2023-24 Academic Year
Summer 2024
Note: These seminars are in 0420 Central Campus Classroom Building
May 24 Alfa Herrera, Northwestern University (Hosts: Matt Chapman and Ken Cadigan)
July 12 Nicolle Rosa Mercado, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (Host: JK Nandakumar)
Winter 2024
Feb. 9 Danielle Reed , Monell Center (Host: Monica Dus)
Feb. 16 Rita Sattler, Barrow Neurological Institute (Host: Sarah Kargbo-Hill)
Feb. 23 Marcin Nowotny, International Institute of Molecular & Cell Biology, Warsaw
(Host: Andrzej Wierzbicki)
Mar. 8 Adam Carter, NYU (Host: Paul Kramer)
Mar. 15 Agnel Sfeir , Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, (Host: JK Nandakumar)
Mar. 22 Amanda Larracuente, University of Rochester (Host: DEIC )
Mar. 29 Paula Littlejohn, University of British Columbia (Host: Ariangela Kozik)
Apr. 5 Rachel Smith-Bolton, University of Illinois (Host: Laura Buttitta)
Apr. 12 Iain Cheeseman , Whitehead Institute, MIT (Host: Morgan DeSantis)
Apr. 19 Ravi Allada, Michigan Neuroscience Institute (Hosts: Ken Cadigan & Sara Aton)
No Seminars: Mar. 1 (Spring Break), Apr. 26 (Exams)
Fall 2023
Sept. 6 Katie Drerup, University of Wisconsin (Host: Morgan DeSantis)
*TIME AND PLACE: 11 am, Room 1010 BSB
Sept. 22 Troy Shirangi, Villanova University (Host: Josie Clowney)
Sept. 29 Yi-Zhi Wang, Northwestern University (Host: Wanlu Du)
Oct. 2 Tyler Huycke, UC San Francisco (Host: Gyorgyi Csankovszki)
*TIME AND PLACE: 2 PM, Room 1010 BSB
Oct. 6 Jay Tan, University of Pittsburgh (Host: Ming Li)
Oct. 13 Richard McKenney, UCalifornia - Davis (Host: Morgan DeSantis)
Oct. 20 Ram Dixit, Washington University in St. Louis (Host: Erik Nielsen)
Oct. 27 Mark Hoon, National Institutes of Health (Host: Bo Duan)
Nov. 3 Cheryl Kerfeld, Michigan State University (Host: Anthony Vecchiarelli)
Nov. 10 Erin Goley , Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Host: Lyle Simmons)
Nov. 17 Robert Piper , University of Iowa (Host: Yanzhuang Wang)
No Seminars: Nov. 24 (Holiday), Dec. 8 & 15 (Exams)
2022-2023 Seminars
Summer 2023
June 16 Junior West, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
(Host: Ann Miller)
July 14 Joshua Raji, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
(Host: Josie Clowney)
Aug. 11 Begüm Aydin, The Rockefeller University
(Host: Ken Cadigan)
Winter 2023
Feb. 10 Naoshige Uchida, Harvard University
(Host: Sam Kwon)
Feb. 17 Diana Bautista , UC Berkeley
(Host: Bo Duan)
Feb. 24 Tania Reis, UColorado, Denver
(Host: Laura Buttitta)
Mar. 10 Matt Tyska, Vanderbilt University
(Hosts: Ann Miller and Simon P. Hogan for Molecular Cellular Pathology series)
Mar. 17 Yerbol Kurmangaliyev, Brandeis University
(Host: Josie Clowney)
Mar. 24 Keren Lasker, Scripps
(Host: Anthony Vecchiarelli)
Mar. 31 Catherine Kaczorowski , UM Dept. of Neurology
(Host: Sara Aton)
Apr. 7 Qinglian Liu, Virginia Commonwealth University
(Host: Yanzhuang Wang)
Apr. 14 Marija Zanic , Vanderbilt University
(Host: Morgan DeSantis)
No Seminars:
March 3 Spring Break
April 21 Exams
Fall 2022
Sept. 16 James Shorter, UPenn / Host: Morgan DeSantis
**Sept 19 Alec Davidson, Morehouse / Host: Sara Aton
**Special seminar at 12pm on Monday and location: 3150 BSB
Sept. 23 Chris Fromme, Cornell University/ Host: Ming Li
Oct. 7 Scott Keeney, Sloan-Kettering Institute, NYC / Host: JK Nandakumar
Oct. 14 Nancy Padilla-Coreano, University of Florida/ Host: DEI Committee
Oct. 21 Yan Qin, University of Denver/ Host: Wanlu Du
Oct. 28 Longhua Guo, UM Physiology/ Variations in Biology Seminar/ Host: Laura Buttitta
Nov. 4 Judith Frydman, Stanford University/
Hosts: Ursula Jakob and Stephanie Moon, (Human Genetics)
Nov. 11 Mubarak Syed, University of New Mexico / Host: Monica Dus
Nov. 18*** Maria Cristina Gambetta, Univ. of Lausanne /Host: Monica Dus
*** 10 AM, 2260 Undergrad Science Bldg
Nov. 18 Ariangela Kozik, UM Pulmonary Division/ Host: Gary Huffnagle
*Dec. 12 Won Do Heo, Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology/
Hosts: Ann Miller & Sarah Vetch (Biophysics)
* Monday, noon, in 1010 BSB
No Seminars:
Sept. 30, Dec. 9
Nov. 25 Holiday
Dec. 17 Exams
Summer 2022
| May 13 | Libo Shan, Texas A&M University Host: Jianming Li |
in person |
| May 20 | Jonathon Ditlev, University of Toronto Host. Anthony Vecchiarelli |
in person |
| June 3 | Cory White, Johns Hopkins University Hosts: Monica Dus & Josie Clowney |
in person |
| June 17 | Dominique Stephens, UT Austin Hosts: Monica Dus & Morgan DeSantis |
in person |
| June 24 | Bogdan Beirowski, UBuffalo Host: Ken Cadigan |
in person |
| July 8 | Rick Baker, UNC Chapel Hill Host: Morgan Desantis |
in person |
| July 15 | Laura Seeholzer, UCSF Host: Josie Clowney |
in person |
| July 29 | Oleta Johnson, UCSF Host: Anuj Kumar |
in person |
Winter 2022
Feb. 11 Ralph Bock, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Host: Andrzej Wierzbicki *in person
Feb. 18 Brent R. Stockwell , Columbia University
Host: Wanlu Du *Virtual
Feb. 25 Hong Qiao, UT-Austin
Host: Ming Li *in person
March 11 Xiuren Zhang, Texas A&M
Host: Andrzej Wierzbicki *in person
March 18 Tsui-Fen Chou, Caltech
Host: Yanzhuang Wang *virtual
March 25 Anna Dobritsa, Ohio State University
Host: Cora MacAlister *in person
April 1 Pelin Volkan, Duke University
Host: Josie Clowney *in person
April 8 Postponed: James Shorter, University of Pennsylvania
Host: MCDB *in person
April 15 Allan Basbaum, UCSF
Host: Bo Duan *in person
Fall 2021
Sept. 17 Kris DeMali, University of Iowa
Host: Ann Miller *Virtual
Sept. 22 Nonia Pariente, PLoS Biology
Host: Anupam Chakravarty *Virtual
Sept. 24 Juan Bonifacino, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Host: Ming Li *Virtual
Oct. 1 Matthew Kayser, University of Pennsylvania
Host: Sara Aton *Virtual
Oct. 8 Sophie Caron, University of Utah
Host: Monica Dus *Virtual
Oct. 15 Anne Straube, University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School
Host: Morgan DeSantis *Virtual
Oct. 22 Carlos Portera-Cailliau, UCLA
Host: Sam Kwon *Virtual
Oct. 29 Lesley N. Weaver, Indiana University
Host: Laura Buttitta
Nov. 5 Martin Jonikas, Princeton
Host: Anthony Vecchiarelli
Nov. 12. Moved to Dec. 10
Nov. 19 Roberto Márquez, EEB, Univ. of Michigan
Host: Laura Buttitta
Dec. 10 Elizabeth Haswell, Washington University
Host: Erik Nielsen
No Seminars:
Nov. 26 Holiday
Dec. 17 Exams
Summer 2021
Homologous chromosome pairing in meiosis
Sean Burgess, Univ. California-Davis
Genetic variation, ER stress, Disease modifiers
Clement Chow, University of Utah
Winter 2021
| Jan. 29 | Annika Barber, Rutgers University (Host: Monica Dus) |
Feb. 19 |
Mike Henne, UT Southwestern |
Feb. 26 |
Nicole Martinez, Yale |
March 5 |
Chelsey SprIggs, U-M, |
March 12 |
Arash Komeili, UC Berkeley |
March 19 |
Petra Levin, Washington University, St. Louis |
March 26 |
Courtney Hollender, Michigan State University |
April 2 |
Alison Barth, Carnegie Mellon University |
April 9 |
Suzanne Pfeffer, Stanford University |
April 16 |
Sophie Dumont, UC San Francisco |
Fall 2020
Sept. 18 |
Michael Ragusa, Dartmouth |
Sept. 25 |
Cheng-Yu Lee, UM LSI |
Oct. 2 |
Elissa Hallem, UCLA |
Oct. 9 |
Vera Moiseenkova-Bell , UPenn |
Oct. 16 |
Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, UPenn |
Nov. 6 |
Kathy Nagel, NYU |
Nov. 20 |
Jill Wildonger, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Dec. 4 |
Craig Montell, University of California, Santa Barbara |
Winter 2020
Feb. 21 Sam Gu, Rutgers University
Host: Györgyi Csankovszki
Feb. 28 Kumaran Ramamurthi, National Cancer Institute, NIH
Host: Lyle Simmons
Other seminars were canceled.
Fall 2019
Sept. 13 |
Jessica Tollkuhn, Cold Spring Harbor Labs Host: Josie Clowney |
Sept. 17 |
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| Mohan K. Balasubramanian, University of Warwick Host: Ann Miller, Allen Liu, Puck Ohi |
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| Sept. 20 | Chris Doe, University of Oregon Host: Josie Clowney |
| Sept. 27 | Wu-Min Deng, Florida State University Host: Laura Buttitta |
| Oct. 4 | Imed Gallouzi, Goodman Cancer Center, McGill University Host: Mohammed Akaaboune |
| Oct. 11 | Marco Gallio, Northwestern UnIversity Host: Monica Dus |
| Oct. 18 | Mike Phillips, University of Toronto Host: Eran Pichersky |
| Oct. 25 | Suneet Agarwal, Harvard Medical School Host: JK Nandakumar |
| Nov. 1 | Scott Hultgren, Washington University of St. Louis Host: Matt Chapman |
| Nov. 8 | Daphne Goring, University of Toronto Host: Cora MacAlister |
| Nov. 15 | Dan Feldman, University of California, Berkeley Host: Sam Kwon |
| Nov. 22 | Brian Storrie, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Host: Yanzhuang Wang |
| Dec. 6 | Sean Megason, Harvard Host: Cunming Duan |
Winter 2019
| February 8 |
Paul Franken, Universite de Lausanne, Switzerland (Host: Sara Aton) |
| March 1 | Magdalena Bezanilla, Dartmouth College (Host: Erik Nielsen) |
| March 8 |
Spring Break |
| March 15 | Roberto Zoncu, University of California, Berkeley (Host: Haoxing Xu) |
| March 22 | Feng Qiao, University of California, Irvine (Host: JK Nandakumar) |
| March 29 | Heidi Lempradl , Van Andel Institute, Michigan (Host: Monica Dus) |
| April 5 | Tzumin Lee, HHMI (Hosts: Cunming Duan and Josie Clowney) |
| April 12 | Kun-Liang Guan, University of California, San Diego (Host: Yanzhuang Wang) |
| April 19 | Maxim Frolov, University of Illinois, Chicago (Host: Laura Buttitta) |
| May 6 [Monday] | Connell Symposium |
