University of Illinois College of Medicine

Department of Pharmacology

Visiting Professor Seminar Series

Spring 2020

Wednesdays at 12:00 PM, 1020 COMRB 

DATE

SPEAKER

TITLE

**Friday,

January 10

Jinki Yeom, PhD
Assistant Professor

Programme in

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Duke-NUS Medical School

Singapore

"Reorganization of Protein Economy: Ways to Escape from Dormancy"

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January 29

Andrew Dudley, PhD
Associate Professor 

Dept of Microbiology, Immunology & Cancer Biology

U Virginia School of Medicine

Charlottesville, VA

"Targeting the Vasculature to Enhance Anti-Tumor Immunity"

February 5

Xin Sun, PhD
Professor in Pediatrics

Section of Cell & Developmental Biology

Division of Biological Sciences

UC San Diego

"Neurogenic Control of

Lung Function"


February 12

David Mooney, PhD
Robert P Pinkas Family Professor of Bioengineering

Harvard School of Engineering & Applied Sciences

Cambridge, MA

"Biomaterials for

Mechanoregeneration"


March 11

Laura Lackner, PhD

Associate Professor

Dept of Molecular Biosciences

Northwestern U

Chicago, IL

"The Expanding and

Unexpected Functions of

Mitochondria Contact Sites"


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April 2

Claudia Fischbach, PhD

Professor

Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

CANCELLED.


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April 20

Wolfgang Bergmeier, PhD
Co-Director of Graduate Studies

Associate Director

Dept of Biochemistry & Biophysics

UNC School of Med

CANCELLED.


April 29

Zhijian James Chen, PhD

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institutee

George MacGregor Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Science

Professor

Dept of Molecular Biology

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, TX

CANCELLED.

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:  3/18/20