Academic Year 9/2020-8/2021

2020-2021 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
October 19, 2020 Monday, 3-4 p.m.	Sasha Shafikhani, PhD Associate Professor Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Cell Therapy, Rush Medical College	"Discovery of Novel Components of NLRC4 Inflammasome Through Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exotoxin T (ExoT)" Virtual JOINT Seminar Series
October 26, 2020 Monday, 3-4 p.m.	Lyndon F. Cooper, DDS, PhD Professor, Associate Dean for Research Department Head of Oral Biology College of Dentistry University of Illinois at Chicago	“Macrophage Exosomes: Paracrine Effectors of Bone Healing” Virtual JOINT Seminar Series
December 7, 2020 Monday, 3-4 p.m.	Louis G. Mercuri, DDS, MS Clinical Consultant TMJ Concepts Ventura, CA Visiting Professor Department of Orthopedic Surgery Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL Adjunct Professor Department of Bioengineering University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	“Alloplastic TMJ Replacement - Clinical and Research Update” Virtual JOINT Seminar Series
January 11, 2021 Monday, 3-4 p.m.	Steven Mell, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush Medical College	“Computational techniques to study the effect of component alignment on TKR wear” Virtual JOINT Seminar Series
January 25, 2021 Monday, 3-4 p.m.	Eva Liu, MD Assistant Professor Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School	“Molecular basis of complications of X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH)” Virtual JOINT Seminar Series
February 1, 2021 Monday, 3-4 p.m.	Glen Niebur, PhD Professor Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame	“Numerical and Experimental assessment of Mechanbiological Factors in Osseointegration” Virtual JOINT Seminar Series
February 8, 2021 Monday, 3-4 p.m.	Jennifer J. Westendorf, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic	“Phlpp phosphates: Novel therapeutic targets for degenerative joint disease” Virtual JOINT Seminar Series
February 22, 2021 Monday, 3-4 p.m.	John Hamilton, MD, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush Medical College	“Therapeutic Assessment of an Immunomodulator Based Approach to Control Periprosthetic Joint Infection” Virtual JOINT Seminar Series
March 8, 2021 Monday, 3-4 p.m.	W. Mark Erwin, DC, PhD Assistant Professor Divisions of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgery University of Toronto	“Biological Therapy for the Degenerative Disc: Biochemical, Molecular and Proteomic Lessons from Mother Nature” Virtual JOINT Seminar Series
March 15, 2021 Monday, 3-4 p.m.	Jun Li, PhD, MD Assistant Professor Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush Medical College	“Protective Effect of Metformin in Osteoarthritis Development and Beyond” Virtual JOINT Seminar Series
April 12, 2021 Monday, 3-4 p.m.	Erica Scheller, DDS, PhD Assistant Professor Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases Musculoskeletal Research Center Washington University School of Medicine	“Neural connections to the skeleton: from brain to bone” Virtual JOINT Seminar Series
April 26, 2021 Monday, 3-4 p.m.	Igho Ofotokun, MD, MSc Professor of Medicine Emory University School of Medicine	“Long Term Comorbidities in HIV: The Burden and The Biology” Virtual JOINT Seminar Series
May 17, 2021 Monday, 3-4 p.m.	Stuart R. Stock, PhD Research Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Northwestern Medicine	“Structures in the Mineralized Cartilage of Shark Vertebrae” Virtual JOINT Seminar Series
June 7, 2021 Monday, 3-4 p.m.	David Mayerich, PhD Associate Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Houston	“Multi-Modal Histology: Combining Structural and Molecular Imaging for Comprehensive Disease Phenotyping” Virtual JOINT Seminar Series

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