Seminar: Tomas Kircchausen, PhD
2019-12-02 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | 1131 Bioinformatics
Tomas Kircchausen, PhD
Springer Family Chair | Senior Investigator, Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine (BCH)
Harvard University Medical School
Research Focus: Molecular mechanisms that underlie the cells sorting machineries responsible for receptor-mediated endocytosis and for secretion, and how they are highjacked by toxins, viruses and bacterial pathogens to enter cells. We also study how during cell division, cells control their size and organelle architecture.

CANCELLED: Seminar: Benjamin L. Prosser, PhD
2019-12-09 12:00 - 13:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics
Benjamin L. Prosser, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physiology
The Perelman School, University of Pennsylvania
Research Focus: How cell stress and strain regulate intracellular calcium homeostasis and signaling through reactive oxygen species (ROS).

Fusion Seminar: Zayna King and Melissa Plooster
2019-12-16 12:00 - 13:00 | G202 MBRB, 111 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill
Zayna King (Jim Bear Lab)
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Melissa Plooster (Pat Brennwald/Stephanie Gupton Labs)

Seminar: Brenda Kostelecky, PhD
2020-01-13 12:00 - 13:00 | G202 MBRB, 111 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill
Brenda Kostelecky, PhD
Director
Cascadia Data Alliance at Fred Hutch
Career Focus: Developing innovative and strategic research-strengthening and policy initiatives. Background in diverse biomedical science disciplines including basic cancer biology and cell signaling pathyways, structural biology, public health, behavioral health, and global cancer research.

Seminar: Paola Arlotta, PhD
2020-01-27 12:00 - 13:00 | G202 MBRB, 111 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill
Paola Arlotta, PhD
The Golub Family Professor and Chair
Harvard University
Research Focus: Understanding molecular laws that govern the birth, differentiation and assembly of the human brain’s cerebral cortex.

Seminar: Lynne E. Maquat, PhD
2020-02-10 12:00 - 13:00 | G202 MBRB, 111 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill
Lynne E. Maquat, PhD

Lowell Orbison Endowed Chair and Professor

University of Rochester
Research Focus: Utilization of biochemistry, molecular biology, structural biology, genome editing, transcriptomics, proteomics and computational biology to study RNA metabolism in human health and disease.

Seminar: Eva N. Grayck, MD
2020-02-17 12:00 - 13:00 | G202 MBRB, 111 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill
Eva N. Grayck, MD
Professor of Pediatrics – Critical Care Medicine
University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus
Research Focus: The role of redox regulated signaling pathways in the contribution of pulmonary vascular diseases.

Dissertation Seminar: John Pawlak
2020-02-25 13:00 - 14:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics

Seminar: James Olzmann, PhD
2020-03-02 12:00 - 13:00 | G202 MBRB, 111 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill
James Olzmann, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition Sciences & Toxicology
University of California – Berkeley
Research Focus: Understanding how lipid droplet proteome is established and regulated, howe lipid droplet interact and communicate with other organelles, and the potential to manipulate lipotoxic pathways to therapeutically target cancer.

(Postponed) Seminar: Paul Kubes, PhD
2020-03-16 12:00 - 13:00 | G202 MBRB, 111 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill
Paul Kubes, PhD
Professor, Physiology & Pharmacology | Director, Calvin Phoebe & Joan Snyder Institute for Chronic Disease
University of Calgary
Research Focus: To directly visualize the roles of immune cells during inflammation, infection and tissue injury.

(Postponed) Fusion Seminar: Dan Michaud and Laura McCormick
2020-03-23 12:00 - 13:00 | G202 MBRB, 111 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill

(Postponed) Fusion Seminar: Natalie Tanke and Rachel Battaglia
2020-03-30 12:00 - 13:00

(Postponed)Fusion Seminar: Stephen Serafin and Sam Honeycutt
2020-04-06 12:00 - 13:00 | G202 MBRB, 111 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill

(Postponed, TBD) Seminar: Andy Y. Shih, PhD
2020-04-20 12:00 - 13:00 | G202 MBRB, 111 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill
Andy Y. Shih, PhD
Associate Professor, Center for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Seattle Children’s Research Institute – University of Washington
Research Focus: The small blood vessels that deliver oxygen and nutrients to all reaches of the brain. Study how blood vessels grow, degrade and respond to injury from birth to senescence.

(Postponed, TBD): CBP Research Day
2020-04-24 09:00 - 17:00

Fusion Seminar (Via Zoom): Rachel Battaglia and Cole Edwards
2020-04-27 10:00 - 11:00

CANCELLED: Seminar: Jeff B. Carroll, PhD
2020-04-27 12:00 - 13:00 | G202 MBRB, 111 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill
Jeff B. Carroll, PhD
Associate Professor
Western Washington University
Research Focus: Understanding whole body symptoms of Huntington’s Disease, using a genetic mouse model. Interest in the role that brain-body cross talk plays in the development of HD symptoms in our system. Active in HD outreach and pharmaceutical consulting.

Fusion Seminar (Via Zoom): Priya Hibshman, Natalie Tanke and Rhianna Lee
2020-05-04 10:00 - 11:00

(Postponed, TBD) Seminar: Jeffrey L. Twiss, MD, PhD
2020-05-04 12:00 - 13:00 | G202 MBRB, 111 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill
Jeffrey L. Twiss, MD, PhD
Interim Chair & Professor of Biological Sciences | SmartState Chair in Childhood Neurotherapeutics
University of South Carolina
Research Focus: Neural repair mechanisms, specifically on how to utilize these mechanisms to improve recovery after injury of the nervous system.

(Postponed, TBD) Seminar: Shernaz X. Bamji, PhD
2020-05-11 12:00 - 13:00 | G202 MBRB, 111 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill
Shernaz X. Bamji, PhD
Tula Foundation Investigator (Brain Research Centre) Head, Neuroscience Research Group
The University of British Columbia
Research Focus: To elucidate the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the formation, stability, and elimination of CNS synapses.

Fusion Seminar (Via Zoom): Julie Necarsulmer, Laura McCormick
2020-05-18 10:00 - 11:00

Fusion Seminar (Via Zoom): Sam Honeycutt, Hernan Mendez
2020-06-01 10:00 - 11:00

Fusion Seminar (Via Zoom): Stephen Serafin and Dan Michaud
2020-06-08 10:00 - 11:00

Alicia Tagliatela: CBP Dissertation Defense Seminar
2020-08-28 14:00 - 15:00
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Dissertation Defense: Natalie Nielsen
2020-09-14 09:00 - 10:00
Topic: Natalie Nielsen’s Public Defense
Time: Sep 14, 2020 09:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Fusion Seminar: Natalie Harris & Ian Windham
2020-09-14 12:00 - 13:00
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Fusion Seminar: Abby Cleveland & Karina Kinghorn
2020-09-21 12:00 - 13:00

Fusion Seminar: Molly Kulikauskas & Selena Romero
2020-09-28 12:00 - 13:00

Departmental Seminar: Bridget Williams-Simmons, PhD
2020-10-19 12:00 - 13:00
Director of the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Office of Science Policy and Communications
Career Focus: Joined NIAAA in 2007 as a Health Scientist Administrator in the Science Policy Branch (SPB), where she worked on a wide range of science policy topics. The Office of Science Policy and Communications is responsible for science policy, planning, evaluation and reporting functions for NIAAA; and the preparation of briefing materials on alcohol research. Additionally, the office coordinates all media relations, produces materials for scientific and lay audiences, and acts as the public face of the institute. During her tenure in SPB, she served as NIAAA’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Coordinator as well as NIAAA lead on a number of other significant trans-NIH projects. Prior to her recent appointment, Dr. Williams-Simmons served as Chief of SPB.

Fusion Seminar: Carlos Patino Descovich & Melissa Plooster
2020-11-09 12:00 - 13:00
