Seminars
GWIS - "Beyond the Next Experiment: Crafting a Career with a Through-Line"
Seychelle Vos, PhD - Associate Professor of Biology, HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar; Department of Biology, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Apr 16, 2026 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Adolph Lower Aud (1-7619)
Host: T32 past trainee, Abby Manning and Dr. Eric Wagner (cosponsored by the NIH NIGMS T32 in CBMS)
“Understanding Transcription in the Context of Genome Organization”
Seychelle Vos, PhD - Associate Professor of Biology, HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar; Department of Biology, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Apr 15, 2026 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: T32 past trainee, Abby Manning and Dr. Eric Wagner (co-sponsored by Dr. Lynne Maquat, PI & Dr. Jeffrey Hayes, Co-PI; Graduates Working in Science (GWIS), and the RNA Society & Lexogen)
GWIS - “Always Looking Forward”
Leemor Joshua-Tor, PhD - HHMI Investigator; W. M. Keck Professor of Structural Biology; Director of Research, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Mar 19, 2026 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Adolph Lower Aud (1-7619)
Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat (cosponsored by the NIH NIGMS T32 in CBMS)
“Target Release During miRNA Silencing”
Leemor Joshua-Tor, PhD - HHMI Investigator; W. M. Keck Professor of Structural Biology; Director of Research, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Mar 18, 2026 @ 1:00 p.m.
School of Medicine and Dentistry | Class of '62 Aud. (G-9425)
Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat and Dr. Jeffrey Hayes (co-sponsored by Graduates Working in Science (GWIS))
“Insights into RNA Folding In Vivo by Complementary Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches”
Philip Bevilacqua, PhD - Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Center for RNA Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Mar 11, 2026 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: T32 trainee, Olivia Hiltke and Dr. David Mathews (co-sponsored by Dr. Lynne Maquat, PI & Dr. Jeffrey Hayes, Co-PI and by the RNA Structure & Function Cluster)