Departmental Seminars - Spring 2015

Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences Seminar Series

221 Integrated Science Building - 4pm

Refreshments served at 3:45pm

Wed, 1/28/2015 - 4:00pm
Gaurav Dhawan ,  UMass Environmental Health & Safety Dept.

Biological Safety Training
UMass Environmental Health & Safety Dept.
Becky Lawlor, VASCI Safety Coordinator
Wed, 2/4/2015 - 4:00pm
Clinton Mathias, Ph.D. ,  Western New England College of Pharmacy

“Modulation of the allergic response - roles of dietary components and regulatory cytokines”
WNE College of Pharmacy Faculty
Barbara Osborne, Ph.D.
Wed, 2/11/2015 - 4:00pm
Duncan Irschick, Ph.D. ,  UMass Amherst

“Gecko adhesion; How do we get from small to big?”
Duncan Irschick, Ph.D.
Hélène Cousin, Ph.D.
Wed, 2/18/2015 - 4:00pm
Hanna Galantino-Homer, VMD,PhD ,  UPenn

“Shedding light on equine laminitis: Proteomic and histologic studies of the hoof lamellar microanatomy”
Hannah Galantino-Homer, VMD, PhD, DACT
Samuel Black, Ph.D.
Wed, 2/25/2015 - 4:00pm
Zuzana Keckesova, Ph.D. ,  Whitehead Institute

“Do muscles fight cancer? A story of post-mitotic tissues and discovery”
Zuzana Keckesova, Ph.D.
Richard Goldsby, Ph.D.
Wed, 3/4/2015 - 4:00pm
Michael Eisenbach, professor ,  Weizmann Institute, Isreal

“Sperm sees it hot: Sperm guidance in mammals”
Michael Eisenbach, Jack and Simon Djanogly Chair in Biochemistry
Pablo Visconti, Ph.D
Wed, 3/11/2015 - 4:00pm
Tsukasa Shibue, Ph.D. ,  Whitehead Institute

“Metastatic Dormancy: Sleeping like an egg”
Whitehead Institute, MIT
Richard Goldsby, Ph.D.
Wed, 3/25/2015 - 4:00pm
Jan Pinkas, Ph.D. ,  Immunogen, Inc.

“Antibody drug conjugates: the long road from concepts to reality”
Immunogen, Inc.
Joseph Jerry, Ph.D.
Wed, 4/1/2015 - 4:00pm
Scott Gilbert, Ph.D. ,  Swarthmore College

“Developmental Symbiosis: Opening the doors to a new developmental biology”
Scott Gilbert, Ph.D.
Hélène Cousin, Ph.D.
Wed, 4/8/2015 - 4:00pm
Celia Santi, MD, PhD ,  Washington University, St. Loius, MO

“The SL03 potassiam Channel: A key player in sperm capacitation”
Celia Santi, MD, Ph.D.
Pablo Visconti, Ph.D
Wed, 4/15/2015 - 4:00pm
Andy J. Danylchuk, PhD ,  UMass Amherst

“Chasing ghosts: solving the mysteries of bonefish (Albula spp)”
Andy J. Danylchuk, Ph.D.
Kathleen F. Arcaro, Ph.D.
Wed, 4/29/2015 - 4:00pm
Lori McPartlin, PhD ,  Harvard University

“Organs-on-Chips”
Wyss Institute
Katherine Beltaire, DVM

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