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Spring 2018

JANUARY 16 VICTORIA D’ SOUZA, PHD ǀ Harvard UniversityHost: Qi Zhang

“Unraveling Viral RNA Genomes: One Segment at a time” Joint Seminar with the UNC Program in Molecular & Cellular Biophysics

JANUARY, 30 UNC BIOCHEMISTRY & BIOPHYSICS GRADUATE STUDENT INVITED LECTURE BILL CLEMONS, PHD ǀ Cal Tech

“Structural insights into the targeting of tail-anchored membrane proteins to the ER” Joint Seminar with the UNC Program in Molecular & Cellular Biophysics

FEBRUARY 6 ROBIN STANLEY, PHD ǀ NIH-Research Triangle Park Host: Saskia Neher

“Molecular Crosstalk within an RNA Processing Complex” Joint Seminar with the UNC Program in Molecular & Cellular Biophysics

FEBRUARY 20 JONATHAN LAI, PHD ǀ Albert Einstein University Host: Brian Kuhlman

“Protein Engineering Strategies for the Development of Viral Immunotherapies and Vaccines” Joint Seminar with the UNC Program in Molecular & Cellular Biophysics

FEBRUARY 27 RESEARCH IN PROGRESS SEMINAR JONATHAN FAY, PHD (RIORDAN LAB)                         

“Cryo-EM Visualization of an Active High Open Probability CFTR ion Channel”

FEBRUARY 27 RESEARCH IN PROGRESS SEMINAR

MARCH 6 KENNETH MERZ, PHD ǀ Michigan State University Host: Nikolay Dokholyan

“Exploration of Molecular Recognition Processes” Joint Seminar with the UNC Program in Molecular & Cellular Biophysics

MARCH 20 MARC MENDILLO, PHD ǀ Northwestern University Host: Jill Dowen

“Delineating and Exploiting the Stress Phenotype of Cancer”

APRIL 3 DOROTHEE KERN, PHD ǀ Brandeis University Host: Sharon Campbell

“Evolution of catalysis and regulation over 3.5 billion  years- Exploitation for novel cancer drugs” Joint Seminar with the UNC Program in Molecular & Cellular Biophysics

APRIL 10  GREGORY VOTH, PHD ǀ University of Chicago Host: Nikolay Dokholyan

“Theory and Simulation of Biomolecular Systems: Overcoming the Multiscale Challenge” Joint Seminar with the UNC Program in Molecular & Cellular Biophysics

APRIL 17 JUN QIN, PHD ǀ Baylor College of Medicine Host: Xian Chen

“Proteomics and Precision Medicine” Joint Seminar with the UNC Program in Molecular & Cellular Biophysics

APRIL 24  GARY PIELAK, PHD ǀ UNC-CH Host: Saskia Neher

 Joint Seminar with the UNC Program in Molecular & Cellular Biophysics

MAY 1   NEIL KELLEHER, PHD ǀ Northwestern University Host: Xian Chen

“Top Down Proteomics for Precise Description of KRAS Gene Products in Colorectal Cancer” Joint Seminar with the UNC Program in Molecular & Cellular Biophysics

MAY 8 RESEARCH IN PROGRESS SEMINAR ZACHARY ZARICO, PHD (DOWEN LAB)                             

“Control of stem cell gene expression programs by the Cohesion complex”

MAY 8 RESEARCH IN PROGRESS SEMINAR ONUR OZTAS, PHD (SANCAR LAB) 

“Genome-wide excision repair map reveals the circadian control of transcription-coupled repair in Arabidopsis” 

Fall 2018

AUGUST 28 WENYI WEI, PHD ǀ Harvard University Host: Pengda Liu

Targeting Cell Signaling Pathways for Cancer Therapies”

SEPTEMBER 11 RESEARCH IN PROGRESS ǀ UNC-Chapel Hill Gavin Grant, PhD (Postdoc Researcher, Cook Lab)

SEPTEMBER 11 RESEARCH IN PROGRESS ǀ UNC-Chapel Hill Sourav Roy, PhD (Postdoc fellow, Carter Lab)

SEPTEMBER 18 UNC BIOCHEMISTRY & BIOPHYSICS GRADUATE STUDENT INVITED LECTURE, CAROLYN SEVIER, PHD ǀ Cornell University                                                          

“Molecular mechanisms to maintain cellular redox homeostasis”

SEPTEMBER 25 DOUG BARRICK, PHD ǀ John Hopkins University Host: Brian Kuhlman

“Using consensus sequences to learn about protein folding cooperativity, stability, and function”

OCTOBER 2 XIAO- FAN WANG, PHD ǀ Duke University Host: Xian Chen

“New Insights into the Mechanisms underlying Cellular Senescence”.

OCTOBER 9 Jian Xu, PHD ǀ UT-Southwestern University Host: Greg Wang

“Cis- and Trans-Regulatory Logics of Blood Stem Cells and Cancer”

OCTOBER 23 Verline Justilien, PHD ǀ Mayo Clinic of Medicine and Science Host: Leslie Parise

“Cooperative Oncogenic Signaling of 3q26 Genes in Lung Cancer”  

NOVEMBER 6 Guang Hu, PHD ǀ   NIEHS, Stem Cell Biology Group Host: Jill Dowen   

“The Stem Cell Biology Group aims to understand the regulation of the pluripotent state in cells in culture and during early embryonic development New Insights and Strategies for Cancer Therapy”

NOVEMBER 27 RESEARCH IN PROGRESS ǀ UNC-Chapel Hill Nidhi Gera, PhD, Research Assistant Professor in Parise lab

“Exploiting platelet lipid metabolism to prevent thrombosis”

NOVEMBER 27 RESEARCH IN PROGRESS ǀ UNC-Chapel Hill Zhijie Li, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow in Carter lab

“Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases may have evolved from molten globular precursors”

DECEMBER 4 David Giedroc, PHD ǀ Indiana University Host: Andrew Lee

“Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Transition Metal Homeostasis.”

DECEMBER 11 Kate Meyer, PHD ǀ Duke University, School of Medicine  Host: Bill  Marzluff

m6A-mediated gene expression regulation in the nervous system.”