Orin Smith Auditorium & Zoom

Vincenzo Cirulli, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine/Metabolism, Endocrinology & Nutrition "Exploring epigenetic interventions for the production of stem cell-derived pancreatic islet tissue" Giulia Spennati, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow in the Freedman/Fu labs "Modelling diabetic kidney disease with human organoids"

David Mack, PhD Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine "Dystrophin deficiency impairs cell junction formation during embryonic myogenesis" Kelsey Woodruff Graduate student in Termini lab "Investigating the role of heparan sulfation in acute myeloid leukemia cell functions"

Andrea Wills, PhD Associate Professor of Biochemistry "Decoding the metabolic requirements for vertebrate appendage regeneration" Riddhiman Garge, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow in the Shendure and Starita labs "Revealing temporal dynamics of protein expression across gastruloid development using multi-omics"

Daniel Yang, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine/Cardiology "High-throughput characterization of MYH7 variants in genome-edited cardiomyocytes" Lily Torp Graduate student in Berndt lab "High-throughput engineering of genetically encoded fluorescent opioid sensors"

Smita Yadav, PhD Associate Professor of Pharmacology "TAOK1 associated neurodevelopment disorders: Uncovering mechanisms and potential therapeutic strategies" Rachel Wellington Graduate Student in Doulatov Lab "Single Cell Dynamics of Endothelial-to-Hematopoietic Transition During Human Hematopoietic Development from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells"

Rong Tian, MD, PhD Professor of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine and Bioengineering "Mitochondrial function in heart failure: how to measure and how to fix" Ashish Phal Graduate Student in Ruohola-Baker lab "Investigating vascular development using computationally designed FGFR-binding modules"

Jessica Young, PhD Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology "Using hiPSC models to define biological pathways in Alzheimer’s disease" Ryan Francis Graduate Student in DeForest lab "High-Resolution and Grayscale 4D-Patterned Biochemistry at Tissue Scale"

Ryan McCarthy, PhD Assistant Professor, Center for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Seattle Children's Research Institute "Understanding and overcoming heterochromatin barriers to change cell identity" Jeff Chamberlain, PhD Professor of Neurology, Biochemistry and Medicine/Medical Genetics "Gene therapy for DMD:  past, present and future"

Jennifer Kong, PhD "Mechanisms of signaling sensitivity and its role in embryonic development" Dale Hailey, PhD "Imaging and Image Analysis Tools in the Garvey light microscopy core"