MCB Seminars-School of Molecular and Cellular Biology Seminars

Microbiology Student Seminar: John Schneider/Imlay Lab

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

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FINAL DEFENSE: Giyeong Kim (Martinis lab) - “Novel and Critical Function of Leucyl-tRNA synthetase in Maintaining Gastric Carcinoma Cell Homeostasis"

Time: 2:00 pm 4/5/2023
Location: Room 419 RAL (Rose Seminar Room) - Roger Adams Laboratory

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Graeme Lindsey (Procko lab)

Time: 4:00 pm 4/5/2023
Location: Room 116 RAL

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Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Kelly Doran, University of Colorado -- "Life in Mucus: Colonization of the Vaginal Tract by Group B Streptococcus"

Time: 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 4/6/2023
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL

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6th Annual Biochemistry Graduate Student Award Symposium

Time: 11:00 am 4/7/2023
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium (B102 CLSL)

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Poster with photos of the two guest speakers

Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: "Mechanism and Function of CD2AP, a Scaffolding Molecule that Directly Modulates Actin Polymerization" Andrew Riley/Brieher Lab

Time: 12:00 - 12:30 pm 4/10/2023
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: "Elucidating the role of Btk29A during early wing imaginal disc regeneration" Snigdha Mathure/Smith-Bolton Lab

Time: 12:30 - 1:00 pm 4/10/2023
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

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Microbiology Student/Postdoc Seminar: Elizabeth Thayer/Brooke Lab and Elizabeth Rowland/Kieffer Lab

Time: 4:00 pm 4/11/2023
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL

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CDB Alumni Seminar 2023: Dr. Tudorita Tumbar, Cornell University: "Molecular mechanisms of tissue stem cell function in skin development and homeostasis"

Time: 12:00 pm 4/12/2023
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

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Gilberto Padron (Sanfilippo lab) - "Shear rate sensitizes bacterial pathogens to H2O2 stress"

Time: 4:00 pm 4/12/2023
Location: Room 116 RAL

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Jackson Scholar Yuwei Pan (Zhao lab) - “Discovery and Biosynthesis of Oxazolismycins – the Oxazole-Containing Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors”

Time: 4:00 pm 4/12/2023
Location: Room 116 RAL

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Dr. Kellie Breen Church, Univ. Calif. San Diego "Regulation of reproduction during stress by a brainstem-hypothalamic neural pathway"

Time: 11:00 am 4/13/2023
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

Associate Professor, Ob/Gyn & Reproductive Sciences

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Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Helen Lazear, University of North Carolina -- "Antiviral and Immunomodulatory Effects of Interferon Lambda at Anatomic Barriers"

Time: 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 4/13/2023
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL

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Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Ryohei Yasuda (Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience), "Neuronal signal transduction in synaptic plasticity"

Time: 12:00 pm 4/14/2023
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory

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Journal Club

Time: 12:00 pm 4/17/2023
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

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Microbiology Student Seminar: Motaher Hossain/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Stephanie Puentes/Mera Lab

Time: 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 4/18/2023
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL

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CDB Student Invited Seminar: Dr. Steven Henikoff, Fred Hutchison Cancer Center

Time: 12:00 pm 4/19/2023

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Jessica Palalay (Sanfilippo lab) - “Shear force and type IV pili coordinate surface departure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa”

Time: 4:00 pm 4/19/2023
Location: Room 116 RAL

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Yiquan Wang (Wu lab) - Enhancing Antibody Discovery through Deep Learning: Unveiling the Mechanisms of Public Antibody Binding

Time: 4:00 pm 4/19/2023
Location: Room 116 RAL

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Dr. Vitaly Klyachko, Washington University, St. Louis, "Mechanisms of neuronal and circuit hyperexcitability in Fragile X syndrome"

Time: 11:00 am 4/20/2023

Professor, Biophysics

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Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Erin Goley, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine -- " Morphogenesis and cell division in diverse alphaproteobacteria"

Time: 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 4/20/2023
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL

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Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Fengyi Wan (Johns Hopkins University), "Transient bacterial infection and colonic tumorigenesis"

Time: 12:00 pm 4/21/2023
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory

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Photo of Dr. Fengyi Wan. He has wire-framed glasses and dark hair and is wearing a blue shirt with contrasting blue tie.

Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar:“Localization of the mRNA encoding the actin binding protein serendipity-alpha promotes nuclear positioning” Tejas Mahadevan / Sokac Lab

Time: 12:00 - 12:30 pm 4/24/2023
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: “Increased fear memory and abnormal dendritic arborization in RNA helicase MOV10 brain knockout mouse” Temirlan Shilikbay / Ceman Lab

Time: 12:30 - 1:00 pm 4/24/2023
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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Seminar: Leilani Cannon, Director, Business Development, Essent Biologics: "Bridging the Gap Between Benchtop to Biological Asset"

Time: 12:00 pm 4/26/2023
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

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

Time: 4:00 pm 4/26/2023
Location: 116 RAL

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

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Christopher S. Hayes (UC Santa Barbara), Post-translational activation of a toxic antibacterial effector protein"

Time: 12:00 pm 4/28/2023
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory

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