Seminars

Spring 2020 Seminar Schedule

Jan 21

Spatial and temporal regulation of non-muscle myosin II

Derek Applewhite

Reed College

Host: Katherine Chacon-Vargas
MCB Bridge Seminar
ISB, Room 221
Jan 22

Training the next generation of diverse scientists and making sure everyone has a place at the table

Derek Applewhite

Reed College

11:15 am
Commonwealth Honors College, Room 160 East

Host: Katherine Chacon-Vargas
MCB Bridge Impacts Talk
Jan 28

A modified ubiquitin code for responding to cellular stress

Jason MacGurn

Vanderbilt University 

Host: Eric Strieter
ISB, Room 221
Feb 4

Post-transcriptional regulation of axonal CaMKII accumulation

Leslie Griffith

Brandeis University 

Host: Meg Stratton
ISB, Room 221
Feb 11

Regulation of brown and beige fat activation by dietary factors

Soonkyu Chung

UMass Amherst

Host:  Scott Garman
ISB, Room 221
Feb 25

Molecular mechanisms underlying Munc18-1 linked encephalopathies and rational rescue strategies

Jacqueline Burré

Weill Cornell Medical College 

Host: ChangHui Pak
ISB, Room 221
Mar 3

Diverse chemical sensors formed by bacterial riboswitches

Ron Breaker

Yale University 

Host: Mingxu You
ISB, Room 221
Mar 10

Regulation of bacterial cell growth by (p)ppGpp

Mike Laub

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

Host: Peter Chien
ISB, Room 221
Mar 24

CANCELED
Mutational Sensitivity in Nucleotide-Dependent Switches and Machines

John Kuriyan

University of California Berkeley

Host: Meg Stratton
ISB, Room 221
Apr 2

CANCELED
Investigating the complex yet reproducible nature of development

Aman Husbands

Ohio State University 

Host: Madelaine Bartlett
PB/MCB Bridge Seminar - THURSDAY
Morrill Science Center 2 South, Room 222
Apr 7

CANCELED
Spliceosome biochemistry in the era of cryo-EM

Aaron Hoskins

University of Wisconsin Madison

Hosts: Eric Strieter and Anne Gershenson
ISB, Room 221
Apr 14

CANCELED
From bacteria to ticks: How organisms target specific bacterial cell wall types

Seemay Chou

University of California San Francisco

Host: Peter Chien
ISB, Room 221
Apr 21

CANCELED
Genomics conflicts and the origins of species

Nitin Phadnis

University of Utah 

Host: Lilian Fritz-Laylin   
ISB, Room 221
Apr 22

NO SEMINAR [UMass Monday class schedule today]
Apr 28

CANCELED
TBA

Laura Alonso

University of Massachusetts Medical School 

Host: Alicia Timme-Laragy
ISB, Room 221
May 5

CANCELED

First-Year Rotation Talks

Location TBD