The Department of Physiology & Biophysics holds regular seminars with invited speakers from outside the institution, as well as researchers from Rush University.
2017-2018 academic year seminars schedule
Seminars are held in Physiology Conference Room (1201 Jelke South), unless noted otherwise.
| Date and Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| January 22, 2018 Monday, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | Steven Poelzing, PhD Associate Professor Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, Roanoke VA Host: Xun Ai, PhD | “Buffers & Biomedical Reproducibility. Lessons from the Heart” |
| 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” |
| 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: “Discovery and Investigation of Calmodulinopathy” |
| April 9, 2018 Monday, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | Gregory Melikian, PhD Professor Department of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases Emory University, Atlanta GA Host: Michael Fill, PhD | “Real-time Imaging Single Virus Entry into Living Cells” |
| 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: Please Note Room Change: |
| May 21, 2018 Monday, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | Julio Cordero-Morales, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Physiology The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis TN Host: Carlo Manno, PhD | “The Role of Bioactive Lipids in Transient Receptor Potential Channels Function” |
| June 4, 2018 Monday, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | Brenda Russell, PhD Professor Emerita of Physiology and Biophysics University of Illinois, College of Medicine at Chicago, Chicago IL Host: Michael Fill, PhD | “Mechanobiology: Cardiac Muscle, Fibroblasts and Stem Cells” |
Please call the department at (312) 942-7011 or email our seminar coordinator, Ruben Markosyan, PhD for additional information.