Seminars
Seminars are held in Hutchison Hall, on the River Campus. (campus map) Contact the Department of Biology at (585) 273-1139 at least three days in advance to request any special accommodations or if you would like to meet with an outside speaker. Refreshments provided.
To be added to our mailing list, please email brenna.rybak@rochester.edu.
- Feb6
"Mechanisms of chromatin activation upon quiescence exit"
Dr. Christine Cucinotta, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
- Date
- Monday, February 6, 2023
- Time
- Noon
- Offline Location
- Hutchison, 140, Lander Auditorium
- Feb9
"Coordination of cell adhesion and cytoskeletal reorganization to drive collective cell migration in vivo"
Dr. Katheryn Rothenberg, University of Toronto
- Date
- Thursday, February 9, 2023
- Time
- 3:30 p.m.
- Offline Location
- Wegmans Hall, 1400, Auditorium
- Feb13
"Lysosomal biology in health and disease"
Dr. Luis Bonet-Ponce, National Institutes of Health
- Date
- Monday, February 13, 2023
- Time
- Noon
- Offline Location
- Hutchison, 140, Lander Auditorium
- Feb16
"The Epigenetic Road to High-society: plasticity of caste identity and longevity in ants"
Dr. Karl Glastad, University of Pennsylvania
- Date
- Thursday, February 16, 2023
- Time
- 3:30 p.m.
- Offline Location
- Wegmans Hall, 1400, Auditorium
- Feb20
"Deconstructing cell navigation in challenging live environments"
Dr. Benjamin Lin, NYU School of Medicine
- Date
- Monday, February 20, 2023
- Time
- Noon
- Offline Location
- Hutchison, 140, Lander Auditorium
- Feb27
"Molecular mechanisms and regulation of membrane trafficking events"
Dr. Meiyan Jin, University of California, Berkeley
- Date
- Monday, February 27, 2023
- Time
- Noon
- Offline Location
- Hutchison, 140, Lander Auditorium
- Mar2
"Role of membrane-curvature generating proteins in organelle biogenesis"
Dr. Ning Wang, Harvard Medical School
- Date
- Thursday, March 2, 2023
- Time
- 3:30 p.m.
- Offline Location
- Wegmans Hall, 1400, Auditorium
- Mar6
Cancelled—"Multiple Signaling Pathways Link Collided Ribosomes to Cellular Stress Responses"
Dr. Sezen Meydan, National Institutes of Health
- Date
- Monday, March 6, 2023
- Time
- Noon
- Offline Location
- Hutchison, 140, Lander Auditorium
- Mar7
"Characterizing the development of epithelial monolayers in culture"
Nicole Dawney, University of Rochester
- Date
- Tuesday, March 7, 2023
- Time
- 1 p.m.
- Mar9
"Neuronal Connectivity in the Drosophila Timekeeping Network"
Dr. Maria de la Paz Fernandez, Barnard College
- Date
- Thursday, March 9, 2023
- Time
- 3:30 p.m.
- Offline Location
- Wegmans Hall, 1400, Auditorium
- Mar24
“Using genomics to learn about ancient and contemporary bighorn sheep populations”
Dr. Elizabeth Flesch, Montana State University
- Date
- Friday, March 24, 2023
- Time
- 3 p.m.
- Offline Location
- Hutchison Hall, Room 316
- Mar31
“Taming the diverse beasts within: Sexual dimorphism in piRNA-guided genome defense”
Peiwei Chen, California Institute of Technology
- Date
- Friday, March 31, 2023
- Time
- 3 p.m.
- Offline Location
- Hutchison Hall, Room 316
- Apr7
TBA
Faye Romero, University of Rochester
- Date
- Friday, April 7, 2023
- Time
- 3 p.m.
- Offline Location
- Hutchison Hall, Room 316
- Apr10
“Neural circuits for feeding decisions”
Dr. Gabriella Sterne, URMC, Department of Biomedical Genetics
- Date
- Monday, April 10, 2023
- Time
- Noon
- Offline Location
- Hutchison Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
- Apr14
“From genome variation to molecular mechanisms: What have we learned from yeast mitochondrial genomes?”
Dr. Weilong Hao, Wayne State University
- Date
- Friday, April 14, 2023
- Time
- 3 p.m.
- Offline Location
- Hutchison Hall, Room 316
- Apr21
TBA
Emiliano Marti, University of Rochester
- Date
- Friday, April 21, 2023
- Time
- 3 p.m.
- Offline Location
- Hutchison Hall, Room 316
- Apr24
"Molecular mechanisms of cellular redox signaling"
Dr. Carolyn Sevier, Cornell University
- Date
- Monday, April 24, 2023
- Time
- Noon
- Offline Location
- Hutchison Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
- Apr28
“Causes and consequences of behavioral plasticity in bees”
Dr. Karen Kapheim, Utah State University
- Date
- Friday, April 28, 2023
- Time
- 3 p.m.
- Offline Location
- Hutchison Hall, Room 316
- May5
TBA
Cheyenne Thomas, University of Rochester
- Date
- Friday, May 5, 2023
- Time
- 3 p.m.
- Offline Location
- Hutchison Hall, Room 316
- May12
TBA
Marete Seymour, University of Rochester
- Date
- Friday, May 12, 2023
- Time
- 3 p.m.
- Offline Location
- Hutchison Hall, Room 316