Friday - BCB Seminar Series

GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Carrie Bernecky, Assistant Professor, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, on Friday, September 5, 2025. Dr. Bernecky’s talk title is “Phosphorylation of the innate immune sensor MDA5 controls its specificity for RNA agonists”. Dr. Bernecky is hosted by Alain Laederach, Professor of Biology.

GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series **THIS TALK HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED. The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Rajula Elango Alleva, Principal Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health, on Friday, October 10, 2025. Dr. Alleva’s talk title is “Tracking the molecular fate of DNA-protein crosslinks … Read more

GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Jason Somarelli, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Duke University, on Friday, October 31, 2025. Dr. Somarelli’s talk title is “Targeting cellular persistence to overcome hormone therapy resistance in prostate cancer”. Dr. Somarelli is hosted by Brian C Miller, UNC Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Oncology.

GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Gina Pham, Associate Director, Genomics at Pairwise, on Friday, November 14, 2025. Dr. Pham’s talk title is “Game of Thorns: identification of a causal mutation for thornlessness in blackberry”. Dr. Pham is hosted by Mauro Calabrese, Associate Professor of Pharmacology.

GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Laura Lee, Assistant Professor of Biology at UNC Chapel Hill, on Friday, January 9, 2026. Dr. Lee’s talk title is “How does GSH regulate cell cycle progression in plants?”. Dr. Lee is hosted by Dan McKay, Associate Professor of Biology and Genetics.