Past Seminars
| Date | Presenter |
|---|---|
2025 | |
| 5/5/2025 101 BBE | Karla Kaun, PhD Associate Professor of Neuroscience Brown University “Molecular Changes Underlying Alcohol Reward” Hosted by Seth Tomchik, PhD |
| 4/28/2025 101 BBE | Shelley Lumba, PhD Assistant Professor of Cell & Systems Biology University of Toronto “One signal, two kingdoms: How strigolactones are perceived by plants and fungi" Hosted by Bin He, PhD |
| 4/21/2025 2117 MERF | Anjana Rao, PhD Professor La Jolla Institute for Immunology “The TET-DNMT-ASXL1-OGT axis: regulation of DNA and histone methylation, clonal haematopoiesis, and cancer” Hosted by Markus Kuehn, PhD |
| 4/14/2025 2117 MERF | Carsten G. Bönnemann, MD, Habil. Senior Investigator – Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood National Institute of Health “Childhood ALS and the Missing 6th Sense: Novel SPT and PIEZO2 Associated Syndromes” Hosted by the Genetics Graduate Students |
Canceled 4/7/2025 | Andrew Lieberman, PhD Professor of Pathology, Director of Neuropathology University of Michigan “Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy: more than just a motor neuron disease” Hosted by Mark Schultz, PhD |
| 3/31/2025 2117 MERF | Pejman Mohammadi, PhD Associate Professor of Pediatrics – Division of Immunology University of Washington, Seattle "Multimodal analysis of RNA sequencing data powers genetic discovery" Hosted by the Genetics Graduate Students |
2024 | |
| 4/29/24 101 BBE (Kollross) | Molly Duman-Schell, PhD, Navari Family Professor, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics Faculty host: Dan Eberl, Ph.D. |
| 4/22/24 | Jean Bennett, MD, PhD, Director, Center for Advanced Retinal and Ocular Therapeutics Faculty host: Arlene Drack, M.D. |
| 4/15/24 | No Seminar |
| 4/8/24 101 BBE (Kollross) | Vilhelm Bohr, MD, PhD, Professor, D, SC Host: Genetics Graduate Program student invited speaker |
| 4/1/24 | Janine Kwapis, PhD, Paul Bery Early Career Professor and Assistant Professor of Biology Faculty host: Ted Abel, Ph.D. |
| 3/25/24 | Ryan Corces, PhD, Assistant Investigator Host: Genetics Graduate Program student invited speaker |
| 3/18/24 | Gene Yeo, PhD, MBA, Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine Faculty host: Ryan Boudreau, PhD |
2023 | |
| 5/1/23 101 BBE (Kollross) | Laura Landweber, PhD, Professor, Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, and Biological Sciences, and Systems Biology. Columbia University “RNA-Mediated Genome Rearrangements in the Ciliate Oxytricha” |
| 4/24/23 | Helen Jones, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics “In utero gene therapy; Targeting and improving placental development and function |
| 4/17/23 Virtual | Lucy Bai, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Penn State University “Binding Mechanism of Pioneer Factors” |
| 4/10/23 | Cat Pinnaro, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics University of Iowa “Turner syndrome and Associated Phenotypes: The X chromosome and Beyond” |
| 4/3/23 | Seth Tomchik, PhD, Professor, Department of Neuroscience & Pharmacology University of Iowa “Nf1 Ras GAP effects on repetitive motor behaviors and metabolic alterations” |
| 3/27/23 | Mark Schultz, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics University of Iowa “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Proteostatic therapeutics for Niemann-Pick type C disease” |
| 3/20/23 | Elena Semina, PhD, Professor and Chair, Division of Developmental Biology Medical College of Wisconsin “Exploring Underlying Causes of Rare Developmental Phenotypes” |
| 2/20/23 | Quasar Padiath, MBBS, PhD, Associate Professor Human Genetics, and Department of Neurobiology University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health “The role of the nuclear lamina in disease and development” |
| 1/30/23 101 BBE (Kollross) | Marc Freeman, PhD, Director and Senior Scientist Oregon Health & Science University, Vollum Institue “Neuronal remodeling in complex metazoans” |