Previous First Friday Speakers
Sept. 2, 2022 - D-107
Network Interactions for Major Depressive Disorder
Warren Professor of Bioinformatics, Tandy School of Computer Science, The University of Tulsa
Oct. 7, 2022 - D-107
The Progressive Breakdown of RNA in Dried Body Fluid Stains Acts As An Indicator of Elapsed Time
Professor of Forensic Science, School of Forensic Sciences, OSU Center for Health Sciences
Nov. 11, 2022 - D-107
Interplay Between Host and Pathogens in the Urinary Tract
Associate Professor of Biology, Department of Natural Sciences, Northeastern State University, Broken Arrow
Dec. 2, 2022 - D-107
Macroevolutionary Trends in the Limbs of Early Synapsida: Big Data, Organismal Research, and a Holistic Understand of the Deepest Ancestors of Mammals
Assistant Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and Assistant Professor, Geosciences Department, University of Oklahoma
Jan. 6, 2023 - D-107
Cytomegalovirus and Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Overlooked Adversary or Innocent Bystander?
Principal Investigator, Laureate Institute for Brain Research
Feb. 3, 2023 - D-107
Role of Plaatelet TGF-beta1 in Normal and Disease States
Associate Member, Cardiovascular Biology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Mar. 3, 2023 - D-107
For a While, Crocodile: Crocodylomorph Endurance Through Mass Excinctions
Assistant Professor of Biology, Rose State College
Sept. 3, 2021 - Tandy 411
"Tuning of the Hardware: Factors that Influence the Sound Localization Pathway: Hormones, Sex, Sociality, and Fragile X Syndrome"
Assistant Professor, Integrative Biology Department at OSU-Stillwater
Oct 1, 2021- Tandy 411
"How to Make Bacteria Self-Destruct: Recombinase Deficiency In P. Aeruginosa Sensitizes Cells to Antibiotics and Stimulates Interbacterial Killing.”
Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department at OSU-Stillwater
Nov. 5, 2021- D-107
"Mapping molecular pathways of brain aging to understand Alzheimer’s disease"
Professor and Donald W. Reynolds Endowed Chair of Aging Research, Co-Director, Center for Geroscience and Healthy Brain Aging at OU-HSC
Dec. 3, 2021- Tandy 411
"Calcium Signaling Controls Virulence of A Human Pathogen, Pseudomonas Aeruginosa"
Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department at OSU-Stillwater
Jan. 7, 2022- Tandy 411
"Obesity and Immunity: the Roles of microRNAs"
Associate Professor, Department of Biology Rogers State University in Claremore, OK
Feb. 4, 2022- Tandy 411
"Look What the Cat Dragged In: Translational Animal Models For SARS-Cov-2 and Other Viral Infections"
Assistant Professor, Veterinary Pathobiology Department at OSU College of Veterinary Medicine OSU-Stillwater
Mar. 4, 2022- Tandy 411
"The Impact of Short-Term Dietary Restriction on Intestinal Stem Cell Function"
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department at the University of Oklahoma HSC
Apr. 1, 2022- Tandy 171
"Not so Typical MAP Kinases in G Protein Signaling Pathways"
Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department at OSU-Stillwater
May 6, 2022- Tandy 171
"Medical Pharmacology: from Monkey B Virus to Marijuana"
Professor, Physiological Sciences Department at the OSU College of Veterinary Medicine in OSU-Stillwater