Archives 2020-2021


Fall 2020, Virtual Seminar Series


Photo Details Speaker Organization Speech Title
Dr. Dean Sherry headshot Sept 29
2:30-4:00pm
Zoom Seminar
Dr. Dean Sherry University of Texas & University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Making Gadolinium-based MRI Agents Great Again! Will biologically responsive agents make it to the clinic?
Dr. Jordan Hamm Nov 17
2:30-4:00pm
Zoom Seminar
Dr. Jordan Hamm Georgia State University; Neuroscience Novel inroads to the neuropathology of schizophrenia through optical interrogation of neural circuits
Dr. Dr. Stephen Pandol headshot Dec 1
2:30-4:00pm
Zoom Seminar
Dr. Stephen Pandol Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Mechanisms of acute pancreatitis and molecular pathways for treatment


Spring 2021, Virtual Seminar Series


Photo Details Speaker Organization Speech Title
Dr. Mukesh Kumar headshot Feb 17
2:30-4:00pm
Zoom Seminar
Dr. Mukesh Kumar Georgia State University; Department of Biology Understanding SARS-CoV-2 Pathophysiology: From Mechanisms to Potential Therapeutic Targets
Dr. Claudiu T. Supuran headshot Mar 9
2:30-4:00pm
Zoom Seminar
Dr. Claudiu T. Supuran University of Florence (Italy); Chemistry Carbonic Anhydrases – Evergreen Drug Targets
Dr. Ekihiro Seki headshot Mar 30
2:30-4:00pm
Zoom Seminar
Dr. Ekihiro Seki Cedars Sinai Medical Center Immune Regulation of Liver Metastasis and Alcoholic Liver Disease
Dr. Jia Sheng headshot Apr 20
2:30-4:00pm
Zoom Seminar
Dr. Jia Sheng University of Albany (SUNY); Chemistry Understanding Nature’s Strategies to Diversify RNA Structures and Functions
Dr. Yaoqiu Zhu headshot May 11
2:30-4:00pm
Zoom Seminar
Dr. Yaoqiu Zhu University of Texas at El Paso; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Fixing A Problematic Drug, Plavix: Integrative Organic Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistry Studies for Overcoming Its Prominent Clinical Resistance and Elucidating Its Unique Action of Protein Modification and Signaling
Dr. Nicholas J Brown headshot May 18
2:30-4:00pm
Zoom Seminar
Dr. Nicholas G. Brown University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; School of Medicine Structural Mechanisms of Cell Cycle Regulation by the Anaphase Promoting Complex/Cyclosome
Dr. Xejun Wang headshot May 25
2:30-4:00pm
Zoom Seminar
Dr. Xejun Wang University of South Dakota; Biomedical Sciences Priming the Proteasome to Protect against Proteotoxic Stress
Dr. Jia Sheng headshot Jun 1
2:30-4:00pm
Zoom Seminar
Dr. Sruthi Ravindranathan Emory University; Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Receptor Signaling: A Novel Immune Checkpoint Pathway in GI Malignancies, Hiding in Plain Sight
Dr. Hongwei Yao headshot Jun 15
2:30-4:00pm
Zoom Seminar
Dr. Hongwei Yao Brown University Molecular Biology Metabolic reprogramming in bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Dr. Khan Hekmatyar headshot Jul 20
2:30-4:00pm
Zoom Seminar
Dr. Khan Hekmatyar Georgia State University, ATIF MRI Facility Practical Applications of Small Animal MRI For Your Research