Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Seminar Series Month January February March April May June July August September October November December Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Year 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 View Results Reset Filter Jan 28 2019 Functional assembly of membraneless RNA-protein organelles by Alexey Arkov, Professor of Biological Sciences, Murray State University Monday, 10:30 am–11:30 am MBRB, Room 4300 Feb 19 2019 MCDB Seminar: Strategies of Invasion: Lessons From the Embryonic Neural Crest, Paul Kulesa, Stowers Institute for Medical Research Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am MBRB Auditorium (Room 1017) Mar 19 2019 MCDB Seminar: Assembly, Properties and Functions of Mammalian Stress Granules, Pavel Ivanov, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School Tuesday, 11:00 am–12:00 pm MBRB Auditorium (Room 1017) May 9 2019 MCDB Seminar: Structural Biology of Molecular Controls in Plant Hormone Responses, Joseph Jez, Professor, Biological Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis Thursday, 10:30 am–11:30 am MBRB, Room 4300 Jun 26 2019 MCDB Seminar: "Factors that Determine the Adult Body Plan of the German Cockroach, Blattella Germanica," by Alba Ventos Alfonso, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain Wednesday, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm MBRB, Room 4300 Oct 1 2019 MCDB Seminar: Fishing for mechanisms of spinal cord regeneration, Dr. Mayssa Mokalled, Washington University School of Medicine October 01, 2019 MBRB Auditorium (Room 1017) Oct 15 2019 MCDB Seminar: Identifying Cardiac Glycoside Biosynthesis Genes in Erysimum Cheiranthoides (Treacle Mustard), by Dr. Georg Jander, Professor, Cornell University Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am Room 4300, MBRB Nov 12 2019 MCDB Seminar: The lymphatic vasculature in the 21st century: Developmental mechanisms and functional roles by Guillermo Oliver, Northwestern Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am MBRB Auditorium 1017, MBRB Jan 28 2020 MCDB Seminar: "Functional assembly of membraneless RNA-protein organelles" by Alexey Arkov, Murray State University, Professor of Biological Sciences Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am MBRB, Room 4300 Mar 24 2020 MCDB Seminar: "Using primary neural crest cells to model the role of impaired development in neuroblastoma oncogenesis” by Dr. Kevin Freeman, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am MBRB Auditorium - Room 1017, MBRB Sep 15 2020 MCDB Seminar: Towards understanding early enteric nervous system construction by Rosa Uribe, Rice University Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am virtual seminar Oct 20 2020 MCDB Seminar: Nodal signaling in embryonic body plan formation: an old dog with new tricks by Margot Kossman Williams, Baylor College of Medicine Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am virtual seminar Mar 29 2021 MCDB Seminar - "Modern Biochemical Approaches to Understanding Indole-3-Acetic Acid Biosynthesis" by Jerry D. Cohen, Professor of Horticultural Science and Distinguished Graduate Teaching Professor, University of Minnesota Monday, 10:30 am–11:30 am virtual seminar Apr 13 2021 MCDB Seminar - "New Mechanisms of Lymphatic Vascular Development" by Hyun Min Jung, Assistant Professor, Dept. Pharmacology & Regenerative Medicine, UIC Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am virtual seminar Apr 20 2021 MCDB Seminar - "RNA granules: a view from the RNA perspective" by Tatjana Trcek, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biology, John Hopkins University Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am virtual seminar Apr 29 2021 MCDB Seminar - "Plant Metabolomics, Shoots, and Ladders" by Adrian Hegeman, Professor, Depts. of Horticultural Science and Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota Thursday, 11:00 am–12:00 pm virtual seminar Oct 11 2022 MCDB Seminar: "Mechanical interactions between tissues in the developing olfactory system" by Marie Breau (Institut de Biologie Paris) Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am Virtual Oct 25 2022 MCDB Seminar: "The ins and outs of ciliated epithelia" by Brian Mitchell (Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University) Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am 1017 MBRB Nov 29 2022 MCDB Seminar: "Deciphering the Wnt/Fzd code in hematopoietic stem cells" by Stephanie Grainger (Van Andel Institute) Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am 1017 MBRB Apr 11 2023 MCDB Seminar: Jeffery Tomberlin, Professor, Texas A&M, "The Story of the Black Soldier Fly: Bridging Basic & Applied Sciences Results in Unique Opportunities to Protect Global Resources" Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am 4300 MBRB Apr 19 2023 MCDB Seminar: Geraldine Seydoux (Johns Hopkins University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute), "RNA granule assembly and function in the C. elegans germline" Wednesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am MBRB 1017 Herman Auditorium Sep 22 2023 MCDB Virtual Seminar: Jaime Hibbard (Industrial Consultant at LEK Consulting) 9/22/23, 12:00 pm–10/22/23, 1:00 pm Virtual Oct 4 2023 MCDB Seminar: Dmitri Ermolenko (University of Rochester), "Single-molecule studies of intersubunit rotation in ribosomes" Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm 1017 MBRB Oct 18 2023 MCDB Seminar: Dannie Durand (Carnegie-Mellon) "Evolutionary remodeling of a bacterial signaling pathway" Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm 1017 MBRB Nov 7 2023 MCDB Seminar: DurreShahwar Muhammad, PhD (Rice University), "Peroxisomal quality control: a multi-omics investigation” Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am 4300 MBRB Feb 20 2024 MCDB Seminar: Amelia Lindsey (University of Minnesota) Tuesday, 11:00 am–12:00 pm 4300 MBRB Mar 20 2024 MCDB Seminar: "Visualizing molecular mechanisms of bacterial natural transformation" by Briana Burton (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Wednesday, 11:00 am–12:00 pm MBRB 4300 Apr 3 2024 MCDB Seminar: "Non-Mendelian inheritance in ants and worms" by John Wang, PhD (Academia Sinica) Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm 1017 MBRB Herman Auditorium Apr 10 2024 MCDB Seminar: "Live imaging approaches to understand endosomal trafficking and morphogenetic processes across scales" by Dr. Senthil Arumugam (Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute) Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm 1017 MBRB Herman Auditorium Apr 17 2024 MCDB Seminar: "Regulation of host-relevant biofilm formation by Vibrio fischeri" by Karen Visick, PhD (Loyola University Chicago) Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm 1017 MBRB Herman Auditorium May 1 2024 MCDB Seminar: Graziano Pinna (UIC Psychiatry): Development of neurosteroid-based treatments for PTSD and depression May 01, 2024 1017 MBRB Herman Auditorium May 15 2024 MCDB Seminar: "Building a maize anther, cell type by cell type" by Virginia Walbot (Stanford University) May 15, 2024 4300 MBRB Jun 28 2024 MCDB Seminar: "Somatic mutations reveal individual histories of development, aging, and inheritance" by Alexej Abyzov (Mayo Clinic) Friday, 11:00 am–12:00 pm 4300 MBRB and Zoom Sep 4 2024 MCDB Seminar by Neil Kelleher (Northwestern University) Wednesday, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm MBRB Auditorium 1017 Sep 6 2024 MCDB Seminar: Rob Arkowitz (Institute Of Biology Valrose, Côte d'Azur University) Friday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm MBRB 4300 Oct 30 2024 MCDB Seminar by Divya Bijukumar (College of Medicine Rockford, University of Illinois Chicago) Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm MBRB 1017 auditorium Feb 5 2025 MCDB Seminar by John Karanicolas, PhD (AbbVie) Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm MBRB 1017 Feb 19 2025 MCDB Seminar: Brian Murphy (UIC College of Pharmacy) Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm MBRB 4300 Mar 5 2025 MCDB Seminar by Xiaorong Lin, (University of Georgia) Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm MBRB 1017 Apr 2 2025 MCDB Seminar by Teresa O'Meara (University of Michigan) Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm MBRB 1017 Apr 16 2025 MCDB Seminar by Leon Tai (UIC College of Medicine) Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm MBRB Room TBA Apr 28 2025 MCDB Seminar by Trey Ideker (University of California San Diego) Monday, 10:30 am–11:30 am MBRB 1017 Apr 30 2025 MCDB Seminar by Barbara Adaikpoh (UIC College of Pharmacy) Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm MBRB Room TBA Sep 10 2025 MCDB Seminar: Valerie Paul (Smithsonian) Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm MBRB 1017
Jan 28 2019 Functional assembly of membraneless RNA-protein organelles by Alexey Arkov, Professor of Biological Sciences, Murray State University Monday, 10:30 am–11:30 am MBRB, Room 4300
Feb 19 2019 MCDB Seminar: Strategies of Invasion: Lessons From the Embryonic Neural Crest, Paul Kulesa, Stowers Institute for Medical Research Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am MBRB Auditorium (Room 1017)
Mar 19 2019 MCDB Seminar: Assembly, Properties and Functions of Mammalian Stress Granules, Pavel Ivanov, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School Tuesday, 11:00 am–12:00 pm MBRB Auditorium (Room 1017)
May 9 2019 MCDB Seminar: Structural Biology of Molecular Controls in Plant Hormone Responses, Joseph Jez, Professor, Biological Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis Thursday, 10:30 am–11:30 am MBRB, Room 4300
Jun 26 2019 MCDB Seminar: "Factors that Determine the Adult Body Plan of the German Cockroach, Blattella Germanica," by Alba Ventos Alfonso, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain Wednesday, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm MBRB, Room 4300
Oct 1 2019 MCDB Seminar: Fishing for mechanisms of spinal cord regeneration, Dr. Mayssa Mokalled, Washington University School of Medicine October 01, 2019 MBRB Auditorium (Room 1017)
Oct 15 2019 MCDB Seminar: Identifying Cardiac Glycoside Biosynthesis Genes in Erysimum Cheiranthoides (Treacle Mustard), by Dr. Georg Jander, Professor, Cornell University Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am Room 4300, MBRB
Nov 12 2019 MCDB Seminar: The lymphatic vasculature in the 21st century: Developmental mechanisms and functional roles by Guillermo Oliver, Northwestern Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am MBRB Auditorium 1017, MBRB
Jan 28 2020 MCDB Seminar: "Functional assembly of membraneless RNA-protein organelles" by Alexey Arkov, Murray State University, Professor of Biological Sciences Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am MBRB, Room 4300
Mar 24 2020 MCDB Seminar: "Using primary neural crest cells to model the role of impaired development in neuroblastoma oncogenesis” by Dr. Kevin Freeman, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am MBRB Auditorium - Room 1017, MBRB
Sep 15 2020 MCDB Seminar: Towards understanding early enteric nervous system construction by Rosa Uribe, Rice University Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am virtual seminar
Oct 20 2020 MCDB Seminar: Nodal signaling in embryonic body plan formation: an old dog with new tricks by Margot Kossman Williams, Baylor College of Medicine Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am virtual seminar
Mar 29 2021 MCDB Seminar - "Modern Biochemical Approaches to Understanding Indole-3-Acetic Acid Biosynthesis" by Jerry D. Cohen, Professor of Horticultural Science and Distinguished Graduate Teaching Professor, University of Minnesota Monday, 10:30 am–11:30 am virtual seminar
Apr 13 2021 MCDB Seminar - "New Mechanisms of Lymphatic Vascular Development" by Hyun Min Jung, Assistant Professor, Dept. Pharmacology & Regenerative Medicine, UIC Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am virtual seminar
Apr 20 2021 MCDB Seminar - "RNA granules: a view from the RNA perspective" by Tatjana Trcek, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biology, John Hopkins University Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am virtual seminar
Apr 29 2021 MCDB Seminar - "Plant Metabolomics, Shoots, and Ladders" by Adrian Hegeman, Professor, Depts. of Horticultural Science and Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota Thursday, 11:00 am–12:00 pm virtual seminar
Oct 11 2022 MCDB Seminar: "Mechanical interactions between tissues in the developing olfactory system" by Marie Breau (Institut de Biologie Paris) Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am Virtual
Oct 25 2022 MCDB Seminar: "The ins and outs of ciliated epithelia" by Brian Mitchell (Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University) Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am 1017 MBRB
Nov 29 2022 MCDB Seminar: "Deciphering the Wnt/Fzd code in hematopoietic stem cells" by Stephanie Grainger (Van Andel Institute) Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am 1017 MBRB
Apr 11 2023 MCDB Seminar: Jeffery Tomberlin, Professor, Texas A&M, "The Story of the Black Soldier Fly: Bridging Basic & Applied Sciences Results in Unique Opportunities to Protect Global Resources" Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am 4300 MBRB
Apr 19 2023 MCDB Seminar: Geraldine Seydoux (Johns Hopkins University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute), "RNA granule assembly and function in the C. elegans germline" Wednesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am MBRB 1017 Herman Auditorium
Sep 22 2023 MCDB Virtual Seminar: Jaime Hibbard (Industrial Consultant at LEK Consulting) 9/22/23, 12:00 pm–10/22/23, 1:00 pm Virtual
Oct 4 2023 MCDB Seminar: Dmitri Ermolenko (University of Rochester), "Single-molecule studies of intersubunit rotation in ribosomes" Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm 1017 MBRB
Oct 18 2023 MCDB Seminar: Dannie Durand (Carnegie-Mellon) "Evolutionary remodeling of a bacterial signaling pathway" Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm 1017 MBRB
Nov 7 2023 MCDB Seminar: DurreShahwar Muhammad, PhD (Rice University), "Peroxisomal quality control: a multi-omics investigation” Tuesday, 10:30 am–11:30 am 4300 MBRB
Feb 20 2024 MCDB Seminar: Amelia Lindsey (University of Minnesota) Tuesday, 11:00 am–12:00 pm 4300 MBRB
Mar 20 2024 MCDB Seminar: "Visualizing molecular mechanisms of bacterial natural transformation" by Briana Burton (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Wednesday, 11:00 am–12:00 pm MBRB 4300
Apr 3 2024 MCDB Seminar: "Non-Mendelian inheritance in ants and worms" by John Wang, PhD (Academia Sinica) Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm 1017 MBRB Herman Auditorium
Apr 10 2024 MCDB Seminar: "Live imaging approaches to understand endosomal trafficking and morphogenetic processes across scales" by Dr. Senthil Arumugam (Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute) Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm 1017 MBRB Herman Auditorium
Apr 17 2024 MCDB Seminar: "Regulation of host-relevant biofilm formation by Vibrio fischeri" by Karen Visick, PhD (Loyola University Chicago) Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm 1017 MBRB Herman Auditorium
May 1 2024 MCDB Seminar: Graziano Pinna (UIC Psychiatry): Development of neurosteroid-based treatments for PTSD and depression May 01, 2024 1017 MBRB Herman Auditorium
May 15 2024 MCDB Seminar: "Building a maize anther, cell type by cell type" by Virginia Walbot (Stanford University) May 15, 2024 4300 MBRB
Jun 28 2024 MCDB Seminar: "Somatic mutations reveal individual histories of development, aging, and inheritance" by Alexej Abyzov (Mayo Clinic) Friday, 11:00 am–12:00 pm 4300 MBRB and Zoom
Sep 4 2024 MCDB Seminar by Neil Kelleher (Northwestern University) Wednesday, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm MBRB Auditorium 1017
Sep 6 2024 MCDB Seminar: Rob Arkowitz (Institute Of Biology Valrose, Côte d'Azur University) Friday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm MBRB 4300
Oct 30 2024 MCDB Seminar by Divya Bijukumar (College of Medicine Rockford, University of Illinois Chicago) Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm MBRB 1017 auditorium
Feb 19 2025 MCDB Seminar: Brian Murphy (UIC College of Pharmacy) Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm MBRB 4300
Mar 5 2025 MCDB Seminar by Xiaorong Lin, (University of Georgia) Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm MBRB 1017
Apr 2 2025 MCDB Seminar by Teresa O'Meara (University of Michigan) Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm MBRB 1017
Apr 16 2025 MCDB Seminar by Leon Tai (UIC College of Medicine) Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm MBRB Room TBA
Apr 28 2025 MCDB Seminar by Trey Ideker (University of California San Diego) Monday, 10:30 am–11:30 am MBRB 1017
Apr 30 2025 MCDB Seminar by Barbara Adaikpoh (UIC College of Pharmacy) Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm MBRB Room TBA