August 23 | Student Orientation Doug Seals, Ph.D.* CU Distinguished Professor Department of Integrative Physiology University of Colorado Boulder |
August 30 | Genetics of Addiction: Integration of Human and Rodent Studies Marissa Ehringer, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Integrative Physiology and Institute for Behavioral Genetics University of Colorado Boulder (Host: Pei Tsai pei-san.tsai@colorado.edu) |
September 6 | Campus closed - Labor Day |
September 13 | COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Clinical Trial Mike Joyner, Ph.D. Mayo Clinic Rochester (Host: Chris deSouza desouzac@colorado.edu) |
September 20 | How Genetically Identical Animals Express Genes Differently Alex Mendenhall, Ph.D. University of Washington, Seattle (Host: Tom Johnson johnsont@colorado.edu) |
September 27 | Corticospinal Function Following Human Spinal Cord Injury Monica Perez, Ph.D. Professor Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University (Host: Roger Enoka enoka@colorado.edu) |
October 4 | Environmental Exposures and the Human Gut Microbiome: Implications for Obesity/T2DM Tanya L. Alderete, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Integrative Physiology University of Colorado Boulder (Host: Pei Tsai pei-san.tsai@colorado.edu) |
October 11 | Productivity, Prominence, and the Effects of Academic Environment Aaron Clauset, Ph.D. Associate Professor Computer Science/BioFrontiers Institute University of Colorado Boulder (Host: Doug Seals douglas.seals@colorado.edu)* |
October 18 | Personal Organizing for Academic Success Susan R. Johnson, M.D. Professor Carver College of Medicine University of Iowa (Host: Doug Seals douglas.seals@colorado.edu)* |
October 25 | Challenges for Women in Science Angela Bryan, Ph.D. Department of Psychology and Neuroscience University of Colorado Boulder (Host: Doug Seals douglas.seals@colorado.edu)* |
November 1 | Viruses of Microbes: Lessons Learned from the Oceans and Humans Matthew Sullivan, Ph.D. Professor Department of Microbiology The Ohio State University (Host: Ken Wright kenneth.wright@colorado.edu) |
November 8 | Laboratory Organization and Management Jeremy Boss, Ph.D. Professor Department of Microbiology and Immunology Emory University School of Medicine (Host: Doug Seals douglas.seals@colorado.edu)* |
November 15 | Before, During and After my PI Falsified Data Mary Allen Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor BioFrontiers Institute University of Colorado Boulder (Host: Doug Seals douglas.seals@colorado.edu)* |
November 22 | No classes - Fall Break |
November 29 | Mentor/Mentee Relationships Amy E. Palmer, Ph.D. Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Affairs Department of Biochemistry; BioFrontiers Institute University of Colorado Boulder (Host: Doug Seals douglas.seals@colorado.edu)* |
December 6 | Your Brain on Steroids: Hormone Effects on Reproductive Neural Circuits Alexander Kauffman, Ph.D. Professor Department of OBGYN and Reproductive Sciences University of California, San Diego (Host: Pei Tsai pei-san.tsai@colorado.edu) |