2017-2018 Schedule

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: “Zombie Apocalypse: Accelerated Cell Senescence in Cancer Therapy” Please Note Room Change: Armour Academic Facility, ACC971
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: “CPP-115 and Related Analogues: Novel GABA and Ornithine Aminotransferase Inactivators and Potential New Treatments for Epilepsy, Addiction, and Hepatocellular Carcinoma” Please Note Room Change: Cohn Research Building Auditorium Room 160
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.