Baker Institute for Animal Health

DEDICATED TO THE STUDY OF VETERINARY INFECTIOUS DISEASES, IMMUNOLOGY, CANCER, REPRODUCTION, GENOMICS AND EPIGENOMICS

Events

All seminars are held Tuesdays from 12:00 - 1:00 PM in Thaw Lecture Theatre at The Baker Institute unless otherwise specified. Lunch is provided for those attending the seminar. Email smw23@cornell.edu with any questions.

	Date: January 21, 2020 Speaker: Scott Coonrod, PhD, Judy Wilpon Professor of Cancer Biology Director, Baker Institute for Animal Health Title: "State of the Institute"
	Date: January 29, 2020 Speaker: Dr. Fran Chan, PhD, Research Group Leader, Friedrich Miescher Laboratory, Max Planck Institute, Tubingen, Germany Title: *“The Long-legged Mouse and the Impossible Hybrid – The Genetics of Evolutionary Change”*
	Date: February 4, 2020 Speaker: Doug Antczak VMD, PhD, Dorothy Havemeyer McConville Professor of Equine Medicine, Baker Institute for Animal Health Title: "Baker @ 70 Years - A Look Back to Guide us to the Future"
	Date: March 3, 2020 Speaker: Colin Parrish, PhD, John M. Olin Professor of Virology Title: "Understanding the emergence, spread and control of the H3N8 and H3N2 canine influenza viruses."
	Date: March 10, 2020 Speaker: No Baker Seminar Series scheduled due to overlap with Vertebrate Genomics Club (VERGE)
	Date: March 17, 2020
	Date: April 6, 2020 at 2:00p.m. via Zoom The Office of Graduate Education and the Field of Biomedical & Biological Sciences are proud to announce that Oyebola Oyesola will present a seminar on the results of her PhD thesis research. Title: Understanding the role of the prostaglandin D2 receptor CRTH2 in the regulation of type 2 immune responses at mucosal surfaces.
	Date: Cancelled ~~April 7, 2020~~ Speaker: Carrie Shaffer, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Veterinary Science Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gluck Equine Research Center, KY Title: "Development of an Organoid Platform for Equine Medicine."
	Date: April 14, 2020 Speaker: No Baker Seminar Series scheduled due to overlap with Vertebrate Genomics Club (VERGE)
	Date: April 14, 2020 via Zoom Speaker: Lauren Choate, PHD Thesis Defense Seminar Title: "Cis-regulatory adaptations in th primate immune system."
	Date: April 16, 2020 via Zoom 06:00 PM EST A special webinar in conjunction with Dr. Meg Thompson and the Cornell University Hospital for Animals. Webinar Topic: Cornell Vet COVID-19 updates and information sharing with special guests from the Baker Institute
April 17, 2020 via Zoom at 4:00 PM EST Part I
	Date: Cancelled ~~April 21, 2020~~ Speaker: Susan Hafenstein, Associate Professor, Penn State University. Hafenstein lab. Title: "Structural control of canine parvovirus host range and antibody binding."
April 24, 2020 via Zoom at 4:00 PM EST Part II
	Date: Cancelled ~~April 28, 2020~~ Speaker: Christine King, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Upstate Medical University. Title:
	Date: Cancelled ~~May 5, 2020~~ Speaker: Paul Thompson, PhD, Professor and Director of Chemical Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School Title: "The role of citrullination in autoimmunity"
	Date: May 12, 2020 Speaker: No Baker Seminar Series scheduled due to overlap with Vertebrate Genomics Club (VERGE)
	Date: July 17, 2020 Speaker: Dan Mishmar, Professor of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion, University of the Negev Title: