Seminars & Events
April 21, 2023: Finger Lakes Microbiome Symposium (FiLMS), held at the University of Rochester Medical Center. The symposium will feature a poster session and platform talks from trainees, two outstanding keynote speakers (Gloria Dominguez-Bello, PhD and Jose Scher, MD) and a career panel including keynote speakers, Anika Dzierlenga (NIEHS Program Officer) and Eric Schott (co-founder of Solarea Bio).
- Abstract Deadline: February 21, 2023
- Registration Deadline: March 21, 2023
- Additional information on FiLMS can be found here
- For further inquiries, please email UR_Microbiome@URMC.Rochester.edu
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds
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EHSC Seminar Series: TBA
Phoebe Stapleton - Rutgers University
Dec 17, 2020 @ 11:00 a.m.
Zoom Invitation
Lung Biology Research Seminar Series: Proton Sensing G-Protein Coupled Receptors - Novel therapeutic targets in pulmonary fibrosis
R. 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.
Zoom
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds: Riding the Perfect Storm: COVID-19 at the Confluence of Community and Occupational Health
Dr. 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 Function
Denise 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 exposure
Seth Walk - Montana State University
Nov 19, 2020 @ 11:00 a.m.
Zoom Invitation
Lung Biology Research Seminar Series: Role of the MYC oncogene in circadian disruption and growth of alveolar epithelial cells
Brian 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 STEM
Dr. Malika Grayson - Engineer, Speaker, Author
Nov 09, 2020 @ 12:00 p.m.
ZoomHost: Ferralita Madere
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds: The Power of Language: Managing Spine Related Disorders with Telemedicine
Brian Justice, DC - Medical Director Pathway Development and Spine Care, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
(To gain access to the lecture/get the password, please email Nicole Cruz)
Nov 05, 2020 @ 8:00 a.m.
Zoom InvitationLung Biology Research Seminar Series: Platelet and Megakaryocyte Immune Functions in the Lung
Craig 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 light
Minsoo 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 strategy
Jamie DeWitt - East Carolina University
Oct 01, 2020 @ 11:00 a.m.
Zoom Invitation
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds: Telehealth at URMC: An Overview and Potential Applications to Occupational Medicine Practice
Dr. Adam Kelly - Associate Professor, URMC Neurology
Oct 01, 2020 @ 8:00 a.m.
Zoom
Lung Biology Research Seminar Series: Characterization of Lung Antigen Presenting Cell Phenotype and Their Lymphocyte Stimulatory Capacity in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) Patients
Gautam Bandyopadhyay, PhD - Post-doctoral Fellow, Pediatrics University of Rochester Medical Center
Sep 29, 2020 @ 12:00 p.m.
Zoom InvitationLung Biology Research Seminar Series: Biomarkers of BPD
Namasivayam Ambalavanan, MD - Co-Division Director, Neonatology University of Alabama at Birmingham
Sep 15, 2020 @ 12:00 p.m.
Zoom InvitationOccupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds: New York State Workers Compensation Drug Formulary and Prior Authorization System
Steven R. Smith - Deputy Executive Director, NYS WCB
Sep 03, 2020 @ 8:00 a.m.
Zoom
Toxicology Training Program Thesis Defense: The Off-Target Effects of the Ultraviolet Radiation Filter Octinoxate in Skin
Sarah 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 populations
Kristina 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 Disease
Alexandra 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 senescence
Emily 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 Health
Alyssa 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 integrity
Joseph 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 cells
Thomas 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 gut
Ian 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 development
Ashley 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 RIPF
Mackenzie 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 light
Minsoo 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 Development
Connor 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 Methylmercury
Jakob 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 Fibrosis
Tyler 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 tissues
James L. McGrath, Ph.D. - University of Rochester Department of Biomedical Engineering
Feb 20, 2020 @ 11:00 a.m.
Medical Center | 4-8820
TOX 558 Seminar Series: Paraquat Inhalation, a Translational Route of Exposure, Results in Sex-specific Alterations in Locomotor and Olfactory Behavior
Tim 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 model
Tracie Baker, DVM, PhD - Wayne State University Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Department of Pharmacology
Feb 06, 2020 @ 11:00 a.m.
Medical Center | 4-8820
Lung Biology Research Seminar Series: Mitochondrial Dysfunction in P. aeruginosa Infections
Ruxana 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 differentiation
Keegan 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 Barriers
Alec 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 Process
Ashley 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 Health
Maciej 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