UNO Native Film Festival

This is the first year for the University of Nebraska at Omaha Native Film Festival. The Festival was presented Nov. 1-3, 2013, by the Native American Studies Program of the University of Nebraska at Omaha and Vision Maker Media. In addition to the movies reviewed below, the Festival included a program of children/family films, a program of short films, an acting workshop with Chaske Spencer (Lakota Sioux), and a workshop on how to use visual media in the classroom presented by Vision Maker Media. Vision Maker Media is a non-profit organization that shares Native stories with the world by advancing media that represents the experiences, values, and cultures of American Indians and Alaska Natives

Report from Sundance 2006: Religion in Independent Film

This is the report from the Sundance Film Festival 2006

Report from Slamdance 2007

This is the report from Slamdance Film Festival 2007

Energy, Passion, Film: Report from Sundance 2007

This is the report from the Sundance Film Festival 2007

Outcomes of immunosuppression minimization and withdrawal early after liver transplantation

Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/149209/1/ajt15205.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/149209/2/ajt15205_am.pd

\u3ci\u3eThe Continuum Companion to Religion and Film\u3c/i\u3e

Edited by William L. Blizek, UNO faculty member. Chapters authored and co-authored by UNO faculty members include: Chapter 1: Religion and the Movies, authored by William L. Blizek Chapter 2: Using Religion to Interpret Movies, authored by William L. Blizek Chapter 3: Using Movies to Critique Religion, authored by William L. Blizek Chapter 6: Retelling of Religious Stories, co-authored by William L. Blizek and Julien Fielding Chapter 13: Buddhist Movies, authored by Michele Desmarais Chapter 14: Hindu Movies, co-authored by Michele Desmarais and Birud Sindhav Chapter 17: Indigenous Religions and Movies, authored by Julien Fielding Chapter 22: Redemption and Film, authored by Julien Fielding Chapter 24: Images of God in the Movies, authored by Christian Haunton Chapter 26. Karma and Film, authored by Michele Desmarais The Continuum Companion to Religion and Film offers the definitive guide to study in this growing area. The book covers all the most pressing and important themes and categories in the field - areas that have continued to attract interest historically as well as topics that have emerged more recently as active areas of research. Twenty-nine specifically commissioned essays from a team of experts reveal where important work continues to be done in the field and provide a map of this evolving research area. Featuring chapters on methodology, religions of the world, and popular religious themes, as well as an extensive bibliography and filmography, this is the essential tool for anyone with an interest in the intersection between religion and film.https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/facultybooks/1013/thumbnail.jp

Differential Remodeling of Actin Cytoskeleton Architecture by Profilin Isoforms Leads to Distinct Effects on Cell Migration and Invasion

Dynamic actin cytoskeletal reorganization is integral to cell motility. Profilins are well-characterized regulators of actin polymerization; however, functional differences among coexpressed profilin isoforms are not well defined. Here, we demonstrate that profilin-1 and profilin-2 differentially regulate membrane protrusion, motility, and invasion; these processes are promoted by profilin-1 and suppressed by profilin-2. Compared to profilin-1, profilin-2 preferentially drives actin polymerization by the Ena/VASP protein, EVL. Profilin-2 and EVL suppress protrusive activity and cell motility by an actomyosin contractility-dependent mechanism. Importantly, EVL or profilin-2 downregulation enhances invasion in vitro and in vivo. In human breast cancer, lower EVL expression correlates with high invasiveness and poor patient outcome. We propose that profilin-2/EVL-mediated actin polymerization enhances actin bundling and suppresses breast cancer cell invasion.National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (Grant GM58801