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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

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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.

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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/

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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.

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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. 

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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/

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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/

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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/

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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/

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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.

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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.

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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

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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/

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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.

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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

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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. 

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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/

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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.

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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/

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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/

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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.

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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. 

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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/

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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.

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more

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. 

Add to Calendar  

more

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.

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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/

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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/

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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/

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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.

Add to Calendar  

more

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.

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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

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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/

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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.

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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

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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. 

Add to Calendar  

more

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/

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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.

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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/

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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.

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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.

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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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