Events

Dissertation Defenses

Congratulations to Apurva Gahankari and her advisor, Dr. Fenglei He! Apurva defended her dissertation, 'A novel mechanism underlying craniofacial development', April 18, 2025. 

Congratulations to Rajan KC and his advisor, Dr. Maria Galazo! Rajan defended his dissertation, 'The Functional and Molecular Role of Transcription Cofactor ZMIZ1 in the Cerebral Cortex and Lymphatic Endothelial Cells',  April 2, 2024. 

CELL 1010 Service Learning LUMCON Visit

The Service Learning option is offered as a part of the CELL 1010 - Intro to Cell and Molecular Biology course. This is offered to 10 students per section of the course. Students take water samples in designated areas of Audubon Park, New Orleans to monitor the health of the local water ecology system for seven weeks. Data collected is added to the LUMCON website for access to all environmental monitoring agencies that partner with LUMCON. At the end of the program, students offer presentations that include general topics related to water quality. In addition, they also offer demonstrations and presentations to K-12 students in the Greater New Orleans area.

Seminar Series

FALL 2024

All seminars at 3:00 pm in Boggs 239 unless otherwise noted.  

Friday, September 27 - Kylie Browne and Sandra Offor

Friday, October 11 - Dr. Mark Mondrinos

Friday, October 25 - Dr. Maria Galazo

Friday, November 1 - Tianyi Xiao and Kapil Thapa

Friday, November 8  - Ning Liu

Friday December 6 - Adella Guidroz and Garrett Bartoletti

SPRING 2025

All seminars at 3:00 pm in Boggs 239 unless otherwise noted.  

Friday, January 24 - Yisu Li and Anirban Ray

Friday, January 31 - Dr. Scott Johnstone

Friday, February 14 - Dr. Aaron Dumont

Friday, February 21 - Tianhao Wu and Apurva Gahankari

Friday, March 28-  Yinga Wu and Qi Zhou

Friday April 4 - Dr. Matthew McGinley

Friday April 11- Elisa Boscolo

Friday, April 18 - Shreya Bavishi 

Friday, April 26 - Qi Zhou and Edward Looker