Tuesday, 03 Dec 2024
Seminar: Time flies, how? Unlocking the secrets of aging
Join this Genetics, Development and Cell Biology department seminar to hear Dr. Hongie Li, Baylor College of Medicine assistant professor and Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) scholar, discuss research into organism-level aging rate at a cellular level using the Aging Fly Cell Atlas, the first single-nucleus trascriptomic map of the whole aging organism.
Wednesday, 04 Dec 2024
Ancient Origins of Religious Conflict
In this public lecture, Dr. Robert Cargill, the Roger A. Hornsby Assoc. Professor in the Classics at the University of Iowa, will discuss the ancient origins of several religious conflicts around the world, asking whether religion is indeed responsible for these conflicts, or whether other factors such as nationalism, ethnicity, politics, or socio-economic issues like trade and wealth distribution play a role in these conflicts. Particular...
Tuesday, 10 Dec 2024
Seminar: Metabolic regulation of the male germline stem cell niche
Join this Genetics, Development and Cell Biology department seminar to hear Dr. Rafael S. Demarco, assistant professor in the department of biology at the University of Louisville, discuss research that highlights a critical role for metabolic factors in stem cell maintenance, providing a framework for investigating the impact of aging and metabolic diseases or stem cell function and tissue homeostasis.