Department Seminars
If you would like to speak with any of these people during their visit, or need additional information, please contact Stephanie Scoville.
The Influence of Disease-Associated Mutations on the Structure and Function of U2AF2
Debanjana Maji - Ph.D. Candidate, University of Rochester
Ph.D. Thesis Defense Seminar
Mentor: Clara Kielkopf, Ph.D.
Dec 01, 2021 @ 11:00 a.m.
Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) Seminar Series: “Tips and Tricks for Surviving and Thriving in your PhD”
Lucy Taylor, PhD - Junior Research Fellow, Christ Church College/ Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, England
Nov 18, 2021 @ 3:00 p.m.
Zoom RegistrationHost: Dr. Catherine Ovitt
DBB Seminar: “Novel Technologies for High Throughput Measurements of Translation”
Can Cenik, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, TX
Nov 10, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m.
Zoom RegistrationHost: Dr. Xin Li (co-sponsored by the Bioinformatics Cluster and the RNA Structure & Function Cluster)
DBB Seminar: "RNA Editing by Adenosine Deaminases that Act on RNA (ADARs)"
Peter A. Beal, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, CA
Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics Seminar
Nov 03, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m.
Zoom RegistrationHost: Dr. Yi-Tao Yu (co-sponsored by the RNA Structure and Function Cluster)
DBB Seminar: “Security Checkpoint in Genome Defense: The Functions of Germ Granules in Small RNA-mediated Genome Surveillance”
Heng-Chi Lee, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Oct 27, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m.
Zoom RegistrationHost: Dr. Xin Li (co-sponsored by the RNA Structure and Function Cluster)
Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) Seminar Series: "Polymers to Policy; Perspective on a Winding Path"
Clayton Cox, PhD - Assistant Director for Federal Relations, Office of Government & Community Relations, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Oct 21, 2021 @ 3:00 p.m.
Zoom RegistrationHost: Catherine Ovitt
DBB Seminar: “What is There to Eat Around Here? How Nutrient Availability Impacts Tumor Biology”
Alex Muir, PhD - Assistant Professor, Ben May Department for Cancer Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Oct 20, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m.
Zoom RegistrationHost: Dr. Joshua Munger and Dr. Isaac Harris
DBB Seminar: "RNA-based Mechanisms of DNA Virus Restriction"
John Karijolich, PhD - Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Oct 13, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m.
Zoom RegistrationHost: Dr. Yi-Tao Yu (co-sponsored by the RNA Structure and Function Cluster)
DBB Seminar: "Weighted Ensemble Simulations of Long-Timescale Dynamics: From Chemical Reactions to SARS-CoV-2"
Lillian T. Chong, PhD - Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Sep 29, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m.
Zoom RegistrationHost: Dr. Alan Grossfield (co-sponsored by the Bioinformatics Cluster)
DBB Seminar: "Visualize and Manipulate Single Allele and RNA in Live Cells"
Bin Wu, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Sep 22, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m.
Zoom RegistrationHost: Dr. Xin Li (co-sponsored by the RNA Structure and Function Cluster)
Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) Seminar Series: "Transitioning from Academia to Industry"
Meemanage (DD) DeZoysa, PhD - Scientist, Molecular/Viral Vector Biology, Elevatebio, Waltham MA
Sep 16, 2021 @ 3:00 p.m.
Zoom RegistrationHost: Dr. Lynne Maquat
“Dynamic multivalent interactions drive mammalian RNA regulation” & “Characterizing cellular RNA-protein interaction networks with chemical probes”
Sethu Pitchiaya, PhD & Chase Weidmann, PhD - University of Michigan, Center for RNA Biomedicine
RNA Collaborative Seminar Series
Jun 30, 2021 @ 4:00 p.m.
Zoom RegistrationHost: Nils Walter, PhD, Co-Director, U-M Center for RNA Biomedicine
"Revealing new functions for ancient RNA modifying enzymes in health and disease" & "Mechanisms of posttranscriptional regulation during the maternal to zygotic transition"
Wendy V. Gilbert, PhD & Antonio Giraldez, PhD - Yale Center for RNA Science and Medicine
RNA Collaborative Seminar Series
Jun 16, 2021 @ 4:00 p.m.
Zoom RegistrationHost: Jessie Mohsen, Yale Center for RNA Science and Medicine
“An evolutionarily conserved structure-to-function axis governs the functional mechanism of the regulatory lncRNA MEG3“ & “Mechanistic dissection of SPEN function during X chromosome inactivation”
Lena Anastasakou (PhD student, Marco Marcia Lab) & François Dossin (PhD student, Edith Heard Lab) - European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
RNA Collaborative Seminar Series
Jun 02, 2021 @ 9:00 a.m.
Zoom RegistrationHost: Marco Marcia, PhD (EMBL)
Biochemistry & Biophysics Ph.D. Thesis Defense Seminar: Use of Lab-Evolved Proteins to Guide Development of Inhibitors that Target HIV-1 TAR RNA
Sai Shashank Chavali - PhD Candidate
May 26, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m.
ZoomHost: Joseph Wedekind, Ph.D. – Advisor
Biochemistry & Biophysics Virtual Awards Ceremony
Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) *SPECIAL EVENT*: GWIS Mentoring-Up Resolution Presentations by UR Graduate Students
Taylor Uccello, Ashlin Poruthoor, Lily Cisco, Shraddha Shah
May 20, 2021 @ 3:00 p.m.
Zoom RegistrationHost: Dr. Lynne Maquat and Dr. Catherine Ovitt
GWIS Mentoring-Up Resolution Challenge Presentations by UR Grad Students
Taylor Uccello (IMV, Gerber Lab), Ashlin Poruthoor (BSCB, Grossfield Lab), Lily Cisco (CMPP, Lueck Lab), Shraddha Sha (NGP, Briggs Lab)
Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) Seminar
May 20, 2021 @ 3:00 p.m.
Zoom RegistrationHost: Lynne Maquat, PhD
Nucleoside-modified mRNA Therapeutics
Drew Weismann, MD, PhD - Professor, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
May 19, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m.
ZoomHost: T32 Training Graduate Student, Lily Cisco and Dr. Lynne Maquat (Co-sponsored by the NIH T32 Training Grant in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences, Dr. Lynne Maquat, PI, and the RNA Structure
Biochemistry & Biophysics Ph.D. Thesis Defense Seminar: Capturing the influence of solvent and local structure in a fixed-charge force field for RNA
Epidemiological Epididymosomal Epigenomics
Oliver Rando, MD, PhD - Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Apr 28, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m.
ZoomHost: Dr. Xin Li (co-sponsored by the RNA Structure & Function Cluster)
Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) Seminar: “We plan, the gods laugh: Splicing, slicing, editing, and living”
Erik Sontheimer, PhD - Pillar Chair in Biomedical Research; Professor and Vice Chair, RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) Seminar
Apr 15, 2021 @ 3:00 p.m.
Zoom RegistrationHost: Dr. Lynne Maquat
Graduate Student NIH T32 Retreat in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences: Pro- and Anti-CRISPR
Erik Sontheimer, PhD - Pillar Chair in Biomedical Research; Professor and Vice Chair, RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Apr 14, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m.
RegisterHost: Dr. Lynne Maquat (Co-sponsored by Graduate Women in Science and the RNA Structure & Function Cluster)
MBI 501 Student Seminar: Regulation of effector function in CD8+ memory cells
Biochemistry & Biophysics Ph.D. Thesis Defense Seminar: Capturing the influence of solvent and local structure in a fixed-charge force field for RNA
New Paradigms in Microtubule Biology: The Tubulin Code and Microtubule Repair
Antonina Roll-Mecak, PhD - Senior Investigator and Unit Chief, Cell Biology & Biophysics Unit, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Mar 24, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m.
ZoomHost: Dr. Clara Kielkopf
Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) Seminar: “Investing for your future”
Igor Yurovskiy - J.P. Morgan Private Client Advisor, Senior Vice President-Investments, Chase Private Client, Pittsford, NY
Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) Seminar
Mar 18, 2021 @ 3:00 p.m.
Zoom RegistrationHost: Dr. Lynne Maquat
Integrator is a Key Regulator of the Cellular Stress Response
Eric Wagner, PhD - Professor and Vice-Chair of Education; Director of Graduate Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas
Mar 17, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m.
ZoomHost: Dr. Lynne Maquat
The Structural Biology & Biophysics Facility and Its Role in a Phase 3 Clinical Trial of a Recombinant Follicle Stimulating Hormone Biosimilar
Jermaine Jenkins, PhD - Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Mar 03, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m.
ZoomHost: Dr. David Mathews
Biochemistry & Biophysics Ph.D. Thesis Defense Seminar: Identifying Molecular Determinants of the Structure of the Intrinsically Disordered H1.0 Carboxyl-Terminal Domain
Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) Seminar: “Leading successful scientific research through mentoring”
Celia Schiffer, PhD - Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology; Gladys Smith Martin Chair in Oncology; Director, Institute of Drug Resistance, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) Seminar
Feb 11, 2021 @ 3:00 p.m.
Zoom RegistrationHost: Dr. Clara Kielkopf and Dr. Joseph Wedekind
Combatting Drug Resistance: From Base-Editing to Machine Learning in Drug Design
Celia Schiffer, PhD - Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology; Gladys Smith Martin Chair in Oncology; Director, Institute of Drug Resistance, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Feb 10, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m.
ZoomHost: Dr. Clara Kielkopf and Dr. Joseph Wedekind (co-sponsored by Graduate Women in Science, the Bioinformatics Cluster, and the RNA Structure & Function Cluster)
SPECIAL EVENT: RNA Presentations by UR Grad Students, Postdocs, and Technicians (Day 3)
Deb Maji (Kielkopf Lab), Elizabeth Abshire, PhD (Maquat Lab), Xavier Rambout, PhD (Maquat Lab) - University of Rochester, Center for RNA Biology
RNA Presentations
Jan 27, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m.
Zoom RegistrationHost: Dr. Lynne Maquat and Dr. Dave Mathews
Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) Seminar: “Identity in academic research: carving your path”
Amanda Larracuente, PhD - Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) Seminar
Jan 21, 2021 @ 3:00 p.m.
Zoom RegistrationHost: Dr. Lynne Maquat
Biochemistry & Biophysics Ph.D. Thesis Defense Seminar: Roles of Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases in Smooth Muscle Cells and the Pathogenesis of Vascular Restenosis
Lingfeng Luo - PhD Candidate
Jan 14, 2021 @ 1:00 p.m.
ZoomHost: Chen Yan, Ph.D., Xin Li, Ph.D. – co-Advisors
SPECIAL EVENT: RNA Presentations by UR Grad Students, Postdocs, and Technicians (Day 2)
Chen Bao (Ermolenko Lab), Sean Lindley (Anderson Lab), Arica VanderWal (O'Connell Lab) - University of Rochester, Center for RNA Biology
RNA Presentations
Jan 13, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m.
Zoom RegistrationHost: Dr. Lynne Maquat and Dr. Dave Mathews
SPECIAL EVENT: RNA Presentations by UR Grad Students, Postdocs, and Technicians (Day 1)
Lily Cisco (Lueck Lab), Xueyang He (Boutz Lab), Shon Koren (Johnson Lab), Kamel Awayda (O'Connell Lab) - University of Rochester, Center for RNA Biology
RNA Presentations
Jan 06, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m.
Zoom RegistrationHost: Dr. Lynne Maquat and Dr. Dave Mathews