August 26 | Introduction for Graduate Students Mark Opp, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Department of Integrative Physiology University of Colorado Boulder |
September 2 | Labor Day - No colloquium |
September 9 | Navigating the Leap from Academia to Industry Robyn Capobianco, Ph.D. Global Director Clinical Research Chronic Pain Therapies Abbott Austin, TX (Host: Roger Enoka enoka@colorado.edu) |
September 16 | (Lifecourse) Epidemiology: It's More than Skin Deep Wei Perng, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology Assistant Director of 'Omics Research | LEAD Center Colorado School of Public Health University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (Host: Céline Vetter celine.vetter@colorado.edu) |
September 23 | How Does Research Advance Public Health? A Look Back by an Aging Researcher Jon Samet, Ph.D. Dean, Colorado School of Public Health University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (Host: Tanya Alderete tanya.alderete@colorado.edu) |
September 30 | The Dog and Pony Show Matt McQueen, Sc.D. Associate Professor Department of Integrative Physiology Unversity of Colorado Boulder (Host: Roger Enoka roger.enoka@colorado.edu) |
October 7 | Using Genetics to Understand the Neurobiology of Behavior Jerry Stitzel, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Integrative Physiology University of Colorado Boulder (Host: Mark Opp mark.opp@colorado.edu) |
October 14 | Spatial Mapping of Human and Environmental Microbiomes Rob Knight, Ph.D. Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Computer Science & Engineering Founding Director, Center for Microbiome Innovation University of California San Diego (Host: Doug Seals seals@colorado.edu) |
October 21 | Metabolic Dysfunction and Bone Health Vanessa Sherk, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Orthopedics University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (Host: Roger Enoka enoka@colorado.edu) |
October 28 | Randomness in Biology: Control of Stochasticity in Metazoan Gene Expression Alexander R. Mendenhall, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Pathology School of Medicine University of Washington (Host: Chris Link linkc@colorado.edu) |
November 4 | Mechanics, Energetics, and Stability: Modifiable Factors to Preserve Independent Mobility in Old Age Jason Franz, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University (Hosts: Roger Enoka enoka@colorado.edu / Rodger Kram rodger.kram@colorado.edu) |
November 11 | Functional Changes in Hypothalamic Circuitry Controlling Reproduction in a Mouse Model of Epilepsy Catherine Christian, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Molecular and Integrative Physiology Neuroscience Program Affiliate, Beckman Institute University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Host: Charles Hoeffer charles.hoeffer@colorado.edu) |
November 18 | A Role for Titin in Muscle Mechanics: Molecules to Movement Kiisa Nishikawa, Ph.D. Regents' Professor Center for Bioengineering Innovation Northern Arizona University (Host: Alena Grabowski alena.grabowski@colorado.edu) |
November 25 | Fall Break - No colloquium |
December 2 | Screening for Regulators of BDNF Expression to Identify Neurotherapeutics Kevin Jones, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology University of Colorado Boulder (Host: Pei Tsai pei-san.tsai@colorado.edu) |
December 9 | Using Mouse Models to Understand the Mechanisms Underlying Neurological Diseases and Disorders, Sometimes it's Better to be Lucky than Good Charles Hoeffer, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Integrative Physiology University of Colorado Boulder (Host: Mark Opp mark.opp@colorado.edu) |