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Fall 2020 Seminar Schedule
Fridays, 3-4 p.m.
This semester's seminars will be conducted and recorded remotely. Links and additional information about our virtual seminars will be available soon.
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| Date | Speaker | Presentation |
|---|---|---|
| Aug. 24 | No Seminar | No Seminar |
| Sept. 4 | TWU Faculty | Welcome Seminar |
| Sept. 11 | Linda Hanson, Research Plant Pathologist USDA/ARS/Adjunct Professor Michigan State University | “Findings on fungal/plant interactions” |
| Sept. 18 | Sushila Pathak, TWU PhD Student | “Functional analysis of M139: A pathogenesis factor of mouse cytomegalovirus” |
| Sept. 25 | Dr. Michael Hildebrand, Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Carleton University | “Molecular mechanisms of spinal pain processing: From rodent models towards treatments for humans” |
| Oct. 2 | Sukhbir Kaur, TWU PhD Student | “Neural Mechanisms underlying Sex Differences in Orofacial Pain” |
| Oct. 9 | Dr. Rachel Roper, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University | “Poxvirus Inhibition of antigen presentation and immune responses” |
| Oct. 16 | Yassar Arfat Kasu, TWU PhD Student | “Cellular pathways that prevent protein aggregation associated with ALS” |
| Oct. 23 | Dr. Nikki Delk, Associate Professor, Biological Science UT Dallas | “Implications of chronic IL-1-induced molecular reprogramming in breast and prostate cancer progression” |
| Oct. 30 | Dr. Julius Nyalwidhe, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology, Director of George L. Wright J. Center for Biomedical Proteomics | “Towards antiviral vaccines and therapeutics for type 1 diabetes” |
| Nov. 6 | Dr. Maria Brandl, Research Microbiologist, USDA-ARS, Produce Safety and Microbiology Research, Albany, CA |
“Outbreaks of enteric illness from produce consumption: numerous players in a perfect storm” |
| Nov. 13 | Bhoomi Madhu, TWU PhD Student | “The DBL-1/TGF-β signaling pathway regulates an array of behavioral, molecular, and physiological defenses in Caenorhabditis elegans” |
| Nov. 20 | Dr. Megan Detloff, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine | TBA |
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