The Biochemistry and Biophysics department will host the New Student Talks on May 19th to welcome our new students. Students will each give a 10-minute presentation followed by a Q&A session. The 2022 Diane Harris Leadership Award will also be presented to a current student at the event. Please join us to welcome our new students. All department members are invited to attend in person or on Zoom.
May 19th
2:15-2:45 pm Refreshments in Bioinformatics lobby
2:45-4:30 pm New Student Talks in Bioinformatics 1131/Zoom
Presenters
Maria Al Haddad
Maria Al Haddad, Biochemistry
“Research interest: spatiotemporal allosteric activation of PI3K by Ras”
Lab: Sharon Campbell
Gabriel Arias
Gabriel Arias, Biochemistry
“Alternative purification strategy of extracellular vesicles”
Lab: Dirk Dittmer
Jingting Chen
Jingting Chen, Biochemistry
“Imaging identification of oncogenic ecDNAs (extrachromosomal DNAs) in cancer cell lines”
Lab: Elizabeth Brunk
Matthew Hvasta
Matthew Hvasta, Biophysics
“A conserved set of mutations for stabilizing soluble E protein dimers from Dengue and Zika viruses”
Lab: Brian Kuhlman
Amrita Nallathambi
Amrita Nallathambi, Biophysics
“Optimizing a PD-1 autoinhibitory domain using AlphaFold2”
Lab: Brian Kuhlman
Alex Neary
Alex Neary, Biophysics
“3D RNA structure prediction with post transcriptional modifications using Rosetta/FARFAR2”
Lab: Qi Zhang
Matthew Vander Ploeg
Matthew Vander Ploeg, Biochemistry (MD-PhD)
Research interest: biochemistry, molecular biology, coagulation hemostasis
Lab: Wolfgang Bergmeier
Chelsea Yang, graduate student in Legant lab
Chelsea Yang, Biophysics
“Using super-resolution microscopy to study effects of Nup98-HoxA9 condensates on the nuclear environment”
Lab: Wesley Legant
