Schedule

Date Title and Speaker

January 13

New Approaches for Characterizing Proprioception

Netta Gurari, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences
Northwestern University
(Host: Chris Link linkc@colorado.edu)

January 20

 Martin Luther King Day - No colloquium

January 27

Cellular and Circuit Perspectives on Daily Sleep

Steve Brown, Ph.D.
University of Zurich
(Host: Ken Wright kenneth.wright@colorado.edu)

February 3

Built to Hop: Meeting the Mechanical Demands of Locomotion in the Desert

Craig McGowan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Biological Sciences/WWAMI Medical Education Program
University of Idaho
(Host: Alena Grabowski alena.grabowski@colorado.edu)

February 10

Using Stem Cell Technology in Conjugation with Genome Editing to Interrogate Aspects of Human Autoimmune Diabetes

Holger Russ, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
SOM-BDC Basic Research
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
(Hosts: Mark Opp mark.opp@colorado.edu/Hannah Pfrommer hannah.pfrommer@colorado.edu)

February 17

Skeletal Muscle Epigenetics: Current Understanding and Future Directions

Kevin Murach, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
University of Kentucky
(Host: Chris Link linkc@colorado.edu)

February 24

Muscle and Connective Tissue Function during Locomotion

Carolyn Eng, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Yale University
(Host: Chris Link linkc@colorado.edu)

March 2

Sleep after Natural and Electric Dusk

Horacio de la Iglesia, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biology
University of Washington, Seattle
(Host: Céline Vetter celine.vetter@colorado.edu)

March 9

Applied Modeling of Stress Fractures in Running

Brent Edwards, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Human Performance Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology; Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program; McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary
(Host: Alena Grabowski alena.grabowski@colorado.edu)

March 16

Recovery of Sensorimotor Function in Persons with Neurological Disorders

Andrew Tan, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Harvard Medical School
(Host: Chris Link linkc@colorado.edu)

March 23

 Spring Break - No colloquium

March 30

Aerobic Exercise as a Model for Elucidating Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Chronic Multi-Symptom Illnesses

Jake Lindheimer, Ph.D. Research Health Scientist
Department of Kinesiology
Madison VA Medical Center/University of Wisconsin-Madison
(Host: Moni Fleshner monika.fleshner@colorado.edu)
April 6 Cancelled
April 13

Cancelled
April 20 Cancelled (Jake Lindheimer's presentation has been moved to March 30)
April 27 Cancelled