Seminar FRRB:6000 in Free Radical and Radiation Biology
Schedule Fall 2021
Room Location: Aud 2 BSB 
Time: 11:30 AM
 

Wednesday, January 27, 2021 11 am central
REDOX BIOLOGY VIRTUAL SEMINAR

Presenter: Eftekhar Eftekharpour, Ph.D. University of Manitoba - Canada

Title: “The Battle of Neurodegeneration: Is it Time to Bring the Fight to the Nucleus?”

 

*Friday, February 5, 2021 at 12:00pm
HCCC Grand Rounds hosted by FRMI

https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/98941846737?pwd=QVBqSTVBT2NzZFN5ODhSOGY3dytLQT09

Meeting ID: 989 4184 6737

Passcode: HCCC
Presenter:  Dr. Prabhat C. Goswami
Title: “Mitochondria targeted cancer therapy”

 

February 11, 2021 

Presenter: Eric Kelley
Title: “Countervailing actions of xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) in health and disease”

 

February 18, 2021
Presenter: Kelly O’Berry from IRB
IRB Education & Outreach Program Manager
Human Subjects Office (HSO) / Institutional Review Board (IRB)
Title: “Navigating the IRB Review Process”

 

There are many things researchers need to know about obtaining IRB approval and the ethical conduct of human subject’s research. This presentation will provide an IRB overview with extra emphasis on data storage/security issues. There will be time for Q&A at the end. Bring your questions to stump the IRB staff!

 

February 25, 2021
Presenter: Douglas Spitz
Title: “Exciting new modalities of delivering radio-therapy: SBRT + SOD mimics and Flash-RT”

 

March 4, 2021 
Presenter: Samuel Rodman
Title: “Joint contracture and fibrosis of surrounding connective tissue associated with radiotherapy”

 

March 11, 2021
Presenter: Becky Oberley Deegan
Title: “Manganese porphyrins protect from radiation damage, in part through NRF2 signaling, in normoglycemic and hyperglycemic environments”

 

March 18, 2021

Presenter: No seminar, Spring Break

 

March 25, 2021
Presenter: Laura Pietrok
Title: “The use of ascorbate in a mouse model of lung cancer”

 

April 1, 2021 
Presenter: Michelle Giedt
Title: “Lipid droplets regulate actin remodeling via prostaglandin synthesis”

 

April 8, 2021 at 10:30 am
Presenter: Virtual Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Xiaolan Zhao 
Title: “Regulating two branches of the DNA damage response”
Join Zoom Meeting
https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/98807212679
Meeting ID: 988 0721 2679

 

April 15, 2021 at 10 am Watzke Aud 3 BSB
Presenter: Collin Heer
Title: “Targeting NAD metabolism in cancer therapy”

 

April 22, 2021
Presenter: Khaliunaa Bayanbold
Title: “Regulation of Cell Growth, DNA Damage and Sensitivity to Pharmacological Ascorbate by Ferritin Heavy Chain Overexpression”

 

April 29, 2021
Presenter: Dr. Franco Cruz Rodrigo, PhD 
Title: “Redox metabolism in the pathogenesis of environmental neurotoxicant exposure and viral infection”

 

May 6, 2021
Presenter: Mike Petronek
Title: “Understanding the physio-chemical properties of T2* - based MRI to predict and enhance GBM therapeutic outcomes”