Seminar Series 2011-2012

September 21, 2011. “”Characterization of Vibrio cholerae extracellular serine protease B, VesB,” Shilpa Gadwal, Ph.D. student in Microbiology and Immunology and “Muscle Specific Effects of Calorie Restriction on Skeletal Muscle Glucose Uptake & Signaling,” Donel Sequea, MD/PhD student in Molecular and Integrative Physiology, both at the University of Michigan.

October 12, 2011″Urogynecological Biomechanics: And The Word Of The Day Is…,” Steven Abramowitch, Ph.D. Assistant Professor in the Departments of Bioengineering and Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh.

November 2011
“Structural and functional studies of the glmS ribozyme”. Daniel Klein, PhD., UMBC alumnus, now Senior Research Scientist at Merck & Co.

November 2011
“Painful Channels: the Role of Electrophysiology in Target Selection and Drug Screening”. Rebecca Klein, PhD., UMBC alumnus, now Senior Research Scientist at Merck & Co.

February 2012
“Building Better CARs.” Avery Posey, PhD., alumnus of the UMBC MARC and Meyerhoff programs, now a postdoc in the Department of Pathology at the University of Pennsylvania.

April 2012
“Temperature Matters! How body temperature can affect cancer therapy.” Elizabeth Repasky, PhD., Professor, Department of Immunology at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute.