GDCB Seminar — "Neutrophils on overdrive: How metabolic syndrome hacks immune responses in a zebrafish model"

Speaker — Sofia de Oliveira, Albert Einstein College of Medicine assistant professor in the departments of Developmental and Molecular Biology and Medicine (Hepatology)

Title — “Neutrophils on overdrive: How metabolic syndrome hacks immune responses in a zebrafish model”

GDCB Seminar: 'Illumination of root morphogenesis via predictive phenomics'

Speaker: Dior Kelley, genetics, development and cell biology assistant professor

Title: "Illumination of root morphogenesis via predictive phenomics"

GDCB Seminar: Vascular tissue-mediated molecular responses to low phosphorus

Speaker: Cankui Zhang, Purdue University associate professor in interdisciplinary life science

Title: Vascular tissue-mediated molecular responses to low phosphorus

GDCB Seminar: "Communication is key — regulation of maize ear development by receptor signaling complexes"

Speaker — Penelope Lindsay, Postdoctoral Fellow, Jackson Lab, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Title — "Communication is key — regulation of maize ear development by receptor signaling complexes"

Biological Sciences Club presents "Acoustic monitoring of Iowa's bat population"

The Biological Sciences Club will host a lecture, "Acoustic Monitoring of Iowa's Bat Population," on Wednesday, Sept. 18, at 7 p.m. in 2234 Bessey Hall. Everyone is welcome to attend this event.

GDCB Seminar: "Regulation of plant cell-to-cell communication"

Speaker: Kyaw (Joe) Aung, Iowa State University genetics, development and cell biology assistant professor

Title: "Regulation of plant cell-to-cell communication"

GDCB Seminar — "Developmental programming of health and disease: the effects of extrinsic inputs on developmental hematopoiesis"

Speaker — Anna Beaudin, University of Utah School of Medicine 

Title — "Developmental programming of health and disease: the effects of extrinsic inputs on developmental hematopoiesis"

GDCB Seminar: "Investigating biomedical challenges using DNA-based technology"

Speaker: Molly Kozminsky, assistant professor in Iowa State University Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Nanovaccine Institute

Title: "Investigating biomedical challenges using DNA-based technology"

GDCB Seminar: "Immunity-regeneration balance during plant aging"

Speaker: Li Yang, University of Georgia associate professor in the Department of Plant Pathology

Title: "Immunity-regeneration balance during plant aging"

GDCB Seminar: "The neurobiology of sickness"

Speaker: Jessica Osterhout, University of Utah assistant professor of neurobiology

Title: "The neurobiology of sickness"

"Maize ereb TFs: exploring phyllotaxy and the shoot apical meristem"

The first presentation in the Fall 2024 Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology Grad Student and Postdoc Seminar Series is set for Thursday, Oct. 24, from 12-1 p.m. in 1330 Advanced Teaching and Research Building. Lander Geadelmann, graduate student in the Vollbrecht Lab, will present "Maize ereb TFs: exploring phyllotaxy and the shoot apical meristem."

GDCB Seminar: "Cell division in plant development and environmental response"

Speaker: Arif Ashraf, Howard University assistant professor in biology

Title: Cell division in plant development and environmental response 

Sahiba Siddiqui, Ph.D. Defense Seminar — "From pathway dissection to developing genetic tools: A focus on Fyn driven neurodegeneration, Stat3-dependent neuroinflammation, and Caspase conditional alleles"

Speaker: Sahiba Siddiqui, graduate student in the McGrail Lab

Title: "From pathway dissection to developing genetic tools: A focus on Fyn driven neurodegeneration, Stat3-dependent neuroinflammation, and Caspase conditional alleles"

GDCB Seminar: "The dual role of CAND1 in regulating cullin-RING ubiquitin ligases"

Speaker: Xing Liu, Purdue University associate professor of biochemistry

Title: "The dual role of CAND1 in regulating cullin-RING ubiquitin ligases"

“Peroxisomal dysfunction drives cellular senescence through mitoribosome dysregulation”

The second Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology Graduate Student and Postdoc Organization Seminar of the fall 2024 semester will be held on Thursday, Nov. 14, from noon to 1 p.m. in 1330 Advanced Teaching and Research Building. Jinoh Kim, research scientist from the Bai Lab, will present the seminar, “Peroxisomal dysfunction drives cellular senescence through mitoribosome dysregulation.”

Thursday, Nov. 14, GDCB Graduate Student and Postdoc Organization Seminar

GDCB Seminar: "Deciphering the brain lipidome: From fats to functions"

Speaker: John Vaughen, Sandler Fellow and assistant professor of anatomy at University of California, San Francisco

Title: "Deciphering the brain lipidome: From fats to functions"

Xiaoyi Cheng, Ph.D. Defense Seminar: "Nod1 and Nod2: A synergistic regulation of HSPC specification"

Speaker: Xiaoyi (Chelsea) Cheng, graduate candidate in Espin Palazon Lab

Title: "Nod1 and Nod2: A synergistic regulation of HSPC specification"

GDCB Seminar: "Time flies, how? Unlocking the secrets of aging"

Speaker: Hongjie Li, Baylor College of Medicine assistant professor and CPRIT Scholar

Title: "Time flies, how? Unlocking the secrets of aging"

GDCB Seminar: Metabolic regulation of the male germline stem cell niche

Speaker: Rafael S. Demarco, University of Louisville assistant professor in the Department of Biology

Title: "Age-related lipid accumulation promotes loss of homeostasis in the Drosophila male germline stem cell niche" 

"Characterizing the necessity for nitric oxide in the establishment of the hematopoietic stem cell population"

Speaker: Rodolfo Calderon, graduate student in the Espin-Palazon Lab

Title: "Characterizing the necessity for nitric oxide in the establishment of the hematopoietic stem cell population"

Each seminar will follow a 45-minute talk and 15-minute Q&A format and take place in ATRB 1330, on Thursday from 12-1 pm.

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