URMC / Lung Biology and Disease Program / Seminars Seminars Upcoming20232022202120202019Lung Biology Research Seminar Series: MYC disruption of the circadian clock in early non-small cell lung cancer developmentBrian J. Altman, Ph.D. - Department of Biomedical Genetics University of Rochester Dec 17, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)Host: Dr. Michael O’Reilly TNF-α Drives Progressive Obliterative Pulmonary Vascular Disease and Represents a Novel Model of Connective-Tissue Disease Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (CTD-PAH)Benjamin Korman, M.D. - Department of Medicine Allergy/Immunology and Rheumatology University of Rochester Nov 19, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)EHSC Seminar Series: Mechanisms of Environmentally Induced and Inherited Epigenetic EffectsPatrick Murphy - Department of Biomedical Genetics, URMC Nov 07, 2019 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 4-8820EHSC Seminar Series: Dissecting the epigenetic machinery underlying the memory of chemical exposurePatrick Allard, PhD - UCLA EpiCenter on Epigenetics, Reproduction, and Society UCLA Institute for Society & Genetics Oct 17, 2019 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 4-8820Lung Biology Research Seminar Series: EC-SOD regulation of redox sensitive signaling in pulmonary vascular diseasesEva Nozik Grayck, M.D. - University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Research Lab Oct 15, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)Host: Dr. Michael O’Reilly EHSC Seminar Series: Functionally adapting to an oxygen environment at birth: A maladaptive response later in lifeDr. Michael O'Reilly - UR/Dept. of Pediatrics-Neonatology Oct 10, 2019 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 4-8820Lung Biology Research Seminar Series: Crosstalk between monocytes and endothelial cells in progression of pulmonary artery hypertensionJinjiang Pang, B. Med., Ph.D. - Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute University of Rochester Oct 01, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (Rm. 3-6408)Host: Dr. Michael O’Reilly EHSC Seminar Series: A fishy story: Uncovering the molecular interactions between pulmonary lipid metabolism and environmental lung diseasesKym Gowdy - Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, East Carolina University Sep 26, 2019 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 4-8820Strong Memorial Hospital Department of Medicine Grand Rounds Co-sponsored by the Lung Biology & Disease Program: Seeing Red. Free Hemoglobin and the Pathogenesis of Sepsis-induced Organ DysfunctionLorraine B. Ware, MD - Professor of Medicine and Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Sep 17, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Class of ‘62 AuditoriumToxicology PhD Defense: Contribution of Toll-like receptor 4 signaling to the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis: Origins of fibroblast apoptosis resistanceKelly M. Hanson - Ph.D. student, Toxicology Jul 29, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | Lower Auditorium (1-7619)Host: (Research supervised by Jacob Finkelstein, PhD) Toxicology Retreat: The Effects Of Phthalate Exposure On Female ReproductionJodi Flaws, PhD - University of Illinois, Urbana May 30, 2019 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | Lower Adolph Auditorium (1-7619)Effective Science and Risk Communication: Insights from the National AcademiesDr. David Butler - Health and Medicine Division; The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine May 23, 2019 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | EHSC Conference Room (4-8820)High-resolution metabolomics: Advanced blood chemistry for sequencing the human exposomeDr. Douglas Walker - Dept. of Environ Med & Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai May 09, 2019 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 4-8820Host: Dr. Mark Utell Consider the Lung as a Sensory OrganDr. Xin Sun - University of California, San Diego Department of Pediatrics May 07, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408Host: Dr. Michael O'Reilly Consider the Lung as a Sensory OrganDr. Xin Sun - University of California, San Diego, Professor, Pediatrics and Biological Sciences Apr 16, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (Rm. 3-6408)Host: Dr. Michael O’Reilly Tox 558 Seminar Series: Exposure to a mixture of suspected thyroid disrupting chemicals alters metamorphic remodeling of the adaptive immune system in Xenopus laevisConnor McGuire, MSc - Ph.D. student, Toxicology Apr 08, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408Host: (Research supervised by Jacques Robert, Ph.D.) The Airway Epithelium in Chemical-Induced Lung Disease: A Sentient Sentinel or Masked Marauder?Dr. Matthew McGraw - University of Rochester Medical Center, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics Apr 02, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (Rm. 3-6408)Host: Dr. Michael O’Reilly Tox 558 Seminar Series: Dysregulated Lactate Metabolism Offers Novel Therapeutic Targets for Radiation-Induced Pulmonary FibrosisMackenzie Palmer - Ph.D. student, Toxicology Apr 01, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408Host: (Research supervised by Patricia Sime, M.D.) Emerging mass spectrometry (MS)-based technologies for multi-scale mapping of the lungDr. Charles Ansong - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Senior Research Scientist, Integrative Omics group Biological Division Mar 19, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (Rm. 3-6408)Host: Dr. Ravi Misra Plasticity of lymphatics in lung diseaseDr. Donald McDonald - University of California, San Francisco, Professor Cardiovascular Research Institute, Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Department of Anatomy Mar 05, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (Rm. 3-6408)Host: Dr. Arshad Rahman Mammalian organogenesis: Making blood before a blood stem cellDr. James Palis - UR/Pediatrics Feb 19, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408Lung Megakaryocyte is a Novel Antigen Presenting CellDaphne Pariser - Ph.D. student, UR Microbiology & Immunology Feb 05, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307Host: Dr. Michael O’Reilly PhD Thesis Defense: Neurotoxicological Consequences of Developmental Exposure to Hyperoxia and Ultrafine Ambient Particulate Matter: Concurrent Risk Factors of Premature BirthKeith Morris-Schaffer - Ph.D. student, Toxicology Feb 04, 2019 @ 10:00 a.m. Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)Host: (Research supervised by Deborah Cory-Slechta Ph.D.) Neonatal and juvenile immune responses to lower respiratory tract gram negative bacteriaDr. Sharon Ann McGrath-Morrow - Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Program Director, Pediatric Pulmonary Fellowship program, Professor of Pediatrics Jan 15, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (Rm. 3-6408)Host: Dr. Michael O’Reilly 11th Annual Lung Research and Trainee Day: Building and repairing the lung at single cell levelDr. Jeffrey Whitsett - Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Co-Director, Perinatal Institute, Chief, Section of Neonatology, Perinatal and Pulmonary Biology Jan 11, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (Rm. 3-6408)Host: Dr. Michael O’Reilly