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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Seminar Series

Presentations take place in DRC 1, Room 1002 on Mondays from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. unless indicated otherwise.

2022 Seminar Series Presentation Schedule

 Date Speaker Host/Mentor 

December 5

Gargi Ghosal, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, UNMC

gargi.ghosal@unmc.edu

Title: Role of USP1 in Ewing sarcoma pathogenesis (tentative title)

Seminar Committee

Moorthy Ponnusamy

December 12

Leila Gobejishvili, PhD

University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky

leila.gobejishvili@louisville.edu 

Title: Pleiotropic roles of phosphodiesterase 4 in hepatic inflammatory and fibrotic processes in humans and mice

Karuna Rasineni

December 19 No seminar scheduled  

December 26

Christmas Holiday (No seminar)

 

2023 Seminar Series Presentation Schedule

Date Speaker Host/Mentor

January 2

New Year Holiday (No seminar)

 

January 9

Sreyashi Bhattacharya

Fourth year student
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UNMC

Title: TBD

Datta’s lab

January 16 Martin Luther King Jr. Day (No seminar)  

January 23

Sushanta Halder

Fourth year student
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UNMC

Title: TBD

Batra’s Lab

January 30

Kishor K. Bhakat, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Genetics Cell Biology & Anatomy, UNMC

kishor.bhakat@unmc.edu

Title: TBD

Seminar Committee

Moorthy Ponnusamy

February 6

Carol Casey, PhD

Professor
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UNMC

ccasey@unmc.edu

Title: TBD

Seminar Committee

Moorthy Ponnusamy

February 13

Steven A. Weinman, MD, PhD

Professor and Vice Chair for Research
Director, Liver Center
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, KS 66160

sweinman@kumc.edu

Title: TBD

Armen Petrosyan

February 20

President’s Day (No seminar)

 

February 27

Joshua A. McDowell

Fourth year student
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UNMC

Title: TBD

Deegan’s Lab

March 6

Raju Tamang Lama

Fourth year student
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UNMC

Title: TBD

Singh’s Lab

March 13

Kevin Li

Fourth year student
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UNMC

Title: TBD

Batra’s Lab

March 20

Rachel J. Kehrberg

Fourth year student
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UNMC

Title: TBD

Kumar’s Lab

March 27

Arjun Dhir

Fourth year student
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UNMC

Title: TBD

Hyde’s Lab

April 3

Dr. Marcin Kortylewski, PhD

Professor
Department of Immuno-Oncology
City of Hope, California

Title: Oligonucleotides as a multi-tool for cancer immunotherapy

Kishore Challagundla

April 10 Details TBD  

April 18

Soumen Paul, PhD

Professor and Director of Graduate Program
Institute for Reproduction and Perinatal Research
University of Kansas Medical Center

spaul2@kumc.eduu

913-588-7236

Title: TBD

Samikshan Dutta

April 24

Amar Singh, PhD

Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UNMC

Title: TBD

Seminar Committee

Moorthy Ponnusamy

May 1

Arianne L. Thiess, PhD

Associate Professor
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department of Medicine
University of Colorado

Title: TBD

Amar Singh

May 8

David Tuveson, PhD

Professor
Director of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cancer Center

dtuveson@cshl.edu

Title: TBD

Student Invited Speaker

Kevin Li – Student representative

May 15

Zobeida Cruz-Monserrate, PhD

Associate Professor, Internal Medicine
Director, GHN Molecular and Cellular Biology Program
The Ohio State University

zobeida.cruz-monserrate@osumc.edu

614-685-8266

Title: TBD

Micah Schott

May 22

Jeffrey L. Brodsky, PhD

Professor, Avinoff Chair of Biological Sciences
University of Pittsburg

Title: TBD

Steve Caplan

May 29 Memorial Day (No seminar)