University of Illinois College of Medicine

Department of Pharmacology

Visiting Professor Seminar Series

Fall 2018

Wednesdays at 12:00 PM, 1020 COMRB 

DATE

SPEAKER

TITLE

September 26

Marvin Nieman, PhD

Associate Professor in Pharmacology

School of Medicine

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH

*11 AM*

"The Dynamics of Protease

Activated Receptor 4 (PAR4)

Activation and Signaling"

October 3


Klaus Unna Lecture

Janet Rossant, PhD

Senior Scientist in Developmental &

Stem Cell Biology

University of Toronto

Toronto, CAD

"Making the Mouse Blastocyst:

Stem Cells, Gene Editing and Human Relevance"

October 10

Kun-Liang Guan, PhD

Distinguished Professor in Pharmacology

Moores Cancer Center

University of California, San Diego

San Diego, CA

"The Hippo Pathway in Cell Growth,

Organ Size, and Cancer"

October 24

Kris DeMali, PhD

Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Dermatology 

Carver College of Medicine 

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

"Mechanisms Linking E-Cadherin Mechanotransduction, Metabolism

& Cell Survival"

November 7 

Gwendalyn Randolph, PhD

Emil R. Unanue Professor

Pathology & Immunology Professor

Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO

"Mesenteric-Peritoneal Interface in Host Defense and Inflammatory Disease"

November 14

Sharon Gerecht, PhD

Professor

Kent Gordon Croft Investment Management Faculty Scholar

Whiting School University, John Hopkins University 

Baltimore, MD

"Microenvironmental Impact on

Vascular Fate and Assembly"

December 5

Natividad Ruiz, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Microbiology

Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

"Powering LPS Transport Across the Bacterial Cell Envelope with ABCs"

December 12

Joseph T Bass, MD, PhD

Director, Center for Diabetes and Metabolism

Professor and Chief, Endocrinology

Charles F Kettering Professorship of Medicine

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

"Genomics of Metabolic Timekeeping"

All seminars will be held in College of Medicine Research Building, located at 909 S Wolcott Ave

in Room 1020 Moss Auditorium unless designated above.


Coordinator:  (312) 355-3281


Revised:  10/11/18