2017-2018 academic year seminars and presentations schedule
The joint seminar series and departmental presentations are held in Auditorium 160 Cohn Research Building (1735 W. Harrison St., Chicago, IL 60612), unless noted otherwise.
| Day and Time | Speaker | Title of Talk |
|---|---|---|
| January 26, 2018 Friday, 12-1 p.m. |
Stephen J. Kron, MD, PhD Professor Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology University of Chicago Host: Ryan Ross, PhD |
Office of Basic Biological Sciences (OBBS) Seminar Series: Please Note Room Change: |
| January 29, 2018 Monday, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. |
Eric A. Sobie, PhD Senior Associate Dean for Programmatic Developement Associate Professor Department of Pharmacological Sciences Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY Host: Lothar Blatter, PhD |
Office of Basic Biological Sciences (OBBS) Seminar Series: "Understanding the Consequences of Heterogeneity in Cardiac Ion Channels and Calcium Handling Proteins" Please Note Room Change: |
| January 29, 2018 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Krishan Kumar, PhD |
"Targeting Hyaluronan in Pancreatic Cancer with BET Inhibitors" |
| March 5, 2018 Monday, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. |
Alfred L. George Jr., MD Magerstadt Professor and Chair Department of Pharmacology Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago IL Host: Xun Ai, PhD |
Office of Basic Biological Sciences (OBBS) Seminar Series: Please Note Room Change: |
| March 26, 2018 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Ling Qin, PhD |
"Novel Mechanisms Underlying Cartilage Degeneration and Subchondral Bone Sclerosis in Osteoarthritis" |
| April 2, 2018 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Stephanie Watkins, PhD |
"Estrogen Regulates T Cell Subsets and Metabolism in Anti-tumor Immune Responses" |
| April 16, 2018 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Alexander Robling, PhD |
"The Search for Anabolic Mechanisms in Bone Metabolism" |
| April 20, 2018 Friday, 12-1 p.m. |
Richard B. Silverman, PhD Professor Department of Chemistry Northwestern University Host: Lena Al-Harthi, PhD |
Office of Basic Biological Sciences (OBBS) Seminar Series: "CPP-115 and Related Analogues: Novel GABA and Ornithine Aminotransferase Inactivators and Potential New Treatments for Epilepsy, Addiction, and Hepatocellular Carcinoma" |
| April 30, 2018 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
James Kerns, PhD Professor Emeritus Department of Cell & Molecular Medicine Rush University Medical Center |
"The Hand, the Brain, and Beyond: How Everything Depends upon these Connections?" |
| May 7, 2018 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Hani Haider, PhD Professor, Director of the Orthopaedic Technology Research Laboratory Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation University of Nebraska Medical Center |
"History of Navigation and Robotics and the Trend towards Smart Tools in Arthroplasty" |
| May 14, 2018 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Hannah Lundberg, PhD Robin Pourzal, PhD Assistant Professors Department of Orthopedic Surgery Rush University Medical Center |
"A Model of Fretting and Corrosion Processes in Hip Joints" |
| May 31, 2018 Thursday, 2-3 p.m. |
Mary B. Goldring, PhD Senior Scientist, Hospital for Special Surgery Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology, Weill Cornell Medical College & Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, HSS Research Institute New York, NY |
"The elusive search for a target in osteoarthritis therapy: Lessons from in vitro and in vivo models" |
| June 4, 2018 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Anusha Ratneswaran, BSc. Honours, CK, PhD Department of Physiology and Pharmacology Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry University of Western Ontario |
"Modelling Osteoarthritis in Mice: The Role of PPARdelta" |
| June 14, 2018 Thursday, 9-10 a.m. |
Takeshi Shimamura, PhD |
"The Roles of GPCRs in EGFR Inhibitor Resistance in Lung Cancer" Please Note Room Change: |
| June 18, 2018 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Frank Ko, PhD Instructor Department of Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School |
"The Effects of Phosphate Restriction on Bone and Bone Marrow" |
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