2016
February 8, 2016
5:15-6:15PM – Room 451, Cancer Genetics Research Complex (CGRC) Building
Gordon Mitchell, PhD
Professor of Physical Therapy and Neuroscience
Director, Center for Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation
University of Florida Department of Physical Therapy
“Compensatory respiratory plasticity in Motor Neuron Disease”
February 15, 2016
5:15-6:15 PM – Room 451, Cancer Genetics Research Complex (CGRC) Building
Emily Plowman, PhD, CCC-SLP
Associate Professor
Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Director, Neuromotor Speech & Swallowing Restoration Laboratory
Clinical Director, Center for Respiratory Research & Rehabilitation
University of Florida
“Extending Bulbar and Respiratory Function in ALS “
March 2, 2016
9:30-10:30 AM – DeWeese Auditorium, McKnight Brain Institute
Ravi Allada, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Neurobiology
Northwestern University
“Circadian Clocks and Neurodegeneration”
March 7, 2016
12:00-1:00 PM – DeWeese Auditorium, McKnight Brain Institute
Charles Thornton, MD.
Department of Neurology
Saunders Family Distinguished Professor in Neuromuscular Research
University of Rochester
“The Myotonic Dystropy Gene: Better Seen than Heard”
April 5, 2016
10:00-11:00 AM – Room 451, Cancer Genetics Research Complex (CGRC) Building
Robert Spitale, PhD.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chemistry
University of California, Irvine
“Measuring RNA Structure Inside Living Cells”
April 15, 2016
10:00-11:00 Room 351, Cancer Genetics Research Complex (CGRC) Building
Bernd Schierwater, PhD.
Director – ITZ, TiHo Hannover
External Faculty – Yale University AMNH, New York
“Placozoa: An emerging model system for comparative biology and biomedical research”