MCB Seminars-School of Molecular and Cellular Biology Seminars

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

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  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: *ZOOM* Dr. Bas Van Steensel / Netherlands Cancer Institute

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

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Friday, January 23, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Brenda Bass (University of Utah) - "Discriminationg self and nonself dsRNA during antiviral defense"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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Tuesday, January 27, 2026

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  Microbiology Student Seminar: New Student Presentations

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Thursday, January 29, 2026

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Matthew Cabeen, Oklahoma State University -- "Careful control for costly competition: a “two-key” mechanism for pyocin regulation in P. aeruginosa"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Friday, January 30, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Juan Du (Northwestern) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

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  Microbiology Student Seminars: Brooke Ebner/Slauch Lab and Jessica Hertig/Imlay Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

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  Yiran Zheng (Chen Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

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Thursday, February 5, 2026

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Andrea Graham, Princeton University -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

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  Microbiology Student Seminar: Aniritha Ramalingam Balasubramanian/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Sierra Bedwell/Heath Lab & Whitaker Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Wednesday, February 11, 2026

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  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Career Development / Dr. Bing Yang / Purdue University

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Yujia Ji (Stadtmueller) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

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  Rebecca Tang (Huang Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 12, 2026

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. John Schroggins, University of Texas Southwestern -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Friday, February 13, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Andrew Jones (Duke University) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

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  Microbiology Student Seminar: Abigail Finn/Whitaker Lab and Yishue Jiang/Sirk Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

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  Qianjin Jiang (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 19, 2026

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Maria Hadjifrangiskou, Vanderbilt University -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

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  Microbiology Student Seminar: Courtney Hill/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Suhail Chhakara/Kuzminov Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Wednesday, February 25, 2026

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  Jessica Derham - (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

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  Wenkan Liu (Wu Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 27, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Yang Hai (University of California Santa Barbara) - "Natral product discovery, biosynthesis, and biocatalysis."

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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Tuesday, March 3, 2026

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  Microbiology Student Seminar: Zachary Davis/Brooke Lab and Will Wightkin/Blanke Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

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  Madhusree Seal (Stadtmueller Lab)

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Abigail Spaulding (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 5, 2026

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Thomas Bernhardt, Harvard University - "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

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  Microbiology Student Seminar: Keegan Schoeller/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Gabriela Shipman/Brooke Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Wednesday, March 11, 2026

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  Ashley Holahan (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

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  Alex Mortenson (Tajkhorshid Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 12, 2026

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Anthony Vecchiarelli, University of Michigan -- "Yes! Bacteria have organelles! How are they organized?"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Tuesday, March 24, 2026

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  Microbiology Student Seminar: Rodrigo Arana Garrido/Mera Lab and Gracious Donkor/Slauch Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

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  Andy Briercheck (Y. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

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  Abhinav Masih (Huang Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 26, 2026

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Chen Chen, Louisiana State University -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 27, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Dianne Newman (CalTech) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

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  Microbiology Student Seminar: Abagail Long/Mera Lab and Lance Pollitz/Hatoum-Aslan Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

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  Seung Jun Lee (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Hossein Omidi Ardali (Tajkhorshid Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 2, 2026

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Lanying Zeng, Texas A & M University -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

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  Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Yumi Iwadate/Slauch Lab and Thomas Cowell/Whitaker Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

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  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Dr. Long Cai / Caltech

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Brooke Bouwens (Hergenrother Lab)- "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Amna Mehfooz (K. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 9, 2026

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Alison Kell, University of New Mexico -- "Understanding hantavirus pathogenesis through innate immune activation"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 10, 2026

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  Dr. Tamas Balla (NIH) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

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  Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Caroline Oldstone-Jackson/Heath Lab and Changyi Zhang/Whitaker Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

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  Hao Fan (Y. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Minsoo Kim (Stadtmueller Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 16, 2026

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  Final Defense: Alex Shuppara (Sanfilippo Lab) - "TBA"

  10:00 am

  419 RAL (Rose Room)

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Adam Deutschbauer, University of California - Berkeley -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

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  Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Elizabeth Rowland/Brooke Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

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  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Dr. Anne Carpenter / Broad Institute

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Piyush Sharma (Sanfilippo Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Pelham Kogut (van der Donk Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 23, 2026

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Mauricio Pontes, Penn State University -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

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  Zixiao Li (K. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Katrine Dailey (Wu Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 30, 2026

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Courtney Ellison, University of Georgia -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 1, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Parisa Hosseinzadeh (University of Oregon) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 8, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Juan Guan (University of Texas) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium