The Department of Physiology & Biophysics holds regular seminars with invited speakers from outside the institution, as well as researchers from Rush University.
2019-2020 academic year seminars schedule
Seminars are held in Physiology Conference Room (1201 Jelke South), unless noted otherwise.
| Date and Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| September 16, 2019 Monday, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | Filip Van Petegem, PhD Professor Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology The University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC Canada Host: Michael Fill, PhD | "Structural Insights Into Muscle Excitation-Contraction Coupling: From Malignant Hyperthermia to Cardiac Arrhythmia" |
| December 2, 2019 Monday, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | Valeria Vásquez, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Physiology The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, TN Host: Lourdes Carolina Figueroa, PhD | "Dietary Fatty Acids Fine-Tune Cells Mechanical Response" |
| January 13, 2020 Monday, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | W Jonathan Lederer, MD, PhD Professor of Physiology Director of the Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology University of Maryland, School of Medicine Baltimore MD Host: Michael Fill, PhD | “Mitochondria: Calcium Calcium Calcium” |
| January 20, 2020 Monday, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | Lydia Usha, MD Associate Professor Department of Internal Medicine Director, Rush Inherited Susceptibility to Cancer (RISC) Center Rush Medical College Host: Fredric Cohen, PhD | “Creative Thinking in Biomedical Sciences” |
Please call the department at (312) 942-7011 or email our seminar coordinator, Ruben Markosyan, PhD for additional information.