Formal Seminars
Fall 2023
Speakers and Titles to be announced.
Date |
Time |
Speaker & Host |
Title |
Format |
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August 25 |
11:00 a.m. |
Dr. Kristy A. Brown, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Metabolism and Cancer, Department of Cell Biology & Physiology, KUMC; Co-Program Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control, University of Kansas Cancer Center, invited by Dr. Bret Freudenthal. |
Obesity and Breast Cancer: Hungry for a Cure |
Hybrid |
Sept 1 |
11:00 a.m. |
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Sept 8 |
11:00 a.m. |
Dr. Malay Busu, Associate Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, invited by Dr. Christy Hagan. |
Reading the book of life: the language of proteins |
Hybrid |
Sept 15 |
11:00 a.m. |
Reserved |
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Sept 22 |
11:00 a.m. |
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Sept 29 |
11:00 a.m. |
Dr. Vassilios Beglopoulos, Lecturer in Neuroscience |
Regulation of tau phosphorylation by the Alzheimer’s disease-implicated transcription factor REST in the adult mouse brain |
Zoom |
Oct 6 |
11:00 a.m. |
Dr. L. Caetano M. Antunes, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, invited by Dr. Christy Hagan. |
Modulation of enteric pathogen virulence by microbiome derived-small molecules |
In-Person |
Oct 13 |
11:00 a.m. |
Dr. Priyanka Verma, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Oncology Division, Molecular Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis invited by Dr. Bret Freudenthal. |
Uncovering the tricks to treat BRCA-mutant cancers with PARP inhibitors |
In-Person |
Oct 20 |
11:00 a.m. |
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Oct 27 |
11:00 a.m. |
Dr. Ryan Barnes, Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology, University of Kansas/Medical Center, invited by Dr. Bret Freudenthal. |
Oxidative and Replicative Stress at Telomeres and Beyond |
In-Person |
Nov 3 |
11:00 a.m. |
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Nov 10 |
11:00 a.m. |
Dr. Tamir Gonen, Professor of Biological Chemistry and Physiology and HHMI Investigator, University of California Los Angeles |
Quo Vadis MicroED |
In-Person |
Nov 17 |
2:00 p.m. |
Benjamin Ryan, Ph.D. Candidate, Dissertation Defense |
DNA Polymerase β: Mechanisms of Nucleotide Insertion During DNA Repair |
In-Person, Wahl Hall West 1006 |
Nov 24 |
Thanksgiving-no seminar |
No seminar |
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Dec 1 |
11:00 a.m. |
Dr. Rosana Barreto Rocha Ferreira, Assistant Professor, Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas invited by Dr. Christy Hagan. |
Searching for bioactive compounds produced by skin commensals |
In-Person |
Dec 8 |
11:00 a.m. |
Dr. Mark Ranek, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions invited by Dr. Heather Wilkins. |
Chipping |
In-Person |
Dec 15 |
11:00 a.m. |
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Spring 2024
Speakers and Titles to be announced.
Date |
Time |
Speaker & Host |
Title |
Format |
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Jan 5 |
11:00 a.m. |
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Jan 12 |
11:00 a.m. |
Dr. Paula Bos, Assistant Professor and Cancer Biology Program Co-Leader at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Massey Cancer Center (MCC) invited by Dr. Christy Hagan. |
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In-Person |
Jan 19 |
11:00 a.m. |
Dr. Robert Tarran, Chief, new Division of Genetic, Environmental and Inhalational Disease in the Department of Internal Medicine invited by Dr. Chad Slawson. |
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In-person |
Jan 26 |
11:00 a.m. |
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Feb 2 |
11:00 a.m. |
Dr. David Ingham,Cryo-EM Specialist, Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility, University of Kansas Medical Center, invited by Dr. Bret Freudenthal. |
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In-Person |
Feb 9 |
11:00 a.m. |
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Feb 16 |
11:00 a.m. |
Dr. Carlos Castañeda, Associate Professor |
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In-Person |
Feb 23 |
11:00 a.m. |
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March 1 |
11:00 a.m. |
Spencer Thompson, M.D./Ph.D. Student in the Freudenthal Lab, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center invited by Dr. Christy Hagan
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In-Person |
March 8 |
11:00 a.m. |
No seminar due to Spring Break |
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March 15 |
11:00 a.m. |
No seminar due to Spring Break |
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March 22 |
11:00 a.m. |
No seminar due to Spring Break |
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March 29 |
11:00 a.m. |
Dr. Gary Meints (he/him/his), Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Missouri State University, invited by Dr. Bret D. Freudenthal. |
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In-Person |
April 5 |
No seminar |
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April 12 |
Student Research Forum |
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April 19 |
11:00 a.m. |
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April 26 |
11:00 a.m. |
Dr. Julie Ostrander, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota, invited by Dr. Christy Hagan. |
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In-Person |
May 3 |
11:00 a.m. |
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May 10 |
11:00 a.m. |
Alexandra Berkowicz, Graduate Student, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center invited by Dr. Christy Hagan. |
In-Person |
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May 17 |
11:00 a.m. |
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May 24 |
11:00 a.m. |
Dr. Merlin Nithya Gnanapragasam Assistant Professor, Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease (GRHD), Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, invited by Dr. Kenneth Peterson. |
In-Person |