2023-2024 Schedule
Seminars are on alternate Wednesdays, 1.15pm – 2.30pm in Boyer Hall 159

Winter 2024

Wednesday, Jan. 17th

  • Ann Roe (Pyle lab)
  • Maymay Mu (Gonen lab)

Wednesday, Jan. 31st

  • Shuya Wang (Jacobsen lab)
  • Chris Ochoa (Memarzadeh/Yang labs)

Wednesday, Feb. 14th

  • Yesica Mercado-Ayon (Butler lab)
  • Lauren Uchiyama (Tontonoz lab)

Wednesday, Feb. 28th

  • Matthew Bernard (Goldstein lab)
  • Tanya Gromova (Vondriska lab)

Wednesday, March. 13th

  • Valentina Alonso (Hoffmann lab)
  • Edgar Perez-Reyes (Dubinett lab)

Fall 2023

Wednesday, Oct. 4th

  • Rebecca Pasquarelli (Bradley lab)
    • “Investigating the role of inner membrane complex proteins in the replication of Toxoplasma gondii”
  • Brandon Boone (Jacobsen lab)
    • “Dynamic protein accumulation is directly linked to gene silencing downstream of DNA methylation.”

Wednesday, Oct. 18th

  • Carlos Galvan (Lowry lab)
    • “Metabolic Flexibility in Hair Follicle Stem Cell Induced Squamous Cell Carcinoma”
  • Eva Segura (Kohn lab)
    • “Development of a lentiviral gene therapy for alpha thalassemia” – postponed

Wednesday, Nov. 1st

  • Cody Gillman (Gonen lab)
    • “Methodologies and applications of MicroED”
  • Salena Gallardo (Butler lab)
    • “Investigating how BMP signaling is differentially transduced by Smad1 and Smad5 during dorsal spinal cord development”

Wednesday, Nov. 15th

  • James Zhen (Zhou lab)
    • “Structures and comparison of endogenous 2-oxoglutarate and pyruvate dehydrogenase complexes from bovine kidney”
  • Jonathan DiRusso (Clark lab)
    • “Transposable Element Repression by TRIM28 Safeguards Germline Commitment”

Wednesday, Nov. 29th

  • Dana Franklin (Ton-That lab)
    • “Microcompartment-mediated ethanolamine metabolism modulates Fusobacterium nucleatum virulence”
  • Parham Peyda (Black lab)
    • “Combinatorial Recognition of Cis-Regulatory RNA Modules by a Large Assembly of Splicing Regulators”

Wednesday, Dec. 13th

  • Timmie Britton (Ton-That lab)
  • Andrew Lund (Gomperts lab)
    • “Transcriptional Profiling Uncovers ERBB-mediated Patterning and Differentiation in Human Airway Submucosal Glands”