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 role of the Type VI CRISPR-Cas accessory protein Csx27 in CRISPR-Cas13 mediated antiviral immunity” - Thesis Defense
Julia Nicosia - PhD Candidate
May 15, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Class of '62 Aud. (G-9425)
Hybrid EventHost: Mitch O’Connell, Ph.D. – Advisor
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics Awards Ceremony
The Biochemistry & Biophysics Department will hold our annual Department Awards Ceremony on Thursday, May 15, 2025 at *10:30 am* in the Neuman room 1-6823.
*Please note this time is earlier than usual*
We invite and encourage all current and past members of the department, any other interested parties, to attend this celebration, and help us congratulate our outstanding graduating students and award-winners from the past year.
We are looking forward to seeing you there!
May 15, 2025 @ 10:30 a.m.
Medical Center | Neuman Rm. (1-6823)
DBB Seminar: “Degron-tagging of an Endogenous Repressor Defines the Mechanism for Turning Genes On and Off”
Scott Hiebert, PhD - Professor, Department of Biochemistry; Associate Professor, Department of Medicine; Hortense B. Ingram Chair in Cancer Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
May 08, 2025 @ 1:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Ryan Case Method Rm. (1-9576)
Host: T32 trainee Hannah Clary, Dr. Clara Kielkopf, NIH NIGMS T32 Training Grant in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences, Dr. Lynne Maquat, PI & Dr. Jeffrey Hayes, Co-PI and GWIS
“The Cytoplasmic Assembly of Nuclear RNA Endonucleases” - Thesis Defense
Madeline Jensen - PhD Candidate
May 06, 2025 @ 1:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Ryan Case Method Rm. (1-9576)
Hybrid Zoom LinkHost: Eric Wagner, Ph.D. – Advisor
DBB Seminar: “m6A is Decoded by Modified tRNAs to Coordinate mRNA Decay”
Sebastian Leidel, PhD - Research Group for RNA Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences (DCBP), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Apr 30, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6804)
Host: Dr. Eric Phizicky and Dr. Beth Grayhack (co-sponsored by the Protein Synthesis Cluster and the RNA Structure & Function Cluster)
BCBP Department Social
Apr 25, 2025 @ 4:30 p.m.
Medical Center | Neumann Rm. (1-6823)
Host: Ermolenko Lab
DBB Seminar: “A Conserved Intra-Bundle Salt Bridge in the OATP1B Subfamily Controls Uptake Kinetics and Transporter Conformation”
Aviv Paz, PhD - University at Buffalo Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute; Assistant Professor, Department of Structural Biology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo; Adjunct Associate Professor of Oncology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY
Apr 23, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6804)
Host: Dr. Mark Dumont (co-sponsored by the Department of Pharmacology & Physiology)
DBB Seminar: “Long noncoding RNAs: Strength in Numbers”
Nadya Dimitrova, PhD - Associate Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, and of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Apr 16, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6804)
Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat (co-sponsored by Graduate Women in Science and the RNA Society & Lexogen)
RNA Collaborative Seminar Series - Virtual
Doug Anderson, PhD; Grace McIntyre; Adrien Chauvier, PhD
Virtual event featuring presenters from University of Rochester and the University of Michigan Center for RNA Biomedicine
“Discovery and Therapeutic Applications of RNA "Stitching" ”
Doug Anderson, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI)
Member, University of Rochester Center for RNA Biology: From Genome to Therapeutics
“High-Throughput Identification of Small Molecule Inhibitors Targeting OncoMiR-181a for Cancer Therapy”
Grace McIntyre
PhD Student
Analisa DiFeo laboratory - Department of Pathology, University of Michigan
Center for RNA Biomedicine
“Real-time Monitoring of Ligand Recognition by a Riboswitch during Transcription”
Adrien Chauvier, PhD
Research Lab Specialist
Nils Walter laboratory - Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan
Center for RNA Biomedicine
Apr 09, 2025 @ 4:00 p.m.
DBB Seminar: “Toward Sub-Nanometer Visualization of Endogenous Chromatin-Associated Complexes in Action”
Yasuhiro Arimura, PhD - Assistant Professor, Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA
Apr 09, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6804)
Host: T32 trainee Elizabeth Lucas and Dr. Jeff Hayes (co-sponsored by the NIH NIGMS T32 Training Grant in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences, Dr. Lynne Maquat, PI & Dr. Jeffrey Hayes, Co-PI)
DBB Seminar: “The Role of RNA Modification in the Formation of Nucleoli and Cajal Bodies”
U. Thomas Meier, PhD - Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Apr 02, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6804)
Host: Dr. Yi-Tao Yu (co-sponsored by the RNA Structure & Function Cluster)
Annual Retreat of the NIH NIGMS Predoctoral T32 in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences (CBMS): “New insights into Xist structure and function”
Jeannie T. Lee, MD, PhD - Endowed Chair in Molecular Biology; Chair, Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital; Vice Chair & Professor, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Dr. Lee is the keynote speaker.
Mar 19, 2025 @ 1:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Class of ‘62 Aud (G-9425)
Host: Graduate Student NIH NIGMS T32 Retreat in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences Hosts: Dr. Lynne Maquat and Dr. Jeffrey Hayes (co-sponsored by Graduate Women in Science)
CANCELLED Faculty Candidate DBB Seminar: “Investigating Nuclear Compartment Function Using RNA Proximity Labeling”
Nadiya Khyzha, PhD - Postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Henikoff lab, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA
Mar 12, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6809)
Host: Dr. Dmitri Ermolenko
DBB Seminar: “Recognition of Self Versus Nonself dsRNA in Vertebrates and Invertebrates”
Brenda L. Bass, PhD - Distinguished Professor & Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Chair, Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Mar 05, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6804)
Host: Dr. Eric J. Wagner (co-sponsored by the Protein Synthesis Cluster and the RNA Society & Lexogen)
Faculty Candidate DBB Seminar: “Reading and Editing the Tubulin Code”
Jiayi Chen, PhD - Research Fellow, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Feb 26, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6809)
Host: Dr. Dmitri Ermolenko
Special Seminar (General Talk): “This NPR Life: What it’s like to be a public health reporter these days”
Pien Huang - Health Reporter, Science Desk, National Public Radio, Washington, D.C.
Feb 20, 2025 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Lower Adolph Aud. (1-7619)
Special Seminar: "The art of science communication: How to share your passion and excitement for your work"
Pien Huang - Health Reporter, Science Desk, National Public Radio, Washington, D.C.
Feb 20, 2025 @ 1:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Class of '62 Aud.
Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat
Faculty Candidate DBB Seminar: “Beta-arrestin-mediated Signaling: Allosteric Activation of Non-Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Src”
Natalia Pakharukova, PhD - Postdoctoral Associate, EMBO and HFSP fellow, Department of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Feb 19, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6804)
Host: Dr. Dmitri Ermolenko
Faculty Candidate DBB Seminar: “Neuronal Long Non-Coding RNAs: Insights from the Fly Olfactory System”
Gaëlle Talross, PhD - Associate Research Scientist, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Feb 12, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6804)
Host: Dr. Dmitri Ermolenko
Faculty Candidate DBB Seminar: “Metabolic Control of Inflammatory and Cell Cycle Signaling Mediated by a Network of Co-Regulated Lipids”
Marielle S. Koeberlin, PhD - Basic Life Research Scientist/postdoctoral fellow, Baxter Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Feb 05, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6804)
Host: Dr. Dmitri Ermolenko and Dr. Josh Munger