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The Edward G. Rennels Distinguished Lecture Series was established in 2011 in honor of our Founding Chair, Edward G. Rennels.

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Dr. Donald J. Tindall
Professor, Director & Vice Chair of Urologic Research
Carl Rosen Professorship in Urology Mayo Clinic of Medicine
Rochester, Minnesota
"Mechanisms of Androgen Interaction in Prostate Cancer Regression"

 



Donald Tindall received his Master's degree in biochemistry from Clemson University in 1970 and his doctorate also in biochemistry from the University of North Carolina in 1973. He then entered his postdoctoral work at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. After two years, he joined the Department of Cell Biology at Baylor and rose through the ranks to Associate Professor. In 1988, he relocated to Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota where he is Professor, Director and Vice Chair of Urologic Research and holds the Carl Rosen Professorship in Urology. Additionally, he is also Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Mayo. Don has had a long and distinguished career in male reproductive biology, androgen interactions in prostatic physiology and prostate cancer. He has authored or co-authored over 200 journal articles in very prestigious journals, contributed to and/or written more than 35 book chapters and monographs and holds 12 patents and copyrights. Don has served on various editorial boards including Co-editor-in-Chief for 13 years for the Journal of Andrology, numerous grant review panels such as NCI's SubCommittee C which reviews proposals in from both the basic and preclinical sciences and Chair of 12 site visit teams for NCI. His honors are many and include the Meritorious Achievement Award from the Society for Basic Urological Research, an NIH Career Development Award, election as President of the Society for Basic Urological Research and member of the ACR /State Legislative Committee. Don has had continuous funding from the NIH since 1976 and currently has 4 grants from NCI to fund his research endeavors studying the mechanism of androgen action prostate cancer.

Dr. Andrzej Bartke
Professor & Director of Geriatric Medicine
Southern Illinois School of Medicine
Springfield, Illinois
"Long and Healthy Life without Growth Hormone: Lessons from Dwarf Mice"

 



Andrzej Bartke received the equivalent of a Master's degree from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland in zoology in 1962 and his doctorate in zoology & genetics from the University of Kansas in 1965. He currently is Professor, Distinguished Scholar and Director of Geriatric Medicine in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Physiology Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, in Springfield. His previous positions included 18 years as Chair of Physiology at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, Illinois; 6 years in the Department of Obstetrics at UTHSCSA and 9 years as a Scientist at The Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. Andrzej has had a long and distinguished career in endocrinology having authored or co-authored nearly 550 journal articles, contributed to and written more than 130 book chapters and review articles, was the founding editor of the Journal of Andrology and currently serves as the Section Editor of the Journal of Gerontology and of Gerontology. Adrzrej was president of the American Society of Andrology, Society for the Study of Reproduction and the American Aging Association as well as having received numerous honors and awards including an honorary doctorate from Lodz Medical University in Poland. He has had continuous federal funding for his research endeavors since 1971 and is currently studying the genetic control of aging in mammals and the endocrine mechanisms, particularly growth hormone deficiency, responsible for the effects of longevity genes using the dwarf mouse model.