{"id":30,"date":"2017-06-28T23:00:17","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T03:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cell-biology\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2026-01-05T07:23:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T12:23:36","slug":"past-seminars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cell-biology\/past-seminars\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Seminars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seminars 2025<\/div><\/h3>

January\u00a0 7, 2025
\n<\/strong>Tabea Marx, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Gottingen, Germany. \"An ex vivo model system to visualize ovulation\" (Jaffe, Host)<\/p>\n

February\u00a0 26, 2025
\n<\/strong>Guangfu Li, UConn Health. \u201cImpact of western diet on the metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) and liver cancer\u201d\u00a0(Yee, Host)<\/p>\n

March\u00a0 12, 2025
\n<\/strong>Evelyn Houliston, Sorbonne Universit\u00e9, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France. \"Oocyte maturation and spawning in jellyfish Clytia\" (Terasaki, Host).<\/p>\n

May\u00a0 7, 2025
\n<\/strong>Allessandro Alessandrini, Mass General. \u201cThe Road to Tolerance: The Reprogramming and the Stealth Preservation of Immunogenicity within the Accepted Kidney Graft\u201d (Murphy, Host).<\/p>\n

June 6, 2025
\n<\/strong>Kenichi Miharada,<\/span> Kumamoto University, Japan. \"Unraveling novel fetal-maternal mechanisms regulating fetal development\" (Oguro, Host)<\/span>.<\/p>\n

July 30, 2025
\n<\/strong>Joanna Gell,<\/span> UConn School of Medicine, Connecticut Children\u2019s.\u201cUtilizing induced pluripotent stem cell derived primordial germ cell-like cells to gain insight into human germline development and tumorigenesis.\u201d(Inaba-Oguro, Host)<\/span>.<\/p>\n

October 8, 2025<\/strong>
\nNatalie Niemi<\/span>, Washington University in St. Louis.<\/span>\u00a0\u201cMitochondrial regulation from the inside out\u201d(Sarabipour, Host).<\/span><\/p>\n

October 10, 2025<\/strong>
\nLinda Rice<\/span>, Jazz Pharmaceuticals.<\/span> \u201cMy Med Comm Career and Top Writing Tips I've Learned along the way\u201d(Mehlmann, Host).<\/span><\/p>\n

October 29, 2025<\/strong>
\nGordon Carmichael, Cell and Genome Engineering Core, UConn Health. <\/span>\u201cThe Cell and Genome Engineering Core \u2013 how can we help?\u201d. (Jaffe, Host).<\/span><\/p>\n

November 12, 2025<\/strong>
\nNoor Jailkhani,<\/span> MIT and MatrisomeBio.\"Harnessing the Extracellular Matrix in disease: Nanobody-Based Strategies for Therapy and Diagnosis\" (Murhpy, Host).<\/span><\/p>\n

December 17, 2025<\/strong>
\nJordan Pober, <\/span>\u00a0Yale School of Medicine. \"Endothelial Cells in Organ Transplantation\u201d (Murphy, Host).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Seminars 2024<\/div><\/h3>

February 2, 2024
\n<\/strong>Ian Hitchcock, University of York. \"Even better than the real thing? Unlocking the functional pleiotropy of thrombopoietin\" (H. Oguro and V. Scanlon, Hosts) Joint seminar with Center of Regenerative Medicine & Skeletal Development. Hybrid<\/p>\n

March 6, 2024
\n<\/strong>Swathi Yadlapalli, University of Michigan. \"Structure and organization of circadian clocks\" (Inaba Oguro, Host). Hybrid<\/p>\n

March 13, 2024
\n<\/strong>Jamil R. Azzi, Harvard University. \u201cFrom the bench to the clinic and back\u201d (Terasaki, Host). Hybrid<\/p>\n

May 20, 2024
\n<\/strong>Karin Sipido, University of Leuven, Belgium, \u201cArrhythmias in ischemic cardiomyopathy\u201d (Yue and Papanno, Co-hosts). Hybrid<\/p>\n

May 28, 2024
\n<\/strong>Molly Moravek, University of Michigan. \"Mouse models to study reproductive effects of gender-affirming hormones\" (Mehlmann, Host). Joint seminar with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Hybrid<\/p>\n

October 1, 2024<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Elizabeth Chen, University of Texas Southwestern. \"Cell-Cell Fusion: Lessons from Flies, Fish and Mice\u201d. Cell Biology Department Retreat.<\/p>\n

October 15, 2024<\/strong>
\nT. Rajendra Kumar, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. \"Gonadotropin rerouting & new insights into ovarian biology\u201d (Egbert, Host).<\/p>\n

October 17, 2024
\n<\/strong>Caleigh Mandel-Brehm, Yale.\u00a0\u201cLinking autoantigens in extra-neural tumors to specific brain pathologies\u201d\u00a0(Jaffe, Host). Joint seminar with Neuroscience and the graduate student organization. Hybrid<\/p>\n

November 15, 2024
\n<\/strong>Elze Rackaityte, University of California, San Francisco. \u201cAutoantibody discovery for prevention of preterm delivery\u201d (Jaffe and Brewer, Hosts). Joint seminar with Obstetrics and Gynecology. Hybrid<\/p>\n

December 11, 2024<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Tom Seegar, University of Cincinnati. \u201cStructural Basis for the Inhibition of the ADAM17-iRhom Complex\u201d (Murphy, Host). Hybrid<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Seminars 2023<\/div><\/h3>

March 29, 2023
\n<\/strong>Stuart Newfeld, Arizona State University. \u201cTGF-beta signaling regulates insulin expression in adult females\u201d (Inaba, Host). Hybrid<\/p>\n

April 19, 2023
\n<\/strong>Orna Cohen-Fix, The National Institutes of Health. \u201cThe Centriculum: a centrosome-associated membrane that affects centrosome structure and function\u201d (Terasaki, Host). Hybrid<\/p>\n

May 24, 2023
\n<\/strong>Jessica Rouge, UConn, Storrs. \u201cOvercoming biological barriers to nucleic acid delivery using enzymatically released DNA surfactant conjugates\u201d (Smilowitz, Host). Hybrid<\/p>\n

June 7, 2023
\n<\/strong>Juliette Fedry, Utrecht University. \u201cVisualization of translation and protein biogenesis at the ER membrane\u201d. (Jaffe, Host). Hybrid<\/p>\n

June 9, 2023
\n<\/strong>Hitoshi Takizawa, Kumamoto University, Japan. \u201cA crosstalk between microbial signals and hematopoiesis\u201d. (Oguro, Host). Hybrid<\/p>\n

July 10, 2023
\n<\/strong>Goro Yoshizaki, Tokyo University of Marine Science & Technology. \"Manipulation of germ-line stem cell in fish: Can mackerel produce bluefin tuna gametes?\"(Inaba, Host). Hybrid<\/p>\n

October 18, 2023
\n<\/strong>Kim Jonas, King's College, London. \"Understanding the role(s) of gonadotrophin hormone receptor oligomerization in reproductive function and aging\". (Jaffe, Host). Hybrid<\/p>\n

November 8, 2023
\n<\/strong>Sei Yoshida, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.\u00a0 \"Macropinocytosis-AKT\/mTORC1 pathway in human health and diseases\". (Inaba Oguro, Host). Hybrid<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Seminars 2022<\/div><\/h3>

February 16, 2022
\n<\/strong>Andrew Collins, Bio-Rad Laboratories. \"The Power of Partitioning: Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR)\" (Lowther, Host). Web Presentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

February 21, 2022
\n<\/strong>Amanda Kallen, Yale University. Joint seminar with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. \"From genomic junk to rising stars: novel, noncoding RNA mediators of ovarian aging\u201d (Jaffe and Brewer, co-hosts). Webex.<\/p>\n

March 23, 2022
\n<\/strong>Francesca Duncan, Northwestern University. \"The first to age: mechanisms of ovarian aging\". Joint seminar with the center on aging (Mehlmann and Kuchel, co-Hosts). Webex.<\/p>\n

April 7, 2022
\n<\/strong>Indra Chandrasekar, South Dakota Univ.<\/span>, \u201cUnique functional role(s) for MYH9 in two distinct kidney cell types: possible answers to MYH9 related disease\u201d (Terasaki w\/Trivedi, Nephrology). Webex.<\/p>\n

April 13, 2022
\n<\/strong>Bill Skarnes, JAX, \u201cPrecise, high-efficiency editing of stem cells to probe human biology and model disease\u201d (Oguro, Host). Webex.<\/p>\n

June 21, 2022
\n<\/strong>Nathaniel Ponvert, \u201cInvestigation into membrane voltage polarization during sperm\/egg fusion in Arabidopsis\u201d (Jaffe, Host).<\/p>\n

September 21, 2022
\n<\/strong>Shinya Matsuda, University of Basel, CHE. \u201cInvestigating tissue patterning and growth by a morphogen gradient using novel synthetic protein binder tools\u201d (Inaba, Host). Webex.<\/p>\n

October 19, 2022
\n<\/strong>Chris Schaffer, Cornell University. \"Insight into cerebral vascular function, hemodynamics, and immune interactions by intravital multiphoton imaging\" (Murphy, Host). Hybrid.<\/p>\n

October 26, 2022
\n<\/strong>Jianjun Sun, UConn, Storrs.\u201c Drosophila model for interrogating ovulation mechanism and identifying novel contraceptive compounds\u201d (Inaba, Host). Webex.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Seminars 2021<\/div><\/h3>

March 17, 2021
\n<\/strong>Alexandra Naba, University of Illinois at Chicago. \"Exploring the roles of the extracellular matrix in health and disease using proteomics\"(Murphy, Host). Webex.<\/p>\n

March 31, 2021
\n<\/strong>Tim O'Connell, University of Minnesota. \u201cNovel alpha-1 adrenergic receptor antagonist without cardiovascular side-effects for the treatment of hypertension\u201d (Dodge-Kafka, Host). Webex.<\/p>\n

October 13, 2021
\n<\/strong>Georgia Zarkada, Yale School of Medicine. \u201cEndothelial cell heterogeneity during sprouting angiogenesis\u201d (Shapiro, Host). Webex.<\/p>\n

October 20, 2021
\n<\/strong>Ching Lau, Jax and Connecticut Children's Medical Center. \u201cDeveloping precision medicine for pediatric cancers: challenges and opportunities.\u201d (Smilowitz, Host).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Seminars 2020<\/div><\/h3>

January 29, 2020
\n<\/strong>Olga Anczuk\u022fw, Jackson Labs. \"Misregulation of Splicing Factors in Breast Cancer\" (Guo-Hua Fong, Host)<\/p>\n

March 4, 2020
\n<\/strong>Dianne Cox, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. \u201cTouched by a macrophage: macrophagetumor cell communication in tumor progression\u201d(Linda Shapiro, Host)<\/p>\n

March 18, 2020 (Postponed)
\n<\/strong>Eloy Bejarano, Tufts University. \u201cDetrimental Impact of Glycative Stress on Intercellular Communication and Autophagy\u201d\u00a0(Rachel Norris, Host)<\/p>\n

April 15, 2020 (Postponed)
\n<\/strong>Steve Rogers, University of North Carolina.\u201cControl of mechanosensation in Drosophila by the microtubule acetylase dTAT \u201d (Mark Terasaki, Host)<\/p>\n

April 29, 2020 (Postponed)
\n<\/strong>Chris Schaffer, Cornell University. (Pat Murphy, Host)<\/p>\n

May 6, 2020 (Postponed)
\n<\/strong>Tim O'Connell, University of Minnesota. (Kim Dodge-Kafka, Host)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Seminars 2019<\/div><\/h3>

February 6, 2019
\n<\/strong>Vito Mennella, University of Toronto. \u201cSuper-resolution imaging drives mechanism, discovery, and diagnosis of rare diseases\u201d (Rindy Jaffe, Host)<\/p>\n

March 27, 2019
\n<\/strong>Richard Cheney, University of North Carolina. \u201cCellular and organismal functions of myosin-X, a filopodial motor protein\u201d (Mark Terasaki, Host)<\/p>\n

April 3, 2019
\n<\/strong>Hideyuki Oguro, Jackson Laboratory. \u201cSystemic regulation of hematopoietic stem cell division and mobilization\u201d (Rindy Jaffe, Host)<\/p>\n

May 29, 2019
\n<\/strong>Jean-Ju Chung, Yale University.\u201cA novel pH-dependent Ca2+<\/sup> sensor that regulates CatSper channel activity and sperm motility\u201d (Lixia Yue, Host).<\/p>\n

August 30, 2019
\n<\/strong>Li Gan, Weill Cornell Medicine.\u201cProteostasis and Inflammation: New Insights and Therapeutic Strategies in Neurodegeneration\u201d(Pat Murphy, Host).<\/p>\n

September 25, 2019
\n<\/strong>Michael Buszczak, University of Texas, Southwestern. \"Genetic dissection of germ cell differentiation and function\u201d (Mayu Inaba, Host).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

October 2, 2019
\n<\/strong>Aylin Hanyaloglu, Imperial College London. \"Multi-dimensional programming of G protein-coupled receptor signaling; mechanisms and applications\"\u00a0(Rindy Jaffe, Host)<\/p>\n

October 23, 2019
\n<\/strong>Mariana Wolfner, Cornell University. \"Triggers of egg activation: using Drosophila to identify conserved and unique features\" (Rindy Jaffe, Host)<\/p>\n

November 27, 2019
\n<\/strong>Bela Anand-Apte, Cleveland Clinic. \"New insights into diabetic retinopathy and blood barrier disruption\" (Guo-Hua Fong, Host)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Seminars 2018<\/div><\/h3>

February 7, 2018<\/strong>
\nDuygu Ozpolat, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole. \"Tracing the cellular origins of germline formation and regeneration in the annelids.\" (Mark Terasaki, Host)<\/p>\n

April 4, 2018<\/strong>
\nJohn Lamar, Albany Medical College. \"The Hippo-YAP\/TAZ pathway and its role in cancer progression and metastasis.\" (Pat Murphy, Host)<\/p>\n

May 9, 2018<\/strong>
\nYukiko Yamashita, University of Michigan. \"Asymmetric stem cell division and germ cell immortality.\" (Mayu Inaba, Host)<\/p>\n

June 13, 2018<\/strong>
\nRong Wang, UCSF. \"Notch Signaling in Arterial and Venous Programming and Reprogramming.\" (Pat Murphy, Host)<\/p>\n

September 12, 2018<\/strong>
\nValentina Greco, Yale University. \"Principles of tissue dynamics and function captured by live imaging.\" (Mayu Inaba, Host)<\/p>\n

October 3, 2018<\/strong> (9 a.m., L7040A, joint with skeletal biology group)
\nLaurence Legeai-Mallet, University of Paris. \"Therapeutic Approaches for FGFR3-related disorders.\" (Leia Shuhaibar and Laurinda Jaffe, Hosts)<\/p>\n

October 3, 2018<\/strong>
\nGeoffrey Pitt, Cornell University. \"Lessons from the heart: New insights into physiology from ion channelopathies.\" (Lixia Yue, Host)<\/p>\n

November 28, 2018<\/strong>
\nAndrew Lichtman, Brigham & Women's Hospital. \"Immune Checkpoints in the Cardiovascular System.\" (Annabelle Rodriguez-Oquendo, Host)<\/p>\n

December 5, 2018<\/strong>
\nMario Delmar, New York University. \"Debunking the concept of one gene-one disease in inheritable sudden death.\" (Lixia Yue, Host)<\/span><\/p>\n

December 12, 2018<\/strong> (joint with skeletal biology group)
\nJulian Lui, National Institutes of Health. \"Dissecting physiological and pathophysiologically mechanisms in the skeletal growth plate.\" (Leia Shuhaibar and Laurinda Jaffe, Hosts)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Seminars 2017<\/div><\/h3>

December 13, 2017
\n<\/strong>Steven L'Hernault, Emory University. \"Looks Aren't Everything: What Nematode Sperm are Teaching Us about Conserved Aspects of Fertilization.\"<\/p>\n

November 29, 2017
\n<\/strong>Doug Tilley, Temple University. \"Fine -Tuning \u00df2-adernergic Receptor Signaling for Cardiac Repair.\"<\/p>\n

October 11, 2017
\n<\/strong>James Pru, Washington State University. \"PGRMC1 and PGRMC2 \u00a0Functions in Female Fertility and Disease.\"<\/p>\n

September 20, 2017
\n<\/strong>Diane Duffy, Eastern Virginia Medical School Norfolk, VA. \"Angiogenesis in the Ovulatory Follicle: Opportunities for Novel Contraceptive Development.\"<\/p>\n

July 31, 2017
\n<\/strong>Nita Maihle, Medical College of Georgia. \"EGF\/HER Receptor Isoforms: Form, Function, and Clinical Implications.\"<\/p>\n

May 24, 2017
\n<\/strong>Lane Christenson, University of Kansas Medical Center. \"Extracellular Vesicles and Cell to Cell Communication in Ovarian Follicles.\u201d<\/p>\n

April 18, 2017
\n<\/strong>Jim Hainfeld, Nanoprobes, Inc., Yaphank, NY, \"Biography of a Nanoparticle.\"<\/p>\n

April 12, 2017
\n<\/strong>Cahir O'Kane, University of Cambridge, \"Roles of spastic paraplegia proteins in axonal ER organisation in Drosophila.\"<\/p>\n

March 22, 2017
\n<\/strong>Sarah Xin Zhang, SUNY, Buffalo, \"Protein homeostasis and ER stress in Retinal Angiogenesis and Vascular Repair.\"<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Seminars 2016<\/div><\/h3>

October 21, 2016<\/strong>
\nJan Ellenberg, European Molecular Biology Laboratory Heidelberg, Germany, \"Imaging the assembly of protein complexes and the dynamics of protein.\"<\/p>\n

September 14, 2016<\/strong>
\nPaul Robson and Leah Kaye, Jackson Laboratory, \"Evolution and Development of the Human Primitive Syncytium: Determining the impact of the emergence of chorionic gonadotropin on FSH, LH, and TSH using a humanized mouse.\"<\/p>\n

June 9, 2016<\/strong>
\nHideyuki Oguro, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, \"Activation of hematopoietic stem cells by systemic signals.\"<\/p>\n

May 11, 2016<\/strong>
\nMelissa Rolls, Pennsylvania State University, \"Microtubule organization in axons versus dendrites.\"<\/p>\n

April 26, 2016<\/strong>
\nYanxun Yu, Brandeis University, MA.\u00a0\"From sensation to adaptation: new insights into thermosensation and thermal acclimation.\"<\/p>\n

March 29, 2016<\/strong>
\nMayu Inaba, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. \"Asymmetric stem cell division in Drosophila germline stem cells.\"<\/p>\n

February 3, 2016<\/strong>
\nElyse Donaubauer, Washington State University. \"Phospho-regulation of Y-Box binding protein 1 (YB1) in response to FSH stimulation in ovarian granulosa cells promotes induction of ERK-dependant target genes.\"<\/p>\n

January 29, 2016<\/strong>
\nJustin Cotney, UConn Health. \u201cFunctional Genomics Approaches to Understand Human Development, Evolution, and Disease.\u201d Joint seminar with the Skeletal Biology and Regeneration Graduate Program.<\/p>\n

January 22, 2016<\/strong>
\nAlexei Evsikov, Morsani College of Medicine, USF Health, University of South Florida. \u201cEmerging genetic networks in mammalian egg-to-embryo transition.\u201d<\/p>\n

January 19, 2016<\/strong>
\nMaria Rubio, University of Pittsburgh. \"Target- and input-dependent organization of AMPA and NMDA receptors in synaptic connections of the cochlear nucleus.\" Joint seminar with the Department of Neuroscience.<\/p>\n

January 13, 2016<\/strong>
\nEvan Smoak, University of Pennsylvania. \"Transgenerational Inheritance of Centromere Identity in the Mammalian Oocyte.\"<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Seminars 2015<\/div><\/h3>

October 14, 2015<\/strong>
\nFrank S. Menniti, Mnemosyne and Pharmaceuticals, Inc. \"Ketamine and depression: The most important psychiatric discovery in half a century.\" Joint seminar with the Department of Neuroscience.<\/p>\n

October 7, 2015<\/strong>
\nJoAnne Richards, Baylor College of Medicine. \"From ovulation to ovarian cancer -an unexpected journey.\" Joint seminar with the Department of Physiology and Neurology, Storrs.<\/p>\n

September 30, 2015<\/strong>
\nXue-Jun Li, Department of Neuroscience, UConn Health. \"Elucidating mechanisms of motor neuron development and degeneration using human pluripotent stem cells.\u201d<\/p>\n

July 29, 2015<\/strong>
\nRafael Fissore, UMASS-Amherst. \"Oddities in the regulation of Ca2+ homeostasis in mouse oocytes and eggs.\"<\/p>\n

June 23, 2015<\/strong>
\nSimon Lane, University of Southampton, UK. \"The meiotic checkpoint in mouse oocytes: A duel role in protecting genomic integrity.\"<\/p>\n

May 12, 2015<\/strong>
\nTed Rassmussen, UConn Storrs. \"Examining the epigenetics of preimplantation embryos and pluripotent stem cells.\"<\/p>\n

April 28, 2015<\/strong>
\nHugh J. Clarke, McGill University. \"Getting in touch with the neighbors: A new model of germ line-somatic communication in the ovarian follicle.\"<\/p>\n

April 21, 2015<\/strong>
\nJerid W. Robinson, Emory University. \"Parathyroid hormone and T cells in Bone: The Jekyll and Hyde of osteoimmunology.\"<\/p>\n

April 7, 2015<\/strong>
\nVirgil Muresan, Rutgers, NJ Medical School. \u201cLong-distance transport in neurons revisited: An unexplored function of the endoplasmic reticulum.\u201d<\/p>\n

March 19, 2015<\/strong>
\nDiego Boh\u00f3rquez , Duke University Medical Center. \"Where the Gut Meets the Brain.\"<\/p>\n

March 10, 2015<\/strong>
\nCahir O'Kane, University of Cambridge. \"Roles of Drosophila spastic paraplegia genes in organisation of\u00a0 axonal endoplasmic reticulum.\"<\/p>\n

January 27, 2015<\/strong>
\nJim Pru, Washington State University. \"Mechanisms of Endometrial Regeneration.\"<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Seminars 2014<\/div><\/h3>

October 28, 2014<\/strong>
\nMary Hunzicker-Dunn. Washington State University. \"FSH signaling in ovarian granulosa cells: How PKA hijacks other pathways to regulate gene expression.\" Joint seminar with the Endocrine Scholar Lecture Series.<\/p>\n

October 9, 2014<\/strong>
\nPeng Jin. Emory University School of Medicine. \"Molecular basis of Fragile X-related disorders.\" Joint seminar with the Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology.<\/p>\n

May 16, 2014<\/strong>
\nViacheslav Nikolaev. University of Goettingen. \"Imaging compartmentalized pools of cAMP to understand heart physiology and disease.\" Joint seminar with the Department of Cell Biology and Center for Vascular Biology<\/span>.<\/p>\n

April 29, 2014<\/strong>
\nGiulia Vigone. University of Pavia.\"The road towards follicle developmental competence: Cumulus cell markers and 3D in vitro<\/i> follicle culture.\"<\/p>\n

April 15, 2014<\/strong>
\nRachael Norris. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. \"Connexin43 Phosphorylation: Tales from the C-terminal tail.\"<\/p>\n

February 28, 2014<\/strong>
\nMarina Freudzon. Yale University. \"The unexpected roles of Langerhans cells in cutaneous carcinogenesis.\"<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Seminars 2013<\/div><\/h3>

November 12, 2013<\/strong>
\nNatalie Matijescukova. Veterinary Research Institute, Czech Republic. \"Oocyte spindle dancing to the cortex.\"<\/p>\n

October 17, 2013<\/strong>
\nRick H. Cote. Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire \u2013 Joint Seminar with the Department of MMSB. \"Structural basis for the activation of cGMP phosphodiesterase during the first steps in vision.\"<\/p>\n

June 4, 2013<\/strong>
\nEmre Seli, Yale University. \"Translational regulation of gene expression during oogenesis: the role of embryonic poly(A) binding protein.\"<\/p>\n

May 9, 2013<\/strong>
\nCarmen Dessauer, University of Texas-Houston. \"Spatial constraints of cAMP signaling: the next dimension in adenylyl cyclase regulation.\"<\/p>\n

March 26, 2013<\/strong>
\nYijun Ruan, Jackson Labs, Farmington, CT. \"ChIA-PET for 3D chromatin interaction architecture, transcription regulation, and disease.\"<\/p>\n

January 9, 2013<\/strong>
\nCarmen Williams, National Institute of Health\/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC. \"Outside-in calcium signaling is required for egg activation.\"<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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