| Date | Location | Time | Visitor | Title | Host |
| Jan. 26 | 2117 MERF | 10:30 AM | Dr. Dave Sept, University of Michigan | The Structure and Function of Actin | Dr. Adrian Elcock |
| Feb. 2 | 2117 MERF | 10:30 AM | Dr. David Gilbert, Florida State University | Developmental control of replication timing and chromosome architecture | Dr. Lori Wallrath |
| Feb. 9 | 2117 MERF | 10:30 AM | Dr. Jennifer Strande, Medical College of Wisconsin | Translating urine into disease relevant model systems: Using iPSCs to study DMD cardiomyopathy | Dr. Lori Wallrath |
| Feb. 23 | 2117 MERF | 10:30 AM | Dr. Yukiko Yamashita, University of Michigan | Stem cells and germ cells: Secrets of immortality | Dr. Pamela Geyer (Co-Sponsored with MCB) |
| Mar. 23 | 1459 PBDB | 10:30 AM | Dr. Zhen Yan, Tsinghua University | Structural investigation of excitation-contraction coupling | Dr. Charles Brenner |
| Apr. 6 | 2117 MERF | 10:30 AM | Dr. S. Saif Hasan, Purdue University | A potent cross-linking human antibody neutralizes zika virus infection | Dr. Ernesto Fuentes |
| Apr. 27 | 2117 MERF | 10:30 AM | Dr. Carlos Castaneda, Syracuse University | ALS and Ubiquilin-2: Biophysical Insights into Ubiquilin-2 Structure and Function | Dr. Catherine Musselman |
| May 2 | 1110 MERF | 10:30 AM | Lata Symposium | 13th Annual Gene F. Lata Undergraduate Honors Symposium | Department of Biochemistry |
| May 9 | S538 PHAR | 4:00 PM | Dr. Vance Lemmon, University of Miami | Functional Genomics and Spinal Cord Injury | Meng Wu (Co-Sponsored with Pharmacy and Iowa Neuroscience Institute) |
| May 10 | 2117 MERF | 1:00 PM | John Brogie, Biochemistry, Thesis Defense Seminar | Reconstitution and functional analysis of 7SK snRNP | Mentor: Dr. David Price |
| May 11 | 5-669 BSB | 10:30 AM | Jennifer Bays, Biochemistry, Thesis Defense Seminar | Mechanisms of E-cadherin Mechanotransduction | Mentor: Dr. Kris DeMali |
| May 12 | Aud 2 BSB | 9:00 AM | Sarah Hengel, Biochemistry, Thesis Defense Seminar | Dissecting RAD52 function in DNA repair | Mentor: Dr. Maria Spies |
| Aug. 31 | 2117 MERF | 10:30 AM | Lokesh Gakhar, University of Iowa | Putting Humpty Dumpty Together with Integrative Structural Biology | Department of Biochemistry |
| Sept. 7 | 2117 MERF | 10:30 AM | Vladmir Uverskey, University of South Florida | Intrinsic Disorder and Protein Structure-Function Continuum | Dr. Sheila Baker |
| Sept. 28 | 2117 MERF | 10:30 AM | Anthony Koleske, Yale University | Adhesive and cytoskeletal control of synapse development | Dr. Kris DeMali |
| Oct. 5 | 2117 MERF | 10:30 AM | Eric Taylor, University of Iowa | Mitochondrial Pyruvate Transport: Fuel to the Fire in Progressive Liver Disease | Department of Biochemistry |
| Oct. 17 | 283 EMRB | 12:30 PM | Michael Schnieders, University of Iowa | Application of Novel Computational Molecular Biophysics Algorithms to Genetic Diseases | Department of Biochemistry |
| Oct. 17 | 2117 MERF | 10:30 AM | Miles Pufall, University of Iowa | Sequence and signaling: Uncovering glucocorticoid specificity to improve disease treatment | Department of Biochemistry |
| Oct. 26 | 2117 MERF | 10:30 AM | Ilya Finkelstein, University of Iowa | From single-molecules to genomes: High-throughput biophysics of CRISPR adaptive immunity | Dr. Maria Spies |
| Oct. 30 | 2117 MERF | 1:00 PM | Liyang Zhang, Biochemistry, Thesis Defense Seminar | Linking DNA binding specificity to activity | Mentor: Miles Pufall |
| Nov. 2 | 2117 MERF | 10:30 AM | Scott Rothbart, Van Andel Institute | Molecular Mechanisms of Epigenetic Regulation | Dr. Catherine Musselman |
| Nov. 9 | 2117 MERF | 10:30 AM | James Hagman,N ational Jewish Health | Epigenetic Regulation in Lymphocyte Development | Dr. Miles Pufall |
| Nov. 30 | 2117 MERF | 10:30 AM | Yan Chemla, University of Illinois | Molecular switch control of nucleic-acid processing machines | Dr. Maria Spies |
| Dec. 7 | 2117 MERF | 10:30 AM | Marcus Noyes, New York University | Low affinity protein-ligand interactions are often overlooked, but critical for biological function | Dr. Ernesto Fuentes |