Events at Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center

Christina Stallings, PhD Theodore and Bertha Bryan Professor in Environmental Medicine Department of Molecular Microbiology,  WashU Medicine Talk Title: Molecular determinants of tuberculosis disease outcomes Host: Dr. Susan Dutcher

Albert H. Kim, MD, PhD August A. Busch Jr. Professor of Neurological Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery Director, Brain Tumor Center WashU Medicine Talk Title: Designing therapies for glioblastoma based on cell-intrinsic and -extrinsic control mechanisms Host: Dr. Guoyan Zhao

Andy Groves, PhD Professor and Head, Department of Developmental Biology WashU Medicine Talk Title: Can we restore hearing by reprogramming the cochlea? Host: Dr. Susan Dutcher

Elizabeth Pollina, PhD Assistant Professor, Dept. of Developmental Biology WashU Medicine Talk Title: Dynamic Genome Control Mechanisms in Nervous System Longevity Hosts: Drs. Lijuan Feng and Gabor Egervari

Lu Bai, PhD Verne M. Willaman Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Penn State University Talk Title: Mechanism of Nucleosome Invasion and Chromatin Accessibility Host: Dr. Mike Meers

Rong Fan, PhD Harold Hodgkinson Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Yale University Talk Title: Spatial Multi-Omics for Decoding Human Tissue Biology, Aging, and Disease Host: Dr. Yidan Sun

Andre Sousa, PhD Assistant Professor University of Wisconsin-Madison Talk Title: Multimodal analyses of prefrontal cortical development, evolution, and disease Host: Dr. Joe Dougherty

Valeria Cavalli, PhD Robert E. and Louise F. Dunn Professor of Biomedical Research Department of Neuroscience WashU Medicine Talk Title: Glial modulation of sensory function and nerve repair Host: Dr. Guoyan Zhao

Connie Cepko, PhD Bullard Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience Department of Genetics Harvard Medical School Talk Title: How does the retina make so many cell types Host: Dr. Ting Wang