Department Seminars
If you would like to speak with any of these people during their visit, or need additional information, please contact Stephanie Scoville.
“Mechanism and Manipulation of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 Allostery” - DBB Seminar
Kaavya Krishna Kumar, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Oct 14, 2026 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
“From Curiosity to Impact: My Journey Through Structural Biology, Drug Discovery, and Leadership” - GWIS Seminar
Ximena Barros Álvarez, PhD - Principal Scientist II, Structural Biology, Schrödinger Therapeutics Group, Boston, MA
Oct 15, 2026 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Lower Adolph Aud 1-7619
“Optimizing Protein Synthesis with tRNA Modifications” - DBB Seminar
Ute Kothe, PhD - Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Oct 21, 2026 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
“Metalloproteins in Action: Coupling Diffraction and Spectroscopy for Structural Studies” - DBB Seminar
Sarah E. J. Bowman, PhD - Associate Professor and Director of the National Crystallization Center, Department of Biochemistry, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Oct 28, 2026 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | k307 (3-6408)
“Simulating Large-Scale Conformational Dynamics in Biological Assemblies” - DBB Seminar
Paul Whitford, PhD - Professor, Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Nov 04, 2026 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
“A metabolically regulated lncRNA–micropeptide tunes sensory responses to food odors”
Gaëlle Talross, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Center for RNA Biology
Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience
Nov 04, 2026 @ 4:00 p.m.
Medical Center | CVRI Conf. Rm. G.11211/G.11213
“Biochemical Ecology in Host/Microbiome Interactions” - DBB Seminar
Michael Neugent, PhD - Assistant Professor, Departments of Urology and of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Nov 11, 2026 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
“The Early Finish: How Premature Transcription Termination Fine-Tunes Gene Expression” - DBB Seminar
Isaac Fianu, PhD - Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Caltech, Pasadena, CA
Nov 18, 2026 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | k307 (3-6408)
“Beyond the Consensus Sequence: Thriving on a Non-Linear Career Path in Science” - GWIS Seminar
Isaac Fianu, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Caltech, Pasadena, CA
Nov 19, 2026 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Lower Adolph Aud 1-7619
“Financial Aspects of Directing a Research Lab at an Academic Medical Center” - GWIS Seminar
Eric Wagner, PhD; Makaía Papasergi-Scott, PhD - Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics and Department of Pharmacology & Physiology; Scientific Director, Structural Biology Imaging Resource, Center for Advanced Research Technologies, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Dec 03, 2026 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Lower Adolph Aud 1-7619
University of Rochester Genetics Day 2027
Harmit Malik, Ph.D. - Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Professor and Associate Director, Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Dr. Harmit Malik studies genetic conflict, the competition between genes and proteins with opposing functions that drives evolutionary change. His research could have implications for a range of diseases, from HIV to cancer. As part of this work, his team developed an approach for identifying genes that divide one species from another, which could help solve the riddle of how new species evolve. Dr. Malik also studies the evolutionary processes that drive our body’s interactions with viruses, including contemporary scourges like HIV as well as ancient viruses whose fossils litter our genome. With Hutch colleagues, he has characterized the rapidly evolving interface between proteins on human cells and viruses that make us sick. This work has highlighted surprising deviations from “textbook” models of these interactions, and it is revealing gene variants that could influence our susceptibility to infection. — https://www.fredhutch.org/en/people/m/harmit-malik.html
Apr 12, 2027 @ 9:00 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | Class of '62 Aud. and Flaum Atrium