Online Seminar - Signal propagation in myelinated axons: relating structure to function using mathematical modeling and simulations

Friday, December 4, 2020 11:00to12:00

The profound functional significance of myelin is revealed by the severe neurological deficits that are consequent upon multiple inherited or acquired demyelinating conditions./physiologyCategory:...

Online Seminar: Convergent Evolution of a Social Symbiosis

Friday, November 6, 2020 11:00to12:00

How social and symbiotic behaviors evolve in the Metazoa is poorly understood at the cellular and molecular levels./physiologyCategory: Dept. of Physiology Physiology Friday Seminar Series

Online Seminar: From gene expression to function – a pipeline for manipulating and characterizing human iPSC-cardiomyocytes

Friday, October 9, 2020 11:00to12:00

Animal models, especially transgenic rodent models, have enhanced our understanding of cardiovascular function at the molecular level./physiologyCategory: Dept. of Physiology...

Online Seminar: Unconventional neurovascular coupling modality in the hypothalamus in response to a systemic homeostatic challenge

Friday, October 23, 2020 11:00to12:00

The supraoptic (SON) and paraventricular (PVN) nuclei of the hypothalamus play critical roles in the regulation of bodily homeostasis, including the generation of coordinated neurosecretory and...

Online Seminar - Modelling the Dynamics of Cellular Motility, from Adhesion Dynamics to Cellular Migration

Friday, September 25, 2020 11:00to12:00

Cellular migration is a complex phenomenon that involves the integration of many intracellular processes, allowing for an autonomous response to motility cues found in the cellular environment....

Online Seminar - Regulation of microtubule organisation and dynamics: seeing proteins and drugs in action

Friday, October 30, 2020 11:00to12:00

Microtubules are dynamic cytoskeletal filaments that control different aspects of cell architecture./physiologyCategory: Dept. of Physiology Physiology Friday Seminar Series

Online Seminar - Pick your poison: physiology of chemical defenses in poison frogs

Friday, October 16, 2020 11:00to12:00

Many animals have evolved chemical defense strategies to protect themselves from predators and pathogens. While some species synthesize genetically encoded toxins, others acquire them from their...

Online Seminar - Pollutants and human health: the effects of endocrine disruptors on energy metabolism

Friday, September 18, 2020 11:00to12:00

Over the past decade, there is growing interest in the role of environmental pollutants in the development of type 2 diabetes./physiologyCategory: Dept. of Physiology Physiology Friday Seminar Series

Online Seminar: Squish and Squeeze – Nuclear Mechanics in Physiology and Disease

Friday, October 2, 2020 11:00to12:00

The nucleus is the characteristic feature of eukaryotic cells and houses the genomic information of the cell./physiologyCategory: Dept. of Physiology Physiology Friday Seminar Series

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