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DBB Seminar: “Recent Breakthroughs in tRNA Splicing Using Cryo-EM and Biochemistry”

Cassandra Hayne, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

 Sep 20, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

Host: Dr. Paul Boutz & Dr. Lynne Maquat (co-sponsored by the RNA Society & Lexogen and Graduate Women in Science GWIS)

DBB Seminar: “How the Cell Regulates Gene Expression by Monitoring the Ribosome”

Nicholas R. Guydosh, PhD - Senior Investigator, NIH/NIDDK (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases), Bethesda, MD

 Sep 27, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

Host: Dr. Beth Grayhack (co-sponsored by the Protein Synthesis Cluster and the RNA Structure & Function Cluster)

DBB Seminar: “Dissecting Metabolic Gene Regulatory Networks in Hematopoiesis”

Marlies P. Rossmann, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

 Oct 11, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

Host: Dr. Josh Munger

DBB Seminar: “Modern Riboswitches Reveal Ancient RNA Capabilities and Limitations”

Ronald Breaker, PhD - Sterling Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology; Professor, Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry; Howard Hughes Investigator, Yale University, New Haven, CT

 Oct 18, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

Host: Dr. Joseph Wedekind (co-sponsored by the RNA Structure & Function Cluster)

DBB Seminar: “The Space Between Notes: Unraveling the Role of Idle Ribosomes through Cryo-EM”

Sarah Loerch, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Center for Molecular Biology of RNA, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

 Oct 25, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

Host: Dr. Clara Kielkopf (co-sponsored by the Protein Synthesis Cluster)

DBB Seminar: “Drug and Gene Delivery to the Brain”

Jiangbing Zhou, PhD - Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

 Nov 01, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

Host: Dr. Yi-Tao Yu (co-sponsored by the RNA Structure & Function Cluster)

DBB Seminar: “Translational Control of Breast Cancer Metastasis”

Robert Schneider, PhD - Albert Sabin Professor, Department of Molecular Pathogenesis; Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY

 Nov 08, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

Host: Dr. Peng Yao (co-sponsored by the Protein Synthesis Cluster)

* SPECIAL EVENT * T32 Minisymposium Featuring the External Advisory Committee for the NIH NIGMS T32 in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences

Anita Corbett, PhD; Kimberly Mowry, PhD; Karin Musier-Forsyth, PhD - Samuel C. Dobbs Professor, Department of Biology, Emory University; Robin Chemers Neustein Professor of Biomedicine; Chair, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University; Professor and Ohio Eminent Scholar, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University

 Nov 15, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | 

Inter-programmatic Graduate Student NIH Training Grant in Cellular, Biochemical & Molecular Sciences
Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat (PI), and Dr. Jeff Hayes (Co-PI); co-sponsored by the NIH NIGMS T32 Training Grant in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences

DBB Seminar: “The Lives and Deaths of tRNAs and Their Introns”

Anita K. Hopper, PhD - Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

 Dec 06, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

Host: Dr. Eric Phizicky (co-sponsored by the Protein Synthesis Cluster and the RNA Structure & Function Cluster