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Seminars & Events

The weekly colloquium is generally held on Thursdays at 2:00 p.m. in K-207 Auditorium (2-6408). Unless otherwise noted, our departmental colloquia program is supported by the Alejandro Zaffaroni Endowment Fund and the John R. Murlin Fund. For outside guests, contact Dr. Houhui Xia. For graduate student colloquia, contact Dr. Cesare Orlandi.

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Ph.D. Thesis Defense: "Dysregulated Ca2+ Signaling, Fluid Secretion, and Mitochondrial Function in a Mouse Model of Early Sjögren’s Syndrome"

Kai-Ting Huang - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. David I. Yule

May 15, 2024 @ 10:30 a.m.

Medical Center | Upper Aud, 3-7619

Research Talk: "Electroporation-Mediated Gene Delivery of CFTR Plasmids as a Novel Approach to Treat Cystic Fibrosis in Vivo"

David Delemos - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. David Dean

May 07, 2024 @ 12:30 p.m.

Medical Center | K-307, (3-6408)

First-Year Ph.D. 20-minute Rotation Talks: "Does Nonsense to Missense Make Sense For a tRNA Nonsense Therapeutic?"

Emily Sorensen - Graduate Student Rotation in the Laboratory of Dr. TBA

May 02, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Aud., 3-7916

First-Year Ph.D. 20-minute Rotation Talks: "Unveiling the Expression Pattern of a Novel Orphan GPCR, GPR214, in Various Tissues"

Brianna Vonderhaar - Graduate Student Rotation in the Laboratory of Dr. TBA

May 02, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Aud., 3-7916

Second-Year Ph.D. 25-minute Research Talk: "Characterization of Novel Regulators of Cardiac Rhythm and Contractility of KCNE6 and KCNE7"

Martin Garcia - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. Doug Anderson

Apr 30, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Aud, 3-7619

Second-Year Ph.D. 25-minute Research Talk: "Investigating the Exercise-Induced Cardioprotective Role of the Nrf2-Mediated Antioxidant Stress Pathway in Cardiac Fibroblasts"

Kate Bernier-Boudreau - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. Eric Small

Apr 30, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Aud, 3-7619

M.S. Thesis Defense: "An Optimized Method for The Development of a Synthetic Yeast Displayed Nanobody Library"

Katherine M. Edwards - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. John Lueck

Apr 29, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | CMR, 1-9576

First-Year Ph.D. 20-minute Literature Reviews: "Decoding Human Megakaryocyte Development"

Ei Thanda Tun - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. Craig Morrell

Apr 25, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Auditorium, 3-7619

M.S. Thesis Defense: "Inhibition of Kmt5a in C2C12 Cells Leads to Dysregulation of Iron Metabolism, Causing Cell Death Through Ferroptosis"

Nidhi Shah - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Drs. Robert Dirksen/Romeo Blanc

Apr 23, 2024 @ 1:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Aud, 3-7619

M.S. Thesis Defense: "Exercise-induced Piezo1 and Piezo2 Upregulation and Chondroprotection Against Mechanical Injury"

Xingyu Jing - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. Whasil Lee

Apr 23, 2024 @ 12:30 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Aud, 3-7619

"A Cross-Species Investigation of Postnatal Myelination in the Striatum"

Halima Aweis - Laboratory of Dr. Kuan Hong Wang & Dr. Suzanne Haber

Apr 18, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Aud, 3-7619

"Multiple Roles for Inhibitory G Proteins in the Development of Auditory and Balance Hair Cells"

Basile Tarchini, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, The Jackson Laboratory, Tufts University School of Medicine

Apr 11, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Room 3-7619, Upper Auditorium

First-Year Ph.D. 20-minute Literature Reviews: "Targeted Two-Photon Chemical Apoptotic Ablation of Defined Cell Types in Vivo"

Amy Hong - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. Allison Yeh

Apr 04, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Auditorium, 3-7619

Second-Year 25-minute Research Talk: "Uncovering the Mechanisms Behind Phospho-Tau induced Pathology Using a Viral Model of Alzheimer’s Disease"

Tiwalade Oni - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. Kuan Hong Wang

Mar 28, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Aud., 3-7619

Second-Year 25-minute Research Talk: "Unraveling the Molecular Switch: Oxidative Stress Pathways in Vulvar Diseases"

Zahra Mahamed - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. Megan Falsetta-Wood

Mar 28, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Aud., 3-7619

Second-Year 25-minute Research Talk: "Pharmacological Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Inhibition Attenuates Inflammation in Localized Provoked Vulvodynia"

Emanuelle Chrysilla - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. Megan Falsetta-Wood

Mar 21, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Aud., 3-7619

Second-Year 25-minute Research Talk: "The Origin and Function of Lung Megakaryocytes"

Michael Malloy - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. Craig Morrell

Mar 21, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Aud., 3-7619

Research Talk: "BRCA1 and RpL17 Regulate Angiogenesis"

Michal Shaposhnikov - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. Bradford Berk

Feb 29, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Aud., 3-7619

TPRA1 Channels, Neurovascular Coupling, and Alzeheimer's Disease

Scott Early, Ph.D. - Professor of Pharmacology; Director, Center for Molecular and Cellular Signaling in the Cardiovascular System, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Reno, NV

Feb 26, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Room 1-7619, Lower Adolph

Research Talk: "Molecular Mechanisms Regulating G Protein Signaling Bias"

Rana Alabdali - Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. Cesare Orlandi

Feb 22, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Aud., 4-7619

"Structural Insights into Angiotensin Receptor Modulation by Diverse Ligands"

Meredith Skiba, PhD - Joint Faculty Candidate, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Andrew Kruse’s Lab; Department of Biological Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Feb 21, 2024 @ 1:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Room 1-7619, Lower Adolph

Research Talk: "Understanding the Interplay of Calcium Mishandling and Muscle Hyperexcitability on DM1 Myopathy"

Sakura Hamazaki - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. John Lueck

Feb 15, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Aud., 3-7619

Research Talk: "Epigenetic Modifiers of Malignant Hyperthermia"

Miao He - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. Robert Dirksen

Feb 08, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Aud., 3-7619

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Joint Department Faculty Candidate: “Time-resolved cryo-EM of G protein activation by a GPCR”

Makaia Papasergi-Scott, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Stanford University

Feb 07, 2024 @ 12:30 p.m.

Medical Center | Lower Adolph Aud. (1-7619)

Host: Dept. Pharmacology & Physiology and Dept. Biochemistry & Biophysics

Ph.D. Thesis Proposal: "Acid-sensing Ion Channel Desensitization: Physiology and Mechanism"

Alireza Mousaei - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. David MacLean

Feb 01, 2024 @ 12:30 p.m.

Medical Center | Adolph, 1-7619

RNA Collaborative Seminar Series - Virtual

Jan 31, 2024 @ 4:00 p.m.

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Host: University of Rochester (UR) Center for RNA Biology

Ph.D. Thesis Proposal: "Elucidation of Glutathione Related Dipeptide Metabolism in Cancer"

Fatemeh Alimohammadi - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. Isaac Harris

Jan 31, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-207, 2-6408

Second-Year 20-minute Literature Reviews: "Use of Yeast Display for Identification of Nanobodies that Bind Extracellular Domains of Transmembrane Proteins"

Katie Edwards - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. John Lueck

Jan 25, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Auditorium, 3-7619

"The Role of p53 in Fibroblast Proliferation and Fibrosis in Left Ventricle Pressure Overload."

Xiaoyi Liu - Laboratory of Dr. Eric Small

Jan 11, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Auditorium, 3-7619