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
