• Text reads, "CAIRIBU Events: Graduate Student Seminar. Featured speakers: Vanessa Hale, DVM, PhD, MAT; Andrew McGlynn, DVM, and Brandon McKenna, DVM. October 21, 2026 from 2 pm to 3 pm Eastern Time." Graduate Student Seminar Series logo. Drs. Hale, McGlynn, and McKenna smile.
    Oct 21
    CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminar

    Andrew McGlynn, DVM; Brandon McKenna, DVM (Hale Lab)

    (1 PM Central | 11 AM Pacific) Zoom Link

    CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminars provide an informal, virtual platform that highlights graduate students’ work. These seminars give graduate students an opportunity to share and receive feedback on in-progress ideas or new research. All are welcome to attend to hear the students’ presentations and to participate in discussion. This seminar will begin with an introduction by Vanessa Hale, DVM, PhD, MAT who will provide an overview of the Hale Lab at The Ohio State University. This will be followed by a joint presentation from Andrew McGlynn, DVM, and Brandon McKenna, DVM, graduate students and veterinary residents in the Hale Lab.

    Text reads, "CAIRIBU Events: Graduate Student Seminar. Featured speakers: Vanessa Hale, DVM, PhD, MAT; Andrew McGlynn, DVM, and Brandon McKenna, DVM. October 21, 2026 from 2 pm to 3 pm Eastern Time." Graduate Student Seminar Series logo. Drs. Hale, McGlynn, and McKenna smile.
  • Jul 15
    CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminar

    Samantha Ye, Leuna Sen, Jenna Simpson (Steers Lab)

    (1 PM Central | 11 AM Pacific) Zoom Link

    CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminars provide an informal, virtual platform that highlights graduate students’ work. These seminars give graduate students an opportunity to share and receive feedback on in-progress ideas or new research. All are welcome to attend to hear the students’ presentations and to participate in discussion. This seminar will begin with an introduction by Nicholas Steers, PhD, who will provide an overview of the Steers Lab at Columbia University. Following this, Steers Lab members Samantha Ye, Leuna Sen, and Jenna Simpson will present their research projects.

  • Apr 15
    CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminar

    Jamisha Francis, MSc (Hadjifrangiskou Lab)

    (1 PM Central | 11 AM Pacific) Zoom Link

    CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminars provide an informal, virtual platform that highlights graduate students’ work. These seminars give graduate students an opportunity to share and receive feedback on in-progress ideas or new research. All are welcome to attend to hear the students’ presentations and to participate in discussion. This seminar will begin with an introduction by Maria Hadjifrangiskou, PhD, who will provide an overview of the Hadjifrangiskou Lab at Vanderbilt University. Following this, Hadjifrangiskou Lab graduate student Jamisha Francis, MSc will present her research project.

  • Jan 21
    CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminar

    Wei He, MS & Farshad Samadifam, MS (Hokanson Lab)

    (1 PM Central | 11 AM Pacific) Zoom Link

    CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminars provide an informal, virtual platform that highlights graduate students’ work. These seminars give graduate students an opportunity to share and receive feedback on in-progress ideas or new research. All are welcome to attend to hear the students’ presentations and to participate in discussion. This seminar, moderated by LaTasha K. Crawford VMD, PhD, DACVP (UW-Madison), will begin with an introduction by Jim Hokanson, PhD (Medical College of Wisconsin), who will provide an overview of the Pelvic Diagnostics & Therapeutics Lab at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Following this, Wei He, MS will present To characterize the impact of different TNS electrode placement approaches on nerve recruitment and functional outcomes, and Farshad Samadifam, MS will present Machine Learning-Based Outcome Prediction for Sacral Neuromodulation Therapy in Women with Non-Neurogenic Urgency Incontinence.

  • Oct 15
    CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminar

    Emily Paterson (Strand Lab)

    (1 PM Central | 11 AM Pacific) Zoom Link

    This seminar will begin with an introduction by Doug Strand, PhD, who will provide an overview of the Strand Lab at the University of Texas Southwestern. Following this, Strand Lab graduate student Emily Paterson will present her research project, titled "Creating a healthy human lower urinary tract cell atlas as a control for studying disease progression."

  • Jul 16
    CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminar

    Mariah Jensen-Wachspress & Samantha McGuire (Popovics Lab)

    1 PM Central | 11 AM Pacific Zoom Link

    The seminar will open with Dr. Petra Popovics, who will provide an overview of her lab at Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University. Following this, Popovics Lab graduate students, Mariah Jensen-Wachspress and Samantha McGuire, will present their research. The Popovics Lab aims to identify the molecular mechanism of inflammation-induced pathological changes in the prostate through translational research and the development of animal and cellular models.

  • Apr 16
    CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminar

    Alexis Adrian & Ajinkya Limkar (Ricke Lab)

    1 PM Central | 11 AM Pacific Zoom Link

    CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminars provide an informal, virtual platform for highlighting graduate students’ work while also offering insights into the labs involved in the CAIRIBU community. The seminar will open with Dr. William Ricke, who will provide an overview of his lab at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Following this, Ricke Lab graduate students, Alexis …

  • Jan 15
    CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminar

    Sakina Plumber (Mendelsohn Lab)

    1 PM Central | 11 AM Pacific

    CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminars provide an informal, virtual platform that highlights graduate students’ work. These seminars give graduate students an opportunity to share and receive feedback on in-progress ideas or new research. All are welcome to attend to hear the students’ presentations and to participate in discussion. This seminar will begin with an introduction by Cathy …

  • Nov 20
    CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminar

    JULIA TLAPA, GRADUATE STUDENT

    Zoom Link

    CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminars provide an informal, virtual platform that highlights graduate students’ work. These seminars give graduate students an opportunity to share and receive feedback on in-progress ideas or new research. This seminar features a talk by Julia Tlapa from the Kimberly Keil-Stietz Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

  • Sep 18
    CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminar

    ELANIE BRIGGS – Graduate student, Tatyana Sysoeva Lab – The University of Alabama in Huntsville

    Zoom Link

    CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminars provide an informal, virtual platform that highlights graduate students’ work. These seminars give graduate students an opportunity to share and receive feedback on in-progress ideas or new research. All are welcome to attend to hear the students’ presentations and to participate in discussion.