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STARS Past Presentations

Presentations will be uploaded as soon as they become available.

Summer 2020 

Summer 2020

2020 STARS Virtual Summer Seminar Series

 

June 10, 2020, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Via Zoom
“Establishing Cardiac Rhythm: What Makes the Ticker Keep Ticking?"
Nikhil Munshi, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Internal Medicine
June 17, 2020, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Via Zoom
“The Power of Model Systems: Lessons Learned from Swamp Creatures and an Eradicated Virus.”
Julie Pfeiffer, Ph.D., Professor, Microbiology
June 24, 2020, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Via Zoom
“Mutagenisis in the Mouse.”
Bruce Beutler, M.D., Director, Center for the Genetics of Host Defense, Professor and Director, Immunology
July 1, 2020, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Via Zoom
“It’s No Fluke: Using Planarian to Guide Our Understanding of Parasitic Schistosomes.”
James Collins, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pharmacology
July 8, 2020, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Via Zoom
“Histone Demethylases: Roles in Transcriptional Adaptation and Therapeutic Resistance.”
Elisabeth Martinez, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Pharmacology
July 15, 2020, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Via Zoom
“Vocal Learning, Brain Plasticity and the Remarkable Songbird.”
Todd Roberts, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Neuroscience
Fall 2020  

Fall 2020

September 14, 2020, 6-8 p.m., Via Zoom
STARS Mini-Symposium, "Coronavirus and Climate Change: Approaching Two Existential Threats”
Robert Haley, M.D., Professor, Internal Medicine, and Trish Perl, M.D., Chief, Division of Infectious Disease, Professor, Internal Medicine
September 19, 2020, 8:45am-12:45pm p.m., Via Zoom
STARS Basic Science Symposium, "The Interprofessional Leadership Committee and STARS Presents: 2020 Careers in Biomedical Sciences Symposium”
Opening Remarks and Medical School Presentation
September 19, 2020, 8:45am-12:45pm p.m., Via Zoom
STARS Basic Science Symposium, "The Interprofessional Leadership Committee and STARS Presents: 2020 Careers in Biomedical Sciences Symposium”
Physical Therapy Presentation
September 19, 2020, 8:45am-12:45pm p.m., Via Zoom
STARS Basic Science Symposium, "The Interprofessional Leadership Committee and STARS Presents: 2020 Careers in Biomedical Sciences Symposium”
Radiation Therapy Presentation
September 19, 2020, 8:45am-12:45pm p.m., Via Zoom
STARS Basic Science Symposium, "The Interprofessional Leadership Committee and STARS Presents: 2020 Careers in Biomedical Sciences Symposium”
Physician Assistant Presentation
September 19, 2020, 8:45am-12:45pm p.m., Via Zoom
STARS Basic Science Symposium, "The Interprofessional Leadership Committee and STARS Presents: 2020 Careers in Biomedical Sciences Symposium”
Prosthetics and Orthotics Presentation
September 19, 2020, 8:45am-12:45pm p.m., Via Zoom
STARS Basic Science Symposium, "The Interprofessional Leadership Committee and STARS Presents: 2020 Careers in Biomedical Sciences Symposium”
Graduate School Presentation
September 19, 2020, 8:45am-12:45pm p.m., Via Zoom
STARS Basic Science Symposium, "The Interprofessional Leadership Committee and STARS Presents: 2020 Careers in Biomedical Sciences Symposium”
Nursing Presentation
September 19, 2020, 8:45am-12:45pm p.m., Via Zoom
STARS Basic Science Symposium, "The Interprofessional Leadership Committee and STARS Presents: 2020 Careers in Biomedical Sciences Symposium”
Pharmacy Presentation
September 19, 2020, 8:45am-12:45pm p.m., Via Zoom
STARS Basic Science Symposium, "The Interprofessional Leadership Committee and STARS Presents: 2020 Careers in Biomedical Sciences Symposium”
Question and Answer Session
September 28, 2020, 6-7:30pm p.m., Via Zoom
STARS Exploring Meeting, presentation and discussion panel by UTSW MD/Ph.D. students
STARS Basic Science Symposium, “Using Genetics and Model Organisms to Understand Human Disease”, October 3, 2020, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Via Zoom
“Cell Organelles and the Storage of Fat”
Joel Goodman, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology and STARS Director
STARS Basic Science Symposium, “Using Genetics and Model Organisms to Understand Human Disease”, October 3, 2020, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Via Zoom
“What Can a Worm Teach Us about Traumatic Brain Injury”
Peter Douglas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology
STARS Basic Science Symposium, “Using Genetics and Model Organisms to Understand Human Disease”, October 3, 2020, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Via Zoom
“Learning about Human Diseases from Fly Models”
Helmut Kramer, Ph.D., Professor, Neuroscience | Cell Biology
STARS Basic Science Symposium, “Using Genetics and Model Organisms to Understand Human Disease”, October 3, 2020, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Via Zoom
“Creating Genetically Modified Rodents to Decipher Mechanisms of Human Disease”
Robert Hammer, Ph.D., Professor, Biochemistry
STARS Basic Science Symposium, “Using Genetics and Model Organisms to Understand Human Disease”, October 3, 2020, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Via Zoom
“Human Genetics in Disease and Discovery”
Markey McNutt, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development | Internal Medicine | Pediatrics
October 19, 2020, 6-7:30pm p.m., Via Zoom
STARS Exploring Meeting, presentation by the WSTEM Group from Abbott Laboratories
November 11, 2020, 6-8 p.m., Via Zoom
STARS Mini-Symposium, "The Science and Treatment of Movement Disorders”
Shilpa Chitnis, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Neurology, and William Dauer, M.D., Director, Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, Professor Neurology and Neuroscience
December 7, 2020, 6-7:30 p.m., Via Zoom
STARS STARS Special Holiday Symposium, "Ask a Hurricane Hunter; Nick Underwood NOAA Aerospace Engineer”
December 14, 2020, 6-7:30 p.m., Via Zoom
STARS Exploring Meeting, " Genetic Counseling”
Spring 2021 
January 11, 2021, 6-8 p.m., Via Zoom
STARS Mini-Symposium, "Gut Inflammation”
Ezra Burstein, M.D., Ph.D., Division Chief, Professor, Internal Medicine | Molecular Biology and Lora Hooper, Ph.D., Professor & Chair, Immunology | Center for Genetics of Host Defense | Microbiology
January 13, 2021, 6-7 p.m., Via Zoom
STARS Summer Research Program for Students Info Session
March 9, 2021, 6-7 p.m., Via Zoom
2021 STARS Summer Science Camps Info Session

Presentations will be uploaded as soon as they become available.

 

Summer 2021  

Summer 2021

June 16, 2021, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Via Zoom
“Evolutionary Arms Races Produce Unusual Weapons or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love a Pseudokinase"
Michael Reese, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pharmacology
June 23, 2021, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Via Zoom
“Why Hearts Attack"
Michael Brown, M.D.,  Professor, Molecular Genetics, Internal Medicine
June 30, 2021, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Via Zoom
“Dissecting New Mechanisms of Lung Cancer Pathogenesis"
Kathryn O’Donnell, Ph.D.,  Associate Professor, Molecular Biology
July 7, 2021, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Via Zoom
“Stem Cell Approaches to Understanding Acquired and Genetic Epilepsies"
Jenny Hsieh, Ph.D.,  UTSA, Professor and Director of the Brain Health Consortium
July 14, 2021, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Via Zoom
“The Circadian Clock in Your Cells and Its Implications for Physiology, Health, and Aging"
Joseph Takahashi, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Neuroscience
July 21, 2021, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Via Zoom
“Genetic Dissection of Germ Cell Biology"
Michael Buszczak, Ph.D., Professor, Molecular Biology