Current research topics presented by visiting scholars and campus faculty. Regular seminars are held on Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. in Finley Conference Center

Seminar Series Coordinators
William Placzek, PhD
205-975-2465
placzek@uab.edu

2018-2019 Schedule

08-22-18
James D. Stockand, PhD, FAHA, FAPS
Professor, Cellular and Integrative Physiology
University of Texas, San Antonio
Host: David Bedwell

9-5-18
David Schneider, PhD
Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
UAB School of Medicine

9-13-18
Jeff Coller, PhD
Center for RNA Molecular Biology
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Host: David Bedwell

9-19-18
Kejin Hu, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
UAB School of Medicine

9-26-18
Igor Chesnokov, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
UAB School of Medicine

10-03-18
Prasad Jallepalli
Member & Professor, Molecular Biology Program
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Host: Igor Chesnokov

10-10-18
Demian Cazalla
Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology Program
The University of Utah
Host: Will Placzek

10-17-18
Renhao Li, PhD
Professor, Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology)
Emory University
Host: Xinyang Zhao

10-24-18
Hengbin Wang, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
UAB School of Medicine

11-07-18
Carlos J. Orihuela, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology
UAB School of Medicine
Host: Will Placzek

11-14-18
Matthew Alexander, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Neurology
Department of Pediatrics
UAB School of Medicine
Host: Marek Napierala

11-28-18
Lalita R. Shevde-Samant, Ph.D.
Professor, Molecular & Cellular Pathology
Department of Pathology
UAB School of Medicine
Host: Will Placzek

12-05-18
Kim Keeling, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
UAB School of Medicine

12-10-18
Romi Gupta, PhD
Associate Research Scientist
Department of Pathology
Yale School of Medicine

12-12-18
Shwu-Yuan Wu
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry
University of Texas, Southwestern
Host: Louise Chow

01-30-19
Will Placzek, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
UAB School of Medicine

02-06-19
Yabing Chen, PhD
Professor
Molecular and Cellular Pathology
UAB School of Medicine

02-13-19
Champion Deivanayagam, PhD
Associate Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
UAB School of Medicine

02-20-19
Dr. Eric Mendenhall
Assistant Professor
Biological Sciences Department
UAH

03-06-19
Lee Zhou, PhD
Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School

03-14-19
Dr. Takaaki Akaike, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Environmental Medicine and Molecular Toxicology
Tohoku University
Faculty Host: David Bedwell, PhD and Rakesh Patel, PhD
Co-sponsorded with the Center for Free Radical Biology

03-20-19
Laszlo Nagy, M.D. PhD
Professor of Medicine and Biological Chemistry (PAR)
Associate Director, Center for Metabolic Origins of Disease
Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Department of Biological Chemistry
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Faculty Host: Natalia Kedishvili, PhD

03-27-19
Jun Zhang
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Alabama at Birmingham

04-03-19
Marek Napierala, PhD
Associate Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
University of Alabama at Birmingham

04-10-19
Kai Jiao, M.D., PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Genetics
University of Alabama at Birmingham

04-17-19

04-24-19
Craig Cameron, PhD
Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Penn State University

05-01-19

05-08-19