Fall 2019 Colloquium in Integrative Physiology

Schedule

DateTitle and Speaker

August 26

Introduction for Graduate Students

Mark Opp, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Integrative Physiology
³Ô¹ÏÍø 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
³Ô¹ÏÍø 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
³Ô¹ÏÍø 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
³Ô¹ÏÍø 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
³Ô¹ÏÍø 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
³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
(Host: Roger Enoka enoka@colorado.edu)

October 28

Randomness in Biology: ÌýControl of Stochasticity in Metazoan Gene Expression

Alexander R. Mendenhall, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
School of Medicine
³Ô¹ÏÍø 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
³Ô¹ÏÍø of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State ³Ô¹ÏÍø
(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
³Ô¹ÏÍø 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 ³Ô¹ÏÍø
(Host: Alena Grabowski alena.grabowski@colorado.edu)

November 25Fall 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
³Ô¹ÏÍø 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
³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder
(Host: Mark OppÌýmark.opp@colorado.edu)