Phage and Robotics-Assisted Directed Evolution
Sponsor(s):
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBB), Biomedical Engineering (BME), Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies, Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology (GCB), Precision Genomics Collaboratory, School of Medicine (SOM), and University Program in Genetics & Genomics (UPGG)
Monday, February 17, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Emma Chory, PhD
Artificial Intelligence for Molecular Design and Elucidation
Sponsor(s):
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBB), Biomedical Engineering (BME), Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies, Chemistry, Computer Science, Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology (GCB), Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Precision Genomics Collaboratory, School of Medicine (SOM), and University Program in Genetics & Genomics (UPGG)
Monday, February 24, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Connor Coley, PhD
Decoding Gene Regulation in 3D and in Single Cells
Sponsor(s):
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBB), Biomedical Engineering (BME), Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies, Computer Science, Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology (GCB), Precision Genomics Collaboratory, School of Medicine (SOM), and University Program in Genetics & Genomics (UPGG)
Monday, March 03, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Christina Leslie, PhD
Chemistry Seminar
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Monday, March 10, 2025
11:40 am - 12:40 pm
Professor Xiaoguang Lei
The Digital Physiome: Wearables for Disease Detection and Monitoring
Sponsor(s):
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBB), Biomedical Engineering (BME), Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies, Computer Science, Department of Surgery, Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology (GCB), School of Medicine (SOM), and University Program in Genetics & Genomics (UPGG)
Monday, April 14, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Zoom
Jessilyn Dunn, PhD
Chemistry Seminar Presented by Prof. Ron Naaman, "Chirality and the electron spin- A miraculous match"
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Thursday, May 08, 2025
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Prof. Ron Naaman (Weizmann Institute of Science)
NC Chemistry Educators and Researchers Meeting
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Friday, June 06, 2025
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Defense: Noah Watkins- Catalytic selective aminofunctionalzation of 1, 3 dienes & aryl cyclopropanes enabled by copper catalysis
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Thursday, July 10, 2025
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Chemistry Defense: Mitch Rivers: I. Kinetic Analysis of Benzylidene Transfer from Gold(I) Carbenoids II. Kinetic Analysis of Protodeauration of β-Styrenyl Gold Complexes III. Palladium (II) Catalyzed Homobenzylic Diazirine Activation
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Thursday, July 17, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Mitch Rivers
CANCELED: Optimizing Genomic Sampling to Learn the Evolutionary History of Pathogen Populations
**CANCELED**
Sponsor(s):
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBB), Biology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies, Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology (GCB), Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), Neurobiology, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine (SOM), and University Program in Genetics & Genomics (UPGG)
Monday, February 02, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
FFSC 4233
David Rasmussen, PhD
Jointly Modeling the Effects of Evolutionary Processes on Genomic Variation
Sponsor(s):
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBB), Biology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies, Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology (GCB), Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), Neurobiology, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine (SOM), and University Program in Genetics & Genomics (UPGG)
Monday, February 16, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Parul Johri, PhD
Dissecting Developing and Mature Neuronal Circuit Organization Using Barcoded Transsynaptic Viral Tracing, Spatial Transcriptomics and Bioinformatics
Sponsor(s):
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBB), Biology, Biomedical Engineering (BME), Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies, Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology (GCB), Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), Neurobiology, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine (SOM), and University Program in Genetics & Genomics (UPGG)
Monday, March 02, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dmitry Velmeshev, PhD
Are We Misinterpreting Plant Single-Cell Data? Rethinking Analysis Strategies for Non-Model Plant Species
Sponsor(s):
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBB), Biology, Biomedical Engineering (BME), Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies, Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology (GCB), Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), Neurobiology, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine (SOM), and University Program in Genetics & Genomics (UPGG)
Monday, March 16, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Song Li, PhD
Bridging Genome Structure and Function: Linking Chromosome Architecture, Chromatin Modifications, and Gene Expression
Sponsor(s):
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBB), Biology, Biomedical Engineering (BME), Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies, Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology (GCB), Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), Neurobiology, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine (SOM), and University Program in Genetics & Genomics (UPGG)
Monday, March 23, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Jill Dowen, PhD
Advancing Evolutionary Inference with Machine Learning and Population Genetic Simulation
Sponsor(s):
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBB), Biology, Biomedical Engineering (BME), Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies, Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology (GCB), Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), Neurobiology, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine (SOM), and University Program in Genetics & Genomics (UPGG)
Monday, April 06, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dan Schrider, PhD
Optimizing Genomic Sampling to Learn the Evolutionary History of Pathogen Populations
Sponsor(s):
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBB), Biology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies, Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology (GCB), Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), School of Medicine (SOM), and University Program in Genetics & Genomics (UPGG)
Monday, April 13, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
FFSC 4233
David Rasmussen, PhD





