Past BMB Seminars and Mini-Symposia

May 2025 SPARK

SPARK Talk

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B118 Life Sciences
Eriksson

Eriksson Lecture Series 2025

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CCRC Auditorium
Eriksson

Eriksson Lecture Series 2025

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CCRC Auditorium
Kelly Zatopek

Seminar: Dr. Kelly Zatopek "Life at the extremes: Nucleic acid maintenance in hyperthermophilic Archaea"

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C127 Life Sciences
April 2025 SPARK

SPARK Talk

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B118 Life Sciences
Eriksson

Eriksson Lecture Series 2025

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CCRC Auditorium
Jinfan Wang

Seminar: Dr. Jinfan Wang "How human mitochondrial ribosomes begin protein synthesis"

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C127 Life Sciences
Kylie Vincent

Ljungdahl Lecture: Dr. Kylie Vincent "From mechanism to biotechnology: Lessons from studying nickel-iron hydrogenases"

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C127 Life Sciences
Kylie Vincent

Ljungdahl Lecture: Dr. Kylie Vincent "From mechanism to biotechnology: Lessons from studying nickel-iron hydrogenases"

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C127 Life Sciences
March 25 flyer

SPARK Talk

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B118 Life Sciences
Erikkson flyer

Eriksson Lecture Series 2025

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CCRC Auditorium
Brantley Hall

Seminar: Dr. Brantley Hall "Enzyme discovery and smart wearables: Unlocking the mysteries of gut microbial metabolism"

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C127 Life Sciences

End-of-Semester Celebration

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Flinchum's Phoenix, Athens
December SPARK Flyer

SPARK Talk

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B118 Life Sciences
November SPARK Flyer

SPARK Talk

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B118 Life Sciences
Li Zheping

Seminar: Dr. Zhipeng Li "Mechanisms of lipid quality control and ferroptosis resistance in cancer"

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C127 Life Sciences
Anant Menon

Seminar: Dr. Anant Menon "How phospholipids enter mitochondria"

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C127 Life Sciences

2024 Mini-Symposium: "Sustainable Solutions for Climate Change"

CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
SPARK Oct 2024 flyer

SPARK Talk

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B118 Life Sciences
Josh Kochanowsky

Young Scholars in Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Joshua Kochanowsky "Sending a message: Trichomonas vaginalis extracellular vesicles mediate cell-to-cell communication between parasites and their host cells to modulate pathogenesis"

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C127 Life Sciences
Brian Baker

Seminar: Dr. Brian Baker "Structural biophysics in cellular immunity, or a biochemist and an immunologist walk into a bar..."

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C127 Life Sciences

Ljungdahl Lecture: CANCELLED

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C127 Life Sciences
Aldo Garcia Guerrero

Young Scholars in Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Aldo Garcia Guerrero "Enhanced Specificity in c-type Cytochrome Biogenesis in Malaria Parasites"

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C127 Life Sciences
September2024 SPARK Talk

SPARK Talk

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B118 Life Sciences
Fengtian Xue

Seminar: Dr. Fengtian Xue "hCAR and Nrf2 Dual Activation on Chemotherapy CPA Bioactivation and DOX Detoxification"

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C127 Life Sciences
Blake Wiedenheft

Seminar: Dr. Blake Wiedenheft

Blake Wiedenheft, (Montana State University)
C127 Life Sciences
Nick Riley

Seminar: Dr. Nick Riley "Making use of informative glycan-specific ions in glycopeptide MS/MS spectra"

C127 Life Sciences
April SPARK Talk

SPARK Seminar

B118 Life Sciences
2024 poster

Eriksson Lecture Series: Celebrating Graduate Student Excellence in Publishing

CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Yinglong Miao

Seminar: Dr. Yinglong Miao "Accelerated molecular simulations: Methods and applications"

Yinglong Miao, (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Richard Cummings

Seminar: Dr. Richard Cummings "Glycan functions revealed through genetics and biochemistry"

Richard Cummings, (Harvard Medical School)
C127 Life Sciences
Gary Patti

Seminar: Dr. Gary Patti "Re-thinking the Warburg effect through multi-omics profiling"

Gary Patti, (Washington University, St. Louis)
C127 Life Sciences
Henrik Scheller

Seminar: Dr. Henrik Scheller "From galactan synthesis to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: A journey in plant cell wall dynamics"

Henrik Scheller, (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
C127 Life Sciences
Eric Betzig

Seminar: Dr. Eric Betzig

Eric Betzig, (University of California, Berkeley)
ISTEM2
Judith Fridovich-Keil

Seminar: Dr. Judith Fridovich-Keil "Toward improved understanding and intervention in classic galactosemia"

CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
March SPARK Talk

SPARK Seminar

B118 Life Sciences
Anju Sreelatha

Seminar: Dr. Anju Sreelatha "The role of protein AMPylation in mitochondrial signaling"

Anju Sreelatha, (UT Southwestern Medical Center)
C127 Life Sciences
February Flyer

SPARK Seminar

B118 Life Sciences
Ethan Taylor

Seminar: Dr. Ethan Taylor "RNA viruses vs. DNA synthesis: A new explanation for the importance of selenium and glutathione in viral diseases like AIDS and COVID-19"

C127 Life Sciences
January SPARK Talk

SPARK Seminar

B118 Life Sciences
December SPARK Talk

SPARK Seminar

C114 Life Sciences
Dieter Soll

Seminar: Dr. Dieter Söll "Looking back over six decades of research”

C127 Life Sciences
Nov 23 SPARK

SPARK Seminar

C114 Life Sciences
October SPARK Talk

SPARK Seminars

C114 Life Sciences
Flyer

2023 Mini-Symposium: "Stem Cell"

CCRC Auditorium
An image of Jay Keasling

Ljungdahl Lecture: Dr. Jay Keasling, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Dr. Jay Keasling, (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
C127 Davison Life Sciences
Dr. Elizabeth Waters

Seminar: Dr. Elizabeth Waters "Plant life at extremes: How native California mustard responds to heat and drought"

C127 Davison Life Sciences
Dr. Scott Stagg

Seminar: Dr. Scott Stagg "Cryo-EM in the Southeast, and the future of structural biology"

C127 Davison Life Sciences
An image of Peter Kaiser.

Seminar: Dr. Peter Kaiser, "Regulation of Transcription factor activity and Protein Complex Dynamics by diverse Ubiquitin Chain Topologies"

Dr. Peter Kaiser, (University of California, Irvine)
C127 Davison Life Sciences
Bekir Eser

Job Candidate Seminar: Dr. Bekir Eser, "Enzymes as promising catalysts for green and sustainable synthesis: The case of fatty acid modifying enzymes"

Dr. Bekir Eser, (Aarhus University)
B118 Davison Life Sciences
Jeff Morgan

Job Candidate Seminar: Dr. Jeff Morgan, "Understanding the role of RNA-metabolite interactions in the language of cells"

Dr. Jeff Morgan, (University of Utah)
C127 Davison Life Sciences
An image of Natalie Krahn

Job Candidate Seminar: Dr. Natalie Krahn, "Expanding the Chemical Diversity of Proteins"

Dr. Natalie Krahn-Yale School of Medicine, (Yale School of Medicine)
C127 Davison Life Sciences
An image of Vincenzo Venditti

Seminar: Dr. Vincenzo Venditti, "Conformational disorder in regulation of enzymatic catalysis"

Dr. Vincenzo Venditti, (Iowa State University)
C127 Davison Life Sciences
An image of Roy Goodacre

Seminar: Dr. Roy Goodacre, "Lessons from large-scale metabolic phenotyping"

Dr. Roy Goodacre, (University of Liverpool)
C127 Davison Life Sciences
A flier for Camilo Perez's seminar

Job Candidate Seminar: Dr. Camilo Perez, "Mechanistic biology of membrane proteins involved in cell wall biosynthesis"

Dr. Camilo Perez, (Biozentrum, University of Basel)
CCRC Auditorium

2022 Mini-Symposium: "Protein Engineering"

Hybrid - CCRC and Zoom
Timothy A. Bolger

Seminar: Dr. Timothy A. Bolger, “D-E-A-D or Alive: The Control of RNA-Protein Dynamics during Cell Stress and Oncogenesis”

C127 Davison Life Sciences
An image of Kim Lewis

Seminar: Dr. Kim Lewis, "The Hunt For New Antibiotics:

Dr. Kim Lewis, (Northeastern University)
C127 Davison Life Sciences and Zoom

Seminar: Dr. Blaine Roberts

Dr. Blaine Roberts, (Emory University)
C127 Davison Life Sciences

Seminar: Dr. Blaine Roberts, "Ion mobility mass spectrometry reveals hidden post-translational modifications of amyloid beta in Alzheimer’s Disease."

Dr. Blaine Roberts (Emory University), (Emory University)
C127 Davison Life Sciences

Seminar: Dr. Amy Rosenzweig, “Copper-dependent biological methane oxidation.”

Dr. Amy Rosenzweig, (Northwestern University)
Zoom

Seminar: Dr. Vanessa Sperandio, "The Highs and Lows of Enteric Infections"

Jane and Bud Smith Distinguished Chair in Medicine, Microbiology | Biochemistry (UT Southwestern Medical Center)
C127 Davison Life Sciences and Zoom
Federico Rey

Seminar: Dr. Federico Rey, "Exploring the causes and consequences of gut microbiome variation"

Dr. Federico Rey, (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Zoom

Ljungdahl Lecture: “The world of viruses and its evolution (with an appendix on SARS-CoV-2)”, Dr. Eugene Koonin

Eugene V. Koonin, National Center for Biotechnology Information , National Library of Medicine (National Institutes of Health)
Life Sciences C127
A flyer for the 2021 BMB Mini-symposium, Cell Signaling Structure and Function

Mini Symposium: Cell Signaling Structure and Function

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Zoom

2021 Fall Mini-Symposium: Cell Signaling Structure/Function

TBD

2021 Fall Mini-Symposium: Cell Signaling Structure/Function

TBD
A flyer for the 2021 BMB Mini-symposium, Cell Signaling Structure and Function

Mini Symposium: Cell Signaling Structure and Function

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Zoom
Graduation-Celebration

Spring 2021 Graduation for Graduates & Families

Virtual
Mohnen-headshot

Glycoscience Training Program Seminar

Debra Mohnen (University of Georgia)
Debra Mohnen (University of Georgia) Dr. Debra Mohnen, Ph.D.,
Zoom
Nanda-headshot

Vikas Nanda, Ph.D.: What did proteins look like four billion years ago?

Zoom

Work In Progress Seminar

Fabio Santori & Dr. Nadja Zeltner, (Center for Molecular Medicine)
Zoom
Edison-headshot

Glycoscience Training Program Seminar

Art Edison (University of Georgia)
Art Edison (University of Georgia) Dr. Art Edison, Ph.D.,
Zoom
Dill-headshot

Ken A. Dill, Ph.D.: The Driving Forces of Cell Homeostasis and Evolution

Ken A. Dill, Ph.D., (Stony Brook University)
Zoom

Work In Progress Seminar

Wenyan Fu & Dr. Yao Yao, (Center for Molecular Medicine)
Zoom
Koonin-headshot

POSTPONED - 2021 Ljungdahl Lecture: The World of Viruses and its Evolution

Eugene Koonin, Ph.D., National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) , National Library of Medicine (NLM) (National Institutes of Health (NIH))
TBA
event-flyer

2021 Eriksson Lecture Series

Hannah Stephen & Goncalo Gouveia,
Zoom

Work In Progress Seminar

Hsueh Fu Wu & Tim Cliff, (Center for Molecular Medicine)
Zoom
Mahal-headshot

Glycoscience Training Program Seminar

Dr. Lara Mahal, Ph.D., Chemistry (University of Alberta)
Zoom
Poulos_Headshot

Thomas Poulos, Ph.D.: Structural Biology of Redox Complexes, Allostery, and Dynamics in P450 Catalysis

Zoom

Work In Progress Seminar

Javid Aceil & Dr. Pengpeng Bi, (Center for Molecular Medicine)
Zoom
Mousa-headshot

Glycoscience Training Program Seminar

Dr. Jarrod Mousa, Ph.D., Infectious Diseases (UGA Center for Vaccines and Immunology)
Zoom

Work In Progress Seminar

Amy Paschall, (Center for Molecular Medicine)
Zoom
Noinaj Headshot

Nicholas Noinaj, Ph.D.: The Beta-barrel Assembly Machinery in Motion

Zoom

Work In Progress Seminar

Yang Liu & Dr. Amar Singh, (Center for Molecular Medicine)
Zoom

Work In Progress Seminar

Jian Jing Tao & Dr. Jarrod Call, (Center for Molecular Medicine)
Zoom
Urbanowicz-headshot

GTP Seminar Series: Breeanna Urbanowicz, Ph.D. - "Unravelling the plant cell wall - unlocking the potential of plant-based fuels and products for a greener future"

Breeanna Urbanowicz (University of Georgia)
Zoom
Eriksson-flyer

2020 Eriksson Lecture Series

Zoom
Marqusee_Headshot

Susan Marqusee, Ph.D.: Modulation of the Energy Landscape by Cellular Factors

Zoom
Eriksson-Flyer

2020 Eriksson Lecture Series: Gabe Rubinstein & Ahmet Ozdilek

https://zoom.us/j/95730938279
Eriksson-Flyer

2020 Eriksson Lecture Series

https://zoom.us/j/96908272943
Symposium-flyer

Fall 2020 Mini-Symposium: Unfolded Protein Response

Zoom
Symposium-flyer

Fall 2020 Mini-Symposium: Unfolded Protein Response

Zoom
Flyer

2020 Eriksson Lecture Series

CCRC Auditorium
Amie Boal

Amie Boal, Ph.D.: "Watching Metalloenzymes at Work"

Amie Boal, (Penn State University)
C127 Life Sciences
Eric Sundberg

Eric Sundberg, Ph.D.: “Enzymatic Manipulation of IgG Fc glycans – Harnessing Effector Functions for the Next Generation of Immunotherapeutic Antibodies”

Eric Sundberg, (Emory University)
C127 Life Sciences
2020_Eriksson_Lecture_Flyer

2020 Eriksson Lecture Series

CCRC Auditorium
Michelle OMalley

2020 Ljungdahl Lecture: "Exploiting Anaerobes for Biomass Breakdown and Sustainable Chemistry"

Michelle O'Malley, Ph.D., (UC Santa Barbara)
C127 Life Sciences
Robert Roeder

2020 Boyd Lecture: “Transcriptional regulatory mechanisms in animal cells”

Bob Roeder, Ph.D., Beckman Professor, (Rockefeller University)
Masters Hall, Georgia Center
Anirban Banerjee

2019 Holiday Seminar: “Molecular Mechanism of Integral Membrane Enzymes that Catalyze Protein Lipidation”

Anirban Banerjee, Ph.D., Unit on Structural and Chemical Biology of Membrane Proteins (NICHD/NIH)
CCRC Auditorium
Eriksson Flyer

2019 Eriksson Lecture Series

CCRC Auditorium
Fall_Symposium_Flyer

BMB Fall Mini-Symposium: Cancer Immunotherapy

CCRC Auditorium
Chrystal Paulos

Enhancing T cell Therapy for Cancer

Chrystal Paulos, (Medical University of South Carolina)
CCRC Auditorium
Steve Almo

Clonal Selective T Cell Modulation

Steve Almo, (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
CCRC Auditorium
Juan Cubillos-Ruiz

Stress Management in Intratumoral Immune Cells

Juan Cubillos-Ruiz, (Weill Cornell Medical College)
CCRC Auditorium
Marianne Stanford

How Do We Effectively Target T cells to Tumors?

Marianne Stanford, Ph.D., (Dalhousie University)
CCRC Auditorium

'Undoing Disparities in Faculty Workloads', Dr. KerryAnn O'Meara

Coverdell Center S175

Eriksson Lectureship: Nathan Beattie and Stephanie Halmo

CCRC Auditorium

'Neither Left nor Right', David Asai

GA Center, Masters Hall
Claire E. Eyers

“The Expanding Landscape of Human Protein Phosphorylation”

Claire E. Eyers, Centre for Proteome Research (University of Liverpool)
B118 Davison Life Sciences
Stephen Ragsdale

2019 Spring Symposium: Mechanism of heme, CO and NO sensing by the human nuclear receptor and transcriptional regulator — Rev-Erb

Stephen Ragsdale, Biological Chemistry (University of Michigan)
Location TBD
Donald "DJ" Bernsteel

Ph.D. Final Defense

Donald "DJ" Bernsteel,
CCRC Auditorium, The Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Benjamin Boward

Ph.D. Final Defense

Benjamin Boward,
CCRC Auditorium, The Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
2019 Spring Mini-Symposium

BMB Spring Mini-Symposium: Biochemistry of Cannabinoids

CCRC Auditorium
Robert Amos

Ph.D. Final Defense

Robert Amos,
CCRC Auditorium
Brian Crane

2018 Winter Symposium: Light and redox sensing by flavoproteins that entrain circadian rhythms

Brian Crane, Chemistry & Chemical Biology (Cornell University)
C127 Life Sciences
J. Gregory Ferry

2019 Ljungdahl Lecture: Evolution of the Global Methane Cycle with Implications for Life on Earth and Mars

Dr. J. Gregory Ferry, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (Penn State University)
C127 Life Sciences
Patrick Eyers

Conserved redox regulation of Ser/Thr kinases by a reversible mechanism

Patrick Eyers, Biochemistry (University of Liverpool)
B121 Life Sciences
James Hougland

Hungry like the GOAT: The unique biochemistry and biology of ghrelin

James Hougland, Chemistry (Syracuse University)
S175 Coverdell
Hyo Won Ahn

Ph.D. Final Defense

Hyo Won Ahn,
B118, Life Sciences Building
Zhen Yan

BMB Fall Mini-Symposium: Zhen Yan

Zhen Yan, "mitoAMPK in control of mitophagy: Location, location and location!" (University of Virginia)
CCRC Auditorium
Dawn Lowe

BMB Fall Mini-Symposium: Dawn Lowe

Dawn Lowe, "Exercise adaptations in skeletal muscle lacking dystrophin" (University of Minnesota)
CCRC Auditorium
P. Darrell Neufer

BMB Fall Mini-Symposium: P. Darrell Neufer

P. Darrell Neufer, "Exercise, health and disease — from a bioenergetics perspective" (East Carolina University)
CCRC Auditorium
Henriette van Praag

BMB Fall Mini-Symposium: Henriette van Praag

Henriette van Praag, "Regulation of adult neurogenesis and memory function by exercise" (Florida Atlantic University)
CCRC Auditorium
Symposium flyer

BMB Fall Mini-Symposium on Kinesiology

CCRC Auditorium
Adam Barb

One (pyranose) ring to bring them all and bind them

Dr. Adam Barb, (Iowa State University Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology)
Davison Life Sciences, Room C127
James Smith

Ph.D. Final Defense

James Smith,
CCRC Auditorium, The Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Robert Piel

Ph.D. Final Defense

Robert Piel,
B-118, Life Sciences Building
Diep Nguyen

Ph.D. Final Defense

Diep Nguyen,
Room B-118, Life Sciences Building
Chang-Hao (Perry) Wu

Ph.D. Final Defense

Chang-Hao (Perry) Wu,
Room B-118, Life Sciences Building
Nick Lane

2018 Ljungdahl Lecture: Energy and Matter at the Origin of Life

Dr. Nick Lane, Genetics, Evolution & Environment (University College London)
C127 Life Sciences
WaltamthMarion

Ph.D. Final Defense

Marion Waltamath,
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
ColungaThomas

Ph.D. Final Defense

Thomas Colunga,
CCRC Auditorium, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Shaprio

BMB Spring Mini Symposium

Mikhail Shapiro, "Imaging and Controlling Engineered Cells" (California Institute of Technology)
CCRC Auditorium
Reguera

BMB Spring Mini Symposium

Gemma Reguera, "Microbes, metals, and nanowires" (Michigan State University )
CCRC Auditorium
Kortemme

BMB Spring Mini Symposium

Tanja Kortemme, "Computational Design of Reprogrammed Biological Functions" (University of California, San Francisco)
CCRC Auditorium
Prather_Kristala

BMB Spring Mini Symposium

Kristala Prather, "Metabolite Valves: Dynamic Control of Metabolic Flux for Pathway Engineering" (MIT)
CCRC Auditorium
symposium flyer

BMB Spring Mini-Symposium on Synthetic Biology

CCRC Auditorium
wen-tang

Genetics and Genomics of the Piwi-piRNA Pathway

Dr. Wen Tang, (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UMass Medical School)
CCRC Auditorium
Mike Jewett

Repurposing the translation apparatus for synthetic biology

Dr. Michael Jewett, Chemical and Biological Engineering (Northwestern University in Chicago)
Coverdell S175
Gerry Wright

Microbiome and Antibiotic Resistance "The Natural History of Antibiotic Resistance”

Dr. Gerry Wright, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences (McMaster University)
CCRC Auditorium
Clare de la Serre

Microbiome and Antibiotic Resistance "Diet, microbiota composition and feeding behavior"

Claire de La Serre, Foods and Nutrition (University of Georgia)
CCRC Auditorium
Nagler

Microbiome and Antibiotic Resistance "Regulation of allergic responses to food by commensal bacteria”

Dr. Cathryn Nagler , Pathology, Medicine and Pediatrics (University of Chicago)
CCRC Auditorium
Koropatkin

How gut Bacteroides eat your veggies: Molecular details of the Sus paradigm

Nicole Koropatkin , Department of Microbiology & Immunology (University of Michigan Medical School)
C127 Life Sciences
Corbett

BMB Spring Symposium - RNA Binding Proteins Altered in Human Disease

Dr. Anita Corbett, Biochemistry (Emory University)
CCRC Auditorium

BMB Spring Symposium

Paul B. Coverdell Center
Greg Goodall

Regulation and function of microRNAs and circular RNAs in Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition

Dr. Greg Goodall, Center for Cancer Biology (University of South Australia, Adelaide)
C127 Life Sciences
Caltech

2017 Lars G. Ljungdahl Lecturer - "The importance of growing slowly: roles for redox-active "antibiotics" in microbial survival and development"

Dr. Dianne Newman, Biology & Geobiology (Caltech)
C127 Life Sciences
Leo Tsiokas

Biochemistry of the Senses Symposium

Dr. Leo Tsiokas , Cell Biology (Oklahoma University )
CCRC Auditorium
Caterina

Biochemistry of the Senses Symposium

Dr. Michael Caterina, Biological Chemistry (John Hopkins University)
CCRC Auditorium
Michael Federle

Biochemistry of the Senses Symposium

Dr. Michael Federle, Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacognosy (UIC - University of Illinois at Chicago)
CCRC Auditorium
Neitz

Biochemistry of the Senses Symposium

Dr. Maureen Neitz, Department of Ophthalmology (University of Washington)
CCRC Auditorium
Posewitz

Rewiring metabolic circuits in photosynthetic microorganisms

Dr. Matthew Posewitz, Chemistry & Geochemistry (Colorado School of Mines)
C127 Life Sciences

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