Nick Rhind, Ph.D., Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology University of Massachusetts Medical School Host: Jean Cook Title: “The Spatial and Temporal Organization of DNA Replication.” Dr. Rhind has a B.S. in Mathematics and a B.A. with Honors in Biology from Brown University and a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California. He … Read more
Stephen H. Hughes, Ph.D., Chief of the Retroviral Replication Laboratory National Cancer Institute Title: Clonal Expansion of Infected Cells in People Living with HIV Host: Ron Swanstrom Research: 1) HIV replication, 2) retroviruses, 3) antivirals, 4) reverse transcription, 5) integration Dr. Hughes has a B.A. in Biology from Washington University and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry … Read more
Please join us Wednesday, November 9th for the second Biochemistry and Biophysics happy hour of the school year. All staff, faculty, postdocs, students, and rotation students are invited to attend. Light appetizers and drinks will be provided. There will be free game play from 5-6pm and you are welcome to stay after 6pm when the arcade opens to … Read more
The entire department is invited to join the first part of the faculty meeting on November 17th starting at noon (faculty in 3007 GMB, others on zoom because the room won’t hold us all). We’ll have a brief presentation of department data from Jean and then introduce the strategic planning format and our facilitator, Dr. Cam Enarson.
Light appetizers and some delicious homemade food will be provided. Come learn from fellow BCBP students about their culture and heritage and get to know each other more.
Joshua Ziarek PhD Univ. of Indiana Bloomington Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry and Adjunct, Biology Talk title: “The dynamic nature of neurotensin receptor 1 (NTS1) allostery and signaling bias” Education Postdoctoral Training, Harvard Medical School, 2012-2017 Ph.D., Medical College of Wisconsin, 2011 B.S., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2007
Tatyana Bodrug (student of Dr. Nicholas G. Brown) Program: Biochemistry and Biophysics Title: “Time-Resolved Cryo-EM Analysis of Substrate Polyubiquitination by the RING E3 Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C)” Zoom and 1131 Bioinformatics The zoom link will be shared only with the express permission of the defending student ahead of time.
