2019 – 2020 Schedule
October 15, 2019
Dr. Ajit Varki (M.D.), (Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Co-Director for the Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny, and Co-Director for the Glycobiology Research and Training Center for UC San Diego)
Webpages:
Main Web Page
Lab Web Page
Publications
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Seminar Title: “Adventures in Anthropogeny: Exploring the Origins and Fate of the Human Species”
November 5, 2019
Dr. Matt Edwards, (Professor and Marine Biology Emphasis Coordinator at San Diego State University)
Webpages: https://cmi.sdsu.edu/matt-edwards/ and https://sdsukelp.weebly.com/
Seminar Title: “Kelp Forests of the Eastern Pacific Ocean”
December 10, 2019
Dr. Kristen Johnson, (Director, Discovery Biology, Calibr, a Division of Scripps Research)
Webpages: https://www.scripps.edu/thespectrum/videos/index.html and https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/biotech/story/2019-06-14/scripps-calibr-update
Seminar Title: "Identification and Development of a Regenerative Medicine Approach for Osteoarthritis"
January 14, 2020
Dr. Catherine "Lynn" Hedrick, (Professor for the Division of Inflammation Biology at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology)
Webpages: https://www.lji.org/faculty-staff/lynn-hedrick/ and https://www.lji.org/faculty-research/labs/hedrick/#overview
Seminar Title: “Immune Cells in Cancer: Jekyll and Hyde!”
February 11, 2020
Dr. Brian Keating, (Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Physics in the Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences at UC San Diego)
Webpages: https://briankeating.com
Seminar Title: “Losing the Nobel Prize: a Cosmic Memoir of Love, Loss, and Redemption”
March 3, 2020
Dr. Chris Tubbs, (Senior Scientist in Reproductive Sciences for San Diego Zoo Global, Institute for Conservation Research)
Webpages: https://institute.sandiegozoo.org/christopher-tubbs-phd and https://institute.sandiegozoo.org/reproductive-sciences
Seminar Title: "A New Recipe for Southern White Rhinoceros Breeding Success?”
April 7, 2020
Dr. Vicki Lundblad, (Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, and Becky and Ralph S. O'Connor Chair for The Salk Institute)
Webpages: https://www.salk.edu/scientist/vicki-lundblad/ and https://www.salk.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Lundblad.pdf
Seminar Title: "Of Bread and Wine...and Chromosome Ends: Fundamental Insights Into How We Age"
May 5, 2020
Dr. Exequiel Ezcurra, (Director of the UC Institute for Mexico and the United States -- UC-MEXUS, and Professor of Ecology for UC Riverside)
Webpages: https://ezcurralab.ucr.edu/eezcurra/eezcurra.html and https://ezcurralab.ucr.edu/
Seminar Title: “Reflections on a Life Spent Exploring Desert and Coastal Lagoon Ecology in the Gulf of California”