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?” |
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 Title: "Structure and mechanism of human ABC transporters"
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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: "The Split Personality of Glutamate Transporters: a Chloride Channel and a Transporter"
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Ryan Hibbs, Ph.D. |
| Jan 6, 2022 |
Yanhui Xu, Ph.D. – Professor, Fudan University Cancer Institute, China Title: "Structural Insights into assembly of Mediator-bound preinitiation complex"
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Diana Tomchick, Ph.D. |
| Feb 3, 2022 |
Jerome Gros, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Pasteur Institute, France Title: “Mechanical feedback in embryonic self-organization" |
Konstantin Doubrovinski, Ph.D. |
| Feb 24, 2022 |
Brian Kobilka, M.D. – Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University Recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Title:"Structural insights into the dynamic process of GPCR activation" |
Punita Kumari, Ph.D. Biophysics Postdocs |
| Mar 3, 2022 |
Rakhi Rajan, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma
Title:"Modulating protein conformational changes and divalent metal binding properties to improve Cas nuclease specificities"
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Elizabeth Goldsmith, Ph.D. |
| Apr 7, 2022 |
Peng Yuan, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Title:"Structural basis for gating of mechanosensitive channels" Room number NB2.1A&B |
Xiaochun Li, Ph.D |
| May 5, 2022 |
Martin Jonikas, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University Title:"Structure, biogenesis, and engineering of the Eukaryotic CO2-concentrating organelle, the pyrenoid" Room NG3.112 |
Michael Rosen, Ph.D. |
| June 2, 2022 |
Gregory Voth, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago Title: "Overcoming the Multiscale Challenge for Complex Biomolecular Systems" Room NG3.112 |
Luke Rice, Ph.D. |