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Research Seminars

  • Seminars are held from 12-1:00 PM. To attend, please email Kassie Riley for the Teams link.

    FALL 2024
    August 26 Jungsu Kim, PhD, Department of Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine
    September 30 Kiran Bhaskar, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, University of New Mexico
    October 28 Matthew LaVoie, PhD, Professor, Director of Translational Research, University of Florida
    November 18 Satyabrata Kar, PhD, Professor, Division of Neurology, University of Alberta 
    December 9 Isabelle Aubert, PhD, Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto
    SPRING 2025
    January  David Brody, MD, PhD, Chief Science Officer, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
    February 24 Daniel Lee, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
    March 10 Bruce Lamb, PhD, Professor, Executive Director of Stark Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine
    April  Berislav Zlokovic, PhD, Professor, Director of Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, University of Southern California
  • NSI seminars are held from 11:30am-12:30pm on Teams. Please email Kassie Riley to receive the Teams link.

    FALL 2024
    September 5 Emily Sandefur, PhD student, Dr. Angele Parent's Lab
    September 12 Christopher Passaglia, PhD, Professor, Department of Medical Engineering
    September 19 Bradlee Heckmann, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine
    September 26 Brian Bunnell, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences
    October 3 Yao Yao, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology
    October 17 Melike Yuksel, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Gopal Thinakaran's Lab
    October 24 John Faulkner, PhD student, Dr. Lianchun Wang's Lab
    November 7 Xuewei Wang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine
    November 14 Sarra Limam, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Ashutosh Dharap's Lab
    November 21 Austin Fajfer, PhD student, Dr. Bradlee Heckmann's Lab
    December 5 Maxim Mokin, MD, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery
     December 12  Marsilla Gray, PhD student, Dr. Yao Yao's Lab
    SPRING 2025
    January 16 Marilyn Ikhane, PhD student, Dr. Angele Parent's Lab
    January 23 Thomas Taylor-Clark, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology
    February 6 Danielle Blazier, PhD student, Dr. Gopal Thinakaran's Lab
    February 13 Mehran Shaban Pour, PhD student, Dr. Yao Yao's Lab
    February 20 Paula Bickford, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology
    February 27 Natasha Ram, MD-PhD student, Dr. Gopal Thinakaran's Lab
    March 6 Abigail Esquivel, PhD student, Dr. Laura Blair's Lab
    March 13 Chardane Logan, PhD student, Dr. Paula Bickford's Lab
    March 27 Elizabeth Sanchez Nelson, PhD student, Dr. Danielle Gulick's Lab
    April 3 Dhanashri Satav, PhD student, Dr. Ashutosh Dharap's Lab
    April 10 Baliqis Olukade, PhD student, Dr. Laura Blair's Lab
    April 17 Katherine Walters, PhD student, Dr. Nathan Schilaty's Lab
    April 24 Gaetan Lepreux, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Brendan Walker's Lab
    May 1 Alex Leake, PhD student, Dr. Danielle Gulick’s Lab
    May 8 TBD
    May 15 Gopal Thinakaran, PhD, Professor and CEO, Department of Molecular Medicine
  • Bioscience Seminars are held in MDL 1003A or via Teams on Fridays at 11:30 AM. Please email Ronnie Banks for the link.

    FALL 2022
    August 26 Virtual Liang Zhou, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Florida
    September 9 MDL 1003A Jessica A. Scoffield, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    September 16 MDL 1003A Jason Shepherd, PhD, Presidential Endowed Chair, Associate Professor, Departments of Neurobiology, Biochemistry, Ophthalmology, and Visual Sciences, University Of Utah
    September 23 MDL 1003A Christopher C.W. Hughes, PhD, Chancellors Professor, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of California Irvine
    October 7 MDL 1003A Carolyn Coyne, PhD, Professor, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine
    October 21 MDL 1003A Jon T. Skare, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Department of Immunology, Director, Medical Sciences Graduate Program, Texas A&M University
    October 28 MDL 1003A Craig Ellermeier, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology, Department of Immunology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa Health Care
    November 4 MDL 1003A Stacey J. Rizzo, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
    November 18 MDL 1003A Prakash Kulkarni, PhD, Research Professor, Director, Translational Research, Department of Medical Oncology, Department of Systems Biology, City of Hope National Medical Center
    December 2 MDL 1003A Babak Mehrara, MD,Chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgical Services, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    December 9 MDL 1003A Richard Daneman, PhD, Associate Professor, Pharmacology & Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego
    SPRING 2023
    January 20 Virtual Liang Zhou, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Florida
    January 27 MDL 1003B Michelle L. Gumz, PhD, FAHA, Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Aging, Associate Director, Center for Integrative Cardiovascular & Metabolic, Diseases, University of Florida
    February 17 MDL 1003B Dr. David Gozal, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Department of Child Health, MU Healthcare, University of Missouri
    March 24 MDL 1003B Dr. Marcus Fischer, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Biology &Therapeutics and Structural Biology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
    March 31 MDL 1003B Fadi G. Akar, PhD, FHRS, Associate Professor, Medicine & Biomedical Engineering, Cardiology, Yale University School of Medicine
    April 7 MDL 1003B Chunhao Li, MD, Eddie Myers Endowed Professor, Oral and Craniofacial Molecular Biology, Phillips Institute of Oral Health Research, School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University
    April 14 MDL 1003B Carolyn Coyne, PhD, Professor, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine
    April 21 MDL1003B Christopher C.W. Hughes, PhD,Chancellorʼs Professor, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine
    April 28 MDL 1003B Brian Kraemer, PhD,Professor of Medicine,UW Division of Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine, UW Medicine, Memory & Brain Wellness Center, University of Washington
  • NSI PhD student seminars are held from 11:30am-12:30pm on Teams. Please contact Kassie Riley for the link.

    SPRING 2025
    January 16 Marilyn Ikhane, PhD student, Dr. Angele Parent’s Lab
    February 6 Danielle Blazier, PhD student, Dr. Gopal Thinakaran’s Lab
    February 13 Mehran Shaban Pour, PhD student, Dr. Yao Yao’s Lab
    February 27 Natasha Ram, PhD student, Dr. Gopal Thinakaran’s Lab
    March 6 Abigail Esquivel, PhD student, Dr. Laura Blair’s Lab
    March 13 Chardane Logan, PhD student, Dr. Paula Bickford’s Lab
    March 27  Elizabeth Sanchez Nelson, PhD student, Dr. Danielle Gulick's Lab
    April 3  Dhanashri Satav, PhD student, Dr. Ashutosh Dharap's Lab 
    April 10  Baliqis Olukade, PhD student, Dr. Laura Blair's Lab 
    May 1  Alex Leake, PhD student, Dr. Danielle Gulick's Lab