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. Seminars are held on the second Thursday of each month.

Lectures are presently held virtually via zoom

Date	Speaker and Seminar Title - 2021-2022 Season	Host
Sept 9, 2021	Adriaan Bax, Ph.D.– NIH Distinguished Investigator, Biophysical Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Section, Laboratory of Chemical Physics Title: “Breathing, speaking, coughing or sneezing: What drives transmission of SARS-CoV-2?” Zoom Link	Jose Rizo-Rey, Ph.D.
Oct 7, 2021	Kelly Nguyen, Ph.D.– Principal Investigator, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK Title: "TBD" Zoom Link	Jan Erzberger, Ph.D. Xiaochen Bai, Ph.D.
Nov 4, 2021	Kaspar Locher, Ph.D.– Professor of Molecular Membrane Biology Department of Biology, ETH Zurich Title: "TBD" Zoom Link	Xiaochun Li, Ph.D.
Dec 2, 2021	Renae Ryan, Ph.D.– Assistant ProfessorProfessor of Biochemical Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, Academic Director of SAGE, University of Syndney, Australia Title: "TBD" Zoom Link	Ryan Hibbs, Ph.D.
Jan 6, 2022	Yanhui Xu, Ph.D. – Professor, Fudan University Cancer Institute, China Title: "The exosome complex: the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide of RNA degradation" Zoom Link	Diana Tomchick, Ph.D.
Feb 3, 2022	Jerome Gros, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Pasteur Institute Title: “TBD" Zoom Link	Konstantin Doubrovinski, Ph.D.
Feb 24, 2022	Brian Kobilka, M.D. – Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University Title:"TBD" Zoom Link	Punita Kumari, Ph.D. Biophysics Postdocs
Mar 3, 2022	Gregory Voth, Ph.D. -Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago Title:"TBD" Zoom Link	Luke Rice, Ph.D.
Apr 7, 2022
May 5, 2020	Martin Jonikas, Ph.D. -Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University Title:"TBD" Zoom Link	Michael Rosen, Ph.D.