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Seminars & Events

The weekly colloquium is generally held on Thursdays at 2:00 p.m. in K-207 Auditorium (2-6408). Unless otherwise noted, our departmental colloquia program is supported by the Alejandro Zaffaroni Endowment Fund and the John R. Murlin Fund. For outside guests, contact Dr. Houhui Xia. For graduate student colloquia, contact Dr. Cesare Orlandi.

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Second-Year 20-minute Literature Reviews: “Asparagine starvation suppresses histone demethylation through iron depletion”

Nidhi Shah - Pharmacology Master's Student in the Laboratory of Dr. Romeo Blanc

Dec 14, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-207, 2-6408

Second-Year 20-minute Literature Reviews: “Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 4 as a Regulator of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Chondrogenesis”

Xingyu Jing - Physiology Master's Student in the Laboratory of Dr. Whasil Lee

Dec 14, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-207, 2-6408

Guest Seminar: "Delta glutamate receptor conductance drives neuronal excitation"

Stephanie Gantz, Ph.D - Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa

Dec 07, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-207, 2.6408

Research Talk: "Role of Orphan Receptor GPRC5B in Stress-Relevant Behaviors"

Wenqi Fu - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. Cesare Orlandi

Nov 30, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-207, 2-6408

Paul Horowicz Lecture and Poster Session: "For Calcium Signaling and Excitation-Contraction Coupling, 'I’d Rather Be In Rochester'"

Eduardo Rios, Ph.D. - Professor of Physiology & Biophysics; Director, Section of Cellular Signaling , Rush University, Chicago, Illinois

Nov 16, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K207, Room 2-6408

Paul Horowicz Lecture and Poster Session: Poster Session

Nov 16, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Forbes Mezzanine, 1-9580

First-Year 20-minute Rotation Talk: "IRE-1α: A Promising Target For Acute Lung Injury"

Ei Tun - Graduate Student Rotation in the Laboratory of Dr. Fabeha Fazal

Nov 14, 2023 @ 12:30 p.m.

Medical Center | Anders Room, 4-6912

First-Year 20-minute Rotation Talk: "The Role of Bone Remodeling in Regulating Hematopoietic Cell Expansion"

Amy Hong - Graduate Student Rotation in the Laboratory of Dr. Shu-Chi Allison Yeh

Nov 14, 2023 @ 12:30 p.m.

Medical Center | Anders Room, 4-6912

Second-Year 20 minute Literature Reviews: "Experimental Evidence for the Age Dependence of Tau Protein Spread in the Brain"

Tiwa Oni - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Drs. Kuan Hong Wang/M. Kerry O’Banion

Nov 09, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-207, 2-6408

Second-Year 20 minute Literature Reviews: "Neurological Disorders after Severe Pneumonia are Associated with Translocation of Endogenous Bacteria from the Lung to the Brain"

Zahra Mahamed - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. Minsoo Kim

Nov 09, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-207, 2-6408

Ph.D. Thesis Proposal: "Suppression of Cerebral Cavernous Malformation Nonsense Mutation Using Anti-Codon Edited tRNAs"

Rhodalyn Essien - Graduate Student in the Laboratories of Drs. Angela Glading and John Lueck

Nov 07, 2023 @ 12:30 p.m.

Medical Center | Anders Room, (4-6912)

Second-Year 20 minute Literature Reviews: "SIRT2 inhibition protects against cardiac hypertrophy and ischemic injury"

Kate Bernier - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. Eric Small

Nov 02, 2023 @ 2:30 p.m.

Medical Center | K-207, 2-6408

Second-Year 20 minute Literature Reviews: "Familial atrial fibrillation mutation M1875T-SCN5A increases early sodium current and dampens the effect of flecainide"

Martin Garcia - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. Doug Anderson

Nov 02, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-207, 2-6408

Second-Year 20 Minute Literature Reviews: "Peripheral Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid Type 4 Hypersensitivity Contributes to Chronic Sickle Cell Disease Pain"

Chrysilla Chrysilla - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. Megan Falsetta-Wood

Oct 26, 2023 @ 2:30 p.m.

Medical Center | K-207, 2-6408

Second-Year 20 Minute Literature Reviews: "Flt3- and Tie2-Cre Tracing Identifies Regeneration in Sepsis from Multipotent Progenitors but Not Hematopoietic Stem Cells"

Michael Malloy - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. Craig Morrell

Oct 26, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-207, 2-6408

Research Talk: "Thrombocytopenia Independently Leads to Monocyte Immune Dysfunction"

Chen Li - Laboratory of Dr. Craig Morrell

Oct 19, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-207, 2-6408

Research Talk: "Orai1G100S/+ tubular aggregate myopathy mice exhibit compromised muscle function, structural alterations, and postnatal adaptations"

Nan Zhao - Laboratory of Dr. Robert Dirksen

Oct 12, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-207, 2-6408

Ph.D. Thesis Defense: "HSPB8 Attenuates Pathological Tau Accumulation"

Jarreau Harrison - Advisor: Gail V. W. Johnson, Ph.D.

Oct 10, 2023 @ 1:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Adolph Auditorium, 1-7619

Second-Year 25-minute Research Talk: "Stoichiometry of Acid-Sensing Ion Channel’s Desensitization and Recovery"

Alireza Mousaei - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. David MacLean

Sep 28, 2023 @ 2:30 p.m.

Medical Center | K-207, 2-6408

Second-Year 25-minute Research Talk: "Downstream Pathways by Which Extracellular GSH can be used as a Source of Cysteine for Cancer Cells"

Fatemeh Alimohammadi - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. Isaac Harris

Sep 28, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-207, 2-6408

Ph.D. Thesis Proposal: "Optogenetic Control of Mitochondria to Investigate the Role of Protonmotive Force in Neuronal Physiology"

Nada Ahmed Selim - Laboratory of Dr. Andrew P. Wojtovich

Sep 21, 2023 @ 12:30 p.m.

Medical Center | Case Method Room (1-9576)

CMPP Faculty Research Presentation: "Molecular Basis of Stress-related Disorders and Rapid Antidepressant Treatment"

Manoela Fogaça, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology

Sep 14, 2023 @ 2:45 p.m.

Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)

CMPP Faculty Research Presentation: "Mechanisms of Vulvar Disease"

Megan Falsetta-Wood, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pharmacology and Physiology

Sep 14, 2023 @ 2:30 p.m.

Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)

CMPP Faculty Research Presentation: "Bioenergetic and Cardiac Development"

George Porter Jr., M.D., Ph.D. - Professor and Chief of Pediatrics-Cardiology; of Medicine, and Pharmacology and Physiology; Rhea and Raymond White Professorship in Pediatric Cardiology

Sep 14, 2023 @ 2:15 p.m.

Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)

CMPP Faculty Research Presentation: "Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Muscle Disease"

Robert Dirksen, Ph.D. - Lewis Pratt Ross Professor and Chair of Pharmacology and Physiology

Sep 14, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)

Guest Seminar: "Novel roles of the hypothalamic (pro)renin receptor signaling in blood pressure regulation and obesity-associated glucose metabolic impairment."

Yumei Feng Earley, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.H.A - Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Cell Biology; University of Nevada-Reno, School of Medicine

Sep 12, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Room K207, 2.6408

Seminars & Events

Second-Year 20-minute Literature Reviews: “Asparagine starvation suppresses histone demethylation through iron depletion”

Second-Year 20-minute Literature Reviews: “Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 4 as a Regulator of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Chondrogenesis”

Guest Seminar: "Delta glutamate receptor conductance drives neuronal excitation"

Research Talk: "Role of Orphan Receptor GPRC5B in Stress-Relevant Behaviors"

Paul Horowicz Lecture and Poster Session: "For Calcium Signaling and Excitation-Contraction Coupling, 'I’d Rather Be In Rochester'"

Paul Horowicz Lecture and Poster Session: Poster Session

First-Year 20-minute Rotation Talk: "IRE-1α: A Promising Target For Acute Lung Injury"

First-Year 20-minute Rotation Talk: "The Role of Bone Remodeling in Regulating Hematopoietic Cell Expansion"

Second-Year 20 minute Literature Reviews: "Experimental Evidence for the Age Dependence of Tau Protein Spread in the Brain"

Second-Year 20 minute Literature Reviews: "Neurological Disorders after Severe Pneumonia are Associated with Translocation of Endogenous Bacteria from the Lung to the Brain"

Ph.D. Thesis Proposal: "Suppression of Cerebral Cavernous Malformation Nonsense Mutation Using Anti-Codon Edited tRNAs"

Second-Year 20 minute Literature Reviews: "SIRT2 inhibition protects against cardiac hypertrophy and ischemic injury"

Second-Year 20 minute Literature Reviews: "Familial atrial fibrillation mutation M1875T-SCN5A increases early sodium current and dampens the effect of flecainide"

Second-Year 20 Minute Literature Reviews: "Peripheral Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid Type 4 Hypersensitivity Contributes to Chronic Sickle Cell Disease Pain"

Second-Year 20 Minute Literature Reviews: "Flt3- and Tie2-Cre Tracing Identifies Regeneration in Sepsis from Multipotent Progenitors but Not Hematopoietic Stem Cells"

Research Talk: "Thrombocytopenia Independently Leads to Monocyte Immune Dysfunction"

Research Talk: "Orai1G100S/+ tubular aggregate myopathy mice exhibit compromised muscle function, structural alterations, and postnatal adaptations"

Ph.D. Thesis Defense: "HSPB8 Attenuates Pathological Tau Accumulation"

Second-Year 25-minute Research Talk: "Stoichiometry of Acid-Sensing Ion Channel’s Desensitization and Recovery"

Second-Year 25-minute Research Talk: "Downstream Pathways by Which Extracellular GSH can be used as a Source of Cysteine for Cancer Cells"

Ph.D. Thesis Proposal: "Optogenetic Control of Mitochondria to Investigate the Role of Protonmotive Force in Neuronal Physiology"

CMPP Faculty Research Presentation: "Molecular Basis of Stress-related Disorders and Rapid Antidepressant Treatment"

CMPP Faculty Research Presentation: "Mechanisms of Vulvar Disease"

CMPP Faculty Research Presentation: "Bioenergetic and Cardiac Development"

CMPP Faculty Research Presentation: "Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Muscle Disease"

Guest Seminar: "Novel roles of the hypothalamic (pro)renin receptor signaling in blood pressure regulation and obesity-associated glucose metabolic impairment."

Ph.D. Thesis Proposal: "Investigating Structural Determinants for and Consequences of G Protein Subtype Biased Signaling at the mu Opioid Receptor"

CMPP Faculty Research Presentation: "Epigenetic Erosion Induced by Inflammation Drives Aged Stem Cell Ferroptosis"

CMPP Faculty Research Presentation: "Ferroptosis and Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis"

CMPP Faculty Research Presentation: "Studying Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Signaling"

CMPP Faculty Research Presentation: "Ca2+ Signaling: Mechanisms in Physiology and Disease"

CMPP Faculty Research Presentation: "Opioid Receptor Signaling and Medications Development for Treating Drug Abuse"

CMPP Faculty Research Presentation: "Arthritis and Mechano-therapeutics"

CMPP Faculty Research Presentation: "Organelle Communication: In Cellular Homeostasis and Disease"

CMPP Faculty Research Presentation: "Phosphorylation in Learning/Memory, Intellectual Disability, and Neuropsychiatric Disorders"

CMPP Faculty Research Presentation: "The Role of CaV1.2, a Voltage-gated Ca2+ Channel in the Pathogenesis of Tendinopathy and Osteoarthritis"

CMPP Faculty Research Presentation: "Mitochondrial Genetics and Function as Determinants of Stem Cell Fate"

CMPP Faculty Research Presentation: "Cardiac Ischemic Metabolism"

Ph.D. Thesis Proposal: "ATP binding sites in Inositol (1,4,5)-Trisphosphate Receptors (InsP3R)"

Ph.D. Thesis Defense: "Redefining the Function of Salivary Duct Cell Populations Utilizing a Structural, Functional, and Computational Approach"

Public Ph.D. Thesis Defense Lecture: "Adaptive and Protective Responses of Skeletal Muscle to Endurance Exercise in the Context of Aging, Juvenile Radiotherapy, and Tubular Aggregate Myopathy"

First-Year 20-minute Rotation Talk: Investigation into the Role of Piezo1 ER Signaling in OA Chondrocytes

First Year 20-Minute Rotation Talk: "Investigating the Regulation of the Nrf2-Mediated Oxidative Stress Response in Fibroblasts during Cardiac Remodeling

First-Year 20-minute Rotation Talk: "Microbiome: The Invisible Regulator of Innate Trained Immunity and Memory"

First-Year 20-minute Rotation Talk: "G Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase 5: PAR4 the Course of Platelet Activation"

"Impact of Sex and Diet on plasticity in the Hypothalamus"

First-Year 20-minute Rotation Talk : “Discovery and characterization of novel regulators of voltage-gated potassium channels and their roles in cardiac development, function, and disease”

First-Year 20-minute Rotation Talk: “Unraveling Pain Signaling Mechanisms in Localized Provoked Vulvodynia”

Second-Year 25-minute Research Talk: "Suppression of Cerebral Cavernous Malformation (CCM) nonsense mutations using Anticodon-edited tRNAs (ACE-tRNAs)"

Second-Year 25-minute Research Talk: "Quantitative characterization of allosteric probe dependence at the Mu Opioid Receptor"

Ph.D. Thesis Defense: "Insights into the Roles of Aging and Chemokine Signaling During Neuromuscular Regeneration"

“The glutamatergic synapse as a hub for neurodevelopmental disorders”

"Regulation of Neuronal Excitation-Transcription Coupling by L-type Ca2+ Channel Signaling Complexes"

"Detained introns buffer gene expression in developmental, stress-response, and disease programs"

Guest Seminar: "Structural Basis of Electro-chemical Linkage in a Novel Membrane Transporter"

Guest Seminar: "Gene-based Therapies for GRIN Neurodevelopmental Disorders"

"Mitochondrial Precursor Overaccumulation Stress (mPOS) Affects Muscle Mass Homeostasis and Heart Function"

Research Talk: "Alteration in stimulus-secretion coupling in a model of the early stages of Sjogren’s syndrome"

Second Year Research Talk: "ATP binding sites in inositol (1,4,5)-Trisphosphate Receptors (IP3R)"

Second Year Research Talk: "Controlling mitochondrial Bioenergetics with Light"

Second Year Literature Review: "A single historical substitution drives an increase in acetylcholine receptor complexity"

Second Year Literature Review: "Mitochondrial function is preserved under cysteine starvation via glutathione catabolism in NSCLC"

Thesis Proposal: "Molecular Mechanisms Regulating G Protein Signal Bias"

Research Talk: "Electroporation-mediated gene delivery of CFTR plasmids as a novel approach to treat Cystic Fibrosis in vivo."

Research Talk: “Combinatorial Treatment of CF Nonsense Mutations with ACE-tRNAs and Small Molecules”

Research Talk: “Thrombocytopenia Independently Leads to Monocyte Immune Dysfunction in Sepsis”

Internal Guest Speaker: "Understanding the Roles of Antioxidants in Disease"