Upcoming Invited External Speakers

Microbiology Seminar Series: Dr. Leo Poon

Department of Molecular Microbiology

McDonnell Pediatric Research Building 8101

Dr. Poon’s seminar topic: SARS-CoV-2: Translating science to public health impacts

The full schedule can be found here: https://microbiology.wustl.edu/seminar-series/

 


Genetics Seminar Series – Precision Medicine Pathway Keynote

Wendy Chung, MD, PhD
Chief, Department of Pediatrics, Kennedy Family Professor of Pediatrics in Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital

Department of Genetics

Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
520 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Supporting Equity in Precision Pediatrics

Hosted by:  Dr. Tim Schedl and Julie Choi (Milbrandt & Jin labs)
In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

Talk abstract: Sequencing-based genomic NBS can significantly expand NBS to numerous rare genetic diseases with a single common platform and provide synergies with traditional newborn screening and across conditions to decrease the cost/condition for screening and de-risk the investment across diseases/companies providing/developing treatments for rare genetic diseases.  Pilot studies of genomic NBS will improve timely access to therapies through identification of infants in an equitable manner.


Genetics Seminar Series

Daniel Lew, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
Department of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
Duke University Medical Center

Department of Genetics

Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
520 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Cell Polarity and Chemical Gradient tracking in Yeast

Hosted by:  Dr. Susan Dutcher
In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

Talk abstract: How cells orient polarity in response to chemical gradients is a fundamental but poorly understood process. We use the pheromone-tracking ability of mating yeast as a model to dissect basic principles.

 


6th Annual David C. Beebe Lectureship

Kirill Martemyanov, PhD
Professor and Chair Department of Neuroscience
Scripps Biomedical Research, University of Florida

Moore Auditorium in the North Medical Building
4580 Scott Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Vision Science Seminar
6th Annual David C. Beebe Lectureship in
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Molecular organization of the photoreceptor synapse


42nd Annual Oliver H. Lowry Lecture

Didier Stainier, PhD
Director of the Department of Developmental Genetics
Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research

Connor Auditorium - Farrell Learning & Teaching Center | Zoom
520 S Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Title:

The Lowry Lecture is held annually to honor the many contributions of the late Oliver Lowry to the field of biochemistry and metabolic regulation, as well as to Washington University. Dr. Lowry came to Washington University in 1947 and chaired the Department of Pharmacology from 1947 to 1976.  He was Dean of the School of Medicine from 1955-1958. He became an Emeritus Professor in 1979, and served as acting Department Chair from 1989-1990. He remained an active member of the Department through 1994.

 

For information, contact: a.kupcho@wustl.edu


Microbiology Seminar Series: Dr. Owen Pornillos

Department of Molecular Microbiology

McDonnell Pediatric Research Building 8101

The full schedule can be found here: https://microbiology.wustl.edu/seminar-series/

 


Annual Neuroscience Retreat

Catherine Hartley, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
New York University

Debra Silver, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Duke University

Medical Campus: EPNEC and Farrell LTC

Catherine Hartley: “Developing behavioral flexibility”
Debra Silver: “Building our brains: Lessons from the RNA world”


The Annual Neuroscience Retreat is organized by graduate students across programs and departments, and intended to foster scientific and social interaction among students, post docs, and faculty in the WashU Neuroscience community.

This year’s Neuroscience Retreat features two full days of programming: Keynote talks; new faculty talks; trainee talks; poster sessions; Table Topics; and Lightning Talks (new this year!). We’ll take a break on Thursday evening and head for The Boathouse at Forest Park for presentation of the Neuroscience Community Awards, NeurOlympics, and a party! To get there, you’re welcome to ride a trolley or join an organized walk.

Visit the Neuroscience Retreat webpage for more information.

For inquiries contact the ONR.


Annual Neuroscience Retreat

Catherine Hartley, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
New York University

Debra Silver, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Duke University

Medical Campus: EPNEC and Farrell LTC

Catherine Hartley: “Developing behavioral flexibility”
Debra Silver: “Building our brains: Lessons from the RNA world”


The Annual Neuroscience Retreat is organized by graduate students across programs and departments, and intended to foster scientific and social interaction among students, post docs, and faculty in the WashU Neuroscience community.

This year’s Neuroscience Retreat features two full days of programming: Keynote talks; new faculty talks; trainee talks; poster sessions; Table Topics; and Lightning Talks (new this year!). We’ll take a break on Thursday evening and head for The Boathouse at Forest Park for presentation of the Neuroscience Community Awards, NeurOlympics, and a party! To get there, you’re welcome to ride a trolley or join an organized walk.

Visit the Neuroscience Retreat webpage for more information.

For inquiries contact the ONR.


Microbiology Seminar Series: Dr. Anne Moscona

Department of Molecular Microbiology

McDonnell Pediatric Research Building 8101

The full schedule can be found here: https://microbiology.wustl.edu/seminar-series/

 


Cell Biology & Physiology Seminar Series

Jonathan Rocheleau, Ph.D.
Percy Edward Hart Professor in Biomedical Engineering & Associate Director, Research
Institute of Biomedical Engineering
University of Toronto

Hosted by: Dr. David Piston

McDonnell Sciences Building, 4th Floor, Room 423

“Live Cell Imaging of Pancreatic Islet Metabolism and Insulin Secretion”

Jonathan Rocheleau, Ph.D.


Vison Science Seminar

Juliette McGregor, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
University of Rochester Medical Center
School of Medicine and Dentistry

Bernard Becker Medical Library, Becker Classroom 405
660 S Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110

Vision Science Seminar

Lecture Title TBA

Juliette E. McGregor, Ph.D.

*Please contact mariont@wustl.edu for Zoom details 


Microbiology Seminar Series: Dr. Matt Waldor

Department of Molecular Microbiology

McDonnell Pediatric Research Building 8101

The full schedule can be found here: https://microbiology.wustl.edu/seminar-series/

 


Vision Science Seminar

Ryan MacDonald, PhD
Associate Professor/BBSRC David Phillips Fellow
Institute of Ophthalmology- University College London

Bernard Becker Medical Library, Becker Classroom 405
660 S Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110

Vision Science Seminar

“Building and maintaining a healthy retina”

Ryan MacDonald, PhD

*Please contact mariont@wustl.edu for Zoom details 


Genetics Seminar Series

Zhana Duren, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Genetics & Biochemistry
Clemson University

Department of Genetics

Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
520 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Gene regulatory network analysis from single cell multi-omics data

Hosted by:  Dr. Tychele Turner
In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

 


Microbiology Seminar Series: Dr. Linfa Wang

Department of Molecular Microbiology

McDonnell Pediatric Research Building 8101

The full schedule can be found here: https://microbiology.wustl.edu/seminar-series/

 


Student Choice Speaker

Karthik Shekhar, PhD
Assistant Professor
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of California, Berkeley

Moore Auditorium in the North Medical Building
4580 Scott Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Vision Science Seminar
Student Choice Speaker

“Evolutionary Insights into Neural Diversity in the Retina”

Karthik Shekhar, PhD 


Microbiology Seminar Series: Dr. Thomas Bernhardt

Department of Molecular Microbiology

McDonnell Pediatric Research Building 8101

The full schedule can be found here: https://microbiology.wustl.edu/seminar-series/

 


Genetics Seminar Series

Jessica Feldman, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
Stanford University

Department of Genetics

Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
520 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Building patterns in cells during development

Hosted by:  Dr. Susan Dutcher
In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

 


Enoch Lecture

Elliot Sohn, MD, FASRS
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
University of Iowa

Moore Auditorium in the North Medical Building
4580 Scott Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Vision Science Seminar

Jay and Rebekah Enoch Lectureship in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

 

“Innovations in age-related macular and retinal degeneration”

Elliott Sohn, MD, FASRS


Microbiology Seminar Series: Dr. Jason W. Rosch

Department of Molecular Microbiology

McDonnell Pediatric Research Building 8101

The full schedule can be found here: https://microbiology.wustl.edu/seminar-series/

 


Genetics Seminar Series

Kristopher Kahle, MD, PhD
Associate Professor & Director, Pediatric Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery
Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital

Department of Genetics

Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
520 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Genomics of developmental brain anomalies

Hosted by:  Dr. Peter Jin
In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

 


HYBRID Hope Center/Neurology Monday Noon Seminar

Leslie Shaw, PhD
Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

Zoom/Connor Auditorium (Farrell LTC, Medical Campus)

Talk title: TBD


This Monday Noon seminar mini-series is co-hosted by the WashU Hope Center for Neurological Disorders and Department of Neurology.


Mini-series: Fluid Biomarkers of Neurologic Disease

Organizer, Suzanne Schindler (WashU Neurology)

  • November 6: Nicolas Barthelemy (WashU Neurology)
  • November 20: Leslie Shaw (University of Pennsylvania)
  • November 27: Hong Chen (WashU Biomedical Engineering)
  • December 4: Timothy Miller (WashU Neurology)

Full schedule, Hope Center Monday Noon Seminars

For inquiries contact the Hope Center.


Microbiology Seminar Series: Dr. Victor Tse

Department of Molecular Microbiology

McDonnell Pediatric Research Building 8101

The full schedule can be found here: https://microbiology.wustl.edu/seminar-series/

 


Microbiology Seminar Series: Dr. Ryan A. Langlois

Department of Molecular Microbiology

McDonnell Pediatric Research Building 8101

The full schedule can be found here: https://microbiology.wustl.edu/seminar-series/

 


Vision Science Seminar

Michael Fautsch, PhD
Joseph E. and Rose Marie Green Professor of Visual Sciences
Department of Ophthalmology
Mayo Clinic

Bernard Becker Medical Library, Becker Classroom 405
660 S Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110

Vision Science Seminar

“Tale of two drugs: Developing novel therapeutics to treat glaucoma” 

Michael Faustch, PhD


Genetics Seminar Series

Don Fox, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
Duke University

Department of Genetics

Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
520 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Super-sized cells and not-so-silent mutations in organ development

Hosted by:  Dr. Susan Dutcher
In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

 


Microbiology Seminar Series: Dr. Michail Lionakis

Department of Molecular Microbiology

McDonnell Pediatric Research Building 8101

The full schedule can be found here: https://microbiology.wustl.edu/seminar-series/

 


Genetics Seminar Series

Shaun Mahony, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Biology
Eberly College of Science
Penn State University

Department of Genetics

Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
520 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Understanding the sequence and chromatin predeterminants of induced transcription factor binding with neural networks

Hosted by:  Dr. Shamim Mollah
In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)


Genetics Seminar Series

Mia Levine, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
University of Pennsylvania

Department of Genetics

Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
520 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Intra-genomic conflict and the evolution of genome integrity

Hosted by:  Dr. Ting Wang
In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)0

 


Microbiology Seminar Series: Dr. Michaela Gack

Department of Molecular Microbiology

McDonnell Pediatric Research Building 8101

The full schedule can be found here: https://microbiology.wustl.edu/seminar-series/

 


Genetics Seminar Series

Dagmar Wachten, PhD
Principal Investigator
Department of Biophysical Imaging & Molecular Physiology
Institute of Innate Immunity
University of Bonn

Department of Genetics

Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
520 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Shedding light on ciliary signaling and function

Hosted by:  Dr. Susan Dutcher
In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

 


Microbiology Seminar Series: Dr. Boris Striepen

Department of Molecular Microbiology

McDonnell Pediatric Research Building 8101

The full schedule can be found here: https://microbiology.wustl.edu/seminar-series/

 


Genetics Seminar Series

Alexis Battle, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University

Department of Genetics

Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
520 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Genetics of gene expression across cell-type, time, and space

Hosted by:  Dr. Barak Cohen
In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

 


Microbiology Seminar Series: Dr. David Fidock

Department of Molecular Microbiology

McDonnell Pediatric Research Building 8101

The full schedule can be found here: https://microbiology.wustl.edu/seminar-series/

 


Genetics Seminar Series

Danny Miller, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Departments of Pediatrics and Laboratory Medicine & Pathology
University of Washington

Department of Genetics

Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
520 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Streamlining research and clinical genetic testing: the promise of long-read sequencingies

Hosted by:  Dr. Peter Jin
In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

 


Microbiology Seminar Series: Chris Sassetti

Department of Molecular Microbiology

McDonnell Pediatric Research Building 8101

The full schedule can be found here: https://microbiology.wustl.edu/seminar-series/

 


Genetics Seminar Series

Lea Starita, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Genome Sciences
University of Washington

Department of Genetics

Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
520 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Understanding genetic variation at scale

Hosted by:  Dr. Heather Lawson
In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

 


HYBRID Hope Center/Neurology Monday Noon Seminar

Anusha Mishra, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
Oregon Health & Science University

Zoom/Holden Auditorium (Farrell LTC, Medical Campus)

Talk title: TBD


This Monday Noon seminar mini-series is co-hosted by the WashU Hope Center for Neurological Disorders and Department of Neurology.


Mini-series: Pathological Influences on Glia in Neurologic Disease

Organizer: Sarah Ackerman (WashU Pathology & Immunology)

  • February 12: Anusha Mishra (Oregon Health & Science University)
  • February 19: Kyungdeok Kim (Kipnis lab, WashU Pathology & Immunology)
  • February 26: Valeria Cavalli (WashU Neuroscience)
  • March 4: Celeste Karch (WashU Psychiatry)

Full schedule, Hope Center Monday Noon Seminars

For inquiries contact the Hope Center.


Microbiology Seminar Series: Sun Hur

Department of Molecular Microbiology

McDonnell Pediatric Research Building 8101

The full schedule can be found here: https://microbiology.wustl.edu/seminar-series/

 


Genetics Seminar Series

Geraldine Seydoux, PhD
Huntington Sheldon Professor in Medical Discovery
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Department of Genetics

Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
520 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Assembly and function of RNA granules in the C. elegans germline

Hosted by:  Dr. Tim Schedl
In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

 


Microbiology Seminar Series, Ernie Simms Lecture: Jonathan Abraham

Department of Molecular Microbiology

McDonnell Pediatric Research Building 8101

The full schedule can be found here: https://microbiology.wustl.edu/seminar-series/

 


Genetics Seminar Series

Daniel De Carvalho, PhD
Helen M. Cooke Professor of Cancer Epigenetics
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Professor, University of Toronto

Department of Genetics

Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
520 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Ultra-Sensitive Tumor Detection and Classification using Methylome Analysis of Plasma cfDNA

Hosted by:  Dr. Ting Wang
In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)0

 


Microbiology Seminar Series: Kerwyn C Huang

Department of Molecular Microbiology

McDonnell Pediatric Research Building 8101

The full schedule can be found here: https://microbiology.wustl.edu/seminar-series/

 


Genetics Seminar Series

Nicola Allen, PhD
Associate Professor
Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory
Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Department of Genetics

Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
520 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Astrocyte-neuron interaction in health and disease

Hosted by:  Dr. Guoyan Zhao
In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

 


Microbiology Seminar Series, Ernie Simms Lecture: Dr. Deb Hogan

Department of Molecular Microbiology

McDonnell Pediatric Research Building 8101

The full schedule can be found here: https://microbiology.wustl.edu/seminar-series/

 


Genetics Seminar Series

Nadav Ahituv, PhD
Professor
Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences
University of California, San Francisco

Department of Genetics

Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
520 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Functional characterization and therapeutic targeting of gene regulatory elements

Hosted by:  Dr. Barak Cohen
In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

 


Genetics Seminar Series

Michael Schatz, PhD
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Department of Computer Science & Quantitative Biology
Johns Hopkins University

Department of Genetics

Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
520 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Computing at scale with the NHGRI AnVIL

Hosted by:  Dr. Tychele Turner
In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

 


Genetics Seminar Series

Anshul Kundaje, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Genetics
Stanford University

Department of Genetics

Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
520 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Deep learning the cis-regulatory code and single base and single cell resolution

Hosted by:  Dr. Heather Lawson
In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

 


Genetics Seminar Series

Siavash Kurdistani, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Biological Chemistry
University of California, Los Angeles

Department of Genetics

Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
520 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Histones and Copper: A common thread from eukaryogenesis to human disease

Hosted by:  Dr. Gabor Egervari
In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

 


Genetics Seminar Series

Xian Piao, MD, PhD
Benioff Professor in Children's Health
Director of the Newborn Brain Research Institute
Vice Chief of Academics
Division of Neonatology
Joan and Sanford Weill Institute for Neuroscience
University of California, San Francisco

Department of Genetics

Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
520 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

G protein-coupled receptor-depending brain development and malformation

Hosted by:  Dr. Tristan Li
In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

 


Genetics Seminar Series

Mike Love, PhD
Associate Professor
Departments of Genetics & Biostatistics
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Department of Genetics

Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
520 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Assaying effects of GWAS variants in organs with in vivo massively parallel reporter assay (MPRA)

Hosted by:  Dr. Heather Lawson
In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

 


Genetics Seminar Series

Mustafa Aydogan, DPhil
Assistant Professional Researcher
Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
University of California, San Francisco

Department of Genetics

Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
520 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Autonomous clocks in cytoplasmic organization and division

Hosted by:  Dr. Susan Dutcher
In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

 


Genetics Seminar Series

Fritz Sedlazeck, PhD
Associate Professor
Human Genome Sequencing Center
Baylor College of Medicine

Department of Genetics

Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
520 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Genomic Structural Variations and beyond 1

Hosted by:  Dr. Peter Jin
In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

 


Genetics Seminar Series

Bal Khakh, PhD
Professor
Departments of Physiology & Neurobiology
University of California, Los Angeles

Department of Genetics

Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
520 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Unmasking astrocyte roles in neural circuits and diseaseIsoform regulation in the developing human brain informs mechanisms of neuropsychiatric disorders

Hosted by:  Dr. Joe Dougherty
In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

 


Genetics Seminar Series – Stephen Johnson Memorial Lecture

Jesse Gillis, PhD
James B. Bassingthwaighte Chair in Integrative Physiology
Department of Physiology
University of Toronto

Department of Genetics

Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
520 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

Stephen Johnson Memorial Lecture, student-invited speaker

High-throughput inference to understand cell programs in evolution and development

Hosted by:  Simona Sarafinovska, Sneha Chaturvedi, and Genetics’ trainees & postdocs
In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

 


Genetics Seminar Series

Ev Yemini, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurobiology
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Department of Genetics

Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
520 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110

A Tale of Two Sexes: The Neural Dynamics of Dimorphic Behavior

Hosted by:  Dr. Brett Maricque
In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)