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Biochemistry PhD Program

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Events

Retreats

Seminar Calendars

Department Seminars

If you would like to speak with any of these people during their visit, or need additional information, please contact Stephanie Scoville.

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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: Molecular Tracking of Differentiation Cascades and Mechanisms of Direct Repression by a Transcription Activator

Michael Guertin, PhD - Associate Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, UConn Health, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT

 Oct 04, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | K-307

Host: Dr. Eric Wagner

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: From Genes to Proteins: A New Lens for Understanding Neurological Disease

V. Alessandro Gennarino, PhD - Assistant Professor, Departments of Genetics & Development, Pediatrics and Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

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

Host: T32 Graduate Student Emily Britt and Dr. Eric Wagner (co-sponsored by the NIH NIGMS T32 Training Grant in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences, Dr. Lynne Maquat, PI & Dr. Jeffrey Hayes, Co-PI)

Follow your passion: from medicine to science and the benefits of lunching together

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

Dr. Rossmann will also be presenting a seminar in the Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics series on *Wednesday, October 11th* titled “Dissecting Metabolic Gene Regulatory Networks in Hematopoiesis” at 2 p.m. in K-307 (3-6408).

*Please note this is the week before* 

 Oct 19, 2023 @ 3:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | Class of ‘62 (G-9425)

Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat

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

The T32 External Advisory Committee will also be presenting on Wednesday, November 15th at 2 p.m. in Adolph Lower Aud (1-7619), advertised in the Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics Seminar Series. 

 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

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

 Mar 13, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

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