Curtis Harper Distinguished Lecture with Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque of NIDCR NIH
2026-06-03 15:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | 2204 MBRB (Molecular Biomedical Research Building), 111 Mason Farm Rd., Chapel Hill, NC, 27599
Jennifer Webster‑Cyriaque, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Acting Director
National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research
National Institutes of Health
Lecture Title: “Curiosity, Opportunity and Careers, Dental Research – Contributing to Make a Difference”
Location:
Medical Biomolecular Research Building (MBRB)
Room 2204
Host:
Curtis Harper Planning Committee
Tony Baines, Ph.D., Committee Chair
Reception following immediately in the second floor lobby, MBRB

Spring Steelman Symposium: Defeating RAS, the Beating Heart of Cancer
2026-05-12 12:30 - 17:00 | Kirkland Auditorium, Koury Oral Health Sciences Bldg., 385 S. Columbia ST, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
Honoring Channing J. Der, PhD
Sarah G. Kenan Distinguished Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Event Description: Dr. Channing Der has made seminal contributions to the RAS field beginning with his discovery of activated RAS oncogenes in human cancers. This half-day symposium will highlight recent advances in RAS signaling and targeted therapeutics.
Invited keynote speakers include Andrew J. Aguirre MD, PhD (Harvard Medical School / Dana-Farber Cancer Institute), David S. Hong, MD (MD Anderson Cancer Center), and Mallika Singh, PhD (Revolution Medicines).
Additionally, Der Lab alumni talks will be delivered by Tikvah K. Hayes, PhD (University of California, Los Angeles), Kirsten L. Bryant, PhD (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), and Clint A. Stalnecker, PhD (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill).
Channing Der, PhD will deliver the Steelman Distinguished Lectureship at the conclusion of the symposium.
Detailed agenda to follow in early 2026.
Location: Kirkland Auditorium, Koury Oral Health Sciences Building
Host: Steelman Committee (Kirsten Bryant, Adrienne Cox, Kevin Pruitt, Mike Emanuele, and John Morris)

Student Research Seminars with Tom Collins and Mallory Roach
2026-04-24 11:00 - 12:00 | 4007 Genetic Medicine Building, 120 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514, United States
Tom Collins, Song Lab
Mallory Roach, Bryant Lab
Hosted by Sarah Chong, Kash Lab
Location: 4007 GMB
Pizza at 12:00 PM, following seminar for attendees

Dr. Benjamin Orsburn of the University of Pittsburgh presents
2026-04-21 16:00 - 17:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics, 130 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514, United States
Benjamin Orsburn, PhD
Assistant Professor
Organ Pathobiology and Therapeutics Institute
University of Pittsburgh

Seminar Titile: “Applying single cell proteomics”
Location: 1131 Bioinformatics
Please join us and show support for our seminar speakers!
(For those unable to attend, a zoom link is available upon request to Mimi Baltz.)
Host: Lee Graves, PhD
