Department of Molecular Biology

College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources

Departmental Seminars

The Molecular Biology Department鈥檚 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鈥檚 seminar speakers. Note that departmental seminars during Spring 2016 semester will start at 2:10 pm. in Animal Science / Molecular Biology Room 103.

 
Molecular Biology Spring 2016 SEMINARS

Date
Speaker & Affiliation
Seminar Title
Host
01/29/2016
Dr. Guido Ferrari
Duke University Medical Center
鈥淎 tango in immunology: when Antibodies Date Cytotoxic Cells!鈥�
Christopher Meadows
02/05/2016
Dr. Chris Smith
Gevo, Inc.
鈥淒evelopment and Commercialization of Fermentative Isobutanol鈥�
Dr. Peter Thorsness
02/12/2016
Dr. Peter Chien
University of Massachusetts Amherst
鈥淎n adaptor hierarchy regulates protein destruction during the bacterial cell cycle鈥�
Dr. Grant Bowman
02/19/2016
Dr. Shaun Brinsmade
Georgetown University
鈥淐odY prioritizes metabolism and virulence gene expression in Staphylococcus aureus鈥�
Josh Holmes
02/26/2016
Dr. Jared Schrader
Wayne State University
鈥淭ranslational control of the Caulobacter cell cycle鈥�
Dr. Grant Bowman
03/04/2016
Dr. Vincent Starai
University of Georgia
鈥淗ost:Pathogen Interactions Without a Host or a Pathogen鈥�
Dr. Jason Gigley
03/11/2016
Dr. Jeremy Nance
New York University School of Medicine
鈥淎ssembling a germ cell niche during C. elegans 别尘产谤测辞驳别苍别蝉颈蝉鈥�
Dr. David Fay
03/25/2016
Dr. William Kerr
SUNY Upstate Medical University
鈥淭丑别rapeutic Potential for SHIP1 Inhibitors in Cancer and Obesity鈥�
Dr. Jason Gigley
04/01/2016
Dr. Cliff Brangwynne
Princeton University
鈥淢easuring the intracellular dew point: the physics and biology of membrane-less organelles鈥�
Dr. Dan Levy
04/08/2016
Dr. Julie Canman
Columbia University
鈥淯nderstanding cytokinesis: How one cell splits into two鈥�
Dr. Jay Gatlin
04/15/2016
Dr. Mark McBride
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
鈥淭丑别 Bacteroidetes do it differently: novel motility, protein secretion, and polysaccharide utilization machineries鈥�
Dr. Dan Wall
04/22/2016
Dr. Claudia Gravekamp
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
鈥�Listeria as delivery platform for anticancer agents鈥�
Dr. Mark Gomelsky
04/29/2016
Dr. Kristin Artinger
Univeristy of Colorado School of Medicine
鈥淕enetic regulation of neural crest migration鈥�
Dr. David Fay
05/06/2016
Dr. David Montefiori
Duke University Medical Center
鈥淎ntibody Intervention for HIV Treatment and Prevention鈥�
Dr. Don Jarvis

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