Biochemistry Department

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

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  Yujia Ji (Stadtmueller) - "The structures of full-length and truncated Joining Chain associated polymeric immunoglobulins provide insights into polymeric antibody assembly and evolution"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Rebecca Tang (Huang Lab) - ""Biochemical characterization of QatBC, an essential complex involved in the QatABCD antiphage system"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 13, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Andrew Jones (Duke University) - "Come to my window: Porosity and binding distribution provide better predictors for biofilm penetration"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

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  Qianjin Jiang (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

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  Jessica Derham - (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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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) - "Natural product discovery, biosynthesis, and biocatalysis."

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • 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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  Final Defense: Akshita Gopal (Wu Lab) - "Accelerating Vaccine Design Through Antibody Discovery and High-Throughput Immunofocused Antigen Engineering"

  3:00 pm

  419 RAL (Rose Room)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

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  Ashley Holahan (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Alex Mortenson (Tajkhorshid Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 23, 2026

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  Final Defense: Owen Ouyang (Wu Lab) - "TBA"

  3:00 pm

  419 RAL (Rose Room)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

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

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Abhinav Masih (Huang Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • 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

Monday, March 30, 2026

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  Final Defense: Rachel Martini (van der donk Lab) - "Discovery and Characterization of Glycocin and Lanthipeptide Natural Products"

  10:00 am

  419 RAL (Rose Room)

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Final Defense: Junyao Zhou (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  2:00 pm

  419 RAL (Rose Room)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

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  Hossein Omidi Ardali (Tajkhorshid Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

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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

Friday, April 10, 2026

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  Final Defense: Rebecca Schneider (Stadtmueller Lab): "TBA"

  10:00 am

  419 RAL (Rose Room)

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Dr. Tamas Balla (NIH) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • 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)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 17, 2026

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  9th Annual Biochemistry Graduate Student Awards Symposium

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

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  Final Defense: Anu Sharma (Sanfilippo Lab) - "TBA"

  10:00 am

  419 RAL (Rose Room)

  • 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

Friday, April 24, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Joe Sanfilippo (UIUC) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • 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

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