Winter 2021 Lecture Series

Rhea-Comfort Addo, Graduate Student, Yelon Lab

Signaling Pathways Driving Cardiac Pacemaker Cell Development in Zebrafish

Swetha Godavarthi, PhD, Project Scientist, Spitzer Lab

Postsynaptic neurotransmitter receptors regulate presynaptic neurotransmitter identity

Daniella McDonald, Graduate Student

Novel Model for Multi-lineage Human Development + Developing Human Connection via Novel Differences

Mallika Iyer, Graduate Student, SBP Godzik Lab

Studying the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 through the lens of protein structure

Angela Nicholson-Shaw, Graduate Student, Pasquinelli Lab

Live, Love, Let Go: Poly(A) Binding Proteins and Career Transitions

Shanna Newton, Graduate student

Kiss1 is differentially regulated in male and female mice by the homeodomain transcription factor VAX1

D’Juan Farmer, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Gage Crump Lab at USC

Molecular and cellular control of skeletal progenitors in the vertebrate skull

Karina Barbosa, Graduate Student, SBP, Deshpande Lab

Identifying Novel Epigenetic Regulators of The HOX/MEIS Gene Cluster in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Jonatan Matalonga-Borrel, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, SBP Dong Lab

Identification of a Notch agonist: towards treating Alagille Syndrome

Jennifer Hope, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, SBP Bradley Lab

PSGL-1: Kicking our T cells' metabolism into high gear

Judith Flores, Graduate Student

Reconstitution of Diglycerol Kinase (DAGK) and other membrane proteins in artificial membranes

Andrea Gomez, PhD, Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley

Alternative splicing choices for synaptic function

Patrick Bruck, Graduate Student, Muotri Lab

The middle of somewhere: Evolution & the rural / urban divide

Mike Allevato, Graduate Student, Gutking Lab

Targeting Tumor Metabolism to Halt Tumor Progression and Enhance Immune Response

Theanne Griffith, PhD, Assistant Professor, UC Davis

Cool Sensations: A new role for Nav1.1 in mammalian thermosensation

Kenneth Skinner, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Jain Lab

Functional profiling of endogenous lipids in neurological disorders

Lydia Daboussi, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar

Peripheral Nerve Maintenance After Injury And During Chronic Disease

Schedules from previous academic quarters