Spring 2019 Calendar
Next MCB Seminar:
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
12:00pm
70 Ship St, Room 107
Michael Laub, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology, MIT
| Date | Event | Speaker/Presenter | Title | Host | Time/Location |
| 8/28/18 | MCB Thesis Defense | Christopher Neil, Mowry Lab |
9:30 AM BMC 202, Purple Palace |
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| 8/28/18 | MCB Thesis Defense | Aaron Held, Wharton Lab |
12 PM SFH 220 |
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| 8/31/18 | MCBGP Annual Program Retreat | Multiple speakers | Whispering Pines Conference Center, URI W. Alton Jones Campus, 401 Victory Hwy, West Greenwich, RI | ||
| 9/12/18 | MCB Graduate Program Seminar | Dr. Yu-Wen Alvin Huang, Stanford University |
Risk and opportunity for Alzheimer’s Disease and age-related disorders |
E. Morrow |
12 PM LMM 107 |
| 9/14/18 | MCB Data Club |
Anastasia Murthy Amy Elias |
Mechanisms of liquid-liquid phase separation of the RNA-binding protein Fused In Sarcoma Transcriptomic insights into region specific differences in aged and Alzheimer’s brains |
3 PM LMM 107 |
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| 9/19/18 | MCB Graduate Program Seminar | Dr. Bruce Goode, Brandeis University | Coordination of Microtubule and Actin Dynamics: A Journey from Yeast to Mammals | A. Jamieson |
12 PM SFH 220 |
| 9/26/18 | MCB Graduate Program Seminar | Dr. Geraldine Seydoux, Johns Hopkins University | Liquids and gels: Regulation of RNA granule assembly by intrinsically-disordered proteins | K. Mowry |
12 PM LMM 107 |
| 9/28/18 | MCB Data Club |
Lauren Olinski Joshua Berus |
Noncanonical roles of the light-insensitive extraocular opsin OPN3 Macrophage Rac1 Activity Drives Calcific Aortic Valve Stenosis |
3 PM SFH 220 |
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| 10/3/18 | MCB Graduate Program Seminar | Dr. Catherine Marquer, Columbia University |
Endolysosomal lipid dysregulations in Alzheimer's disease |
E. Morrow |
12 PM SFH 220 |
| 10/10/18 | MCB Graduate Program Seminar | Dr. Christopher Brett, Concordia University, Montreal | Discovery of the ILF pathway and its roles in lysosome biology and cell death | L. Lapierre |
12 PM LMM 107 |
| 10/12/18 | MCB Data Club |
Gregory Thomson
Emily Chen |
Metabolism-induced oxidative damage drives genome instability in polyploid Candida albicans cells Elucidating the Mechanism of Stratifin in TGFβ-mediated Fibrosis |
4 PM SFH 220 |
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| 10/17/18 | MCB Graduate Program Seminar | Reza Khayat, CUNY City College | Mechanism of cellular recognition and entry by porcine circovirus 2 | G. Jogl |
12 PM SFH 220 |
| 10/24/18 | MCB Graduate Program Seminar | Dr. Bob Goldstein, UNC | Tardigrades as a new model for studying the evolution of development and how life can survive extremes | S. Gerbi |
12 PM SFH 220 |
| 10/26/18 | MCB Data Club |
Arjun Mathur
Jenna Kotak |
Double Trouble: Investigation of endogenous double stranded RNA toxicity An amino-terminal motif necessary for H3K9 methyltransferase function |
4 PM LMM 107 |
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| 10/31/18 | MCB Graduate Program Seminar | Dr. Ben Black, UPenn | Epigenetic, genetic, and structural features driving centromere identity and function |
Gerbi/Miller |
12 PM SFH 220 |
| 11/7/18 | MCB Graduate Program Seminar | Dr. Mike Ragusa, Dartmouth University |
The Molecular Mechanisms of Ubiquitin-Independent Mitophagy Initiation |
N. Fawzi |
12 PM LMM 107 |
| 11/9/18 | MCB Data Club |
Abigail Brown Ethan FitzGerald |
4 PM SFH 220 |
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| 11/28/18 | MCB Graduate Program Seminar | Dr. Michelle Dawson, Brown University | Tumor Microenvironment Interactions: Forcing Cancer Progression | M. Johnson |
12 PM LMM 107 |
| 12/3/18 | MCB Thesis Defense | Chapman Beekman | Analysis of Secreted Enzymes, Metabolism and Virulence in the Bat Fungal Pathogen Pseudogymnoascus destructans |
1:30 PM SFH 220 |
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| 12/5/18 | MCB Graduate Program Seminar | Dr. Priyanka Narayan |
Decoding Alzheimer’s Disease Risk: From Biophysics to Brain Tissue | E. Morrow |
12 PM SFH 220 |
| 12/14/18 | MCB Data Club |
Liam O'Connell
Sarah Gordon |
hnRNP AB as a Tool to Investigate RNP Granule Biochemistry The Reciprocal Relationship Between Zinc and the Microbiome: Implications for Host Immunity |
4 PM LMM 107 |
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| 1/16/19 | Thesis Defense | Alger Fredericks | Investigating The Role Of Splicing Intermediates In Human Disease |
12 PM 70 Ship St, 107 |