A partnership with Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center.
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Speaker:
Dawn Cornelison, PhD
Professor of Biological Sciences and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology

Date: Monday, May 15, 2026, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Location:
Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health Building
Atkins Family Seminar Room

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*Zoom option available 

Description

About the Speaker

D Cornelison is a professor in the departments of Biological Sciences and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. Work in Cornelison’s lab is aimed at understanding satellite cells, the stem cells responsible for growth, repair, and regeneration of skeletal muscle. In particular, the lab studies how satellite cells get information from the local environment, then use that information to decide whether to divide, move to another area in the muscle, or differentiate into functional muscle cells. This research is important not only for the insight it will provide into how the body maintains and repairs itself over a lifetime’s worth of wear and tear, but also because it may help to develop new treatments and therapies for muscle loss due to aging or degenerative diseases such as Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy.

About the Seminar Series

The goal of the NextGen Cardiovascular, Muscle & Metabolism Science Seminar is to highlight transdisciplinary precision research taking place in cardiovascular, muscle and metabolism fields; provide opportunities for collaboration among researchers to build their own research efforts; and promote clinical/researcher activity across the University of Missouri System and our partners.

For questions about this event, please reach out to Mackenzie Lynch.