Professor Donaldson Director of the Molecular Vision Research ClusterUniversity of Auckland Dr. Irene Vorontsova Research FellowUniversity of Auckland “A role for water transport in the regulation of the optical power in the developing mammalian and zebrafish lens”...

Developmental and Cell Biology Seminar Series: Joshua Alcantara and Melissa Campos
Apr 1, 2025
Joshua Alcantara Kvon Lab "Dissecting how redundant transcriptional enhancers ensure robustness of mammalian embryogenesis" Melissa Campos Albrecht Lab "Lysosomal compartmentalization of phosphofructokinase-1 regulates skeletal muscle metabolism" Seminars will be in...

Developmental and Cell Biology Seminar Series: Guan-Yin Stevens and Yikai Huang
Apr 1, 2025
Guan-Yin Stevens Arora and Warrior Labs "Analyzing the transcriptional regulatory strategy of Dawdle, a TGF-β ligand essential for sugar homeostasis in Drosophila" Yikai Huang Blumberg Lab "Transgenerational Obesity Induced by Prenatal Tributyltin Exposure Is...

Developmental and Cell Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Travis Thomson
Apr 1, 2025
Dr. Travis Thomson Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Massachusetts “Dueling Transposons Regulate Structural Synaptic Plasticity” Abstract: Transposons are parasitic genome elements that can also serve as raw material for the evolution of new cellular...

Developmental and Cell Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Kyoko Yokomori
Apr 1, 2025
Dr. Kyoko Yokomori Professor, SOM - Biological ChemistryUniversity of California, Irvine “CRISPR-Engineered mutations and MERFISH single cell spatial transcriptomics reveal key processes of FSHD pathogenesis” Abstract: Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD) is a...

Developmental and Cell Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Dennis Discher
Mar 31, 2025
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
Mar 31, 2025
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
Mar 31, 2025
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...

DCB Seminar Series Featuring Dr. Doina Tumbar from Cornell University
Aug 15, 2023
Fall 2023 Seminar Series Each quarter the Department of Developmental and Cell Biology hosts a weekly seminar. The purpose of these seminars is to enable experts from around the country to share their newest discoveries and ideas with our students and faculty....

DCB Seminar Series Featuring Dr. Justin Shaffer from Colorado School of Mines
Aug 15, 2023
Fall 2023 Seminar Series Each quarter the Department of Developmental and Cell Biology hosts a weekly seminar. The purpose of these seminars is to enable experts from around the country to share their newest discoveries and ideas with our students and faculty....
