MCB Seminars-School of Molecular and Cellular Biology Seminars

Microbiology Student Seminar: Matthew Georgiou/Slauch Lab and Motaher Hossain/Hatoum-Aslan Lab

Time: 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 3/1/2022
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL

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Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar: Anthony Leung, Johns Hopkins University: “Twin tales of biomolecular condensates from RNA and poly(ADP-ribose)”

Time: 12:00 pm 3/2/2022

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Che Yang (Zhao lab) - Comparing and improving the genome engineering tools in heterochromatin of mammalian cells

Time: 4:00 pm 3/2/2022
Location: ROOM 161 NOYES LAB

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Xiaodan Lin (Martinis lab) - Investigating a novel function of leucyl-tRNA synthetase in promoting hepatocellular carcinoma growth

Time: 4:00 pm 3/2/2022
Location: ROOM 161 NOYES LAB

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Sir, Dr. Stephen O'Rahilly, University of Cambridge UK, "The central control of energy balance and nutrient disposition and its response to endocrine signals"

Time: 11:00 am 3/3/2022

Professor, Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine

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Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Filipa Rijo-Ferreira, University of California-Berkeley -- "Circadian Rhythms in Parasitic Diseases: an underlying clock of malaria parasites"

Time: 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 3/3/2022

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Biochemistry Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. Hani Zaher (Washington University in St. Louis), "Ribosome collisions, quality control and stress response"

Time: 12:00 pm 3/4/2022

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Photo of Prof. Zaher. He's wearing a blue, longsleeve shirt.

Dr. Qinyu Sun / Bioinformatics Scientist, Tempus Labs, Inc. - "Making career decisions as you get closer to graduation"

Time: 12:00 pm 3/7/2022
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL and via Zoom

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Microbiology Special Seminar: Dr. Rajeev Misra, Arizona State University -- "Stress Tolerant RNA Polymerase Mutants"

Time: 1:00 pm 2:00 pm 3/8/2022
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL

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Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Fatih Cakar/Slauch Lab and Kristen Farley/Vanderpool Lab

Time: 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 3/8/2022
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL

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Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar: Dr. Andrea Kasinski, Purdue Center for Cancer Research, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue

Time: 12:00 pm 3/9/2022

Title: “Targeted agents, new and old. A story of epigenetic-mediated resistance and development of a holistic RNA delivery vehicle”

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Westcott Biosciences Fellow: Krishna Narayanan (Procko lab) - "Engineering Transmembrane Proteins for Enhanced Activity and Specificity."

Time: 4:00 pm 3/9/2022
Location: 116 RAL

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Yanheng Chen (Chen) - "The role of mTOR in H. pylori infection"

Time: 4:00 pm 3/9/2022
Location: 116 RAL

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Dr. Neelanjan Mukherjee, University of Colorado Anschutz , "Timing is everything: post-transcriptional coordination of stimulus responses"

Time: 11:00 am 3/10/2022

Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

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Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Grant Bowman, University of Wyoming -- "A membraneless compartment orchestrates bacterial cell polarity"

Time: 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 3/10/2022
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL

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Biochemistry Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. Rudi Fasan (University of Rochester), "Engineered Metalloprotein Catalysts for Abiological Chemistry"

Time: 12:00 pm 3/11/2022

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Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar: SPRING BREAK - NO SEMINAR

Time: 8:30 am 3/17/2022

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Anna Sokac Lab / Tejas Mahadevan: “Understanding how cytoplasmic mRNA localization contributes to actin-based functions in morphogenesis”

Time: 12:00 pm 3/21/2022

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Lisa Stubbs Lab / Yunshu Song: "Distinct but intertwined functions of AUTS2 isoforms in developing brain"

Time: 12:30 pm 3/21/2022

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Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Kenneth Ringwald/Whitaker Lab

Time: 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 3/22/2022
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL

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Arthur Zou (Leckband lab) - “Analysis of E-cadherin/EGFR complex’s role in mechanotransduction”

Time: 4:00 pm 3/23/2022
Location: 116 RAL

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Ullyot Fellow: Shukun Yang (Silverman lab) - DNAzymes for Reductive Amination with Aliphatic Amines

Time: 4:00 pm 3/23/2022
Location: 116 RAL

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Dr. Malavika Raman, Tufts University, "New insights into the role of the p97 AAA-ATPase in protein quality control"

Time: 11:00 am 3/24/2022

Assistant Professor, Department of Developmental Molecular and Chemical Biology

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FINAL DEFENSE: Xuejiao Song (Cronan lab) - "The Biosynthesis, Regulation and Application of Biotin in Bacteria"

Time: 2:00 pm 3/24/2022

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Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Irene Newton, Indiana University -- "Mi casa es su casa: how an intracellular symbiont manipulates host biology""

Time: 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 3/24/2022
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL

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Biochemistry Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. X. Charlie Dong (Indiana University), "Epigenetics and signal transduction in the liver pathophysiology"

Time: 12:00 pm 3/25/2022

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Shrunali Amin / Sokac Lab: "Contribution of microtubules in regulating membrane reservoir dynamics during embryonic morphogenesis"

Time: 12:00 pm 3/28/2022
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL and via Zoom

Sokac Lab

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Anish Bose / Smith-Bolton Lab: "Exploring the Roles of Taranis and Zelda During Late Regeneration in Drosophila"

Time: 12:30 pm 3/28/2022
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL and via Zoom

Smith-Bolton Lab

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Biochemistry Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. Cassandra Hayne (NIH/NIEHS) [F], "Biochemical breakthroughs in human tRNA splicing"

Time: 12:00 pm 3/29/2022

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Microbiology Student Seminar: Laura Suttenfield/Whitaker Lab

Time: 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 3/29/2022
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL

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Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar: Career Development: Dr. Megha Gulati: “Careers in Science Publishing"

Time: 12:00 pm 3/30/2022

Dr. Megha Gulati, Scientific Editor at Molecular Cell | Cell Press

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FINAL DEFENSE: Max Baymiller (Martinis lab) - "REGULATED ALTERNATIVE SPLICING SEPARATES CANONICAL AND CELL SIGNALING FUNCTIONS OF AMINOACYL-tRNA SYNTHETASES"

Time: 12:00 pm 3/30/2022

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Dr. Anthony Ferrante Jr., Columbia University, "A Metabolic-Immune Interface"

Time: 11:00 am 3/31/2022

Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Nutrition

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Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Dipali Sashital, Iowa State University -- "Host-pathogen co-evolution in CRISPR-Cas systems"

Time: 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 3/31/2022
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL

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