• Monday – FUSION: Amber Gomez & Kayla Mason

    FUSION Seminar Series
    G202 MBRB 111 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill

    Amber Gomez (Milner and Baldwin labs) Understanding the molecular regulators of CD8 T cell exhaustion   Kayla Mason (Conlon lab) Ddx3x is required in female cardiomyocytes of mice for cardiac development Identifying DDX3X translationally dependent cardiomyocyte specific mRNA targets underlying sex differential congenital heart disease    

  • Monday – FUSION: Garrett Sessions & Anca Frasineanu

    FUSION Seminar Series
    G202 MBRB 111 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill

    Garrett Sessions (Purvis & Diekman labs) Aggregate analysis of cellular senescence fails to identify the effect of key subpopulations Senescence induction is heterogeneous over time, making time point selection critical for designing future experiments   Anca Frasineanu (Gupton lab) TRIM9 deletion decreases mitochondrial translation and increases nuclear speckle proteins in the PSD proteome of 6-month-old … Read more

  • Monday – FUSION: Jocelyn Alvarado & Max Hockenberry

    G202 MBRB 111 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill

    Jocelyn Alvarado (Campbell lab) Characterizing the effect of increasing levels of metavinculin on force transmission in MEFs at the general cellular level and at local focal adhesions   Max Hockenberry (Bear and Legant labs) Developing a method to quantitatively measure the traction forces produced by cells migrating in any arbitrary 3D geometry Applying this methodology … Read more

  • Fall 2024 Seminar Series – Kristy Welshhans, PhD

    Invited speaker seminar series
    G202 MBRB 111 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill

    Kristy Welshhans, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences University of South Carolina Research focus Axonal protein synthesis in neurodevelopment and Down syndrome Faculty host Stephanie Gupton, PhD   More information on speaker  Kristy Welshhans received her Bachelor of Arts degree in biology from Agnes Scott College and her PhD in neurobiology and behavior from … Read more

  • Fall 2024 Seminar Series – Francisco Laurindo, MD, PhD

    Invited speaker seminar series
    6002 Marsico Hall

    Francisco Laurindo, MD, PhD Professor, Heart Institute (Incor) & Director, Vascular Biology Laboratory University of São Paulo President, Society for Redox Biology and Medicine Research focus An endoplasmic reticulum-centered model for redox-dependent intercellular communication Faculty hosts Edward Bahnson, PhD and Sharon Campbell, PhD   More information on speaker  Francisco Laurindo is pioneer in redox signaling … Read more

  • Gottschalk Lecture (2024) – Samir Parikh, MD

    Gottschalk Lecture
    G202 MBRB 111 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill

    Samir Parikh, MD Ruth W. and Milton P. Levy, Sr. Chair in Molecular Nephrology Robert Tucker Hayes Distinguished Chair in Nephrology Professor & Chief of the Division of Nephrology, Dept. of Internal Medicine University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Research focus Turning back kidney frailty by targeting metabolism Faculty host Lori O'Brien, PhD   More … Read more

  • Fall 2024 Seminar Series – Danielle Schmitt, PhD

    Invited speaker seminar series
    G202 MBRB 111 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill

    Danielle Schmitt PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California, Los Angeles Research focus Illuminating compartmentalized metabolic regulation in single cells Faculty host Whitney Edwards, PhD   More information on speaker  Danielle Schmitt obtained her Bachelor of Science in chemistry and biochemistry from Ball State University, where she was a Lewis Stokes … Read more