MCB Seminars-School of Molecular and Cellular Biology Seminars

Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Shreyasi Neogi / Belmont Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 3/2/2026
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium

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Microbiology Student Seminar: Zachary Davis/Brooke Lab and Will Wightkin/Blanke Lab

Time: 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 3/3/2026
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: William Fang / Zhao Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 3/4/2026
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium

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Madhusree Seal (Stadtmueller Lab) - "Characterization of structure and function of mallard FcαμR "

Time: 4:00 pm 3/4/2026
Location: 116 RAL

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Final Defense: Akshita Gopal (Wu Lab) - "Accelerating Vaccine Design Through Antibody Discovery and High-Throughput Immunofocused Antigen Engineering"

Time: 3:00 pm 3/5/2026
Location: 274 MSB

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Microbiology Seminar: Rasika Harshey, University of Texas: "Nucleolus-like Organization of ribosomal RNA loci in E. coli"

Time: 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 3/5/2026
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Biochemistry Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. Andrew Oberst (University of Washington) - "Dying to Get Noticed: Immune Responses to Apoptotic and Necroptotic Cells

Time: 12:00 pm 3/6/2026
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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

Time: 12:00 pm 3/9/2026
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium

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Microbiology Student Seminar: Keegan Schoeller/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Gabriela Shipman/Brooke Lab

Time: 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 3/10/2026
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Katie Whalen / Freeman Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 3/11/2026
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium

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Ashley Holahan (Shapiro Lab) - "SMIRIB-Induced Death in Uterine Endometrial Cancer Cells: Functional and Transcriptomic Analysis"

Time: 4:00 pm 3/11/2026
Location: 116 RAL

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Alex Mortenson (Tajkhorshid Lab) - “In silico characterization of the efflux susceptibility of novel Gram-negative antibiotics.”

Time: 4:30 pm 3/11/2026
Location: 116 RAL

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MIP Seminar: Dr. Alvaro G. Hernandez, University of Illinois "Next-Generation Sequencing Technologies and Applications in the DNA Services Core"

Time: 11:00 am 3/12/2026
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

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Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Anthony Vecchiarelli, University of Michigan -- "Yes! Bacteria have organelles! How are they organized?"

Time: 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 3/12/2026
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Shengyi Fei / Zhao Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 3/23/2026
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium

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Final Defense: Owen Ouyang (Wu Lab) - "High-throughput profiling of the arms race between antibodies and viral antigens."

Time: 3:00 pm 3/23/2026
Location: B102 CLSL

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Microbiology Student Seminar: Rodrigo Arana Garrido/Mera Lab and Gracious Donkor/Slauch Lab

Time: 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 3/24/2026
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Andy Briercheck (Y. Zhang Lab) - “Role of Ribosomal RNA Methylation in Bacterial Cold Shock Response”

Time: 4:00 pm 3/25/2026
Location: 116 RAL

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MIP Seminar: Dr. Mario Penzo, NIH, (zoom) "A synaptic mechanisms for encoding the learned value of action-derived safety""

Time: 11:00 am 3/26/2026

Chief, Section on the Neural Circuits of Emotion and Motivation

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Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Chen Chen, Louisiana State University -- "Staphylococcal Superantigen-like Protein 11, a Foe or a Friend?"

Time: 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 3/26/2026
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Dianne Newman (CalTech) - "Unveiling low-power survival strategies on life's metabolic edge"

Time: 12:00 pm 3/27/2026
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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Final Defense: Rachel Martini (van der donk Lab) - "Discovery and Characterization of Glycocin and Lanthipeptide Natural Products"

Time: 10:00 am 3/30/2026
Location: 612 IGB

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Lorraine Bai / Li Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 3/30/2026
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium

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Final Defense: Junyao Zhu (Shapiro Lab) - "A Novel Pathway Controlling the Anticancer Therapy-induced Immunogenic Cell Death"

Time: 2:00 pm 3/30/2026
Location: 419 RAL (Rose Room)

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Microbiology Student Seminar: Abbi Long/Mera Lab and Lance Pollitz/Hatoum-Aslan Lab

Time: 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 3/31/2026
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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