Molecular Biology Institute

Luciano Marraffini, Ph.D. | Hosted by Hung Ton-That
2021-03-04 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
MBI Thursday Research Seminar

“CRISPR-Cas13 immunity: sacrificing the host for the population”
Luciano Marraffini, Ph.D.
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor and Head, Laboratory of Bacteriology
The Rockefeller University

Harold Pimentel, Ph.D.
2021-03-09 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Harold Pimentel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Computational Medicine, Human Genetics

Journey Talk - Andrew Goldstein, Ph.D.
2021-03-10 13:00 - 14:00 | Zoom
“A scientific journey of learning”
Andrew Goldstein, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology

William Weis, Ph.D. | Hosted by Jie Zheng
2021-03-11 09:00 - 10:00 | Zoom
MBI Thursday Research Seminar

“Force-dependent allosteric regulation of cell-cell adhesion”
William Weis, Ph.D.
William M. Hume Professor in the School of Medicine,
Professor of Structural Biology, of Molecular and Cellular Physiology and of Photon Science
Stanford University

Please email mbiasst@lifesci.ucla.edu for Zoom link.

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Danelle Devenport, Ph.D. | Hosted by Alvaro Sagasti
2022-01-13 09:00 - 10:00 | Zoom
“Principals of Planar Cell Polarity: From Molecules to Morphogenesis”
Danelle Devenport, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Molecular Biology
Princeton University

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Titia de Lange, Ph.D. | Hosted by Oliver Fregoso
2022-01-20 09:00 - 10:00 | Zoom
“Telomere shortening: Why and How?”
Titia de Lange, Ph.D.
Leon Hess Professor
American Cancer Society Professor
Head of Laboratory of Cell Biology and Genetics
Director, Anderson Center for Cancer Research
The Rockefeller University

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Sara Linse, Ph.D. | Hosted by David Eisenberg
2022-01-27 09:00 - 10:00 | Zoom
“Secondary nucleation in amyloid formation”
Sara Linse, Ph.D.
Professor, Biochemistry and Structural Biology
Lund University

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Catriona Jamieson, M.D., Ph.D. | Hosted by Hilary Coller
2022-02-03 09:00 - 10:00 | Zoom
“Malignant Deaminase Activation Drives Pre-Cancer Stem Cell Generation”

Catriona Jamieson, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, Medicine, UC San Diego
Koman Family Presidential Endowed Chair in Cancer Research
Director, Sanford Stem Cell Clinical Center
Deputy Director, UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center
Chief, Division of Regenerative Medicine
Director, CIRM Alpha Stem Cell Clinic at UC San Diego
Co-Leader, Hematologic Malignancies Program

MBIDP Student Defense | Pavlo Nesterenko (Witte lab)
2022-02-09 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Weizhe Hong, Ph.D.
2022-02-17 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
“Understanding the Social Brain”
Weizhe Hong, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biological Chemistry, Neurobiology
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles

MBIDP Student Defense | Xiaorui Fan (Mentor: James Wohlschlegel)
2022-02-22 12:00 - 14:00 | Zoom

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Guojun Bu, Ph.D. | Hosted by Chao Peng
2022-02-24 09:00 - 10:00 | Zoom
“Pathobiology of APOE in Alzheimer’s disease”
Guojun Bu, Ph.D.
Mary Lowell Leary Professor and Chair, Department of Neuroscience
Jorge and Leslie Bacardi Associate Director, Center for Regenerative Medicine
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Sundeep Kalantry, Ph.D. | Hosted by Kathrin Plath
2022-03-03 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Tracing the Evolutionary Origins of X-chromosome Inactivation”
Sundeep Kalantry, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Human Genetics
University of Michigan

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Katey Rayner, Ph.D., F.A.H.A. | Hosted by Tom Vallim
2022-03-10 16:00 - 17:00 | WebEx, WebEx
Katey Rayner, PhD, FAHAAssociate ProfessorMember, College of the Royal Society of Canada
Director, Biochemistry Graduate ProgramDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology, Immunology
Faculty of MedicineUniversity of Ottawa Heart Institute

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | John Schoggins, Ph.D. | Hosted by Melody Li
2022-11-03 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Cell intrinsic control of viral infection”
John W. Schoggins, PhDAssociate Professor of MicrobiologyDirector of Molecular Microbiology Graduate ProgramUT Southwestern Medical Center

Riboforum RNA Talk
2023-01-11 15:30 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Speakers:
Grant Shoffner (Guo Lab)
Carlos Gonzalez-Figueroa (Xiao Lab)

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Peter Adams, Ph.D. | Hosted by Oliver Fregoso
2023-01-12 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“The dynamic epigenome – challenges and opportunities for health aging and suppression of cancer”
Prof. Peter D. Adams
Professor and Co-Director
Aging, Cancer and Immuno-oncology Program
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Ruslan Afasizhev, Ph.D. | Hosted by Hong Zhou
2023-01-19 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“The ABC of RNA Editing in Trypanosomes”
Ruslan Afasizhev, Ph.D.
Professor, Molecular & Cell Biology
Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Jake Lusis, Ph.D. | Hosted by the MBI Research Seminar Committee
2023-01-26 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Coagulation factor 11 mediates liver- heart crosstalk and protects against heart failure”
Jake Lusis, Ph.D.
Professor Medicine-Cardiology, Human Genetics, Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
UCLA

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Shawn Ferguson, Ph.D. | Hosted by Lindsay De Biase
2023-02-02 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Pathways of Lysosome Dysfunction Across Neurodegenerative Diseases”
Shawn Ferguson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Yale University

Riboforum RNA Talk
2023-02-08 15:30 - 17:00 | WebEx, WebEx
Speakers:
Elsie Jacobson (Plath Lab)
Alberto Vasquez-Salazar (Chen Lab)

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Danesh Moazed, Ph.D. | Hosted by Doug Black
2023-02-09 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Chromatin-Associated RNA Decay in Epigenetic Gene Silencing”
Danesh Moazed, Ph.D.
Professor, Cell Biology
HHMI Investigator
Harvard Medical School

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Issam Ben-Sahra, Ph.D. | Hosted by Anthony Covarrubias
2023-02-16 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Signaling and Metabolic Control of Nucleotide Metabolism”
Issam Ben-Sahra, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Matthew Welch, Ph.D. | Hosted by Kent Hill and Daniel Velez-Ramirez
2023-02-23 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Mobilization of cell structures by microbial pathogens”
Matthew Welch, Ph.D.
Professor, Molecular & Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Hui Zong, Ph.D. | Hosted by Ye Zhang
2023-03-02 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Deep dive into glial biology through brain tumor research with MADM, a genetic mosaic system”
Hui Zong, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
University of Virginia

Riboforum RNA Talk
2023-03-08 15:30 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Speakers:
Michelle Gibbs (Chanfreau Lab)
Yao He (Feigon/Zhou Labs)

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Rafi Ahmed, Ph.D. | Hosted by Bil Gelbart and Julia Gensheimer
2023-03-09 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Rafi Ahmed, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Eminent Scholar, Georgia Research Alliance
Investigator, Emory Center for AIDS Research

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Frederick “Chris” Bennett, M.D. | Hosted by Lindsay De Biase
2023-03-16 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Brain macrophage transplantation for research and therapy development”
Chris Bennett, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Gina DeNicola, PhD | Hosted by Heather Christofk
2024-01-11 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States

Sigman Symposium | Squire J. Booker, PhD
2024-01-18 15:00 - 16:00 | California NanoSystems Institute, 570 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
