Spring 2021 Schedule

April 6

Lauren Esposito, PhD, Curator at California Academy of Sciences

The importance of LGBTQ+ visibility in STEM

April 13

Mary C. Catanese, PhD, MGH & Harvard Medical School

Understanding neuroepigenetic signatures in the human brain across the lifespan and in Multiple sclerosis

Adriana Corrales, SDSU

Exploring Chemistry Graduate Student Identity Development and the Intersection of Multiple Sub-Identities

April 20

Ky'Era Actkins, Meharry Medical College

The Road to Health Equity: How Electronic Health Records Uncovered Disparities for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Ege A Yalcinbas, UCSD

Studying Higher-order Thalamocortical Circuits in Motivated Behavior

April 27

Kaela Singleton, PhD, Emory University

Systems Biology Approach to Neuron Formation

May 4

Leonila (Leo) Lagunes, UCLA

Understanding Mycobacterium tuberculosis 20S proteasome assembly

Kellie Williford, Vanderbilt University

The role of BNST PKCdelta Cells in Stress and Anxiety-Like Behaviors

May 11

Cindy Barba, University of Utah

Immune system’s impact on tumor metabolism in skin cancer

Motunrayo Kolawole, University of Utah

Exploring the role diet plays on the TCR:pMHC interaction during viral immunity

May 18

Judi Simcox, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin: Madison

Lipid metabolism in adaptive thermogenesis

May 25

Jasmine Miller-Kleinhenz, PhD, Emory University

Investigating Social Determinants of Health and the Tumor Epigenome to Understand Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer

Binta Jalloh-Barrie, Emory University

The Nab2 RNA-Binding Protein Promote Sex-Specific Splicing of Sex-lethal in Drosophila Neuronal Tissues

June 1

Litia A. Carvalho, PhD, MGH & Harvard Medical School

The olfactory ensheathing glia as a cell-based therapy against gliomas

Jordan Friedlein, SBP

Decoding the role of Long non-coding RNA PVT1 in Myc Driven Cancer