Past Events

15Jul

2026 National Institutes of Health Graduate & Professional School Fair

9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
14Jul

Speaker: Nahyun Kong – “Atypical Genetic Mechanisms: Uniparental Disomy, Somatic Mosaicism, and Mitochondrial Variation”

3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Connor Auditorium
13Jul

Speaker: Kyoung Mi Park”- “Rapid Induction of Blastoid-Competent Naïve Human Pluripotent Stem Cells and Their Application to Investigate BAF Complex Function During Early Lineage Specification”

2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Connor Auditorium
9Jul

Speaker: Jessica Harrison – “Characterizing the Epigenomic and Transposable Element Landscapes of Human Cytotrophoblasts and Syncytiotrophoblasts during gestation and pathology: Severe Preeclampsia”

1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Connor Auditorium
8Jul

Speaker: Aparna Anand – “Unraveling the Role of Transposable Elements in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma”

11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Connor Auditorium
29Jun

Speaker: Geng Wang – “Engineering Modular RNA Detection Systems in Living Cells: From Dual-Aptamer Reporters Toward a Programmable Sensor for Diverse Genetic Information”

1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Farrell Learning and Teaching Center, Holden Auditorium
23Jun

Speaker: Justin Wang-“GABAergic Ventral Pallidum Neurons Drive Hedonic Feeding and Are Required for Obesity”

12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Fort Neuroscience Research Building Auditorium
19Jun

Speaker: Reilly Sample – “ELF3-driven inflammatory epigenetic memory establishes tumor-intrinsic resistance to checkpoint blockade”

2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Holden Auditorium
17Jun

Speaker: Christian Suarez – VMA21 deficiency leads to autophagic dysregulation and altered vesicle trafficking in X-linked myopathy with excessive autophagy

2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Connor Auditorium
10Jun

Thesis Defense: Sherwin Ng (MSTP/MCB) “Neuromodulatory and Electrophysiologic Remodeling Mediate the Antiarrhythmic Effects of Cardiac Radiotherapy”

10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Clinical Sciences Research Building, North Tower Addition, Room 801