Past Events

Dr. Hahn

Mechano-transduction and single molecule conformational changes in live cells

Dr. Klaus Hahn, School of Medicine (University of North Carolina)
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S175, Coverdell
Dr. Estrada

Advancing Inclusion in Science by Leading with Kindness

Dr. Mica Estrada, School of Nursing (University of California, San Francisco)
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S175, Coverdell
Dr. Tolia

Structural vaccinology for infectious diseases

Dr. Niraj Tolia, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH)
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S175, Coverdell
Dr. Grimsey

Spatial Mapping and Targeting of Atypical Vascular Inflammation

Dr. Neil Grimsey, Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy (University of Georgia)
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S175, Coverdell
Dr. Park

Development of human brain organoids to investigate human brain disorders

Dr. In-Hyun Park, Yale Stem Cell Center (Yale School of Medicine)
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S175, Coverdell
Dr. MacMicking

Host cell defense: New nanomachines in immunity to infection

Dr. John MacMicking, (Yale School of Medicine)
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S175, Coverdell
Dr. Axel Visel

Distant-acting Enhancers in Development, Disease, and Evolution

Dr. Axel Visel, (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory )
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S175, Coverdell
Dr. Chris Westlake

Remodeling membranes to construct the cellular antennae

Dr. Christopher J. Westlake, Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Signaling NCI/CCR (NIH)
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S175, Coverdell
Dr. Kathy Gould

Regulating the assembly of F-actin structures on membranes

Dr. Kathleen L. Gould, Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, (Vanderbilt University)
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S175, Coverdell
Dr. Jeff Farrell

Cell states and cell fates during zebrafish development

Dr. Jeffrey A. Farrell, Earl Stadtman Investigator (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH)
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S175, Coverdell
Dr. Ya-Wen Chen

Lung organoids: miniature lungs with maximum potential

Dr. Ya-Wen Chen, (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)
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S175, Coverdell
Dr. Ellie Heckscher

Motor circuit assembly in the Drosophila larval model

Dr. Elizabeth Heckscher, Division of the Biological Sciences (The University of Chicago)
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S175, Coverdell
Dr. Ian Swinburne

Protecting your senses from too much pressure

Dr. Ian Swinburne, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology (University of California, Berkeley)
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S175, Coverdell
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Development and functions of the sympathetic nervous system

DR. REJJI KURUVILLA, (Johns Hopkins University)
Room 404A, Biological Sciences Building
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Decoding Synaptic Transmission with Light

DR. MICHAEL B. HOPPA, (Dartmouth College)
Room 404A, Biological Sciences Building
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It takes two to tango: Plasmodium merozoites require two rhoptries to invade host cells

Vasant Muralidharan (University of Georgia)
Room 404A, Biological Sciences Building
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“Oh, That Makes Sense!”: How Undergraduates Use Metacognition to Learn in Biology

Julie Stanton (University of Georgia)
Room 404A, Biological Sciences Building
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Understanding Metacognition and Learning Strategies in Genetics Students

DR. JENNY KNIGHT, (University of Colorado Boulder)
Room 404A, Biological Sciences Building
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Breaking species barriers to study human infectious disease in vivo

DR. ALEXANDER PLOSS, (Princeton University)
Room 404A, Biological Sciences Building
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Event cancelled. Regulating the assembly of F-actin structures on membranes

DR. KATHLEEN GOULD, (Vanderbilt University)
Room 404A, Biological Sciences Building
Dr. Sam Kurup

Natural Immunity to Liver-stage Malaria

Samarchith P. Kurup (University of Georgia)
Room 404A, Biological Sciences Building
Dr. Nicole King Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator and a Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California at Berkeley

Hope T. M. - Ritter Lecture

DR. NICOLE KING , (UC Berkley)
404E Biological Sciences
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A force to be reckoned with: ciliary mechanosensing in left-right axis patterning

DR. SHIAULOU YUAN, (Harvard Medical School)
Room 404A, Biological Sciences Building
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Using the Drosophila taste system to study sensory processing and integration

DR. ANITA DEVINENI, (Emory University)
Room 404A, Biological Sciences Building
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Localized RNA Regulons for supporting axon growth and regeneration

DR. JEFFERY TWISS, (University of South Carolina)
Room 404A, Biological Sciences Building
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A relative of the “brain-eating amoeba” responds to different environments using shared & unique cell biological mechanisms

DR. KATRINA VELLE, (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Room 404A, Biological Sciences Building
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Targeting Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase for the treatment of malaria

DR. MARGARET PHILLIPS, (University of Texas Southwestern)
Room 404A, Biological Sciences Building
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Event Cancelled. How to assemble circuits starting from stem cells

DR. ELIZABETH HECKSCHER, (University of Chicago)
Room 404A, Biological Sciences Building
DR. AVERY AUGUST

Kinase turntablism: Tuning T cell responses

DR. AVERY AUGUST, (Cornell Center for Immunology)
S175, Coverdell
DR. JOSH CURRIE

Coordinating tissue progenitors during regeneration, development, and wound healing

DR. JOSH CURRIE, (Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC)
S175, Coverdell
DR. JILL WILDONGER

Building functional neurons with microtubules and motors

DR. JILL WILDONGER, (University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA)
S175, Coverdell
DR. STEPHEN M. KING

Assembly, modification and control of axonemal dynein motors

DR. STEPHEN M. KING, (University of Connecticut, CT)
S175, Coverdell
DR. EDWIN CHAPMAN

Synaptic vesicle dynamics and fusion • unexpected interplay between Ca2+-sensing proteins

DR. EDWIN CHAPMAN, (University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI)
S175, Coverdell
DR. BECCA PRICE

Considering fairness and justice when assessing students

DR. BECCA PRICE, (University of Washington, WA)
S175, Coverdell
DR. SARAH STANLEY

Metabolic aldehydes as novel antimicrobial effectors that control bacterial infection

DR. SARAH STANLEY, (University of California Berkeley, CA)
S175, Coverdell
Uga undergraduate graduation

Undergraduate Graduation

Sanford Stadium
Assistant Professor of Biology

Dr. Regina Joice-Cordy-CBIO Seminar Speaker

Dr. Regina Joice-Cordy, Department of Biology (Wake Forest University)
Vet Med H203
Pathobiology and Microbiology

Dr. Boris Striepen-CBIO Seminar Speaker

Dr. Boris Striepen, Departments of Pathobiology and Microbiology (University of Pennsylvania)
Vet Med H203
Recipient of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

DR. MICHAEL YOUNG - Ritter Lecture

Dr. Michael Young, Richard and Jeanne Fisher Professor/Vice President of Academic Affairs (The Rockefeller University)
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Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology

Dr. Jessica Whited-CBIO Seminar Speaker

Dr. Jessica Whited, Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology (Harvard University)
Vet Med H203
Microbiology and Immunology

Dr. Brian Rudd-CBIO Seminar Speaker

Dr. Brian Rudd, Deaprtment of Microbiology and Immunology (Cornell University)
Vet Med H203
Department of Biology

Dr. Alexander Paredez-CBIO Seminar Speaker

Dr. Alexander Paredez, Department of Biology (University of Washington)
Vet Med H203
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

Dr. Mansi Srivastava-CBIO Seminar Speaker

Dr. Mansi Srivastava, Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology (Harvard University)
Vet Med H203
NH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Dr. Quan Yuan -CBIO Seminar Speaker

Dr. Quan Yuan , NH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS Bethesda, Maryland)
Vet Med H203
Microbiology and Immunology

Dr. Bjorn Kafsack-CBIO Seminar Speaker

Dr. Bjorn Kafsack, Department of Microbiology and Immunology (Weill Cornell School of Medicine)
Vet Med H203
School of Life Sciences/Cooper Biology Education Research Lab

Dr. Katelyn Cooper-CBIO Seminar Speaker

Dr. Katelyn Cooper, Cooper Biology Education Research Lab (Arizona State University)
Vet Med H203
Pharmacology and Medicine (Allergy and Immunology)

Dr. Murali Prakruya-CBIO Seminar Speaker

Dr. Murali Prakruya, Department of Pharmacology and Medicine (Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine)
Vet Med H203
Cell and Molecular Physiology

Dr. Ivana KUO-CBIO Seminar Speaker

Dr. Ivana KUO, Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology (Loyola University Chicago)
Vet Med H203
Drew Etheridge

Title TBA

Ronald Drew Etheridge (University of Georgia)
362 R.C. Wilson Pharmacy Building
Xiaokun Shu

Visualizing Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Cell Signaling with New Principle-Based Reporters

Xiaokun Shu, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry (University of California San Francisco)
362 R.C. Wilson Pharmacy Building
Vadim Arshavsky

How to Build a Light-Sensitive Ciliary Organelle

Vadim Arshavsky, Department of Ophthalmology (Duke University)
362 R.C. Wilson Pharmacy Building
Jeff Dvorin

One Ring to Rule Them All — Discovering Novel Cell Biology in Malaria Parasites

Jeff Dvorin, Division of Infectious Diseases (Harvard Medical School)
362 R.C. Wilson Pharmacy Building
Jessica Feldman

Building Patterns in Cells During Development

Jessica Feldman, Department of Biology (Stanford University)
362 R.C. Wilson Pharmacy Building
Celina Juliano

Mechanisms of Development and Regeneration in Hydra

Celina Juliano, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (University of California)
362 R.C. Wilson Pharmacy Building
Peter Hegemann

Mysteries and Applications of Algal Sensory Photoreceptors

Peter Hegemann, Institute of Biology & Experimental Biophysics (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Germany)
Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/93347871372?pwd=dVBiR3FWM3luOEFjMW5jOTA3UXJhdz09, Meeting ID: 93347871372, Passcode: 446773
Daichi Kamiyama

Cracking the Code to the Shape of Neurons in the Brain

Daichi Kamiyama (University of Georgia)
362 R.C. Wilson Pharmacy Building
Mandë Holford

Killer Snails: Agents of Change and Innovation

Mandë Holford, Department of Chemistry (City University of New York)
Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/91306102093?pwd=YjlkS0VwUUI3cWdXY3lEUW0xUzRwZz09, Meeting ID: 91306102093, Passcode: 262511
Ashley Moseman

Scent of Danger - What Infections Teach Us About Olfactory Immunity and Neuroinvasion

Ashley Moseman, Department of Immunology (Duke University)
H203 Veterinary Medicine Complex
Masayuki Onishi

Cytokinesis Without F-actin — Exploiting Phylogenetic Diversity to Elucidate General Principles of Cell Biology

Masayuki Onishi, Department of Biology (Duke University)
404A Biological Sciences
Ricardo Zayas

Regeneration of Sensory Function in Planarians

Ricardo Zayas, Department of Biology (San Diego State University)
404A Biological Sciences
Photini Sinnis

Establishment of Malaria Infection: Parasite Bottleneck & Point for Intervention

Phontini Sinnis, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology (Johns Hopkins University)
404A Biological Sciences
Jennifer Morgan

Roles for alpha-Synuclein in Synaptic Vesicle Trafficking: Insights into Parkinson's Disease

Jennifer Morgan, Eugene Bell Center (Marine Biological Laboratory)
https://zoom.us/j/91306102093?pwd=YjlkS0VwUUI3cWdXY3lEUW0xUzRwZz09, Meeting ID: 913 0610 2093, Passcode: 262511
Vladimir Gelfand

Gatekeeping and Competition: How an Oocyte Gets Polarized by Dynein, Kinesin and Myosin

Vladimir Gelfand, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology (Northwestern University)
404A Biological Sciences

2021 Hope T.M. Ritter Lecture in Cellular Biology

David Ginty, (Harvard Medical School)
Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/93641480294?pwd=bWJYSlZIQ2lmTHhnRHlDYXVEUWVYdz09, Meeting ID: 936 4148 0294, Passcode: 930397
Richard Kahn

Cell Regulation by ARF Family GTPases and the Roles of ELMOD Family ARF GAPs

Richard Kahn, Department of Biochemistry (Emory University)
404A Biological Sciences
Gabsang Lee

Human iPSC-Based Modeling Neural and Skeletal Muscle Diseases

Gabsang Lee, Department of Biochemistry (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)
https://zoom.us/j/91306102093?pwd=YjlkS0VwUUI3cWdXY3lEUW0xUzRwZz09, Meeting ID: 913 0610 2093, Passcode: 262511
Matthew Pratt

O-GlcNAc Modifications in Human Health and Disease

Matthew Pratt, Departments of Chemistry and Biological Sciences (University of Southern California)
404A Biological Sciences
Dax Ovid

Promoting Inclusion in Biology with Scientist Spotlights and Instructor Talk

Dax Ovid, Department of Biology (San Francisco State University)
404A Biological Sciences
Rita Tewari

ARK2-Tecture: Insight into Atypical Cell Division in Plasmodium

Rita Tewari, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences (University of Nottingham)
https://zoom.us/j/91306102093?pwd=YjlkS0VwUUI3cWdXY3lEUW0xUzRwZz09, Meeting ID 91306102093, Passcode 262511
Gustavo Arrizabalaga

The Shapeshifting Mitochondrion of Toxoplasma gondii

Gustavo Arrizabalaga, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology (Indiana University)
https://zoom.us/j/91306102093?pwd=YjlkS0VwUUI3cWdXY3lEUW0xUzRwZz09, Meeting ID 91306102093, Passcode 262511
Fabiana Perocchi

Systems Biology of Mitochondrial Signaling

Fabiana Perocchi, Institute for Diabetes and Obesity (German Research Center for Environmental Health)
https://zoom.us/j/91306102093?pwd=YjlkS0VwUUI3cWdXY3lEUW0xUzRwZz09, Meeting ID 91306102093, Passcode 262511
Loren Looger

New Tools for Monitoring & Manipulating Neural Circuits

Loren Looger, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Janelia Research Campus)
https://zoom.us/j/91306102093?pwd=YjlkS0VwUUI3cWdXY3lEUW0xUzRwZz09, Meeting ID 91306102093, Passcode 262511
Daniel Cox

Cellular, Molecular, and Evolutionary Insights on Cold Nociception

Daniel Cox, Department of Neuroscience (Georgia State University)
https://zoom.us/j/91306102093?pwd=YjlkS0VwUUI3cWdXY3lEUW0xUzRwZz09, Meeting ID 91306102093, Passcode 262511
Paul Brindley

Genome Editing Provides Insight into the Pathogenesis of Schistosomiasis

Paul Brindley, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine (George Washington University)
https://zoom.us/j/91306102093?pwd=YjlkS0VwUUI3cWdXY3lEUW0xUzRwZz09, Meeting ID 91306102093, Passcode 262511
Keke Fairfax

Unwinding the Role of Helminth Antigens in Reprogramming Host Immunity

Keke Fairfax, Department of Pathology (University of Utah)
https://zoom.us/j/91306102093?pwd=YjlkS0VwUUI3cWdXY3lEUW0xUzRwZz09, Meeting ID 91306102093, Passcode 262511
Christopher de Graffenried

Cytoskeletal Architecture and Cell Morphogenesis in Trypanosoma brucei

Christopher de Graffenried, Department of Microbiology and Immunology (Brown University)
https://zoom.us/j/91306102093?pwd=YjlkS0VwUUI3cWdXY3lEUW0xUzRwZz09, Meeting ID 91306102093, Passcode 262511
Miriam Goodman

How Neurons Bend Without Breaking

Miriam Goodman, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology (Stanford University)
https://zoom.us/j/91306102093?pwd=YjlkS0VwUUI3cWdXY3lEUW0xUzRwZz09, Meeting ID 91306102093, Passcode 262511
Brigitte Galliot

Hydra, a Model for Regenerative and Aging Studies

Brigitte Galliot, Department of Genetics and Evolution (University of Geneva)
https://zoom.us/j/91306102093?pwd=YjlkS0VwUUI3cWdXY3lEUW0xUzRwZz09, Meeting ID 91306102093, Passcode 262511
Bryan Dewsbury

Educating for Freedom - Equity Pedagogies in Higher Education

Bryan Dewsbury, Department of Biological Sciences (University of Rhode Island)
Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/91306102093?pwd=YjlkS0VwUUI3cWdXY3lEUW0xUzRwZz09, Meeting ID 91306102093, Passcode 262511
Karen Echeverri

Molecular Mechanisms of Regeneration: Insights from Axolotls

Karen Echeverri, Marine Biological Laboratory (University of Chicago)
Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/91306102093?pwd=YjlkS0VwUUI3cWdXY3lEUW0xUzRwZz09, Meeting ID 91306102093, Passcode 262511
Karine Le Roch

A Systems Biology Approach to Understand Gene Regulation and Pathogenicity in Malaria Parasites

Karine Le Roch, Division of Molecular, Cell, and Systems Biology (University of California)
Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/91306102093?pwd=YjlkS0VwUUI3cWdXY3lEUW0xUzRwZz09, Meeting ID 91306102093, Passcode 262511
Rick Tarleton

Still cruzi After All These Years

Rick L. Tarleton (University of Georgia)
https://zoom.us/j/95806060023, Meeting ID 95806060023
Peter Crompton

Persistent Asymptomatic Malaria in the Dry Season: Host Control or Parasite Ploy

Peter Crompton, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (National Institutes of Health)
https://zoom.us/j/95806060023, Meeting ID 95806060023
Chi-Min Ho

CryoEM Structure Determination of Endogenous Protein Complexes Enriched from the Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Chi-Min Ho, Department of Microbiology & Immunology (Columbia University)
https://zoom.us/j/95806060023, Meeting ID 95806060023
Hugo Bellen

Lipids and the Demise of Neurons: from Rare to Common Neurological Diseases

Hugo Bellen, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Baylor College of Medicine)
https://zoom.us/j/95806060023, Meeting ID 95806060023
Tzumin Lee

Decoding the Brain by Cell Lineage Analysis

Tzumin Lee, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Janelia Research Campus)
https://zoom.us/j/95806060023, Meeting ID 95806060023
Jacek Gaertig

Intracellular Pattern Formation

Jacek Gaertig (University of Georgia)
https://zoom.us/j/95806060023, Meeting ID 95806060023
Martha Cyert

Leveraging SLiMs to Reveal Signaling by the Calcineurin Phosphatase

Martha Cyert, Department of Biology (Stanford University)
https://zoom.us/j/95806060023, Meeting ID 95806060023
Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

Understanding the Source of Regenerative Potential in Animals

Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Stowers Institute of Medical Research)
https://zoom.us/j/95806060023, Meeting ID 95806060023
Anne Vardo-Zalik

Plasmodium mexicanum: A Natural System for Studying Malaria Dynamics in a Changing World

Anne Vardo-Zalik, Department of Biology (Pennsylvania State University)
https://zoom.us/j/95806060023, Meeting ID 95806060023
Ben Myers

Emerging Roles for Lipids and Kinases in Hedgehog Signal Transduction

Ben Myers, Department of Oncological Sciences (University of Utah)
https://zoom.us/j/95806060023, Meeting ID 95806060023
Alan Brown

Insights into Ciliary Motility from the Cryo-EM Structure of the Axoneme

Alan Brown, Department of Biological Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology (Harvard University)
https://zoom.us/j/95806060023, Meeting ID 95806060023
Alexis Kaushansky

Interrogating the Unusual Host Response to Plasmodium Infection

Alexis Kaushansky, Center for Global Infectious Disease Research (Seattle Children’s Research Institute)
https://zoom.us/j/95806060023, Meeting ID 95806060023
Eva-Maria Strauch

Targeting Viral Fusion and Recognition Processes

Eva-Maria Strauch, Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences (University of Georgia)
https://zoom.us/j/95806060023, Meeting ID 95806060023
Chi-Min Ho

CryoEM Structures of Endogenous Protein Complexes Enriched Directly from Malaria Parasites

Chi-Min Ho, Department of Microbiology (Columbia University)
Room S175, Paul D. Coverdell Center
Diego Huet

Elucidating the Divergent Organellar Biology of Apicomplexan Parasites

Diego Huet, Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences (University of Georgia)
Room S175, Paul D. Coverdell Center
Jacek Gaertig

Pattern Formation in a Single Cell

Jacek Gaertig (University of Georgia)
Room S175, Paul D. Coverdell Center
Rick Tarleton

Still cruzi After All These Years

Rick L. Tarleton (University of Georgia)
Room S175, Paul D. Coverdell Center
Vincent J. Starai

Secrets from the Eighth Floor: A Choose Your Own Scientific Adventure

Vincent J. Starai (University of Georgia)
Room S175, Paul D. Coverdell Center
Anita Koshy

Redefining the Toxoplasma-Neuron Interaction

Anita Koshy, Department of Neurology (University of Arizona)
Room S175, Paul D. Coverdell Center
Kark Lechtreck

Chlamydomonas as a Model for Polycystic Kidney Disease

Karl F. Lechtreck (University of Georgia)
Room S175, Paul D. Coverdell Center
Ke Hu

What Makes a Parasite? Exploring Cell Biology with Apicomplexan Parasites

Ke Hu, Department of Biology (University of Indiana)
Room S175, Paul D. Coverdell Center
Katie Drerup

Dynein Silencing is Essential for Anterograde Cargo Transport in Axons

Katie Drerup, Unit on Neuronal Cell Biology, NICHD (National Institutes of Health)
Room S175, Paul D. Coverdell Center
David Engman

Lipid Determinants of Ciliary Protein Trafficking in Trypanosomes

David Engman, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (UCLA)
Room S175, Paul D. Coverdell Center
John D. Chan

Searching for New Drugs to Kill Blood-Dwelling Parasitic Flatworms

John Chan, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy (Medical College of Wisconsin)
Room S175, Paul D. Coverdell Center
Vernon B. Carruthers

Running a Crossing Route: Anabolic and Catabolic Roles for the Endolysosomal System of the Pervasive Brain Parasite Toxoplasma gondii

Vernon Carruthers, Department of Microbiology and Immunology (University of Michigan)
Room S175, Paul D. Coverdell Center
Audrey Odom John

Feeling Hot in Here – Thermotolerance and Drug Sensitivity in Malaria Parasites

Audrey Odom John, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
Room S175, Paul D. Coverdell Center

The Basement Membrane and Blood-Brain Barrier

Yao Yao, Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences (University of Georgia)
Room 404A, Biological Sciences

Planar Signaling Mechanisms and Cell-Matrix Interactions Underlie the Collective Migration of Gastrula Cells

Jason Jessen, Department of Biology (Middle Tennessee State University)
Room 404A, Biological Sciences

Chromatin Regulation in Development and Disease

Mary Goll, Department of Genetics (University of Georgia)
Room 404A, Biological Sciences

An Evolutionarily Conserved Mechanism that Controls Muscle Cell Fusion

Pengpeng Bi, Department of Genetics (University of Georgia)
Room 404A, Biological Sciences

Beyond Critical Thinking: How to Promote Science Reasoning Among Diverse Learners

Julie Reynolds, Department of Biology (Duke University)
Room 404A, Biological Sciences

The Genetic and Metabolic Basis of Antimalarial Resistance

Jennifer Guler, Department of Biology (University of Virginia)
Room 404A, Biological Sciences

Extracellular Vesicles, exRNA, Cancer and Regeneration

James Patton, Department of Biological Sciences (Vanderbilt University)
Room 404A, Biological Sciences

Evolutionary Perspectives on Gamete Fusion and the Role of HAP2 in Eukaryotic Sex

Theodore Clark, Department of Microbiology and Immunology (Cornell University)
Room 404A, Biological Sciences

Mechanosensory Feedback Drives Homeostatic Modulation of a Model Serotonin Motor Circuit in C. elegans

Kevin Collins, Department of Biology (University of Miami)
Room 404A, Biological Sciences

Experimental Evolution of Multicellularity in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas

Matthew Herron, School of Biological Sciences (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Room 404A, Biological Sciences

Atypical GPCR Signaling In Inflammation and Vascular Function

Neil Grimsey, Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences (University of Georgia)
Room 404A, Biological Sciences

Design Principles of Cell Polarization

Maitreyi Das, Department of Biochemisty & Molecular Biology (University of Tennessee)
Room 404A, Biological Sciences

Adaptive and Disruptive Organism-by-Environment Interactions in Wild Alligators

Ben Parrott, Odum School of Ecology (University of Georgia)
Room S175, Paul D. Coverdell Center

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Egress of Malaria Parasites from Erythrocytes

Vasant Muralidharan (University of Georgia)
Room S175, Paul D. Coverdell Center

Metacognitive Regulation: How Undergraduates Approach Learning in Biology

Julie Stanton (University of Georgia)
Room S175, Paul D. Coverdell Center

Novel Pathways in Axon Regeneration

Yishi Jin, Division of Biological Sciences (University of California)
Room S175, Paul D. Coverdell Center

Disc-O-Fever: Getting Down with Giardia’s Groovy Microtubule Organelle for Host Attachment

Scott Dawson, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (University of California)
Room S175, Paul D. Coverdell Center

Beyond Critical Thinking: How to Promote Science Reasoning among Diverse Learners

Julie Reynolds, Department of Biology (Duke University)
Room S175, Paul D. Coverdell Center

Malaria: Diagnostic Challenges for Rapid Tests Due to Genetic Deletions and Monitoring for Antimalarial Resistance

Venkatachalam Udhayakumar, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Room S175, Paul D. Coverdell Center

Derivation of Functional Spermatids from Pluripotent Stem Cells: Towards a Treatment for Male Factor Infertility

Charles Easley, Department of Environmental Science (University of Georgia)
404A Biological Sciences

How Axon Guidance Happens: From Biochemistry and Statistical Physics to Cell Biology and Neuroanatomy in Development of the TSM1 Axon of Drosophila

Edward Giniger, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (National Institutes of Health)
404A Biological Sciences

New Chemically Driven Strategies to Understand and Control the Mammalian Epigenome

Nate Hathaway, Division of Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry (University of North Carolina)
404A Biological Sciences

Modeling Disease of the Peripheral Nervous System Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

Nadja Zeltner (University of Georgia)
Nadja Zeltner (University of Georgia) Nadja Zeltner, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (University of Georgia)
404A Biological Sciences
American Alligator

A Means to Adapt, a Means to Disrupt: Epigenome-by-Environment Dynamics Underlying Sex Determination and Reproductive Perturbations in the American Alligator

404A Biological Sciences
zebrafish

Triggers of Tissue Regeneration in Zebrafish

Ken Poss, Department of Cell Biology (Duke University School of Medicine)
404A Biological Sciences

Novel Compounds to Treat Helminth Infection, Redesigned Antimalarials for Chemoprotection and Repurposing Compounds to Combat NTDs

Case McNamara, Infectious Diseases (California Institute for Biomedical Research)
404A Biological Sciences

Role of STIM Proteins in Modulating the Dynamic Range of Store-Operated Ca2+ Entry

Indu Ambudkar, Center for Cancer Research (National Institutes of Health)
404A Biological Sciences

HIV Induces Synaptic Hyperexcitation Via cGMP-dependent Protein Kinase II Activation in the FIV Infection Model

Seonil Kim, Department of Biomedical Sciences (Colorado State University)
404A Biological Sciences

The DLK-Dependent Stress Response in Neurodegenerative Disease and Pain

S175 Coverdell Center

Trafficking and Drugs - New Paradigms in Opioid Physiology

S175 Coverdell Center

Unraveling the Composition and Function of the Toxoplasma gondii Inner Membrane Complex

230 Pharmacy South

Genetic Regulation of Mammalian Sex Differentiation

230 Pharmacy South

Sex in a Green Alga: Conserved Mechanisms of Ciliary Signaling and Cell-Cell Fusion

S175 Coverdell Center

Stem Cell Therapies for Male Infertility

S175 Coverdell Center

Remodelling of Host Cells by Malaria Parasites

Room S175 Coverdell Center

Global Metabolic Profiles Distinguish Acute and Chronic Malaria in Rhesus Macaques and Humans

S175 Coverdell Center

Dissecting the mRNA Dynamics of the Malaria Parasite

S175 Coverdell Center

Genome Instability and Programmed DNA Elimination in Parasitic Nematodes

S175 Coverdell Center

Tipping the Scales: Host Factors and Susceptibility to Severe Influenza Infection

S175 Coverdell Center

Immune Regulation During Blood Stage Malaria

S175 Coverdell Center

Systematic Identification of Antimalarial Drug Targets and Biomarkers of Infection

S175 Coverdell Center

Stem Cells, Gene Regulatory Networks, and the Evolution of Vertebrates

404A Biological Sciences Building

Centrosomes in development and disease

404A Biological Sciences Building

How new discoveries in mitochondrial biology are changing our views: from evolution to neurodegenerative disease

404B Biological Sciences Building

Broadly Protective and Universal Influenza Vaccines - Enhancing the Standard of Care

404A Biological Sciences Building

Investigating the Mitochondrial Heme Metabolon

404A Biological Sciences Building

Structure of IP3R Channel by Cryo-EM: from blob-ology to atomic details

404A Biological Sciences Building

Unusual signalling modules at the Toxoplasma-host interface

404A Biological Sciences Building

Ph.D. Career Development in the Biomedical Sciences

404A Biological Sciences Building

The Olfactory System Detects Internal Chemical Cues and Is Impacted by Obesity

404A Biological Sciences Building

Modeling Neural Disorders in Fruit Flies

404A Biological Sciences Building

Toxoplasma inflammasome activation

404A Biological Sciences Building

Using Zebrafish to Investigate Blood and Immune Cell Development and Disease

Room S175, Coverdell Center

Action Potentials: A Teaching Sample

Room 404B, Biological Sciences Bldg.

The Action Potential: Learning to Depolarize

Room 404B, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Be All In, or Get Out: Action Potential Initiation in the CNS

Room 404B, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Membrane Regulation of Autophagy and Cellular Remodeling

Room S175, Coverdell Center

Bacteria-Host Interactions and the Circadian Clock

Room S175, Coverdell Center

Multifaceted Role of Plk1 in Centriole Cycle

Room S175, Coverdell Center

CANCELLED - Unraveling the Composition and Function of the Toxoplasma Inner Membrane Complex

Room S175, Coverdell Center

CANCELLED - Stem Cells, Gene Regulatory Networks, and the Evolution of Vertebrates

Room S175, Coverdell Center

From Transduction to Transmission: Understanding Mechanosensory Hair Cells Using Zebrafish

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

The Retrotransposon Storm Hypothesis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Room S175, Coverdell Center

Off With Their Heads: Using Planarians to Understand Brain Regeneration

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Modeling Disease of the Peripheral Nervous System Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

CCRC Auditorium

Trust Your Gut: The Control of Growth, Patterning and Drug Response to the Intestinal Epithelium

Room S175, Coverdell Center

Links Between Breast Development and Breast Cancer Risk

Room S175, Coverdell Center

Ngly1 (A Cytosolic Peptide:N-Glycanase) --A Deglycosylating Enzyme Involved in the Non-Lysosomal Catabolism of N-Glycoproteins

CCRC Auditorium

Fishing for the Regulators of Tissue Regeneration

CCRC Auditorium

Wnt Signaling Regulates Collective Cell Migration During Organ Formation

Room S175, Coverdell Center

Stem Cell Based Kidney Regeneration

CCRC Auditorium

Cellular and Molecular Regulation of Mammalian Heart Regeneration

CCRC Auditorium

Lateralization of a Forebrain to Midbrain Pathway

Room S175, Coverdell Center

Tracing Adipocyte Origins and Metabolism

CCRC Auditorium

Orai1 From Microdomains to Microbiome

Room S175, Coverdell Center

Evolution of an Activity-Regulated Factor in the Primate Brain

CCRC Auditorium

Capturing the Ground State of Human Pluripotency

CCRC Auditorium

Defining the Mechanisms Regulating Mammalian Male Germ Cell Differentiation

Room S175, Coverdell Center

Shedding Light on Photoreceptor Development, Patterning and Evolution

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Epigenetic Control of the Cell Cycle During Animal Development

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Determinants of the Stem Cell State in the Mammalian Male Germline

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Go Nuts for the Prostate

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Molecular Etiology of Craniofacial Ciliopathies

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Dissecting the Regulation of Plasmodium Development

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Dynamic Modeling of Membrane Trafficking Reveals How Insulin Regulates Glucose Transport

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Arf Family GTPases in Cell Motility and Synaptic Signaling

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

CANCELLED - How the Nuclear Envelope Controls Genome Function

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Surviving in a Hostile Host: The Pathogenesis and Virulence Malaria

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Mitochondrial Parts, Pathways, and Pathogenesis

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Insights into the Initiation of Eukaryotic DNA Replication

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

CANCELLED, TO BE RESCHEDULED- From Ph.D. to J-O-B: Understanding the Career Development and Choices of Biomedical Ph.D. Students and Postdocs

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Illuminating Macromolecular Assemblies at the Cell Surface with Super-Resolution Microscopy

Room 404B, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Focus Reduction Assay: An Alternative Method for Characterization of H3N2 Influenza Viruses

Room 404B, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Breaking Barriers to Reveal Insights into Dormancy and Antimalarial Drug Resistance

Room S175, Coverdell Center

The Molecular Motors that Mediate Selective Transport in Neurons

S175, Coverdell Center

Deciphering Contact-Signaling Codes of Neural Morphogenesis in Neural Circuit Assembly

S175, Coverdell Center

Quantitative Analysis of Functions of F-BAR Proteins in Endocytosis and Cytokinesis

S175, Coverdell Center

Activity-Based Proteomics: Applications for Enzyme and Inhibitor Discovery

Room S175, Coverdell Center

Fishing for Clues into Vertebrate Development, Evolution, and Regeneration

Room S175, Coverdell Center

Action at a Stem Cell Niche

Room S175, Coverdell Center

Spindle Formation and Chromosome Stability in Oocytes

Room S175, Coverdell Center

Stuck in Traffic: Protein Transport in Cilia Assembly, Maintenance, and Repair

Room S175, Coverdell Center

Piezo1: How Neural Stem Cells Channel Their Stress

Room S175, Coverdell Center

Sorting Out Membrane Traffic: Protein Quality Control in the Secretory and Endocytic Pathways

*Room 404B, Biological Sciences Bldg

Establishing a Hospitable Intracellular Environment: How Malaria Parasites Interact with Their Host Cells

Room S175, Coverdell Center

Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Self-Recognition Mediated by the Clustered Protocadherins

Room S175, Coverdell Center

Mechanisms of Muscle Contraction

Room 404B, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Mechanisms of Muscle Contraction

Room 404B, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Nuclear Hormone Receptors: Unraveling Gene Expression Programs and Illuminating an Understudied Disease

Room S175, Coverdell Center

Mechanisms of Muscle Contraction

Room 404B, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Building the Brain's Connections: Actomyosin Regulation in Neuronal Development

Room S175, Coverdell Center

Mechanisms of Muscle Contraction

Room 404B, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Plasmodium Parasites Hijack the Mammalian Fibrinolytic System to Infect the Mosquito and the Host

Room H203, Vet Med Bldg

Dealing with Inhospitality: Toxoplasma's Strategies to Manipulate Host Immunity

Room S175, Coverdell Center

Evidence-Based Approaches to Curriculum Reform and Assessment

Room S175, Coverdell Center

Eph Receptors are Novel Targets for Adjunctive Therapies in Malaria Pathogenesis

Room H203, Vet Med Bldg

Developmental Control of Replication Timing and Chromosome Architecture

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Tales from the Spermatogonial Stem Cell Niche

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

An Integrated Functional Genetics Toolkit for Human Malarial Parasites

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Mitochondrial Behavior

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Cell Cycle Variations in Development and Cancer

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Undergraduates' Solutions to Problems about Key Concepts in Biology

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Immune Regulation During Malaria and Leishmaniasis

*Room S175, Coverdell Center

About the Dangers, Costs and Benefits of Living an Aerobic Lifestyle

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Applying Synthetic Biology to Vaccines and Therapeutics

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

RESCHEDULED FOR SPRING - Activity-Based Proteomics: Application for Enzyme and Inhibitor Discovery

Room 404B, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Distributed Spectral Graph Methods for Analyzing Large-Scale Unstructured Biomedical Data

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Virulence Determinants of Toxoplasma gondii: Of Mice and Men

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Killing and Eating Neurons: Mechanisms of Retrograde Apoptotic Signaling and Phagocytic Clearance of the Cell Corpses

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Water Bears: A New Model for Probing How Animal Body Plans Evolve and How Biological Materials Can Survive Extremes

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Cancelled and will be rescheduled

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Small Molecule Tools for the Study of Protease Function: Applications to Cancer and Infectious Diseases

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Ciliary and Flagellar Motility: From Molecules to Collective Motion

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Germline and Somatic Genomes, Programmed DNA Rearrangements: What's a Single Cell Doing with Them?

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Cancelled & Rescheduled for Fall, August 25th - Distributed Spectral Graph Methods for Analyzing Large-Scale Unstructured Biomedical Data

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Mechanism and Regulation in Microtubule Dynamics

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Ion and Nutrient Transport in Bloodstream Malaria Parasites

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Tu Be or Not Tu Be: How do Biological Tubes Develop?

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Untying the Gordian Knot: Evolution of the Eukaryotic Cell

Mark A. Farmer (University of Georgia)
Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Indefatigable Naturalists: Wallace and Darwin on the Evolutionary Trail

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

On Some Unsolved Problems in Biology

Tate Theatre

Building Brown Adipose Tissue from Muscle Stem Cells

S715, Paul Coverdell Center

Examining How Nanometer-Sized Proteins Build Dynamic Micron-Sized Cellular Structures

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Making Up Your Mind: The Integration of Interneurons into Brain Networks

S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Cilia and Centrosomes Coordinate Intercellular Signaling and Development

404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

TET Proteins and the Regulation of DNA Methylation

404B, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Control of Regulatory T cell Homeostasis and Function

404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Chemical Biology of Epigenetic Enzymes

404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Getting Superresolution Throughout Your Organism. Recent Progress in High Resolution Microscopy

404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Mechanisms and Functions of Nrf2 Signaling: Stress Defense, Aging and Stem Cells

404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Calcium and Cyclic AMP: Visualizing New Connections Between Old Messengers in Living Cells

404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Exploring How Cells Obtain Their Shape with Super-Resolution Microscopy

404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

New Roles for Polyphosphate in Blood Clotting, Thrombosis and Inflammation

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

New Strategies for Vaccine Design: Learning from the Immune System

404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Neuroendocrine Control of Drosophila Development Timing, Body Size and Behavior

404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Visualizing Neuronal Electrical Activity

404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Modern Electron Microscopy Techniques Provide New Windows into Cilia Morphology

404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Mechanistic Understanding of Neural Stem Cell and Microcephaly Disease

404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

CANCELLED - New Roles for Polyphosphate in Blood Clotting, Thrombosis and Inflammation

404A Biological Sciences Bldg.

New Insights Into Retina and Brain Formation by Study of Mutations in the Amphibian Xenopus

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Regulation of Genome Stability by Lysine Methyltransferases in Neurospora crassa

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Host-Pathogen Interactions: A Biochemist's Perspective

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

The Ins and Outs of Making Gametes

Cordula Schulz (University of Georgia)
Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

New Methods to Peek and Poke at GTPases in Living Cells

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Deciphering Brain Codes and Logics for Olfactory Perception and Behavior in a Drosophila Model

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Trypanosome Mitochondrial DNA Polymerases on the Move

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Store-operated Calcium Channels: From Cells to Molecules, Molecules to Mice

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

CANCELLED - The Consilient Mr. Wallace: Insights from Alfred Russel Wallace's "Species Notebook" of 1855-1859

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

CANCELLED - Neuroendocrine Control of Drosophila Developmental Timing, Body Size and Behavior

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Keeping Basal Bodies In line: Centrins and SFR Proteins

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Cell Biology and Drug Discovery at the Host-Plasmodium Interface

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Chew Your Food: Trogocytosis Contributes to Human Cell Killing and Tissue Invasion by Entamoeba histolytica

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Metabolic Warfare: How Host-Pathogen Interactions Shape Populations

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

How Motors and Maps Build Muscle in Drosophila and Mammals

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

It's No Fluke! Using Planarians to Understand Schistosomes

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Red Blood Cell Variation and Malaria Infection

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Generating the Chemical Complexity of Tubulin: Insights from Structural and Functional Studies of Tubulin Post-Translational Modification Enzymes

404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

High-Throughput Discovery: Finding Function in DNA-encoded Libraries

Room 404A, Biological Sciences

Trypanosoma cruzi Extracellular Vesicles: Molecular Composition and Biological Roles

Room 404A, Biological Sciences

The Viral Force Within Protozoan Parasites (Leishmania Meets the Dark Side)

Room 404A, Biological Sciences

How Virulence Proteins from Eukaryotic Pathogens Enter Plant and Animal Cells to Promote Disease

Room 404A, Biological Sciences

Regulation of Planar Cell Polarity During Vertebrate Morphogenesis

Room 404A, Biological Sciences

Single Molecule Approaches to Molecular and Cellular Motility

Room 404A, Biological Sciences

Generating the Chemical Complexity of Tubulin: Insights from Structural and Functional Studies of Tubulin Post-Translational Modification Enzymes

Room 404A, Biological Sciences

*Cancelled* Keeping Basal Bodies In Line: Centrins and SFR Proteins

Room 404A, Biological Sciences

Mechanisms of Cell Cycle Regulation: Insights From a Parasitic Protozoan

Room 404A, Biological Sciences

Kinases Galore: How Cells Control the Length of Their Flagella

Room 404A, Biological Sciences

Teaching Biochemistry to Practitioners and Consumers of Healthcare

Room 404A, Biological Sciences

Cell Signaling, Pattern Formation, and Enhancer Evolution

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Getting to the Top: Regulation of Apicobasal Polarity and Trafficking by the Membrane Skeleton

Room S175 Paul D. Coverdell Center

Actin Dynamics in Cell Motility: A Story from the Monomeric Side

Room S175 Paul D. Coverdell Center

Host and Parasite Determinants that Influence the Outcome of Toxoplasma gondii Infection

Room S175 Paul D. Coverdell Center

How Chlamydomonas Flagella Provided the Foundation for the Ciliary Basis of Disease

Room S175 Paul D. Coverdell Center

Gradients and Networks That Pattern the Fly Embryo

Room S175 Paul D. Coverdell Center

Gene Sharing and Evolution: The Narrative Nature of Science

Room S175 Paul D. Coverdell Center

The Evolution of Viruses into Obligate Beneficial Symbionts: Coordination of Host Cell and Virus Gene Function

Room S175 Paul D. Coverdell Center

Signaling and Cell Fate Specification in Mammalian Development

Room S175 Paul D. Coverdell Center

Finding the Path to Dynein Assembly: Why Every Sperm Needs a Chaperone

Room S175 Paul D. Coverdell Center

Septins: Novel Cytoskeletal Elements With Diverse Functions

Room S175 Paul D. Coverdell Center

Moving in and Renovating: Invasion and Remodeling of the Human Erythrocyte by the Malaria Parasite

404B, Biological Sciences Bldg.

A Darwinian View of Immune System Development

Room S175 Paul D. Coverdell Center

Transformation of Sensory Cues to Behavior in Drosophila

404D, Biological Sciences Building

Antiparasitic Drug Discovery in the Animal Health Industry

404D, Biological Sciences Building

Galectin-9 and Neuroinflammation

404D, Biological Sciences Building

Plant Vegetative and Animal Cytoplasmic Actins Share Functional Competence for Spatial Development with Protists: Biomedical Applications

404D, Biological Sciences Building

Chemical Probes of Embryonic Signaling and Patterning

404D, Biological Sciences Building

Genetic Manipulations in the Fruit Fly Fight Club: The Role of Amine Neurons in Aggression Studied at a Single Cell Level

404D, Biological Sciences Building

Integrins and the Immune Response

404D, Biological Sciences Building

The Molecular Genetics and Genomics of Anopheline Olfaction Drive Novel Approaches to Modify Insect Behavior

404D, Biological Sciences Building

From Kornberg to Cajal: RNA, Metabolism, and Cellular Organization

404D, Biological Sciences Building

Dissection of the Circuitry Underlying Courtship Behavior in Drosophila melanogaster

404D, Biological Sciences Building

Light Biochemistry: Photo-Nucleases, Photo-Cages, Photo-“Click” Ligation, etc.

404D, Biological Sciences Building

Sex, Cilia, and Stress in C. elegans

404D, Biological Sciences Building

Intracellular Calcium Signaling: The Inner Life of Cells

404D, Biological Sciences Building

MicroRNSs and Hypoxia in Stemness and Re-programming

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Neuronal Stem Cells in Drosophila: Their Utility for Understanding the Development, Evolution and Functioning of the Insect CNS

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Antifungal Chemical Cues as Leads for Drug Discovery

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Direct Delivery Mechanisms of Morphogen Dispersion

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Transmission of Neurodegenerative Disease: A Common Mechanism of Pathogenesis

404B, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Academic Syntax and Industrial Grammar: Adventures in Translation from Clinic to Bench and Back Again in HCV

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

How Molecular Motors Work

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Enhancing Immunity to Liver-and Blood-Stage Plasmodium Infection

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Pathogens as Perturbagens: Exploiting Genomic Technologies to Identify Novel Regulators of Host Immunity

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Cytoskeletal Architecture and Cytoplasmic Organization: Lessons from a Non-Conformist

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Chaperoning the Intraerythrocytic Life Cycle of Plasmodium falciparum

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Pattern Formation and Regeneration in a Single Cell

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Maintenance of the Stem Cell Population in the C. elegans Germ Line

Dr. David Hansen, Department of Biological Sciences (University of Calgary)
Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Modeling Dystroglycan-Related Muscular Dystrophy in the Mouse

Dr. Aaron Beedle, Department of Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences (University of Georgia)
Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

RNA Dependent Chromatin Organization

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Mechanisms of Spindle Assembly and Chromosome Segregation

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Carbohydrate-Based Cancer Vaccines and Immune Modulators

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

The Control of EGF Receptor Activity and Axis Formation in Drosophila

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Transcription and the Three-Dimensional Organization of the Nucleus

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Transporters and microRNAs in Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Heparan Sulfate in Vascular Development

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Minimal but Essential Mitochondrion of Malaria Parasites

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Calcium Signaling in Malaria Parasites

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Regulation of Development and Lifespan by Small Molecules in C.elegans

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Pathogenic Bacteria Inhibit Eukaryotic Intracellular Membrane Fusion Pathways

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Transcriptional Control of Cell Type Specification in the Drosophila Eye

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Sorting of the Alzheimer's Disease Amyloid Precursor Protein Mediated by AP-4

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Cilia, Flagella, and Disease

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Changing the Immunological Landscape at Mucosal Surfaces

Kimberly D. Klonowski (University of Georgia)
Room S175, Coverdell Center

Motility and More: Cell Propulsion and Signaling Functions of the Trypanosome Flagellum

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

A Life Less Ordinary: Novel Protein Transport Signals, Pathways and Machinery in Apicomplexa

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Imaging and Dissecting Malaria Parasite Migration During Transmission

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Building the Trypanosome Cell Surface and Translating Science into Therapeutics

Room 404B, Biological Sciences Bldg.

Functional Genomic Study of Lipid-Droplet Biogenesis and Mobilization

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Processing of Color Information

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Mechanisms of Immuno-Regulation at Barrier Surfaces

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Re-Engineering S. Cerevisiae to Dissect the Complexities of Aging

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Gle1 is a Multifunctional Regulator of DEAD-Box Helicases in mRNA Export and Translation

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Centromere Epigenetics in Fission Yeast

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Synthetic Biologies: New Approaches to Temporally Alter Cell Signaling

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Delineating the Regulatory Mechanisms of Signaling Proteins: A Systems Biology Approach

Room S175, Paul Coverdell Center

Angiogenesis in Myeloma: Role of Micorenvironment in Cancer

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Building

Structure, Function, and Evolution of Multicomponent Cell Adhesion Assemblies

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Building

Novel Functions for Spliceosomal Sm Proteins in RNA Localization

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Building

Mutations in an RNA Binding Protein that Controls Poly(A) Tail Length Lead to Intellectual Disability/Mental Retardation in Humans and Neuronal Dysfunction in Flies: Size Matters

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Building

The Short and Long of Memory CD8 T Cell Development

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Building

Form and Function of the Auditory Sensory Organ: Planar Cell Polarity Signaling in the Mammalian Inner Ear

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Building

Sleep Tight: Modeling Restless Legs Syndrome in Drosophila

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Building

Is the Sun Setting on Melanoma? Asssessing Novel Compounds to Target Cutaneous Disease

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Building

Regulation of T Helper Cell Differentiation and Cytokine Production by the Serine/Thereonine Kinase MAP3K8

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Building

Proteomics in Ubiquitin and Neurodegeneration Research

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Building

Engineered Tools for Exploring Lipid Transport in Lymphatic Health and Disease

Room 404A, Biological Sciences Building

Stem Cells to Create a Pancreas and Recreate Human Diabetes


Skin Stem Cells in Biology and Medicine


Formation of Malignant Cancer Cells


An Enzyme that Becomes an Actin Filament as it Assembles a Chain of Inorganic Polyphosphate


Hedgehog Signaling in Development and Disease


The Encyclopedia of Life


Avenues of Protein Transport from the Trans Golgi to the Cell Surface in Yeast


Protein Targeting


Proteolysis and the Exit from Mitosis

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