September 2023
PRESENTER: Diane Ogedi Ugwu, PhD student
TITLE: Advancing the Guidance Debate: Lessons from Educational Psychology and Implications for Biochemistry Learning
PRESENTER: Dr. Brian Kraemer, University of Washington
TITLE: Leveraging Model Organism Genetics to Inform New Neurotherapeutics Approaches
The Advances in Immunology & Microbiology seminar series is a weekly forum that brings together scientists from diverse fields and disciplines across the College of Veterinary Medicine to discuss research advances in the broad areas of immunology, microbiology, infectious diseases, and global health. Seminars feature student speakers from the Immunology & Infectious Disease (IID) doctoral program, IID-affiliated postdoctoral researchers and faculty, intramural speakers from across the university, and extramural speakers.
PRESENTER: Carrie Cuttler, WSU Psychology
TITLE: Navigating the Weeds: Effects of Cannabis Use on Cognition, Mental Health, and the Stress Response
School of Molecular Biosciences Faculty Seminar Series, College of Veterinary Medicine
PRESENTER: Dr. Ira Blader, University of Buffalo School of Medicine
TITLE: Toxoplasma Infections of the Brain: Growth and Consequences
The Advances in Immunology & Microbiology seminar series is a weekly forum that brings together scientists from diverse fields and disciplines across the College of Veterinary Medicine to discuss research advances in the broad areas of immunology, microbiology, infectious diseases, and global health. Seminars feature student speakers from the Immunology & Infectious Disease (IID) doctoral program, IID-affiliated postdoctoral researchers and faculty, intramural speakers from across the university, and extramural speakers.
“Left1 Overexpression Maintains Youthfulness of Two Distinct Fibroblast Lineages,” presented by Jasson Makker. Advisor: Dr. Jon Oatley.
“Manipulation of TNFα Signaling by Coxiella burnetii,” presented by Chelsea Osbron. Advisor: Dr. Alan Goodman.
Understanding the process can be very helpful to instructors and help ensure that accommodations are reasonable and appropriate, which is in everyone’s best interest.
“Leveraging Model Organism Genetics to Inform New Neurotherapeutics Approaches,” presented by Dr. Ramakrishna Kommagani, Baylor College of Medicine, Host. Dr. Kanako Hayashi.
“The Power of Hunger,” presented by Amber Alhadeff, University of Penn, Monell Center.
“The Influence of Dietary Nutrients on DGLA-Induced Ferroptosis in C. elgans,” presented by Michael Mortensen. Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Watts
We invite you to participate in a panel discussion featuring three past ERG grant recipients as they discuss their experiences with the grant program and share more information about their projects. Lunch will be provided for those in person, please register for an accurate head count.
“Conservation and Divergence of Sex-Biased Expression and Splicing in D. melanogaster and D. simulans,” presented by Dr. Lauren McIntire, University of Florida. Host: Dr. Michael Griswold.
“Harnessing antibodies for protection against zoonotic infectious diseases,” presented by Dr. Bronwyn (Bonnie) Gunn, Assistant Professor, Paul G. Allen School of Global Health. Host: Arden Baylink, Assistant Professor, Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology
“Sex-Specific Adaptation of the Ventral Tegmental Area to Subchronic Stress,” presented by Abigail Polter, George Washington University.