2021-2022 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 4, 2021 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Stuart B Goodman MD PhD FRCSC FACS FBSE FIOR FORS |
“Inflammation, Bone Loss and Tissue Regeneration: From Particle Disease to Tissue Engineering” JOINT Seminar Series (Virtual presentation via Zoom/In-person (30 max)) In-person Join Zoom Meeting |
| October 25, 2021 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Rick Sumner, PhD |
“Joint Health T32 Updates and New Research Directions” JOINT Seminar Series (Virtual presentation via Zoom/In-person (25 max)) In-person Join Zoom Meeting |
| November 1, 2021 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Jitesh Pratap, PhD |
“Regulation of Microtubule Dynamics in Cell Differentiation and Cancer Metastasis” JOINT Seminar Series (Virtual presentation via Zoom/In-person (25 max)) In-person Join Zoom Meeting |
| December 6, 2021 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
John Martin, PhD Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Duke University |
“Translational imaging and bioinformatics tools for predicting spine disease and low back pain” JOINT Seminar Series (Virtual presentation via Zoom/In-person (25 max)) In-person Join Zoom Meeting |
| December 13, 2021 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Chundo Oh, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush Medical College |
“The role of CCL2 in intervertebral disc degeneration” JOINT Seminar Series (Virtual presentation via Zoom/In-person (25 max)) In-person Join Zoom Meeting |
| January 10, 2022 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Mozart Queiroz Neto, PhD Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Rush University Medical Center |
“A Metallurgical Journey through Orthopedic Implants in 2022” Virtual JOINT Seminar Series Join Zoom Meeting |
| January 24, 2022 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Aron S. Buchman, MD |
“Laboratories without walls: Leveraging community-based cohort studies to elucidate the biology of late-life motor impairment” Virtual JOINT Seminar Series Join Zoom Meeting |
| January 31, 2022 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Sriram Ravindran, PhD Associate Professor Oral Biology College of Dentistry University of Illinois at Chicago |
“miRNA based EV engineering for regenerative medicine” Virtual JOINT Seminar Series Join Zoom Meeting |
| February 7, 2022 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Eshwar Reddy Tammineni, PhD Post-Doctoral Fellow Rush University Medical Center Department of Physiology & Biophysics |
“Calcium dysregulation in muscle leads to diabetes but also puts corrective pathways to work” Virtual JOINT Seminar Series Join Zoom Meeting |
| February 28, 2022 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Kharma Foucher, PhD Associate Professor Kinesiology and Nutrition University of Illinois Chicago |
“Biomechanical & energetic factors associated with physical activity limitations in osteoarthritis” JOINT Seminar Series (Virtual presentation via Zoom/In-person (25 max)) In-person Join Zoom Meeting |
| March 14, 2022 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Georgia Papavasiliou, PhD Professor Associate Chair of Undergraduate Academic Affairs Department of Biomedical Engineering Illinois Institute of Technology |
“Engineering Hydrogel Biomaterials at the Nano and Macro Scales for Tissue Regeneration” JOINT Seminar Series (Virtual presentation via Zoom/In-person) In-person Join Zoom Meeting |
| March 21, 2022 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Deneen M. Wellik, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Cell & Regenerative Biology University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health |
“A critical role for Hox genes in skeletal development, maintenance and repair” JOINT Seminar Series (Virtual presentation via Zoom/In-person) In-person Join Zoom Meeting |
| March 28, 2022 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Luisa A. DiPietro, DDS, PhD Professor, UIC Scientific Director for the Chicago Biomedical Consortium Director, UIC Center for Wound Healing & Tissue Regeneration Periodontics |
“The End Game: Apoptosis and Fibrosis in Wound Healing” JOINT Seminar Series (Virtual presentation via Zoom/In-person) In-person Join Zoom Meeting |
| April 18, 2022 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Elisa Budyn, PhD Mechanical Engineering, Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences University of Illinois at Chicago |
“Growing Human Bone in a Bone-on-Chip” JOINT Seminar Series (Virtual presentation via Zoom/In-person) In-person Join Zoom Meeting |
| April 25, 2022 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Kelsey H. Collins, PhD Research Instructor in the Guilak Laboratory Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Washington University in St. Louis |
“Using Patient-Relevant Outcomes and Tissue Engineering Strategies to Study Fat-Cartilage Crosstalk” JOINT Seminar Series (Virtual presentation via Zoom/In-person) In-person Join Zoom Meeting |
| May 2, 2022 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Christine Lary, PhD Senior Biostatistician and Faculty Scientist I Maine Medical Center Research Institute |
“Bone and metabolic changes that precede dementia diagnosis and the role of Alpha Synuclein” JOINT Seminar Series (Virtual presentation via Zoom/In-person) In-person Join Zoom Meeting |
| June 6, 2022 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Uruj Zehra MBBS, MPhil, PhD Institute of Health Sciences Associate Professor of Anatomy at the University of Health Sciences Lahore, Pakistan |
“My years in spine and musculoskeletal research from Bristol to Lahore” JOINT Seminar Series (Virtual presentation via Zoom only) Join Zoom Meeting |
| June 20, 2022 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Charles A. O’Brien, PhD |
“Osteoclast formation: who’s in control?” JOINT Seminar Series (Virtual presentation via Zoom only) Join Zoom Meeting |
| August 29, 2022 Monday, 3-4 p.m. |
Tristan Maerz, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Michigan |
“Cellular and molecular mediators of synovial fibrosis and inflammation in osteoarthritis” JOINT Seminar Series (Virtual presentation via Zoom/In-person) In-person Join Zoom Meeting |
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