Molecular Biology Institute

MB-IDP Town Hall
2020-06-15 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
For Zoom details please email mbigrad@lifesci.ucla.edu

MBIDP Student Seminar
2020-06-11 11:00 - 12:00
Amara Thind (Bradley Lab)
“Discovery and Characterization of Novel Bradyzoite Dense Granule Proteins in Toxoplasma gondii.”
Please contact mbigrad@lifesci.ucla.edu for Zoom details.

MBIDP Short Talks Round 2
2020-06-04 16:00 - 17:00
Matt Lowe “Functional Artwork: How to Start a Record Collection”
Matilde Miranda “Skincare Bootcamp”
Lauren Thurlow “Infinite Houseplants”
Andrew Lopez “Film Cameras 101”

Please email mbigrad@lifesci.ucla.edu for Zoom information

Thursday Research Seminar Series
2020-05-28 16:00 - 17:00
Russell Vance, Ph.D.
Professor, Molecular & Cell Biology
UC, Berkeley
More information coming soon!

Baking with the BEST
2020-05-27 19:00 - 20:00
Featuring: Ian Ford, Michal Juda, and Kaiser Atai

Defense: Cynthia Shu
2020-05-22 14:00 - 16:00
“Discovery and development of small molecule sarcospan enhancers for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy”
Mentor: Rachelle Crosbie-Watson

Zoom location: https://uconline.zoom.us/j/235712900
Please email mbigrad@lifesci.ucla.edu for password

MBIDP Student Seminar
2020-05-20 13:30 - 14:00
Feiyang Ma (Pellegrini Lab)

MBIDP Talk
2020-05-07 17:00 - 18:00
“Organizing work at home: Lessons from ADD/ADHD”
by Siobhan Braybrook

Mental Health Seminar
2020-05-06 14:00 - 15:00
“Combating isolation as a grad student”
w/ Fay Lin

Join via Zoom at: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/99392326644?pwd=[REDACTED]
Please email mbigrad@lifesci.ucla.edu for password

Jimmy Hu, Ph.D.
2020-05-05 12:00 - 13:00
“Regulation of adult mouse dental epithelial progenitor cells by YAP and tissue architecture”
All MBI Faculty Welcome
Zoom link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/94027699869?pwd=[REDACTED]
Please email mbiasst@lifesci.ucla.edu for password

Defense: Ade Adelaja
2020-05-01 09:00 - 11:00
“Stimulus-specificity of NFκB signaling in macrophages”
Mentor: Alexander Hoffmann

MBIDP Student Seminar
2020-04-29 13:30 - 14:00
Eta Atolia (Butte Lab)
“Reverse engineering vaccine neoantigens”

MBIDP Student Seminar
2020-04-24 14:30 - 15:00
Tasha Lin (Rao Lab)

Zoom link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/93530902154?pwd=[REDACTED]
Please email mbigrad@lifesci.ucla.edu for password

MBIDP Happy Hour
2020-04-23 16:00 - 17:00
MBIDP Happy Hour with Matilde Miranda ft. origami crafts
No origami paper? No problem. Most paper is fine!!
Zoom link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/94507919934?pwd=[REDACTED]
Email mbigrad@lifesci.ucla.edu for password

Siobhan Braybrook, Ph.D.
2020-04-21 12:00 - 13:00
Siobhan Braybrook, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

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

Defense: Tran Do
2020-04-20 10:00 - 12:00
“Single cell Transcriptomic Analyses Reveal the Dynamic Landscape of Acne Lesions”
Mentor: Robert Modlin

Zoom location: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/495870952?pwd=[REDACTED]
Please email mbigrad@lifesci.ucla.edu for password

MBIDP Student Seminar
2020-04-14 13:00 - 14:00
Alex Sercel (Teitell Lab)

Leonard H. Rome, Ph.D.
2020-04-14 12:00 - 13:00
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

All MBI Faculty Welcome

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
