CMBB Seminar Series

The Fall 2023 series runs on Mondays from 3:30-4:50 p.m.

August 21 Tod Fairbanks, Ph.D. Professor of Biology, Palm Beach State College "Discover the Way a Biology Degree Can Guide Your Career Path" Host: David Binninger, Ph.D.		August 28 Raul Perez-Olle, M.D., Ph.D. Senior Vice President, Head of Clinical Development & Medical Affairs, Imvax, Inc. "Cancer & Immunotherapy " Host: Miguel Lopez-Toledano, Ph.D. Watch the Seminar
September 11 Vesna Tesic, Ph.D. Assistant Professor-Research, Department of Neurology Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA "Neuroprotective Actions of Neurosteroids: From Development to Aging " Host: Shailaja Allani, Ph.D. Watch the Seminar		September 18 Giri Narasimhan, Ph.D. Ryder Endowed Professor, Bioinformatics Research Group (BioRG) Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences Florida International University, Miami, FL "The Social Network of Microbes" Host: Shailaja Allani, Ph.D. Watch the Seminar
September 25 Manas Biswal, Ph.D. Director, Ophthalmic Research and Education Consortium (OREC), Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (DPS) Taneja College of Pharmacy University of South Florida (USF), Tampa, FL "Fortifying Retinal Wellness: Mitigating Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress induced pathophysiology in Dry-AMD through Gene and Drug Therapy " Host: Howard Prentice, Ph.D. Watch the Seminar		October 2 Brendan Walker, Ph.D. Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida (USF), Tampa, FL "Dynorphin / Kappa Opioid Receptor Dysregulation in Alcohol Use Disorder" Host: Lucia Carvelli, Ph.D. Watch the Seminar
October 9 Courtney Hudson-Paz, Ph.D. Founder and Program Director of The Time Initiative – Accelerating Talent in Aging Biology New York, NY "A Glimpse into Aging Biology: Help Create a Future Where We Can All Live Healthier Longer" Host: Shailaja Allani, Ph.D. Watch the Seminar		October 16 Henry Rodriguez, Ph.D., M.S., M.B.A. Director, Office of Cancer Clinical Proteomics Research, NCI, NIH Former Assistant Director, Strategic Health and Cancer Science The White House "Charting a Federal Career in Molecular Biology & Biotechnology" Host: Shailaja Allani, Ph.D. Watch the Seminar
October 23 Elison Blancaflor, Ph.D. Senior Project Scientist NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Merritt Island, FL TBA Host: Xing-Hai Zhang, Ph.D. Watch the Seminar		October 30 Rolando Oyola Martinez, Ph.D., Universidad de Puerto Rico Humacao TBA Host: Deguo Du, Ph.D. Watch the Seminar
November 6 Aref Zarin, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Biology Texas A&M Institute of Neuroscience (TAMIN) Texas A&M University "Studying the neural basis of locomotion in Drosophila larvae using optogenetics, biomechanics, and connectomics" Host: Tanja Godenschwege, Ph.D. Watch the Seminar		November 13 TBA TBA Host: Kailiang Jia, Ph.D. Watch the Seminar