Seminars of Academic Year 2024-2025
Spring 2025:
MPBP seminar Spring 2025 Speaker: Peter Arvan M.D., Ph.D., Brehm Professor of Diabetes Research Division of Metab., Endocrinology & Diabetes University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Host: Ling Qi, Ph.D.
Title: Pannexin isoforms in cancer regulation
MPBP seminar Spring 2025 Speaker: Silvia Penuela, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Associate Chair of Research, Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Western Ontario Host: Brant Isakson, Ph.D.
Title: Cholesterol as a Mediator of Neuroinflammation and Alzheimer’s Disease
MPBP seminar Spring 2025 CMCP Seminar Series Speaker: Heather Ferris, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism University of Virginia Host: Lukas Tamm, Ph.D.
Title: Resolving structure and function in the lipid regulation of receptor tyrosine kinases
MPBP seminar Spring 2025 CMCP Seminar Series Speaker: Adam Smith, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Texas Tech University Host: Ilya Levental, Ph.D.
MPBP seminar Spring 2025 Speaker: Jie Yan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics University of Virginia Host: Dr. Ling Qi
MPBP seminar Spring 2025 Speaker: Lina Cui Hosts: Dr. Huiwang Ai
Title: Tunnels, bridges and ferries for transport across the bacterial cell envelope
MPBP seminar Spring 2025 Speaker: Gira Bhabha Associate Professor Johns Hopkins University Hosts: Dr. Jochen Zimmer
Title: Cellular Signaling by Cholesterol
MPBP seminar Spring 2025 CMCP Seminar Series Speaker: Arun Radhakrishnan Professor Department of Molecular Genetics University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Hosts: Drs. Ilya Levental and Lukas Tamm
Title: TBA – Chrystal Starbird
MPBP seminar Spring 2025 CMCP Seminar Series Speaker: Chrystal Starbird Host: Anne Kenworthy
Fall 2024:
Fall 2024 MPBP seminar Speaker: Mike Bressan Host: Dr. Muge Kuyumcu-Martinez
Title: Spatial control of membrane traffic by microtubule-associated septins
Fall 2024 MPBP seminar CMCP Seminar Series Speaker: Elias Spiliotis Professor Department of Cell Biology University of Virginia Host: Anne Kenworthy
Title: Ribosome stalling and angiogenin function in ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases
Fall 2024 MPBP seminar Speaker: Andrei Korostelev Professor, RNA Therapeutics Institute UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA Host: Dr. Ahmad Jomaa
Title: Prestin Conformational Dynamics and the Molecular Basis of the Cochlear Amplifier
Fall 2024 MPBP seminar CMCP Seminar Series Speaker: Eduardo Perozo Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics; Pritzker Fellow The University of Chicago Host: Dr. Seham Ebrahim
Title: Investigating Lipid Posttranslational Modifications in Cardiac Development and Disease
Fall 2024 MPBP seminar Speaker: Whitney Edwards Assistant Professor Department of Cell Biology and Physiology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Host: Dr. Anne Kenworthy
Fall 2024 MPBP seminar CMCP Seminar Series Speaker: Radhika Subramanian Associate Professor Harvard Medical School Department of Molecular Biology Harvard Medical School Hosts: Dr. Stefanie Redemann and Dr. Elias Spiliotis…
Title: Cyclic GMP–AMP receptors in antiviral immunity
Fall 2024 MPBP seminar Speaker: Uday Tak Assistant Professor Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology (MIC) The University of Virginia School of Medicine Host: Dr. Ling Qi
Title: TBA – Kai (Jack) Zhang 2
Fall 2024 MPBP seminar Speaker: Kai (Jack) Zhang Assistant Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Yale School of Medicine Host: Huan Bao
Title: TBA – Kai (Jack) Zhang 1
Fall 2024 Speaker: Kai Zhang Assistant Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Yale School of Medicine Host: Huan Bao
Title: Understanding cardiovascular disease susceptibility using human pluripotent stem cell models
Fall 2024 MPBP seminar Speaker: Michelle Ward Assistant Professor CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Texas Medical Branch Host: Dr. Muge Kuyumcu-Martinez
Understanding cardiovascular disease susceptibility using human pluripotent stem cell models
Fall 2024 Speaker: Dr. Michelle Ward Assistant Professor CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Texas Medical Branch Host: Dr. Muge Kuyumcu-Martinez …
Title: Proteostasis maintenance of GABAA receptors in health and disease
Fall 2024 MPBP seminar Speaker: Tingwei Mu, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Physiology Biophysics Case Western Reserve University Host: Dr. Ling Qi
Proteostasis maintenance of GABAA receptors in health and disease
Fall 2024 Tingwei Mu, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Physiology Biophysics Case Western Reserve University
Fall 2024 MPBP seminar CMCP Seminar Series Speaker: Nathan Goehring (LMCB) Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology University College London Senior Group Leader at The Francis Crick Institute Host: Dr. Stefanie…