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 18, 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 - Postponed Until Possibly October
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 - Postponed Until Possibly November
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”