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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 2023
    September 18 Dong-oh Seo, PhD, Instructor, Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine
    September 25 Paramita Chakrabarty, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida
    October 16 Yu Shin Kim, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS), UT Health San Antonio
    October 23 Amanda Smith, MD, Director, College of Medicine Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences Director of Clinical Research, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
    November 20 Sarah Hopp, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Disease, University of Texas Health Science Center
    December 4 Milap Nowrangi , M.D., M.S., Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    SPRING 2024
    January 29 Baris Bingol, PhD, Director, Senior Principal Investigator, Genentech
    February 26 Long-Jun Wu, PhD, Professor and Consultant, Departments of Neurology, Neuroscience and Immunology, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
    March 18 Costantino Iadecola, MD, Professor, Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College
    April 1 Katerina Akassoglou, PhD, Professor, Department of Neurology, Director, Center for Neurovascular Brain Immunology, University of California
    FALL 2024
    TBA TBA
  • NSI seminars are held from 11:30am-12:30pm on Teams. Please email Kassie Riley to receive the Teams link.

    FALL 2023
    September 7 Ram Bishnoi, MD, Geriatric Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences
    September 14 Natasha Ram, MD - PhD student, Dr. Gopal Thinakaran’s Lab
    September 21 Cesario Borlongan, MA, PhD, Professor, Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair
    September 28 Nhi Truong, PhD student - CQE, Dr. Brad Heckmann’s Lab
    October 5 William Burgin, MD, Professor & Vascular Division Chief, Department of Neurology
    October 19 George Spirou, PhD, Professor, Department of Medical Engineering
    October 26 Robert Botelho, PhD student, Drs. Rex Philpot & Paula Bickford’s Labs
    November 2 Ari Sudwarts, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Gopal Thinakaran’s Lab
    November 9 Laura Blair, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine
    November 30 Nathan Schilaty, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery & Brain Repair, Medical Engineering
    December 7 Joseph McMillan, PhD student, Dr. Gopal Thinakaran’s Lab
    SPRING 2024
    January 11 Angèle Parent, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine
    January 18 Abigail Rodriguez Ospina, PhD student, Dr. Laura Blair’s Lab
    January 25 Salma Abdelmaboud, PhD student, Dr. Paula Bickford’s Lab
    February 1 Austin Fajfer, PhD student, Dr. Brad Heckmann’s Lab
    February 8 Claire Dorey, PhD student, Dr. Victoria Sanchez’s Lab
    February 15 Katherine Feroben, PhD student, Dr. Nathan Schilaty’s Lab
    February 22 Ashutosh Dharap, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine
    February 29 Danielle Blazier, PhD student, Dr. Gopal Thinakaran’s Lab
    March 7 Brendan Walker, PhD, Professor & Vice Chair for Research, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences
    March 21 Marilyn Ikhane, PhD student, Dr. Angèle Parent’s Lab
    March 28 Brian Bunnell, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences
    April 4 Alex Leake, PhD student, Dr. Dani Gulick’s Lab
    April 11 Niketa Patel, PhD, Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine
    April 18 Marsilla Gray, PhD student, Dr. Yao Yao’s Lab
    April 25 Parveen Bazard, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Engineering
    May 2 Natasha Ram, PhD Student - CQE, Dr. Gopal Thinakaran’s Lab
    May 9 Danielle Gulick, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine
    May 16 Ashley Curtis, PhD, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
    FALL 2024
    January TBA
  • 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 12-1pm on Teams. Please contact Kassie Riley for the link.

    SPRING 2024
    January 18 Abigail Rodriguez Ospina, PhD student, Dr. Laura Blair’s Lab
    January 25 Salma Abdelmaboud, PhD student, Dr. Paula Bickford’s Lab
    February 1 Austin Fajfer, PhD student, Dr. Brad Heckmann’s Lab
    February 8 Claire Dorey, PhD student, Dr. Victoria Sanchez’s Lab
    February 15 Katherine Feroben, PhD student, Dr. Nathan Schilaty’s Lab
    February 29 Danielle Blazier, PhD student, Dr. Gopal Thinakaran’s Lab
    March 21 Marilyn Ikhane, PhD student, Dr. Angèle Parent’s Lab
    April 4 Alex Leake, PhD student, Dr. Dani Gulick’s Lab