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Department Seminars

If you would like to speak with any of these people during their visit, or need additional information, please contact Stephanie Scoville.

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DBB Seminar: Global Analysis of the Networks Regulating mRNA Translation and Decay

Nicholas Ingolia, PhD - Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA

 Sep 24, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)

Host: Dr. Dmitri Ermolenko (co-sponsored by the Protein Synthesis Cluster and the RNA Structure & Function Cluster)

DBB Seminar: Mechanistic Insights for Human Gene Expression Through Biochemical Reconstitution and Transcriptomics

Dylan Taatjes, PhD - Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

 Oct 01, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)

Host: Dr. Eric Wagner (co-sponsored by the RNA Society & Lexogen)

DBB Seminar: Herpesviruses Induce Transcriptional Trickery to Control RNA Abundance and Fate

Britt A. Glaunsinger, PhD - HHMI Investigator; Professor and Chair, Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA

 Oct 15, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)

Host: Dr. Mitch O’Connell (co-sponsored by Graduates Working in Science (GWIS))

DBB Seminar: Modulating Opioid Receptor Activity to Improve Therapeutic Potential

Laura Bohn, PhD - Chair and Professor of the Department of Molecular Medicine; Professor, Dembling Endowment Fund for Drug Discovery and Human Health Research; Professor, Neuroscience; Chair, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, University of Florida, Jupiter, FL

 Oct 29, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)

Host: Dr. Makaía Papasergi-Scott

DBB Seminar: Searching for Messages Carried by Messenger RNAs

Xinnian Dong, PhD - HHMI investigator; Arts & Sciences Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC

 Nov 12, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)

Host: Dr. Dmitri Ermolenko and Dr. Peng Yao (co-sponsored by the Protein Synthesis Cluster and the RNA Structure & Function Cluster)

DBB Seminar: Decoding the Untranslated

Wendy Gilbert, PhD - Maxine F. Singer '57 Ph.D. Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT

 Nov 19, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)

Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat (co-sponsored by Graduates Working in Science (GWIS) and the Protein Synthesis Cluster)

DBB Seminar: Molecular Insights into Human RNA 3’-end Processing

Liang Tong, PhD - William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY

 Dec 03, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)

Host: Dr. Clara Kielkopf and Dr. Eric Wagner (co-sponsored by the RNA Structure & Function Cluster)

DBB Seminar: Eukaryotic Ribonucleases in Gene Regulation

Monica Pillon, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Structural Biology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

 Dec 10, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)

Host: Dr. Mitch O’Connell and Dr. Makaía Papasergi-Scott (co-sponsored by Graduates Working in Science (GWIS) and the RNA Structure & Function Cluster)