“Understanding brain control of glucose homeostasis and its implications for diabetes pathogenesis” Professor and Co-Director, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute RH Williams Endowed Chair in Medicine After graduating from Rush Medical College in 1979 Dr. Michael W. Schwartz completed his medical residency at UW in 1986, trained in endocrinology under the mentorship of Dan Porte, Jr.,…
“Dynamic neural coding of social behavior in the hypothalamus” In-Person Location: Orin Smith Auditorium – South Lake Union Campus Director, Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Neuroscience Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Leadership Chair Seymour Benzer Professor of Biology, California Institute of Technology Abstract The hypothalamus controls both physiological homeostasis and innate survival behaviors such as…
Hosted at UW Medicine South Lake Union Orin Smith Auditorium and streamed live on Zoom Webinar For the last 20+ years, Dr. Erica Jonlin has had various regulatory positions at UW, from the NIH-funded UW Program of Excellence in Gene Therapy, to working on individual translational research grants, to her present position with the UW Institute for Stem…
“Engineering human organoids, organs, and societies” Kelly Stevens, PhD James Chao-Yao Koh and Maria Lee Koh Endowed Engineering and Medicine Career Development Professor Associate Professor, Bioengineering Department of Bioengineering Thursday, October 26 at 1 pm Foege South Auditorium and Zoom Webinar
The School of Medicine is proud to announce the selection of Dr. Ruikang Wang as the 2023 Inventor of the Year! The Inventor of the Year Award recognizes a UW researcher whose work has the potential to radically improve healthcare through the translation of research from the bench, with industry partnerships, to products or processes…
“Journeying across length scales with DNA-powered technologies” Brian Beliveau, PhD Assistant Professor, Genome Sciences Department of Genome Sciences Thursday, November 16 at 1 pm Foege South Auditorium and Zoom Webinar Dr. Beliveau is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Genome Sciences. His lab develops and applies technologies to study spatial patterns of gene regulation and…
Thursday, November 30, 2023 12 pm – 1 pm Zoom Webinar Dr. Marquicia Pierce is the Founder and Principal Consultant at Ruby Leaf Media, a science media and communications company. Leading a dedicated team, she empowers tech accelerators and investors to support their portfolio companies in the STEM fields. She was an early member of…
“Engineering cortical plasticity in primate brain” Azadeh Yazdan, PhD Washington Research Foundation Innovation Associate Professor of Neuroengineering Departments of Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering Thursday, December 7 at 1 pm Foege South Auditorium and Zoom Webinar Abstract The brain shows marked plasticity across a variety of learning and memory tasks as well as during recovery…
“Nucleic Acid Vaccines: A Revolution in Modern Medicine” Deborah Fuller, PhD Professor, Microbiology Department of Microbiology Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 12 pm SLU Orin Smith Auditorium & Streamed on Zoom Webinar Abstract This seminar will delve into the history of how nucleic acid vaccines (DNA and RNA vaccines) got started, how nucleic acid vaccines work,…
“Diabetes-associated heart disease: Bridging the gap between basic and translational research” Karin Bornfeldt, PhD Edwin L. Bierman Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology Director of the Diabetes Complications Program, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute Director of the T32 Training Program in Nutrition, Obesity and Atherosclerosis Thursday, February 1, 2024 at 1…
Consulting & Banking & Startups, Oh My! Navigating the road to a fulfilling career in biopharma Julie Diamond, Ph.D. Bioprocessing Sales Specialist RoosterBio New York, NY Thursday, February 22, 2024 at 12 pm Zoom Webinar (click link to join) Biography Julie is a scientifically-trained business strategist with ~10 years of combined experience in the life sciences…
“Protein Mass Spectrometry in Biomedical Research and the Care of Patients” Andy Hoofnagle, MD, PhD Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology Michael MacCoss, PhD Professor, Genome Sciences Tuesday, March 5, 2024…
