List of past and Future Seminar Speakers
Date: 1/30/2026
Speaker: Dr. Jean Greenberg
Institution: University of Chicago
Title: Biochemical Features and Dynamics of a Plant Endosymbiotic Organelle in Different
Cell and Tissue Types
Host: Eunsook Park
Date: 2/06/2026
Speaker: Dr. Keke Fairfax
Institution: U. Utah School of Medicine
Title: Dissecting the Role of Biological Sex in Training of the Myeloid Lineage
Host: Jason Gigley
Date: 2/13/2026
Speaker: Dr. Nichole Link
Institution: University of Utah
Title: Genetic and Viral Causes of Neurological Disease
Host: Todd Schoborg
Date: 2/20/2026
Speaker: Dr. Kelly Lee
Institution: University of Washington
Title: How to Catch a Virus in Motion: Structural Dynamics and Conformational Change
in Influenza Virus Cell Entry Machinery
Host: Jen Pinello
Date: 2/27/2026
Speaker: Dr. Yunsik Kang
Institution: University of Colorado Anschutz
Title: “Tweek-ing" the Nervous System: How Glia Recognize and Remove Neuronal Debris
Host: David Fay
Date: 3/06/2026
Speaker: Dr. Mohammad Kaplan
Institution: University of Chicago
Title: In Situ Structural Biology Using Cryo-Electron Tomography
Host: Dan Wall
Date: 3/13/2026
Speaker: Dr. Anne Hart
Institution: Brown University
Title: A C. Elegans Double Header: Sleep and Neurological Disease
Host: David Fay
Date: 3/27/2026
Speaker: Dr. Janet Iwasa
Institution: University of Utah
Title: New Tools for Animating Molecules
Host: Daniel Kolbin
Date: 4/03/2026
Speaker: Dr. Tammy Kielian
Institution: University of Nebraska Medical Center
Title: Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Expands Granulocyte Myeloid-Derived Suppressor
Cells (G-MDSCs) to Promote Chronic Infection
Host: Mark Gomelsky
Date: 4/10/2026
Speaker: Dr. Margaret Johnson
Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Title: Decision Making and Spatial Control Through Macromolecular Self-Assembly
Host: Grant Bowman
Date: 4/24/2026
Speaker: Dr. Lars Dietrich
Institution: Columbia University
Title: Bacterial Biofilms, Pigments and Javelins
Host: Mark Gomelsky
Date: 5/01/2026
Speaker: Dr. John Erickson
Institution: Cincinnato Children's Hospital
Title: Antibody Sialic Acid Acetylation Controls Intracellular Immunity
Host: Don Jarvis
Date: 5/08/2026
Speaker: TBD
Institution: TBD
Title: TBD
Host: N/A
Date: 9/11/2026
Speaker: Dr. Jarred Whitlock
Institution: University of Virginia
Title: “Cell-Cell Fusion: A therapeutic target in skeletal disease.”
Host: Dr. Jen Pinello
Date: 09/18/2026
Speaker: Dr. Kelly Liu
Institution: Cornell University
Title: “Regulation and interpretation of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling in C. elegans”.
Host: Dr. David Fay
Date: 9/25/2026
Speaker: Dr. Tony De Tomaso
Institution: UC Santa Barbara
Title: "Transplantation, regeneration and parasitic stem cells- the interesting life of an invertebrate chordate."
Host: Dr. Daniel Wall
Date: 10/02/2026
Speaker: Dr. Beverly Piggot
Instituation: University of Montana
Title: "Bioelectric regulation of neural development."
Host: Dr. Todd Schoborg
Date: 10/09/2026
Speaker: Dr. Richard Kriwacki
Institution: St. Jude's Children's Hospital
Title: “Roles of Biomolecular Condensates in Biology and Disease”.
Host: Dr. Thomas Boothby
Date: 10/16/2026
Speaker: Dr. Rajendar Deora
Institution: Ohio State University
Title: "From Cells to Organisms: Exploring Host-Pathogen Interactions in in vitro, Mouse and Human-Relevant Models"
Host: Dr. Mark Gomelsky
Date: 10/23/2026
Speaker: Dr. Kevin Cox
Institution: Washington University, St. Louis
Title: “Single-Cell and Spatial Biology Tools to Study Plant Stress Responses, One Cell at a Time”
Host: Dr. Eunsook Park
Date: 10/30/2026
Speaker: Dr. Sara Molinari
Institution: University of Maryland
Title: TBD
Host: Dr. Grant Bowman
Date: 11/06/2026
Speaker: Dr. Ah-Ram Kim
Institution: Harvard University
Title: "Structure-Guided Discovery of Protein–Protein Interactions"
Host: Dr. David Fay & Dr. Nathan Davis
Date: 11/13/2026
Speaker: Dr. Peter Kima
Institution: University of Florida
Title: “Evaluation of the ESCRT machinery for its potential as a target for visceral leishmaniasis disease mitigation”.
Host: Dr. Jason Gigley
Date: 12/04/2026
Speaker: Dr. Rich Street
Institution: Greenwood Genetic Center
Title: "Functional Resolution of Lysosomal Gene Variants: Informing Diagnosis and Treatment."
Host: Dr. Don Jarvis
Date: 12/11/2026
Speaker: Dr. Lifan Lu
Institution: U. California San Diego
Title: "Functional specialization of regulatory T cells in controlling intestinal inflammation".
Host: Dr. Jason Gigley
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