Education / Graduate Education / PhD Programs / Toxicology / Seminars and Events Seminars & Events TOX 558 Spring 2022 Student Seminar Series Upcoming20242023202220212020 EHSC Seminar Series: TBAPhoebe Stapleton - Rutgers University Dec 17, 2020 @ 11:00 a.m.Zoom InvitationLung Biology Research Seminar Series: Proton Sensing G-Protein Coupled Receptors - Novel therapeutic targets in pulmonary fibrosisR. Matthew Kottmann, MD, MS-CTR - Associate Professor of Medicine University of Rochester Medical Center Dec 15, 2020 @ 12:00 p.m.Zoom InvitationEHSC Seminar Series: GSTM1, Diet and Kidney Disease: A novel pathway for therapy?Thu Le - University of Rochester Dec 03, 2020 @ 11:00 a.m.ZoomOccupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds: Riding the Perfect Storm: COVID-19 at the Confluence of Community and Occupational HealthDr. Jennifer L. Schneider, CIH - Principal, Collaboratory for Resiliency & Recovery, Eugene H. Fram Chair in Applied Critical Thinking, Office of the Provost, Rochester Institute of Technology Dec 03, 2020 @ 8:00 a.m.ZoomLung Biology Research Seminar Series: ECM Fibronectin: Engineering Form and FunctionDenise C. Hocking, PhD - Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology and Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Rochester Medical Center Dec 01, 2020 @ 12:00 p.m.Zoom InvitationEHSC Seminar Series: Human gut microbiome (in)stability through time and during acute arsenic exposureSeth Walk - Montana State University Nov 19, 2020 @ 11:00 a.m.Zoom InvitationLung Biology Research Seminar Series: Role of the MYC oncogene in circadian disruption and growth of alveolar epithelial cellsBrian J. Altman, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Genetics University of Rochester Medical Center Nov 17, 2020 @ 12:00 p.m.Zoom InvitationSpecial Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: From Graduate School to Industry: My Journey As A Minority Woman in STEMDr. Malika Grayson - Engineer, Speaker, Author Nov 09, 2020 @ 12:00 p.m.ZoomHost: Ferralita Madere Lung Biology Research Seminar Series: Platelet and Megakaryocyte Immune Functions in the LungCraig Morrell, D.V.M., Ph.D. - Associate Professor - Department of Medicine University of Rochester Medical Center Oct 20, 2020 @ 12:00 p.m.Zoom InvitationLung Biology Research Seminar Series: Visualizing and manipulating immunity with lightMinsoo Kim, PhD - Dean’s Professor of Microbiology and Immunology University of Rochester Medical Center Oct 06, 2020 @ 12:00 p.m.Zoom InvitationEHSC Seminar Series: Why uncovering immunotoxic outcomes of PFAS can be a health protective strategyJamie DeWitt - East Carolina University Oct 01, 2020 @ 11:00 a.m.Zoom InvitationLung Biology Research Seminar Series: Characterization of Lung Antigen Presenting Cell Phenotype and Their Lymphocyte Stimulatory Capacity in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) PatientsGautam Bandyopadhyay, PhD - Post-doctoral Fellow, Pediatrics University of Rochester Medical Center Sep 29, 2020 @ 12:00 p.m.Zoom InvitationNIEHS Seminar: Economic Inequality and HealthKenneth Olden, Ph.D. - NIEHS and NTP Director, 1991-2005 Sep 21, 2020 @ 11:00 a.m.ZoomHost: Rick Woychik, Ph.D., Director, NIEHS and NTP Lung Biology Research Seminar Series: Biomarkers of BPDNamasivayam Ambalavanan, MD - Co-Division Director, Neonatology University of Alabama at Birmingham Sep 15, 2020 @ 12:00 p.m.Zoom InvitationToxicology Training Program Thesis Defense: The Off-Target Effects of the Ultraviolet Radiation Filter Octinoxate in SkinSarah Dickinson (Phelan) - TOX PhD Candidate Jun 04, 2020 @ 1:00 p.m.Zoom InvitationHost: Research supervised by Lisa A DeLouise, PhD TOX 558 Seminar Series: Influenza A virus infection modulates the frequency of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell populationsKristina Fenner - TOX PhD Candidate May 18, 2020 @ 1:00 p.m.Zoom InvitationHost: Research supervised by Paige Lawrence, PhD TOX 558 Seminar Series: Investigating the Role of Human Herpes Virus Latency Gene U94 in Demyelinating DiseaseAlexandra Strohm - TOX PhD Candidate May 11, 2020 @ 1:00 p.m.Zoom InvitationHost: Research supervised by Mark Noble, Ph.D. TOX 558 Seminar Series: Mesenchymal stem cell phagocytosis a facultative process that induces senescenceEmily Quarato - TOX PhD Candidate May 04, 2020 @ 1:00 p.m.Zoom InvitationHost: Research supervised by Laura Calvi, M.D. TOX 558 Seminar Series: Endocrine Disrupting Chemical Exposure During Pregnancy and Long-term Maternal HealthAlyssa K. Merrill - TOX PhD Candidate Apr 27, 2020 @ 1:00 p.m.Zoom InvitationHost: Research supervised by Deborah Cory-Slechta, Ph.D. and Marissa Sobolewski, Ph.D. TOX 558 Seminar Series: Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances disrupt lung epithelial barrier integrityJoseph Lucas - TOX PhD Candidate Apr 20, 2020 @ 1:00 p.m.Zoom InvitationHost: Research supervised by Irfan Rahman, Ph.D.) TOX 558 Seminar Series: Flavored electronic cigarettes induce mitochondrial dysfunction in lung epithelial cellsThomas Lamb - TOX PhD Candidate Apr 13, 2020 @ 1:00 p.m.Zoom InvitationHost: Research supervised by Irfan Rahman, PhD TOX 558 Seminar Series: Inter-individual variations in MeHg elimination; A role for bacterial mediated biotransformation in the gutIan Krout - TOX PhD Candidate Apr 06, 2020 @ 1:00 p.m.Zoom InvitationHost: Research supervised by Matthew Rand, Ph.D. TOX 558 Seminar Series: Methylmercury perturbs the myotendinous junction of Drosophila during flight muscle developmentAshley E. Peppriell - TOX PhD Candidate Mar 30, 2020 @ 1:00 p.m.Zoom InvitationHost: Research supervised by Matthew Rand, Ph.D.) The Role of Lactate in Macrophage Polarization in RIPFMackenzie C. Palmer - TOX PhD Candidate Mar 23, 2020 @ 1:00 p.m.Zoom Meeting ID: 232 721 288Host: Research supervised by Jacob Finkelstein, Ph.D. Lung Biology Research Seminar Series: Visualizing and manipulating immunity with lightMinsoo Kim, Ph.D. - Department of Microbiology & Immunology David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology University of Rochester Mar 17, 2020 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)TOX 558 Seminar Series: Exposure to a Mixture of Suspected Thyroid Disrupting Chemicals alters Thymocyte DevelopmentConnor McGuire, MSc Mar 09, 2020 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)Host: Research supervised by Jacques Robert, Ph.D. TOX 558 Seminar Series: The Drosophila Nrf2 Pathway Protects Neuromuscular Development and Function from MethylmercuryJakob Gunderson - TOX PhD Candidate Mar 02, 2020 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | Host: Research supervised by Matt Rand, Ph.D. Toxicology Training Program Thesis Defense: Mechanisms of CD8+T cell dysfunction caused by developmental activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR)Christina M. Post - TOX PhD Candidate Mar 02, 2020 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)Host: Research supervised by B. Paige Lawrence, PhD TOX 558 Seminar Series: Inhibiting Myofibroblast Differentiation Through Stimulation of the Proton Sensing GPCR OGR1 Mechanistic Interrogations and Implications for the Treatment of Pulmonary FibrosisTyler J. Bell - TOX PhD Candidate Feb 24, 2020 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)Host: Research supervised by R.M. Kottmann M.D., MS-CTR EHSC Seminar Series: From my sweater to your brain: How ultrathin silicon membranes find microplastics in the water and watch them pass through barrier tissuesJames L. McGrath, Ph.D. - University of Rochester Department of Biomedical Engineering Feb 20, 2020 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 4-8820TOX 558 Seminar Series: Paraquat Inhalation, a Translational Route of Exposure, Results in Sex-specific Alterations in Locomotor and Olfactory BehaviorTim Anderson - TOX PhD Candidate Feb 10, 2020 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)Host: Deborah Cory-Slechta, Ph.D. Adverse health effects and induction of transgenerational inheritance of disease due to environmental contaminants using the zebrafish modelTracie Baker, DVM, PhD - Wayne State University Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Department of Pharmacology Feb 06, 2020 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 4-8820Lung Biology Research Seminar Series: Mitochondrial Dysfunction in P. aeruginosa InfectionsRuxana T. Sadikot, M.D., MRCP - Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Emory University Feb 04, 2020 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)TOX 558 Seminar Series: The aryl hydrocarbon receptor modulates hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell expansion and differentiationKeegan Vaughan - TOX PhD Candidate Jan 27, 2020 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)Lung Biology Research Seminar Series: The µSiM: A Microfluidic Platform for Advanced Modeling of Vascular BarriersAlec Salminen - Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Rochester Jan 21, 2020 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)TOX 558 Seminar Series: Sensing the Microenvironment: pH and the Wound Healing ProcessAshley Rackow - TOX PhD Candidate Jan 13, 2020 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)EHSC Seminar Series: Flavors in Tobacco Products and Their Effects on Human HealthMaciej Goniewicz - Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center; Nicotine & Tobacco Product Assessment Resource Department of Health Behavior Jan 09, 2020 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 4-8820