Winter 2023 Seminars
Winter 2023 Seminar Series
Fridays at 1 PM, 6364 Scott Hall and on Zoom
Lunch with graduate students and postdocs 12-1, seminars 1-2, unless otherwise noted
Zoom meeting link
Meeting ID: 962 5748 2014; Passcode: 855880
| Date | Speaker | Title | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/13/23 | Seth Kullman, Ph.D. | Professor of Toxicology, Director of Toxicology Training Program, North Carolina State University | "Vitamin D signaling as a novel target for endocrine disruption and metabolic disruption" | |
| 01/20/23 | Siyuan Zhang, M.D., Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | "Resolving Principles of Tumor Microenvironment Dynamics through the Lens of Single-cell Approaches" | |
| 01/27/23 | Jamie Bernard, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Michigan State University | "Novel mechanisms of adiposity-promoted carcinogenesis: Implications for cancer prevention and intervention" | |
| 02/03/23 | David Bridges, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Michigan | "Obesity and stress: Pathophysiological effects of a loss of resilience" | |
| 02/10/23 | Alyson Sujkowski, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University | "Drosophila endurance exercise: a platform for therapeutic discovery" | |
| 02/17/23 | Yi Zhang, Ph.D. | Assistant Scientist, Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Health | "Small extracellular vesicles ameliorate peripheral neuropathy and enhance chemotherapy of oxaliplatin on ovarian cancer" | |
| 02/24/23 | Kevin Cox, Ph.D. | Unit Supervisor, Water Toxics Unit, State of Michigan | "Career Seminars: A Career in Public Health Risk Assessment" | |
| 03/03/23 | Jennifer Schlezinger, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Health, Boston University | "What should we be thinking about (but aren't) in investigating PF AS-induced lipid disruption? Human relevance, Sex differences and Alternate Nuclear Receptors" | |
| 03/10/23 | Seonil Kim, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University | "Co-activation of selective nicotine acetylcholine receptors improves hippocampal rhythmic activity and memory in Alzheimer's disease" | |
| 03/17/23 | Hilary Marusak, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine; | "Overview of research and activities in the WSU THINK lab"
"Investigating the Neuroimmune System in Opioid Use Disorder: Evidence from Molecular Imaging Studies" | |
| 03/24/23 | Harini Sampath, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University | "Intestinal desaturases: a role in metabolic health and inflammation" | |
| 03/31/23 | Huiping Liu, M.D., Ph.D. | Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine (Hematology/ Oncology), Northwestern University | "Machine learning assisted understanding of circulating tumor stem cell clusters in metastasis" | |
| 04/07/23 | Marybeth Irwin, Ph.D. | Supervisory Pharmacologist, Center for Tobacco Products, Office of Science - Division of NonClinical Science, U.S. Food and Drug Administration | "Career Seminars: From WSU Pharmacology to a Career at the US FDA" | |
| 04/14/23 | Mark Hahn, Ph.D. | Senior Scientist, Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute | "Coping with Extreme Pollution: AHR signaling and mechanisms of evolutionary adaptation to multi-generational chemical exposure" | |
| 04/21/23 | Joel Meyer, Ph.D. | Truman and Nellie Semans/ Alex Brown and Sons Associate Professor of Molecular Environmental Toxicology, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University University | "Which forms of mitochondrial toxicity lead to dopaminergic neurodegeneration?" | |
| 04/28/23 | Melanie Samuel, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine | "To eat or not to eat: neural immune interactions that shape synaptic connectivity" |