The Molecular Biology Department’s seminar program is one of the very best on campus.
We make a strong effort to bring in visiting scientists who can provide a entertaining,
enlightening, and current research report on an important area of molecular biology.
Shown below is a listing of the current semester’s seminar speakers. Note that departmental
seminars during Spring 2015 semester will start at 2:10 pm. in Room 103 - AS/MB Building.
Date
Speaker & Affiliation
Seminar Title
Host
1/30/2015
Dr. Jan Lammerding
Cornell University
“Getting to the Nucleus of It- Lamins, Nuclear Mechanics, and Mechanotransduction”
Levy
2/06/2015
Dr. Joshua Obar
Montana State University
“Leukotriene and IL1-alpha Mediated Orchestration of the Anti-Fungal Leukocyte Response
to Aspergillus fumigatus”
Gigley
2/13/2015
Dr. Victoria Prince
University of Chicago
“From Neurogenesis to Neural Circuitry: Insights from Rest-less Zebrafish”
Lyuksyutova
2/20/2015
Dr. Nancy Dahms
Medical College of Wisconsin
“Deciphering the ZIP Codes of a Cell”
Jarvis
2/27/2015
Dr. Harald Hutter
Simon Fraser University
"How to Build Neuronal Circuits: A Tale of Pioneers and Followers”
Fay
3/06/2015
Dr. Russ Carstens
University of Pennsylvania
“The epithelial splicing regulatory proteins (Esrp1 and Esrp2) are essential for mammalian
development through control of an epithelial-specific splicing network”
Fay
3/13/2015
Dr. Chad Pearson
University of Colorado
“Building Ciliary Arrays: Centriole Assembly, Organization, and Force Resistance”
Gatlin
3/27/2015
Dr. Alexander Horswill
University of Iowa
“Regulation and Surface Protein Control of Staphylococcus aureus clumping”
Ward
4/03/2015
Dr. Andrew Spencer
Ardelyx, Inc.
“Confronting Kidney Disease via the Gastrointestinal Tract: Non-Absorbable Inhibitors
of the Na+/H+ Exchanger SLC9A3”
Fay
4/10/2015
Dr. Yongqin Jiao
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
“Uranium Detoxification by Caulobacter crescentus”
Bowman
4/17/2015
Dr. Rytis Prekeris
University of Colorado
“Divide and Polarize: The Role of Cell Division During Epithelial Cell Polarization
and Tissue Morphogenesis”
Kelley and Lazetic
4/24/2015
Dr. Tom Misteli
National Cancer Institute
“Nuclear Architecture, Aging and Cancer”
Levy
5/01/2015
Dr. Shawn Burgess
National Human Genome Research Institute
“Modeling Human Disease and Regenerative Medicine Using Zebrafish”
Jarvis
5/08/2015
Dr. Galit Alter
Ragon Institute
TBD
Jarvis
