Sponsored by the Kim Family Fund

"Endosomal pH as a therapeutic target for neurodegenerative disease"

Presenter:
Rijini Rao, PhD
Professor of Physiology
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Relevant citation:
http://www.pnas.org/content/115/28/E6640.long

Host: Dr. Vishwanatha Rao, vishwanatha@uchc.edu

“Extracellular vesicles: an ancient signaling system used by neurons”.

Presenter:
Raj Luxmi
Postdoc, Eipper/Mains lab

Relevant citation:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Proteases+Shape+the+Chlamydomonas+Secretome%3AComparison+to+Classical+Neuropeptide

Sponsored by the Kim Family Fund

“Connexin43 channels: New players in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Associated Cardiomyopathy"

Presenter:
Jorge E. Contreras
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ

Relevant citation:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960896616312020?via%3Dihub

Host: Dr. Zhao-Wen Wang, zwwang@uchc.edu

"The curious case of C1QL proteins"

Presenter:
Joyshree Biswas
Postdoc, Martinelli Lab

Sponsored by the Kim Family Fund

"CRISPR or ES Gene Targeting: A Tale of Two Paths to Manipulate the Mouse Genome"

Presenter: Siu-Pok Yee, Assistant Professor, Cell Biology. UConn Health, Farmington, CT

"Roles of the Mek/ERK1/2-MAPK and PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathways during developmental myelination in the CNS”.

Presenter: Akihiro Ishii, PhD
Instructor, Department of Neuroscience