Molecular Biology Institute

Leonard H. Rome, Ph.D.
2020-04-14 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Leonard H. Rome, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, Biological Chemistry
David Geffen School of Medicine
“The vault platform and its potential use for a SARS-CoV-2-vaccine”

All MBI Faculty Welcome
Please email mbiasst@lifesci.ucla.edu for Zoom link and password.

Thursday Research Seminar Series
2020-03-12 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“A tale of two pathogens: Yersinia pestis and Staphylococus aureus”
Dominique Missiakas, Ph.D.
Director of the Howard T. Ricketts Laboratory
Co-founder and owner of ImmunArtes LLC
Professor, Microbiology
University of Chicago

Junyoung Park, Ph.D.
2020-03-10 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Junyoung Park, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

All MBI Faculty Welcome

Thursday Research Seminar Series
2020-03-05 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Trent Northen, Ph.D.
“Exploring the chemistry of microbiomes with mass spectrometry”
Chemist Senior Scientist, Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology, DOE Joint Genome Institute
Berkeley Lab Biosciences

Valerie Arboleda, M.D., Ph.D.
2020-03-03 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Valerie Arboleda, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

All MBI Faculty Welcome

Lindsay De Biase, Ph.D.
2020-02-25 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Lindsay De Biase, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Physiology

All MBI Faculty Welcome

Thursday Research Seminar Series
2020-02-20 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Defining totipotency- from embryos to stem cells”
Janet Rossant, Ph.D., FRS, FRSC
Senior Scientist, Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
SickKids
Professor, Molecular Genetics, Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Toronto

Laura DeNardo, Ph.D.
2020-02-18 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Laura DeNardo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Physiology

All MBI Faculty Welcome

Thursday Research Seminar Series
2020-02-13 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Transcriptional Regulation of Circadian Rhythms and Metabolism”
Mitchell Lazar, M.D., Ph.D.
Willard and Rhoda Ware Professor in Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases
Director, Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

Luis De La Torre-Ubieta, Ph.D.
2020-02-11 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Luis De La Torre-Ubieta, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences

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Thursday Research Seminar Series
2020-02-06 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“How cells form and sense their shape”
Amy Gladfelter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Lachezar Nikolov, Ph.D.
2020-02-04 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Lachezar Nikolov, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

All MBI Faculty Welcome

Paul Boutros, Ph.D.
2020-01-28 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Paul Boutros, Ph.D.
Professor, Human Genetics

All MBI Faculty Welcome

Thursday Research Seminar Series
2020-01-23 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“How gut microbes enhance enteric virus infection”
Julie Pfeiffer, Ph.D.
Professor, Microbiology
Kern and Marnie Wildenthal President’s Research Council Professorship in Medical Science
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Thursday Research Seminar Series
2020-01-16 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Egg Development and Evolution, Inside and Out”
Cassandra Extavour, Ph.D.
Professor, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Harvard University

Claudio Scafoglio, M.D., Ph.D.
2020-01-14 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Claudio Scafoglio, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

All MBI Faculty Welcome

Thursday Research Seminar Series
2019-12-12 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Host-microbe interactions: Harnessing co-evolution to treat disease”
Janelle Ayres
Professor and Laboratory Head
Molecular and Systems Physiology Laboratory
NOMIS Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Helen McLoraine Developmental Chair
Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Thursday Research Seminar Series
2019-12-05 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“The highs and lows of cryo-EM and its use in studying molecular machines of mass destruction.”
Gabriel Lander, Phd
Professor
Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology
California Campus
Scripps Research

Hung Ton-That, Ph.D.
2019-12-03 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Hung Ton-That, Ph.D.
Professor, Dentistry

Marlin Touma, M.D., Ph.D.
2019-11-26 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Marlin Touma, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor In-Residence, Pediatrics
David Geffen School of Medicine

Thursday Research Seminar Series
2019-11-21 16:00 - 17:00 | WebEx, WebEx
“Regulation of protein functions by 3’UTRs”
Christine Mayr, MD, PhD
Molecular and Cell Biologist
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Sloan Kettering Institute

Marc Liesa-Roig, Ph.D.
2019-11-19 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Marc Liesa-Roig, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Medicine- Endocrinology

Thursday Research Seminar Series
2019-11-14 16:00 - 17:00 | WebEx, WebEx
“How is electrical signal generated? Structural and mechanistic investigations of Nav channels”
Nieng Yan
Shirley M. Tilghman Professor of Molecular Biology
Princeton University

Keriann M. Backus, Ph.D.
2019-11-12 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
“Chemoproteomic approaches to expand the druggable proteome”
Keriann M. Backus, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Biological Chemistry

Special Event: 2019 Sigman Symposium
2019-11-07 15:30 - 17:00 | California NanoSystems Institute, 570 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Enzyme Hydrophobic Sites and Allosteric Membrane Interactions Regulate Cell Signaling and Inflammation”
Honoring the legacy of David S. Sigman.
Presentation begins at 3.30pm. A reception will follow the talk.
Edward Dennis, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology
Chancellor’s Distinguished Professorship
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California, San Diego

Lindsay M. De Biase, Ph.D.
2019-10-29 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Lindsay M. De Biase, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Physiology

Thursday Research Seminar Series
2019-10-24 16:00 - 17:00
Sarah Kucenas
Associate Professor of Biology
Director of the Distinguished Major Program in Biology
College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
University of Virginia

Thomas A. Vallim, Ph.D.
2019-10-22 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Thomas A. Vallim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Cardiology, Biological Chemistry

Thursday Research Seminar Series
2019-10-17 16:00 - 17:00 | WebEx, WebEx
Arun Radhakrishnan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Molecular Genetics Department
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Elizabeth Tarling, Ph.D.
2019-10-15 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Elizabeth Tarling, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Cardiology
