Fall 2025 Schedule
Seminars are held on Tuesdays at 4:10 - 5:05 pm in room 170 Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute (DHLRI). On Program-specific days, MCDB students will be meeting in 170 DHLRI.
August 26, 2025
Maria Spies
University of Iowa
Title to be announced
Host: Mark Foster, foster.281@osu.edu
September 2, 2025
Tim McKinsey
University of Colorado Denver
Title to be announced
Host: MCDB Students
September 9, 2025
Olga Anczukòw
The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
Targeting splicing-factor regulatory networks in aging and cancer
Host: Dawn Chandler, dawn.chandler@nationwidechildrens.org
September 16, 2025
Phil Zamore
University of Massachusetts/HHMI
Title to be announced
Host: Kotaro Nakanishi, nakanishi.9@osu.edu
September 23, 2025
To be announced
September 30, 2025
Elebeoba May
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Title to be announced
Host: Adriana Dawes, dawes.33@osu.edu
October 7, 2025 - Program Specific
To be announced
October 14, 2025
Zhao Zhang
Duke University
Title to be announced
Host: Shujun Ou, ou.195@osu.edu
October 21, 2025
Akiko Nishiyama
University of Connecticut
Title to be announced
Host: Wenjing Sun, wenjing.sun@osumc.edu
October 28, 2025
Daisuke Kihara
Purdue University
Title to be announced
Host: Kotaro Nakanishi, nakanishi.9@osu.edu
November 4, 2025 - Program Specific
To be announced
November 18, 2025
Jeanne Stachowiak
The University of Texas at Austin
Title to be announced
Host: Emanuele Cocucci, cocucci.1@osu.edu
December 2, 2025
Mark Bayfield
York University
Title to be announced
Host: Jane Jackman, jackman.14@osu.edu
December 9, 2025
Robert Hill
Dartmouth College
Title to be announced
Host: Wenjing Sun, wenjing.sun@osumc.edu
The MLS series is the joint seminar series of the MCDB program and the Ohio State Biochemistry Program (OSBP) and the Biophysics Program. Travel arrangements are made by Mandy Hargett (614-292-2804), Lucy Omar (614-292-1463), and Kiley Morgan-Myrick (614-292-5626) who can be reached at mlsseminar@osu.edu. Schedules are coordinated by the host. Contact the chair of the MLS Seminar Committee, Adriana Dawes (dawes.33@osu.edu), with speaker suggestions and policy questions. Nominations of Nobel laureates, NAS members, and HHMI investigators are typically approved without further documentation. Nominations of other speakers doing cutting edge research of broad appeal should include a short justification and CV or similar website link. We strongly encourage nominations of emerging young investigators, women, and under-represented minorities. We also encourage nominations from MCDB, OSBP, and Biophysics graduate students.