Date |
Speaker |
Title of Seminar |
Host |
Feb. 2 |
Dr. Dustin Updike, MDI Biological Laboratory |
Germ granules, nucleoli, and new insights from FG- and RG-repeat assemblies in the C. elegans germline |
Drs. Dan Weeks and Miles Pufall |
Feb. 16 |
Dr. Daniel Conway, Ohio State University |
Mechanical forces regulate the stability of epithelia: Role of cell-cell adhesions and the nuclear lamina |
Drs. Lori Wallrath and Kris DeMali |
Mar. 2 |
Dr. Michael Wolfe, University of Kansas |
CANCELED |
Dr. Kris DeMali |
Mar. 23 |
Justin Ling, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thesis Defense Seminar |
Structures and non-canonical functions of E3 ubiquitin ligases in DNA damage bypass |
Mentor: Dr. Todd Washington |
Mar. 30 |
Dr. Michael Guertin, University of Connecticut |
Kinetic networks identify key regulatory nodes and transcription factors in differentiation cascades |
Dr. David Price |
Apr. 4 |
Kathryn Hobbs, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thesis Defense Seminar |
Caspase-7 Allostery and Drug Targeting |
Mentor: Dr. Ashley Spies |
Apr. 6 |
Dr. Banu Ozkan, Arizona State University |
Protein Evolution and Monod's Second Secret of Life |
Dr. Ernesto Fuentes |
Apr. 13 |
Dr. Jonathan Bird, University of Florida |
How a myosin motor shapes the actin cytoskeleton to detect sound |
Dr. Lori Wallrath |
Apr. 20 |
Dr. Ben Major, Washington University in St. Louis |
Intricacies and Implications of the KEAP1/NRF2 Signaling Pathway in Disease |
Dr. Miles Pufall |
Apr. 27 |
Dr. Lokesh Gakhar, PAQ Therapeutics |
Unlocking the Power of Autophagy-dependent Targeted Degradation |
Drs. Todd Washington and Ernesto Fuentes (Co-sponsored by the Protein and Crystallography Facility) |
May 3 |
Emily Lavering, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thesis Defense Seminar |
Examining membraneless compartmentalization in the nucleolus |
Mentor: Dr. Daniel Weeks |
Aug. 24 |
Dr. Xu Liu, Emory University |
Mechanistic Understanding of Glucocorticoid Receptor Signaling through Selective Modulator and Condensation Formation |
Dr. Ernesto Fuentes |
Aug. 31 |
Dr. Abby Buchwalter, University of California San Francisco |
Quantifying Protein and Cell Lifetimes in vivo to Understand (Pathological) Aging |
Dr. Lori Wallrath |
Oct. 17 |
Dr. Hungoo Lee, Harvard Medical School |
Site Specific R-loops Induce CGG Repeat Contraction and Fragile X Gene Reactivation |
Dr. Lori Wallrath |
Oct. 19 |
Dr. Zhao Wang, Baylor College of Medicine |
Journey into Platelet Structure: Unraveling the Mysteries from Morphology to Molecular Level |
Dr. Maria Spies |
Nov. 9 |
Dr. Anna Marie Pyle, Yale University |
The innate immune receptor RIG-I couples protein folding with host-pathogen differentiation |
Dr. Maria Spies |
Nov. 16 |
Dr. Mark Hedglin, Penn State University |
Close encounters of the damaging kind: How the human DNA replication machinery accommodates chemically-modified DNA |
Dr. Todd Washington |
Nov. 30 |
Dr. Brian Parks, University of Wisconsin |
Using Genetics to Guide Biochemical Studies of Uncharacterized Genes in Metabolic Disease |
Dr. Brandon Davies |