
Dissertation Seminar
Sponsor(s):
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM)
Tuesday, August 09, 2022
1:00 pm
Matthew Sacco


Intercellular signaling, transcriptional control and evolution of the lung
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Jichao Chen

Cancer aneuploidy: From evolutionary pressures to cellular vulnerabilities
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Uri Ben-David, PhD, Tel Aviv University

Ouroboros, autophagy, mitochondria, ER and disease
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Eric Baehrecke, Ph.D, UMass Chan Medical School

A centromere odyssey: from epigenetics to telomere-to-telomere (T2T) genomics
Tuesday, October 04, 2022
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Beth Sullivan

The mechanism of adhesion GPCR activation
Wednesday, October 05, 2022
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Greg Tall, PhD, University of Michigan

Surfing the cell cycle with chemical genetics
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering

Building an integrated framework for tissue morphogenesis with the zebrafish inner ear
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Akankshi Munjal

The quest for ligand efficacy - Navigating dynamics, kinetics and disorder
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Sivaraj Sivaramakrishnan, PhD, University of Minnesota

Thursday Series
Sponsor(s):
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), Cell Biology, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, and School of Medicine (SOM)
Thursday, October 20, 2022
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Alex Joyner, Ph.D.

Programmable RNA Sensing for Cell Monitoring and Editing
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Josh Huang

Staying in shape – mitochondrial structure in Ras-driven lung cancer
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
David Kashatus, PhD, University of Virginia Health System


Transposable elements in cancer
Wednesday, November 02, 2022
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Kathleen Burns, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Thursday Series
Sponsor(s):
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), Cell Biology, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, and School of Medicine (SOM)
Thursday, November 03, 2022
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Debby Silver, Ph.D.

Mapping the genetic underpinnings of esophageal dysmotility in dogs
Tuesday, November 08, 2022
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Leigh Clark

Identifying and disabling the cellular engines that fuel pancreatic cancer
Wednesday, November 09, 2022
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Rushika Perera, PhD, UCSF

Thursday Series
Sponsor(s):
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), Cell Biology, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, and School of Medicine (SOM)
Thursday, November 10, 2022
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Joern Coers

Improving treatment of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia by enhancing glucocorticoid efficacy
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Miles Pufall

Fueling T cells in inflammation and cancer
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Jeff Rathmell, PhD, Vanderbilt University

Thursday Series
Sponsor(s):
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), Cell Biology, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, and School of Medicine (SOM)
Thursday, November 17, 2022
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Jue Wang, Ph.D.

AMPA Receptors, Ubiquitin and the Endolysosomal Pathway at CNS synapses
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Gentry Patrick, PhD, UCSD

Defining Mycobacterium tuberculosis Contributions to Infection and Vaccination Outcomes with Functional Genomics
Tuesday, December 06, 2022
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Allison Carey, MD, PhD

AgRP neuron epigenomes across hunger states reveal novel transcriptional effectors of leptin
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Frankie Heyward

Thursday Series
Sponsor(s):
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), Cell Biology, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, and School of Medicine (SOM)
Thursday, January 05, 2023
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Britt Glaunsinger, Ph.D.

Novel facets of IL-1R family member biology in neuro-inflammation
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Saskia Hemmers, Ph.D

Not all T cell responses are generated equal: Tissue-site matters
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Stefani Spranger, PhD, MIT

Thursday Series
Sponsor(s):
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), Cell Biology, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, and School of Medicine (SOM)
Thursday, January 19, 2023
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Emily Troemel, Ph.D.

The quantitative genetics of affiliative social behavior in a wild primate
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Susan Alberts

Intergenerational epigenetic inheritance of cancer susceptibility in mammals
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Bluma Lesch, MD, PhD, Yale

Thursday Series
Sponsor(s):
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), Cell Biology, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, and School of Medicine (SOM)
Thursday, January 26, 2023
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Oliver Porquie, Ph.D.

How to completely copy a genome
Wednesday, February 01, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
James Dewar, PhD, Vanderbilt University

Gastronauts: Neuroscience Experiments for Everyone
Thursday, February 02, 2023
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Dr. Greg Gage

Thursday Series
Sponsor(s):
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), Cell Biology, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, and School of Medicine (SOM)
Thursday, February 02, 2023
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Greg Gage, Ph.D.

Harnessing the upper respiratory microbiota for the development of novel biotherapeutics for childhood respiratory infections
Tuesday, February 07, 2023
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Matthew Kelly

Programmable mRNA translation: a dream comes true?
Wednesday, February 08, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Shu-Bing Qian, PhD, Cornell University

Thursday Series
Sponsor(s):
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), Cell Biology, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, and School of Medicine (SOM)
Thursday, February 09, 2023
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Blanche Capel, Ph.D.

Thursday Series
Sponsor(s):
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), Cell Biology, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, and School of Medicine (SOM)
Thursday, February 16, 2023
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Job Dekker, Ph.D.

Tumor microenvironment and immunotherapy
Sponsor(s):
Duke Cancer Institute, DCI Cancer Research Training & Education Coordination, and Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Monday, February 20, 2023
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Dr. Xiao-Fan Wang, Duke University
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