Department of Biological Sciences Inga Richter Fall 2024 Seminar Series
In memory of a former doctoral student lnga R. Richter. Inga was dedicated to her students and profession. She felt that her teaching responsibilities did not stop in the classroom; they stopped when her students understood. Seminars are held on Mondays except Tuesday October 15 in Room 926 North (69th Street between Park and Lexington) at 12:30PM.
Mon. 9-Sep
Title: Exploring the Role of Gut Bacteroides in Severe Malaria Anemia: Challenges and Way Forward
Dr. Rabindra K. Mandal
Hunter
Host: Hualin
Mon. 16-Sep
Title: Understanding primate immunity to African Trypanosomes through the characterization of Trypanosome Lytic Factor formation and function
Dr. Sara Fresard
Hunter
Host: Jayne
Mon. 23-Sep
Title: Wiring up the brain during development: Coordination and propagation of cell fate choice in neural circuit assembly
Dr. Yu-Chieh David Chen
NYU
Host: Hualin
Mon. 30-Sep
Title: Branching out from actin filaments: actin and organelle homeostasis during aging
Dr. Ryo Higuchi-Sanabria
USC
Host: Paul
Mon. 7-Oct
Title: Oxford Nanopore Sequencing in Education
Dr. Anna Feitzinger
CSHL, DNA Learning Center
Host: Diego
Tue. 15-Oct*
Title: Exploiting the uniquely antigenic surface coat of the African Trypanosome to create therapeutic antibodies against opioids and tumor markers
Dr. Joey Verdi
Panasome
Host: Jayne
Mon. 21-Oct
Title: Diet, metabolism and cancer progression
Dr. John Blenis
WCM
Host: Andy
Mon. 28-Oct
Title: Testis expressed 15 prevents runaway olfactory receptor choice
Dr. Kevin Monahan
Rutgers
Host: Paul
Mon. 4-Nov
Title: The Genetic Basis of Persistence and Virulence in Cryptosporidium
Dr. Sebastian Shaw
Univ. Penn Vet School
Host: Jayne
Mon. 11-Nov
Title: Epigenetic regulation of heterochromatin organization
Dr. Fei Li
NYU
Host: Hualin
Mon. 18-Nov
Title: A Tryp from DNA to Drugs: unlocking functional biology and drug resistance in trypanosomatids
Dr. Galadriel Hovel-Miner
SUNY, Stony Brook
Host: Jayne
Mon. 25-Nov
Title: Uncovering hidden potential of microbial natural products
Dr. Akira Kawamura
Chemistry Hunter
Host: Jayne
Mon. 2-Dec
Title: TBA
Dr. Alex Dranovsky
Columbia
Host: Katya
Mon. 9-Dec
Title: Tales of chromatin dynamics in cancer
Dr. Emily Bernstein
MSSN
Host: Jill