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
| Date | Speaker and Seminar Title 2024-2025 Season | Host |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 12, 2024 |
Brandt Eichman, Ph.D. – William R. Kenan Jr. Chair, Professor and Chair of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Title: "Structural mechanisms of DNA priming by polymerase a-primase" ND8.218 at noon |
Yunsun Nam, Ph.D. |
| Oct 3, 2024 |
Christopher Jaroniec, Ph.D.– Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University Title: " Solid-State NMR Studies of DNA-Protein Complexes"
ND8.218 at noon
|
Kendra Frederick, Ph.D. |
| Nov 7, 2024 | Juli Feigon, Ph.D. – Faculty and Distinguished Professor, UCLA
Title:"TBD" ND8.218 at noon |
Yunsun Nam, Ph.D. Seminar canceled |
| Dec 12, 2024 |
Z. Hong Zhou, Ph.D. – Professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, UCLA Title: "Fishing and resolving the Eukaryotic RNA-editing complexes" ND8.218 at noon |
Youxing Jiang, Ph.D. and Huabin Zhou, Ph.D. |
| Jan 16, 2025 |
Jin Zhang, Ph.D. – Professor, Pharmacology, UC San Diego Title: “Illuminating the Biochemical Activity Architecture of the Cell" ND8.218 at noon |
Khuloud Jaqaman, Ph.D. |
| Feb 6, 2025 |
Kassandra Ori-McKenney, Ph.D. – Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology, UC Davis Title:"TBD" ND8.218 at noon |
Luke Rice, Ph.D.
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| Mar 6, 2025 |
Eunyong Park, Ph.D.- Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley Title:"Principles of protein import into mitochondria" ND8.218 at noon |
Blake Williams Seminar canceled |
| Apr 3, 2025 |
Tanja Mittag, Ph.D. - Faculty Member, Department of Structural Biology, St. Jude's Research Hospital Title:"Prion-like domain condensates: Driving force for phase separation, material properties and aging dynamics" ND8.218 at noon |
Matthew Parker, Ph.D |
| May 1, 2025 |
David Lubensky, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Physics, University of Michigan Title:"ATP-dependent remodeling of hexasomes, nucleosomes and chromatin condensates" ND8.218 at noon |
Konstantin Doubrovinski, Ph.D. |
| Jun 12, 2025 |
Priya R. Banerjee, Ph.D.– Associate Professor of Physics, University of Buffalo Title:"TBD" ND8.218 at noon |
Jeff Woodruff, Ph.D. and Michael Rosen, Ph.D |