Physiology Faculty Search Symposium

January 23, 2025

9:00am – 4:00pm

Venue

Luskin Laureate Room

NOTE: A lunch break will occur from 12:00 to 1:00 PM.

“Leveraging GWAS Signals to Identify Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Mechanisms”
9:10 AM – 10:00 AM

Yaw Asare, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator and Team Leader
Ludwig Maximilian University Hospital

“Myelination: A Gateway for Brain Plasticity”
10:00 AM – 10:50 AM

Wendy Xin, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
UC San Francisco

“Enhancer-Based Genomic Medicine for Immune Dysfunction Diseases”
11:10 AM – 12:00 PM

Dig Bijay Mahat, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

“Compartmentalization as a Regulator of Cellular Metabolism”
1:00 PM – 1:50 PM

Keunwoo Rye, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
MemorialSloan Kettering Cancer Center

“(Don’t) Take My Breath Away: How Epithelial-Neural Interactions Protect the Airway”
1:50 PM – 2:40 PM

Laura Seeholzer, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
UC San Francisco

“Plasma Membrane Abundance as a Biophysical Regulator of Myeloid Cell Migration, Phagocytosis, and its Role in Demyelination”
3:00 PM – 3:50 PM

Benjamin Winer, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
UC San Francisco

In-Person Event
Luskin Laureate Room

For more information, please contact Laura Schreiber at LSchreiber@mednet.ucla.edu