The Rudy Clarenburg Lecture Series
The Rudy Clarenburg Lecture Series was established in 1996 to honor the late Rudolf Clarenburg, Professor of Anatomy and Physiology. The Lecture Series brings nationally and internationally acclaimed scientists to Kansas State University to discuss their research interests with students and faculty throughout the University.
Dr. Rudolf Clarenburg joined the Department of Anatomy and Physiology in October, 1966. He received his Doctor of Sciences in 1965 from Netherlands State University, Utrecht, Holland. Dr. Clarenburg was a Research Assistant/Associate in the Department of Physiology, University of California, Berkeley from 1959 to 1966. At K-State he taught courses in physiological chemistry, intermediary metabolism and veterinary physiology. In 1983 Dr. Clarenburg received the Norden Distinguished Teacher award “for distinguished teaching in the field of veterinary medicine.”
The Dr. Rudolf Clarenburg Lectureship is made
possible by the generous support received from Mrs. Margalith
Clarenburg and her family. Mrs. Clarenburg passed away on April 10,
2002, following a long battle with cancer. She is deeply missed by
her family and friends, but her legacy and support for the
Clarenburg Lecture Series will continue for many years to come.
The current lecture series features:
Scott T. Brady, Ph.D.
Professor and Department Head
Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology
University of Illinois at Chicago
Dr. Brady will present a lecture:
September 19th, 2011 at 3:30 p.m.
“Life in the Fast Lane: Axonal Transport, Kinases and Neurodegeneration”
The seminar will be held in the Mara Conference Center – Trotter Hall
Dr. Brady received his undergraduate training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA, where he earned bachelor's degrees in both Physics and Biology in 1973. At the University of Southern California he earned a Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology in 1978, where he began his studies on the mechanisms of axonal transport in the laboratory of Dr. William McClure. Dr. Brady then moved to Case Western Reserve University for postdoctoral training in Neuroscience with Dr. Raymond Lasek from 1978-1981. He remained at CWRU as a research faculty member in the Department of Anatomy until 1985, and then moved to the Department of Cell Biology at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He remained in Dallas until 2001 when he moved to the University of Illinois at Chicago where he is currently Professor and Head of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology.
In the early 1980's, Dr. Brady began doing summer research at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA where he used live-cell imaging to study fast axonal transport. In collaboration with Drs. Robert Allen and Ray Lasek, he developed a novel preparation for study of transport based on digital microscopy of isolated axoplasm from the squid giant axon. Using these methods, Dr. Brady first showed that fast axonal transport depended on a new class of molecular motor and was one of the discoverers of the kinesin family of molecular motors. Subsequently, Dr. Brady's research has focused on cell and molecular biology of kinesins in neurons, making significant contributions to our understanding of the structure, regulation and molecular biology of the kinesins. His current research includes a focus on the role that axonal transport and regulation of molecular motors play in adult-onset neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's disease
We are grateful that Dr. Brady will present the Dr. Rudolf Clarenburg Lectureship in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University. We hope that you will attend his lecture.
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Former Clarenburg Lecturers |
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| 2010 | Dr. Jochen Schacht |
| 2009 | Dr. Casey T. Weaver |
| 2008 | Dr. Colin G. Nichols |
| 2008 | Dr. Robert J. Genco |
| 2007 | Dr. Peter Agre |
| 2007 | Dr. William B. Guggino |
| 2006 | Dr. Mark A. Knepper |
| 2006 | Dr. Avril Somlyo |
| 2004 | Dr. Jim Riviere |
| 2003 | Dr. Jeanne M. Nerbonne |
| 2002 | Dr. Michael Welsh |
| 2002 | Dr. Gerald DiBona |
| 2001 | Dr. George A. Brooks |
| 1999 | Dr. Arthur "Buzz" Brown |
| 1998 | Dr. Clara Franzini-Armstrong |
| 1998 | Dr. Gordon Mitchell |
| 1997 | Dr. Kim Johnson |
| 1997 | Dr. Larry Sinoway |