Department Seminars
If you would like to speak with any of these people during their visit, or need additional information, please contact Stephanie Scoville.
CryoEM Structure of the P Element Transposase Strand Transfer Complex
Elizabeth Kellogg, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Dec 11, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408
Host: Dr. Mitch O’Connell
Translation Dysfunction in Neurological Diseases
Susan L. Ackerman, Ph.D. - Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Steven W. Kuffler Chair, Department of Biology; Professor, Department of Cell and Molecular Medicine, UC San Diego Medical School, La Jolla, CA
Nov 20, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408
Host: Dr. Eric Phizicky (co-sponsored by Graduate Women in Science)
Quality Control in 40S Ribosome Maturation
Katrin Karbstein, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Scripps Research Institute; HHMI Faculty Scholar, Jupiter, FL
Nov 13, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408
Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat and Dr. Dmitri Ermolenko (co-sponsored by Graduate Women in Science)
Single Molecule Studies of Homologous DNA Recombination
Eric Greene, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY
Nov 06, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408
Host: Dr. Dmitri Ermolenko
RNA Modifications in Gene Regulation and Disease
Richard I. Gregory, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Co-Director, HMS Initiative for RNA Medicine, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, The Stem Cell Program at Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Oct 30, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408
Host: T32 Training Graduate Student, Monika Tasak and Dr. Lynne Maquat (Co-sponsored by the NIH T32 Training Grant in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences, Dr. Lynne Maquat, PI)
The Love-Hate Relationship between RNA Viruses and Their Hosts
Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco, M.D., Ph.D. - Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Mildred H Vacek and John R Vacek Distinguished Chair in Honor of President Truman G. Blocker, Jr., University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston TX; Professor, Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
Oct 23, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408
Host: T32 Training Graduate Student, Isreal Moreno and Dr. Lynne Maquat (Co-sponsored by the NIH T32 Training Grant in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences, Dr. Lynne Maquat, PI)
Transposable Elements as Catalysts of Cellular Innovation
Cedric Feschotte, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Oct 16, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408
Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat and Dr. Amanda Larracuente (co-sponsored by the RNA Structure and Function Cluster)
Elucidating the Biological Roles of ADARs, the RNA Editing Enzymes
Mary O'Connell, Ph.D. - ERA Chair, Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, CEITEC, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Oct 09, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408
Host: Dr. Yi-Tao Yu and Dr. Eric Phizicky (co-sponsored by RNA Structure and Function Cluster)
Enzymatic Manipulation of IgG Fc Glycans - Harnessing Effector Functions for the Next Generation of Immunotherapeutic Antibodies
Eric J. Sundberg, Ph.D. - Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Oct 07, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408
Host: Dr. Jeffrey Hayes
Small RNAs Play Diverse Roles in Virus-host Interactions
Weifeng Gu, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, UC Riverside, Riverside, CA
Oct 02, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408
Host: Dr. Eric Phizicky (co-sponsored by the RNA Structure and Function Cluster)
Molecular Mechanisms of Epigenetic Regulation
Tatiana Kutateladze, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
Sep 25, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408
Host: Dr. Jeff Hayes
Making Ends Meet: New Roles of mRNA Secondary Structure in Translation
Dmitri Ermolenko, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Sep 18, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408
Host: Dr. Dave Mathews
RNA Splicing, Chromatin Modification, and the Coordinated Control of Gene Expression
Tracy Johnson, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; Cecilia and Keith Terasaki Endowed Chair in the Life Sciences; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor
Sep 11, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408
Host: T32 Training Graduate Students and Dr. Lynne Maquat (Co-sponsored by the NIH T32 Training Grant in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences, Dr. Lynne Maquat, PI and by Graduate Women in Science)
PhD Thesis Defense Seminar: The Intersection of Human Cytomegalovirus Infection and Innate Immune Signaling
Christopher Goodwin - Ph.D. student, Biochemistry
Jul 29, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-6828
Host: Joshua Munger, PhD
Mapping the Pathway of Mitotic Chromosome Formation
William C. Earnshaw, Ph.D., FRS, FRSE, FMedSci - Professor and Wellcome Principal Research *Please note: Fellow, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Jun 25, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)
Host: Dr. Jeff Hayes
Epigenetic Control of RNA Polymerase Pausing: Constraining Tumor Cell Adaption
Paula Vertino, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Biomedical Genetics; Wilmot Distinguished Professorship in Cancer Genomics, Associate Director of Translational Research, Wilmot Cancer
May 22, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)
Host: Dr. Jeff Hayes
Molecular Mechanisms of Splicing Aberrations in Splicing Factor Mutant Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Stephanie Halene, M.D., Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine and Yale Cancer Center; Member, RNA Science and Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
May 01, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)
Host: Dr. Clara Kielkopf (Co-sponsored by the RNA Society & Lexogen and the RNA Structure and Function Cluster)
Controlling Oncogenic RAS with Monobodies”
Shohei Koide, Ph.D. - Professor of Biologics Design, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine; Perlmutter Cancer Center, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY
Apr 24, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)
Host: Dr. Jeffrey Hayes
Surviving and Thriving as a Graduate Student
Brigid Cahill, Ph.D. - Director, University Counseling Center, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Apr 18, 2019 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Adolph Lower Aud 1-7619
Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat
Graduate Student NIH T32 Retreat in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Science: Collaboration of Transcription Factors at Promoters and Enhancers to Regulate Distinct Steps in Gene Expression
John Lis, Ph.D. - Barbara McClintock Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Class of ‘62 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Apr 17, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Class of '62 (G-9425)
Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat
RNA Aptamers for AMPA Receptors and Beyond
Li Niu, Ph.D. - Chair and Professor, Department of Chemistry, SUNY Albany, Albany, NY
Apr 10, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)
Host: Dr. Yi-Tao Yu (Co-sponsored by the RNA Structure and Function Cluster)
RNAs and RNA Binding Proteins in Transcriptional Control
Xiang-Dong Fu, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA
Apr 03, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)
Host: Dr. Peng Yao and Dr. Yi-Tao Yu (Co-sponsored by the RNA Structure and Function Cluster)
Sequence Selective Recognition of Double-Stranded RNA by Cationic Nucleobase and Backbone-Modified Peptide Nucleic Acids
Eriks Rozners, Ph.D.. - Chair and Professor, Department of Chemistry, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
Mar 27, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)
Host: Dr. Ben Miller (Co-sponsored by the Department of Chemistry and the RNA Structure and Function Cluster)
Always Up!
Jennifer C. Darnell, Ph.D. - Research Associate Professor, Rockefeller University, New York, NY; Professor, Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Mar 21, 2019 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Adolph Lower Aud 1-7619
Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat (co-sponsored by the RNA Society and Lexogen)
Translational Control by FMRP in Neuronal Populations: Targets and Mechanism
Jennifer C. Darnell, Ph.D. - Research Associate Professor, Rockefeller University, New York, NY; Professor, Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Mar 20, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)
Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat (Co-sponsored by the RNA Society & Lexogen and the Graduate Women in Science)
Functions of Motile Cilia in the Male Reproductive System
Wei Yan, M.D., Ph.D. - University of Nevada, Reno Foundation Professor; Director, Single Cell Genomics & Genome Editing Core Labs; Director, Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV
Mar 06, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)
Host: Dr. Xin Li
Engineered tRNAs for Suppression of Nonsense Mutations
John Lueck, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Feb 27, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)
Host: Dr. Mark Dumont (Co-sponsored by the RNA Structure and Function Cluster)
Steering Through the Ups and Downs of Research Science
Sara Cherry, Ph.D. - Professor of Microbiology; Scientific Director, High-throughput Screening Core; Director, Program for Chemogenomic Discovery University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Feb 21, 2019 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Class of ‘62 Aud G-9425
Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat
Using Functional Genomics to Explore the Interface Between Viruses and Hosts
Sara Cherry, Ph.D. - Professor of Microbiology; Scientific Director, High-throughput Screening Core; Director, Program for Chemogenomic Discovery University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Feb 20, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)
Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat
From the Bench to NIH: A Career Path to Science Policy
Tara A. Schwetz, Ph.D. - Associate Deputy Director, Office of the Director National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Jan 17, 2019 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Adolph Lower Aud 1-7619
Host: Dr. Catherine Ovitt