Basic Science Academic Department Seminars

June 2023

The Basic Science academic departments welcome members of the Northwestern community to attend upcoming seminars.

Please click on the event times for more details, updates and to confirm the event format (in-person, hybrid or virtual).

Campus partner events are noted below with an asterisk.

Friday, June 2

*11:00 a.m. | A Phase 1 Trial of Gene Therapy to Prevent Post-Operative Atrial Fibrillation

Kevin Donahue, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director of Electrophysiology Research
The University of Massachusetts School of Medicine

Host: Feinberg Cardiovascular & Renal Research Institute

Wednesday, June 7

10:30 a.m. | Using Simulations as "Virtual Laboratories" to Understand Biology

Paul Macklin, PhD
Associate Professor of Intelligent Systems Engineering
Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering
Indiana University

Host: Department of Cell & Developmental Biology

*Noon | Mitochondrial Control of Microglial Function in Aging and Inflammation

Joshua Stoolman, PhD
Research Associate
Navdeep Chandel Laboratory
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Host: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute

Monday, June 12

3:00 p.m. | Annual Julius B. Khan, Jr. Guest Lecture: Towards Conquering Pain 

Clifford Woolf, PhD
Professor of Neurobiology and Neurology
Director, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center
Harvard University

Host: Department of Pharmacology

Friday, June 16

Noon | Using Human Brain Imaging Studies as a Guide Towards Animal Models for Schizophrenia

Christoph Kellendonk, PhD
Associate Professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics in Psychiatry
Columbia University

Host: Department of Neuroscience

Tuesday, June 20

*2:00 p.m. | Foxc1 and Foxc2 Regulate Angiocrine/Lymphangiocrine Factors to Promote Intestinal Regeneration After Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

Can Tan, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Kume Lab
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Host: Feinberg Cardiovascular & Renal Research Institute

Wednesday, June 21

Noon | Chance and Necessity: Decision Making in Single Cells

Yogesh Goyal, PhD
Assistant Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology, Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering
Northwestern University 

Host: Department of Cell & Developmental Biology

Friday, June 23

1:00 p.m. | Exploring the Neural Dynamics of Dopamine Neurons in Motivated Behavior

Stephan Lammel, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurobiology, Molecular & Cell Biology
Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute
University of California, Berkeley

Host: Center for Translational Pain Research

Monday, June 26

3:00 p.m. | Neuroimmunity in Pain: Role of Natural Killer Cells and Oral Microbiota

Seog Bae OH, DDS, PhD
Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences 
Seoul National University

Host: Department of Pharmacology

Wednesday, June 28

3:30 p.m. | Live Imaging of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Primary Human Airway Epithelium

Mark Becker
Graduate Student, Hope Lab
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Host: Department of Cell & Developmental Biology

Thursday, June 29

1:00 p.m. | Chronic Pain: Longitudinal Dynamics, Top-Down Processing and Computational Targets

Frederike Petzschner, PhD
Assistant Professor of Human Behavior and Psychiatry
Carney Institute for Brain Science
Brown University

Host: Center for Translational Pain Research

Friday, June 30

CANCELED | Noon | Neuroscience Seminar

Sama Ahmed, PhD
Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Princeton University

Host: Department of Neuroscience