2016 Monday Seminars

2016


February 8, 2016

5:15-6:15PM – Room 451, Cancer Genetics Research Complex (CGRC) Building

Gordon Mitchell, PhD
Professor of Physical Therapy and Neuroscience
Director, Center for Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation
University of Florida Department of Physical Therapy

“Compensatory respiratory plasticity in Motor Neuron Disease”


February 15, 2016

5:15-6:15 PM – Room 451, Cancer Genetics Research Complex (CGRC) Building

Emily Plowman, PhD, CCC-SLP
Associate Professor
Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Director, Neuromotor Speech & Swallowing Restoration Laboratory
Clinical Director, Center for Respiratory Research & Rehabilitation
University of Florida

“Extending Bulbar and Respiratory Function in ALS “


March 2, 2016

9:30-10:30 AM – DeWeese Auditorium, McKnight Brain Institute

Ravi Allada, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Neurobiology
Northwestern University

“Circadian Clocks and Neurodegeneration”


March 7, 2016

12:00-1:00 PM – DeWeese Auditorium, McKnight Brain Institute

CT 2013Charles Thornton, MD.
Department of Neurology
Saunders Family Distinguished Professor in Neuromuscular Research
University of Rochester

“The Myotonic Dystropy Gene: Better Seen than Heard”


April 5, 2016

10:00-11:00 AM – Room 451, Cancer Genetics Research Complex (CGRC) Building

robRobert Spitale, PhD.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chemistry
University of California, Irvine

“Measuring RNA Structure Inside Living Cells”


April 15, 2016

10:00-11:00 Room 351, Cancer Genetics Research Complex (CGRC) Building

Bernd Schierwater, PhD.
Director –  ITZ, TiHo Hannover
External Faculty – Yale University AMNH, New York

“Placozoa: An emerging model system for comparative biology and biomedical research”

 


April 15, 2016

12:00-1:00 PM – Room 451, Cancer Genetics Research Complex (CGRC) Building

Andrea N. Ladd, PhD.
Associate Staff
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic

“Regulation of epithelial-mesenchymal transisions by muscleblind-like 1”


April 18, 2016

4:00-5:00 PM – Room 133, Cancer Genetics Research Complex (CGRC) Building

ConesaAna Conesa, PhD.
Professor Bioinformatics
Department of Microbiology and Cell Science
University of Florida

“Understanding the functional impact of alternative splicing using long read sequencing technologies: Functional Isoform Enrichment Analysis of Neural Differentiation”