Orin Smith Auditorium & Zoom

Daniel Yang, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine/Cardiology "High-throughput functional characterization of MYH7 variants to predict cardiomyopathy risk" Clara McCurdy Predoctoral student in the Ruohola-Baker and Baker labs "Integrin-Independent Activation of Tie2 Ameliorates ARDS"

Thelma Escobar, PhD Assistant Professor of Biochemistry "Connecting the dots: from discovery to mechanism and disease of heterochromatin-associated proteins" Julie Mathieu, PhD ISCRM Stem Cell Core Director "An update from the Ellison Stem Cell Core: How we can support your research"

Ying Zheng, PhD Professor of Bioengineering "In vitro models of vascular flow, and their inflammatory responses" Eimear O'Mahony Predoctoral student in Kelly Lab "Intestinal Enteroids: Predictive Models for Oral Drug Disposition"

Vincenzo Cirulli, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine/Metabolism, Endocrinology & Nutrition "Cell-to-cell interactions and downstream signaling as gatekeepers of pancreatic islet cell identity, growth, transdifferentiation, and function" Michael Malone Predoctoral student in Sniadecki Lab "High Cell-Density Bioprinting of Tissues onto Posts: Strength, Survival, and Compaction"

Tim Cherry, PhD Principal Investigator, Center for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Seattle Children’s Research Institute "Higher Throughput Screening of Gene Regulatory Networks in Organoids" Erica Jonlin, PhD Regulatory Manager "Thoughts in a dish: Report from the 2025 Asilomar Conference on Ethical and Societal Implications of Neural Organoids, Assembloids, and Their Transplantation"

Rob Cornell, PhD Professor of Oral Health Sciences "Genes associated with risk for orofacial cleft risk encode highly ranked members of the transcriptional regulatory network governing periderm differentiation" John Bradford Predoctoral student in Robinson Lab "Deciphering Avascular Tissue Regeneration In The Human Knee Meniscus Via In Vitro Models"