The Department of Molecular Medicine hosts weekly seminars and research Work-in-Progress presentations throughout the year

Spring Seminar Series 2021
4:00 pm Mondays via Zoom

MARCH

• March 2 (Tuesday) 8:45 AM - BBS Signature Series Seminar - Zoom link
  Svante Päabo, Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute
  Archaic Genomics
  (hosted by Praveen Sethupathy and Andy Clark)
• March 22 (Monday)  - BBS Signature Series Seminar - Zoom link
  Kafui Dzirasa, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine
  Mapping Emotions: Discovering Structure in the Mesoscale Electrical Brain Recordings
  (hosted by Praveen Sethupathy)
• March 29 (Monday) - Zoom Link
  Douglas Antczak, Baker Institute
  Molecular Pathways in Placental Development
  (hosted by Maurine Linder)

APRIL

• April 19 (Monday) - Zoom Link
  Akos Kenez, Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health, City University
  Sphingolipid Signaling in Metabolic Challenges Related to Inflammation and Insulin Dysregulation in Cattle and Horses
  (hosted by Maurine Linder and Mark Roberson)
• April 27 (Tuesday) - BBS Signature Series Seminar - Zoom Link
  William Newsome, Department of Neurobiology, Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University
  Detecting Covert Cognitive States from Neural Population Recordings in Prefrontal Cortex
  (hosted by David Lin and Melissa Warden)

MAY

• May 4 (Tuesday) - BBS Signature Series Seminar
  Ken Cadwell, Skirball Institute, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
  Host Adaptations to Microbial Diversity
  (hosted by John Parker)
• May 25 (Tuesday) - BBS Signature Series Seminar
  Theresa Alenghat, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s 
  TBA
  (hosted by John Parker)

Fall/Winter Department Work-In-Progress Series
4:00 pm Mondays via Zoom

NOVEMBER 2020

• November 9 - Zoom Link
  Divya Shiroor (Adler Lab) - TBA
  Julio Sanchez (Cerione Lab) - The Tumor Suppressor PTEN Modulates PD-L1 in Glioblastoma Derived Extracellular Vesicles
• November 16 - Zoom LInk

  Furkat Mukhtarov (Sevier Lab) - Oxidative protein folding: A search for an alternative electron acceptor for endoplasmic reticulum oxidoreductin 1 (Ero1)
  Gwen Beacham (Hollopeter Lab) - C. elegans reveal a connection between the tissue organizers MLT-4/inversin and the clathrin adaptor AP2

• November 23 - no WIP, Thanksgiving week

• November 30 - Zoom Link
  Ian Malgapo (Linder Lab) - Characterization of the Acyl CoA Hydrolase activity of MBLAC2
  Shing Hu  (Kurpios Lab) - Asymmetric transcription factor Pitx2 regulates lacteal-associated smooth muscle and protects against fatty liver disease

DECEMBER 2020

• December 7 - NO WIP
• December 14 - Zoom Link
  Justin Lormand (Sondermann Lab) - Diribonucleotidase activity is a critical function in bacteria
  Shawn Milano (Cerione Lab) - Room temperature serial crystallography of human glutaminase bound with small molecule inhibitors
• December 21 - NO WIP

JANUARY 2021

• January 4 - Zoom Link
  Ed Partlow (Hollopeter Lab) - TBA
  Cora Demler (Kurpios Lab) - Right and Center: Characterizing the asymmetric extracellular matrix of the dorsal mesentery and its effect on gut development
• January 11 - Zoom Link
  Erika Beyrent (Hollopeter Lab) - Investigating the function of the inversin compartment homologs NEKL-2, MLT-2, and MLT-4 in C. elegans
  Elena Panizza (Cerione Lab) - Proteomic analysis reveals a mechanism of radiation resistance in glioma
• January 18 - NO WIP – Martin Luther King Day
• January 25 - Zoom Link
  Tyler Rozanitis (Kawate Lab)
  Tisha Bohr (Adler Lab)

FEBRUARY 2021

• February 1 - NO WIP – BBS Recruitment
• February 8 - Zoom Link
  Phillip Nguyen (Kawate Lab)
  Ruizhi Li (Cerione Lab)
• February 15 - Zoom Link
  Anthony Bui (Chappie Lab)
  Jillian Breault (Sevier Lab)
• February 22 - Zoom Link
  Derek Wei (Hollopeter Lab) - TBA
  Jenn Roscoe (Sevier Lab) - TBA

MARCH 2021

• March 1 - Zoom Link - MMWIP
  Bhargav Sanketi (Kurpios Lab) - Accelerator, Brake and Driver: Mechanical cooperation of signaling pathways in midgut laterality
  Kuang-Tse Wang (Adler) - Dissecting the molecular mechanism of pharynx regeneration in planarians
• March 8 - Zoom Link - MMWIP
  Erik Henze (Kawate Lab) - TBA
  Brian Aguilera (Kurpios Lab) - TBA
• March 15
  Myfanwy Adams (Chappie Lab) - TBA