Faculty Seminar Series

The Texas Biomedical Research Institute's Faculty Seminar Series provides an opportunity for scientific staff and their colleagues to share their findings. All seminars are held in the Denney Conference Center. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend these seminars.

Date Talk
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Noon to 1
John C. Kapeghian, Ph.D., D.A.B.T.

President, Preclinical Safety Associates, Reno, NV

The Pivotal Role of Contract Research in Preclinical Drug Development

Friday, Feb. 15, 2013
Noon to 1
Melanie L. Graham, M.P.H., Ph.D. 

Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota

The Use of Animal Models in the Study of Diabetes

 Thursday, May 17, 2012 Suzette D. Tardif, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Cellular & Structural Biology, Barshop Institute for Longevity & Aging Studies, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

Fat and Old Marmosets: Modeling Obesity and Aging in a Small, Short-lived Nonhuman Primate

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Julie Hensler, Ph.D. 
Professor of Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio.

In search of mechanisms underlying resilience to stress, vulnerability to depression and how antidepressants work: studies in mice deficient in brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)

Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012 Christi A. Walter, Ph.D. 

Professor and Chair, Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio.

Modulation of a DNA Repair Gene Reduces the Prevalence and Size of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012

Bruce Levin, Ph.D. 
Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Biology, Dept. of Biology, Emory University.

Evolution, Health Care and the Limits to the Human Lifespan

Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012 Joanna E. Lambert, Ph.D. 
Professor, Department of Ecological Anthropology, University of Texas at San Antonio

Feeding Biology, Digestive Strategies, and Microbial Strategy: Implications for Interpreting African Primate Diversity

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