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: Physiology & Biophysics Conference Room 1201 Jelke |
| 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” |