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