Bio Seminars

Monday, June 22, 2026

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  Final Defense: Rayeed Ihsan (Cronan Lab) - "Initiation of Biotin Synthesis in Yeast"

  1:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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Wednesday, July 15, 2026

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  Research Park AI and Robotics Symposium

  10:00 am - 5:00 pm

  EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood Drive

  Join us on Wednesday, July 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the Research Park Robotics and AI Symposium.

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Wednesday, September 2, 2026

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  Jessica Derham - (Kalsotra Lab) - "Dynamic Expression of a Splicing Factor Promotes Cell Migration and Proliferation Following Drug-Induced, Acute Liver Injury".

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

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  Abigail Spaulding (Shapiro Lab) - "Chemotherapy-induced cell stress facilitates NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity of breast cancer cells”

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

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Thursday, September 3, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Varong Pavarajarn, Chulalongkorn University (Host: Prof. Chris Rao)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Thursday, September 10, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. David Gracias, Johns Hopkins University (Host: Prof. Hyun Joon Kong) "Physical Intelligence at the Interface of Biology and Engineering"

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Friday, September 11, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Cheng-Ming Chiang (UT Southwestern Medical Center) - "Phospho-BRD4 IDR-Targeting Compounds as Antiviral and Anticancer Agents"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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Thursday, September 17, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Janani Sampath, University of Florida (Host: Prof. Charles Sing)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Friday, September 18, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Chang Cui (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "Mechanism, Structure and Inhibitor Design of Human Ribonucleotide Reductase"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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Tuesday, September 22, 2026

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  Parr Lecture in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Prof. Yong Wang, Washington State University (host: Prof. Chris Rao/CHBE)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Wednesday, September 23, 2026

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  Emma Thames (Stadtmueller Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

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Thursday, September 24, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Wenyu Huang, Iowa State University (Host: Prof. Hong Yang)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Friday, September 25, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. C. Shan Xu (Yale) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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Thursday, October 1, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sapna Sarupria, University of Minnesota (Host: Prof. Baron Peters) "Molecular Design of Excipient Formulations for Stable Biologics"

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Friday, October 2, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Yan Zhang (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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Thursday, October 1, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sapna Sarupria, University of Minnesota (Host: Prof. Baron Peters) "Molecular Design of Excipient Formulations for Stable Biologics"

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Friday, October 2, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Yan Zhang (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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Tuesday, October 6, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Brandon C. Bukowski, Johns Hopkins University (Host: Elizabeth Bickel Rogers)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Wednesday, October 7, 2026

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  Diptatanu Das (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  Roger Adams Laboratory

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Thursday, October 8, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Kelsey Hatzell, Princeton University (Host: Prof. Theresa Schoetz)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Hongliang Xin, Virginia Tech (Host: Prof. Alex Mironenko)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Friday, October 9, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Hong Jin (Univeristy of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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Friday, October 16, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Sam Sternberg (Columbia University) - "RNA-guided and RNA-templated antiviral immunity"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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Wednesday, October 21, 2026

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  Qianjin Jiang (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  Roger Adams Laboratory

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Tuesday, October 27, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ting Xu, University of California Berkeley, (Host: Prof. Deborah Leckband)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Wednesday, October 28, 2026

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  Sam Belsky (Jin Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  Roger Adams Laboratory

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Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sujit Datta, California Institute of Technology (Host: Prof. Ying Diao)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Wednesday, November 4, 2026

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  Subhashis Natua (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

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  Seung Jun Lee (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

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Friday, November 6, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Tom Cooper (Baylor College of Medicine) - "Mechanistic insights of RNA toxicity and disrupted RNA processing from modeling Myotonic Dystrophy in mice"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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Friday, November 13, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Lucas Meirelles (Harvard/Mass General) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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Tuesday, November 17, 2026

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  CHBE 565-Thomas J. Hanratty Lecture, Prof. Timothy P. Lodge, University of Minnesota (Host: Prof. Alexa Kuenstler)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Wednesday, November 18, 2026

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  Xinyi Dai (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

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Thursday, November 19, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Amanda Marciel, Rice University (Host: Prof. Simon Rogers)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Wednesday, December 2, 2026

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  Evan Hebner (Leckband) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

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

  4:30 pm

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Wednesday, December 2, 2026

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  Evan Hebner (Leckband) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

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

  4:30 pm

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Wednesday, December 9, 2026

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  Terry Gao (Huang Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

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  Amna Mehfooz (K. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

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