Seminars
Winter 2026
Lunch with graduate students and postdocs 12-1pm for external speakers; seminars 1-2pm, unless otherwise noted.
| Date | Speaker | Title | |
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| 01/16/26 | Sangbum Park, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Michigan State University | "Capturing cellular dynamics during wound repair in live mice" |
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| 01/30/26 | Aitor Aguirre, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Michigan State University | TBD |
| 02/06/26 | Joy Alcedo, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University | "Neural insulin signaling: the role of diet and stress" |
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| 02/20/26 | Amelie Fradette-Turcotte, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, University Laval | "The role of chromatin in safeguarding the genome under stress conditions" |
| 02/27/26 | Brendon Baker, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan | TBD |
| 03/06/26 | Paul Burridge, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Center for Pharmacogenomics, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine | "Understanding the Pharmacogenomics of Chemotherapy-Induced Cardiovascular Toxicity using hiPSC" |
| 03/13/26 | James Jackson, M.F.A., M.A. | Academic Services Officer, Assessment Coordinator, Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University | “Assessment and student learning: Sharing teaching success stories!” |
| 03/20/26 | Sarah Webster, Ph.D. | Senior Postdoc, Western Michigan University | "B Cells Reside in the Healthy Murine Retina and are Altered by Lack of IgM and Age" |
| 03/27/26 | David Rand, Ph.D. | Chair, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Professor of Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI | TBD |
| 04/03/26 | Tim Mosca, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Thomas Jefferson University | "On the Surface: Transmembrane Protein Codes that Direct Synapse Formation and Function in the Brain" |
| 04/10/26 | Jun Hee Lee, Ph.D. | Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Research Professor of Gerontology | "See Everything Quickly: Microscopic Exploration of Spatial Transcriptome" |
| 04/17/26 | Christi Gendron | Associate Research Scientist, Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Medical School, U of M | "Neuronal Mechanisms by Which Sensory Perception Impacts Lifespan" |
| 04/24/26 | W. Dan Tracey | Professor, Biology, Linda and Jack Gill Chair of Neuroscience | "Molecular, Cellular, and Circuit Mechanisms of Nociception in Drosophila" |