Title: The role of cortical linkers and the glycocalyx in outward budding: insights from biophysical modeling*

1/30/2024

MPBP seminar Spring 2024 Speaker: Padmini Rangamani, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Mechanical Aerospace Engineering University of California, San Diego Host: Anne Kenworthy *Center for Membrane and Cell Physiology event

Title: TBD – Ji-Xin Cheng, Ph.D.

1/30/2024

MPBP seminar Spring 2024 Speaker: Ji-Xin Cheng, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering; Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Boston University Host: Huiwang Ai * Center for Membrane and Cell Physiology…

Title: Optimize B cell responses to vaccination

1/25/2024

MPBP seminar Spring 2024 Speaker: Wei Luo, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine Host: Dr. Jinghang Xie

Title: In vivo affinity maturation of CRISPR-engineered B cells for better antibodies and vaccines

1/25/2024

MPBP seminar Spring 2024 Speaker: Michael Farzan, Ph.D. Professor of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases Research Division, Harvard Medical School Host: Dr. Huan Bao

Title: Synthetic RNA biology: Imaging and controlling cell biology with genetically encoded functional RNAs

1/25/2024

MPBP seminar Spring 2024 Speaker: Samie Jaffrey, Ph.D. Professor Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Cornell University Host: Dr. Huiwang Ai

Title: Enabling targeted protein degradation from the endoplasmic reticulum

1/25/2024

MPBP seminar Spring 2024 Speaker: Ryan Baldridge, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School Host: Dr. Ling Qi

Title: Tales from the deep: How pressure adapted lipidomes maintain critical membrane functions

1/25/2024

MPBP seminar Spring 2024 Speaker: Ed Lyman, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Delaware Host: Dr. Ilya Levental

Title: How to make a membrane protein

1/25/2024

MPBP seminar Spring 2024 Speaker: Rebecca Voorhees, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Host: Dr. Ahmad Jomaa

Title: RNA Processing in Viral and Innate Immune Responses

1/12/2024

MPBP seminar Spring 2024 Speaker: Kristen W. Lynch, PhD Benjamin Rush Professor of Biochemistry Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics Host: Dr. Muge Kuyumcu-Martinez

Title: Channel or Not Channel: Tales of mitochondrial protein translocase TIM23 and ER Ub ligase Doa10.

1/12/2024

MPBP seminar Spring 2024 Speaker: Eunyong Park, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley Host: Jochen Zimmer