GSIP Seminar Series

Seminars are an integral component of the Gates Summer Internship Program. Here are lists and some recordings of past seminars featuring GSIP mentors and other faculty investigators and clinicians, as they showcased their various career paths and discoveries.

These presentations introduce diverse topics including cancer, ophthalmology, orthopedics, as well as cell, gene and regenerative therapies.

2024 Seminars, Workshops and Tours

Date	Event
April 18	Virtual Orientation
May 21	Campus Tour and Welcome Lunch with Mentors
May 27	Tour of Denver Museum of Nature and Science (DMNS)
May 28	JSG Seminar, Jordan Jacobelli, PhD - Engineered T Cells for Enhanced Efficacy Against Solid Tumors
May 30	GSIP Seminar, Laura Borgelt PharmD, MBA - Lifelong Learning and Lifelong Leading
June 4	GSIP Seminar, Natalia Vergara, PhD - Stem Cell-Derived Retinas: New Avenues for Scientific and Therapeutic Development
June 11	Tour the Gates Biomanufacturing Facility (GBF)
June 12	CSD Seminar - How to Read a Scientific Paper
June 13	Tour the Center for Advancing Professional Excellence
June 18	GSIP Seminar, Joseph Brzezinski, PhD, Santos Franco, PhD, and Michael Zaretsky, MD - Contemporary Bioethics Discussion
June 25	GSIP Seminar, Kristen Watt, PhD - RNA Polymerase III in Craniofacial Development
June 27	GSIP Seminar, Jeffrey Jacot, PhD - Cardiac Tissue Engineering
July 2	GSIP Workshop, Erin Golden, PhD - Perfecting Your Pitch: Tricks and Tips for Effective Science Communication
July 9	GSIP Seminar, Ronald Vagnozzi, PhD - Signaling Mechanisms Underlying Immuno-Fibrotic Remodeling in Heart Failure
July 10	CSD Seminar - Applying to Graduate School
July 16	GSIP Panel, Wag Schorr, MD, and CO SOM Students: Ella Annest GSIP ’20,21, Ellie Golding GSIP ‘19 and Brett Li, ’22 - Medical School Q & A
July 17	CSD Workshop - Poster Design and Presentation
July 23	JSG Seminar, Sujatha Venkataraman, PhD - Novel CAR-T Cell Therapy to Combat Fatal Brain Tumors in Children
July 24	CSD Workshop - Career Paths in Biomedicine
July 25	GSIP Panel, Gates Institute Cells Team - Clinical Research Careers Q & A
August 1 & 2	Intern Lightning Presentations
August 7	GSIP Symposium & Grant Family Distinguished Lecture with Dr. Terry Fry
August 8	GSIP Seminar, Marc Bonaca, MD, MPH - Clinical Research and Community Health: Clinic to Population

Date	Event
June 1	GSIP Seminar - Contemporary Bioethics Discussion
June 6	GSIP Seminar – Laura Borgelt, PharmD
June 7	CSD Seminar - How to Read a Scientific Paper
June 13	GSIP Seminar – Terry Fry, MD
June 20	GSIP Seminar - Ryan Crisman, "Opportunities in the Biotech Industry: Lessons Learned from a CU Graduate"
June 22	Medical School Q & A – Wag Schorr, Ella Annest GSIP ’20,21, Ellie Golding GSIP ‘2019
June 28	CSD Seminar - Career Paths in Biomedicine
July 6	GSIP Seminar - Christian Mosimann, PhD
July 11	GSIP – Erin Golden Scientific Communication
July 13	Clinical Trials Presentation
July 19	CSD Workshop - Poster Design and Presentation
July 20	GSIP Seminar - CellSight - Stem Cell & Regenerative Approaches for Treating Eye Diseases
August 1	Poster Previews - Lightning Talks

2022 GSIP Seminars and workshops were held in person.

Date	Presenter (s)	Seminar Title
May 26	Joseph Brzezinski, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Co-Director GSIP Santos Franco, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics - Developmental Biology Michael Zaretsky, MD Associate Professor, Medical Director, Colorado Fetal Care Center	Contemporary Bioethics Discussion
June 2	Dennis Roop, PhD Director – Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine	Career Journeys are not always Straight Lines
June 8	CSD Seminar*	How to Read a Scientific Paper
June 9	Ryan Crisman, PhD Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer at Umoja Biopharma	Opportunities in the Biotech Industry: Lessons Learned from a CU Graduate
June 16	Terry Fry, MD Professor, Robert J and Kathleen A. Clark Endowed Chair for Pediatric Cancer Therapies	Gene-Modified Cells as Living Drugs
June 21	Mitch VeDepo, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, Jacot Lab for Regenerative Medicine	Understanding Tissue Engineering
June 23	Joseph Brzezinski, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Co-Director GSIP	Stem Cell & Regenerative Approaches for Treating Eye Diseases
June 28	Karin Payne, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedics	A 3D Printed Mimetic Composite for the Treatment of Growth Plate injuries
June 30	Christian Mosimann, PhD The Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Chair for the Cardiac Research Director Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics	Making and breaking (and mending) a heart: lessons from zebrafish
July 6	CSD Workshop*	Applying to Graduate School
July 7	Wagner Schorr, MD Ella Annest, GSIP ’20, 21	Medical School Q & A
July 11	Erin Golden, PhD Director, CU Denver Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities	Perfecting Your Pitch: Tips and Tricks for Effective Science Communication
July 13	CSD Panel*	Career Paths in Biomedicine
July 20	CSD Workshop*	Poster Design and Presentation
July 21	Connie Hess, MD Associate Professor, Department of Cardiology Marc Bonaca, MD, MPH Executive Director, CPC Clinical Research Professor, Department of Medicine - Cardiology Judith Hsia, MD Senior Director, CPC Clinical Research Research Professor, Department of Medicine – Cardiology Mario Enrico Canonico, MD PhD Fellow, CPC Clinical Research Stephanie Coronel-Mockler, MPH Co-Director CPC Community Health	Clinical Research and Community Health: Clinic to Population

*Panels, seminars, and workshops hosted by the Cell Biology, Stem Cells, and Development Graduate Program

Date	Presenter	Webinar Topic	Webinar Recording
May 27	Dennis Roop, Ph.D. - Director - Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine	My Long Unplanned and Improbable Journey to Colorado	Watch Dr. Roop's Webinar Recording
June 8	Natalia Vergara, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor - Department of Ophthalmology	Using Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Organoids for Therapeutic Development	Watch Dr. Vergara's Webinar Recording
June 10	Jeffrey Jacot, Ph.D. - Associate Professor - Department of Bioengineering	Laboratory-Grown Heart Tissue to Understand and Treat Heart Defects	Watch Dr. Jacot's Webinar Recording
June 22	Linda Barlow, Ph.D. - Professor - Department of Cell and Developmental Biology	The Sense of Taste: Development, Regeneration, and Dysfunction	Watch Dr. Barlow's Webinar Recording
June 24	Nidia Quillinan, Ph.D. - Associate Professor - Department of Anesthesiology	Ischemic Brain Injury – Beyond Acute Cell Death	Watch Dr. Quillinan's Webinar Recording
July 1	Santos Franco, Ph.D. - Associate Professor - Department of Pediatrics	Control of Neural Stem Cell Fate in the Developing Brain	Watch Dr. Santos Franco's Webinar Recording
July 8	Kristine Sikora, Ph.D. - Assistant Dean & Director - Graduate School	Pathways to Translational Research and Medicine	Watch Dr. Sikora's Webinar Recording
July 15	Ronald Vagnozzi, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor - Department of Cardiology	Translational Cardiovascular Research and the Dream of Heart Regeneration	Watch Dr. Vagnozzi's Webinar Recording

Date	Presenter	Webinar Topic	Webinar Recording
June	Joseph Brzezinski, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Ophthalmology	Stem Cell & Regenerative Approaches for Treating Eye Diseases	Watch Dr. Brzezinski's Webinar Recording
June 11	Holger Russ, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes & Department of Pediatrics	Generating Functional Human Cells from Stem Cells to Model and Treat Autoimmune Diabetes	Watch Dr. Russ's Webinar Recording
June 18	Lori Walker, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Cardiology	The Fibroblast Secretome Drives Cardiomyocyte Dedifferentiation	Watch Dr. Walker's Webinar Recording
June 25	Jeffrey Jacot, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Bioengineering	Cardiac Tissue Engineering	Watch Dr. Jacot's Webinar Recording
July 9	Stanca Birlea, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Dermatology	Methods to characterize the hair follicle melanocyte and keratinocyte precursors using a human model of vitiligo repigmentation	Watch Dr. Birlea's Webinar Recording
July 16	Kristine Sikora, Ph.D. Director & Assistant Dean Graduate School	Pathways to Translational Research and Medicine	Watch Dr. Sikora's Webinar Recording
July 23	Jeffrey Moore, Ph.D. Director & Associate Professor Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Program Madison Rogers GSIP Alumna & Ph.D. Student Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Program	Ph.D. Training in Biomedical Research	Watch Dr. Moore and Madison Rogers' Webinar Recording
July 30	Jennifer Richer, Ph.D. Professor Department of Pathology	Androgen Receptor Supports an Anchorage- Independent, Cancer Stem Cell-like Population in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer	Watch Dr. Richer's Webinar Recording
August 6	Kristin Artinger, Ph.D. Professor Department of Craniofacial Biology	Neural Crest Stem Cells in Development and Disease	Watch Dr. Artinger's Webinar Recording
August 13	Branden Salinas, Ph.D. Director Gates Biomanufacturing Facility	Introduction to cGMP	Watch Dr. Salinas's Webinar Recording
August 20	Karin Payne, Ph.D. Professor Department of Orthopedics Assistant	Regenerative Medicine Approaches for the Treatment of Growth Plate Injuries	Presentation Only
August 27	Senior Presentation 1: Ella Annest (Mentor - Dr. Mayumi Fujita) Senior Presentation 2: Chiara Dart (Mentor - Dr. Yiqun Shellman)	Senior Presentation 1: NLRP1 Inflammasome in Melanoma Senior Presentation 2: Therapeutic potential of 5-Azacitidine plus various BH3 Mimetics in melanoma	Watch GSIP 2020 Senior Presentation Webinars
August 27	Dennis Roop, Ph.D. Director Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine	Transformative Technologies in Medicine	Watch Dr. Roop's Webinar Recording