Department of Molecular Biology
University of Wyoming
Department #3944
1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: (307) 766-3300
Fax: (307) 766-5098
Email: mbiology@uwyo.edu
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.
PLEASE NOTE: Fall Semester seminars will start at 2:30 pm. and are held in the Berry Center Auditorium
- Room 138 unless otherwise specified below. If you are sick or quarantined, DO NOT
ATTEND IN PERSON - USE ZOOM (email ynightin@uwyo.edu for the link). *Some seminars will be held via Zoom only.
|
Date |
Speaker & Affiliation |
Title |
Host |
|---|---|---|---|
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8/27/2021 |
Dr. Don Jarvis Department of Molecular Biology; University of Wyoming |
Introduction to MOLB Seminar |
Don Jarvis |
|
9/3/2021 |
Dr. Ann Wehman Department of Biological Sciences; Denver University |
The Wild West of Extracellular Vesicles |
David Fay |
|
9/10/2021 |
Dr. Robert Hoffman Anticancer, LLC |
Bacterial therapy of cancer: much more than immunotherapy *This seminar will be held via Zoom only |
Mark Gomelsky |
|
9/17/2021 |
Dr. Briana Burton Department of Bacteriology; University of Wisconsin |
Machines, forces, and sequence rules guiding bacterial chromosome mobility |
Yasin Ahmed |
|
9/24/2021 |
Dr. Needhi Bhalla Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology; University of California, Santa Cruz |
A Tale of Two Checkpoints *This seminar will be held via Zoom only |
Dan Levy |
|
10/1/2021 |
Dr. Stephen Waggoner Department of Pediatrics; University of Cincinnati |
Re-making a murderer: *This seminar will be held via Zoom only |
Jason Gigley |
|
10/08/2021 |
Dr. Li-Jun Ma Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; University of Massachusetts Amherst |
Understanding the tug o'war between a fungal pathogen and its hosts *This seminar will be held via Zoom only |
Eunsook Park |
|
10/15/2021 |
Semester Break |
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10/22/2021 |
Dr. Richard Cummings Center for Glycoscience; Harvard - BIDMC |
Insights into Influenza Virus and Coronavirus Interactions with the Human Lung Glycome *This seminar will be held via Zoom only |
Don Jarvis |
|
10/29/2021 |
Dr. Brent Derry Molecular Genetics; University of Toronto |
Using C. elegans to understand cerebral vascular disease and transgenerational inheritance mechanisms *This seminar will be held via Zoom only |
David Fay |
|
11/5/2021 |
Dr. Steve Caplan Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; University of Nebraska Medical Center |
Molecular mechanisms of endocytic trafficking—it’s all about location, location location… *This seminar will be held via Zoom only |
Braveen Joseph |
|
11/12/2021 |
Dr. Jordan Meier National Cancer Institute |
Understanding the chemistry of volcanic RNA to treat cancer & COVID-19 *This seminar will be held via Zoom |
Don Jarvis |
|
11/19/2021 |
Dr. Phillip Santangelo Department of Biomedical Engineering; Georgia Tech |
Treatment and prevention of viral infections via mRNA encoded Cas13a and dCas9 gene modulators *This seminar will be held via Zoom only |
Don Jarvis |
|
11/26/2021 |
Thanksgiving Break |
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12/3/2021 |
Dr. Bret Freudenthal Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; University of Kansas Medical Center |
Visualizing DNA repair in chromatin |
David Fay |
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12/10/2021 |
Dr. Ryan Flynn Department of Stem Cell & Regenerative Biology; Harvard - Stem Cell Institute |
GlycoRNAs: Bridging the gap between glycobiology and RNA biology *This seminar will be held via Zoom only |
Don Jarvis |
Department of Molecular Biology
University of Wyoming
Department #3944
1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: (307) 766-3300
Fax: (307) 766-5098
Email: mbiology@uwyo.edu