September 14 – Graduate Student Reception and Awards Presentations
September 21 – "Cytokines and lymphoid cells as critical players in tumor elicited inflammation" presented by Sergei Grivennikov, Ph.D., Fox Chase Cancer Ctr. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania hosted by Leonid Pobezinsky
September 28 – “Cell envelope biosynthesis in mycobacteria” presented by Yasu Morita, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Microbiology hosted by Cynthia Baldwin
October 5 – "Epigenetic regulation of genomic imprinting during early mammalian development" presented by Jesse Mager, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences hosted by Cynthia Baldwin
October 12 – “Role of the linear ubiquitination assembly complex in the regulation of lung injury and inflammation” presented by Laura Dada, Ph.D. Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, hosted by
Pablo Visconti
October 19 - "The mating game in flowering plants; How do non motile sperm get to the egg cell for fertilization? " presented by Alice Cheung, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Biochemistry Department hosted by Pablo Visconti
October 26 –"Dynamic Organization of the Plasma Membrane in Mammalian Cells” presented by Diego Krapf, Ph.D. Colorado State University, hosted by Pablo Visconti and the Biophysics Group
November 2 - "Investigating the mechanisms of crossover control during mammalian meiosis” presented by Paula Cohen Ph.D., Cornell University, hosted by Rafael Fissore
November 9 – "Genetically engineered animal models: our recent successes in applying the CRISPR/Cas9, TALEN, and piggyBac systems to non-murine species" presented by Zonda Wang, Ph.D., Utah State University, hosted by Joseph Jerry
November 16 – No Seminar – Friday Schedule
November 23 – No Seminar – Thanksgiving break
November 30 – Department Safety Training
December 7 – “Fluid Dynamic Implications in Vascular Disease and Development” presented by Juan M. Jiménez, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering hosted by Barbara Osborne
Veterinary and Animal Sciences