Basic Science Academic Departments
May 2022 Seminars

The Basic Science academic departments welcome faculty, staff and students to attend upcoming seminars.

Please click on the event times for more details and to confirm the event format (in-person, hybrid or virtual).

Tuesday, May 3

Noon | "Managing Metals in Microbes"

John Helmann, PhD
Chair and Professor of Microbiology
Cornell University

Host: Department of Microbiology-Immunology

Noon | "Synaptic Vesicle Endocytic Deficits in Parkinson’s Disease"

Sreeganga Chandra, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
Yale University

Host: The Ken & Ruth Davee Department of Neurology

Wednesday, May 4

Noon | Bacteriology Journal Club

Host: Department of Microbiology-Immunology

1:00 p.m. | Cancer and Physical Sciences (CAPS) Mini-Symposium: "Advances in Cell and Whole-Body Profiling for Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Disease State Monitoring"

“High-Throughput, High-Resolution Cell Profiling for Therapeutic and Diagnostic Development”
Shana Kelley, PhD
Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

“Soft electronics for the human body”
John Rogers, PhD
Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Neurological Surgery
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

“Genome Regulatory Networks in Failing Human Heart”
Igor Efimov, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and of Medicine (Cardiology)
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

“Tracing rare cell plasticity and therapy resistance in single cancer cells”
Yogesh Goyal, PhD
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Host: Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University CAPS Program

Thursday, May 5

10:00 a.m. | "Improving efficacy and overcoming resistance to Menin inhibitor therapy in AML with MLL1r or NPM1 mutation"

Kapil Bhalla, MD
Professor and Kelcie Kana Research Chair
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Host: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Noon | Immunology Journal Club

Host: Department of Microbiology-Immunology

2:00 p.m. | "Genomic insights about the developmental origins of behavioral disorders"

Daniel Weinberger, MD
Director and CEO, Lieber Institute for Brain Development
Maltz Research Laboratories
Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, Neuroscience and Genetic Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Host: Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment

Friday, May 6

1:00 p.m. | Biochemistry, Epigenetics and Metabolism (BEaM) Forum

Viriya Keo
PhD Candidate
Yu Lab, Hematology/Oncology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Natsumi Tsuboyama
PhD Student
Wang Lab, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Host: Simpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics

Monday, May 9

4:00 p.m. | "Navigating a New Path to NaV1.7 for Pain"

Rajesh Khanna, PhD
Professor of Molecular Pathobiology
Director, NYU Pain Research Center
New York University College of Dentistry

Host: Department of Pharmacology

Tuesday, May 10

CANCELLED: Noon | "Microbiome Interactions With the Nervous System in Health and Disease"

Elaine Hsiao, PhD
De Logi Associate Professor in Biological Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles

Host: Department of Microbiology-Immunology

Noon | "Idiosynchrony: Using naturalistic stimuli to draw out individual differences in brain and behavior"

Emily Finn, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Director, Functional Imaging and Naturalistic Neuroscience (FINN) Lab
Dartmouth College

Host: The Ken & Ruth Davee Department of Neurology

12:30 p.m. | PacBio Discoveries Roadshow

Host: Center for Genetic Medicine NUSeq Core

Wednesday, May 11

Noon | "Inducing regeneration"

Lea Goentoro, PhD
Professor of Biology
Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
California Institute of Technology

Host: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

Noon | Bacteriology Journal Club

Host: Department of Microbiology-Immunology

4:00 p.m. | "Cajal-Retzius cells, hippocampal circuits and behavior"

Gianmaria Maccaferri, MD, PhD
Professor of Biology
Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
California Institute of Technology

Host: Department of Neuroscience

Thursday, May 12

10:00 a.m. | "Genome structure and function in transcriptional control of cellular identity"

Jill Dowen, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics and of Biology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Host: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Noon | Immunology Journal Club

Host: Department of Microbiology-Immunology

4:30 p.m. | "The Intersection of Thrombosis and Immunity"

Jane Freedman, MD
Director, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Gladys Parkinson Stahlman Professor of Cardiovascular Research
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Host: The Feinberg Cardiovascular & Renal Research Institute

Friday, May 13

Noon | "Psychedelics reopen the critical period for social reward learning"

Gul Dolen, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Host: Department of Neuroscience

1:00 p.m. | BMG Journal Club

"Spatial charting of single-cell transcriptomes in tissues"
Lina Lu
Research Associate
Gao Lab, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

"EZH2 noncanonically binds cMyc and p300 through a cryptic transactivation domain to mediate gene activation and promote oncogenesis"
Aileen Szczepanski
Research Technologist
Wang Lab, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Host: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Monday, May 16

CANCELLED: 10:00 a.m. | "Epigenetic Control of Transcriptional Identity by Polycomb Repression"

Diego Pasini, PhD
Professor of Molecular Biology, Department of Health Sciences
Group Leader, Department of Experimental Oncology, European Institute of Oncology
University of Milan

Host: Simpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics

Tuesday, May 17

Noon | "Immunometabolism and Staphylococcus aureus Skin Infections"

Anthony Richardson, PhD
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
University of Pittsburgh

Host: Department of Cell and Microbiology-Immunology

Noon | "Single cell and spatial genomics for next generation neuropathology"

Evan Macosko, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Massachusetts General Hospital
Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Host: The Ken & Ruth Davee Department of Neurology

Wednesday, May 18

Noon | Bacteriology Journal Club

Host: Department of Microbiology-Immunology

12:15 p.m. | CDB Faculty Seminars

"Transcriptional drifts and adaptations sustained by endothelial cells"
Luisa Iruela-Arispe, PhD
Chair, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
Stephen Walter Ranson Professor of Cell Biology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

"A closer look into the nucleolus"
Sui Huang, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Host: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

Thursday, May 19

Noon | Immunology Journal Club

Host: Department of Microbiology-Immunology

2:00 p.m. | "Genetic Vulnerability of Striatal Networks as a Core Mechanism Underlying Neurodevelopmental Disorders"

Ted Abel, PhD
Director, Iowa Neuroscience Institute
Chair and Executive Officer, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

Host: Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment

Friday, May 20

Noon | "Cytosine Modifications and Alternative DNA Structures in Cellular Differentiation and Transformation"

Vipul Shukla, PhD
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Host: Lurie Cancer Center Tumor Environment and Metastasis Program and the Skin Biology and Diseases Resource-Based Center

1:00 p.m. | BEaM Forum

Tanvi Potluri
PhD Candidate
Bulun Lab, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Host: Simpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics

Tuesday, May 24

11:00 a.m. | "Regulation and Function of Noncoding RNAs in Mammals"

Joshua Mendell, MD, PhD
Charles Cameron Sprague, MD Professor and Chair in Medical Science
Department of Molecular Biology
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Host: Lurie Cancer Center Basic Science Programs

Noon | "An Alphaherpesvirus Structural Protein Regulates the Kinesin Motor to Drive Invasion of the Nervous System"

Dongho Kim
Graduate Student
Gregory Smith Lab
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Host: Department of Microbiology-Immunology

Wednesday, May 25

Noon | CDB Trainee Seminars

Muhammad Shoaib Arif, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Hope Lab
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Jocelyn Salvador
Graduate Student, Arispe Lab
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Host: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

Noon | Bacteriology Journal Club

Host: Department of Microbiology-Immunology

Thursday, May 26

10:00 a.m.

Parisa Hosseinzadeh, PhD
Assistant Professor
Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact
University of Oregon

Host: Department of Pharmacology

Noon | Immunology Journal Club

Host: Department of Microbiology-Immunology

Friday, May 27

Noon | "GIN (GABAergic interneurons) and TONIC activity of cholinergic interneurons put a brake on striatal spiny projection neurons"

Joshua Goldberg, PhD
Associate Professor of Medical Neurobiology
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Host: Department of Neuroscience

Tuesday, May 31

11:00 a.m. | "Fueling T Cells and Immunometabolic Checkpoints in Cancer and Inflammation"

Jeffrey C. Rathmell, PhD
Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Immunobiology
Director, Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology
Associate Director of Molecular Pathology and Immunology PhD Program, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Vanderbilt University

Host: Lurie Cancer Center Basic Science Programs

Noon | "Arginine Methylation in T Cell Mediated Inflammatory Disease"

Mireia Guerau-de-Arellano, PharmD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Neuroscience, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
College of Medicine
The Ohio State University

Host: Department of Microbiology-Immunology

Noon | "Oligonucleotide Therapeutics to Treat Familial and Sporadic ALS"

Jonathan Watts, PhD
Associate Professor of RNA Therapeutics
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Host: The Ken & Ruth Davee Department of Neurology

3:30 p.m. | Inaugural Robert D. Goldman Lecture: "Canonical and noncanonical functions of the cytoskeleton"

Gaudenz Danuser, PhD
Professor and Chair, Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics
Patrick E. Haggerty Distinguished Chair in Basic Biomedical Science
CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Host: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

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