1. Seminar Series, Fall 2018, Wed 4pm: ISB 221
Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences
Seminar Series, Fall 2018, Wed 4pm: ISB 221
Refreshments at 3:45 pm
Sept. 12 Graduate Student Reception
Perfected to a T: Let-7 miRNAs orchestrate CD8 T cell differentiation - Alexandria Wells, Ph.D. candidate, UMass Amherst
Xenoestrogens cause ER-dependent R-loop formation and DNA-damage – Aman Sharma, Ph.D. candidate, UMass Amherst
Host: ABBS Graduate Program RECEPTION
Sept. 19 Novel Methods in the Investigation, Detection, and Control of Foodborne Viruses
Matthew Moore, UMass Amherst
Host: Cynthia Baldwin RECEPTION
Sept. 26 Unraveling novel drivers of rampant genomic instability in breast cancer Kate Fagan-Solis, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Host: Kathleen Arcaro LUNCHEON
Oct. 3 Dogs as Support & Motivation for Physical Activity & Health Katie Becofsky, UMass Amherst
Host: Janice Telfer RECEPTION
Oct. 10 Epigenetics in reproduction, silencing of transposable elements Jeremy Wang, University of Pennsylvania
Host: Pablo Visconti LUNCHEON Oct. 17 Growth-independent remodeling of the mycobacterial cell envelope
Sloan Siegrist, UMass Amherst
Oct. 24 Segregating chromosomes in the early mammalian embryo
Greg Fitzharris, Université de Montréal
Host: Rafael Fissore LUNCHEON Oct. 31 Understanding the stem cell properties of cancer cells
Michele Markstein, UMass Amherst
Host: Pablo Visconti RECEPTION
Nov. 7 Innate host responses to parasitic infections in the gastrointestinal tract
Felix Yarovinsky, University of Rochester Medical Center
Host: Leonid Pobezinsky LUNCHEON
Nov. 14 The developmental layers of the CD8+ T cell response to infection
Brian D. Rudd, Cornell University
Host: Leonid Pobezinsky LUNCHEON
6 Nov. 28 Laboratory Safety and Hazardous Waste Management Training Dec. 5 Liver Regeneration: Remembering Liver Developmental Cues Valerie Gouon-Evans, Boston University School of Medicine
Host: Kim Tremblay LUNCHEON