The Department of Molecular Medicine is hosting research Work-in-Progress presentations this Fall and Winter, prior to the merger with the Department of Biomedical Sciences to become the Department of Biomedical and Translational Sciences
 

Fall 2025 / Winter 2026 Department Work-In-Progress Series
4:00 pm Mondays, Lecture Hall III, unless noted otherwise

SEPTEMBER 2025

• September 15
  Matt Zanotelli  (Cerione Lab)  - A Dock7-mTOR complex sustains AKT and S6K activity necessary for stress survival in cancer 
  Sumanth Mosale (Sardana Lab) - TBD

• September 22
  Shun Enomoto (Cerione Lab) - Embryonic stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles delay cellular senescence by inhibiting oxidative stress
  Sarah Chan  (Kawate Lab) - Elucidating the biochemical role of the TTYH protein family in the nervous system

• September 29
  Saul De La Penn (Cerione Lab) – Unraveling the biology and structure of rhodopsin-transducin in the presence of native lipids
  Justin Tapper  (Adler Lab) - Identifying regulators of stem cell apoptosis in planaria

OCTOBER 2025

• October 6
  Jessica Holchek (Cerione Lab) - Investigating the dynamics of phosphodiesterase-6 activation by the G-protein transducin using electron spin resonance spectroscopy
  Libby Huang (Kurpios Lab) - The role of villus stroma in lymphatic-muscle development and stem cell homeostasis

• October 13 
  No WIP, Fall Break

• October 20 
  Alexandra Hommer (Sevier Lab)
  Jacob Neumann (Cerione Lab)

• October 27
  Katie Crowther (Kawate Lab)
  Rebecca Schmitt (Cerione Lab)

NOVEMBER 2025

• November 3
  Jac Longstreth (Cerione Lab) 
  Jade Bowerman  (Sardana Lab) 

• November 10
  Yongsheng Wang (Cerione Lab) 
  Julia Zhu  (Sardana Lab)

• November 17
  Biswanath Shaw  (Cerione Lab) 
  Isabel Delo (Adler Lab)

• November 24 
  NO WIP, Thanksgiving Break

DECEMBER 2025

• December 1
  Trisha Bhattacharya  (Ichikawa Lab) 
  Yifan Fang  (Cerione Lab) 

• December 8
  Lola Lang  (Ichikawa Lab)
  Fu-Yu Tsai (Adler Lab)

• December 15
  Kayleigh Morrison  (Hollopeter Lab)
  Minyi He  (Ichikawa Lab)

• December 22 
  NO WIP, Winter Break

• December 29 
  NO WIP, Winter Break

JANUARY 2026

• January 5
  Iana Nikorich  (Ichikawa Lab)
  Sam Deck (Cerione Lab) 

• January 12
  Kan Ujiie  (Ichikawa Lab)
  Jacqueline Ehrlich (Kawate Lab)

• January 19 
  NO WIP, Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

• January 26 
  NO WIP, BBS Recruitment

FEBRUARY 2026

• February 2
  Erick Eguia  (Sardana Lab)
  Junda Chen (Sevier Lab)

• February 9
  Cyrus Habas  (Hollopeter Lab)
  Yuhan Jiang (Kawate Lab)