Orin Smith Auditorium & Zoom

Myron Evans II, PhD Principal Investigator, Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Seattle Children’s Research Institute "Targeting Cyclin-dependent kinase 8 as a novel therapy for MYC-driven medulloblastoma" Nicole Vo, PhD Acting Assistant Professor of Medicine/Nephrology "Developing efficient and precise gene editing methods in a variety of human organoids"

David Mack, PhD Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine "What have we learned from first generation AAV-mediated gene transfer for X-linked myotubular myopathy?" Lily Torp Predoctoral student in the Berndt lab "Structure-guided engineering of genetically encoded fluorescent sensors for in vivo opioid detection"

Pat Boyle, PhD Associate Professor of Bioengineering "Arrhythmogenic Side-Effects of Cell Injection for Cardiac Regeneration: What Can We Learn from Computational Models?" Riya Keshri, PhD Postdoctoral scholar in the Ruohola-Baker lab "Inducing direct cell reprogramming by designed agonist that brings HER2 and FGFR in proximity"

Sam Rayner, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine/Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine "Pressure Points: Hemodynamic Stress in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension" Kelly Stevens, PhD Associate Professor of Bioengineering and Laboratory Medicine & Pathology "Engineering organ vasculature"

Julie Mathieu, PhD Associate Professor of Comparative Medicine< "From CRISPR screen to disease modeling: Understanding the role of GPR161 in human embryonic development" Jack Hoye Predoctoral student in DeForest lab "4D Patterned Genome Modification via Multiphoton Activatable Cas9"

Alec Smith, PhD Research Assistant Professor of Neurobiology & Biophysics "Modeling skeletal muscle proprioception using human iPSCs" Abby Nagle Predoctoral student in the Davis and Regnier labs "Genetically engineered stem cells differentially integrate adhesive forces to regulate cell shape"

Jenn Kong, PhD Assistant Professor of Biochemistry "Mechanisms underlying signaling sensitivity: An exploration of membrane-tethered ubiquitin ligases" Cory Simpson, MD, PhD, FAAD Assistant Professor of Dermatology "Organelle Dynamics in Epidermal Differentiation and Skin Disease"

David Baker, PhD Professor of Biochemistry "Design of new protein functions using deep learning" Runrun Chen Predoctoral student in the Qu lab "Magnetic Microgels for Composite Musculoskeletal Tissue Regeneration"

Tom Reh, PhD Professor of Neurobiology & Biophysics "Harnessing glial cells to regenerate neurons: the eyes have it" Yu Jung Shin, PhD Postdoctoral scholar in the  Zheng lab "Perfusable Vascular Organoids For Modeling Hierarchical Cerebrovasculature"