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.
Seminars start at 2:10 pm and are held in the Berry Center Auditorium - Room 138.
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Speaker & Affiliation |
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Title |
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Host |
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9/1/2023 |
Drs. Grant Bowman & Jay Gatlin Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming |
Introduction to MOLB Seminar |
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9/8/2023 |
Dr. Karen Visick Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago |
Control over biofilm formation and host colonization by Vibrio fischeri |
Mark Gomelsky |
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9/15/2023 |
Dr. Xin Li Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
Decoding the molecular clock controlling neural diversity generation in the visual center of Drosophila |
Todd Schoborg |
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9/22/2023 |
Dr. Constance Jeffery Biological Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Cancer Center |
The Multiple Lives of Moonlighting Proteins |
Eunsook Park |
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9/29/2023 |
Dr. Naomi Courtemanche Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota |
Actin filament assembly mediated by formins: All roads lead to the barbed end |
David Fay |
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10/6/2023 |
Dr. Tim Whitehead Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder |
Rapid biosensor development from repurposed plant hormone receptors |
Grant Bowman |
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10/13/2023 |
Dr. Keith Derbyshire Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Albany |
Who’s who in the mycobacterial dating game |
Dan Wall |
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10/20/2023 |
Dr. Michelle Ozbun Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico |
Jackalopes, Toads, Warts, & Cancers: The Study of How Papilloma Viruses Cause Disease Reveals an Achilles’ Heel Ripe for Anti-Viral Therapies |
Don Jarvis |
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10/27/2023 |
Dr. Steve Andrews Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center |
Reverse engineering cell biology: insights into cell design through modeling |
Grant Bowman |
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11/3/2023 |
Dr. Daniel Dickinson Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin |
Cell Polarity: From Molecules to Embryos |
David Fay |
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11/10/2023 |
Dr. Darcy McRose Climate, Environment & Life Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Putting Microbial Small Molecules in Context: Insights from Considerations of the Soil Environment |
Sheila Walsh, Wall Lab |
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11/17/2023 |
Dr. John Murray Genetics, University of Pennsylvania |
Single cell analysis of embryonic regulatory dynamics |
Owen Funk, Levy Lab |
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11/24/2023 |
No Seminar |
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12/1/2023 |
Dr. Mariano Garcia-Blanco Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia |
The love-hate relationship between host proteins and viral RNAs |
Don Jarvis |
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12/8/2023 |
Dr. Robert Halfmann Stowers Institute |
Living to die: Protein Supersaturation Trades Longevity for Immunity |
Thomas Boothby |
