Seminars
IMMpact Symposium
IMM Seminars
Unless otherwise specified, all seminars will be held at 11 AM in the Beth Robertson Auditorium at IMM (1825 Pressler, Room 104).
| DATE AND HOST | Fall 2024 - Spring 2025 IMM SEMINAR SERIES SPEAKERS |
|---|---|
| September 20, 2024 Host: Long Jun Wu, PhD | Speaker: Casey Cook, PhD Institution: Mayo Clinic-Florida Presentation title: Untangling pathogenic mechanisms in AD and related disorders |
| October 25, 2024 Host: Ali Azhdarinia, PhD | Speaker: Kirstin Zettlitz, PhD Institution: City of Hope, Duarte Cancer Center-California Presentation title: Engineered Antibody Fragments optimized for ImmunoTheranostics (immunoPET, Optical Imaging and Radioimmunotherapy |
| November 1, 2024 Host: Long Ju WU, PhD | Speaker: Yi Ren, PhD Institution: Florida State University Presentation title: : Impacts of Myelin Debris Clearance on Spinal Cord Injury Outcomes |
| November 8, 2024 Host: Kristin Mahan, PhD | Speaker: Kenneth P. Wright, Jr., PhD Institution: University of Colorado-Boulder Presentation title: Circadian misalignment and insufficient sleep mechanisms contributing to cardiometabolic diseases |
| November 15, 2024 Host: Ashish Kapoor, PhD | Speaker: Rosa Uribe, PhD Institution: Rice University Presentation title: How the brain in the gut is constructed using zebrafish as a model |
| November 22, 2024 Host: LongJun Wu, PhD | Speaker: Marianna Sadagurski, PhD Institution: Wayne State University Presentation title: Hypothalamic Glia in the Intersection of Brain Aging and Environment |
| December 6, 2024 Host: Kai Sun, MD, PhD | Speaker: Xianlin Han, PhD Institution: UT Health San Antonio-Barshop Institute Presentation title: Alzheimer’s disease is likely a lipid-disorder complication: An example of functional lipidomics for biomedical and biological research |
| December 13, 2024 Host: Richard Cox, PhD | Speaker: Aleksey Matveyenko, PhD Institution: Mayo Clinic-Minnesota Presentation title: Circadian regulation of β-cell function in health and disease |
| January 17, 2025 Host: Sheng Zheng, PhD | Speaker: Michael S. Marks, PhD Institution: University of Pennsylvania Presentation title: The Dark Side of Organelle Biogenesis Enlightened by Rare Human Diseases |
| January 24, 2025 Host: LongJun Wu, PhD | Speaker: Ashley Brandebura, PhD Institution: Salk Institute for Biological Studies Presentation title: Astrocyte dysfunction in Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease: Roles for astrocyte-secreted Pleiotrophin |
| January 31, 2025 Host: Mikhail Kolonin, PhD | Speaker: Tan Han, PhD Institution: The Rockefeller University Presentation Title: The Hunger Games: Neural and Brain-body insights into metabolic control |
| February 7, 2025 Host: Sheng Pan, PhD | Speaker: Jennifer Van Eyk, PhD Institution: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles Presentation title: Two sides of precision medicine: the role of proteomics |
| February 14, 2025 Host: Qingchun Tong, PhD | Speaker: Liangyou Rui, PhD Institution: University of Michigan Presentation title: Hypothalamic SH2B1 and SLUG pathways in Obesity |
| February 21, 2025 Host: Long-Jun Wu, PhD | Speaker: Bjorn F. Vahsen, MD, PhD, MSc, DPhil Institution: University of Oxford Presentation title: Dissecting the role of microglia in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using multicellular human iPSC models |
| February 28, 2025 Host: Vihang Narkar, PhD | Speaker: Terence Ryan , PhD Institution: University of Florida-Gainesville Presentation title: The aryl hydrocarbon receptor as a novel regulator of muscle health and disease |
| March 21, 2025 HARRY E. BOVAY, JR. LECTURE Host Mikhail Kolonin, PhD | Speaker: Nir Barzilai, M.D. Institution: Albert Einstein College of Medicine Presentation title: How to die young at a very old age |
| March 28, 2025 Host: Xiaodong C. Cheng, PhD | Speaker: Renping Zhou, PhD Institution: Rutgers University Presentation title: Development of Gene Therapy for Neural Degenerative Disease |
| April 4, 2025 Host: Nami McCarty, PhD | Speaker: Radbod Darabi, PhD Institution: University of Houston Presentation Title TBA |
| April 11, 2025 Host: Sheng Zhang, PhD | Speaker: Hongjie Li, PhD Institution: Baylor College of Medicine Presentation title: TBA |
| April 25, 2025 CNG Symposium EBERHARD LECTURE Host TBA | Speaker TBA Institution TBA Presentation title: TBA |
| May 2, 2025 Host: Ashish Kapoor, PhD | Speaker: Michelle Ward, PhD Institution: University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Presentation title: Understanding cardiovascular disease susceptibility using human pluripotent stem cell models |
| May 16, 2025 Host: Xin Ge, PhD | Speaker: Jim Wells, PhD Institution: University of California-San Francisco School of Pharmacy Presentation title: Time flies, how? Unlocking the secrets of aging |
| May 30, 2025 Host: Mikhail Kolonin, PhD | Speaker: James F. Nelson PhD Institution: UT San Antonio Presentation title: TBA |
Questions regarding The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine’s Seminar Series can be directed to both:
Ashish Kapoor Phone: 1-713-500-2439 or email
Kai Sun Phone: 1-713-500-3190 or email
CVG/THI Seminars
This seminar series in on hold until further notice.