CYSTIC FIBROSIS RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES

Held every first Thursday of the month from 9:30AM to 10:30AM in BST 1295 and virtually via Zoom (unless otherwise noted)

 

FALL 2023

 

October 5    

“Augmenting measurements of mucociliary clearance with in vitro and in silico models"

Timothy Corcoran, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Bioengineering, and Chemical Engineering
Director of Faculty Development, Division of PACCSM
Vice Chair, Institutional Review Board
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

 

November 2    

No Meeting: NACFC    

 

December 7    

“Clinical Updates on CF"

Joseph Pilewski, MD
Associate Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine, Cell Biology, Physiology & Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

 

SPRING 2024

 

January 4

“Single-cell RNAseq applications in CF research”

Kong Chen, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of PACCSM
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

 

February 1

“Pairing in situ imaging with in vitro model systems to reveal how Mycobacterium abscessus tolerates antibiotics"

William DePas, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

 

March 7

“No guts, no glory: the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Receptor (CFTR) in the small intestine"

Alison Kohan, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

 

April 4

“Direct therapeutic protein delivery by mechanically generated extracellular vesicles to treat cystic fibrosis"

Siyang Zheng, PhD
Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical & Computer Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University

 

May 2

“Early decisions during CFTR biogenesis"

Jeffrey Brodsky, PhD
Avinoff Professor of Biological Sciences
University of Pittsburgh