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Laboratory Research

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 27 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
  • 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 Michele Gale for the link.

    SPRING 2025
    January 17

    MDL 1003A

    Pilar Alcaide, PhD, Kenneth and JoAnn G. Wellner Professor, Professor of Immunology, Tufts University School of Medicine
    January 31 MDL 1003A Mayland Chang, PhD, Research Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame
    February 7 MDL 1003A Borden Lacy, PhD, Director, Vanderbilt Center for Structural Biology, Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    March 7 MDL 1003A Peter St. George-Hyslop, University Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
    March 28 MDL 1003A Kelly Hyndman, Ph.D. Endowed Scholar in Cardio-Renal Physiology and Medicine, Division Nephrology University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine
    April 18 MDL 1003A Utpal Pal, PhD, Professor, AGNR-Veterinary Medicine Program, University of Maryland
  • 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