Events at Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center

David H. Spencer, MD, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology WashU Medicine Talk Title: DNA methylation epimutations in leukemia Abstract: Host: Dr. Tim Schedl

Benjamin A. Garcia, PhD Raymond H. Wittcoff Distinguished Professor and Head, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, WashU Medicine Host: Dr. Lijuan Feng Abstract: Histones are small proteins that package DNA into chromosomes, and a large number of studies have showed that several post-translational modification (PTM) sites on the histones are associated with both gene […]

Yin Shen, PhD Professor, Department of Neurology UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences Talk title: Characterizing cis-regulatory elements and genetic variants underlying human brain development and disease Host: Dr. Yang Li

Shankar Mukherji, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Physics WashU Talk title: Fluctuations and order in systems-level organelle biogenesis Host: Dr. Susan Dutcher

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

Qiang Chang, PhD Professor of Medical Genetics and Neurology, Director, Waisman Center University of Wisconsin-Madison Talk Title: MeCP2, Astrocytes, Rett syndrome, and Beyond Host: Dr. Guoyan Zhao

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