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CDB Monday Seminar Series

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Introduction

 

Join us most Mondays at 12:15 pm 

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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.

Spring 2026 Seminars

  • Tigist Y. Tamir, Ph.D. presents:

    February 23

    12:15 PM 1220 MRB III

    Tigist Y. Tamir, Ph.D. presents:

    “Multi-Omics and Systems Biology in Cancer Cell Signaling” Dr. Tamir is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Department of Nutrition, Computational Medicine Program, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC School of Medicine, and is hosted by Krishna Mudumbi

  • Ryoma

    March 2

    12:15 PM 1220 MRB III

    Ryoma "Puck" Ohi, Ph.D. presents:

    “Secrets of microtubule biology that are locked behind its conformational code” Dr. Ohi is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of New Mexico, and is hosted by Irina Kaverina

  • Karuna Ganesh, M.D., Ph.D. presents:

    March 9

    12:15 PM 1220 MRB III

    Karuna Ganesh, M.D., Ph.D. presents:

    “Dissecting and targeting cancer plasticity” Dr. Ganesh is an Associate Professor in Molecular Pharmacology at the Sloan Kettering Institute, and is hosted by Ken Lau

  • Qiang Guo

    April 6

    12:15 PM 1220 MRB III

    Qiang Guo, Ph.D. presents:

    "TBA" Dr. Guo is an Investigator at Peking University, and is hosted by Qiangjun Zou

  • Dunn Flyer

    April 13

    12:15 PM 1220 MRB III

    Alex Dunn, Ph.D. presents:

    "Biophysical Mechanisms of Self-Organization in Living Tissues" Dr. Dunn is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University, and is hosted by Andrea Page-McCaw

  • Ori-McKenney Flyer

    April 20

    12:15 PM 1220 MRB III

    Kassandra M. Ori-McKenney, Ph.D. presents:

    "Microtubule cartography: the role of microtubule-associated proteins in defining the cellular landscape" Dr. Ori-McKenney is an Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of California-Davis, and is hosted by Marija Zanic and Vanderbilt Center of Mechanobiology

  • Rice May Flyer

    May 11

    12:15 PM 1220 MRB III

    Luke Rice, Ph.D. presents:

    “How to regulate microtubule transitions: Teaching a TOG new tricks" Dr. Rice is a Professor in the Department of Biophysics at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and is hosted by Irina Kaverina. This seminar is a rescheduled date due to the January 26 date being canceled.