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 2016 semester will start at 2:10 pm. in Animal Science / Molecular
Biology Room 103.
Date
Speaker & Affiliation
Seminar Title
Host
01/29/2016
Dr. Guido Ferrari
Duke University Medical Center
“A tango in immunology: when Antibodies Date Cytotoxic Cells!”
Christopher Meadows
02/05/2016
Dr. Chris Smith
Gevo, Inc.
“Development and Commercialization of Fermentative Isobutanol”
Dr. Peter Thorsness
02/12/2016
Dr. Peter Chien
University of Massachusetts Amherst
“An adaptor hierarchy regulates protein destruction during the bacterial cell cycle”
Dr. Grant Bowman
02/19/2016
Dr. Shaun Brinsmade
Georgetown University
“CodY prioritizes metabolism and virulence gene expression in Staphylococcus aureus”
Josh Holmes
02/26/2016
Dr. Jared Schrader
Wayne State University
“Translational control of the Caulobacter cell cycle”
Dr. Grant Bowman
03/04/2016
Dr. Vincent Starai
University of Georgia
“Host:Pathogen Interactions Without a Host or a Pathogen”
Dr. Jason Gigley
03/11/2016
Dr. Jeremy Nance
New York University School of Medicine
“Assembling a germ cell niche during C. elegans embryogenesis”
Dr. David Fay
03/25/2016
Dr. William Kerr
SUNY Upstate Medical University
“Therapeutic Potential for SHIP1 Inhibitors in Cancer and Obesity”
Dr. Jason Gigley
04/01/2016
Dr. Cliff Brangwynne
Princeton University
“Measuring the intracellular dew point: the physics and biology of membrane-less organelles”
Dr. Dan Levy
04/08/2016
Dr. Julie Canman
Columbia University
“Understanding cytokinesis: How one cell splits into two”
Dr. Jay Gatlin
04/15/2016
Dr. Mark McBride
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
“The Bacteroidetes do it differently: novel motility, protein secretion, and polysaccharide utilization
machineries”
Dr. Dan Wall
04/22/2016
Dr. Claudia Gravekamp
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
“Listeria as delivery platform for anticancer agents”
Dr. Mark Gomelsky
04/29/2016
Dr. Kristin Artinger
Univeristy of Colorado School of Medicine
“Genetic regulation of neural crest migration”
Dr. David Fay
05/06/2016
Dr. David Montefiori
Duke University Medical Center
“Antibody Intervention for HIV Treatment and Prevention”
Dr. Don Jarvis
