MCB Seminars-School of Molecular and Cellular Biology Seminars

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

- 4:00 pm 5:00 p.m.
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Glen Cronan/Kuzminov Lab and Elizabeth Rowland/Kieffer Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Musarrat Jabeen (Shapiro)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Westcott Biosciences Fellow Kaylee Kuzelka (Nair) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 5, 2023

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
C. Ladd Prosser Endowed Lecture, Dr. James and Andrea Simmons, Brown University "Neural Displays for Perception in Echolocating Bats"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00 pm
- 419 RAL
FINAL DEFENSE: Qianqiao (Heather) Liu (Stadtmueller lab) - The structures of secretory IgA in complex with human and bacterial Fc receptors and functional implications for mucosal host-pathogen interactions
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Charles D. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Vineet Menachery, University of Texas Medical Branch -- "Using reverse genetics to probe SARS-CoV-2 infection and pathogenesis"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 6, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Prof. Yubin Zhou, Texas A&M University, "Optogenetic engineering of calcium channels and immune cells with tailored function"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 9, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- B102 CLSL (Charles Miller Auditorium)
Biochemistry-IGB Seminar: Venki Ramakrishnan, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology; Cambridge, UK, "Initiation of Translation by the Ribosome"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Lilly Lecture: Professor Hagan Bayley, University of Oxford, "Engineered Nanopores: from Gene Sequencing to Organ Repair"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar: Dr. Ankur Saxena, UAB Heersink School of Medicine

"From Neurons to Neuroblastoma and Back Again: Stem Cell and Cancer Differentiation In Vivo"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Carter Fellow: Huaxun Fan (Zhang ) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Stella Ekaputri (Burke) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 12, 2023

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
MIP Grads: Ingrid Possa Paranhos (Sweeney Lab) "Neuronanatomical dissection of the MC3R circuitry mediating energy rheostasis" and Gargi Palashikar (Tsai Lab) Titles TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 13, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Prof. Ron Kopito, Stanford University, "Regulation of the ribosome-translocon interaction by the ubiquitin like protein UFM1”
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 16, 2023

- 12:00 - 12:30 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Jesus Moreno Castillo/Chen Lab: TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:30 - 1:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Shuting Liu/Belmont Lab: TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar: Dr. Hee-Sun Han, UIUC Department of Chemistry
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Chris Hawk (Jin) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Graeme Lindsey (Procko/Mehta) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 19, 2023

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
MIP Grads: Kenneth Samuel (Yu Lab) and Xiangning Song (Bagchi Lab)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles D. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Shannon Sirk, University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign -- "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 23, 2023

- 12:00 - 12:30 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Felicity Hsu/Smith-Bolton Lab: TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

- 4:00 pm 5:00 p.m.
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Jayadevi Chandrashekhar/Whitaker IGB Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Kade Fellow: Kritika Mehta (Zhang lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
TJ Oh (Zhang lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 26, 2023

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Dr. Qiaojie Xiong, Stony Brook University, "Role of the auditory striatum in decision-making and learning"

Associate Professor, Dept. Neurobiology & Behavior at Stony Brook
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles D. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Stephanie Shames, Michigan State University -- "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 27, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Tan Chee Wah, National University of Singapore, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 30, 2023

- 12:00 - 12:30 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Minxue Liu / K Prasanth Lab:
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:30 - 1:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Neha Chetlangia/S Prasanth Lab: TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

- 4:00 pm 5:00 p.m.
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Thesis Defense: Rouhallah Ramezanifard/Slauch Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar: Graduate College Career Development Workshop
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Hina Zhou (van der donk) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Lainey Liang (van der Donk) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 2, 2023

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Dr. Mitchell Roitman, University of Illinois at Chicago, "TBA"

Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Program Chair Director, Laboratory for Integrative Neuroscience Brain and Cognitive Sciences
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles D. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Anna Tischler, University of Minnesota -- "Mycobacterium tuberculosis ESX-5 Secretion: Essential Roles in Nutrient Utilization and Virulence"
- Seminar/Symposium