Formal Seminars

Jan 17

11:00 am

Christopher Ward, M.D., Ch.B., Ph.D.
University of Kansas Medical Center
(hosted by Dr. Mark Fisher)

"Polycystic kidney diseases and exosomes"

Jan 24

11:00 am

William G. Gutheil, Ph.D.
University of Missouri - Kansas City
(hosted by Dr. Aron Fenton)

"Coping with complexity: a Hierarchical Interaction Approach, and its Application to Hemoglobin"

Jan 31

 11:00 am

 Samuel Bouyain, DPhil
University of Missouri - Kansas City
(hosted by Dr. Gerald Carlson)

"Contactin/protein tyrosine phosphatase complexes in the nervous systems" 

Feb 7

11:00 am

Jacob Schwartz, Ph.D.
University of Colorado at Boulder
Faculty Candidate
(hosted by Dr. Mark Fisher)

"An RNA-centric view of neurodegenerative disease"

Feb 14

11:00 am

Bret Freudenthal, Ph.D.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Faculty Candidate
(hosted by Dr. Mark Fisher)

"Breaking Bad: Watching a DNA polymerase make a mistake"

Feb 21

11:00 am

Ivan Babic, Ph.D.
University of California at San Diego
Faculty Candidate
(hosted by Dr. Mark Fisher) 

"Metabolic reprogramming in Brain Cancer Induced by Oncogenic EGFRvIII Expression"

Feb 28

11:00 am

Christy Hagan, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
(hosted by Dr. Mark Fisher)

"Progesterone Signaling Drives Proliferative Transcriptional Programs in Breast Cancer"

Mar 7

11:00 am

Steven T. Whitten, Ph.D.
Texas State University
(hosted by Dr. Aron Fenton

"Structural characteristics of intrinsically disordered protein"

Mar 14

 11:00 am

Jason Stewart, Ph.D
University of Cincinnati
(hosted by Dr. Mark Fisher)

"Maintaining Stability: Roles of the Human CST Complex in DNA Replication and Chromosome Cohesion"

Mar 21

11:00 am

No Seminar - Spring Break

Mar 28

11:00 am

TBA

Apr 4

11:00 am

No Seminar - Student Research Forum

Apr 11

11:00 am

Tiangang Li, Ph.D.
University of Kansas Medical Center
(hosted by Dr. Liskin Swint-Kruse)

"Regulation of lipid metabolism in obesity and diabetes"

Apr 18

11:00 am

Bradley L. Pentelute, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(hosted by Dr. Mark Fisher)

"Precision delivery of biologics into cells"

Apr 25

11:00 am

Rushi Trivedi, Graduate Student
University of Kansas Medical Center

"SNF2 ATPase regulatory domains - functions & effects on chromatin remodeling and ATPase activity"

May 2

11:00 am

Vincente Notario, Ph.D.
Georgetown University
(hosted by Dr. Antonio Artigues)

"Contribution of an enzymatically inactive protein to human tumor progression"

May 9

11:00 am

Ramesh Balusu, Ph.D.
University of Kansas Medical Center
(hosted by Dr. Joe Fontes)

TBA

Aug 29

11:00 am

TBA

TBA

Sept 5

11:00 am

TBA 

TBA

Sept 12

11:00 am

TBA  

TBA

Sept 19

11:00 am

Mauricio Vargas Uribe, Graduate Student
University of Kansas Medical Center

TBA

Sept 26

11:00 am

TBA 

TBA

Oct 3

11:00 am

TBA

TBA

Oct 10

11:00 am

TBA

TBA

Oct 17

11:00 am

TBA 

TBA

Oct 24

11:00 am

TBA 

TBA

Oct 31

11:00 am

TBA 

TBA

Nov 7

11:00 am

TBA

TBA

Nov 14

11:00 am

TBA

TBA

Nov 28

11:00 am

No Seminar - Thanksgiving Holiday

Dec 5

11:00 am

TBA  

TBA

Dec 12

11:00 am

TBA 

TBA

Dec 19

11:00 am

TBA  

TBA