Seminar Schedule

Updated April 2, 2021

Spring 2021 Seminar Schedule

 

The following schedule is TENTATIVE and subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances.

All presentations will shall be delivered via WebEx beginning at 12:00 PM on the scheduled days.  For each presentation, the WebEx link is as follows:

 

https://ysu.webex.com/ysu/j.php?MTID=m15d13e3ef089a741b0454b6fcf26f565

 

The above link will be used for each seminar presentation this semester unless otherwise noted.

 

NOTE: As a courtesy to the speaker and all others attending the seminar, please mute your computer microphone unless you are speaking.

 

Jan. 15 No Seminar

Jan. 22 Introduction to Seminar

Jan. 29 MIT Course: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the Pandemic (Web Site: https://biology.mit.edu/undergraduate/current-students/subject-offerings/covid-19-sars-cov-2-and-the-pandemic/) Lecture 1, Bruce Walker: “COVID-19 and the pandemic” https://youtu.be/XbIfFY_fJ_s Seminar Recording  Password Uf5M3taU   Scribe: Oigo

Feb. 5 MIT Course: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the Pandemic (Web Site: https://biology.mit.edu/undergraduate/current-students/subject-offerings/covid-19-sars-cov-2-and-the-pandemic/) Lecture 2, Britt Glaunsinger: “Coronavirus biology” https://youtu.be/r2mOU2qOCYs Seminar Recording Password tNXMdqk2  Scribe: Chemutai

Feb. 12 MIT Course: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the Pandemic (Web Site: https://biology.mit.edu/undergraduate/current-students/subject-offerings/covid-19-sars-cov-2-and-the-pandemic/) Lecture 3, David Baltimore: “Virology and lessons from the AIDS pandemic” https://youtu.be/0tfYTx5C4Es  Scribe: Morgan

Feb. 19 MIT Course: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the Pandemic (Web Site: https://biology.mit.edu/undergraduate/current-students/subject-offerings/covid-19-sars-cov-2-and-the-pandemic/) Lecture 4: Anthony Fauci, “Insights from the COVID-19 pandemic” https://youtu.be/J38QN1vnSO0  Scribe: Fain

Feb. 26  SEMINAR IS CANCELLED

Mar. 5 Graduate Student Presentation: Ms. Annah Oigo "Gene Expression in Long Term Myocyte/Myoblast Cultures: RNA Analysis (Dystrophin)"  Mentor: Dr. Gary Walker Background Reading  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4688399/  Scribe: Gadzekpo/Juzbasich

Mar. 12 NO CLASSES “Wellness Day”

Mar. 19 Student Presentation: Patricia Chemutai GENE EXPRESSION IN LONG TERM MYOBLAST/MYOCYTE CULTURES: m RNA expression (AChR & Gal-3) Mentor: Dr. Gary Walker  Scribe: Linert

Mar. 26 Student Presentation: Dakota Morgan  Hindlimb Myology and Muscle Architecture in Three-toed Sloths (Xenarthra: Pilosa)  Mentor: Dr. Michael Butcher Scribe: Schumacher

Apr. 2 Student Presentation: Jordan Fain “Comparative Analysis of Muscle Architecture and Myosin Heavy Chain Content in the Forelimbs of Geomyid and Heteromyid Burrowing Rodents”    Advisor: Dr. Michael Butcher Scribe: Stahl

Apr. 9 Student Presentation: Dragan Juzbasich   “The Effect of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells, Platelet-Rich Plasma, and Collagen on Rat Achilles Tendon Repair"   Advisor: Dr. Diana Fagan Scribe: Chemutai/Fain/Gadzekpo

Apr. 16 Student Presentation: Isaac Gadzekpo   "Selection of Phage-Displaying peptide specific for Staphylococcus aureus"   Advisor: Dr. Diana Fagan Scribe: Juzbasich/Linert/Schumacher

Apr. 23 NO CLASSES “Wellness Day”

Apr. 30 Student Presentation: Briana Schumacher Scribe: Stahl/Oigo/Morgan