KSCIRC and affiliated labs at the University. The seminars scheduled every Friday from 12:00 - 1:00 in room 302 of the B-Building.
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| November 9 | David Magnuson | Rat wheelchairs and high-field magnets |
| November 16 | Susan Harkema | The continuum of care & cure for individuals with Spinal Cord Injury |
| November 23 | Thanksgiving Break | |
| November 30 | Michal Hetman | The consequences of neuronal DNA damage |
| December 7 | Evelyne Gozal | Astroglial Cells Regulation of CNS Function, Adaptation, and Metabolism |
| December 14 | Charles Hubscher | Sensory Testing in Spinal Cord Injured Rats |
| December 21 | Christmas Break | |
| December 28 | Christmas Break | |
| January 4, 2008 | Qilin Cao | Revisting neural stem cells for SCI repair |
| January 11 | Richard Benton | Endothelial control of axonal
regeneration and reactive astrocytosis following SCI
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| January 18 | Irene Litvan | Disentangling PSP: from bedside to the bench and vice versa |
| January 25 | Keith Tansey, Southerwestern Med. School | Localizing Neural Plasticity in SCI: A Different Story for Rats and Man? |
| February 1 | Giorgi Kharebava | MSK and PDK in neuronal death and survival |
| February 8 | Mary Ellen Bunning, Univ. of Colorado | Research in wheel chair transportation safety |
| February 15 | Claudia Angeli | Motor activation patterns during unilateral stepping following spinal cord injury |
| February 22 | Stanley D'Sousa | Regulation of endothelial cell adhesive function by metalloproteases |
| February 29 | Susan Harkema | The continuum of care & cure for individuals with Spinal Cord Injury |
| March 7 | Yiyann Zheng | The precise contusion spinal cord injury on mice |
| March 14 | Matthew Qiu | Molecular control of oligodendrocyte differentiation and axonal myelination in the developing spinal cord |
| March 21 | Delphine El Mehdi | HSP25 expression and phosphorylation induces cellular tolerance and promotes astrocyte process extension after rat spinal cord injury |
| March 28 | Christina Blume Clark | The role of Hsp90 in PC-12 cell survival to hypoxia |
| April 4 | Bill Reed | Effects of ovarian hormone replacement on thalamic responses to noxious viscerosomatic stimulation in the female rat |
| April 11 | Sevda Aslan | Cardiovascular response to orthostatic stress in individuals with spinal cord injury before and after locomotor training |
| April 18 | Daya Gupta | Effects of 17 á estradiol treatment on at level prodynorphin expression in SCI rats |
| April 25 | Srikanth Rajagopalan | Remyelination strategies in a mouse model of spinal cord injury |
| May 2 | Shu Han | The protective effects of integrin targeting peptide C16 on spinal cord injury |
| May 9 | Cynthia Gomes | Reduced translation and inhibition of ribosomal biogenesis in an early response to neuronal damage |
| May 16 | Aruna Vashista | Survival gene expression in neurons regulated by NFATc4 |
| May 23 | Sujata Saraswat | Role of Endoplasmic Reticulum stress in SCI |
| May 30 | Rebecca Smith | Vascular function, inflammation, and early training after SCI |
| June 6 | Alexander Ovetchkin | Trunk motor control assessment in individuals with spinal cord injury |
| June 13 | KSCHIRT Symposium | |
| June 20 | Lee Titsworth | sPLA2 inhibition in severe SCI: "So what am I suppose to do now?!" |
| June 27 | Cyndi Miller | The Role of PKA in PC-12 Cell Metabolic Adaptation to Hypoxia |
| July 4 | July 4th Holiday | |
| July 11 | Barry McKay | Re-emergence of motor function after spinal cord injury: neurophysiological findings in acute and sub-acute human SCI |
| July 18 | Denys Makonchuk | Mechanisms of DNA damage induced neuronal death |
| July 25 | Sheila Arnold | Role of ADAM21 in astrocyte fate |
| August 1 | Pan Pan Yu | Cell Intrinsic Regulation of neurite outgrowth |
| August 8 | Rachel Hill | Cell-intrinsic regulation of sensory axon sprouting by the transcriptional corepressor SnoN in the lumbar spinal cord following thoracic laceration SCI |
| August 15 | Xiao Xin Chen | The effects of smad on opc proliferation and differentiation |
| August 22 | Scott Smith | Molecular insights into age-related neurodegeneration |
| August 29 | Krista Caudle | Wheelchair restricted rats and functional recovery following contusive spinal cord injury |
| September 5 | Daniela Terson de Paleville | Motor Control of Respiration in Individuals with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury: Effects of Activity-Based Therapy |
| September 12 | Janelle M Fassbender | Oligodendrocyte Precursor Differentiation Following Spinal Cord Injury: Bumping it up a Notch |
| September 19 | Nicholas Mellen | Degeneracy as a substrate for respiratory regulation |