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Friday Nov 1 - UIC Physiology Seminar Series welcomes Peter Kohl, MD, PhD from University of Freiburg Germany to present “The Surprising Heart: Cardiac Myocytes as Nano-pumps, Cardiac Nonmyocytes as Micro-conductors, Coronary Reperfusion as a Driver of Macro-reentry"

Friday November 15th - UIC Physiology Seminar Series welcomes Phillip D. Levy, MD, MPH, FACEP, FAHA, FACC from Wayne State University to present “The Confluence of Ologies and Resulting Cardiovascular Disease Risk"

Friday November 22nd - UIC Physiology Seminar Series welcomes Simon Schwörer Simon Schwörer from University of Chicago to present “Tumor Metabolites Regulate Fibroblast State and Function to Drive Inflammation and Matrix Production in Pancreatic Cancer."

Friday December 6th - UIC Physiology Seminar Series welcomes Phillippe Roux, PhD from University of Montreal to present “The Role of the HER2 Delta16 Variant in Tumor Invasion and Immune Evasion."

Friday December 13th - UIC Physiology Seminar Series welcomes Alexandra Naba, PhD from UIC Chicago to present “Deciphering the Roles of the Extracellular Matrix in Health and Disease Using Proteomics."

This month in our Graduate Student Spotlight, we feature Emily Hayes, who is a 3rd-year Ph.D. Candidate in the MD/PhD program from Dr. Stocco’s Lab. Her research focuses on understanding the role of the salt-inducible kinases in female fertility in the ovary.

Friday February 7th - UIC Physiology Seminar Series welcomes Brian Layden, MD, PhD from University of Illinois at Chicago to present “Liver-specific HKDC1 Contributes to Whole-body Glucose Homeostasis During Pregnancy?"

Friday, March 7 - UIC Physiology Seminar Series welcomes Leanna Leverton, PhD Candidate, from UIC to present on “Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of SNED1 Assembly in the Extracellular Matrix"

Wednesday, March 12 - UIC Physiology Seminar Series welcomes Tanner Roach, MD/PhD Candidate, from UIC to present on “The Role of Endothelial Ackr1 in Breast Cancer Metastasis"

Friday, March 14 - UIC Physiology Seminar Series welcomes Jiwang Chen, PhD from the University of Illinois at Chicago to present on “Cardiovascular Research Core & Obesity in Pulmonary Hypertension"

Friday, April 4 - UIC Physiology Seminar Series welcomes Ivan Moskowitz, MD, PhD from The University of Chicago to present on “A Consideration of Time: Hedgehog-signaling-dependent Heterochronic Control of Complex Organ Development"

Friday, April 25 - UIC Physiology Seminar Series welcomes Lucia Borriello, PhD, Lucia Borriello, from Fox Chase Cancer Center to present on “Crosstalk Between Lung Fibroblasts and Neutrophils Drives Awakening of Dormant Disseminated Tumor Cells in the Lung"

Monday, April 28- UIC Physiology Seminar Series welcomes Alexa Gajda, PhD Candidate, from UIC to present on “Investigating the Impact of K+ Channel Expression on Mechanosurveillance of Disseminated Cancer Cells"

Friday, May 2- UIC Physiology Seminar Series welcomes Mohamed Haloul, PhD Candidate, from UIC to present on “ISG15/ISGylation Modulates Breast Cancer Cell Mechanics and Metastasis"

Friday, May 9 - UIC Physiology Seminar Series welcomes Jooman Park, PhD,Jooman Park from UIC to present on “Reactivating Thermogenic Fat: Targeting Adipose Progenitors in Metabolic Disease"

Friday, May 16 - UIC Physiology Seminar Series welcomes Zhengqing Hu, MD, PhD from Wayne State University to present on “Regeneration of Auditory Neurons and Hair Cells Via Stem Cell-based Approaches"

Friday, June 6 - UIC Physiology Seminar Series welcomes Sonia Mayoral, PhD from Brown University to present on “Investigating the Development of CNS Myelinating Glia and Their Impact on Neuronal Function"

Friday, June 13 - UIC Physiology Seminar Series welcomes Andrius Kazlauskas, PhD from UIC to present on “Resilience to Diabetic Retinopathy (RDR)"

Friday, June 27 - UIC Physiology Seminar Series welcomes Mary Hartnett, MD FACS from Stanford University to present on “Extending Developmental Retinal Angiogenesis to Treat Retinopathy of Prematurity"