Fridays at 2:30 p.m. (unless otherwise noted)

To propose a guest speaker, please contact a co-chair of the seminar series:
• MCB: Prof. Adam Zlotnick
• Chemistry: Prof. Charles Dann III
• Biology or Med. Science: Prof. Adam Zlotnick and Prof. Charles Dann III

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Fall & Spring (Virtual Seminars)

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October 23: Christopher J. Chang (University of California, Berkeley) "Transition metal signaling: bioinorganic chemistry beyond active sites" Host: David Giedroc

October 30: Audray Harris (NIH) "Insights into structures of influenza viruses and vaccine platforms by electron microscopy" Host: Tuli Mukhopadhyay 

November 6: Lyle Simmons (Michigan) "Genome instability caused by persistent RNA-DNA hybrid formation" Host: Matt Bochman 

November 13: Sivaraj Sivaramakrishnan (U Minnesota) "Dark Side of GPCRs and Protein Kinases - Allosteric Regulation through Intrinsically Disordered Regions" Host: Josh Ziarek 

November 20: Julia van Kessel (IU) "Sulfonamides are potent inhibitors of quorum sensing in pathogenic Vibrio bacteria" Host Zlotnick 

December 4: Pierre Stallforth (Hans Knoll Institute, Jena, Germany) “Ecological Functions, Biosynthesis, and Evolution of Natural Products from Microbial Predator-Prey Interactions” Host: JP Gerdt 

Dec 9: Marc Morais (UTMB) "Atomistic Basis of Force Generation, Translocation, and Coordination in a Viral Genome Packaging Motor" Host: Adam Zlotnick

January 22: Karla Kirkegaard (Stanford) "TBA" Host: Adam Zlotnick 

January 29: Luca Pellegrini (Univ. of Cambridge, UK) “TBA” Host: Stephen Bell

February 5: David Underhill (UCLA) “TBA” Host: Yan Yu 

February 12: Eranthie Weerapana (Boston College) "TBA" Host: David Giedroc 

February 19: Steve Busby (U Birmingham) “TBA” Host: van Kessel

February 26: Wei Yang (NIH) “TBA” Host: Biochem student selected speaker  

March 5 

March 12 

March 19: Gunnar von Heijne (U Stockholm) "TBA" Host: Jonathan Schelbach

March 26 

April 7 

April 16: Dr. Alessandro Vindigni (Wash U) "TBA" Host: Hengyao Niu   

April 23: Wilfred van der Donk (UIUC) "TBA" Host: Mike VanNieuwenhze