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Cellular Bioenergetics Webinar Series Current and Archived
Welcome to our popular monthly Webinar Series on Cellular Bioenergetics featuring key thought leaders discussing their areas of expertise and the XF technology.
You can register for advance notification via email of upcoming sessions or check back regularly to view our added in demand guest speakers.
Next Webinar
December 8, 2008
11:00 am EST
Guest Speaker:
Dr. Martin Brand
Professor, Buck Institute, Novato CA
& MRC Dunn Nutrition Unit, UK
"The rate and coupling efficiency of oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria and cells"
Archived On Demand Webinars
"The Response of the Mitochondrion to Oxidative Stress in Cardiovascular Cells "
Learn how mitochondrial reserve capacity is used by vascular cells to protect themselves against oxidative stress.
Guest Speaker:
Victor Darley-Usmar, PhD
Professor of Pathology,
Director of the Center for Free Radical Biology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
"Mitochondrial Toxicity: Designing Novel Screening Methods to Reduce NCE Attrition"
Learn how early identification of new chemical entities (NCE) that perturb mitochondrial function can lead to reduced attrition.
Guest Speaker: Yvonne Will, PhD
R&D, Exploratory Safety Differentiation - Cell Based Assays,
Pfizer
"Tutorial 2: Measuring Bioenergetics in Primary Cell Types"
Learn how to prepare primary cell populations from different tissues for XF analysis.
Speaker: David Ferrick, PhD
VP, Biology & Applications, Seahorse Bioscience, Inc.
"Tutorial 1: Measuring Bioenergetics in a Variety of Cell Types"
Learn how XF assays are being employed to profile bioenergetics of a wide variety of cell types derived from various tissues including brain, heart, liver, muscle and adipose.
Speaker: David Ferrick, PhD
VP, Biology & Applications, Seahorse Bioscience, Inc.
"Bioenergetic Profiling in Translational Neuroscience"
Learn how elucidation of the mechanisms of agents that positively modify bioenergetic defects is essential for the development of therapeutics for neurodegeneration.
Guest Speaker: Jon Nilsen Ph.D.,
Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California
"Protective Bioenergetic Responses of Cardiomyocytes to Hypoxic Stress"
Learn about the fundamental changes in heart cell metabolism and physiology that comprise the protective metabolic program employed against hypoxic stress.
Guest Speaker: Gary L Wright, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina
"Quantifying the Mitochondrial Proton Circuit in Intact Cells - Volts and Amps"
Learn about current approaches for monitoring the proton circuit of mitochondria in situ in neurons and other cells.
Guest Speaker: David G. Nicholls, Ph.D., FRSE
Professor, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Buck Institute for Age Research
"Thyroid Hormone Deiodination is a Key Switch for Energy Expenditure"
Learn how specific iodothyronine deiodinases can be manipulated to alter thyroid hormone signaling as a means to better understand energy homeostasis and metabolic control
Guest Speaker: Antonio C. Bianco, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief, Thyroid Section Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Associate Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School
"Human Disorders of Bioenergetics"
Learn more about the bioenergetic basis of various diseases and some of their associated clinical findings.
Guest Speaker: Vamsi Mootha, M.D.
Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School Center for Human Genetics, Massachusetts General Hospital
"Bioenergetic Consequences of Mitochondrial Fusion and Fission"
Learn how bioenergetic efficiency of the mitochondrial population within a cell may be quality controlled.
Guest Speaker: Orian Shirihai, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, / Tufts University School of Medicine-Boston
"Bioenergetic and Metabolic Profiling in Drug Discovery and Safety"
Learn why bioenergetic and mitochondrial assessments should be done early in drug development and about suitable techniques amenable to drug discovery/development arenas.
Guest Speaker: James Dykens, Ph.D.
Senior Principal Scientist, Drug Safety Research & Development / Pfizer, Inc.
"Fueling Physiology: How Bioenergetics Drive Biological Function"
Learn about basic bioenergetic signatures and the importance of incorporating bioenergetics in your research or drug discovery program.
Guest Speaker: Craig Beeson, PhD
Associate Professor / Medical University of South Carolina
"Measuring Real-Time Cellular Bioenergetics"
Learn how Extracellular Flux (XF) allows you to quantify physiological changes in cellular bioenergetics by measuring the two major energy yielding pathways, mitochondrial respiration and glycolysis, in a sensitive and convenient microplate format.
Speaker: David Ferrick, PhD
VP of Biology and Applications / Seahorse Bioscience
