XIAOKE CHEN, DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY
Attend Dr. Chen's pre-seminar presentation to learn more about Dr. Nathaniel Heintz's seminar, "The Importance of Cell Type: Molecular Mechanisms of Circuit Modulation in the Mammalian Brain", to be held Thursday, May 3rd.
The Fontan surgical procedure is used to treat children born with particular congenital heart defects, namely to provide a direct connection between the inferior vena cava and the right pulmonary artery. This procedure has proven successful in better oxygenating and delivering blood despite the absence of one ventricle. Tissue engineering promises to enable an improved vascular conduit and is in clinical trials in the USA. There is a need, however, to find an optimal scaffold design that can minimize possible post-operative complications.
ALISON MARSDEN, DEPARTMENTS OF PEDIATRICS AND BIOENGINEERING
Attend Dr. Marsden's pre-seminar presentation to learn more about Dr. Jay Humphrey's seminar, "Computational Model-Driven Design of Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts", to be held Thursday, April 12th.
HUDA AKIL, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Dr. Akil's research program is uncovering some molecular players that are not “the usual suspects”, thereby providing possibilities for new biomarkers and novel drug targets in the treatment of Major Depression.
ALAN SCHATZBERG, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Attend Dr. Schatzberg's pre-seminar presentation to learn more about Dr. Huda Akil's seminar, "Molecular, Genetic and Neural Mechanisms of Moods and Emotions", to be held Thursday, March 8th.
KATHIE HARRIS, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Dr. Harris will describe the interdisciplinary design of The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health and what has been learned by merging social and biological data on the health of young adults in America.
BEN DOMINGUE, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Attend Dr. Domingue's pre-seminar presentation to learn more about Dr. Kathie Harris's seminar, "Social, Behavioral, and Biological Linkages in Young Adult Health", to be held Thursday, February 8th.
ERIKA HOLZBAUR, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Dr. Holzbaur's lab is interested in exploring the dynamics of autophagy and mitophagy in neurons, including compartment biogenesis, cargo recognition and capture, and active transport coupled to cargo degradation. Approaches in the lab include live cell imaging in cell lines and primary neurons, in vitro reconstitution assays with single molecule resolution to analyze dynamics of motors and the cytoskeleton, and the development and analysis of animal models for neurodegenerative disease.
XINNAN WANG, DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY
Attend Dr. Wang's pre-seminar presentation to learn more about Dr. Erika Holzbaur's seminar, "Autophagy dynamics in neuronal homeostasis and neurodegeneration", to be held Thursday, January 18th.
Lucy O'Brien
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