2015-2016 Seminar Speakers
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September 21, 2015
Dr. Michelle Dawson
"Mechanics and Maligancy: Biophysical Approaches for Understanding
Cancer"
'99 Biomedical Engineering Louisiana Tech
Assiant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Link to recorded lecture here!
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October 19, 2015
Dr. Bryant Nelson
"Fundamental Interactions of Engineered Nanomaterials with DNA and
DNA Repair Proteins"
Nanomaterial Genotoxicology Project Leader
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Link to recorded lecture here!
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December 14, 2015
Dr. Li-Shan Chou
"Tracking Functional Deficits Following Concussion Using Movement Analysis"
Professor and Department Head; Department of Human Physiology
University of Oregon
Link to recorded lecture here!
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February 15, 2015
Dr. Wilma Olson
"Insights into Gene Expression and Packaging from Computer Stimulations"
Mary I. Bunting Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Ruters, the State University of New Jersey
Link to recorded lecture here!
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March 14, 2016
Dr. Neil Granger
"How Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease After the Injury Response to
Ischemia and Reperfusion"
Boyd Professor and Head, Department of Molecular and
Cellular Physiology
LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport
Link to recorded lecture here!
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April 4, 2016
Dr. Joseph Bass
"The Clock Gene Pathway From Behavior to Metabolism"
Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine
Charles F. Kettering Professor
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Link to recorded lecture here!
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May 9, 2016
Dr. Joseph Spatafora
"Phylogenomics of Fungal Secondary Metabolism"
Professor, Department of Botany and Plant Biology
Orgeon State University
