The next Distinguished Scientist Seminar at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine will feature Dr. Thomas Vondriska, associate professor of anesthesiology, medicine and physiology in the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles.The lecture, titled "Systems Genomics of Chromatin Structure in Heart Failure," will take place Feb. 21, 2013, at 4 p.m. in the Medical Sciences Building auditorium on USA's main campus.
Dr. Vondriska trained at West Virginia University (BS in Biology), the University of Louisville (PhD in Physiology) and UCLA.
Dr. Vondriska's lab is focused on chromatin structure and its regulation, particularly in the setting of heart disease. He also has many ongoing collaborations with investigators at UCLA and other institutions.
Dr. Vondriska is a member of the Cardiovascular Research Laboratories (CVRL), the Molecular Biology Institute (MBI), and the Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology (MCIP) graduate program at UCLA.
To learn more about Dr. Vondriska, click here.
