HudsonAlpha Research Seminars
The HudsonAlpha Research Seminars bring together experts in genetics, genomics, biotechnology, bioinformatics, medicine and immunology for free, public presentations and debate among the scientific community. The seminars also provide valuable academic learning and discussion opportunities for scientists training in labs at HudsonAlpha and at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Seminars are hosted by researchers at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology from October through May.
Upcoming Research Seminars
For more information about HudsonAlpha Seminars, please contact Kathy Rader at krader@hudsonalpha.org.
September 26, 2018
Host: Kankshita Swaminathan, PhD
John Mullet, PhD
Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas A&M University
October 3, 2018
Immunogenomics 2018
October 10, 2018
Host: Liz Worthey, PhD
Jarred Younger, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
October 24, 2018
To Be Announced
October 31, 2018
Hosts: Greg Barsh, MD, PhD | Greg Cooper, PhD
Sharon Plon, MD, PhD
Professor
Pediatrics-Oncology; Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
November 7, 2018
Host: Greg Barsh, MD, PhD
Ellis Neufeld, MD, PhD
Clinical Director, EVP
John and Lorine Thrasher Endowed Chair
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis, TN
November 14, 2018
Host: Sara Cooper, PhD
Benjamin F. Voight, PhD
Associate Professor, Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics
Associate Professor, Genetics
University of Pennsylvania – Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
November 21, 2018
Thanksgiving – No Research Seminar
November 28, 2018
Hosts: Liz Worthey, PhD | Melissa Wilk, PhD
Joseph Carroll, Ph.D.
Richard O. Schultz, MD / Ruth Works Professor in Ophthalmology
Professor of Ophthalmology, Biophysics, and Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Dr. Guy Caldwell, Ph.D. and Dr. Kim Caldwell, Ph.D., Molecular Biologists, Assistant Professors, Department of Biological Sciences
Lynn Holt, M.S., C.G.C., Genetic Counselor, Department of Genetics
Bonnie Howard, Public Health Environmentalist
Dr. Charles Woernle, M.D., M.P.H., State Epidemiologist
Dr. Brett McKinney, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics
Daniel Sharer, Ph.D., FACMG, Assistant Professor and Director
Lynn Hudson, Biotechnology Business Development Manager Intelligence Systems
Dr. David Weaver, Professor, Department of Agronomy and Soils