Developmental and Cell Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Travis Thomson

Developmental and Cell Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Travis Thomson

Dr. Travis Thomson  Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Massachusetts  “Dueling Transposons Regulate Structural Synaptic Plasticity” Abstract: Transposons are parasitic genome elements that can also serve as raw material for the evolution of new cellular...

Developmental and Cell Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Kyoko Yokomori

Developmental and Cell Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Kyoko Yokomori

Dr. Kyoko Yokomori Professor, SOM - Biological ChemistryUniversity of California, Irvine “CRISPR-Engineered mutations and MERFISH single cell spatial transcriptomics reveal key processes of FSHD pathogenesis” Abstract: Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD) is a...

Developmental and Cell Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Dennis Discher 

Developmental and Cell Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Dennis Discher 

Dr. Dennis Discher  Robert D. Bent ProfessorUniversity of Pennsylvania “Mechanobiological insights into fat, genome integrity, and tumoricidal macrophages” Abstract: Fat is usually considered soft, but fat droplets accumulate within cells and remain round as they...

Developmental and Cell Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Xing Dai

Developmental and Cell Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Xing Dai

Dr. Xing Dai Professor, SOM - Biological ChemistryUniversity of California, Irvine “Beauty is Skin Deep: Epithelial Stem Cell Plasticity, Immune Crosstalk, and Metabolism” Abstract: Skin is a dynamic organ that relies on the proper regulation of adhesive properties...

Developmental and Cell Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Ru Gunawardane

Developmental and Cell Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Ru Gunawardane

Dr. Ru Gunawardane Executive DirectorAllen Institute for Cell Science   “Towards understanding cell states and transitions in hiPSCs: an integrated spatiotemporal approach” Abstract: The Allen Institute for Cell Science aims to understand the principles by which human...

DCB Seminar Series Featuring Dr. Doina Tumbar from Cornell University

DCB Seminar Series Featuring Dr. Doina Tumbar from Cornell University

Fall 2023 Seminar Series Each quarter the Department of Developmental and Cell Biology hosts a weekly seminar. The purpose of these seminars is to enable experts from around the country to share their newest discoveries and ideas with our students and faculty....

DCB Seminar Series Featuring Dr. Xu Li from Westlake University

DCB Seminar Series Featuring Dr. Xu Li from Westlake University

  Fall 2023 Seminar Series Each quarter the Department of Developmental and Cell Biology hosts a weekly seminar. The purpose of these seminars is to enable experts from around the country to share their newest discoveries and ideas with our students and faculty....