MCB Seminars-School of Molecular and Cellular Biology Seminars

Monday, March 3, 2025

• • 12:00 pm
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Tejus Sreelal/Li Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Suvanthee Gunasekera/Martinez Lab and Lindsey Grady/Hatoum-Aslan Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

• • 12:00 pm
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  Cell and Developmental Biology Departmental Seminar: Dr. Sua Myong

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Ashley Holahan (Shapiro Lab) - "A Small Molecule That Targets Oncogene mRNA Stability & Kills Uterine Cancer Cells"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:30 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Emma Thames (Stadtmueller Lab) - "Exploring the role of avian and mammalian Immunoglobulin A in anti-viral immune responses."

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 6, 2025

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  • 11:00 am
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

  MIP Seminar: Dr. Denise Okafor, Ph.D., Penn State University, "Allosteric mechanisms of transcriptional control in FXR"

  Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 10, 2025

• • 12:00 pm
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Ran Yang/Brieher Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 pm
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  Journal Club for Dr. Gavis

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 pm
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  Journal Club for Dr. Gavis

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Sierra Bedwell/Heath-Whitaker Labs and Michael Bochert/Golding Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Dabich Fellow: Jessica Derham (Kalsotra Lab) - "The Role of ESRP2 in Drug Induced Liver Injury"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Qianjin Jiang (Shapiro Lab) - “A Small Molecule Targeting mRNA-protein Interactions Induces an Interferon Response and Triggers Apoptosis in Lethal MYC-driven Small Cell Lung Cancer”.

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 13, 2025

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  • 9:00 am
  • 419 RAL (Rose Room)

  Final Defense: Kaylee Kuzelka (Nair Lab) - "Structural Analysis Via X-Ray Crystallography of an Engineered Carbon Methlytransfersae, A Phytoxic Phosphonate and its Modifying Enzyme, and a Chimeric Tyrosinase"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 11:00 am
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

  MIP Seminar: Dr. Vipendra Kumar, UIUC (Tsai Lab), " Exploring the therapeutic potential of mGluR7 in Fragile X syndrome"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Dante Ricci, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: "Molecular microbiology in the nation’s service: interdisciplinary R&D at a DoE national lab"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 14, 2025

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  • 12:00 pm
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Ben Warlick -"What Happens Next?"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 24, 2025

• • 12:00 pm
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Sihang Zhou/VanBortle Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Anubhav Basu/Vanderpool Lab and Saika Hossain/Imlay Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

• • 12:00 pm
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  Cell and Developmental Biology Departmental Seminar: Dr. Brian Plosky

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Akshita Gopal (Wu Lab) - "Characterization of Antibodies Against Influenza H3N2 Hemagglutinin Stem."

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Yujia Ji (Stadtmueller Lab) - "The cartilaginous fish Immunoglobulin M provides insights into polymeric antibody assembly and evolution"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 27, 2025

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  • 11:00 am
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

  MIP Seminar: Dr. Jonathan Flak, Indiana University, "Neural Systems that Maintain Body Weight by Activating Tissue Thermogenesis"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Lyle Simmons, University of Michigan: " Genome instability caused by persistent RNA-DNA hybrid formation"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 28, 2025

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  • 10:00 am
  • 419 RAL (Rose Room)

  Final Defense: Gilberto Padron (Sanfilippo Lab) - "Shear flow modulates oxidative nutrient stress in Pseudomonas aeruginosa."

  • Seminar/Symposium