Molecular Biology Institute

MBI Seminar: Prashant Mali, Ph.D.
2017-03-09 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WebEx, WebEx
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
UC, San Diego
“Multiplex Genome Engineering via CRISPR-Cas: New Approaches and New Challenges”
Mali Lab Website
Host Sri Kosuri, Ph.D., (sri@ucla.edu)

MBI Member Seminar: Elaine Hsiao
2017-03-07 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Assistant Professor, Integrative Biology & Physiology
Hsiao Lab Website
*Open to all MBI Members

MBI Seminar: Frederic de Sauvage, Ph.D.
2017-03-02 16:00 - 17:00 | WebEx, WebEx
Vice President & Staff Scientist, Molecular Oncology
Genentech
“Targeting intestinal stem cells in cancer”
Sauvage Genentech Website
Host: Steve Young (sgyoung@mednet.ucla.edu)

MBI Member Seminar: Beth Lazazzera
2017-02-28 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
Lazazzera Lab Website
*Open to all MBI Members

MBI Seminar: Fitnat Yildiz, Ph.D.
2017-02-23 16:00 - 17:00 | WebEx, WebEx
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology
UC, Santa Cruz
“”Mechanism and Regulation of Biofilm Formation”
Yildiz Lab Website
Host: Beth Lazazzera (BethL@microbio.ucla.edu)

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2017-02-21 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall

MBI Seminar: Jan Karlseder, Ph.D.
2017-02-16 16:00 - 17:00 | WebEx, WebEx
Professor, Molecular & Cell Biology Laboratory
Donald & Darlene Shiley Chair
Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla
“What Telomeres Can Teach Us About DNA Replication and Repair Pathway Choice”
Karlseder Lab Website
Host: Jeff Long (jeffalong@ucla.edu)

MBI Member Seminar: Yibin Wang
2017-02-14 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Professor of Anesthesiology, Physiology, & Medicine
Director of the Division of Molecular Medicine
Wang Lab Website
*Open to all MBI Members

MBI Seminar: Wendell Lim, Ph.D.
2017-02-09 16:00 - 17:00 | WebEx, WebEx
Professor & Chair, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Director, UCSF Center for Systems & Synthetic Biology
UC, San Francisco
“Programming and Perturbing Cell Signaling Networks“
Lim Lab Website
Host: The Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology Grad Students (mbiasst@lifesci.ucla.edu)

MBI Member Seminar: Elizabeth Tarling
2017-02-07 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Assistant Professor, Cardiology
Tarling Lab Website
*Open to all MBI Members

Sigman Symposium: Xiaowei Zhuang, PhD
2017-02-06 15:30 - 16:30 | California NanoSystems Institute, 570 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
David B. Arnold Professor of Science
Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Professor of Physics
Harvard University
“Illuminating Biology at the Nanoscale and Systems Scale Using Single-molecule and Super-resolution Imaging”
Zhuang Lab Website
*Reception to follow

MBI Seminar: Marc Diamond, M.D.
2017-02-02 16:00 - 17:00 | WebEx, WebEx
Director, Center for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Professor, Neurology & Neurotherapeutics, Neuroscience
UT Southwestern Medical Center
“The Prion Model: Expanding Our Ability to Classify and Treat Neurodegenerative Diseases”
Diamond Lab Website
Host: David Eisenberg (david@mbi.ucla.edu)

MBI Member Seminar: Siavash Kurdistani
2017-01-31 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Chair & Professor
Department of Biological Chemistry
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Kurdistani Lab Website
*Open to all MBI Members

MBI Seminar: Maria Barna, Ph.D.
2017-01-26 16:00 - 17:00 | WebEx, WebEx
Assistant Professor
Departments of Developmental Biology & Genetics
Stanford University
“Specialized Ribosomes: A New Frontier in Gene Regulation, Organismal Biology, and Evolution”
Barna Lab Website

MBI Member Seminar: Hilary Coller
2017-01-24 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Associate Professor
Departments of Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology and Biological Chemistry
Coller Lab Website
*Open to all MBI Members

MBI Seminar: Kathryn Moore, Ph.D.
2017-01-19 16:00 - 17:00 | WebEx, WebEx
Jean and David Blechman Professor of Cardiology
Department of Medicine
Professor, Department of Cell Biology
New York University School of Medicine
“Non-Coding RNA Regulation of Cholesterol Homeostasis”
Moore Faculty Website

MBI Member Seminar: Larry Simpson
2017-01-17 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
Simpson Lab Website
*Open to all MBI Members

MBI Members Seminar: Luisa Arispe, Ph.D.
2017-01-10 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Professor of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Director, Molecular Biology Institute
“State of the Molecular Biology Institute”
Arispe Lab Website
*All MBI Members Welcome

Seminar: Brian Dynlacht, Ph.D.
2017-01-05 16:00 - 17:00 | WebEx, WebEx
Professor of Pathology
New York University School of Medicine
“Transcriptional and Epigenetic Control of Differentiation”
Dynlacht Lab Wesite

Seminar: Benjamin F. Cravatt, PhD
2016-12-01 16:00 - 17:00 | WebEx, WebEx
Professor and Chair, Department of Chemical Physiology,
The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute
“Activity-based Proteomics – Protein and Ligand Discovery on a Global Scale”
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MBI Members Seminar: Sanaz Memarzadeh, M.D., Ph.D.
2016-11-29 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
*Open to all MBI Members
Memarzadeh Lab website

MBI Members Seminar: Austin Nakano, M.D., Ph.D.
2016-11-22 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Department of Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
*Open to all MBI Members
Nakano website

Seminar: Sally Horne-Badovinac, PhD
2016-11-17 16:00 - 17:00 | WebEx, WebEx
Associate Professor, Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology; University of Chicago
“Going in Circles Gets You Somewhere – Mechanisms Controlling Egg Chamber Elongation in Drosophila”
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MBI Members Seminar: Xia Yang, Ph.D.
2016-11-15 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology
*Open to all MBI Members
Yang Lab website

Seminar: Hal Dietz, MD
2016-11-10 16:00 - 17:00 | WebEx, WebEx
Victor A. McKusick Professor, Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Molecular Biology and Genetics; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Director, William S. Smilow Center for Marfan Syndrome Research
“TGFβ in the Pathogenesis of Inherited Vasculopathies: A matter of Aneurysmic Proportions”
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MBI Members: Jie Zheng, Ph.D.
2016-11-08 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Department of Ophthalmology
*Open to all MBI Members
Zheng Faculty Profile

Seminar: Ana Maria Cuervo, MD, PhD
2016-11-03 16:00 - 17:00 | WebEx, WebEx
Professor, Departments of Developmental and Molecular Biology and of Anatomy and Structural Biology,
Co-Director, Institute for Aging Research,
Robert and Renée Belfer Chair for the Study of Neurodegenerative Diseases; Albert Einstein College of Medicine
“Selective Autophagy: Cleaning and Fueling in the Same Compartment”
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MBI Members Seminar: Arnold Berk, M.D.
2016-11-01 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
*Open to all MBI Members
Berk website

Seminar: Vladimir Kalinichenko M.D., Ph.D.
2016-10-27 16:00 - 17:00 | WebEx, WebEx
Professor & Endowed Chair in Regenerative Medicine,
Director, Center for Lung Regenerative Medicine,
Divisions of Pulmonary Biology and Developmental Biology,
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center,
College of Medicine of the University of Cincinnati
“FOX Transcription Factors in Development of Pulmonary Vasculature”
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MBI Members Seminar: Thomas Vallim, Ph.D.
2016-10-25 12:00 - 13:00 | 130 Boyer Hall
Division of Cardiology
*Open to all MBI Members
Vallim website
