Location: Biology Physics Building, Room 130 | Time: 3:30PM-4:30 PM | Livestream Link

September 8		KEVIN BOYD, Deep Learning Scientist, Drug Discovery, NVIDIA. GPU scientific software, molecular simulation, and AI-enabled biomolecular modeling, including BioNeMo. UConn connection: B.S. MCB ‘14 (Honors); Ph.D. MCB ‘19, Eric May lab. Seminar Details
September 15		JAMIE MICIULLA, Postdoctoral Researcher, CIRES / University of Colorado, Soil and rhizosphere microbiomes, plant-microbe interactions, nitrification, and protist ecology. UConn connection: Ph.D. MCB Microbiology ‘22, Daniel Gage lab. Seminar Details
September 22		NICHOLAS R. SILVAGGI, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Structural enzymology of nonribosomal peptide synthetases and bioactive natural-product assembly. UConn connection: UConn Ph.D. ‘03; crystallography of penicillin-binding proteins and beta-lactam inhibition, Judy Kelly lab. Seminar Details
September 29		OLGA ZHAXYBAYEVA, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Microbial evolution, adaptation, and horizontal gene transfer through genome and metagenome analysis. UConn connection: Ph.D. Genetics ‘04, J. Peter Gogarten lab. Seminar Details
October 6		ANDREA SURIA, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Ohio Wesleyan University, Beneficial microbial symbioses and antimicrobial metabolites that protect animal hosts and eggs. UConn connection: Ph.D. MCB Microbiology ‘19, Spencer Nyholm lab. Seminar Details
October 13		SHANA STURLA, Full Professor, ETH Zurich. 30th Annual Khairallah Symposium Sponsored by the Drs. Edward A. Khairallah and Lamia H. Khairallah Fund dedicated to the support of scientific research and education at UConn. The Fund honors the enduring contributions MCB’s Drs. Edward A. and Lamia H. Khairallah made during their productive and influential careers. Seminar Details
October 20		ALEX MEESKE, Associate Professor of Microbiology, University of Washington, Phage biology and CRISPR-Cas antiviral immunity, including Cas13-induced bacterial dormancy. UConn connection: B.S. MCB ‘10; Adam Zweifach lab; 2009 Goldwater Scholar. Seminar Details
October 27		CHERYL ANDAM, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences and Scientific Director, Life Sciences Research Initiative, University at Albany, SUNY, Pathogen population genomics, recombination, strain diversity, and antimicrobial resistance. UConn connection: Ph.D. Microbiology ‘11, J. Peter Gogarten lab. Seminar Details
November 10		MICHAEL WARD, Scientist, Generate:Biomedicines, Molecular simulation and deep learning of protein dynamics for generative medicine design. UConn connection: B.S. MCB ‘15; M.S. MCB ‘17, Eric May Lab. Seminar Details
November 17		GREGORY FOURNIER, Associate Professor of Geobiology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Evolutionary geobiology using phylogenetics, horizontal transfer, and molecular clocks. UConn connection: Ph.D. Genetics & Genomics ‘09 and MCB postdoc, J. Peter Gogarten lab. Seminar Details
December 1		KRISTEN PARENT, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University. Cryo-EM and biophysics of bacteriophage assembly, host recognition, and genome delivery. UConn connection: B.S. MCB ‘01; Ph.D. Biochemistry ‘07, Carol Teschke lab. Seminar Details
December 8		JAMES RICE, Head of Discovery Biology, Covant Therapeutics, Covalent drug discovery spanning immunology, autoimmunity, cancer metastasis, and translational biology. UConn connection: B.S. Physiology & Neurobiology ‘02; Ph.D. MCB ‘14, Michael Lynes lab. Seminar Details