Molecular Biology Institute

“Structural insights into nuclear pre-mRNA splicing in higher eukaryotes”
2019-02-11 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CHS 13-105
*Held on Monday, February 11, 2019 and will be in CHS 13-105
Reinhard Luhrmann, Ph.D.
Director, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry

“On growth and form in petals”
2019-02-07 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Vivian Irish, Ph.D.
Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Eaton Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Yale School of Medicine

“A window into the brain - biomarkers in blood exosomes distinguish closely related neurodegenerative diseases”
2019-02-05 12:00 - 13:00
Gal Bitan, Ph.D.
Professor-in-Residence, Neurology

"Caught in the act: visualizing and targeting tumor-stroma interactions in metastasis"
2019-01-31 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Mikala Egeblad, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Copenhagen & the Danish Cancer Society
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

“Dissecting Molecular Pathways how Air Pollution Disrupts Cell Metabolism”
2019-01-29 12:00 - 13:00
Jesus Araujo, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Medicine

“Silencing of Retroviral DNAs”
2019-01-24 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Silencing of Retroviral DNAs”
Stephen Goff, Ph.D.
Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
Higgins Professor of Microbiology & Immunology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
Columbia University

Jake Lusis, Ph.D.
2019-01-22 12:00 - 13:00
Jake Lusis, Ph.D.
Professor, Medicine, Human Genetics, Microbiology, Immunology
& Molecular Genetics
Vice Chair, Human Genetics

"Dynamics of Autophagy in Neuronal Homeostasis and Neurodegeneration"
2019-01-17 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Erika Holzbaur, Ph.D.
William Maul Measey Professor in Physiology
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

“MicroED Conception, practice and future opportunities”
2019-01-15 12:00 - 13:00
Tamir Gonen, Ph.D.
Professor, Biological Chemistry & Physiology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Andrew Dillin, Ph.D.
2018-12-13 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Orchestrating aging and proteostasis across a troubled soma”
Professor, Genetics, Genomics and Development
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Center
University of California, Berkeley

Matthew P. DeLisa, Ph.D.
2018-12-06 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Adventures in bacterial glycobiology: engineering sweet solutions to sticky situations”
William L. Lewis Professor of Engineering
Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Cornell University

De-Chen Lin
2018-12-04 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall

Andrew Murray, Ph.D.
2018-11-29 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“A Trip to the Evolutionary Repair Shop: How cells adapt to the loss of important genes”
Herchel Smith Professor of Molecular Genetics
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor
Director, FAS Center for Systems Biology
Harvard University

Jesse Zamundio
2018-11-27 08:00 - 17:00 | 130 Boyer Hall

Ann McKee, M.D.
2018-11-15 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“CTE: A Post Traumatic Tauopathy”
Director, Neuropathology Core
Professor, Neurology and Pathology
Boston University CTE Center

Siobhan Braybrook
2018-11-13 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall

Steven McKnight, Ph.D.
2018-11-08 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“A Solid State Conceptualization of Information Transfer from Gene to Message to Protein”
Distinguished Chair in Basic Biomedical Research
Professor, Biochemistry
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Melody Li
2018-11-06 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall

Michelle Wang. Ph.D.
2018-11-01 16:00 - 18:00 | California NanoSystems Institute, 570 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
David S. Sigman Symposium Lecture
Professor, Physics
Howard Hughes Medical Investigator
Cornell University

Tamer Sallam
2018-10-30 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall

Clodagh O'Shea, Ph.D.
2018-10-25 08:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Faculty Scholar
Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Timothy O'Sullivan
2018-10-23 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall

Thomas Perkins, Ph.D.
2018-10-18 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Associate Professor, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
University of Colorado, Boulder

Theodoros Keledisis
2018-10-16 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall

Fred Dyda, Ph.D.
2018-10-11 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Section Chief, Structural Biochemistry Section
Laboratory of Molecular Biology
National Institute of Health

Justine Lee
2018-10-09 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall

Focus on Imaging workshop
2018-09-11 09:30 - 2018-09-14 17:30 | Various, United States
Open to all MBIDP students, MBI Faculty and their lab personnel.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: THURSDAY SEPT 6TH!

SCHEDULE
Tuesday – September 11th 2018

9.30am- noon Boyer 130
Introductory Seminars

Joel Mancuso, PhD. EM/XRM Specialist, Zeiss Microscopy
“X-ray Microscopy and Digital histology”
Sanghoon Oh, PhD. Product Support Specialist, Zeiss Microscopy
“Zeiss LSM 8 Family with Airyscan: Revolutionize your Confocal Imaging with Increased Resolution, Sensitivity, and Speed”

Basics and Confocal workshops below are offered at multiple times/days
All sessions are identical. Limited to 5 people per session

Basics of Microscopy: setting up the instrument to get the best images
Workshops offered on:
Tuesday (11th) 1pm and 3.30pm
Wednesday (12th) 10am, 1pm and 3.30pm
Thursday (13th) 10am, 1pm and 3.30pm
Some of these sessions are full. The registration form displays the remaining availability.

Working Confidently with Confocal
Workshops offered on:
Tuesday (11th) 1pm and 3.30pm
Wednesday (12th) 10am, 1pm, 3.30pm
Thursday (13th) 10am, 1pm, 3.30pm
Sessions are currently full. Join the stand-by list
All MBI members and their lab personnel are welcome to attend the Tuesday morning seminars.

Friday September 14th
Imaris 3D/4D Analysis

10 am Boyer 130
Introductory Seminar
“Explore your 3D data with Imaris”
Lynsey Hamilton, Ph.D. Bitplane Specialist
Afternoon workshops
1pm- 5.30pm Boyer 529 (Collaboratory Classroom)
Sessions designed for attendees to receive assistance in analyzing their own data
Introductory sessions
1pm – 2pm: Imaris 3D rendering & animations
2pm – 3pm: Imaris Automated object detection, counting and volumetric statistics
Advanced sessions
3.30pm – 4.30pm: Imaris Colocalization analysis techniques
4.30pm – 5.30pm: Imaris Neuron Tracing, Q&A
Introductory workshop sessions are currently full. Join the stand-by list.
All MBI members and their lab personnel are welcome to attend the Friday morning seminar in Boyer 130.

Boyer/Parvin Postdoctoral Awards
2018-06-20 15:30 - 17:00 | La Kretz Garden Pavilion

Angelique Bordey, Ph.D.
2018-05-29 12:00 - 13:00
Professor, Neurosurgery
Professor, Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Vice Chair, Research, Neurosurgery
Yale School of Medicine
Host: Ye Zhang (MBI), Chris Evans (BRI)
Will be held in NRB Auditorium.

Jay Keasling, Ph.D.
2018-05-24 16:00 - 17:00
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Bioengineering
University of California, Berkeley
Senior Faculty Scientist
Associate Laboratory Director
Berkeley National Laboratory
Chief Executive Officer
Joing BioEnergy Institute
Host: BBSB Home Area
