Seminar Series
CS MOTT CENTER MONTHLY SEMINAR SERIES
Zoom Meeting
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Upcoming Seminars 2021 - 2022
| November 3 | "Leveraging alllele specific expression analysis to study cis-regulation of gene expression in cancers." Arko Sen, Ph.D. Research Associate McVicker Lab Salk Institute of Biologcal Sciences |
| November 17 | "Guiding the next generation: new roles for isoprenoids in embryonic germ cell development" Lacy J Barton K99/R00 Postdoctoral Research Fellow Ruth Lehmann's Lab Skirball Institute, NYU School of Medicine |
| December 1 | "Ovarian reserve formation and maintenance the foundation of precision medicine for ovarian function and health." Lei Lei, PhD Associate Professor The Buck Institute for Research on Aging |
| December 8 | Mike R. Wilson, Ph.D. NCI K99 Postdoctoral Fellow Michigan State University |
| January 19 | Indira U. Mysorekar, Ph.D. Wagner Endowed Professor Chief of Basic and Translational Research and Vice Chief, Section for Infectious Diseases, Vice Chair for Research Group, Margaret M and Albert B Alkek Department of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine |
| February 23 | Chas Easley, Ph.D. Associate Professor Graduate Program Coordinator Environmental Health Science College of Public Health Environmental Health Science and Regenerative Bioscience Center University of Georgia |
| April | Shawn L. Chavez, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Division of Reproductive & Developmental Sciences Oregon National Primate Research Center Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Molecular & Medical Genetics, and Biomedical Engineering Oregon Health & Science University |
| May 25 | Ki-Wook Kim, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Pharmacology and Regenerative Medicine College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago |
| June 22 | Kathleen R. Cho, MD Professor Peter A. Ward Professor of Pathology Vice Chair for Academic Affairs Director, Gynecologic Pathology Professor of Internal Medicine Department of Pathology Michigan Medicine University of Michigan |
Past Seminars
| January | "The cGAS-STING Pathway and Therapeutic Vulnerabilities of Ovarian Cancer" Madhuri Koti, DVM, MV.Sc, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Deparments of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology Cancer Biology and Genetics Division, Queen's Cancer Research Institute Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada "Delivery of an Anti-inflammatory Drug Using Extracellular Vesicles to Reduce Infection-Associated Fetal Inflammatory Response and the Risk of Preterm Birth" Ramkumar Menon, M.S., Ph.D. Professor Dept of OB-GYN/Cell Biology The University of Texas Medical Branch @ Galveston |
| February | "Protection and Preparation: Molecular Multitasking to Achieve Cervical Remodeling Through Pregnancy" Mala S. Mahendroo, Ph.D. Professor Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas "The Progenesis Study" Roohi Jeelani, M.D., FACOG. Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist, Director of Research and Co-Director, Fertility Preservation and Ovarian Aging Center of Excellence at Vios Fertility Institute |
| March | "Environmental Factors and Maternal-Child Health in Metropolitan Detroit" Andrea E. Cassidy-Bushrow, Ph.D. Senior Scientist Henry Ford Health System Department of Public Health Sciences 1 Ford Place, 5C |
| April | "Principles of CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Targeting in Mouse and Rat Models" Thomas Saunders, Ph.D. Research Professor Transgenic Animal Model Care University of Michigan |
| May | "Ovarian Cancer: Genes and Hormones" Jaeyon Kim, D.V.M., Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Melvin & Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Indiana University School of Medicine Yaddanapudi Ravindranath, M.B., B.S. |
| June | "Real-time chemical tools to modulate dynamic sugar signaling in cells." Charlie Fehl, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry Wayne State University |
| June | Britany Affolter-Caine, Ph.D. URC Executive Director Michigan's University Research Corridor |
| July | "Cell Cycle Control of Oocytes Meiosis" Joshua Bembenek, Ph.D. Assistant Research Scientist MCDB Department University of Michigan |
| September | Sorin Draghici, Ph.D. Director, James and Patricia Anderson Engineering Ventures Institute College of Engineering Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Professor, Department of Computer Science Director of the Intelligent Systems and Bioinformatics Laboratory Wayne State University |
| October 13 | "Molecular Mechanisms of Transcriptional Addiction in Cancer." Ata Abbas, M.S., Ph.D. Research Scientist, Division of Hematology and Oncology Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University Member, Developmental Therapeutic Program Case Comprehensive Cancer Center |
| October 20 | Patty Yuhas Kieleszewski, Ph.D. Associate Director, Contract Administration Wayne State University Sponsored Program Administration |
| October 27 | "Long-term memory of adverse prenatal micronutrient environment on offspring" Masako Suzuki, D.V.M., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
2020
| January | "Stopping Pre-Term Labor by Electrical Inhibition of the Myometrium" Frederick Naftolin, M.D., Ph.D. Research Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Research Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine Course Director, Human Reproduction Director, Reproductive Biology Research New York University, Langone Health |
| February | "MNRR1, a Moonlighting Target for Mitochondrial Heterosplasmy" Siddesh Aras, MBBS, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Molecular Medicine and Genetics Wayne State University School of Medicine, Center of Molecular Medicine and Genetics |
| March - September | Cancelled Due to Covid-19 |
| October | "Molecular Insights into Regulation of Early Lineage Formation and Pluripotency in Preimplantation Embryos" Jason Knott, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Animal Science Michigan State University |
| November | "Post-copulatory Genetic Matchmaking – Towards a Deeper Understanding of Fertilization and Infertility" Jukka Kekalainen, Ph.D. Associate Professor University of Eastern Finland |
| December | "Placental Small Extracellular Vesicles in Maternal-Fetal Communication and Pregnancy Health" Yoel Sadovsky, M.D. Executive Director, Magee-Womens Research Institute, Elsie Hilliard Hillman Chair of Women's Health Research, Distinguished Professor of OB-GYN, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Vice Chair (research), Department of OBG-YN and Reproductive Sciences, Associate Dean, Women's Health Research and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Magee-Womens Research Institute |
The seminars are currently held virtually due to COVID-19. Please contact alyssa.alday@wayne.edu for more information.