Seminar Series

AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO
TRAINING TOMORROW’S SCIENTISTS
Spring 2025

Thursdays, 12:00 pm
W-235 Vet Med Bldg.

JAN 23

Pamela Adkins, M.S., DVM, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, University of Missouri, Intramammary Infections in Dairy Cattle: Maybe Not All Bad?

JAN 30

Fares Alahdab, MD, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Missouri, TBD

FEB 6

Ciro Amato, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery/Division of Urology, University of Missouri , “Uncovering the Functional Diversity of Penis Cell Populations During Urethra Closure”

FEB 13

Satyanarayana Rachagani, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, University of Missouri, “The miR-345 as a Novel Molecular Target for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer”

FEB 20

Dongsheng Duan, PhD, Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, University of Missouri, “Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Gene Therapy: Mice, Canines, and Humans”

FEB 27

Methajit Methawasin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, “HFpEF from a Myofilament Perspective”

MAR 6

Trupti Joshi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics and Medical Epidemiology, University of Missouri, “Translational Bioinformatics Resources and AI Solutions for Multiomics Research”

MAR 13 NO SEMINAR – CV DAY

MAR 20

Matthew Brody, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Internal Medicine-Cardiology, University of Michigan, “Molecular Regulation of Cardiomyocyte Exocytosis and Atrial Natriuretic Peptide Secretion”

MAR 27

NO SEMINAR – SPRING BREAK

APR 3

Luis Martinez-Lemus, DVM, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Endothelial Glycocalyx Modulation and Vascular Disease

APR 10

Soraya Nekouian, Graduate Student, Department of Biomedical Sciences (Mentor: Dr. Laurel Grisanti), “From Immune Cells to Arteries: β2-Adrenergic Receptor’s Role in Hypertension and Vascular Remodeling”

APR 17

Grace Oti, Graduate Student, Department of Biomedical Sciences (Mentor: Dr. Nicole Nichols), University of Missouri, “Therapeutic Potential of Tongue Exercise on Tongue Strength in a Rodent Model of Hypoglossal (XII) Motor Neuron Loss”

APR 24

NO SEMINAR APS SUMMIT

MAY 1 Asa Gustafsson, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, UC San Diego School of Medicine, “Novel Mechanisms of Mitochondrial Quality Control in the Heart”