Seminar Series
Join us most Mondays at 12:15 pm check back to this page for the most up to date information.
We anticipate all seminars for the academic year 2025-2026 to be in-person in 1220 MRB III. Please check the CDB Calendar and this page regularly for updates.
CDB’s weekly Monday seminar series highlights exceptional science in cell and developmental biology research fields, exposing our trainees to the frontier of discovery, and fostering networking with future mentors and collaborators from a wide range of backgrounds.
2025 Seminars
September 29: Nathan McDonald, Ph.D. presents: “Biomolecular condensates organize synapse assembly” Dr. McDonald is an Assistant Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at Georgia Institute of Technology and is hosted by David Miller FLYER
October 6: Greg Alushin, Ph.D. presents: “Visualizing cellular force-sensing through the cytoskeleton” Dr. Alushin is an Associate Professor and Head Laboratory of Structural Biophysics and Mechanobiology at The Rockefeller University. Dr. Alushin is hosted by Matthew Tyska FLYER
October 13: Susan Ferro-Novick, Ph.D. presents “ER-autophagy and ER quality control: Implications for Disease“ Dr. Ferro-Novick is a Professor in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of California San Diego and is hosted by Kris Burkewitz FLYER
October 27: Natasha O’Brown, Ph.D. presents: “Using zebrafish to build and break the blood-brain barrier” Dr. O’Brown is an Assistant Professor in the Cell Biology and Neuroscience Department at Rutgers University and is hosted by Neil Dani FLYER
November 3: Jeffrey R. Moffitt, Ph.D. presents: “Imaging the transcriptome with genome-scale microscopy” Dr. Moffitt is an Assistant Professor of Microbiology in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Moffitt is hosted by Jeff Spraggins FLYER