Upcoming Events

Check in here to see what events we have coming up! Events will range from workshops to lecture series to presentations. We're excited to start growing and networking through this program! 

UNM FIRST Candidate Seminars: Biology

Please join the UNM FIRST Program as we welcome our candidates to campus! The participating departments invite any and all to attend the seminars to learn more about the research of our potential future colleagues. Seating may be limited based on attendance. No RSVP required.

All seminars begin at 3:30 pm with a reception at 4:30 pm with light refreshments to follow.

Tuesday, April 18^th
Candidate: Mariajose Metcalfe
Location: Castetter, Room 100
Presentation: “Consequences of retro-AAV mediated deletion of PTEN following cervical spinal cord injury in mice”
 
Tuesday, April 25^th
Candidate: Andrea McQuate
Location: Castetter, Room 100
Presentation: "Spaghetti and Beans: The mitochondrial architecture of zebrafish hair cells"
 
Thursday, April 27^th
Candidate: Chrystian Alves
Location: Castetter, Room 100
Presentation: " Mechanoregulation during neurogenesis and cancer: an ancient molecule controlling stem cell differentiation and motility”
 
Tuesday, May 2^nd
Candidate: Lomeli Shull
Location: Castetter, Room 100
Presentation: “Defining the multifaceted functions of PRDM paralogs during formation of the craniofacial complex.”
 
Thursday, May 4^th
Candidate: Harani Iyer
Location: Castetter, Room 100
Presentation: “Lysosomal signaling in microglia and neurodegeneration”

UNM FIRST Candidate Seminars: Psychology

Monday, April 24
Candidate: Ricardo Wilhelm
Location: Logan 125
Time: 9-10 am
Presentation: Using EEG to understand motivational processing

UNM FIRST Candidate Seminars: Speech & Hearing Sciences

Monday, April 24
Candidate: Brittany Lee
Location: Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Room 1352
Time: 11 am - Noon, ASL interpreter will be present
Presentation: Neurodiversity and the Reading Brain

Monday, May 1
Candidate: Yina Quique
Location: Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Room 1352
Time: 11 am - Noon, ASL interpreter will be present
Presentation: Culturally-sensitive and adaptive interventions for aphasia 

Past Events

Monday, April 17th

Faculty Mentoring Kickoff Lunch

Come join the Faculty Mentoring Program and UNM FIRST to kick off our faculty mentoring series! This open to all UNM faculty who serve in any mentoring position! This presentation aims to have an introductory discussion and learn what future topics should be covered in the series. Click the image below to sign up!