Fall 2022

The fall seminar schedule will be a hybrid model. Seminars are subject to change based on COVID-19 developments and University guidelines.

Date

Seminar Schedule, Fall 2022
Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology
Held via Zoom or in-person in 2268 SH | 11:30 am 12:25 pm

9/6/22

IMMUNOLOGY FOCUS GROUP

Speaker: Dr. Liang Zhou, Department of Infectious Diseases & Immunology, U. of Florida
Title: TBA

9/13/22

Speaker: Dr. Vijay Rathinam, Associate Professor, Immunology, U. Conn. Health,
https://facultydirectory.uchc.edu/profile?profileId=Rathinam-Vijay2
Title: The Causes and Consequences of Inflammatory Cell Death
Host: Dr. Yuan He

9/20/22

Speaker: Dr. Alexander Galkin, Assistant Professor, Neuroscience (Interim), Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College. 
https://vivo.weill.cornell.edu/display/cwid-alg2057
Title: Mitochondrial Injury in Brain Ischemia/Reperfusion
Host: Susanna Viljjaj and BMI students

9/27/22

Speaker: Dr Laurie Krug, Stadtman Investigator HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch (HAMB) Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute
Title: TBA
Host: Dr. Phil Pellett and Taylor Vensko

10/04/22

IMMUNOLOGY FOCUS GROUP

Speaker: TBA
Title: TBA

10/11/22

Speaker: Dr. Morgan de Santis, Assistant Professor, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan
Title: Connecting Dynein Activity to Discrete Cellular Events
Host: Susanna Viljjaj and BMI students

10/14/22

FRIDAY 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM

BMI RETREAT (IN-PERSON)

10/18/22

Speaker: Dr. Jinsong Liu, Dept. of Pathology/Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Title: Toward a unified view of development and cancer at an organismal level
Host: Dr. Jianjun Wang

10/25/22

ZOOM SEMINAR

Speaker: Dr. Zhi Li, Singapore, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
Title: Engineering Biocatalysts for Green and Efficient Chemical Synthesis
Host: Dr. Jianjun Wang

11/01/22

IMMUNOLOGY FOCUS GROUP

Speaker: Dr. Xuefei Huang
Title: TBA

11/08/22

POSTPONED TO THE WINTER 2023 SEMESTER

Speaker: Dr. Brianne Barker, Associate Professor, Biology Department, Drew University, Madison, NJ
Title: TBA
Host: Jonathan Panzer and BMI students.

11/15/22

Speaker: Dr. Benjamin Callahan, Associate Professor, Microbiomes and Complex Microbial Communities, Dept. of Population Health and Pathobiology, Bioinformatics Research Center, NC State University, College of Veterinary Medicine
Title: TBA
Host: Jonathan Panzer and BMI students

11/22/22

THANKSGIVING WEEK

NO SEMINAR

11/29/22

ZOOM SEMINAR

Speaker: Dr. Robert J. Cousins, Boston Family Professor of Nutrition, and Director, Center for Nutritional Sciences, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Florida
Title: TBA
Host: Dr. Bharati Mitra

12/06/22

IMMUNOLOGY FOCUS GROUP

Speaker: TBA
Title: TBA

12/13/22

ZOOM SEMINAR

Speaker: Dr. Ariel Fernandez
Title: TBA
Host: Dr. Domenico Gatti

 

December 12, 2022: LAST DAY OF CLASSES

December 13, 2022: STUDY DAY

December 14-20, 2022: FINAL EXAMS