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Seminar Series

Fridays, Noon to 1 PM

  • Seminars will be held in person in Room 1060 in the Biological Sciences Building  [Kraus Auditorium]
  • Check the event listing on our web calendar on the home page for latest info on a particular seminar. 

Fall 2024

Sept. 13     Joseph Ecker, Salk Institute
                    (Host: Alex Marand)

Sept. 20     Elizabeth Chen , UT Southwestern
                    (Host: Tzumin Lee)

Sept. 27     Michael Reiser , HHMI Janelia Farms Research Campus
                    (Host: Josie  Clowney)

Oct. 4        William Prinz , UTSW, Department of Cell Biology,
                    (Host: Ming Li)

Oct. 11        Hank Seifert , Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine 
                    (Host: Lyle Simmons)

Oct. 18       Matt Good, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
                   (Hosts: Ann Miller and Allen Liu, Mechanical Engineering)

Nov. 1         James Imlay, University of Illinois
                   (Host: Ari Kozik)

Nov. 8        Jochen Zimmer, University of Virginia
                   (Host: Erik Nielsen)

Nov. 15       Emma Farley, University of California San Diego
                   (Host: Ken Cadigan)

 

 

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)

Aug. 9     Andrea Cuentas-Condori, Yale School of Medicine (Host: Paul Kramer)

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)