Nicholas Betley, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
University of Pennsylvania
Seminar Titile: “It is all in your head: body - brain interactions and beneficial adaptations from exercise”
Date & Time: April 14, 2026 @ 4:00 PM
Location: 1131 Bioinformatics
Benjamin Orsburn, PhD
Assistant Professor
Organ Pathobiology and Therapeutics Institute
University of Pittsburgh
Seminar Titile: "Applying single cell proteomics"
Date & Time: April 21, 2026 @ 4:00 PM
Location: 1131 Bioinformatics
Honoring Channing J. Der, PhD
Sarah G. Kenan Distinguished Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Invited keynote speakers:
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).
Der Lab alumni talks 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).
Date & Time: May 12, 2026 @ 12:30 - 5:00 PM
Location: Kirkland Auditorium, Koury Oral Health Sciences Building
Jennifer Webster‑Cyriaque, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Acting Director
National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research
National Institutes of Health
Lecture Title: TBD
Hosted by:
Curtis Harper Planning Committee
Tony Baines, Ph.D., Committee Chair
Date & Time: Wednesday, June 3, 2026 @ 3:30 PM
Location: 2204 Medical Biomolecular Research Building (MBRB)