Biochemistry & Biophysics UMass Seminars - Department of Veterinary & Animal Sciences. October 10th through December 5th.

OCTOBER 10th - Dr. P. Jeremy Wang - University of Pennsylvania; Perelman School of Medicine; Center for Research on Reproduction and Women's Health.
Link to Research: https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g361/p4485292
Seminar Title: "Epigenetics in reproduction, silencing of transposable elements."
OCTOBER 17th - Professor Sloan Siegrist - UMassAmherst, Microbiology.
Link to Research: https://www.micro.umass.edu/faculty-and-research/m-sloan-siegrist
Seminar Title: "Growth-independent remodeling of the mycobacterial cell envelope."
OCTOBER 24th - Professor Greg FitzHarris - Université de Montréal
Link to Research: http://www.rqr.umontreal.ca/en/team-members/greg-fitzharris-phd-2/
Seminar Title: "Segregating chromosomes in the early mammalian embryo."
OCTOBER 31st - Professor Michele Markstein - UMass Amherst; IALS - Models to Medicine Center
Link to Research: https://www.umass.edu/m2m/people/michele-markstein
Seminar Title: "Understanding the stem cell properties of cancer cells."
NOVEMBER 7th - Dr. Felix Yarovinsky - University of Rochester Medical Center
Link to Research: https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/labs/yarovinsky.aspx
Seminar Title: "Innate host responses to parasitic infections in the gastrointestinal tract."
NOVEMBER 14th - Professor Brian Rudd - Cornell University; College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology.
Link to Research: https://www2.vet.cornell.edu/research/faculty/brian-rudd-mph-phd
Seminar Title: "The developmental layers of the CD8+ T cell response to infection."
DECEMBER 5th - Dr. Valerie Gouon-Evans - Boston University; Center for Regenerative Medicine.
Link to Research: http://sites.bu.edu/gouonevanslab/
Seminar Title: "Liver Regeneration: Remembering Liver Developmental Cues."