Special Seminars
Hosted by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
Upcoming Special Seminars
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Special Seminar: Exploring the Role of Lactate as a Metabolic Signal in Mitochondrial Biogenesis , homeNov. 18, 2024, 11 a.m. | Kenya Takahashi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Sports Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo | Special Seminar sponsored by the Center for Exercise Medicine Research
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Special Seminar: Pore-tergeist: The Haunting of the Mitochondrial Permeability Transition , homeOct. 28, 2024, 11 a.m. | Jason Karch, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine | Special Seminar
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Special Seminar: A Genetic Toolset for Investigating Glio-vascular Interactions , homeOct. 10, 2024, 11 a.m. | Hajime Hirase, Ph.D., Professor, Center for Translational Medicine, University of Copenhagen | Special Seminar
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Special Seminar: Atomic Physics on the Brain , homeJuly 24, 2024 2 p.m. | Mark Limes, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech | Special Seminar
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Next Generation Cell Therapies for Cancer , homeMay 20, 2024, 12:30 p.m. | Catherine Bollard, M.D., M.B.Ch.B., Dr. Robert J. and Florence T. Bosworth Distinguished Professor of Cancer and Transplantation Biology Research, Interim Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, Director, Center for Cancer and Immunology Research, Children’s National Hospital; Interim Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Associate Dean, Pediatric Academic Affairs, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences | Special Seminar
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From FBRI to NIH: Charting a Path Out of the Lab to Science Planning and Policy , homeMay 14, 2024, 11 a.m. | Alicia Kerr, Ph.D., Health Science Policy Analyst, Office of Program Planning and Analysis, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health | Special Seminar
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In Person Seminar: Evidence Accumulation Drives Perceptual Experience , homeApril 3, 2024, 11 a.m. | Nathan Faivre, Ph.D., Professor, CNRS Scientist, Laboratory of Psychology and NeuroCognition Grenoble Alpes University, France | Special Seminar | Sponsored by the Center for Human Neuroscience Research
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In Person Special Seminar: Involvement of Non-canonical Inflammatory Response in Tissue Dysfunction of Several Chronic Diseases , homeFeb. 15, 2024, 11 a.m. | David Crossman, Ph.D., PAcademic Director, Biomedical Research Imaging Unit, Senior Research Fellow, Heart Foundation New Zealand, Cardiac Nanobiology Research Group, Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of Auckland | Special Seminar sponsored by the Center for Vascular and Heart Research
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In Person Seminar: Hippocampal Sharp Wave Sleep: A Unifying View of Sleep in the Hippocampus , homeJan. 31, 2024, 10 a.m. | Graham Findlay, Doctoral Candidate, Neuroscience Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison | Special Seminar
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In Person Special Seminar: Involvement of Non-canonical Inflammatory Response in Tissue Dysfunction of Several Chronic Diseases , homeJan. 23, 2024, 11 a.m. | Juan Saez, Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience, Director, Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Center, University de Valparaiso, Chile; Member, National Academy of Sciences | Special Seminar sponsored by the Center for Vascular and Heart Research
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In Person Seminar: Electrochemistry in the Conscious Human Brain , homeNov. 8, 2023, 1 p.m. | Dan Bang, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Aarhus University; Adjunct Associate Professor, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC | Special Seminar
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In Person Seminar: Peril, Prudence and Planning as Risk, Avoidance and Worry , homeNov. 8, 2023, 10:45 a.m. | Peter Dayan, Ph.D., Director and Scientific Member, Department of Computational Neuroscience, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics | Special Seminar
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In Person Seminar: Computing Conscious Experience: Reinforcement Learning, Neuromodulatory Systems, and Dynamic Changes in Phenomenal Experience. , homeNov. 8, 2023, 9:30 a.m. | Kenneth T. Kishida, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine | Special Seminar
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In Person Special Seminar: Building Superior Multivariable Systems to Enhance Precision in Models of Behavior Change , homeSept. 11, 2023, 11 a.m. | Brian Smith, Ph.D., Professor, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University | Special Seminar
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In Person Special Seminar: Building Superior Multivariable Systems to Enhance Precision in Models of Behavior Change , homeAug. 23, 2023, 11 a.m. | Holly O'Rourke, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University | Special Seminar
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In Person Special Seminar: Prioritization of Episodic Representations During Memory Encoding , homeAug. 22, 2023, 11 a.m. | Gene Brewer, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University | Special Seminar
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In Person Special Seminar: Cardiac Protein O-GlcNAcylation Induces Cardiac Hypertrophy and Increases Risk of Heart Failure , homeMay 15, 2023, 11 a.m. | Adam Wende, Ph.D., FAHA, Associate Professor, Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, Department of Pathology, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham | Special Seminar
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In Person Special Seminar: Topography-Independent Sensory-Motor Circuit Development in the Vagus System , homeMay 11, 2023, 12 p.m. | Takuya Kaneko, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | Special Seminar
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In Person Special Seminar: Novel Viral and Genetic Tools for Studying Cell Type-Specific Inhibitory Circuits , homeApril 20, 2023, 3 p.m. | Ubadah Sabbagh, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, McGovern Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Special Seminar
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In Person Special Seminar: Exercise in a Pill: A Chemist Approach and Drugging the S1P Pathway; and a Discussion of the Virginia Tech Center for Drug Discovery , homeFeb. 22, 2023, 1 p.m. | Webster L. Santos, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry, and Director, Center for Drug Discovery, Virginia Tech | Special Seminar
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In Person Special Seminar: Connexin 43: A New Player in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Associated Cardiomyopathy , homeJan. 5, 2023, 11 a.m. | Diego Fraidenraich, Ph.D., FAHA, Associate Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University | Special Seminar
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In Person Special Seminar: Endophenotypes of Traumatic Brain Injury: What We Need to Know for the Next Generation of Clinical Trials in TBI , homeOct. 6, 2022, 11:30 a.m. | Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, M.D., Ph.D., John McCrea Dickson M.D. Presidential Professor, Department of Neurology, and Director, Traumatic Brain Injury Clinical Research Center | Special Seminar
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Rare Disease as an Emerging and Distinct Field of Medicine , homeAug . 30, 2022, 1 p.m. | Marshall Summar, M.D., Chief, Division of Genetics and Metabolism, and Director, Rare Disease Institute, Children's National Research and Innovation | Special Seminar
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Special Seminar: Gene Therapy Targeting Vascular Function in Cardiovascular Disease: Are We There Yet? , homeMay 20, 2022, 11:00 a.m. | Steven Fisher, M.D. | Special Seminar | Center for Vascular and Heart Research
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In Person Seminar: Nanocardiology: A Microscopy-Driven Approach to Cardiac Biology and Physiology , homeMarch 31, 2022, 11:00 a.m. | Rengasayee Veeraraghavan, Ph.D. | Special Seminar | Center for Vascular and Heart Research
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In Person Seminar: Investigation into Acute Febrile Illness in Belize and El Salvador , homeMarch 17, 2022, 12:00 p.m. | Kristy O. Murray, D.V.M., Ph.D. | Special Seminar
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In Person Seminar: Ephaptic Coupling in Cardiac Intercalated Disc Nanodomains: Insights from a Finite Element Model , homeFeb. 16, 2022, 12:00 p.m. | Ena Ivanovic | Center for Vascular and Heart Research Special Seminar
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CRISPR-guided Therapeutic Discovery: First-in-Class Inhibitors of CHD4 for Glioblastoma , homeOct. 29, 2021 11:00 a.m. | Elmar Nurmemmedov, Ph.D. | Special Seminar | Center for Vascular and Heart Research
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Archived Seminar: Understanding the regulation of cardiac contractility by Transient Outward Potassium Channels: How to make an efficient pumpMay 19, 2021, 12 p.m. | Peter Backx, Ph.D., DVM | Center for Vascular and Heart Research Seminar
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Archived Virtual Seminar: IL-1 blockade in heart diseaseMay 13, 2021, 11 a.m. | Antonio Abbate, M.D., Ph.D. | Center for Vascular and Heart Research Seminar
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A Ribocentric View of Muscle Proteostasis in Health and Disease: Novel Mechanisms Potential Therapeutic Opportunities , homeNov. 22, 2024, 11:00 a.m. | Gustavo A. Nader, Ph.D., FAPS, Professor, College of Health and Human Development; Chair, Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology; Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences; The Pennsylvania State University | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Exercise Medicine Research
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The Role of Pericytes in Pulmonary Vascular Diseases , homeJan. 17, 2025, 11:00 a.m. | Vinicio de Jesus Perez, M.D., FCCP, FAHA, Assistant Professor, Wall Center Adult PH Clinic Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Vascular and Heart Research
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Rethinking Human Health with AI: Solving Old Mysteries with Modern Tools , homeJan. 23, 2025, 5:30 p.m. (Reception at 5 p.m.) | Regina Barzilay, Ph.D., School of Engineering Distinguished Professor for AI and Health; AI Faculty Lead, Jameel Clinic; MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab; MacArthur Fellow; Member, National Academy of Engineering, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Medicine | Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture