STARS Presentations 2014–2016
2016
Immortality Realized: Germ Cells and the Biology of Sexual Reproduction
By Michael Buszczak, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Molecular Biology
Presented at the Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Mini-Symposium
November 7, 2016
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Understanding and Enhancing Mammalian Organ Regeneration
By Hao Zhu, M.D., Assistant Professor, Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern
Presented at the Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Mini-Symposium
November 7, 2016
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DNA Sequencing: The Past, the Present, and the Future
By Ralf Kittler, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development
Presented at The Sequencing Revolution Mini-Symposium
September 12, 2016
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A Cancer in the Family: Truthiness, Consent, and Meaning in Our Genes
By Theodora Ross, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division Hematology/Oncology
Presented at The Sequencing Revolution Mini-Symposium
September 12, 2016
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2015
How Neurons Communicate at Synapses
By Jose Rizo-Rey, Ph.D., Professor, Biophysics<
Presented at the Neuroscience Basic Science Symposium
October 10, 2015
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How We Use Animal Studies to Understand Recovery from Brain Injury
By Anne Stowe, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurotherapeutics
Presented at the Neuroscience Basic Science Symposium
October 10, 2015
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Evolutionary Arms Races Produce Unusual Weapons or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love a Pseudokinase
By Michael Reese, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pharmacology
Presented at the What Parasites Can Teach Us Mini-Symposium
September 14, 2015
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It’s No Fluke! Using Planarians to Understand Parasitic Schistosomes
By James Collins, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pharmacology
Presented at the What Parasites Can Teach Us Mini-Symposium
September 14, 2015
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The Role of Infectious Fear During the Dallas 2014 Ebola Crisis
By John T. Carlo, M.D., M.S., Chief Executive Officer, AIDS Arms, Inc.
Presented at the Better Health Through Epidemiology Mini-Symposium
January 5, 2015
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New Insights into the Epidemiology of Heart Disease: Three New Stories from the Dallas Heart Study
By James De Lemos, Ph.D., Professor, Internal Medicine, Cardiology
Presented at the Better Health Through Epidemiology Mini-Symposium
January 5, 2015
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2014
How do Drugs Act?
By Joseph Albanesi, Ph.D., Professor, Pharmacology
Presented at the Drugs: The Good, and Breaking Bad Basic Science Symposium
October 11, 2014
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Chemistry Behind the Development of New Therapeutics
By John MacMillan, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biochemistry
Presented at the Drugs: The Good, and Breaking Bad Basic Science Symposium
October 11, 2014
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Addiction and Illegal Drugs
By Eva LaDow, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, Honors and Neuroscience, UT Dallas
Presented at the Drugs: The Good, and Breaking Bad Basic Science Symposium
October 11, 2014
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Understanding Cellular Systems Using Genome Data
By Kimberly Reynolds, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Green Center for Systems Biology
Presented at the Bioinformatics: Making Sense of It All Mini-Symposium
September 22, 2014
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Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Maintaining Symbiotic Relationships with our Intestinal Bacteria
By Lora Hooper, Ph.D., Professor, Immunology
Presented at the Microbes, Friends and Foe Mini-Symposium
January 6, 2014
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A Re-interpretation of Borders: A Lesson Learned from Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pathogenesis
By Michael Shiloh, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine and Microbiology
Presented at the Microbes, Friends and Foe Mini-Symposium
January 6, 2014
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