Seminar Series

AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO
TRAINING TOMORROW’S SCIENTISTS
Fall 2024

Thursdays, 12:00 pm
W-233 Vet Med Bldg.

SEPT 12 David Gau, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, “Profilin as a Novel Target for Vascular Normalization in Renal Cancer” 
SEPT 19 Lee-Ann Allen, Ph.D.,Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, University of Missouri-Columbia, “Neutrophil Plasticity and Helicobacter pylori Pathogenesis”  
SEPT 26 Victoria Vieira-Potter, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri-Columbia, “ERb:  A Potential Therapeutic Target to Improve Fat Cell Metabolism” 
OCT 3 John N. Campbell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Biology, University of Virginia, “What Happens in Vagus—Unraveling Neural Circuits for Heart and Gut Function” 
OCT 10 Shaoping Hou, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, “Transplanting embryonic neural progenitor cells to restore cardiovascular disorders after spinal cord injury”
OCT 17 Laxman Gangwani, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri-Columbia,“Mechanism of R-Loop-Mediated Neurodegeneration in ALS4”
OCT 24 Dmitri Kireev, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, “Drug Discovery 3.0: Are we there yet?” 
OCT 31 Beth Habecker, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, Oregon Health & Science University, “Mechanisms of Sympathetic Hyperactivity in Cardiovascular Disease”
NOV 7   Trupti Joshi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics and Medical Epidemiology, University of Missouri-Columbia, “Translational Bioinformatics Resources and AI Solutions for Multiomics Research” 
*Postponed until spring semester.
NOV 14 Brandon Moore, Ph.D., Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, “Dynamic Incubation Temperature Variation Influences American Alligator External Genitalia Differentiation”
NOV 21       Kathryn Moss, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Missouri-Columbia, “Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Driving the Peripheral Nerve Diseases CMT1A and HNPP”  
NOV 28 NO SEMINAR – THANKSGIVING BREAK