Register below to attend the 2025 BioSci Ambassadors and Alumni Mixer. Event Details:Date: Tuesday, May 20Time: 6 p.m.Location: Aria Kitchen 2636 Dupont Dr, Irvine, CA 92612 Register for the BioSci Ambassadors and Alumni Mixer If you have questions about this event,...
Developmental and Cell Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Dennis Discher
Dr. Dennis Discher Robert D. Bent ProfessorUniversity of Pennsylvania “Mechanobiological insights into fat, genome integrity, and tumoricidal macrophages” Abstract: Fat is usually considered soft, but fat droplets accumulate within cells and remain round as they...
Developmental and Cell Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Scott Atwood
Dr. Scott Atwood Associate Professor, Developmental & Cell BiologyUniversity of California, Irvine “Defining tumor recognition and regression in basal cell carcinoma” Abstract: The Atwood lab is interested in how skin cancer develops and the ways to...
Developmental and Cell Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Ru Gunawardane
Dr. Ru Gunawardane Executive DirectorAllen Institute for Cell Science “Towards understanding cell states and transitions in hiPSCs: an integrated spatiotemporal approach” Abstract: The Allen Institute for Cell Science aims to understand the principles by which human...
Developmental and Cell Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Kaelyn Sumigray
Dr. Kaelyn Sumigray Assistant Professor of GeneticsYale School of Medicine “Fate and Form: Intestinal Morphogenesis and cell fate specification” Abstract: The mammalian intestinal epithelium undergoes constant renewal while simultaneously balancing cell fate...
Dean’s Distinguished Lecture – Winter 2025
Using Neuroscience to Transform Our Understanding of DepressionJoin us for a talk with Diego Pizzagalli, PhD You are invited to the Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences’ Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series, featuring Diego Pizzagalli, PhD on March 18, 2025, in...
Developmental and Cell Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Karen Schindler
Dr. Karen Schindler ProfessorRutgers University “Determining the genetic contributions to aneuploidy in eggs” Abstract: A healthy egg is essential for a successful pregnancy and full-term development. The chromosome content of the egg and sperm is an exquisitely...
Developmental and Cell Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Xin Jin
Dr. Xin Jin Associate Professor, Department of NeuroscienceScripps Research “Scalable investigation of gene function and organ-wide action with in vivo Perturb-seq” Abstract: Human genetics have identified long lists of risk genes and loci associated with diseases,...
Developmental and Cell Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Fan Yang
Dr. Fan Yang Associate Professor, Assistant Dean in the School of Basic Medical SciencesZhejiang University “From atoms to animals: Rational design of novel modulators to TRP ion channels for analgesia” Abstract: The Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) ion channels...
Developmental and Cell Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Yongdeng Zhang
Dr. Yongdeng Zhang Assistant Professor, School of Life SciencesWestlake University “Elucidating subcellular architecture and dynamics with super-resolution microscopy” Abstract: Super-resolution microscopy plays a crucial role in elucidating the intricate molecular...