First Friday Speakers
Biomedical Research Around the State
The First Friday Biomedical Seminar Series brings an outstanding scientist to the OSU Center for Health Sciences on the first Friday of each month. The invited scientist will use the seminar to speak on a research topic of their choice. Besides giving a public seminar at noon on the first Friday, the invited scientist meets with faculty at the Faculty Forum, from 10:00 – 11:30 am before their seminar. The speaker also meets with graduate students after their seminar for a catered lunch. Additionally, the seminar speaker provides a recent publication that is used for the First Friday Journal Club on the Thursday before the talk from 4:00 – 5:00 pm.
The First Friday Biomedical Sciences is supported by the Graduate Office and organized by the First Friday Seminar Committee.
This year’s committee:
- Chair: Bart Ford, PhD
- Vice-Chair: Zachary Klukkert, PhD
- Past Chair: George (I-Hsiu) Huang, PhD
- Administrative Assistant: Kay Lynn Folmar
- Graduate Student Member: Chelsea Pierce
For further information and to register for Zoom attendance, please contact chsgradprograms@okstate.edu.
Sept 6, 2024 - NH 437
Building An Apocalypse Dream Team: How veterinarians transform science
Assistant Professor of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University
Oct 4, 2024 - NH 437
Advances in Cell and Gene Therapies
Director of Biological Sciences, Symphony Technology
Nov 1, 2024 - NH 437
Dental evidence for the diets of human ancestors and other fossil primates
Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, University of Arkansas
Dec 6, 2024 - NH 437
DNA Replication Proteins: Multi-tasking Superheroes
Professor of Biology, Northeastern State University
Jan 17, 2025 - NH 437
Neighborhood Contexts and Diseases of Despair
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Tulsa
Feb 7, 2025 - NH 437
Dental Ecometrics as an Intermediary Adaptation in Meso Temporal and Spatial Scales: Implications for Paleoecology
Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Tulsa
March 7, 2025 - NH 437
Bacterial Competition in the Aerodigestive Tract: Antibiotics, Probiotics, and Beyond
Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University
April 4, 2025 - NH 437
Stress Hurts: Early Life Stress and Development of Chronic Pain
Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center
May 2, 2025 - NH 437
To Be Determined
Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Marshall University