Seminars
The Department of Molecular Medicine hosts seminars and research Work-in-Progress presentations throughout the year
Fall Seminar Series 2024
4:00 pm (Mondays, Lecture Hall III, unless otherwise noted)
September 2024
September 16
Dr. Shernaz Bamji, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia
The Role of Palmitoylating Enzymes in Brain Development and Disease
(Hosted by Carrie Adler and Maurine Linder)
October 2024
October 7
Dr. Kapil Ramachandran, Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience, Columbia University
A New Principle of Neuromodulation and Neuronal Proteostasis Links ApoE to Tau Aggregate Formation
(Hosted by Richa Sardana)
Fall 2024 / Spring 2025 Department Work-In-Progress Series
4:00 pm Mondays, Lecture Hall III, unless noted otherwise
OCTOBER 2024
October 21
Derek Wei (Hollopeter Lab) - ASPPs multimerize protein phosphatase IOctober 28
Matt Zanotelli (Cerione Lab) - A Dock7-mTOR complex sustains AKt and S8K activity necessary for stress survival in cancer
Jenn Roscoe (Sevier Lab) - How do cells use the unfolded protein response to manage ER over-oxidation?
NOVEMBER 2024
November 4
Rebecca Schmitt (Cerione Lab) - Gliobastoma resilience through Doc7-mediated survival and plasticity
Kuang-Tse Wang (Adler Lab) - RoboA/Anos1 spacially restricts pharynx cell fates in planariansNovember 11
Jillian Breault (Sevier Lab) - Understanding the Hsp70 molecular chaperone cycle through structure-function studies of spontaneous suppressor mutations
Bill Katt (Cerione Lab) - Oral cancer in four legged friendsNovember 18
Shun Enomoto (Cerione Lab) - Embryonic stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles delay cellular senescence by inhibiting oxidative stress
Sumanth Mosale (Sardana Lab) - Loss of cystinosin promotes abnormal glycosylationNovember 25 - No WIP, Thanksgiving Break
DECEMBER 2024
December 2
Sarah Chan (Kawate Lab) - Elucidating the biochemical role of the TTYH protein family in the nervous system
Saul De La Penn (Cerione Lab) - Unraveling the biology and structure of the rhodopsin signaling pathway in the presence of native lipidsDecember 9
Justin Tapper (Adler Lab)
Jessica Holchek (Cerione Lab)December 16
Libby Huang (Kurpios Lab)
Alexandra Hommer (Sevier Lab)December 23 - NO WIP, Winter Break
December 30 - NO WIP, Winter Break
JANUARY 2025
January 6
Katie Crowther (Kawate Lab)
Jac Longstreth (Cerione Lab)January 13
Jade Bowerman (Sardana Lab)
Yongsheng Wang (Cerione Lab)January 20 - NO WIP, Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
January 27 - NO WIP, BBS Recruitment
FEBRUARY 2025
February 3
Biswanath Shaw (Cerione Lab)
Isabel Delo (Adler Lab)February 10
Jacob Neumann (Cerione Lab)
Fu-Yu Tsai (Adler Lab)February 17
Yangyang Liu (Cerione Lab)
Julia Zhu (Sardana Lab)February 24
Kayleigh Morrison (Hollopeter Lab)
Yifan Fang (Cerione Lab)
MARCH 2025
March 3
Trisha Bhattacharya (Ichikawa Lab)