MBTP/CSB Calendar 2022-2023
Archived Calendar: MBTP/CSB Seminar Series 2022-2023
The 2022-2023 seminars will be held in-person in 1220 MRB3, as long as it is safe to do so.Please note the meeting time: 12:20pm - 1:10pm.
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| September 6, 2022 | Richard Sando, PhD Pharmacology and Vanderbilt Brain Institute | "Signaling Mechanisms and Biological Functions of the Adhesion-class GPCRs" |
| September 20, 2022 | William Weeks Buchanan Lab | "Developing nonperturbative spectroscopic approaches for characterizing heterogenous ensembles during protein self-assembly" |
| October 4, 2022 | Galina Lepesheva, PhD Biochemistry | "CYP51: evolutionary origins, structural basis for catalytic conservation, and druggability across phylogeny" |
| October 18, 2022 | Jenny Tran Brown Lab | "The structural basis of autoregulation in heme biosynthesis initiation" |
| October 25, 2022 | Lauren Jackson, PhD Biological Sciences | "Feedback: the good, the bad, & the ugly" |
| November 1, 2022 | Ray Blind, PhD Medicine, Pharmacology and Biochemistry | "A novel nuclear receptor drug screen reveals new compounds and new structural mechanisms of LRH-1 regulation" |
| November 15, 2022 | Hope Woods Meiler Lab | "Computational Modeling and Prediction of Deletion Mutations" |
| November 29, 2022 RCR Special Session | Lauren Buchanan, PhD Chemistry Allison Walker, PhD Chemistry | "Peer Review" |
| December 6, 2022 | Breann Brown, PhD Biochemistry | "Structure-Based Insights into Control of Heme Biosynthesis" |
| December 13, 2022 *Note date change | Haley Stubbs Iverson Lab | "Structural and biochemical characterization of α2,6 sialyltransferases for future probe development" |
| January 10, 2023 *Note date change | Gregor Neuert, PhD Molecular Physiology and Biophysics | "Mechanisms of long noncoding RNA regulation during X-chromosome inactivation" |
| January 24, 2023 | Ivette Perez, Iverson Lab Karpay Award Presentation | "Arrestin Development, next episode?" |
| January 31, 2023 RCR Special Session | Sun Peck, PhD Medicine, Biochemistry and Biomedical Engineering | "Considering biological variables across basic science research: what are you missing?" |
| February 7, 2023 | Tina Iverson, PhD Pharmacology | "An evolving view of mitochondrial complex II – alternative assemblies, respiration, signaling, and beyond" |
| February 21, 2023 | Abraheem Khouqeer Neuert Lab | "Investigation of Cell Death Signaling in T Cells Under Hyperosmotic Stress" |
| February 28, 2023 RCR Special Session | Ray Blind, PhD Medicine, Pharmacology and Biochemistry | "Mentoring Undergraduates in Biomedical Research" |
| March 14, 2023 * New date* | Walter Chazin, PhD Director, Molecular Biophysics Training Program | "MBTP/CSB Student Feedback Meeting" This meeting is for ALL students in MBTP and CSB labs. |
| March 21, 2023 | Julissa Burgos Tyska Lab | "Dissecting mechanisms of actin pedestal formation induced by Enterohemorrhagic E. coli" |
| March 28, 2023 *Note date change | Ivelin Georgiev, PhD Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology | "Rethinking the spectrum of antibody-antigen specificities" |
| April 4, 2023 | Dylan Burnette, PhD Cell and Developmental Biology | "The role of a-actinin paralogs in cardiac hypertrophy and contractile force production" |
| April 18, 2023 | Reecan J. Juarez Yang Lab | "LassoHTP: a Tool for Lasso Peptide Design and Discovery" |
| April 25, 2023 RCR Special Session | Jens Meiler, PhD Chemistry | "ChatGPT: Opportunities and Risks in Research and Teaching" |
| May 2, 2023 | Matt Tyska, PhD Cell and Developmental Biology | "Shaping the cell surface with cytoskeletal assembly" |
| May 16, 2023 | Kaeli Bryant Cover Lab | "New Insights into the Structural Assembly of the Helicobacter pylori Cag Type IV Secretion System" |
| May 23, 2023 RCR Special Session | Breann Brown, PhD Biochemistry | "Performance under Pressure" |
| May 30, 2023 Postdoc Seminar | Areetha D'Souza, PhD Chazin Lab | "The scaffolding role of XPA/RPA in Nucleotide Excision Repair" |
| June 6, 2023 | Tim Cover, MD Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology | "Molecular architecture of bacterial type IV secretion systems" |
| June 20, 2023 | Tyler Huth Wan Lab | "Elucidating the Mechanism of Phosphatidylserine Exposure During Ebola Virus Assembly" |
| June 27, 2023 RCR Special Session | Matt Tyska, PhD Cell and Developmental Biology | "Producing powerful plots for pleasing and persuasive publications" |
| July 4, 2022 | NO SEMINAR | NO SEMINAR |
| July 11, 2023 | Brett Kroncke, PhD Medicine | "Of Hearts and Heredity: The Fickle Dance of KCNH2 Genetics and the Shadow of Cardiac Catastrophe in Mendelian Heartbreak" |
| July 18, 2023 | Mason Wilkinson Sanders Lab | "Towards Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Therapeutics Targeting PMP22 Mistrafficking" |
| August 1, 2023 | Will Wan, PhD Biochemistry | "Elucidating the Molecular Biology of Ebola Virus" |
| August 15, 2023 | Jessica Taylor Brown Lab | "Dissecting the Molecular Basis for Heme Biosynthesis Dysfunction" |
| August 22, 2023 RCR Special Session | John Yang, PhD Chemistry | "Ethical Considerations in Computational Modeling: Exploring Generalizability, Reproducibility, and Accuracy in Research" |