BCMB 601
Wednesdays 4:45-5:50pm, via Zoom
| August 19 | “Manipulation of Polyploidy in Cyanobacteria” Kristin Moore, University of Colorado (Host: Barry Bruce) |
| August 26 | “Circuit mechanisms for learning in sensory cortex” Arianna Maffei, Stonybrook University (Host: Keerthi Krishnan) |
| September 2 | “Viral-like intercellular signaling in the nervous system” Jason Shepherd, University of Utah (Host: Keerthi Krishnan) |
| September 9 | “Imaging Approaches to Study Lipid Droplet Dynamics and Function” Sarah Cohen, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, UNC Chapel Hill (Host: Maitreyi Das) |
| September 16 | “Innovation, Conservation and Repurposing in Plant Cell Type Development” Siobhan Brady, University of California, Davis (Host: Tessa Burch-Smith) |
| September 23 | “Bacterial Motility and Chemotaxis in Complex Environments” Yann Dufour, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University (Host: Gladys Alexandre) |
| September 30 | “Stem Cells, Transcriptional Circuits and Meristem Development” Yun Zhou, Botany and Plant Pathology department, Purdue University (Host: Elena Shpak & Tian Hong) |
| October 7 | “The long and short of it: nuclear protein homeostasis in health and disease” Abby Buchwalter, Physiology department, UCSF (Host: R. McCord) |
| October 14 | “Micromanaging T Cells” Andrew Grimson, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University (Host: Tian Hong) |
| October 21 | “Polarity factors and regulators in stomatal asymmetric cell division” Juan Dong, Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers University (Host: Elena Shpak) |
| October 28 | “Masters of Movement: How Chemokines, Receptors and Glycosaminoglycans Coordinate Cell Migration” Tracy Handel, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, UCSD (Host: Rajan Lamichhane) |
| November 4 | “Immunity, Autophagy and Beyond” Savithramma Dinesh-Kumar Department of Plant Biology, University of California – Davis (Host: Tessa Burch-Smith) |
| November 11 | “Adapting an evolutionary model organism for host-microbe interaction: diversity matters” Kat Milligan-Myhre, University of Connecticut (Host: Heidi Goodrich-Blair) |
| November 18 | “Fantastic ARFs and where to find them: ARF condensate formation and nucleocytoplasmic partitioning” Lucia C. Strader, Duke University (Host: Elena Shpak) |