Department Seminars
If you would like to speak with any of these people during their visit, or need additional information, please contact Stephanie Scoville.
"Defining the roles of 5'UTR length and secondary structure in eukaryotic translation initiation" - Thesis Defense
Tom Ossevoort - PhD Candidate
Nov 16, 2026 @ 1:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K207 (2-6408)
"Codons to Conductance: tRNA-based tools and therapeutics for rescue of PTC-derived disease and elongation efficiency of CFTR" - Student Seminar
Jeff Gabell - Graduate Student
Nov 17, 2026 @ 1:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper S-Wing Auditorium (3-7619)
“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