Molecular Life Sciences Seminar Series

Autumn 2024 Schedule

Seminars are held on Tuesdays at 4-5pm in room 170 Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute (DHLRI)

August 27, 2024

Tianmin Fu 
The Ohio State University 
Higher-order assemblies in immunity 
Host: Chuck Bell, bell.489@osu.edu 

September 3, 2024- MCDB Specific

MCDB Career Panel

September 10, 2024

Carl Wu 
Johns Hopkins University 
Title TBA 
Host: Michael Poirier, poirier.18@osu.edu

September 17, 2024

Elsje Pienaar 
Purdue University 
3D computational models of tuberculosis granulomas: Layered structure and 3D movement work synergistically to reduce bacterial load 
Host: Thomas Magliery, magliery.1@osu.edu 

September 24, 2024

Jeffrey Gray 
Johns Hopkins University 
Artificial Intelligence Tools for Antibody Engineering and Protein Docking
Host: Tianmin Fu, fu.978@osu.edu 

October 1, 2024- MCDB Specific

MCDB 3MT Competition

October 8, 2024

Gregory Alushin 
Rockefeller University 
Visualizing cellular force-sensing through the actin cytoskeleton
Host: Dmitri Kudryashov, kudryashov.1@osu.edu

October 15, 2024

Julie Siegenthaler 
University of Colorado 
Brain fibroblasts: functions in the meninges and beyond 
Host: Gina Sizemore, gina.sizemore@osumc.edu

October 22, 2024

Heather Feaga 
Cornell University 
New Factors that Prevent Ribosome Stalling in Bacteria
Host: Micheal Kearse, kearse.3@osu.edu 

October 28, 2024- Seminar Held on MONDAY!

Job Dekker 
UMass Medical 
Title TBA 
Host: Ilaria Palmisano, ilaria.palmisano@osu.edu 

November 5, 2024

NO SEMINAR TODAY - ELECTION DAY!

November 12, 2024

Cecilia Moens 
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center 
Title TBA 
Host: Sharon Amacher, amacher.6@osu.edu 

November 19, 2024

Ming- Daw Tsai 
National Taiwan University    
Visualizing the DNA repair process by a photolyase at atomic resolution
Host: Chuck Bell, bell.489@osu.edu

November 26, 2024

NO SEMINAR TODAY!

December 3, 2024

Sua Myong 
Boston Children’s Hospital 
Title TBA 
Host: OSBP Students (Grace Johnecheck), osbp@osu.edu 

 

The MLS series is the joint seminar series of MCDB program and the Ohio State Biochemistry Program (OSBP). Travel arrangements are made by Lucy Omar (614-292-1463) and Mandy Hargett (614-292-2804), who can be reached at mlsseminar@osu.edu. Schedules are coordinated by the host.  Contact the chair of the MLS Seminar Committee, Guramrit Singh (singh.734@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 and OSBP graduate students.