Education & Seminars
Our members are active member of the Feinberg community, speaking at and participating in a number of educational events around campus on a variety of epigentics-related topics.
Use the tabs below to browse listings of upcoming genetics-related seminars and events. For a schedule of additional Northwestern University and Feinberg School of Medicine events, visit the Feinberg Medical School Event Calendar or PlanIt Purple.
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Sep
26
BMG Seminar: Michael Pacold, MD, PhD, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Chicago - 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
The Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics presents:
Michael Pacold, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Presentation:
"An Unexpected Journey Tracing Molecular Oxygen”
Abstract:
Oxygen-dependent reactions are required for the growth and survival of human cells. Yet, the fate of molecular oxygen in mammalian cells is incompletely understood. We have developed techniques for tracing isotopically labeled oxygen into metabolites in mammalian cells. This work has revealed the first committed step of the mammalian Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) headgroup synthesis pathway. The CoQ10 headgroup accepts and donates electrons, and is required for CoQ10’s role in mitochondrial electron transport and as a quencher of reactive oxygen species in biological membranes. I will discuss our work on CoQ10 headgroup synthesis and its role in brain development.
Host: Dr. Issam Ben-Shara, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Sep
16
2024 Academic Kickoff
Evanston - 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
The Academic Kickoff provides first-time TAs and grad student and postdoc instructors opportunities to learn about and explore institutional knowledge to prepare for the first day of classes! Participants are invited to attend a variety of interactive sessions throughout the day facilitated by campus partners and experienced graduate student instructors known as Kickoff Session Leaders. Each session is grounded in evidence-based practices and Northwestern’s Principles of Inclusive Teaching. Participants will also have plenty of opportunities to informally socialize during morning coffee, intentional breaks, and lunch.
Sep
16
Department of Pharmacology Seminar | Yi Xing, PhD
Chicago - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Title: "Long-read strategies to study the human transcriptome"
Abstract:
Long-read RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) is a transformative technology for transcriptomics, but its widespread adoption has been hindered by challenges such as a high base error rate, modest throughput, and computational hurdles. In this presentation, I will discuss our lab’s recent efforts to overcome these primary technological obstacles of long-read RNA-seq and showcase its innovative biomedical applications.
Guest Speaker:
Yi Xing, PhD; Professor & Francis West Lewis Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Director, Center for Computational and Genomic Medicine
Executive Director, Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics; The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Sep
17
Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration
Chicago - 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join the Lurie Cancer Center (LCC) and the Center for Health Equity Transformation (CHET) as we celebrate the significant contributions of the Latinx community in advancing health equity and research. CHET is proud to recognize the achievements of Latinx individuals within the Northwestern University community, highlighting their impactful roles and contributions as key members of the Hispanic community.
Sep
18
CDB Faculty Seminar Series
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CDB Faculty Seminar Series
Cell & Developmental Biology Faculty Seminar Series
The department meets every third Wednesday from 12-1 PM to enjoy a lecture from one of our faculty members. Calendar invites with the meeting location are disseminated in advance. Please contact cdb@northwestern.edu for more information or sign-up to our event listserv at https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/about/listserv.html#listserv
Sep
18
Immunology Discussion Club
Chicago - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Northwestern Immunology Discussion Club meets on Wednesday's from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and is led by Dr. Booki Min from Feinberg Department- Microbiology and Immunology and Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth- Williams from The Center for Human Immunology. We discuss papers that have been published recently and Research In Progress talks. Note- members are required to present at least 1 IDC and 1RIP per year.
Sep
19
Midwest Metabolism Meeting (M3)
Chicago - 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
On Thursday, September 19, 2024, the Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center will host the Midwest Metabolism Meeting (M3), a symposium that aims to facilitate the exchange of cutting-edge knowledge and discoveries in the realm of metabolism & diseases, specifically from laboratories located in the Midwest. This event will bring together students and postdoctoral fellows from various Midwest metabolism labs, creating a platform for collaboration and meaningful discussions between trainees and Principal Investigators in the field. The symposium will feature presentations from students and postdocs, along with a keynote lecture by Dr. Richard DiMarchi, a world leader in macromolecular medicines and the development of peptide mimetics for treating diabetes and obesity.
To encourage active participation, all trainees are invited to submit abstracts for poster presentations. The best abstracts will be selected for a 15-minute oral presentation, offering an excellent opportunity for showcasing impactful research. This exciting scientific gathering provides a unique opportunity for participants to engage in discussions, share insights, and build connections within the metabolism research community in the Midwest.
Sep
19
DGP Student Thesis Seminar - Joseph O'Brien - Dr. Elizabeth McNally Lab
Chicago - 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Title of Presentation:
"Genetic Modifiers of Fibrosis in Muscular Dystrophy"
This is a hybrid event. For Zoom access or more information, email rachael.hill@northwestern.edu.
Sep
20
The Chicago Cytoskeleton Meeting
Chicago - 3:30 PM - 7:30 PM
The Chicago Cytoskeleton is a forum for cytoskeletal researchers from the greater Chicago area to meet, hear great talks, exchange ideas, and socialize. For additional information, please visit: https://chicagocytoskeleton.net/
Friday, September 20, 2024, 3:00 - 7:30 PM
Simpson-Querrey Auditorium, SQ 1-230
303 E. Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60611
Two flash talk winners:
• Madeline Lovejoy (Garcia-Mata lab, U. Toledo)
"SGEF, a RhoG-specific GEF, influences the morphology and collective migration of 3D epithelial cysts"
• Amruta Nayak (Glotzer lab, U. Chicago)
"Spatiotemporal Analysis of Requirement of Rap1 Activity in Early Embryonic Morphogenesis
Four faculty:
• Jenna Christensen (Northwestern)
"Using comparative genomics to explore dynein motor complex function"
• Sally Horne-Badovinac (U. Chicago)
"Symmetry-breaking and initiation of rotational epithelial migration"
• Benjamin Perrin (Indiana University Indianapolis)
"Formin-dependent adhesion complexes at the base regulate actin assembly at stereocilia tips"
• Margaret Titus (U. Minnesota)
"Modulation of Filopodial Myosin Activity"
And one additional guest speaker!
• Silvia Jansen (Washington University St. Louis)
Sep
23
Lurie Cancer Center Research-In-Progress Seminar Series
Chicago - 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
“Unveiling the 3D structure of chromatin domains in ovarian cancer stem cells”
Karla Medina, Predoctoral Trainee
Backman lab
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, McCormick School of Engineering
“Role of chromatin remodeling complex cBAF in promoting an efficient Germinal Center B cell response”
Ajay Abraham, PhD
Shukla lab
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
*Lunch will be provided
Sep
23
Department of Pharmacology Seminar | Shu-Hsien Sheu, PhD
Chicago - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Talk info TBA
Guest Speaker: Shu-Hsien Sheu, MD, PhD; Team Leader, Chan Zuckerberg Institute.
Sep
24
DAAD Study Scholarship & Research Grant Information Session
Online - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) offers recent undergraduate alums and graduate students the opportunity to study or research in Germany. Come hear about ways to further your education at a German University or pursue a research project.
Sep
25
Immunology Discussion Club
Chicago - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Northwestern Immunology Discussion Club meets on Wednesday's from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and is led by Dr. Booki Min from Feinberg Department- Microbiology and Immunology and Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth- Williams from The Center for Human Immunology. We discuss papers that have been published recently and Research In Progress talks. Note- members are required to present at least 1 IDC and 1RIP per year.
Sep
27
FCVRRI Research in Progress Seminar - Arpita Roy, PhD
Chicago - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Talk title - Functional Role of the Lymphangiocrine Factor Reelin in Cardiac Development
Sep
27
"Mapping the landscape of social behavior" | Ugne Klibaite, Ph.D
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Department of Neuroscience Welcomes Dr. Ugne Klibaite.
Postdoctoral Fellow (MBB Fellowship)
PhD in Quantitative and Computational Biology, Princeton University, 2018
BS in Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2013
Social behavior is fundamental to our lives and those of animals, and social interactions are one of the most salient features of an animal’s experience of the world. However, we often lack the tools to describe these interactions with quantitative rigor or we capture only a small sliver of an animal’s social repertoire. This gap in our quantitative abilities limits our understanding of the principles underlying social behavior, as well as of the neuropsychiatric disorders, like autism, that perturb it. In this talk, I will describe our advances in capturing and quantifying social behavior. First, I will present a technique to precisely track the postures of freely interacting animals in 3D and a complementary multi-scale embedding approach I developed to identify a rich landscape of stereotyped social interactions in rodents. Applying this approach revealed shifts in social motifs across strains, disease models, and pharmacological manipulations. Performing this type of deep phenotyping on seven new monogenic rat models of autism, we found that they exhibited a spectrum of behavioral changes compared to their wild type littermates. Several of these models demonstrated consistent inter-animal social deficits and are promising candidates for modeling autism-related social phenotypes in rats. Together, this framework presents a new way to use a first-principles biophysics approach to decompose and classify the elements of complex social interactions, enabling sophisticated interrogations of social dynamics and their neurobiological underpinnings.
Sep
30
DAAD Study Scholarship & Research Grant Information Session
Evanston - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) offers recent undergraduate alums and graduate students the opportunity to study or research in Germany. Come hear about ways to further your education at a German University or pursue a research project.
Sep
30
Department of Pharmacology Seminar | Anthony Kossiakoff, PhD
Chicago - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Title: “Controlling biological function by conformational trapping”
Guest Speaker: Anthony Kossiakoff, Otho S.A. Sprague Distinguished Service Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Unviersity of Chicago.
Bio: Anthony A. Kossiakoff is the Otho S.A. Sprague Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Chicago. He earned his BS in Chemistry and Mathematics at Davis and Elkins College, obtained his Ph.D in Physical Chemistry at the University of Delaware, and served as a structural biology postdoctoral fellow in at the California Institute of Technology before joining the Biology Department at Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1975 where he worked on neutron diffraction of proteins. In 1983 he joined Genentech as Director of Biocatalysis, helped establish the Protein Engineering Department, and served as Director from 1986-1998. In 1998 he moved to the University of Chicago where he served as Chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from 1998 to 2012 and Director of the Institute of Biophysical Dynamics from 1998-2003. Dr. Kossiakoff has received a variety of distinguished awards including selection as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, receipt of the Anfinsen Award from the Protein Society, and election to the National Academy of Science.
Oct
01
M-I Seminar Series: Activation and Evasion of the FEAR Pathway by DNA and RNA Viruses
Chicago - 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Title: Activation and Evasion of the FEAR Pathway by DNA and RNA Viruses
Topic:
We recently identified the FACT-ETS-1 Antiviral Response (FEAR) pathway as an innate immune response that restricts diverse viruses. I will discuss the discovery of the FEAR pathway, its regulation, and how DNA and RNA viruses use distinct mechanisms to antagonize this response. Collectively, our work reveals a new interferon-independent antiviral immunity pathway as well as unappreciated immune evasion strategies employed by viral pathogens.
Speaker: Don Gammon, PhD, Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern
Host: Derek Walsh, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Microbiology-Immunology
Oct
02
CDB Faculty Meeting
No Location - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Cell & Developmental Biology Faculty Meeting.
Departmental faculty meet every first Wednesday from 12-1 PM. Calendar invites with the meeting location are disseminated in advance. Please contact cdb@northwestern.edu for more information.
Oct
02
Immunology Discussion Club
Chicago - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Northwestern Immunology Discussion Club meets on Wednesday's from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and is led by Dr. Booki Min from Feinberg Department- Microbiology and Immunology and Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth- Williams from The Center for Human Immunology. We discuss papers that have been published recently and Research In Progress talks. Note- members are required to present at least 1 IDC and 1RIP per year.
Oct
03
NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Deadline
No Location -
The NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship encourages a new generation of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education. This fellowship supports candidates whose dissertation projects bring innovative and insightful approaches to the history, theory, analysis, or application of formal and informal education.
As a highly competitive initiative, this fellowship annually identifies and supports 35 of the most exceptional researchers conducting dissertation studies relevant to education.
Oct
03
Department of Pharmacology Seminar | Seok-Yong Lee, PhD
Chicago - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Talk info TBA
Guest Speaker: Seok-Yong Lee, PhD; George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology; Professor, Departments of Biochemistry & Cell Biology; Member of the Duke Cancer Institute.
Oct
04
DAAD Study Scholarship & Research Grant Information Session
Evanston - 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
The DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) offers recent undergraduate alums and graduate students the opportunity to study or research in Germany. Come hear about ways to further your education at a German University or pursue a research project.
Oct
04
FCVRRI Series Seminar - Denise Marciano, MD, PhD
Chicago - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Talk title - Investigating Mechanisms of Epithelial Cell Shape and Function in the Kidney
Oct
04
"Effects of Co-Released Orexin and Dynorphin on Ventral Tegmental Area Dopamine Neuronal Activity and Opioid Seeking" | Stephanie Borgland, Ph.D
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Department of Neuroscience Welcomes Stephanie Borgland.
Dr. Stephanie Borgland is a Professor and a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in the Departments of Physiology & Pharmacology as well as Psychiatry at the University of Calgary.
The misuse of opioids and other prescription pain relievers has risen rapidly, becoming a major global health issue. Addiction is linked to neural circuit dysfunction, characterized by changes in synaptic transmission in the ventral tegmental area (VTA), a region involved in the incentive value of drug-related stimuli. The lateral hypothalamic (LH) neuropeptide, orexin (ox; also known as hypocretin), is necessary for the formation of morphine induced plasticity of VTA dopamine neurons. Orexins and dynorphin (dyn) are co-expressed LH neuropeptides that project to VTA. These peptides have opposing effects on the firing activity of VTA dopamine (DA) neurons via orexin 1 (Ox1) or kappa opioid (KOR) receptors, respectively. Therefore, it is unclear how the co-released peptides contribute to the activity of dopamine neurons in physiological and pathological states. This study aimed to determine how chronic morphine alters the contributions of LHox/dyn to the firing of VTA DA neurons. We found that repeated opioid treatment shifts the LHox/dyn regulation of VTA dopamine neurons that project to the BLA from inhibitory to primarily excitatory. This may influence the responsiveness of the mouse to opioid-related cues.
Oct
04
Department of Pharmacology Seminar | Carsen Stringer, PhD
Chicago - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
*Friday October 4th 2024*
Talk info TBA
Guest Speaker: Carsen Strigner, PhD; Group Leader, HHMI Janelia Research Campus.
Stringer's lab develops algorithms for understanding large-scale neural activity. In addition, the lab works on general segmentation algorithms for cellular data, which enable fast and accurate processing of ~50,000 neuron recordings.
NOTE: This seminar is taking place on Friday so it does not conflict with SFN.
Oct
08
M-I Seminar Series: Vincent T. Lee, PhD
Chicago - 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Title: TBA
Topic:
Speaker: Vincent T. Lee, Professor, University of Maryland
Host: M-I Dept. Bacteriology Students. and Postocs /Alexandre Le Scornet, PhD, Coordinating Host
Oct
09
CDB Faculty Seminar Series
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CDB Faculty Seminar Series
Cell & Developmental Biology Faculty Seminar Series
The department meets every third Wednesday from 12-1 PM to enjoy a lecture from one of our faculty members. Calendar invites with the meeting location are disseminated in advance. Please contact cdb@northwestern.edu for more information or sign-up to our event listserv at https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/about/listserv.html#listserv
Oct
09
Northwestern University Inclusive Scholars Symposium
Chicago - 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Northwestern Inclusive Scholars Symposium is a place to celebrate and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion within the Northwestern University Community.
This poster symposium brings together graduate student scholars, educators, and alumni to share innovative research and network with individuals who share similar identities.
Wednesday, October 9th, 2025
Poster session 3:00-5:00pm
Catered networking reception 5:00-7:00pm.
Please RSVP to Jamie Guillen at jamieguillen2023@u.northwestern.edu
RSVP is required!
Oct
09
Immunology Discussion Club
Chicago - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Northwestern Immunology Discussion Club meets on Wednesday's from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and is led by Dr. Booki Min from Feinberg Department- Microbiology and Immunology and Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth- Williams from The Center for Human Immunology. We discuss papers that have been published recently and Research In Progress talks. Note- members are required to present at least 1 IDC and 1RIP per year.
Oct
09
New Faculty Mixer
Evanston - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Join us in our re-modeled space for a casual mixer connecting Northwestern's newest faculty cohort with last year's cohort.
Oct
10
"The Fit for Purpose approach to chronic pain: training body and brain towards recovery" | Lorimer Moseley, Ph.D
Chicago - 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
The Department of Neuroscience Welcomes Dr. Lorimer Moseley.
Lorimer is Foundation Chair in Physiotherapy and Professor of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of South Australia, and Senior Principal Research Fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia. He is also Senior Principal Research Fellow at NeuRA and an NHMRC Principal Research Fellow.
In this talk I will present the historical context, scientific underpinning, evidence and future of the Fit for Purpose approach to chronic pain. The discovery of central sensitisation in the 1980’s flipped pain care on its head. A push to consider chronic pain a disease in its own right - an immutable consequence of altered response profiles in the spinal cord - was accompanied by a shift from ‘treatment' to ‘management’. Cognitive and behavioural therapies for mood disorders were repurposed and people with chronic pain were told to aim at a fulfilling life WITH pain. Our collective failure in keeping those with lived experience informed of developments left patients confused and often angry - ‘I can see why the other people in my program are here, but I have REAL pain- this is NOT all in my head’. A new kind of pain education emerged, seeking to impart a modern scientific understanding of how pain works, the dynamic nature of sensitivity and the multifactorial nature of pain. Rapid progress in our understanding of the neurophysiological disruptions associated with chronic pain led our group to develop treatments aimed at correcting those disruptions. The Fit for Purpose model emerged as an integration of progress in education and sensory and motor retraining interventions. Clinical trial and real world data are supportive and highlight the importance for recovery of first reconceptualising the problem of chronic pain. Our current focus is on making these promising treatments better.
Oct
10
"Spying on Neuromodulator Dynamics In Vivo by constructing GRAB Sensors" | Yulong Li, Ph.D
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Department of Neuroscience Welcomes Dr. Yulong Li.
Principal Investigator
Fluorescencent Probe, Neuroimaging, Synaptic Transmission, Signal Transduction, Neurological Diseases.
The human brain consists of billions of neurons, most of which communicate with each other by releasing different kinds of neuromodulators through chemical synapses, and therefore is able to control different physiological functions like perception, motion, learning and memory. To dissect the mechanism underlying how brain take part in different physiological functions and pathological conditions, it's important to monitor the dynamics of neuromodulators in vivo. In the past few years, we and others have developed a series of multi-color GPCR-activation‒based (GRAB) sensors for monitoring extracellular neuromodulator dynamics with high sensitivity, specificity, and spatial-temporal resolution in living animals. In this report, I will share our recent progress in developing sensors for monitoring monoamines, nucleotides, neurolipids and neuropeptides. With these GRAB sensors, we have monitored the dynamics of neuromodulators in mice in a wide range of physiological processes (sleep-wake cycle, motion, etc.) and pathological conditions (epilepsy, etc.).
Oct
10
Utilizing "The Night Watchman" Teaching Guide
Online - 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Support your students as they process and make meaning of The Night Watchman, the 2024–25 One Book One Northwestern selection, by delving into this new Northwestern Teaching Guide! Teaching Guide authors from the Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching and the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion will highlight important themes of novel and suggest instructional designs, teaching activities, and authentic assessments that can help bring the content to life. Topics will include indigenous pedagogy, trauma-informed pedagogy, engaged learning, decolonization, language, storytelling, and citizenship.
Oct
11
"Role of astrocytes in sensorimotor integration in cortical and brainstem circuits" | Arlette Kolta, Ph.D
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Department of Neuroscience Welcomes Dr. Arlette Kolta
Arlette Kolta is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Montreal and has a second affiliation to the Department of Neuroscience. She is also the director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Brain and Learning (CIRCA).
Abtract:
Several functions, motor or sensory, rely on the ability of neurons to modify their discharge pattern to faithfully encode the characteristics of a sensory stimulus or to reflect a rhythmic motor control for example. Changes in firing pattern often involve particular ion channels and are intimately related to the function of the circuit. Astrocytes are increasingly acknowledged as key regulators of neural activity, through release of gliotransmitters which effects on synaptic and network functions are increasingly understood. However, their contribution to neuronal computations is still poorly addressed.
Our work has revealed how by modifying the extracellular Ca2 + concentration through release of a calcium-binding protein (S100b), astrocytes can act directly on or near neuronal Na+ channels, a largely unexplored form of communication between astrocytes and neurons. This mechanism is likely to be involved in many functions given the ubiquitous distribution of these channels and astrocytes across the brain. Indeed, we have shown it to be involved in rhythmogenesis in a brainstem sensory-motor circuit that generates jaw movements, in input integration and axonal plasticity in cortical layer 5 pyramidal neurons and in ectopic firing and excitability changes of primary afferent neurons in chronic pain.
The S100β-dependent mechanism adds up to the previously reported conventional gliotransmitters. Beyond increasing our understanding of how astrocytes contribute to neuronal computations, our findings will help to understand the role of S100β which is abnormally regulated after trauma and in many neurological disorders including epilepsy, depression, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer’s diseases. We propose that abnormal S100β control may have a wide impact by leading to abnormal extracellular ionic environment, abnormal neural activities, and thus pathological states.
Oct
14
Lurie Cancer Center Core Technologies & Applications Series
Chicago - 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Gene Editing with CRISPR/Cas9 – A Powerful Approach to Mouse Modeling
Styliani (Stella) Markoulaki, PhD
Director, Transgenic and Targeted Mutagenesis (TTML) Lab
Research Professor, Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
*Lunch is provided
Oct
14
Department of Pharmacology Seminar | Wade Van Horn, PhD
Chicago - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Talk info TBA
Guest Speaker: Wade Van Horn, PhD; Associate Professor, School of Molecular Sciences Member, Biodesign Center for Personalized Diagnostics.
Areas of Expertise: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Physical Chemistry.
Oct
16
CDB Experts-in-the-field Seminar Series
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CDB Experts-in-the-field Seminar Series
Cell & Developmental Biology Experts-in-the-field Seminar Series
The department hosts guest lectures every second Wednesday from 12-1 PM. Calendar invites are disseminated in advance with event details. Contact cdb@northwestern.edu for additional details or sign-up for our listserv at https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/about/listserv.html#listserv
Oct
16
Immunology Discussion Club
Chicago - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Northwestern Immunology Discussion Club meets on Wednesday's from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and is led by Dr. Booki Min from Feinberg Department- Microbiology and Immunology and Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth- Williams from The Center for Human Immunology. We discuss papers that have been published recently and Research In Progress talks. Note- members are required to present at least 1 IDC and 1RIP per year.
Oct
17
DAAD RISE Information Session
Evanston - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The DAAD Research Internship in Science and Engineering offers funded summer research internships at top German universities and research institutions! Open to students in STEM and Engineering fields. Current Sophomores and Juniors are eligible. Students apply to 3 opportunities that best match their area of interest. German language ability desirable, but not required.
Oct
22
DAAD RISE Information Session
Online - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
The DAAD Research Internship in Science and Engineering offers funded summer research internships at top German universities and research institutions! Open to students in STEM and Engineering fields. Current Sophomores and Juniors are eligible. Students apply to 3 opportunities that best match their area of interest. German language ability desirable, but not required.
Oct
22
M-I Seminar Series: Daniel Lingwood, PhD
Chicago - 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Title: TBA
Topic
Speaker:
Host: Pablo Penaloza-Macmaster, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Microbiology- Immunology
Oct
23
CDB Trainee Seminar Series
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CDB Trainee Seminar Series
Cell & Developmental Biology Trainee Seminar Series
The department meets on the last Wednesday of the month from 12:00-1:00 PM to enjoy a lecture from one of our faculty members. Calendar invites with the meeting location are disseminated in advance. Please contact cdb@northwestern.edu for more information or sign-up to our event listserv at https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/about/listserv.html#listserv
Oct
23
Immunology Discussion Club
Chicago - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Northwestern Immunology Discussion Club meets on Wednesday's from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and is led by Dr. Booki Min from Feinberg Department- Microbiology and Immunology and Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth- Williams from The Center for Human Immunology. We discuss papers that have been published recently and Research In Progress talks. Note- members are required to present at least 1 IDC and 1RIP per year.
Oct
24
Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium
Off-Campus -
The 26th Annual Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium
will be held in person in Chicago!
Referred to as the most valuable breast cancer meeting worldwide for the practicing clinician, the Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium will provide 3.5 days of presentations and interactive Q&A sessions in downtown Chicago this October.
For 26 years, this multidisciplinary CME program has provided the latest information regarding cutting-edge technology and approaches in the management of breast cancer from leading national and international medical, surgical, and radiation oncologists.This year's symposium will include a superb line-up of internationally recognized faculty who will not only present the latest research findings, but will also be available for real-time interaction following their presentations. The symposium will focus on the close cooperation required for effective multidisciplinary management of patients with breast cancer.
This in-person symposium will offer:
-3.5 days of in-person presentations and Q&A with over 30 international breast cancer experts
-Exhibit hall with pharmaceutical companies
-Online access to presentation slides in PDF format (through November 30)
-Continuing education credits & MOC available
-Catered breakfast, break refreshments, and a reception. Lunch available for purchase Thursday through Saturday.
Oct
25
Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium
Off-Campus -
The 26th Annual Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium
will be held in person in Chicago!
Referred to as the most valuable breast cancer meeting worldwide for the practicing clinician, the Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium will provide 3.5 days of presentations and interactive Q&A sessions in downtown Chicago this October.
For 26 years, this multidisciplinary CME program has provided the latest information regarding cutting-edge technology and approaches in the management of breast cancer from leading national and international medical, surgical, and radiation oncologists.This year's symposium will include a superb line-up of internationally recognized faculty who will not only present the latest research findings, but will also be available for real-time interaction following their presentations. The symposium will focus on the close cooperation required for effective multidisciplinary management of patients with breast cancer.
This in-person symposium will offer:
-3.5 days of in-person presentations and Q&A with over 30 international breast cancer experts
-Exhibit hall with pharmaceutical companies
-Online access to presentation slides in PDF format (through November 30)
-Continuing education credits & MOC available
-Catered breakfast, break refreshments, and a reception. Lunch available for purchase Thursday through Saturday.
Oct
26
Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium
Off-Campus -
The 26th Annual Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium
will be held in person in Chicago!
Referred to as the most valuable breast cancer meeting worldwide for the practicing clinician, the Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium will provide 3.5 days of presentations and interactive Q&A sessions in downtown Chicago this October.
For 26 years, this multidisciplinary CME program has provided the latest information regarding cutting-edge technology and approaches in the management of breast cancer from leading national and international medical, surgical, and radiation oncologists.This year's symposium will include a superb line-up of internationally recognized faculty who will not only present the latest research findings, but will also be available for real-time interaction following their presentations. The symposium will focus on the close cooperation required for effective multidisciplinary management of patients with breast cancer.
This in-person symposium will offer:
-3.5 days of in-person presentations and Q&A with over 30 international breast cancer experts
-Exhibit hall with pharmaceutical companies
-Online access to presentation slides in PDF format (through November 30)
-Continuing education credits & MOC available
-Catered breakfast, break refreshments, and a reception. Lunch available for purchase Thursday through Saturday.
Oct
27
Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium
Off-Campus -
The 26th Annual Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium
will be held in person in Chicago!
Referred to as the most valuable breast cancer meeting worldwide for the practicing clinician, the Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium will provide 3.5 days of presentations and interactive Q&A sessions in downtown Chicago this October.
For 26 years, this multidisciplinary CME program has provided the latest information regarding cutting-edge technology and approaches in the management of breast cancer from leading national and international medical, surgical, and radiation oncologists.This year's symposium will include a superb line-up of internationally recognized faculty who will not only present the latest research findings, but will also be available for real-time interaction following their presentations. The symposium will focus on the close cooperation required for effective multidisciplinary management of patients with breast cancer.
This in-person symposium will offer:
-3.5 days of in-person presentations and Q&A with over 30 international breast cancer experts
-Exhibit hall with pharmaceutical companies
-Online access to presentation slides in PDF format (through November 30)
-Continuing education credits & MOC available
-Catered breakfast, break refreshments, and a reception. Lunch available for purchase Thursday through Saturday.
Oct
28
Department of Pharmacology Seminar | Nagarajan Vaidehi, PhD
Chicago - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Nagarajan Vaidehi, PhD; Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope
Oct
29
M-I Seminar Series: Benjamin E. Gewurz, MD, PhD
Chicago - 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Title: TBA
Topic:
Speaker:
Host: Eva Gottwein, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Microbiology-Immunology
Oct
30
CDB Trainee Seminar Series
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CDB Trainee Seminar Series
Cell & Developmental Biology Trainee Seminar Series
The department meets on the last Wednesday of the month from 12:00-1:00 PM to enjoy a lecture from one of our faculty members. Calendar invites with the meeting location are disseminated in advance. Please contact cdb@northwestern.edu for more information or sign-up to our event listserv at https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/about/listserv.html#listserv
Oct
30
Immunology Discussion Club
Chicago - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Northwestern Immunology Discussion Club meets on Wednesday's from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and is led by Dr. Booki Min from Feinberg Department- Microbiology and Immunology and Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth- Williams from The Center for Human Immunology. We discuss papers that have been published recently and Research In Progress talks. Note- members are required to present at least 1 IDC and 1RIP per year.
Oct
30
DAAD RISE Information Session
Evanston - 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The DAAD Research Internship in Science and Engineering offers funded summer research internships at top German universities and research institutions! Open to students in STEM and Engineering fields. Current Sophomores and Juniors are eligible. Students apply to 3 opportunities that best match their area of interest. German language ability desirable, but not required.
Nov
05
M-I Seminar Series: Eric Johannsen, MD
Chicago - 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Title: TBA
Topic:
Speaker: Eric Johannsen, MD, Professor, University of Wisconsin
Host: Eva Gottwein, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Microbiology-Immunology
Nov
06
CDB Faculty Meeting
No Location - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Cell & Developmental Biology Faculty Meeting.
Departmental faculty meet every first Wednesday from 12-1 PM. Calendar invites with the meeting location are disseminated in advance. Please contact cdb@northwestern.edu for more information.
Nov
06
Immunology Discussion Club
Chicago - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Northwestern Immunology Discussion Club meets on Wednesday's from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and is led by Dr. Booki Min from Feinberg Department- Microbiology and Immunology and Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth- Williams from The Center for Human Immunology. We discuss papers that have been published recently and Research In Progress talks. Note- members are required to present at least 1 IDC and 1RIP per year.
Nov
07
DAAD RISE Information Session
Online - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The DAAD Research Internship in Science and Engineering offers funded summer research internships at top German universities and research institutions! Open to students in STEM and Engineering fields. Current Sophomores and Juniors are eligible. Students apply to 3 opportunities that best match their area of interest. German language ability desirable, but not required.
Nov
08
Neuroscience Seminar Series | Lauren Orefice, Ph.D
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Department of Neuroscience Welcomes Dr. Lauren Orefice.
Lauren Orefice is an American neuroscientist and assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital and in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School.
Nov
11
Toshio Narahashi Annual Lecture: Nancy Carrasco, MD
Chicago - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
More info TBA.
Nancy Carrasco, M.D., Chair of the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Joe C. Davis Chair in Biomedical Science. The Reception to follow in SQ Atrium.
Nov
12
M-I Seminar Series: Alexandra Thayer Grote, PhD
Chicago - 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Title: TBA
Topic:
Speaker: Alexandra Thayer Grote, MD, PhD, Dept. of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division
Host: Alan Hauser, MD, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Microbiology-Immunology
Nov
13
CDB Experts-in-the-field Seminar Series
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CDB Experts-in-the-field Seminar Series
Cell & Developmental Biology Experts-in-the-field Seminar Series
The department hosts guest lectures every second Wednesday from 12-1 PM. Calendar invites are disseminated in advance with event details. Contact cdb@northwestern.edu for additional details or sign-up for our listserv at https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/about/listserv.html#listserv
Nov
13
Immunology Discussion Club
Chicago - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Northwestern Immunology Discussion Club meets on Wednesday's from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and is led by Dr. Booki Min from Feinberg Department- Microbiology and Immunology and Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth- Williams from The Center for Human Immunology. We discuss papers that have been published recently and Research In Progress talks. Note- members are required to present at least 1 IDC and 1RIP per year.
Nov
15
DAAD RISE Information Session
Online - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The DAAD Research Internship in Science and Engineering offers funded summer research internships at top German universities and research institutions! Open to students in STEM and Engineering fields. Current Sophomores and Juniors are eligible. Students apply to 3 opportunities that best match their area of interest. German language ability desirable, but not required.
Nov
19
M-I Seminar Series: Ann Jerse, PhD
Chicago - 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Title: TBA
Topic:
Speaker: Ann Jerse, PhD, Professor, Iniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Host: Hank Seifert, Phd, Professor, Dept. of Microbiology-Immunology
Nov
20
CDB Faculty Seminar Series
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CDB Faculty Seminar Series
Cell & Developmental Biology Faculty Seminar Series
The department meets every third Wednesday from 12-1 PM to enjoy a lecture from one of our faculty members. Calendar invites with the meeting location are disseminated in advance. Please contact cdb@northwestern.edu for more information or sign-up to our event listserv at https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/about/listserv.html#listserv
Nov
20
Immunology Discussion Club
Chicago - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Northwestern Immunology Discussion Club meets on Wednesday's from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and is led by Dr. Booki Min from Feinberg Department- Microbiology and Immunology and Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth- Williams from The Center for Human Immunology. We discuss papers that have been published recently and Research In Progress talks. Note- members are required to present at least 1 IDC and 1RIP per year.
Nov
26
M-I Seminar Series: Mark Kaplan, PhD
Chicago - 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Title: TBA
Speaker: Mark Kaplan, PhD,Indiana University
Topic: TBA
Host: M-I Dept. Immunology Postdocs and Graduate Students (Faculty: Booki Min, PhD)
Nov
27
Boren Awards Information Session
Online - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Boren Scholarship funds undergraduate students who pursue language-intensive study abroad in countries out of the mainstream. At its core, Boren is a language program, thus competitive applicants will be serious students of a language not commonly taught in the United States. In addition, Boren funding comes from the US Government, thus they prize government service. All applicants must be thoughtful about how their career contributes to national security. Finally, Boren rewards long-duration study abroad. Most recipients will stay abroad for six months or more. The Boren Fellowship fund graduate students who pursue language-intensive study abroad or research in countries out of the mainstream At its core, Boren is a language program, thus competitive applicants will be serious students of a language not commonly taught in the United States. In addition, Boren funding comes from the US Government, thus they prize government service. All applicants must be thoughtful about how their career contributes to national security. Finally, Boren rewards long-duration study abroad. Most recipients will stay abroad for six months or more.
Nov
29
Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund Fellowship Information Session
Evanston - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund Fellowship funds graduate students only. Their priorities fall into the following three categories: 1) Graduate school fellowships in any recognized field of study in the humanities, social sciences or natural sciences (including law, medicine, engineering, architecture or other formal professional training) 2) Independent research or study projects which must be carried out entirely in the United States of America. 3) Publications focusing on Armenian studies, Armenian history and Armenian literature of the nineteenth century or earlier. Northwestern University may select only three nominees for this competition
Dec
02
Boren Awards Information Meeting
Online - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Boren Scholarship funds undergraduate students who pursue language-intensive study abroad in countries out of the mainstream. At its core, Boren is a language program, thus competitive applicants will be serious students of a language not commonly taught in the United States. In addition, Boren funding comes from the US Government, thus they prize government service. All applicants must be thoughtful about how their career contributes to national security. Finally, Boren rewards long-duration study abroad. Most recipients will stay abroad for six months or more. The Boren Fellowship fund graduate students who pursue language-intensive study abroad or research in countries out of the mainstream At its core, Boren is a language program, thus competitive applicants will be serious students of a language not commonly taught in the United States. In addition, Boren funding comes from the US Government, thus they prize government service. All applicants must be thoughtful about how their career contributes to national security. Finally, Boren rewards long-duration study abroad. Most recipients will stay abroad for six months or more.
Dec
03
Department of Pharmacology & Lurie Cancer Center | Vinoid Balachandran, MD
Chicago - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Guest Speaker: Vinod P. Balachandran, MD, Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgeon, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Areas of Expertise: Pancreatic Cancer; Benign, Premalignant, and Malignant Diseases of the Pancreas, Bile Duct, Gallbladder, and Liver.
Balchandran was the 2023 FNIH Trailblazer Prize for Clinician-Scientists.
Dec
03
M-I Seminar Series: Kelly Doran, PhD
Chicago - 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Title: TBA
Topic:
Speaker: Kelly Doran, PhD, Professor, University of Colorado
Host: Nicole L. Inniss, PhD, Center for Structural Biology of Infectious Diseases
Dec
04
CDB Faculty Meeting
No Location - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Cell & Developmental Biology Faculty Meeting.
Departmental faculty meet every first Wednesday from 12-1 PM. Calendar invites with the meeting location are disseminated in advance. Please contact cdb@northwestern.edu for more information.
Dec
04
Immunology Discussion Club
Chicago - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Northwestern Immunology Discussion Club meets on Wednesday's from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and is led by Dr. Booki Min from Feinberg Department- Microbiology and Immunology and Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth- Williams from The Center for Human Immunology. We discuss papers that have been published recently and Research In Progress talks. Note- members are required to present at least 1 IDC and 1RIP per year.
Dec
05
Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund Fellowship Information Session
Online - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund Fellowship funds graduate students only. Their priorities fall into the following three categories: 1) Graduate school fellowships in any recognized field of study in the humanities, social sciences or natural sciences (including law, medicine, engineering, architecture or other formal professional training) 2) Independent research or study projects which must be carried out entirely in the United States of America. 3) Publications focusing on Armenian studies, Armenian history and Armenian literature of the nineteenth century or earlier. Northwestern University may select only three nominees for this competition
Dec
06
Neuroscience Seminar Series | Linda Wilbrecht, Ph.D
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Department of Neuroscience Welcomes Dr. Linda Wilbrech. Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley
Wilbrecht earned her Ph.D. from The Rockefeller University with Fernando Nottebohm | and did postdoctoral training at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Dec
09
Department of Pharmacology Seminar | Sudha Chakrapani, PhD
Chicago - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Talk info TBA
Guest Speaker: Sudha Chakrapani, PhD; Joseph T. Wearn, MD University Professor in Medicine; Director, Cryo-Electron Microscopy Core; Director, Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology; Case Western Reserve University.
Dec
10
M-I Seminar Series: Karl Munger, PhD
Chicago - 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Title: TBA
Topic:
Speaker: Karl Munger, PhD
Host: M-I Dept. Virology Students and Postdocs/Arushi Vats, PhD, Coordinating Host
Dec
11
CDB Trainee Seminar Series
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CDB Trainee Seminar Series
Cell & Developmental Biology Trainee Seminar Series
The department meets on the last Wednesday of the month from 12:00-1:00 PM to enjoy a lecture from one of our faculty members. Calendar invites with the meeting location are disseminated in advance. Please contact cdb@northwestern.edu for more information or sign-up to our event listserv at https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/about/listserv.html#listserv
Dec
11
Immunology Discussion Club
Chicago - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Northwestern Immunology Discussion Club meets on Wednesday's from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and is led by Dr. Booki Min from Feinberg Department- Microbiology and Immunology and Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth- Williams from The Center for Human Immunology. We discuss papers that have been published recently and Research In Progress talks. Note- members are required to present at least 1 IDC and 1RIP per year.
Oct
01
Lurie Cancer Center Chung Lee Lecture: Leveraging PSMA: Transferring the Prostate Cancer Landscape
Chicago - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The Lurie Cancer Center Basic Research Seminar Presents:
Leveraging PSMA: Transferring the Prostate Cancer Landscape
Neil Bander, MD
Professor Emeritus of Urology
Weill Cornell Medicine
All members of the Northwestern University Medicine Community are invited to attend.
Oct
08
Lurie Cancer Center Basic Research Seminar: Quantifying the Physical Genome
Chicago - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The Lurie Cancer Center Basic Research Seminar presents:
Quantifying the Physical Genome
William Greenleaf, PhD
Professor of Department of Genetics
Stanford University
Oct
15
Lurie Cancer Center Basic Research Seminar: Role of Site-Specific ADP Ribosylation in Cancer
Chicago - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The Lurie Cancer Center Basic Research Seminar presents:
Role of Site-Specific ADP Ribosylation in Cancer
Lee Kraus, PhD
Professor and Director, Cecil H. and Ida Green Center Reproductive Biology Sciences
Cecil H. and Ida Green Distinguished Chair in Reproductive Biology Sciences
Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pharmacology
Vice Chair for Basic Sciences, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Assistant Director for Basic Research, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
Assistant Dean for Research Development, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dec
03
Lurie Cancer Center John Hart Lecture: RNA Vaccines for Pancreatic Cancer
Chicago - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The Lurie Cancer Center Basic Research Seminar Presents:
RNA Vaccines for Pancreatic Cancer
Vinod Balachandran, MD
Member, David M. Rubenstein Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research
Assistant Attending Surgeon
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Sep
16
2024 Academic Kickoff
Evanston - 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
The Academic Kickoff provides first-time TAs and grad student and postdoc instructors opportunities to learn about and explore institutional knowledge to prepare for the first day of classes! Participants are invited to attend a variety of interactive sessions throughout the day facilitated by campus partners and experienced graduate student instructors known as Kickoff Session Leaders. Each session is grounded in evidence-based practices and Northwestern’s Principles of Inclusive Teaching. Participants will also have plenty of opportunities to informally socialize during morning coffee, intentional breaks, and lunch.
Sep
16
Department of Pharmacology Seminar | Yi Xing, PhD
Chicago - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Title: "Long-read strategies to study the human transcriptome"
Abstract:
Long-read RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) is a transformative technology for transcriptomics, but its widespread adoption has been hindered by challenges such as a high base error rate, modest throughput, and computational hurdles. In this presentation, I will discuss our lab’s recent efforts to overcome these primary technological obstacles of long-read RNA-seq and showcase its innovative biomedical applications.
Guest Speaker:
Yi Xing, PhD; Professor & Francis West Lewis Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Director, Center for Computational and Genomic Medicine
Executive Director, Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics; The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Sep
17
Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration
Chicago - 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join the Lurie Cancer Center (LCC) and the Center for Health Equity Transformation (CHET) as we celebrate the significant contributions of the Latinx community in advancing health equity and research. CHET is proud to recognize the achievements of Latinx individuals within the Northwestern University community, highlighting their impactful roles and contributions as key members of the Hispanic community.
Sep
18
CDB Faculty Seminar Series
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CDB Faculty Seminar Series
Cell & Developmental Biology Faculty Seminar Series
The department meets every third Wednesday from 12-1 PM to enjoy a lecture from one of our faculty members. Calendar invites with the meeting location are disseminated in advance. Please contact cdb@northwestern.edu for more information or sign-up to our event listserv at https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/about/listserv.html#listserv
Sep
18
Immunology Discussion Club
Chicago - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Northwestern Immunology Discussion Club meets on Wednesday's from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and is led by Dr. Booki Min from Feinberg Department- Microbiology and Immunology and Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth- Williams from The Center for Human Immunology. We discuss papers that have been published recently and Research In Progress talks. Note- members are required to present at least 1 IDC and 1RIP per year.
Sep
19
Midwest Metabolism Meeting (M3)
Chicago - 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
On Thursday, September 19, 2024, the Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center will host the Midwest Metabolism Meeting (M3), a symposium that aims to facilitate the exchange of cutting-edge knowledge and discoveries in the realm of metabolism & diseases, specifically from laboratories located in the Midwest. This event will bring together students and postdoctoral fellows from various Midwest metabolism labs, creating a platform for collaboration and meaningful discussions between trainees and Principal Investigators in the field. The symposium will feature presentations from students and postdocs, along with a keynote lecture by Dr. Richard DiMarchi, a world leader in macromolecular medicines and the development of peptide mimetics for treating diabetes and obesity.
To encourage active participation, all trainees are invited to submit abstracts for poster presentations. The best abstracts will be selected for a 15-minute oral presentation, offering an excellent opportunity for showcasing impactful research. This exciting scientific gathering provides a unique opportunity for participants to engage in discussions, share insights, and build connections within the metabolism research community in the Midwest.
Sep
19
DGP Student Thesis Seminar - Joseph O'Brien - Dr. Elizabeth McNally Lab
Chicago - 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Title of Presentation:
"Genetic Modifiers of Fibrosis in Muscular Dystrophy"
This is a hybrid event. For Zoom access or more information, email rachael.hill@northwestern.edu.
Sep
20
The Chicago Cytoskeleton Meeting
Chicago - 3:30 PM - 7:30 PM
The Chicago Cytoskeleton is a forum for cytoskeletal researchers from the greater Chicago area to meet, hear great talks, exchange ideas, and socialize. For additional information, please visit: https://chicagocytoskeleton.net/
Friday, September 20, 2024, 3:00 - 7:30 PM
Simpson-Querrey Auditorium, SQ 1-230
303 E. Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60611
Two flash talk winners:
• Madeline Lovejoy (Garcia-Mata lab, U. Toledo)
"SGEF, a RhoG-specific GEF, influences the morphology and collective migration of 3D epithelial cysts"
• Amruta Nayak (Glotzer lab, U. Chicago)
"Spatiotemporal Analysis of Requirement of Rap1 Activity in Early Embryonic Morphogenesis
Four faculty:
• Jenna Christensen (Northwestern)
"Using comparative genomics to explore dynein motor complex function"
• Sally Horne-Badovinac (U. Chicago)
"Symmetry-breaking and initiation of rotational epithelial migration"
• Benjamin Perrin (Indiana University Indianapolis)
"Formin-dependent adhesion complexes at the base regulate actin assembly at stereocilia tips"
• Margaret Titus (U. Minnesota)
"Modulation of Filopodial Myosin Activity"
And one additional guest speaker!
• Silvia Jansen (Washington University St. Louis)
Sep
23
Lurie Cancer Center Research-In-Progress Seminar Series
Chicago - 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
“Unveiling the 3D structure of chromatin domains in ovarian cancer stem cells”
Karla Medina, Predoctoral Trainee
Backman lab
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, McCormick School of Engineering
“Role of chromatin remodeling complex cBAF in promoting an efficient Germinal Center B cell response”
Ajay Abraham, PhD
Shukla lab
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
*Lunch will be provided
Sep
23
Department of Pharmacology Seminar | Shu-Hsien Sheu, PhD
Chicago - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Talk info TBA
Guest Speaker: Shu-Hsien Sheu, MD, PhD; Team Leader, Chan Zuckerberg Institute.
Sep
24
DAAD Study Scholarship & Research Grant Information Session
Online - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) offers recent undergraduate alums and graduate students the opportunity to study or research in Germany. Come hear about ways to further your education at a German University or pursue a research project.
Sep
25
Immunology Discussion Club
Chicago - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Northwestern Immunology Discussion Club meets on Wednesday's from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and is led by Dr. Booki Min from Feinberg Department- Microbiology and Immunology and Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth- Williams from The Center for Human Immunology. We discuss papers that have been published recently and Research In Progress talks. Note- members are required to present at least 1 IDC and 1RIP per year.
Sep
26
BMG Seminar: Michael Pacold, MD, PhD, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Chicago - 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
The Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics presents:
Michael Pacold, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Presentation:
"An Unexpected Journey Tracing Molecular Oxygen”
Abstract:
Oxygen-dependent reactions are required for the growth and survival of human cells. Yet, the fate of molecular oxygen in mammalian cells is incompletely understood. We have developed techniques for tracing isotopically labeled oxygen into metabolites in mammalian cells. This work has revealed the first committed step of the mammalian Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) headgroup synthesis pathway. The CoQ10 headgroup accepts and donates electrons, and is required for CoQ10’s role in mitochondrial electron transport and as a quencher of reactive oxygen species in biological membranes. I will discuss our work on CoQ10 headgroup synthesis and its role in brain development.
Host: Dr. Issam Ben-Shara, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Sep
27
FCVRRI Research in Progress Seminar - Arpita Roy, PhD
Chicago - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Talk title - Functional Role of the Lymphangiocrine Factor Reelin in Cardiac Development
Sep
27
"Mapping the landscape of social behavior" | Ugne Klibaite, Ph.D
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Department of Neuroscience Welcomes Dr. Ugne Klibaite.
Postdoctoral Fellow (MBB Fellowship)
PhD in Quantitative and Computational Biology, Princeton University, 2018
BS in Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2013
Social behavior is fundamental to our lives and those of animals, and social interactions are one of the most salient features of an animal’s experience of the world. However, we often lack the tools to describe these interactions with quantitative rigor or we capture only a small sliver of an animal’s social repertoire. This gap in our quantitative abilities limits our understanding of the principles underlying social behavior, as well as of the neuropsychiatric disorders, like autism, that perturb it. In this talk, I will describe our advances in capturing and quantifying social behavior. First, I will present a technique to precisely track the postures of freely interacting animals in 3D and a complementary multi-scale embedding approach I developed to identify a rich landscape of stereotyped social interactions in rodents. Applying this approach revealed shifts in social motifs across strains, disease models, and pharmacological manipulations. Performing this type of deep phenotyping on seven new monogenic rat models of autism, we found that they exhibited a spectrum of behavioral changes compared to their wild type littermates. Several of these models demonstrated consistent inter-animal social deficits and are promising candidates for modeling autism-related social phenotypes in rats. Together, this framework presents a new way to use a first-principles biophysics approach to decompose and classify the elements of complex social interactions, enabling sophisticated interrogations of social dynamics and their neurobiological underpinnings.
Sep
30
DAAD Study Scholarship & Research Grant Information Session
Evanston - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) offers recent undergraduate alums and graduate students the opportunity to study or research in Germany. Come hear about ways to further your education at a German University or pursue a research project.
Sep
30
Department of Pharmacology Seminar | Anthony Kossiakoff, PhD
Chicago - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Title: “Controlling biological function by conformational trapping”
Guest Speaker: Anthony Kossiakoff, Otho S.A. Sprague Distinguished Service Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Unviersity of Chicago.
Bio: Anthony A. Kossiakoff is the Otho S.A. Sprague Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Chicago. He earned his BS in Chemistry and Mathematics at Davis and Elkins College, obtained his Ph.D in Physical Chemistry at the University of Delaware, and served as a structural biology postdoctoral fellow in at the California Institute of Technology before joining the Biology Department at Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1975 where he worked on neutron diffraction of proteins. In 1983 he joined Genentech as Director of Biocatalysis, helped establish the Protein Engineering Department, and served as Director from 1986-1998. In 1998 he moved to the University of Chicago where he served as Chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from 1998 to 2012 and Director of the Institute of Biophysical Dynamics from 1998-2003. Dr. Kossiakoff has received a variety of distinguished awards including selection as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, receipt of the Anfinsen Award from the Protein Society, and election to the National Academy of Science.
Oct
01
Lurie Cancer Center Chung Lee Lecture: Leveraging PSMA: Transferring the Prostate Cancer Landscape
Chicago - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The Lurie Cancer Center Basic Research Seminar Presents:
Leveraging PSMA: Transferring the Prostate Cancer Landscape
Neil Bander, MD
Professor Emeritus of Urology
Weill Cornell Medicine
All members of the Northwestern University Medicine Community are invited to attend.
Oct
01
M-I Seminar Series: Activation and Evasion of the FEAR Pathway by DNA and RNA Viruses
Chicago - 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Title: Activation and Evasion of the FEAR Pathway by DNA and RNA Viruses
Topic:
We recently identified the FACT-ETS-1 Antiviral Response (FEAR) pathway as an innate immune response that restricts diverse viruses. I will discuss the discovery of the FEAR pathway, its regulation, and how DNA and RNA viruses use distinct mechanisms to antagonize this response. Collectively, our work reveals a new interferon-independent antiviral immunity pathway as well as unappreciated immune evasion strategies employed by viral pathogens.
Speaker: Don Gammon, PhD, Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern
Host: Derek Walsh, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Microbiology-Immunology
Oct
02
CDB Faculty Meeting
No Location - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Cell & Developmental Biology Faculty Meeting.
Departmental faculty meet every first Wednesday from 12-1 PM. Calendar invites with the meeting location are disseminated in advance. Please contact cdb@northwestern.edu for more information.
Oct
02
Immunology Discussion Club
Chicago - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Northwestern Immunology Discussion Club meets on Wednesday's from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and is led by Dr. Booki Min from Feinberg Department- Microbiology and Immunology and Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth- Williams from The Center for Human Immunology. We discuss papers that have been published recently and Research In Progress talks. Note- members are required to present at least 1 IDC and 1RIP per year.
Oct
03
NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Deadline
No Location -
The NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship encourages a new generation of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education. This fellowship supports candidates whose dissertation projects bring innovative and insightful approaches to the history, theory, analysis, or application of formal and informal education.
As a highly competitive initiative, this fellowship annually identifies and supports 35 of the most exceptional researchers conducting dissertation studies relevant to education.
Oct
03
Department of Pharmacology Seminar | Seok-Yong Lee, PhD
Chicago - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Talk info TBA
Guest Speaker: Seok-Yong Lee, PhD; George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology; Professor, Departments of Biochemistry & Cell Biology; Member of the Duke Cancer Institute.
Oct
04
DAAD Study Scholarship & Research Grant Information Session
Evanston - 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
The DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) offers recent undergraduate alums and graduate students the opportunity to study or research in Germany. Come hear about ways to further your education at a German University or pursue a research project.
Oct
04
FCVRRI Series Seminar - Denise Marciano, MD, PhD
Chicago - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Talk title - Investigating Mechanisms of Epithelial Cell Shape and Function in the Kidney
Oct
04
"Effects of Co-Released Orexin and Dynorphin on Ventral Tegmental Area Dopamine Neuronal Activity and Opioid Seeking" | Stephanie Borgland, Ph.D
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Department of Neuroscience Welcomes Stephanie Borgland.
Dr. Stephanie Borgland is a Professor and a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in the Departments of Physiology & Pharmacology as well as Psychiatry at the University of Calgary.
The misuse of opioids and other prescription pain relievers has risen rapidly, becoming a major global health issue. Addiction is linked to neural circuit dysfunction, characterized by changes in synaptic transmission in the ventral tegmental area (VTA), a region involved in the incentive value of drug-related stimuli. The lateral hypothalamic (LH) neuropeptide, orexin (ox; also known as hypocretin), is necessary for the formation of morphine induced plasticity of VTA dopamine neurons. Orexins and dynorphin (dyn) are co-expressed LH neuropeptides that project to VTA. These peptides have opposing effects on the firing activity of VTA dopamine (DA) neurons via orexin 1 (Ox1) or kappa opioid (KOR) receptors, respectively. Therefore, it is unclear how the co-released peptides contribute to the activity of dopamine neurons in physiological and pathological states. This study aimed to determine how chronic morphine alters the contributions of LHox/dyn to the firing of VTA DA neurons. We found that repeated opioid treatment shifts the LHox/dyn regulation of VTA dopamine neurons that project to the BLA from inhibitory to primarily excitatory. This may influence the responsiveness of the mouse to opioid-related cues.
Oct
04
Department of Pharmacology Seminar | Carsen Stringer, PhD
Chicago - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
*Friday October 4th 2024*
Talk info TBA
Guest Speaker: Carsen Strigner, PhD; Group Leader, HHMI Janelia Research Campus.
Stringer's lab develops algorithms for understanding large-scale neural activity. In addition, the lab works on general segmentation algorithms for cellular data, which enable fast and accurate processing of ~50,000 neuron recordings.
NOTE: This seminar is taking place on Friday so it does not conflict with SFN.
Oct
08
Lurie Cancer Center Basic Research Seminar: Quantifying the Physical Genome
Chicago - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The Lurie Cancer Center Basic Research Seminar presents:
Quantifying the Physical Genome
William Greenleaf, PhD
Professor of Department of Genetics
Stanford University
Oct
08
M-I Seminar Series: Vincent T. Lee, PhD
Chicago - 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Title: TBA
Topic:
Speaker: Vincent T. Lee, Professor, University of Maryland
Host: M-I Dept. Bacteriology Students. and Postocs /Alexandre Le Scornet, PhD, Coordinating Host
Oct
09
CDB Faculty Seminar Series
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CDB Faculty Seminar Series
Cell & Developmental Biology Faculty Seminar Series
The department meets every third Wednesday from 12-1 PM to enjoy a lecture from one of our faculty members. Calendar invites with the meeting location are disseminated in advance. Please contact cdb@northwestern.edu for more information or sign-up to our event listserv at https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/about/listserv.html#listserv
Oct
09
Northwestern University Inclusive Scholars Symposium
Chicago - 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Northwestern Inclusive Scholars Symposium is a place to celebrate and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion within the Northwestern University Community.
This poster symposium brings together graduate student scholars, educators, and alumni to share innovative research and network with individuals who share similar identities.
Wednesday, October 9th, 2025
Poster session 3:00-5:00pm
Catered networking reception 5:00-7:00pm.
Please RSVP to Jamie Guillen at jamieguillen2023@u.northwestern.edu
RSVP is required!
Oct
09
Immunology Discussion Club
Chicago - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Northwestern Immunology Discussion Club meets on Wednesday's from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and is led by Dr. Booki Min from Feinberg Department- Microbiology and Immunology and Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth- Williams from The Center for Human Immunology. We discuss papers that have been published recently and Research In Progress talks. Note- members are required to present at least 1 IDC and 1RIP per year.
Oct
09
New Faculty Mixer
Evanston - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Join us in our re-modeled space for a casual mixer connecting Northwestern's newest faculty cohort with last year's cohort.
Oct
10
"The Fit for Purpose approach to chronic pain: training body and brain towards recovery" | Lorimer Moseley, Ph.D
Chicago - 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
The Department of Neuroscience Welcomes Dr. Lorimer Moseley.
Lorimer is Foundation Chair in Physiotherapy and Professor of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of South Australia, and Senior Principal Research Fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia. He is also Senior Principal Research Fellow at NeuRA and an NHMRC Principal Research Fellow.
In this talk I will present the historical context, scientific underpinning, evidence and future of the Fit for Purpose approach to chronic pain. The discovery of central sensitisation in the 1980’s flipped pain care on its head. A push to consider chronic pain a disease in its own right - an immutable consequence of altered response profiles in the spinal cord - was accompanied by a shift from ‘treatment' to ‘management’. Cognitive and behavioural therapies for mood disorders were repurposed and people with chronic pain were told to aim at a fulfilling life WITH pain. Our collective failure in keeping those with lived experience informed of developments left patients confused and often angry - ‘I can see why the other people in my program are here, but I have REAL pain- this is NOT all in my head’. A new kind of pain education emerged, seeking to impart a modern scientific understanding of how pain works, the dynamic nature of sensitivity and the multifactorial nature of pain. Rapid progress in our understanding of the neurophysiological disruptions associated with chronic pain led our group to develop treatments aimed at correcting those disruptions. The Fit for Purpose model emerged as an integration of progress in education and sensory and motor retraining interventions. Clinical trial and real world data are supportive and highlight the importance for recovery of first reconceptualising the problem of chronic pain. Our current focus is on making these promising treatments better.
Oct
10
"Spying on Neuromodulator Dynamics In Vivo by constructing GRAB Sensors" | Yulong Li, Ph.D
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Department of Neuroscience Welcomes Dr. Yulong Li.
Principal Investigator
Fluorescencent Probe, Neuroimaging, Synaptic Transmission, Signal Transduction, Neurological Diseases.
The human brain consists of billions of neurons, most of which communicate with each other by releasing different kinds of neuromodulators through chemical synapses, and therefore is able to control different physiological functions like perception, motion, learning and memory. To dissect the mechanism underlying how brain take part in different physiological functions and pathological conditions, it's important to monitor the dynamics of neuromodulators in vivo. In the past few years, we and others have developed a series of multi-color GPCR-activation‒based (GRAB) sensors for monitoring extracellular neuromodulator dynamics with high sensitivity, specificity, and spatial-temporal resolution in living animals. In this report, I will share our recent progress in developing sensors for monitoring monoamines, nucleotides, neurolipids and neuropeptides. With these GRAB sensors, we have monitored the dynamics of neuromodulators in mice in a wide range of physiological processes (sleep-wake cycle, motion, etc.) and pathological conditions (epilepsy, etc.).
Oct
10
Utilizing "The Night Watchman" Teaching Guide
Online - 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Support your students as they process and make meaning of The Night Watchman, the 2024–25 One Book One Northwestern selection, by delving into this new Northwestern Teaching Guide! Teaching Guide authors from the Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching and the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion will highlight important themes of novel and suggest instructional designs, teaching activities, and authentic assessments that can help bring the content to life. Topics will include indigenous pedagogy, trauma-informed pedagogy, engaged learning, decolonization, language, storytelling, and citizenship.
Oct
11
"Role of astrocytes in sensorimotor integration in cortical and brainstem circuits" | Arlette Kolta, Ph.D
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Department of Neuroscience Welcomes Dr. Arlette Kolta
Arlette Kolta is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Montreal and has a second affiliation to the Department of Neuroscience. She is also the director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Brain and Learning (CIRCA).
Abtract:
Several functions, motor or sensory, rely on the ability of neurons to modify their discharge pattern to faithfully encode the characteristics of a sensory stimulus or to reflect a rhythmic motor control for example. Changes in firing pattern often involve particular ion channels and are intimately related to the function of the circuit. Astrocytes are increasingly acknowledged as key regulators of neural activity, through release of gliotransmitters which effects on synaptic and network functions are increasingly understood. However, their contribution to neuronal computations is still poorly addressed.
Our work has revealed how by modifying the extracellular Ca2 + concentration through release of a calcium-binding protein (S100b), astrocytes can act directly on or near neuronal Na+ channels, a largely unexplored form of communication between astrocytes and neurons. This mechanism is likely to be involved in many functions given the ubiquitous distribution of these channels and astrocytes across the brain. Indeed, we have shown it to be involved in rhythmogenesis in a brainstem sensory-motor circuit that generates jaw movements, in input integration and axonal plasticity in cortical layer 5 pyramidal neurons and in ectopic firing and excitability changes of primary afferent neurons in chronic pain.
The S100β-dependent mechanism adds up to the previously reported conventional gliotransmitters. Beyond increasing our understanding of how astrocytes contribute to neuronal computations, our findings will help to understand the role of S100β which is abnormally regulated after trauma and in many neurological disorders including epilepsy, depression, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer’s diseases. We propose that abnormal S100β control may have a wide impact by leading to abnormal extracellular ionic environment, abnormal neural activities, and thus pathological states.
Oct
14
Lurie Cancer Center Core Technologies & Applications Series
Chicago - 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Gene Editing with CRISPR/Cas9 – A Powerful Approach to Mouse Modeling
Styliani (Stella) Markoulaki, PhD
Director, Transgenic and Targeted Mutagenesis (TTML) Lab
Research Professor, Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
*Lunch is provided
Oct
14
Department of Pharmacology Seminar | Wade Van Horn, PhD
Chicago - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Talk info TBA
Guest Speaker: Wade Van Horn, PhD; Associate Professor, School of Molecular Sciences Member, Biodesign Center for Personalized Diagnostics.
Areas of Expertise: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Physical Chemistry.
Oct
15
Lurie Cancer Center Basic Research Seminar: Role of Site-Specific ADP Ribosylation in Cancer
Chicago - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The Lurie Cancer Center Basic Research Seminar presents:
Role of Site-Specific ADP Ribosylation in Cancer
Lee Kraus, PhD
Professor and Director, Cecil H. and Ida Green Center Reproductive Biology Sciences
Cecil H. and Ida Green Distinguished Chair in Reproductive Biology Sciences
Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pharmacology
Vice Chair for Basic Sciences, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Assistant Director for Basic Research, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
Assistant Dean for Research Development, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Oct
16
CDB Experts-in-the-field Seminar Series
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CDB Experts-in-the-field Seminar Series
Cell & Developmental Biology Experts-in-the-field Seminar Series
The department hosts guest lectures every second Wednesday from 12-1 PM. Calendar invites are disseminated in advance with event details. Contact cdb@northwestern.edu for additional details or sign-up for our listserv at https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/about/listserv.html#listserv
Oct
16
Immunology Discussion Club
Chicago - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Northwestern Immunology Discussion Club meets on Wednesday's from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and is led by Dr. Booki Min from Feinberg Department- Microbiology and Immunology and Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth- Williams from The Center for Human Immunology. We discuss papers that have been published recently and Research In Progress talks. Note- members are required to present at least 1 IDC and 1RIP per year.
Oct
17
DAAD RISE Information Session
Evanston - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The DAAD Research Internship in Science and Engineering offers funded summer research internships at top German universities and research institutions! Open to students in STEM and Engineering fields. Current Sophomores and Juniors are eligible. Students apply to 3 opportunities that best match their area of interest. German language ability desirable, but not required.
Oct
22
DAAD RISE Information Session
Online - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
The DAAD Research Internship in Science and Engineering offers funded summer research internships at top German universities and research institutions! Open to students in STEM and Engineering fields. Current Sophomores and Juniors are eligible. Students apply to 3 opportunities that best match their area of interest. German language ability desirable, but not required.
Oct
22
M-I Seminar Series: Daniel Lingwood, PhD
Chicago - 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Title: TBA
Topic
Speaker:
Host: Pablo Penaloza-Macmaster, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Microbiology- Immunology
Oct
23
CDB Trainee Seminar Series
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CDB Trainee Seminar Series
Cell & Developmental Biology Trainee Seminar Series
The department meets on the last Wednesday of the month from 12:00-1:00 PM to enjoy a lecture from one of our faculty members. Calendar invites with the meeting location are disseminated in advance. Please contact cdb@northwestern.edu for more information or sign-up to our event listserv at https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/about/listserv.html#listserv
Oct
23
Immunology Discussion Club
Chicago - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Northwestern Immunology Discussion Club meets on Wednesday's from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and is led by Dr. Booki Min from Feinberg Department- Microbiology and Immunology and Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth- Williams from The Center for Human Immunology. We discuss papers that have been published recently and Research In Progress talks. Note- members are required to present at least 1 IDC and 1RIP per year.
Oct
24
Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium
Off-Campus -
The 26th Annual Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium
will be held in person in Chicago!
Referred to as the most valuable breast cancer meeting worldwide for the practicing clinician, the Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium will provide 3.5 days of presentations and interactive Q&A sessions in downtown Chicago this October.
For 26 years, this multidisciplinary CME program has provided the latest information regarding cutting-edge technology and approaches in the management of breast cancer from leading national and international medical, surgical, and radiation oncologists.This year's symposium will include a superb line-up of internationally recognized faculty who will not only present the latest research findings, but will also be available for real-time interaction following their presentations. The symposium will focus on the close cooperation required for effective multidisciplinary management of patients with breast cancer.
This in-person symposium will offer:
-3.5 days of in-person presentations and Q&A with over 30 international breast cancer experts
-Exhibit hall with pharmaceutical companies
-Online access to presentation slides in PDF format (through November 30)
-Continuing education credits & MOC available
-Catered breakfast, break refreshments, and a reception. Lunch available for purchase Thursday through Saturday.
Oct
25
Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium
Off-Campus -
The 26th Annual Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium
will be held in person in Chicago!
Referred to as the most valuable breast cancer meeting worldwide for the practicing clinician, the Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium will provide 3.5 days of presentations and interactive Q&A sessions in downtown Chicago this October.
For 26 years, this multidisciplinary CME program has provided the latest information regarding cutting-edge technology and approaches in the management of breast cancer from leading national and international medical, surgical, and radiation oncologists.This year's symposium will include a superb line-up of internationally recognized faculty who will not only present the latest research findings, but will also be available for real-time interaction following their presentations. The symposium will focus on the close cooperation required for effective multidisciplinary management of patients with breast cancer.
This in-person symposium will offer:
-3.5 days of in-person presentations and Q&A with over 30 international breast cancer experts
-Exhibit hall with pharmaceutical companies
-Online access to presentation slides in PDF format (through November 30)
-Continuing education credits & MOC available
-Catered breakfast, break refreshments, and a reception. Lunch available for purchase Thursday through Saturday.
Oct
26
Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium
Off-Campus -
The 26th Annual Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium
will be held in person in Chicago!
Referred to as the most valuable breast cancer meeting worldwide for the practicing clinician, the Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium will provide 3.5 days of presentations and interactive Q&A sessions in downtown Chicago this October.
For 26 years, this multidisciplinary CME program has provided the latest information regarding cutting-edge technology and approaches in the management of breast cancer from leading national and international medical, surgical, and radiation oncologists.This year's symposium will include a superb line-up of internationally recognized faculty who will not only present the latest research findings, but will also be available for real-time interaction following their presentations. The symposium will focus on the close cooperation required for effective multidisciplinary management of patients with breast cancer.
This in-person symposium will offer:
-3.5 days of in-person presentations and Q&A with over 30 international breast cancer experts
-Exhibit hall with pharmaceutical companies
-Online access to presentation slides in PDF format (through November 30)
-Continuing education credits & MOC available
-Catered breakfast, break refreshments, and a reception. Lunch available for purchase Thursday through Saturday.
Oct
27
Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium
Off-Campus -
The 26th Annual Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium
will be held in person in Chicago!
Referred to as the most valuable breast cancer meeting worldwide for the practicing clinician, the Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium will provide 3.5 days of presentations and interactive Q&A sessions in downtown Chicago this October.
For 26 years, this multidisciplinary CME program has provided the latest information regarding cutting-edge technology and approaches in the management of breast cancer from leading national and international medical, surgical, and radiation oncologists.This year's symposium will include a superb line-up of internationally recognized faculty who will not only present the latest research findings, but will also be available for real-time interaction following their presentations. The symposium will focus on the close cooperation required for effective multidisciplinary management of patients with breast cancer.
This in-person symposium will offer:
-3.5 days of in-person presentations and Q&A with over 30 international breast cancer experts
-Exhibit hall with pharmaceutical companies
-Online access to presentation slides in PDF format (through November 30)
-Continuing education credits & MOC available
-Catered breakfast, break refreshments, and a reception. Lunch available for purchase Thursday through Saturday.
Oct
28
Department of Pharmacology Seminar | Nagarajan Vaidehi, PhD
Chicago - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Nagarajan Vaidehi, PhD; Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope
Oct
29
M-I Seminar Series: Benjamin E. Gewurz, MD, PhD
Chicago - 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Title: TBA
Topic:
Speaker:
Host: Eva Gottwein, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Microbiology-Immunology
Oct
30
CDB Trainee Seminar Series
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CDB Trainee Seminar Series
Cell & Developmental Biology Trainee Seminar Series
The department meets on the last Wednesday of the month from 12:00-1:00 PM to enjoy a lecture from one of our faculty members. Calendar invites with the meeting location are disseminated in advance. Please contact cdb@northwestern.edu for more information or sign-up to our event listserv at https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/about/listserv.html#listserv
Oct
30
Immunology Discussion Club
Chicago - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Northwestern Immunology Discussion Club meets on Wednesday's from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and is led by Dr. Booki Min from Feinberg Department- Microbiology and Immunology and Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth- Williams from The Center for Human Immunology. We discuss papers that have been published recently and Research In Progress talks. Note- members are required to present at least 1 IDC and 1RIP per year.
Oct
30
DAAD RISE Information Session
Evanston - 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The DAAD Research Internship in Science and Engineering offers funded summer research internships at top German universities and research institutions! Open to students in STEM and Engineering fields. Current Sophomores and Juniors are eligible. Students apply to 3 opportunities that best match their area of interest. German language ability desirable, but not required.
Nov
05
M-I Seminar Series: Eric Johannsen, MD
Chicago - 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Title: TBA
Topic:
Speaker: Eric Johannsen, MD, Professor, University of Wisconsin
Host: Eva Gottwein, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Microbiology-Immunology
Nov
06
CDB Faculty Meeting
No Location - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Cell & Developmental Biology Faculty Meeting.
Departmental faculty meet every first Wednesday from 12-1 PM. Calendar invites with the meeting location are disseminated in advance. Please contact cdb@northwestern.edu for more information.
Nov
06
Immunology Discussion Club
Chicago - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Northwestern Immunology Discussion Club meets on Wednesday's from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and is led by Dr. Booki Min from Feinberg Department- Microbiology and Immunology and Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth- Williams from The Center for Human Immunology. We discuss papers that have been published recently and Research In Progress talks. Note- members are required to present at least 1 IDC and 1RIP per year.
Nov
07
DAAD RISE Information Session
Online - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The DAAD Research Internship in Science and Engineering offers funded summer research internships at top German universities and research institutions! Open to students in STEM and Engineering fields. Current Sophomores and Juniors are eligible. Students apply to 3 opportunities that best match their area of interest. German language ability desirable, but not required.
Nov
08
Neuroscience Seminar Series | Lauren Orefice, Ph.D
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Department of Neuroscience Welcomes Dr. Lauren Orefice.
Lauren Orefice is an American neuroscientist and assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital and in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School.
Nov
11
Toshio Narahashi Annual Lecture: Nancy Carrasco, MD
Chicago - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
More info TBA.
Nancy Carrasco, M.D., Chair of the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Joe C. Davis Chair in Biomedical Science. The Reception to follow in SQ Atrium.
Nov
12
M-I Seminar Series: Alexandra Thayer Grote, PhD
Chicago - 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Title: TBA
Topic:
Speaker: Alexandra Thayer Grote, MD, PhD, Dept. of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division
Host: Alan Hauser, MD, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Microbiology-Immunology
Nov
13
CDB Experts-in-the-field Seminar Series
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CDB Experts-in-the-field Seminar Series
Cell & Developmental Biology Experts-in-the-field Seminar Series
The department hosts guest lectures every second Wednesday from 12-1 PM. Calendar invites are disseminated in advance with event details. Contact cdb@northwestern.edu for additional details or sign-up for our listserv at https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/about/listserv.html#listserv
Nov
13
Immunology Discussion Club
Chicago - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Northwestern Immunology Discussion Club meets on Wednesday's from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and is led by Dr. Booki Min from Feinberg Department- Microbiology and Immunology and Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth- Williams from The Center for Human Immunology. We discuss papers that have been published recently and Research In Progress talks. Note- members are required to present at least 1 IDC and 1RIP per year.
Nov
15
DAAD RISE Information Session
Online - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The DAAD Research Internship in Science and Engineering offers funded summer research internships at top German universities and research institutions! Open to students in STEM and Engineering fields. Current Sophomores and Juniors are eligible. Students apply to 3 opportunities that best match their area of interest. German language ability desirable, but not required.
Nov
19
M-I Seminar Series: Ann Jerse, PhD
Chicago - 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Title: TBA
Topic:
Speaker: Ann Jerse, PhD, Professor, Iniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Host: Hank Seifert, Phd, Professor, Dept. of Microbiology-Immunology
Nov
20
CDB Faculty Seminar Series
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CDB Faculty Seminar Series
Cell & Developmental Biology Faculty Seminar Series
The department meets every third Wednesday from 12-1 PM to enjoy a lecture from one of our faculty members. Calendar invites with the meeting location are disseminated in advance. Please contact cdb@northwestern.edu for more information or sign-up to our event listserv at https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/about/listserv.html#listserv
Nov
20
Immunology Discussion Club
Chicago - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Northwestern Immunology Discussion Club meets on Wednesday's from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and is led by Dr. Booki Min from Feinberg Department- Microbiology and Immunology and Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth- Williams from The Center for Human Immunology. We discuss papers that have been published recently and Research In Progress talks. Note- members are required to present at least 1 IDC and 1RIP per year.
Nov
26
M-I Seminar Series: Mark Kaplan, PhD
Chicago - 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Title: TBA
Speaker: Mark Kaplan, PhD,Indiana University
Topic: TBA
Host: M-I Dept. Immunology Postdocs and Graduate Students (Faculty: Booki Min, PhD)
Nov
27
Boren Awards Information Session
Online - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Boren Scholarship funds undergraduate students who pursue language-intensive study abroad in countries out of the mainstream. At its core, Boren is a language program, thus competitive applicants will be serious students of a language not commonly taught in the United States. In addition, Boren funding comes from the US Government, thus they prize government service. All applicants must be thoughtful about how their career contributes to national security. Finally, Boren rewards long-duration study abroad. Most recipients will stay abroad for six months or more. The Boren Fellowship fund graduate students who pursue language-intensive study abroad or research in countries out of the mainstream At its core, Boren is a language program, thus competitive applicants will be serious students of a language not commonly taught in the United States. In addition, Boren funding comes from the US Government, thus they prize government service. All applicants must be thoughtful about how their career contributes to national security. Finally, Boren rewards long-duration study abroad. Most recipients will stay abroad for six months or more.
Nov
29
Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund Fellowship Information Session
Evanston - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund Fellowship funds graduate students only. Their priorities fall into the following three categories: 1) Graduate school fellowships in any recognized field of study in the humanities, social sciences or natural sciences (including law, medicine, engineering, architecture or other formal professional training) 2) Independent research or study projects which must be carried out entirely in the United States of America. 3) Publications focusing on Armenian studies, Armenian history and Armenian literature of the nineteenth century or earlier. Northwestern University may select only three nominees for this competition
Dec
02
Boren Awards Information Meeting
Online - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Boren Scholarship funds undergraduate students who pursue language-intensive study abroad in countries out of the mainstream. At its core, Boren is a language program, thus competitive applicants will be serious students of a language not commonly taught in the United States. In addition, Boren funding comes from the US Government, thus they prize government service. All applicants must be thoughtful about how their career contributes to national security. Finally, Boren rewards long-duration study abroad. Most recipients will stay abroad for six months or more. The Boren Fellowship fund graduate students who pursue language-intensive study abroad or research in countries out of the mainstream At its core, Boren is a language program, thus competitive applicants will be serious students of a language not commonly taught in the United States. In addition, Boren funding comes from the US Government, thus they prize government service. All applicants must be thoughtful about how their career contributes to national security. Finally, Boren rewards long-duration study abroad. Most recipients will stay abroad for six months or more.
Dec
03
Department of Pharmacology & Lurie Cancer Center | Vinoid Balachandran, MD
Chicago - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Guest Speaker: Vinod P. Balachandran, MD, Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgeon, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Areas of Expertise: Pancreatic Cancer; Benign, Premalignant, and Malignant Diseases of the Pancreas, Bile Duct, Gallbladder, and Liver.
Balchandran was the 2023 FNIH Trailblazer Prize for Clinician-Scientists.
Dec
03
Lurie Cancer Center John Hart Lecture: RNA Vaccines for Pancreatic Cancer
Chicago - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The Lurie Cancer Center Basic Research Seminar Presents:
RNA Vaccines for Pancreatic Cancer
Vinod Balachandran, MD
Member, David M. Rubenstein Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research
Assistant Attending Surgeon
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Dec
03
M-I Seminar Series: Kelly Doran, PhD
Chicago - 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Title: TBA
Topic:
Speaker: Kelly Doran, PhD, Professor, University of Colorado
Host: Nicole L. Inniss, PhD, Center for Structural Biology of Infectious Diseases
Dec
04
CDB Faculty Meeting
No Location - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Cell & Developmental Biology Faculty Meeting.
Departmental faculty meet every first Wednesday from 12-1 PM. Calendar invites with the meeting location are disseminated in advance. Please contact cdb@northwestern.edu for more information.
Dec
04
Immunology Discussion Club
Chicago - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Northwestern Immunology Discussion Club meets on Wednesday's from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and is led by Dr. Booki Min from Feinberg Department- Microbiology and Immunology and Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth- Williams from The Center for Human Immunology. We discuss papers that have been published recently and Research In Progress talks. Note- members are required to present at least 1 IDC and 1RIP per year.
Dec
05
Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund Fellowship Information Session
Online - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund Fellowship funds graduate students only. Their priorities fall into the following three categories: 1) Graduate school fellowships in any recognized field of study in the humanities, social sciences or natural sciences (including law, medicine, engineering, architecture or other formal professional training) 2) Independent research or study projects which must be carried out entirely in the United States of America. 3) Publications focusing on Armenian studies, Armenian history and Armenian literature of the nineteenth century or earlier. Northwestern University may select only three nominees for this competition
Dec
06
Neuroscience Seminar Series | Linda Wilbrecht, Ph.D
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Department of Neuroscience Welcomes Dr. Linda Wilbrech. Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley
Wilbrecht earned her Ph.D. from The Rockefeller University with Fernando Nottebohm | and did postdoctoral training at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Dec
09
Department of Pharmacology Seminar | Sudha Chakrapani, PhD
Chicago - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Talk info TBA
Guest Speaker: Sudha Chakrapani, PhD; Joseph T. Wearn, MD University Professor in Medicine; Director, Cryo-Electron Microscopy Core; Director, Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology; Case Western Reserve University.
Dec
10
M-I Seminar Series: Karl Munger, PhD
Chicago - 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Title: TBA
Topic:
Speaker: Karl Munger, PhD
Host: M-I Dept. Virology Students and Postdocs/Arushi Vats, PhD, Coordinating Host
Dec
11
CDB Trainee Seminar Series
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CDB Trainee Seminar Series
Cell & Developmental Biology Trainee Seminar Series
The department meets on the last Wednesday of the month from 12:00-1:00 PM to enjoy a lecture from one of our faculty members. Calendar invites with the meeting location are disseminated in advance. Please contact cdb@northwestern.edu for more information or sign-up to our event listserv at https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/about/listserv.html#listserv
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Immunology Discussion Club
Chicago - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Northwestern Immunology Discussion Club meets on Wednesday's from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and is led by Dr. Booki Min from Feinberg Department- Microbiology and Immunology and Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth- Williams from The Center for Human Immunology. We discuss papers that have been published recently and Research In Progress talks. Note- members are required to present at least 1 IDC and 1RIP per year.