Molecular Biology Institute

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Andrew Ewald, Ph.D. | Hosted by Luda Lin
2023-05-25 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Cellular strategies and molecular mechanisms driving breast cancer metastasis”
Andrew Ewald, Ph.D.
Virginia DeAcetis Professor of Basic Cancer Research
Professor and Director of Cell Biology
Director, Giovanis Institute for Translational Cell Biology
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Clodagh C. O’Shea, Ph.D. | Hosted by Znala Williams
2023-05-18 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“TBD”
Clodagh C. O’Shea, Ph.D.
Professor and Wicklow Capital Endowed Chair
Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies

MBIDP Student Defense | Justin Miller | Mentor: Todd Yeates, Ph.D.
2023-05-16 09:00 - 10:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Jason Shepherd, Ph.D. | Hosted by Roger Castells
2023-05-11 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Virus-like intercellular signaling in the nervous system”
Jason Shepherd, Ph.D.
Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Endowed Chair
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Ben Barres Investigator
Associate Professor of Neurobiology, Biochemistry, and Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
University of Utah

Riboforum RNA Talk
2023-05-10 15:30 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Speakers:
William Mason Sparks (Coller Lab)
Bhrugu Bharathi (Coller Lab)

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Dorothee Kern, Ph.D. | Hosted by Rob Clubb
2023-05-04 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Evolution of Energy Landscapes and its Exploitation for Drug and Enzyme Design”
Dorothee Kern, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry
HHMI Investigator
Chair of the Biochemistry Department
Brandeis University

MBIDP Student Defense | Allison Daly | Mentor: Stephen Smale, Ph.D.
2023-05-03 14:00 - 15:00 | CHS 13-105

MBIDP Student Defense | Gregory Lum | Mentor: Elaine Hsiao, Ph.D.
2023-05-03 10:00 - 11:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Victor Torres, Ph.D. | Hosted by Hung Ton-That
2023-04-27 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Harnessing basic science to develop new approaches to combat Staphylococcus aureus infections”
Victor Torres, Ph.D.
C.V. Starr Professor of Microbiology
Director, Antimicrobial-Resistant (AMR) Pathogens Program
Department of Microbiology
New York University Grossman School of Medicine

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Anthony Brown, Ph.D. | Hosted by Katie Ching and Alvaro Sagasti
2023-04-20 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Cytoskeletal polymers as cargoes of intracellular transport: the remarkable dynamics of axonal neurofilaments”
Anthony Brown, Ph.D.
Professor, Neuroscience
Ohio State University

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Christiane Wobus, Ph.D. | Hosted by Benancio Rodriguez
2023-04-13 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Studying enteric virus-host interactions in human intestinal organoids”
Christiane Wobus, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
University of Michigan Medical School

Riboforum RNA Talk
2023-04-12 15:30 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Speakers:
Dan Wang (Sallam Lab)
Rafael Sandoval (Zamudio Lab)

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Rong Fan, Ph.D. | Hosted by Roy Wollman
2023-04-06 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Spatial Multi-Omics Driving the Next Wave of Biomedical Research Revolution”
Rong Fan, Ph.D.
Harold Hodgkinson Professor of Biomedical Engineering and of Pathology
Yale School of Medicine

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Frederick “Chris” Bennett, M.D. | Hosted by Lindsay De Biase
2023-03-16 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Brain macrophage transplantation for research and therapy development”
Chris Bennett, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Rafi Ahmed, Ph.D. | Hosted by Bil Gelbart and Julia Gensheimer
2023-03-09 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Rafi Ahmed, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Eminent Scholar, Georgia Research Alliance
Investigator, Emory Center for AIDS Research

Riboforum RNA Talk
2023-03-08 15:30 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Speakers:
Michelle Gibbs (Chanfreau Lab)
Yao He (Feigon/Zhou Labs)

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Hui Zong, Ph.D. | Hosted by Ye Zhang
2023-03-02 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Deep dive into glial biology through brain tumor research with MADM, a genetic mosaic system”
Hui Zong, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
University of Virginia

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Matthew Welch, Ph.D. | Hosted by Kent Hill and Daniel Velez-Ramirez
2023-02-23 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Mobilization of cell structures by microbial pathogens”
Matthew Welch, Ph.D.
Professor, Molecular & Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Issam Ben-Sahra, Ph.D. | Hosted by Anthony Covarrubias
2023-02-16 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Signaling and Metabolic Control of Nucleotide Metabolism”
Issam Ben-Sahra, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Danesh Moazed, Ph.D. | Hosted by Doug Black
2023-02-09 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Chromatin-Associated RNA Decay in Epigenetic Gene Silencing”
Danesh Moazed, Ph.D.
Professor, Cell Biology
HHMI Investigator
Harvard Medical School

Riboforum RNA Talk
2023-02-08 15:30 - 17:00 | WebEx, WebEx
Speakers:
Elsie Jacobson (Plath Lab)
Alberto Vasquez-Salazar (Chen Lab)

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Shawn Ferguson, Ph.D. | Hosted by Lindsay De Biase
2023-02-02 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Pathways of Lysosome Dysfunction Across Neurodegenerative Diseases”
Shawn Ferguson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Yale University

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Jake Lusis, Ph.D. | Hosted by the MBI Research Seminar Committee
2023-01-26 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“Coagulation factor 11 mediates liver- heart crosstalk and protects against heart failure”
Jake Lusis, Ph.D.
Professor Medicine-Cardiology, Human Genetics, Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
UCLA

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Ruslan Afasizhev, Ph.D. | Hosted by Hong Zhou
2023-01-19 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“The ABC of RNA Editing in Trypanosomes”
Ruslan Afasizhev, Ph.D.
Professor, Molecular & Cell Biology
Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Peter Adams, Ph.D. | Hosted by Oliver Fregoso
2023-01-12 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“The dynamic epigenome – challenges and opportunities for health aging and suppression of cancer”
Prof. Peter D. Adams
Professor and Co-Director
Aging, Cancer and Immuno-oncology Program
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Riboforum RNA Talk
2023-01-11 15:30 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Speakers:
Grant Shoffner (Guo Lab)
Carlos Gonzalez-Figueroa (Xiao Lab)

Special Lecture | Rebecca Ursin, Ph.D. | Hosted by Art Arnold
2022-12-15 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
“SeXX differences in B cell development and vaccine-induced antibody responses”
Rebecca Ursin, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard University
https://ucla.zoom.us/j/94699385359?pwd=[REDACTED]
Host: Art Arnold, arnold@ucla.edu

Riboforum RNA Talk
2022-12-14 15:30 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Speakers:
Wen Xiao (Black Lab)
Matt Krieger (Koehler Lab)

MBIDP Student Defense | Peter Back | Mentor: Peter Bradley
2022-11-18 13:45 - 15:30 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States

MBI Thursday Research Seminar | Prachee Avasthi, Ph.D. | Hosted by Alice Soragni
2022-11-17 16:00 - 17:00 | 159 Boyer Hall, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
“From models to non-models: exploring new science and new ways to pursue it”
Prachee Avasthi, Ph.D.
Co-founder and CSO of Arcadia Science
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College
