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Center for Genetic Medicine Seminar Series

The Center for Genetic Medicine welcomes all members of the Northwestern University community to attend upcoming seminars. 

If you are planning on attending the 2024-2025 CGM seminar series virtually, you will need to have your NU login credentials to access the seminar. If you are interested in attending virtually and do not have Northwestern University login credentials, please contact Senior Program Coordinator, Kiara Meza kiara.moore@northwestern.edu.

Thursday, November 21

SQBRC Simpson-Querrey Auditorium (1-230)
3:30pm- 4:30pm 

Presentation Topic: Long-read RNA-sequencing, alternative splicing, neurodevelopmental disorders

Presenter: Mia Broad
DGP PhD Student
Carvill Lab 
Department of Neurology

Presentation Topic: gene regulation, epigenetics

Presenter: Esther Yoon 
MD/PhD Student
Carvill Lab 
Department of Neurology

 
Thursday, December 12

SQBRC Simpson-Querrey Auditorium (1-230)
3:30pm-4:30pm

Presentation Topic: Clinical Informatics and Genomics

Presenter: Noah Forrest
MD/PhD Student  
Walunas Lab

Department of Preventative Medicine

Presentation Topic: Muscle Transcriptomics

Presenter: Michelle Lee
DGP PhD student
McNally Lab

Center for Genetic Medicine

 
Thursday, January 23

SQBRC Simpson-Querrey Auditorium (1-230)

3:30pm-4:30pm  

Presentation Topic: Cancer Genetics/ complex trait genetics

Presenter: Ben Kuznets-Speck, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
Goyal Lab
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

Presentation Topic: Somitogenesis

Presenter: Didar Saparov

DGP PhD Student

Ozbudak Lab

Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

 
Thursday, February 27

SQBRC Simpson-Querrey Auditorium (1-230)
3:30pm-4:30pm 

Presentation Topic:  Polygenic disease

Tanner Monroe, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
McNally Lab 
Center for Genetic Medicine

 
Thursday, March 27

SQBRC Simpson-Querrey Auditorium (1-230)
3:30pm-4:30pm

Presentation Topic: Cell biology and limb development

Presenter: Cassandra McDaniel 
DGP PhD Student  
Ozbudak Lab

Department of Cell and Developmental Biology 

Presentation Topic: Developmental and Systems Biology

Presenter: Chandel Angad Singh 

DGP PhD Student 

Ozbudak Lab 

Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

 
Thursday, April 24

SQBRC Simpson-Querrey Auditorium (1-230)
3:30pm- 4:30pm 

Presentation Topic: Neurogenetics

Presenter: Kynon J. Benjamin, PhD 

Associate Professor 

HEART-GeN Research Group 

Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 

 
Thursday, May 22

SQBRC Simpson-Querrey Auditorium (1-230)
3:30pm- 4:30pm 

Presentation Topic: Epilepsy genetics

Presenter: Presenter: Sheng Tang, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher

Carvill Lab 

Department of Neurology