Biophysics Seminars

The Department of Biophysics hosts a vibrant seminar series, where senior leaders and rising stars discuss their latest work and spend a day meeting with faculty, postdocs, and students.

Lectures are presently in person

This will be in person only

DateSpeaker and Seminar Title
2023-2024 Season
Host
Sept 7, 2023

Robin Stanley, Ph.D.Senior Investigator, NIEHS/NIH Research Triangle Park

Title: "Mechanisms of RNA Recognition and Ceavage by Ribonulceases"

ND8.218 at noon

Jan Erzberger, Ph.D.

Oct 24, 2023

Joshua Riback, Ph.D.– Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine

Title: "Elucidating the form and function of heterotypic condensates"
 
ND8.218 at noon
 
Cyrus Rastegar (student Rizo-Rey Lab)
Nov 2, 2023

Manojkumar Puthenveedu, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Director, Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School

Title:  "Spatial encoding of GPCR signaling by membrane trafficking"
 
ND8.218 at noon
 
Khuloud Jaqaman, Ph.D.
Dec 7, 2023

Christopher Peter Hill, DPhil– Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah

Title: "Structure, mechanism, and regulation of AAA unfoldases"

ND8.218 at noon

Daniel Rosenbaum, Ph.D.
Jan 4, 2024

Chia-Hsueh Lee, Ph.D. – Assistant Member, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Title: “Structures and mechanisms of lipid and neurotransmitter transporters"

ND8.218 at noon

Xiachun Li, Ph.D.
Feb 1, 2024

Sun Her, Ph.D.– Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Title:"TBD" 

ND8.218 at noon

Yunsun Nam, Ph.D.

 

Mar 7, 2024

Christopher D. Lima, Ph.D. - HHMI Investigator, Alfred P. Sloan Chair, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Title:"TBD" 

ND8.218 at noon

Elizabeth Goldsmith, Ph.D.
Apr 4, 2024

Felipe Quiroz, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology

Title:"Programming and probing of self-assembly of intrinsically-disordered proteins" 

ND8.218 at noon

Matthew Parker, Ph.D
May 2, 2024

Geeta Narlikar, Ph.D. - Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco

Title:"TBD" 

ND8.218 at noon

Michael Rosen, Ph.D.

Jun 6, 2024

TBD – TBD

Title:"TBD"

ND8.218 at noon

TBD