Student Research Seminar Series

2021-2022

November 2021

11/5 - Maria Traficante (Biochemistry Program/Mentor-Bloch) - "SLC34A2 as a Potential Biomarker for FSHD"

11/2 - Alli Mancini (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Rizzo) - "Calcium-dependent signaling via gap junctions drives RhoA/ROCK activation during collective cell migration"

11/19 - Kaila Noland (Toxicology Program/Mentor-Bloch) - "Physiological Changes in Response to Skeletal Muscle Specific Overexpression of mu-Crystallin Following High and Low-Fat Diets"

11/26 - No meeting: Thanksgiving

December 2021

12/3 - Kevin Herold (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Ivy Dick) - "Using induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons to evaluate the role of CaV1.2 in the pathogenesis of autism spectrum disorder"

12/10 - Jenna Leser (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Stains) - "Characterizing conditional deletions of cam/calmodulin dependent kinase 2 delta and gamma (CaMK2d and CaMK2g) in mouse bones"

12/17 - Rob Brown (Molecular Medicine Program/Zalzman - "A ZSCAN4-RNF20 interaction mediates ZSCAN4's effects on chromatin structure and potency gene expression in cancer"

Dec. 24-Jan. 3    No meeting:  Xmas and New Year’s

January 2022

1/7 - Nicole Higgins (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Monteiro) - "Serpin Neuropathology in the P497S UBQLN2 Mouse Model of ALS/FTD"

1/14 - Annica Harriot (Biochemistry Program/Mentor-Ward) - "Investigating the relationship between myofibrillar malformation and the disease-altered microtubule network"

1/21 - Makenzy Mull (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Martin) - "TBA"

1/28 - Katya Matychak (Program in Neuroscience/Mentor-Meredith) - "TBA"

February 2022

2/4 - Alexa Blanchard (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-McCarthy) - "TBA"

2/11 - Emily Demarco (Program in Neuroscience/Mentor-Blanpied) - "TBA"

2/18 - Ashley Marquardt (Program in Neuroscience/Mentor-McCarthy - "TBA"

2/25 - Jennifer Mariano (Biochemistry Program/Mentor-Kontrogianni) - "TBA"

March 2022

3/4 - Julia Rutherford (Biochemistry Program/Mentor-Rassool - "TBA"

3/11 - Andrew Coleman (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentors-Lederer & Ward - "TBA"

3/18 - Li Yi (Biochemistry Program/Mentor-Bloch) - "TBA"

3/25 - No meeting:  Spring break

April 2022

4/1 - Michael Anderson (Program in Neuroscience/Mentor-Blanpied) - "TBA"

4/8 - Taylor Crawford (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Trudeau) - "TBA"

4/15 - No meeting: Good Friday/Passover

4/22 - Daniela Fuller (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Hong) - "TBA"

4/29 - Bosung Shim (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Simard) - "TBA"

May 2022

5/6 - Nicolas Verhoeven (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Karbowski) - "TBA"

5/13 - Andrea Romanowski (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Poulopoulos) - "TBA"

5/20 - TBA

5/27 - TBA

2019-2020

November 2019

11/08 - Quinton Banks (Program in Neuroscience/Mentor-Schneider) "Optical Recordings of Voltage Sensor Domains"

11/15 - Manasa Srikantha (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Feldman) "Elevated levels of glucosylsphingosine cause mTOR hyperactivation and deregulate the lysosomal compartment in neuronopathic Gaucher disease"

11/22 - Amanda Labuza (Program in Neuroscience/Mentor-Bloch) "Small ankyrin 1 interacts with phospholamban to regulate SERCA1 in skeletal muscle"

11/29 - No meeting: Thanksgiving

December 2019

12/06 - Jack Hussey (Program in Neuroscience/Mentor-Ivy Dick) "Novel L-type Calcium Channel Variants: Characterization of Functional Consequences"

12/13 - Eryn Dixon (Program in Toxicology/Mentor-Woodward) "Novel PC2 regulation of ezrin in renal epithelia reveals insight into ADPKD cystogenesis"

12/20 - 01/03/20 - No meetings: Winter Holiday

January 2020

1/10 - No meeting: Biochemistry Program Retreat

1/17 - Alyssa Grogan (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-tanni) "Deletion of obscurin domains Ig58/59 leads to maladaptive responses in the heart in a sex-dependent manner"

1/24 - Talia Guardia (Molecular Medicine Program/MSTP/Mentor-Kontrogianni) "Investigating the tumor suppressor function of obscurins in breast cancer"

1/31 - Charlie Dean (Program in Neuroscience/Mentor-Benavides) "Synaptic Signaling in anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis"

February 2021

2/07 - Kalia Noland (Program in Toxicology/Mentor-Bloch) "Cellular, physiological and metabolic effects of skeletal muscle specific overexpression of mu-crystallin"

2/14 - Vishnu-Prak Rao (Molecular Medicine Program/MSTP/Mentor-Rizzo) "TBA"

2/21 - Nicole Gould (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Rizzo) "TBA"

2/28 - TBA (XXX/Mentor-XXX) "TBA"

2018-2019

November 2018

11/02 - Amber Mueller (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Bloch) "Muscle Xenografts Reproduce Key Molecular Features of FSHD"

11/09 - Natalie Hesselgrave (Program in Neuroscience/Mentor-Thompson) "Uncovering the role of hippocampal projections to nucleus accumbens in depression and the antidepressant response"

11/16 - Amber Plante (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Meredith) "Ca2+ sources contributing to circadian rhythms in action potentials and Ca2+ in central clock neurons"

11/23 - No meeting: Thanksgiving

11/30 - Courtney Chandler (Biochemistry Program/Mentor-Ernst) "Role of lipid A hydroxylation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa persistence and infection" 

December 2018

12/07 - Janelle Geist (Biochemistry Program/Mentor-Kontrogianni) "Implications of novel tremor mutations in Myosin binding protein-c slow (sMyBP-C)"

12/14 - Eryn Dixon (Toxicology Program/Mentor-Woodward) "Disruption of apical compartment organization in ADPKD cystogenesis"

12/21 - No meeting: Winter Break

12/28 - No meeting: Winter Break

January 2019

1/04 - Anthony Cole (Program in Neuroscience/MSTP/Mentor-Thompson) "Rapid hippocampal regulation of the neuroendocrine stress response"

1/11 - No meeting: Biochemistry Program Retreat

1/18 - Lace Riggs (Program in Neuroscience/Mentor-Gould) "Novel synaptic mechanism underlying the rapid hippocampal plasticity induced by the (2R,6R)-hydroxynorketamine metabolite"

1/25 - Alyssa Grogan (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Kontrogianni) "Expression of truncated obscurin leads to maladaptive responses in the heart"

February 2019

2/01 - Nicole Snell (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Rizzo) "Regulation of Non-Muscle Myosin II dynamics by MLCK during cell movement"

2/08 - Amanda Labuza (Program in Neuroscience/Mentor-Bloch) "Small ankyrin 1 interacts with phospholamban to regulate muscle SERCA1"

2/15 - No Meeting

2/22 - Jennifer McFarland (Program in Neuroscience/Mentor-Rizzo) "Regulation of Glucokinase by S-Nitrosylation"

March 2019

3/01 - No meeting:  Inclement Weather

3/08 - No meeting:  Inclement Weather

3/15 - Vishnu-Prak Rao (Molecular Medicine Program/MSTP/Mentor-Rizzo) "The impact of beta cell heterogeneity on glucose sensing and oscillatory activity"

3/22 - No meeting:  Spring Break

3/29 - Jackie Highland (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Gould) "Characterization of ketamine’s hydroxynorketamine metabolites and their antidepressant-relevant synaptic properties "

April 2019

4/05 - Poorna Dharmasri (Program in Neuroscience/Mentor-Blanpied) "Glutamate Receptors as Directors of Synaptic Nanostructure"

4/12 - Patrick Bailey (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Martin) "Down the rabbit hole: Adventures with mammospheres"

4/19 - No meeting:  Good Friday/Passover

4/26 - Nicole Gould (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Stains) "Understanding osteocyte mechano-sensing and mechano-transduction" 

May 2019

5/03 - No meeting:  Membrane Program Retreat

5/10 - No meeting:  Muscle Program Retreat

5/17 - Seminar Canceled

2017-2018

November 2017

11/03 - Amber Mueller (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Bloch) "Xenografting human myogenic cells into mice for studies of Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy"

11/10 - Steve Pratt (BiochemistryProgram/Mentor-Martin) "Real-time scratch assay reveals mechanisms of early calcium signaling in MCF-7 cells in response to wounding"

11/17 - Andrew Wescott (Molecular Medicine Program/MSTP/Mentor-Lederer) "Regulation of ATP Production by Mitochondrial Calcium Signals in Heart"

11/24 - No meeting: Thanksgiving

December 2017

12/01 - Christian Kinney (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Bloch) "Crym Expression and Function in Skeletal Muscle"

12/08 - Eryn Dixon (Toxicology Program/Mentor-Woodward) "Disruption of the apical compartment in ADPKD cystogenesis"

12/15 - Michael White (Program in Neuroscience/Mentor-Mathur) "The role of the claustrum in top-down cognitive processing"

12/22 - No meeting: Winter Break

12/29 - No meeting: Winter Break

January 2018

1/05 - Janelle Geist (Biochemistry Program/Mentor-Kontrogianni "Myosin Binding Protein-C Slow (sMyBP-C) Function, Regulation, and Disease Implications"

1/12 - Amanda Labuza (Program in Neuroscience/Mentor-Bloch) "Understanding the role of small ankyrin in calcium regulation in excitable cells"

1/19 - No meeting - Biochemistry Program Retreat

1/26 - Amber Plante (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Meredith) "Ca2+ channels in SCN neurons and their role in intracellular Ca2+ and AP rhythmicity"

February 2018

2/02 - Allison Gerber (Biochemistry Program/Mentor-Singh) "Dendritic cell derived IL-12p40 binds extracellular proteins to make heterodimeric cytokines"

2/09 - Dan Garman (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Bloch) "Dysferlin Mutants: Defects in Trafficking and Association with Proteins of the Transverse Tubule"

2/16 - Courtney Chandler (Biochemistry Program/Mentor-Ernest) "Novel model of Francisella novicida intradermal infection using microneedle arrays"

2/23 - Nicole Snell (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Rizzo) "Regulation of Non-muscle Myosin II in Spreading Cells"

March 2018

3/02 - Jennifer McFarland (Program in Neuroscience/Mentor-Rizzo) "Post-translational activation of glucokinase in glucosensing hypothalamic neurons"

3/09 - Kendra Seckinger (Toxicology Program/Mentor-Rizzo) "Glucokinase Regulation in Pancreatic Beta Cells"

3/16 - Devin Snyder (Biochemistry Program/Mentor-Kaetzel) "Utilization of CRISPR for the Generation of Endogenous NME1-EGFP in Melanoma Cell Lines"

3/23 - No meeting: Spring Break

3/30 - Anthony Cole (Program in Neuroscience/MSTP/Mentor-Thompson) "Glucocorticoids rapidly modulate hippocampal neuronal activity through membrane-bound receptors"

April 2018

4/06 - No meeting: Spring Break

4/13 - Jackie Highland (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Gould) "Group II metabotropic glutamate receptor blockade promotes stress resilience"

4/20 - Sarah Russell (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Schneider) "Understanding the regulation of muscle atrophy at the cellular level"

4/27 - Nathan Hardenbrook (Biochemistry Program/Mentor-Krantz) "Structure of the Anthrax Toxin Protective Antigen Pore Bound by Lethal and Edema Factors"

May 2018

5/04 - Poorna Dharmasri (Program in Neuroscience/Mentor-Blanpied) "Glutamate Receptors as Directors of Synaptic Nanostructure"

5/11 - No meeting: Muscle Program Retreat

5/18 - Quinton Banks (Program in Neuroscience/Mentor-Schneider) "Optical recordings of action potential initiation and propagation in mouse skeletal muscle"

5/25 - Alyssa Grogan (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Kontrogianni) "Expression of truncated obscurins leads to maladaptive responses in the heart"

June 2018

6/01 - Canceled

6/08 - Manasa Srikanth (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Feldman) "Gaucher disease iPSC-derived osteoblasts have developmental and lysosomal defects that impair bone matrix deposition"

2016-2017

November 2016

11/04 - Michael White (Program in Neuroscience/Mentor-Mathur) "The claustrum mediates cross-cortical communication for top-down attention"

11/11 - Andrew Wescott (Molecular Medicine Program/MSTP Program/Mentor-Lederer) "Mitochondrial Calcium Signaling"

11/18 - Atum Buo (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Stains) ;"The intersecting function of Connexin 43 and Runx2 in bone"

11/25 - No meeting: Thanksgiving

December 2016

12/02 - Lindsay Pickett (Program in Neuroscience/Mentor-McCarthy "Mast Cells in the Developing Brain Determine Adult Sexual Behavior"

12/09 - Amber Plante (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Meredith "Single nucleotide polymorphisms alter currents from human BK channels"

12/16 - Spencer Todd (Toxicology Program/Mentors-Randall, Periera "The effects of continuous exposure to the organophosphate pesticide chlorpyrifos on the differentiation of the SHSY5Y neuroblastoma cell line: implications for developmental neurotoxicity"

12/23 - No meeting: Winter Break

12/30 - No meeting: Winter Break

January 2017

1/02 - No meeting: Winter Break

1/06 - Kendra Seckinger (Toxicology Program/Mentor-Rizzo "Regulation of Glucokinase in Pancreatic Beta Cells"

1/13 - Mary Patton (Program in Neuroscience/Mentor-Mathur "TrkB-dependent disinhibition of the NAc core is under metaplastic control by ethanol"

1/20 - No meeting

1/27 - Elise Ma (Program in Neuroscience/MSTP Program/Mentor-Faden "Bidirectional Brain-Gut Interactions and Intestinal Pathology during Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury"

February 2017

2/03 - Sarah Russell (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Schneider "Monitoring FoxO1-GFP and atrophy of adult mouse skeletal muscle fibers in culture: effects of altered FoxO1 regulation"

2/10 - Natalie Hesselgrave (Program in Neuroscience/Mentor-Thompson "Do hippocampal projections to the nucleus accumbens mediate the antidepressant effects of GABA-NAMs? Preliminary data"

2/17 - Bishal Tandukar (Biochemistry Program/Mentor-Hornyak "Characterization of Melanocyte Stem Cell Sub-populations at Bulge and Secondary Hair Germ Region of Murine Hair Follicle"

2/24 - Eryn Dixon (Toxicology Program/Mentor-Woodward "Identification of ezrin in a novel 3D in vitro model for ADPKD as a new target in cystogenesis"

March 2017

3/03 - Lain Hostelly (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Zaghloul) "Interaction of Exocrine and Endocrine Pancreas in Obesity Ciliopathies"

3/10 - Megan Moorer (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Stains) "Connexins as Active Regulators of Signal Transduction in Bone"

3/17 - Nina Klimova (Program in Neuroscience/Mentor-Tibor) "Effect of nicotinamide mononucleotide on NAD⁺ metabolism and mitochondrial dynamics following global cerebral ischemia"

3/24 - No meeting: Spring Break

3/31 - Jonathan Van Ryzin (Program in Neuroscience/Mentor/McCarthy) "Enduring effects of microglia function: Implications for sexual differentiation of the amygdala and establishment of fear, anxiety, and social behaviors"

April 2017

4/28 - Janelle Geist (Biochemistry Program/Mentor-Kontrogianni) "Myosin Binding Protein-C: A multifaceted regulator of muscle structure and function in health and disease"

4/21 - Libet Garber (Bioengineering/UMCP/Mentor-Lederer) "Relationship between Action Potential and Excitation Contraction Coupling in Atrial Myocytes"

4/14 - No meeting: Good Friday

4/07 - No meeting: TPIMB Retreat

May 2017

5/05 - Jin Xu (Biochemistry Program/Mentor-Qiu) "Overcoming drug resistance in castration-resistant prostate cancer"

5/12 - James Lyons (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Stains) "Microtubule-dependent regulation of a signaling relay that tunes the osteocyte mechanical load response"

5/19 - Jennifer McFarland (Program in Neuroscience/Mentor-Rizzo) "Ligand-mediated Regulation of Glucokinase-mediated Glucosensing in Hypothalamic Neurons"

5/26 - SaiSachin Divakaruni (Program in Neuroscience/MSTP Program/Mentor-Blanpied) "The role and regulation of dendritic mitochondrial fission during long-term potentiation"

June 2017

6/02 - Sausan Jaber (Biochemistry Program/Mentor-Polster) "Targeting Mitochondrial Bioenergetics for Neuroprotection"

6/09 - Nicole Snell (Molecular Medicine Program/Mentor-Rizzo) "Triple FRET imaging of non-muscle myosin II in spreading cells"

6/16 - Nathan Hardenbrook (Biochemistry Program/Mentor-Krant) "Cryo-EM Structure of the Anthrax Toxin Protective Antigen Pore Bound to Lethal Factor"