Seminar with Nicholas Klemen, MD (Duke University School of Medicine)
2026-02-19 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Bioinformatics Building, Room 1131, 130 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
In person only | Hosted by Alex Rubinsteyn, PhD
About the Speaker:
Nicholas Klemen, M.D., is a surgical oncologist who specializes in the treatment of gastrointestinal tumors, particularly those of the colon, pancreas, and liver. His work focused on advancing immunotherapy for patients with difficult-to-treat gastrointestinal cancers, which typically do not respond to FDA-approved immunotherapy regimens.

Research in Progress| Jun Li, PhD (UNC, School of Data Science and Society)
2026-02-20 10:00 - 11:00 | Mary Ellen Jones 3116, 116 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
In-person | Mary Ellen Jones Room 3116
Virtual | via ZOOM 380 044 6913 Passcode | RESEARCH

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Research in Progress | Alec Plotkin (Stanley and Milner Labs)
2026-03-06 10:00 - 11:00 | Mary Ellen Jones 3116, 116 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
In-person | Mary Ellen Jones Room 3116
Virtual | via ZOOM 380 044 6913 Passcode | RESEARCH

Research in Progress | Keshav Patel, PhD (Leiderman Lab)
2026-03-13 10:00 - 11:00 | Mary Ellen Jones 3116, 116 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
In-person | Mary Ellen Jones Room 3116
Virtual | via ZOOM 380 044 6913 Passcode | RESEARCH

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the NUT Symposium
2026-03-18 08:00 - 2026-03-19 17:00 | the Rizzo Center, 150 Dubose Home Ln, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27517, United States
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Research in Progress | Harris Davis (Dohlman, Kuhlman Labs)
2026-04-03 10:00 - 11:00 | Mary Ellen Jones 3116, 116 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
In-person | Mary Ellen Jones Room 3116
Virtual | via ZOOM 380 044 6913 Passcode | RESEARCH

Coming soon!

Research in Progress | Tyler Thompson (Miao Lab)
2026-04-10 10:00 - 11:00 | Mary Ellen Jones 3116, 116 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States

Seminar with Irina Kufareva, PhD (UC San Diego)
2026-04-16 14:00 - 15:00 | Bioinformatics Building, Room 1131, 130 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
In person only | Hosted by Dr.Yinglong Miao
Research Summary: The Kufareva lab studies structural, molecular, and architectural principles of cell responses to stimuli and drugs via computational approaches. Our work is mostly focused on G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). We use conventional and AI-powered molecular modeling to unlock the therapeutic potential of orphan and understudied GPCRs.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Irina Kufareva, PhD, Professor
Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
UC San Diego
Education: S.c. laude M.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science (1994) from Tomsk State University, Russia; Ph.D. in Computer Science (2000) from Tomsk State University, Russia
Postdoctoral training: Computational Structural Biology (2004-2009), The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
Selected Professional Experiences: Editorial Board member, npj Drug Discovery (2024-present), NIH DMPB study section standing member and alternate chair (2023-2025); NIH DDNS study section, standing member (2022); NIH BPNS study section, standing member (2021); co-organizer, community-wide GPCR Dock assessments (2010, 2013, 2021); ad hoc reviewer for NSF CLP PSD panel (2019) and NIH NCF study section (2017).
Selected Honors

Recipient of the UC San Diego VCHS Excellence Award in Mentorship, Service and Research
Invited presentations at the CHI Discovery On Target Conference, Boston, MA (2022), Gordon Research Conference on Mol. Pharmacology, Ventura, CA (2019), 256th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA (2018), 5th Hawaiian GPCR workshop, Kona, Hawaii (2017), ASCEPT-MPGPCR Joint Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, Australia (2016), and others.
Work featured in Nature News & Views (2016), Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports (2016), Science Perspectives (2015), Biopolymers (2014), and UC San Diego HS Newsroom (on several occasions).

Research in Progress | Luvna Dhawka (Stanley Lab)
2026-04-17 10:00 - 11:00 | Mary Ellen Jones 3116, 116 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
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Research in Progress | Aamir Mehmood, PhD (Miao Lab)
2026-05-08 10:00 - 11:00 | Mary Ellen Jones 3116, 116 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States

Research in Progress | Brooke Felsheim (Perou Lab)
2026-05-29 10:00 - 11:00 | Mary Ellen Jones 3116, 116 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
Coming soon!
