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Past Seminars 2023

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