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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Jun
09
FCVRRI Special Seminar - Joseph van Batenburg-Sherwood
Chicago - 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Talk title - Unconventional Approaches to Conventional Outflow
Jun
09
Dept of Pharmacology Seminar Series: Maria K. Lehtinen, PhD
Online - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
***To request acsess to the zoom link, contact pharm@northwestern.edu***
Title: "Illuminating choroid plexus and cerebrospinal fluid contributions to brain development and lifelong brain health."
Abstract: The choroid plexus (ChP) epithelium is located in each ventricle in the brain. It produces cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and secretes important health and growth promoting factors for the brain throughout life. In addition to these secretory functions, the ChP forms a critical brain barrier implicated in coordinating inflammatory responses in a growing number of acute and chronic neurologic conditions ranging from viral illness to age-associated neurodegenerative disease. We have developed tools and strategies for tracking ChP involvement in models of viral and bacterial inflammation during brain development. We have also extended these analyses to the adult brain, where two-photon imaging has further enabled the real-time tracking of a tightly choreographed ChP response, coordinated largely by ChP epithelial cells, to address and resolve central nervous system inflammation. We anticipate that shared mechanisms are engaged to varying degrees across neurologic diseases where persisting inflammation plays an important role including in Alzheimer’s disease. Our work suggests the ChP acts as a key regulator of brain health throughout life.
Speaker: Maria K. Lehtinen, PhD; Professor & Hannah C. Kinney MD, Chair; Pediatric Pathology Research; Harvard University.
Jun
10
CDB Trainee Seminar Series - Benjamin Caputo
Chicago - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Cell & Developmental Biology (CDB) Trainee Seminar Series
"Heat modulates Erk dynamics manifesting as developmental patterning anomalies"
Benjamin Caputo
Lab Technician, The Özbudak Lab
Baldwin Auditorium
9am-10am
The department meets every Tuesday from 9:00 to 10:00 AM to enjoy a presentation from a research trainee (postbacc, pre-, post-doctoral fellow, etc). Meetings usually take place at Baldwin Auditorium, Lurie 1-123, with some exceptions.
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
Visit our department website to learn about how we are expanding the limits of scientific inquiry: https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/
Jun
11
Pain & Palliative Care Conference
Chicago - 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
On Wednesday, June 11, 2025 the 19th Annual Pain & Palliative Care Conference will bring together physicians, nurses, social workers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, chaplains, and healthcare professionals to share research and clinical best practices to advance the field of palliative care and improve care for patients with serious illnesses and their loved ones.
Jun
11
DGP Student Thesis Seminar - Hana Kubo - Dr. Monica M. Laronda Lab
Chicago - 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Title of Presentation:
"Unlocking the Granular Details: Creating Granulosa-Like Cells and Profiling Follicle Activation"
This is a hybrid event. For Zoom access or more information, email rachael.hill@northwestern.edu.
Jun
11
CDB Experts-in-the-field Seminar Series - Dr. Margaret Gardel
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CDB Experts-in-the-field Seminar Series
"Mechanical Information Processing in Multicellular Tissue"
Margaret Gardel, PhD,
Horace B. Horton Professor of Physics and Molecular Engineering
at University of Chicago
https://squishycell.uchicago.edu/margaretgardel/
Wednesday, June 11th
12:00–1:00 PM
Simpson Querrey Auditorium,
303 E Superior St, Chicago, IL 60611
Host:
Chandel Angad Singh and Bhuvanasundar Ranganathan
Trainee Representatives
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
Visit our department website to learn about how we are expanding the limits of scientific inquiry: https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/
Jun
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.
Jun
12
DGP Student Thesis Seminar - Cristina Vaca - Dr. Richard T. D'Aquila Lab
Chicago - 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Title of Presentation:
"The Impacts of Neddylation on HIV Proviral Expression and Infectivity"
This is a hybrid event. For Zoom access or more information, email rachael.hill@northwestern.edu.
Jun
13
Cell-type specific vulnerability in C9orf72 ALS/FTD
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
As the brain is composed of distinct neuronal and glial cell-types, it requires sophisticated interactions and co-regulation to maintain healthy brain function. This cell-type specific complexity and heterogeneity are even more important under disease conditions when minor and/or local disruptions are thought to contribute to severe dysfunction and subsequent degeneration of brain cells. We recently performed snRNA sequencing analysis on brain tissue samples of patients characterized by a mutation in the C9ORF72 gene. The GGGGCC (G4C2) hexanucleotide repeat expansion in the first intron of the C9ORF72 gene is the most common genetic abnormality associated with a neurodegenerative disease spectrum that includes amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD; C9-ALS/FTD). The snRNA seq analyses allowed us to explore varying aspects of cell-type specific dysfunctions in this disease spectrum, including the vulnerability to TDP-43 dysfunction of select excitatory neuron subtypes and the contribution of subsets of astrocytes to synaptic cortical neuron dysfunction. Using human iPSC cell culture models, we expanded on these human ex-vivo findings to explore mechanisms of these aberrations and assess potential new avenues for therapeutic intervention.
Jun
13
Special Seminar: Dr. Marc Kirschner, Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School
Chicago - 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
CDB SPECIAL SEMINAR PRESENTATION:
"Rethinking the Wnt pathway"
Marc Kirschner, PhD,
Professor of Systems Biology
Harvard Medical School
John Franklin Enders Harvard University Professor
https://www.kirschnerlab.org/marc-kirschner
Friday, June 13, 2025
4:00–5:00 PM
Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium, McGaw 2-320
240 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611
Host:
Volodya Gelfand, PhD, Professor
Luisa Iruela-Arispe, PhD, Stephen Walter Ranson Professor & Chair
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology
Calendar invites with event details are disseminated in advance. 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
Visit our department website to learn about how we are expanding the limits of scientific inquiry: https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/
Jun
17
CDB Trainee Seminar Series - Ana Mompeon Campos
Chicago - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Cell & Developmental Biology (CDB) Trainee Seminar Series
"TBD"
Ana Mompeon Campos
Postdoctoral Fellow, Arispe Lab
Baldwin Auditorium
9am-10am
The department meets every Tuesday from 9:00 to 10:00 AM to enjoy a presentation from a research trainee (postbacc, pre-, post-doctoral fellow, etc). Meetings usually take place at Baldwin Auditorium, Lurie 1-123, with some exceptions.
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
Visit our department website to learn about how we are expanding the limits of scientific inquiry: https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/
Jun
17
CDB Experts-in-the-field Seminar Series - Dr. James Ferrell
Chicago - 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
CDB Experts-in-the-field Seminar Series
"Trigger waves and cytoplasmic compartmentalization"
Dr. James Ferrell
Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology and of Biochemistry
Stanford University School of Medicine
https://biochemistry.stanford.edu/people/james-ferrell/
Tuesday 17th, 2025
2:15–3:15 PM
Simpson Querrey Auditorium
303 E. Superior St., Chicago, IL 60611
Host: Ertugrul Özbudak, PhD
Professor
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
https://labs.feinberg.northwestern.edu/ozbudak/
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
Visit our department website to learn about how we are expanding the limits of scientific inquiry: https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/
Jun
18
Lurie Cancer Center Symposium & Scientific Poster Session
Chicago - 2:00 PM - 6:30 PM
The 17th Annual Lurie Cancer Center Symposium will feature presentations from graduate students and post-doctoral fellows from our labs. A keynote lecture will be given by Kay Macleod, PhD, of the University of Chicago.
The Scientific Poster Session, which will take place immediately following the symposium, will feature the work of students and postdoctoral fellows from the laboratories of Lurie Cancer Center members on Northwestern’s Evanston and Chicago campuses.
Jun
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.
Jun
20
FCVRRI Research in Progress Seminar - Teena Bhakuni, PhD
Chicago - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Talk title - Pericyte-specific FOXC1 Mediates Regulation of Vascularization in Physiological and Oxygen-induced Retinopathy Conditions in the Mouse Retina
Jun
24
CDB Trainee Seminar Series - Ryan Moriarty, PhD
Chicago - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Cell & Developmental Biology (CDB) Trainee Seminar Series
"TBD"
Ryan Moriarty, PhD
Hope Lab
Baldwin Auditorium
9am-10am
The department meets every Tuesday from 9:00 to 10:00 AM to enjoy a presentation from a research trainee (postbacc, pre-, post-doctoral fellow, etc). Meetings usually take place at Baldwin Auditorium, Lurie 1-123, with some exceptions.
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
Visit our department website to learn about how we are expanding the limits of scientific inquiry: https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/
Jun
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.
Jun
27
FCVRRI Research in Progress Seminar - Milagros Romay, PhD
Chicago - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Talk title - Region-Specific Gene Expression and Sex Inform About Disease Susceptibility in the Aorta
Jun
27
Neural Circuits that Control Eating and Overeating
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Animals eat for multiple reasons – fulfilling caloric needs, storing energy for the future, and experiencing pleasure. Modern food environments are full of opportunities to overeat, which has resulted in a worldwide epidemic of obesity. This lecture will introduce multiple neural circuits that control eating, comparing hypothalamic circuitry that controls eating for caloric need to basal forebrain circuitry that governs eating independent of caloric need.
Jul
09
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
Visit our department website to learn about how we are expanding the limits of scientific inquiry: https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/
Jul
11
Oncology Review Symposium
Chicago - 8:00 AM - 5:15 PM
Join us in person Friday, July 11 for the 2025 Lurie Cancer Center Oncology Review, which provides medical, radiation and surgical oncologists, nurses, scientists and allied healthcare professionals with a comprehensive summary of the most up-to-date research and clinical data in the field of oncology. This review covers multiple oncology and hematology disease types, and each topic is presented by an expert in the respective field.
Sep
03
CDB Trainee Seminar Series
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Cell & Developmental Biology (CDB) Trainee Seminar Series
The department meets every first and third Wednesday from 12:00 to 1:00 PM to enjoy a presentation from a research trainee (postbacc, pre-, post-doctoral fellow, etc). Meetings usually take place at Simpson Querry Auditorium, with some exceptions.
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
Visit our department website to learn about how we are expanding the limits of scientific inquiry: https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/
Sep
04
Annual Cell & Developmental Biology Retreat - Day 1
Chicago - 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Please secure this time for the annual Cell & Developmental Biology departmental retreat.
Additional details will follow.
Sep
05
Annual Cell & Developmental Biology Retreat - Day 2
Chicago - 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Please secure this time for the annual Cell & Developmental Biology departmental retreat.
Additional details will follow.
Sep
09
Graduate School Tuition Support STEM Fellowships Info Session
No Location - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join this info session to receive the most current information about tuition support fellowships for STEM graduate studies. NSF-GRFP, NDSEG, and Hertz will be discussed, but other sources of STEM funding will be described. This session is open to undergraduate seniors, first and second year graduate students. This session will be held on Zoom. Please click the link to register. For questions please email LaTanya V. Williams, Associate Director for STEM, Office of Fellowships at latanya.williams@northwestern.edu.
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Jun
09
FCVRRI Special Seminar - Joseph van Batenburg-Sherwood
Chicago - 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Talk title - Unconventional Approaches to Conventional Outflow
Jun
09
Dept of Pharmacology Seminar Series: Maria K. Lehtinen, PhD
Online - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
***To request acsess to the zoom link, contact pharm@northwestern.edu***
Title: "Illuminating choroid plexus and cerebrospinal fluid contributions to brain development and lifelong brain health."
Abstract: The choroid plexus (ChP) epithelium is located in each ventricle in the brain. It produces cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and secretes important health and growth promoting factors for the brain throughout life. In addition to these secretory functions, the ChP forms a critical brain barrier implicated in coordinating inflammatory responses in a growing number of acute and chronic neurologic conditions ranging from viral illness to age-associated neurodegenerative disease. We have developed tools and strategies for tracking ChP involvement in models of viral and bacterial inflammation during brain development. We have also extended these analyses to the adult brain, where two-photon imaging has further enabled the real-time tracking of a tightly choreographed ChP response, coordinated largely by ChP epithelial cells, to address and resolve central nervous system inflammation. We anticipate that shared mechanisms are engaged to varying degrees across neurologic diseases where persisting inflammation plays an important role including in Alzheimer’s disease. Our work suggests the ChP acts as a key regulator of brain health throughout life.
Speaker: Maria K. Lehtinen, PhD; Professor & Hannah C. Kinney MD, Chair; Pediatric Pathology Research; Harvard University.
Jun
10
CDB Trainee Seminar Series - Benjamin Caputo
Chicago - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Cell & Developmental Biology (CDB) Trainee Seminar Series
"Heat modulates Erk dynamics manifesting as developmental patterning anomalies"
Benjamin Caputo
Lab Technician, The Özbudak Lab
Baldwin Auditorium
9am-10am
The department meets every Tuesday from 9:00 to 10:00 AM to enjoy a presentation from a research trainee (postbacc, pre-, post-doctoral fellow, etc). Meetings usually take place at Baldwin Auditorium, Lurie 1-123, with some exceptions.
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
Visit our department website to learn about how we are expanding the limits of scientific inquiry: https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/
Jun
11
Pain & Palliative Care Conference
Chicago - 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
On Wednesday, June 11, 2025 the 19th Annual Pain & Palliative Care Conference will bring together physicians, nurses, social workers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, chaplains, and healthcare professionals to share research and clinical best practices to advance the field of palliative care and improve care for patients with serious illnesses and their loved ones.
Jun
11
DGP Student Thesis Seminar - Hana Kubo - Dr. Monica M. Laronda Lab
Chicago - 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Title of Presentation:
"Unlocking the Granular Details: Creating Granulosa-Like Cells and Profiling Follicle Activation"
This is a hybrid event. For Zoom access or more information, email rachael.hill@northwestern.edu.
Jun
11
CDB Experts-in-the-field Seminar Series - Dr. Margaret Gardel
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CDB Experts-in-the-field Seminar Series
"Mechanical Information Processing in Multicellular Tissue"
Margaret Gardel, PhD,
Horace B. Horton Professor of Physics and Molecular Engineering
at University of Chicago
https://squishycell.uchicago.edu/margaretgardel/
Wednesday, June 11th
12:00–1:00 PM
Simpson Querrey Auditorium,
303 E Superior St, Chicago, IL 60611
Host:
Chandel Angad Singh and Bhuvanasundar Ranganathan
Trainee Representatives
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
Visit our department website to learn about how we are expanding the limits of scientific inquiry: https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/
Jun
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.
Jun
12
DGP Student Thesis Seminar - Cristina Vaca - Dr. Richard T. D'Aquila Lab
Chicago - 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Title of Presentation:
"The Impacts of Neddylation on HIV Proviral Expression and Infectivity"
This is a hybrid event. For Zoom access or more information, email rachael.hill@northwestern.edu.
Jun
13
Cell-type specific vulnerability in C9orf72 ALS/FTD
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
As the brain is composed of distinct neuronal and glial cell-types, it requires sophisticated interactions and co-regulation to maintain healthy brain function. This cell-type specific complexity and heterogeneity are even more important under disease conditions when minor and/or local disruptions are thought to contribute to severe dysfunction and subsequent degeneration of brain cells. We recently performed snRNA sequencing analysis on brain tissue samples of patients characterized by a mutation in the C9ORF72 gene. The GGGGCC (G4C2) hexanucleotide repeat expansion in the first intron of the C9ORF72 gene is the most common genetic abnormality associated with a neurodegenerative disease spectrum that includes amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD; C9-ALS/FTD). The snRNA seq analyses allowed us to explore varying aspects of cell-type specific dysfunctions in this disease spectrum, including the vulnerability to TDP-43 dysfunction of select excitatory neuron subtypes and the contribution of subsets of astrocytes to synaptic cortical neuron dysfunction. Using human iPSC cell culture models, we expanded on these human ex-vivo findings to explore mechanisms of these aberrations and assess potential new avenues for therapeutic intervention.
Jun
13
Special Seminar: Dr. Marc Kirschner, Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School
Chicago - 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
CDB SPECIAL SEMINAR PRESENTATION:
"Rethinking the Wnt pathway"
Marc Kirschner, PhD,
Professor of Systems Biology
Harvard Medical School
John Franklin Enders Harvard University Professor
https://www.kirschnerlab.org/marc-kirschner
Friday, June 13, 2025
4:00–5:00 PM
Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium, McGaw 2-320
240 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611
Host:
Volodya Gelfand, PhD, Professor
Luisa Iruela-Arispe, PhD, Stephen Walter Ranson Professor & Chair
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology
Calendar invites with event details are disseminated in advance. 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
Visit our department website to learn about how we are expanding the limits of scientific inquiry: https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/
Jun
17
CDB Trainee Seminar Series - Ana Mompeon Campos
Chicago - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Cell & Developmental Biology (CDB) Trainee Seminar Series
"TBD"
Ana Mompeon Campos
Postdoctoral Fellow, Arispe Lab
Baldwin Auditorium
9am-10am
The department meets every Tuesday from 9:00 to 10:00 AM to enjoy a presentation from a research trainee (postbacc, pre-, post-doctoral fellow, etc). Meetings usually take place at Baldwin Auditorium, Lurie 1-123, with some exceptions.
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
Visit our department website to learn about how we are expanding the limits of scientific inquiry: https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/
Jun
17
CDB Experts-in-the-field Seminar Series - Dr. James Ferrell
Chicago - 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
CDB Experts-in-the-field Seminar Series
"Trigger waves and cytoplasmic compartmentalization"
Dr. James Ferrell
Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology and of Biochemistry
Stanford University School of Medicine
https://biochemistry.stanford.edu/people/james-ferrell/
Tuesday 17th, 2025
2:15–3:15 PM
Simpson Querrey Auditorium
303 E. Superior St., Chicago, IL 60611
Host: Ertugrul Özbudak, PhD
Professor
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
https://labs.feinberg.northwestern.edu/ozbudak/
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
Visit our department website to learn about how we are expanding the limits of scientific inquiry: https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/
Jun
18
Lurie Cancer Center Symposium & Scientific Poster Session
Chicago - 2:00 PM - 6:30 PM
The 17th Annual Lurie Cancer Center Symposium will feature presentations from graduate students and post-doctoral fellows from our labs. A keynote lecture will be given by Kay Macleod, PhD, of the University of Chicago.
The Scientific Poster Session, which will take place immediately following the symposium, will feature the work of students and postdoctoral fellows from the laboratories of Lurie Cancer Center members on Northwestern’s Evanston and Chicago campuses.
Jun
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.
Jun
20
FCVRRI Research in Progress Seminar - Teena Bhakuni, PhD
Chicago - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Talk title - Pericyte-specific FOXC1 Mediates Regulation of Vascularization in Physiological and Oxygen-induced Retinopathy Conditions in the Mouse Retina
Jun
24
CDB Trainee Seminar Series - Ryan Moriarty, PhD
Chicago - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Cell & Developmental Biology (CDB) Trainee Seminar Series
"TBD"
Ryan Moriarty, PhD
Hope Lab
Baldwin Auditorium
9am-10am
The department meets every Tuesday from 9:00 to 10:00 AM to enjoy a presentation from a research trainee (postbacc, pre-, post-doctoral fellow, etc). Meetings usually take place at Baldwin Auditorium, Lurie 1-123, with some exceptions.
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
Visit our department website to learn about how we are expanding the limits of scientific inquiry: https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/
Jun
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.
Jun
27
FCVRRI Research in Progress Seminar - Milagros Romay, PhD
Chicago - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Talk title - Region-Specific Gene Expression and Sex Inform About Disease Susceptibility in the Aorta
Jun
27
Neural Circuits that Control Eating and Overeating
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Animals eat for multiple reasons – fulfilling caloric needs, storing energy for the future, and experiencing pleasure. Modern food environments are full of opportunities to overeat, which has resulted in a worldwide epidemic of obesity. This lecture will introduce multiple neural circuits that control eating, comparing hypothalamic circuitry that controls eating for caloric need to basal forebrain circuitry that governs eating independent of caloric need.
Jul
09
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
Visit our department website to learn about how we are expanding the limits of scientific inquiry: https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/
Jul
11
Oncology Review Symposium
Chicago - 8:00 AM - 5:15 PM
Join us in person Friday, July 11 for the 2025 Lurie Cancer Center Oncology Review, which provides medical, radiation and surgical oncologists, nurses, scientists and allied healthcare professionals with a comprehensive summary of the most up-to-date research and clinical data in the field of oncology. This review covers multiple oncology and hematology disease types, and each topic is presented by an expert in the respective field.
Sep
03
CDB Trainee Seminar Series
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Cell & Developmental Biology (CDB) Trainee Seminar Series
The department meets every first and third Wednesday from 12:00 to 1:00 PM to enjoy a presentation from a research trainee (postbacc, pre-, post-doctoral fellow, etc). Meetings usually take place at Simpson Querry Auditorium, with some exceptions.
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
Visit our department website to learn about how we are expanding the limits of scientific inquiry: https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/
Sep
04
Annual Cell & Developmental Biology Retreat - Day 1
Chicago - 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Please secure this time for the annual Cell & Developmental Biology departmental retreat.
Additional details will follow.
Sep
05
Annual Cell & Developmental Biology Retreat - Day 2
Chicago - 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Please secure this time for the annual Cell & Developmental Biology departmental retreat.
Additional details will follow.
Sep
09
Graduate School Tuition Support STEM Fellowships Info Session
No Location - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join this info session to receive the most current information about tuition support fellowships for STEM graduate studies. NSF-GRFP, NDSEG, and Hertz will be discussed, but other sources of STEM funding will be described. This session is open to undergraduate seniors, first and second year graduate students. This session will be held on Zoom. Please click the link to register. For questions please email LaTanya V. Williams, Associate Director for STEM, Office of Fellowships at latanya.williams@northwestern.edu.