Seminar

June 25th, 2021 10:00 am
Ph.D. Candidate- Henry Blanton
"Sex differences in pain and the endocannabinoid system"

May 11, 2021 10:00 am
Graduate Student - Josh Willms
"Treatment of Inflammatory Disorder with Modified Minocycline Analogs:  Rheumatoid arthritis

May 4, 2021, 10:00 am
Graduate Student - Mariacristina Mazzitelli
"Pharmacological and optogenetic manipulation of amygdala in pain"

April 27, 2021, 10:00 am
Graduate Student - Xiaobo Liu
"Development of a porcine model of a DSM-D"

April 13, 2021, 10:00 am
Graduate Student - Ryan Sweazey
"Mutations in ATP1A1 Cuase Dominant Charcot-Marie-tooth Type 2"

April 6, 2021, 10:00 am
Graduate Student - Trevor Burrow
"The Telomeric DNA C-circle Assay as a Companion Diagnostic for the p53-activating drug APR-246"

April 2, 2021, 11:00 am
Graduate Student (Dissertation Defense) - Ismail S. Mohiuddin
"Narciclasine Impairs c-MYC Activity by Inhibiting DNA-PKcs-Mediated Phosphorylation of OCT4 in Small Cell Lung Cancer"

March 23, 2021, 10:00 am
Graduate Student - Praneetha Panthagani
"Identifying Biomarkers for Alcohol Use Disorder"

March 16, 2021, 10:00 am
Graduate Student - Valeria Jaramillo-Martinez
"Structural insights and classification of the disease-causing mutations in human Na+- coupled citrate transporter (NaCT)"

March 8, 2021, 12:00 pm
Distinguished Guest Speaker - Dr. Laura Ibanez
"Biomarker tools for Alzheimer's Disease using high throughput data"

March 3, 2021, 12:00 pm 
Distinguished Guest Speaker - Dr. Bhaskar Das
"Boron Based Probes and Pharmacological Agents for Brain Diseases"

March 2, 2021, 12:00 pm
Distinguished Guest Speaker - Dr. Holly Hunsberger
"The impact of anxiety on Alzheimer's disease progression: of mice and (Wo)men"

February 2, 2021, 12:00 pm
Distinguished Guest Speaker- Dr. Haining Zhu
"RNA Metabolism and Translational Regulatio in Neurodegenerative Diseases"

January 26, 2021, 12:00 pm
Distinguished Guest Speaker - Dr. Nikhil Panicker
"Innate immune responses to alpha-synuclein facilitate its progressive aggregation"

January 19, 2021, 12:00 pm
Distinguished Guest Speaker - Dr. Pooja Jadiya
"Mitochondrial calcium signaling in Alzheimer's Disease"

December 8, 2020, 10:00 am
Graduate Student- Mariacristina Mazzitelli
"Optogenetic manipulation of amygdala CRF neurons in pain"

December 1, 2020, 10:00 am
Graduate Student- Peyton Presto
"Neuron-microglia interactions in the brain in a neuropathic pain model"

November 17, 2020, 10:00 am
Graduate Student- Xiaobo Liu
"Role of MCP-1 and CCR2 in ethanol-induced neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in the developing brain”  

November 10, 2020, 10:00 am
Graduate Student- Ismail Mohiuddin
"Targeting DNA Damage Response Promotes Antitumor Immunity through STINGMediated T-cell Activation in Small Cell Lung Cancer" 

November 9, 2020, 12:00 pm
National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month
Distinguished Guest Speaker- Dr. Claudio Soto
"The Prion Principle at the Root of Neurodegenerative Diseases: Implications for Treatment and Diagnosis"    

November 3, 2020, 10:00 am
Graduate Student- Valeria Jaramillo- Martinez
"Molecular Basis for Inhibition of the Na+/Citrate Transporter NaCT (SLC13A5) by Dicarboxylate Inhibitors"    

October 30, 2020, 12:00 PM
Distinguished Guest Speaker - CORE IV Seminar Series
Dr. Thomas Abbruscato
"Nicotine and electronic cigarette (E-Cig) exposure decreases brain glucose utilization in ischemic stroke"     

October 20, 2020, 12:00 pm
Distinguished Guest Speaker- Dr. Andrey Karamyshev
"Defects in Protein Biogenesis and Human Diseases"  

October 6, 2020, 10:00 am
Graduate Student- Henry Blanton
"Sex Differences in Cannabinoid Analgesia"       

September 29, 2020, 10:00 am
Graduate Student- Trevor Burrow
"The C-Circle Assay for alternative-lengthening-of-telomeres activity"     

September 22, 2020, 10:00 am
Graduate Student - Josh Willms
"Minocycline protects developing brain against ethanol-induced damage"