Molecular Biology Institute

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Livia Schiavinato Eberlin, Ph.D. | Hosted by Joseph Loo
2022-03-31 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Guiding Clinical Decisions with Chemical Information Provided by Direct Mass Spectrometry Technologies”

Livia Schiavinato Eberlin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Cosimo Commisso, Ph.D. | Hosted by Edward De Robertis
2022-03-17 16:00 - 17:00 | WebEx, WebEx
“How Does Glutamine Stress Influence Tumor Progression and Therapy?”
Cosimo Commisso, Ph.D.
Director Associate Professor, Cell and Molecular Biology of Cancer Program
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

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 | 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 | 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

MBIDP Student Defense | Xiaorui Fan (Mentor: James Wohlschlegel)
2022-02-22 12:00 - 14:00 | 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 | Pavlo Nesterenko (Witte lab)
2022-02-09 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom

MBIDP Student Defense - Tsotne Chitiashvilli (Mentors: Kathrin Plath and Amander Clark)
2022-02-08 09:00 - 11:00 | Zoom

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

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 | 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 | 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

MBIDP Student Defense | Luke Riggan (O'Sullivan lab)
2021-12-03 12:30 - 14:00 | La Kretz Garden Pavilion

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Maralice Conacci Sorrell, Ph.D. | Hosted by Claudio Villanueva
2021-12-02 16:00 - 17:00 | WebEx, WebEx
“Defining nutritional needs of MYC-transformed cells”
Maralice Conacci Sorrell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Cell Biology
University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center

MBIDP Student Defense | Ying Lin (Zipursky lab)
2021-12-02 12:00 - 14:00 | Zoom

MBIDP Student Defense | Jeannette Bowler (Eisenberg lab)
2021-11-22 13:00 - 15:00 | Zoom
Hybrid: Boyer 159 and Zoom

MBIDP Student Defense | Yanruide (Charlie) Li (Yang lab)
2021-11-19 13:00 - 15:00 | Zoom

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Yunsun Nam, Ph.D. | Hosted by Feng Guo
2021-11-18 09:00 - 10:00 | Zoom
“How RNA Shape Regulates Gene Expression”
Yunsun Nam, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biochemistry
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

MBIDP Student Defense | Andrew Lopez (Fregoso lab)
2021-11-15 15:00 - 17:00 | Zoom

MBIDP Journey Talk | Michael Wells, Ph.D.
2021-11-10 13:00 - 14:00 | Zoom

MBIDP Student Defense | Alex Salisbury (Sallam/Tontonoz)
2021-11-09 14:00 - 16:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Maitreyi Das, Ph.D. | Hosted by Alice Soragni
2021-11-04 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Principles of cell polarization: a journey through growth and cytokinesis”
Maitreyi Das, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Jurgen Knoblich, Ph.D. | Hosted by Anne Roe and April Pyle
2021-10-21 09:00 - 10:00 | Zoom
“Using cerebral organoids to discover human-specific mechanisms of brain development”
Jurgen A. Knoblich, Ph.D.
Scientific Director
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna

MBIDP Student Defense - Gloria Hernandez (Iruela-Arispe lab)
2021-10-14 14:00 - 16:00 | Zoom

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Amy Shyer, Ph.D. | Hosted by Alvaro Sagasti and Siobhan Braybrook
2021-10-14 09:00 - 10:00 | Zoom
“A reciprocal cell-matrix exchange regulates the emergence of ordered structure in the skin”
Amy Shyer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Morphogenesis
The Rockefeller University

Journey Talk - Ye Zhang, Ph.D.
2021-10-13 13:00 - 14:00 | Zoom

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Marco Mangone, Ph.D. | Hosted by Oliver Fregoso
2021-10-07 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
“miRNAs and Alternative Polyadenylation”
Marco Mangone, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biodesign Institute
Arizona State University

Audree V. Fowler Fellowships in Protein Science Special Seminar
2021-10-05 12:00 - 13:30 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States

Audree V. Fowler Fellowships in Protein Science Special Seminar
2021-10-05 12:00 - 13:30 | TBD
