Orin Smith Auditorium & Zoom

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"

Rong Tian, MD, PhD Professor of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine "Mitochondria migration between cells: implication in cardiovascular diseases" Juyoung Seong Predoctoral student in Mack lab "FLUX: a sustained retinoic acid delivery platform enhancing transcriptomic and electrophysiology maturation of hiPSC derived motor neurons"

Ryan McCarthy, PhD Assistant Professor, Center for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Seattle Children’s Research Institute "Heterochromatin and the interplay of cell identity, genomic defense and innate immune signaling" Meagan Esbin, PhD Postdoctoral scholar in Yang lab "High-throughput arrayed CRISPR screening to identify regulators of human placental cell-cell fusion and differentiation"

Smita Yadav, PhD Associate Professor of Pharmacology “Cortical organoid models to understand neurodevelopmental disorders” Madison Girard and Laura Rosendo UW Medicine Advancement “Advancement 101”

Jessica Young, PhD Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology "Differential effects of X chromosome dosage and APOE alleles: Relevance for Alzheimer's disease" Julie Crudele, PhD Assistant Professor of Neurology "Anti-dystrophin immune responses following AAV gene therapy"

Yuzuru Sasamoto, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology "Ocular Surface Maintenance: From Stem Cells to Differentiated Cells" Chelsea Gibbs, PhD Postdoctoral scholar in Boyle lab "Investigating Mechanisms Leading to Ventricular Tachycardia Following Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy"

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"