Seminars
The Department of Molecular Medicine hosts seminars and research Work-in-Progress presentations throughout the year
Fall/Winter Seminar Series 2023
4:00 pm (Mondays, unless otherwise noted)
OCTOBER
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October 3 (Tuesday) - Lecture Hall 4, BBS Signature Seminar Series
Chris Hunter, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary MedicineParasite Partners: Unveiling Pathogen Latency with Transgenic Allies
(hosted by Cindy Leifer)
NOVEMBER
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November 7 (Tuesday) - Lecture Hall 5, BBS Signature Seminar Series
Michel Sadelain, Center for Cell Engineering, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterCD19 CAR T cells: a Paradigm for the Living Drug Concept
(hosted by James Cockey) -
November 13 (Monday) - Lecture Hall 3, Department Seminar Series
Carrie Adler, Department of Molecular Medicine, Cornell
Planarian Stem Cells: a Model for Limitless Regeneration and Renewal
DECEMBER
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December 5 (Tuesday) - Lecture Hall 4, BBS Signature Seminar Series
Frank Slack, Institute for RNA Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical SchoolTowards microRNA Therapeutics in Cancer
(hosted by Praveen Sethupathy and Rosanna Ma) -
December 15 (Friday) - 3:00 pm, Lecture Hall 3, Special Welcome Back Seminar
Sandra Martha Gomes Dias, Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory (LNBio,CNPEM)
Redefining Cellular Dynamics: The Unexpected Role of Glutaminase Filaments in Mitochondrial Fate
(hosted by Richard Cerione)
2023/2024 Fall/Winter Department Work-In-Progress Series
4:00 pm Mondays Lecture Hall III, unless noted otherwise
OCTOBER 2023
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October 23
Shi Feng (Cerione Lab) - Is filament formation necessary to drive catalysis of glutaminase enzymes?
Derek Wei (Hollopeter Lab) - How does APE-1 regulate the protein phosphatase GSP-2? -
October 30
Anthony Bui (Chappie Lab) - Structural characterization of non-canonical McrBC homologs provides insights into DNA binding
Erika Beyrent (Hollopeter Lab) - How is the Inversin complex activated?
NOVEMBER 2023
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November 6
Erik Henze (Kawate Lab) - Untargeted secretomics reveals a novel set of Pannexin-1 signaling metabolite
Jenn Roscoe (Sevier Lab) - Characterizing the role of the UPR during overly oxidizing ER redox conditions - November 13 - No WIP - Department Seminar
- November 20 - No WIP - Thanksgiving Break
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November 27
Rebecca Schmitt (Cerione Lab) - Glioblastoma Resilience Through Dock7-Driven Survival and Plasticity
Kuang-Tse Wang (Adler Lab) - Delineating how RoboA Regulates Stem Cell Differentiation
DECEMBER 2023
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December 4 - POSTPONED
Brian Aguilera (Kurpios Lab) - Pitx2 regulated epithelial homeostasis and function in the postnatal intestine -
December 11
Jillian Breault (Sevier Lab) - Structure and function of a BiP ATPase mutant
Matt Zanotelli (Cerione Lab) - Sustained AKT and mTOR/S6K activity by Dock7 in the survival of cancer cells - December 18 - NO WIP - Winter Break
- December 25 - NO WIP - Winter Break
JANUARY 2024
- January 1 - NO WIP - Winter Break
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January 8
Jacqueline Ehrlich (Kawate Lab) - Structural investigations of Pannexin gating - January 15 - NO WIP - Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
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January 22
Sumanth Mosale (Sardana Lab) - Understanding Membrane Protein Quality Control Mechanism at Lysosomes
Sam Deck (Cerione Lab) - Advancements in our Understanding of the Molecular Mechanisms of K-Ras Activation Using Novel X-Ray Crystallography Approaches - January 29 - NO WIP - BBS Recruitment
FEBRUARY 2024
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February 5
Alexandra Hommer (Sevier Lab) - Cellular Targeting and Functions for the Methionine Sulfoxide Reductases (MSRs)
Saul De La Pena (Cerione Lab) - Unraveling the Biology and Structure of Rhodopsin and its Effectors in the Presence of its Native Lipids -
February 12
Libby Huang (Kurpios Lab) - Reconstructing the origin and assembly of villus smooth muscles
Justin Tapper (Adler Lab) - Developing transgenic strategies in planarians -
February 19
Sarah Codd (Kawate Lab) - Elucidating the structure and function of TTYH1 using C. elegans as a model organism
Bill Katt (Cerione Lab) - Progress in Pooches: MEK Inhibitors to Treat Canine Oral Cancers -
February 26
Jade Bowerman (Sardana Lab) - Investigation of factors regulating AP-1 function in intra-Golgi recycling
Kayleigh Morrison (Hollopeter Lab) - The Curious Case of a Two-Faced Protein Domain
MARCH 2024
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March 4
Isabel Delo (Adler Lab) - Investigating the role of Smad4-2 in neural feeding circuit regeneration
Julia Zhu (Sardana Lab) - Uncovering Novel Functions of the Disease-associated Protein Cystinosin using Yeast as a Model -
March 11
Jacob Neumann (Cerione Lab) - Determining how survivin influences metabolic reprogramming in pancreatic cancer
Shun Enomoto (Cerione Lab) - Determining how embryonic stem cell derived extracellular vesicles delay senescence