David Kovar, Ph.D. – Professor, University of Chicago, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology

Mechano-inhibition of Actin Assembly During Cell Division

Clay Clark, Ph.D. – Professor and Chair of Biology, University of Texas at Arlington

Evolution of Caspase Allostery

Mei Hong, Ph.D. – Professor of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Structure and Assembly of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid Fibrils from Solid-State NMR

Dan Fletcher, Ph.D. – Professor, University of California at Berkeley, Department of Bioengineering

When push comes to shove:  Physical segregation at cell-cell contacts

Charampalos Kalodimos, Ph.D. – Professor, Massachusetts University of Minnesota, College of Biological Sciences

Molecular Chaperones in Action

Deborah Wuttke, Ph.D. – Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department

Tying Up the Ends: Myriad Ways to Recognize Telomeres

CANCELLED

Tim Springer, Ph.D. – Professor, Harvard Medical School, Department of Medicine

Title "A Novel Milieu Molecule for TGF-β Required for Microglia Function"

Martin Pilhofer, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, ETH Zurich, Department of Biology

Title “Structure, Function, and Evolution of Bacterial Contractile Injection Systems"