2018-2019 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 |
|---|---|---|
| July 16, 2018 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Thomas Nagel, PhD Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH, Leipzig Germany Adjunct Professor Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering Trinity College Dublin, Ireland |
"Extended Continuum Theories in Biomechanical Modelling: Aspects of Non-linear Material Behaviour and Surface Effects" |
| July 23, 2018 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Prof. Martin J. Stoddart, PhD, FRSB Principal Scientist, Musculoskeletal Regeneration AO Research Institute Davos Clavadelerstrasse 8 7270 Davos Platz Switzerland |
"Mechanical Influences on Cells of the Musculoskeletal System" |
| October 3, 2018 Wednesday, 3-4 p.m. |
Rulang Jiang, PhD Professor Department of Pediatrics Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine |
"Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms of Tendon Development and Homeostasis" |
| October 4, 2018 Thursday, 10-11 a.m. |
Thomas Levin Geiser Andersen, PhD Associate Professor Department of Clinical Cell Biology Center Lillebaelt Institute of Regional Health Research The University of Southern Denmark |
"Cellular Mechanism of Bone Loss – New Lessons from Intracortical Bone Remodeling" |
| October 29, 2018 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Alexandra Naba, PhD Assistant Professor Physiology and Biophysics Associate Member UIC Cancer Center College of Medicine at Chicago University of Illinois |
"The Matrisome Project: Development of Computational and Bioinformatic Approaches to Study the Extracellular Matrix in Development and Cancer" |
| November 12, 2018 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Stefan Lohmander, MD, PhD Professor emeritus Orthopedic Surgery at the Dept of Clinical Sciences Lund University Lund, Sweden |
"It is good to be better but better to be good --- 10 years of clinical, structural and biomarker data from an RCT of knee injury" |
| November 13, 2018 Tuesday, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. |
Bianca Brundel, PhD Professor Department of Physiology VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands Host: Xun Ai, PhD |
Office of Basic Biological Sciences (OBBS) Seminar Series: Please Note Room Change: |
| November 19, 2018 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Deborah R. Winter, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago, IL |
"A Functional Genomics Approach to Precision-Based Medicine in Rheumatology" |
| December 3, 2018 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Rick Sumner, PhD |
"T32 (Post-Doctoral Training in Joint Health) and PI Club Updates" |
| January 14, 2019 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Laura McCabe, PhD |
"Targeting the Gut to Treat Osteoporosis" |
| April 29, 2019 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Edward Schwarz, PhD Burton Professor of Orthopaedics Director, Center for Musculoskeletal Research University of Rochester Medical Center |
"Elucidating the Osteoimmunology of Bone Infection and Development of a MRSA Vaccine" |
| June 3, 2019 Monday, 1-2 p.m. |
Michael Yin, MD |
"HIV and Bone Health" |
| June 10, 2019 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Martin J. Stoddart, PhD, FRSB Professor Principal Scientist, Musculoskeletal Regeneration Program AO Research Institute Davos Switzerland |
"MSCs and their Potential for Orthopaedic Applications" |
| June 24, 2019 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Rulang Jiang, PhD |
"Uncovering Mechanisms Patterning the Mammalian Jaw through Single-Cell RNA-Seq and Tissue-Specific Genetic Studies" |
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