A Weekly Colloquium on Problems in the Biology of Complex Diseases will feature several speakers and topics of interest to University of Arizona Department of Medicine physicians and investigators.
The spring lecture series is hosted by the Arizona Center for the Biology of Complex Diseases (ABCD), which explores major biomedical challenges regarding diseases such as asthma, cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic disorders, neuro-degenerative and neuro-developmental diseases.
The UA College of Medicine – Tucson lectures are held in conjunction with the departments of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Genetics, Immunobiology, and Pharmacology and Toxicology (in the UA College of Pharmacy).
The ABCD is led by Director Donata Vercelli, MD, who will be presenting on the topic of “Epigenetics in Complex Diseases” on Friday, Feb. 5, 9-11 a.m., in the BIO5 Institute, Room 103.
Other lectures are scheduled for the same date, time and location as follows (exceptions noted):
| WHEN | WHERE | WHO | THEME |
| Fri., Feb. 12, 9-11 am |
BIO5 103 |  Debbie Meyers, PhD (Wake Forest U.) |
“Life after GWAS” |
| Fri., Feb. 19, 9-11 am |
BIO5 103 |  Carole Ober, PhD (U. Chicago) |
“-Omics Integration in Complex Diseases” |
| Fri., Feb. 26, 9-10:30 am |
BIO5 103 |  Jill Tardiff, MD, PhD (UA) |
“Impact of Variants on Heart Muscle Biophysics” |
| Fri., Mar. 4, 9-11 am |
BIO5 103 |  Raina Maier, PhD (UA) |
“The Environmental Microbiome” |
| Fri., Mar. 11, 9-11 am | BIO5 103 |  Erika von Mutius, MD (Ludwig Maximilians Universität – Munich, Germany) |
“Human Farming Studies and the Microbiome” |
| Fri., Mar. 25, 9-11 am | BIO5 247 |  Susan Lynch, PhD (UC San Francisco) |
“The Microbiome in Complex Lung Diseases” |
| Fri., Apr. 1, 9-11 am | BIO5 103 |  Talal Chatila, MD, PhD (Harvard/Children’s) |
“Commensals and Immune Regulation” |
| Fri., Apr. 8, 9-11 am | BIO5 103 |  Fernando Martinez, MD (UA) |
“Genes and Environment” |
| Fri., Apr. 15, 9-11 am | BIO5 103 |  Casey Romanoski, PhD (UA) |
“Genomics of Gene Regulation” |
| Fri., Apr. 22, 9-11 am | BIO5 103 |  Walt Klimecki, DVM, PhD (UA) |
“Lessons from Pharmacogenomics” |
| Fri., Apr. 29, 9-11 am | BIO5 103 |  Darren Cusanovich, PhD (U. Wash.) |
“Chromatin Accessibility in Development & Disease” |
For a broader description of the Colloquium as well as a printable schedule of the lectures, see this link or visit the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine website: http://cmm.arizona.edu/
For further information, please contact Dr. Vercelli, colloquium organizer, donata@email.arizona.edu