The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology will present a special seminar on Thursday, December 16 at 12 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fourth-floor auditorium. Michal Toborek, professor of neurosurgery and associate chair of research, Molecular Neuroscience and Vascular Biology Laboratory, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, will present “Breaking it Down: The Involvement of the Blood-Brain Barrier in HIV Infection and Brain Metastases.” Toborek is a candidate for a faculty position in the department.

The Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism will present its Reproductive Clinical Case Conference on Thursday, December 16 at 4 p.m. in the Batchelor Children’s Research Institute, sixth-floor seminar room. Sabina Casula, fellow, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, will present “Hypogonadism.” For more information, e-mail Angie Saint Jean at [email protected] or call 305-243-8417.

Antonio Bianco, professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at the Miller School of Medicine, will present “Career Choices in Endocrinology” on Thursday, December 16 at 2:45 p.m. in the Batchelor Children’s Research Institute, sixth-floor seminar room. For more information, e-mail Angie Saint Jean at [email protected] or call 305-243-8417.

The Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism will host grand rounds on Thursday, December 16 at 1:30 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fourth-floor auditorium (lunch will not be provided). Mark Peyrot, professor in the Department of Sociology at Loyola University and assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, will present “Diabetes: Optimizing Patient Adherence.” For more information, e-mail Angie Saint Jean at [email protected] or call 305-243-8417.

The Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism will present a clinical case conference on Thursday, December 16 at 1 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fourth-floor auditorium (lunch will not be provided). Alina Khan-Ghany, a fellow in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, will present “Hypoglycemia: Is This Really an Insulinoma?” For more information, e-mail Angie Saint Jean at [email protected] or call 305-243-8417.