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Seminars, Colloquium & Defenses

Green

Next Frontiers Seminar

April 3, 2026 at 12 noon in 214 Light Hall

Dr. Rachel Green, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

"ZAK activation at the colliding ribosome"

2025-2026 Frontiers in Biochemistry Seminars

  • Villa

    November 14, 2025

    12:00 noon-1:00 PM 214 Light Hall

    Dr. Elizabeth Villa, University of California, San Diego

    The Richard Armstrong Lecture, “Discovering Chimallivirus biology with in-cell cryo-EM

  • Hagler

    December 5, 2025

    2:30 PM -3:30 PM 1220 MRBIII

    Dr. Lauren Hagler, Texas A&M University

    Discovery Science Emerging Scholars Lecture, "Decoding RNA Structure Dynamics, and Recognition Through Chemical Probing"

  • Columbus

    February 6, 2026

    12:00 noon -1:00 PM 214 Light Hall

    Dr. Linda Columbus, University of Virginia

    Bacterial membrane protein adhesion and virulence”

  • Parker

    February 13, 2026

    2:00 PM-3:00 PM 214 Light Hall

    Dr. Roy Parker, University of Colorado Boulder

    "RNP granules in health and disease”

  • Lazzerini Denchi

    March 6, 2026

    12 noon-1:00 PM PRB 206

    Dr. Eros Lazzerini Denchi, National Institutes of Health

    Telomere Dynamics in Pluripotent Stem Cells and Cancer Cells”

  • Heemstra

    March 20, 2026

    12 noon- 1:00 PM 214 Light Hall

    The Richard Armstrong Lecture: Dr. Jennifer Heemstra, Washington University. St. Louis

    "A chemical biology toolbox for probing A-to-I RNA editing"

  • Green

    April 3, 2026

    12 noon- 1:00 PM 214 Light Hall

    Dr. Rachel Green, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    “ZAK activation at the colliding ribosome”

  • Farley

    RESCHEDULED for April 30, 2027

    12 noon - 1:00 PM

    Dr. Emma Farley, University of California, San Diego

Student Colloquium

Feb 20, BPSA Colloquium, GPAS Program Stacey Satchell, 206 PRB, 12 noon

Feb 27, BPSA Colloquium, Houde Li and Miriam Bergman 214 LH, 12 noon

March 27, BPSA Colloquium, Kelly O'Rourke and Josh Gann, 214 LH 12 noon

April 10, BPSA Colloquium, Jacob Zuckerman 214 LH, 12 noon

April 24, BPSA Colloquium, Mathew Frischman and Lingrui Lai 214 LH, 12 noon

Dissertation Defenses

February 25:  Oyku Sensoy (Merrick lab) 12:00 noon in PRB 206

March 3: Kate Moster (Sanders lab) 2:00 PM in 1220 MRBIII

March 6: Sarah Zelle (Mchaourab & Schey labs) 9:00 AM in 206 PRB

March 12: Jillian Armenia (Osheroff lab) 3:00 PM in 214 Light Hall

Special Seminars

May 5: Dr. Dan Lu, Harvard Medical School, 1:00 PM in 618 Light Hall

May 28: Dean of SOMBS Kairos Lecture with Dr. Martin Egli, 4:00 PM in 1220 MRBIII

Discovery lecture
Richard Armstrong Lecture