2019-2020 academic year seminars and presentations schedule
The joint seminar series and departmental presentations are held in Auditorium 160 Cohn Research Building (1735 W. Harrison St., Chicago, IL 60612), unless noted otherwise.
| Day and Time | Speaker | Title of Talk |
|---|---|---|
| August 26, 2019 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Georgia Papavasiliou, PhD Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Illinois Institute of Technology |
"Engineered Hydrogels for Regenerative Medicine and Drug Delivery" |
| September 18, 2019 Wednesday, 3-4 p.m. |
Frank Beier, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology Canada Research Chair in Musculoskeletal Research Western Bone and Joint Institute |
"The Ever Evolving Story of EGFR Signaling in Osteoarthritis" |
| October 18, 2019 Friday, 3-4 p.m. |
Tamara King, PhD |
"Osteoarthritis: Sex Differences in the Development of Joint Pain" |
| February 4, 2020 Tuesday, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. |
Mohammad Parnianpour, PhD Adjunct Professor Mechanical Engineering Sharif University of Technology |
"Muscles Role in Maintaining Spine Stable under Physiological Load" Please Note Room Change: |
| February 24, 2020 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Charles R. Farber, PhD Associate Professor, Public Health Sciences Associate Director, Center for Public Health Genomics University of Virginia School of Medicine |
"Human and Mouse Approaches to Unravel the Genetics of Osteoporosis" |
| March 2, 2020 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Warren L. Grayson, PhD Director, Laboratory for Craniofacial and Orthopaedic Tissue Engineering Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering John Hopkins School of Medicine |
"Functional Regeneration of Craniofacial Bone" |
| April 13, 2020 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Ryan Ross, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Cell & Molecular Medicine, Rush Medical College |
"Bone as an Endocrine Organ" Virtual JOINT Seminar Series |
| April 20, 2020 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Hannah J. Lundberg, PhD Associate Professor Director, Computational Biomechanics Laboratory Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush Medical College |
"Computational Biomechanics Laboratory Highlights" Virtual JOINT Seminar Series |
| April 27, 2020 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Rachel E. Miller, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Internal Medicine, Rush Medical College |
"Exploring Joint Development Using Single Cell RNA-seq" Virtual JOINT Seminar Series |
| May 4, 2020 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Genevieve Housman, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar University of Chicago, Section of Genetic Medicine |
"Identification of Evolutionary Changes in Gene Expression Using a Comparative Primate Skeletal Cell Culture Model and Single-Cell Genomics Methods" Virtual JOINT Seminar Series |
| May 11, 2020 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Markus Wimmer, PhD |
"Knee Joint Loads and Kinematics: New insights for current and future OA treatment" Virtual JOINT Seminar Series |
| June 1, 2020 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Carl Maki, PhD Associate Professor Department of Cell & Molecular Medicine, Rush Medical College |
"Prolyl Peptidases in Cancer: More Questions than Answers" Virtual JOINT Seminar Series |
| June 8, 2020 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Anna Spagnoli, MD |
"Skeletal Progenitors at the Crossroad between Regeneration and Inflammation" Virtual JOINT Seminar Series |
| June 15, 2020 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Robin Pourzal, PhD |
"What’s New in the World of Implant Retrieval Analysis?" Virtual JOINT Seminar Series |
To be added to our seminar/presentation email list, please email Rita Eaddy.