MCB Seminars-School of Molecular and Cellular Biology Seminars

MCB RNA Faculty Candidate Seminar: Dr. Charles Bou-Nader (Visiting Fellow, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), “RNA structure recognition at the virus-host interface”

Time: 10:00 am 3/1/2023
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory

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Department of Biochemistry Annual Graduate Student Awards Symposium

Time: 11:00 am 3/1/2023
Location: B102 CLSL

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CDB Stem Cells & Regenerative Biology Faculty Candidate Seminar: Dr. Haiting Ma, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

Time: 12:00 pm 3/1/2023
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

Cell-environment interactions during tissue maturation and disease

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Matt Sinclair (Tajkhorshid lab) - "Combining simulation with experiment to probe role of point mutants in glycogen storage disease"

Time: 4:00 pm 3/1/2023
Location: Room 116 RAL

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Dr. Aijun Wang, UC Davis, "Engineering stem cells and extracellular components to promote tissue regeneration and restore function"

Time: 11:00 am 3/2/2023
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

Professor, Dept. Biomedical Engineering

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Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Peggy Cotter, University of North Carolina -- "Bordetella filamentous hemagglutinin: a phagocyte-specific toxin delivery system?"

Time: 4:00 pm 3/2/2023
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL

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Biochemistry Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. Chang Cui (Harvard University), "Charge Transport and Conformational Gating in Metalloenzymes"

Time: 12:00 pm 3/3/2023
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory

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Image of Dr. Chang Cui. She has black hair and is wearing a blue and white print blouse.

CDB Stem Cells & Regenerative Biology Faculty Candidate Seminar: Dr. Tianchi Xin, Yale University, School of Medicine

Time: 12:00 pm 3/6/2023
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

Understanding the mechanisms of tissue regeneration and oncogenesis by imaging live mice

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FINAL DEFENSE: Kevin Gill (Procko lab) - "A study of viral entry proteins and receptors using deep mutagenesis".

Time: 2:00 pm 3/6/2023
Location: Room 314A RAL

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MCB RNA Faculty Candidate Seminar: Dr. Saurja DasGupta (Harvard Medical School), "RNA: Catalyzing Life’s Origins"

Time: 2:00 pm 3/6/2023
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory

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Image two hands representing connection of RNA between Chemistry and Biology

Microbiology Student Seminar: Saika Hossain/Kehl-Fie Lab and Megan Ringling/Blanke Lab

Time: 4:00 pm 3/7/2023
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL

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CDB Stem Cells & Regenerative Biology Faculty Candidate Seminar: Dr. Erin Jimenez, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH

Time: 12:00 pm 3/8/2023
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

Regulatory logic of hair cell regeneration

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Arthur Zou (Leckband lab) - Analysis of E-cadherin interaction with EGFR in mechanotransduction

Time: 4:00 pm 3/8/2023
Location: Room 116 RAL

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JUnyao Zhu (Shapiro lab) - FGD3, a Likely Mediator of Anticancer Drug Induced Necrotic Cell Death

Time: 4:00 pm 3/8/2023
Location: Room 116 RAL

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Dr. Angie Salles, University of Illinois Chicago, "Bats, Brains and Behavior"

Time: 11:00 am 3/9/2023
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

Assistant Professor, Dept. Biological Sciences

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Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Yonatan Grad, Harvard University -- "From molecular mechanisms to policy: antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae""

Time: 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 3/9/2023
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL

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CANCELLED - Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Neha Garg (Georgia Tech), "Mapping microbial responses to biological and chemical environments using omics"

Time: 12:00 pm 3/10/2023
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory

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Photo of Prof. Neha Garg. She has dark-framed glasses and is smiling.

No CDB Seminar - Spring Break

Time: All Day 3/13/2023

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: "Investigating the Role of Nuclear Myosins" Audrey Peng / Freeman Lab

Time: 12:00 - 12:30 pm 3/20/2023
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: "Muscle cell derived Ccl8 is a negative regulator of muscle regeneration" Allison Boss-Kennedy / Chen Lab

Time: 12:30 - 1:00 pm 3/20/2023
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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MCB RNA Faculty Candidate Seminar: Dr. Michael R. Lawson (Stanford University School of Medicine) “Defining the Pathways of Eukaryotic Translational Quality Control”

Time: 2:00 pm 3/20/2023
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory

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Image representing difference of Normal mRNA and defective mRNA. Normal has circular pathway; defective is one direction.

Microbiology Student Seminar: Tori Boyle/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Mireille Farjo/Brooke Lab

Time: 4:00 pm 3/21/2023
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL

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Chi Zhang (Fratti lab) - "The Role of Phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate (PI(3,5)P2) on the Homeostasis of Ion Transport on Yeast Vacuoles".

Time: 4:00 pm 3/22/2023
Location: Room 116 RAL

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Rachel Martini (van der Donk lab) - "Characterization of Novel Glycocins and Glycosyltransferases”

Time: 4:00 pm 3/22/2023
Location: Room 116 RAL

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Dr. Lori Zeltser, Columbia University, "Developing mouse models to study emotional eating and anxiety"

Time: 11:00 am 3/23/2023
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

Associate Professor, Dept. Pathology and Cell Biology

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Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Keith T. Wilson (Vanderbilt University Medical Center), “New Molecular Insights into Mechanisms of Gastrointestinal Inflammation and Cancer Development”

Time: 12:00 pm 3/24/2023
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory

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Image from Dr. Keith T Wilson describing gastroenterology: H. pylori-infected patients and AOM presenting with gastritis or colitis

FINAL DEFENSE: Qi Zou (Cronan lab) - "Regulation of Fatty Acid Synthesis in Enterococcus faecalis"

Time: 10:00 am 3/27/2023
Location: B126 CLSL

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MCB RNA Faculty Candidate Seminar: Dr. Adam Norris, Southern Methodist University

Time: 12:00 pm 3/27/2023
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

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Microbiology Student Seminar: Angelica Caserio/Metcalf Lab and Courtney Hill/Hatoum-Aslan Lab

Time: 4:00 pm 3/28/2023
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL

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

Time: 12:00 - 12:30 pm 3/29/2023
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: "The Role of Hsp90 in Tail-Anchored Protein Membrane Biogenesis" Anna Mankovich / Freeman Lab

Time: 12:30 - 1:00 pm 3/29/2023
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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MCB RNA Faculty Candidate Seminar: Dr. Michael R. Lawson (Stanford University School of Medicine) “Defining the Pathways of Eukaryotic Translational Quality Control”

Time: 2:00 pm 3/29/2023
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory

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Jorge Calderin (Fratti lab) - The Uniqueness of Soluble Yeast SNARE protein Vam7

Time: 4:00 pm 3/29/2023
Location: Room 116 RAL

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Nick Baker (Kalsotra lab) - Temporally controlled expression of ESRP2 in single cells coordinates the metabolic and proliferative activities of regenerating livers

Time: 4:00 pm 3/29/2023
Location: Room 116 RAL

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Dr. Martin Myers, University of Michigan "Control of food intake and body weight by leptin and the hindbrain"

Time: 11:00 am 3/30/2023
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

Professor, Dept. Internal Medicine and Molecular & Integrative Physiology

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Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Susan Lovett, Brandeis University -- "A genetic approach to replication fork repair in E. coli""

Time: 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 3/30/2023
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL

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Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Grant Jensen (Brigham Young University), "Electron Cryotomography of Cells: Progress and Potential"

Time: 12:00 pm 3/31/2023
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory

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