Spring 2021 - Virtual Seminar Schedule
Link to MCB Seminar Series
Link to MCB Research Seminars
Link to MCB PSM Professional Development Seminars*
Thursday, January 21*
5:00 pm
Mark Adams, PhD
Professor and Deputy Director
Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine (JAX GM)
Tuesday, January 26
3:30 pm
Olga Zhaxybayeva (PhD’04)
Dartmouth College
Host: Peter Gogarten
Seminar Details
Thursday, January 28*
5:00 pm
Sophia Ononye-Onyia, PhD, MPH
Founder & CEO
The Sophia Consulting Firm
Thursday, February 4*
5:00 pm
Tom Jarvie, PhD and Mark Driscoll, PhD
Co-Founders
Shoreline Biome
Tuesday, February 9
3:30 pm
Alan Howe
Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont
Host: Juliet Lee
Thursday, February 11*
5:00 pm
Kay Gruder, PhD
Assistant Director Graduate Student Career Programs & Services
UConn Career Services
Thursday, February 18*
5:00 pm
Caroline Dealy, PhD
Associate Professor, UCONN Health
Director of TIP internship program
Friday, February 19
12:20 pm
Luke Wojenski
Core Lab
Tuesday, February 23
3:30 pm
Sophie Colston (PhD ’16)
Naval Research Lab
Host: Joerg Graf
Seminar Details
Thursday, February 25*
5:00 pm
Nicole Wagner, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
LambdaVision Inc.
Friday, February 26
12:20 pm
Todd Testerman
Graf Lab
Tuesday, March 2
3:30 pm
Matthew Lynes, PhD
Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School
Host: Michael Lynes
Seminar Details
Thursday, March 4*
5:00 pm
Michah Benson, PhD
Head of Immuno-Oncology
KSQ Therapeutics, Inc
Friday, March 5
12:20 pm
Makayla Leroux
Teschke Lab
Tuesday, March 9
3:30 pm
Rita Rio (BS ’95)
West Virginia University
Host: Joerg Graf/Peter Gogarten
Seminar Details
Thursday, March 11*
5:00 pm
Marsenia H. Mathis, M.S., MPH
Project Lead Goldbelt C6
CEO of The Nerdy CEO
Friday, March 12
12:20 pm
Michael Griffith
Heaslip Lab
Thursday, March 18*
5:00 pm
Travis Whitfield, PhD
Partner at Bios Partners
Cofounder and Executive Director of Advanced Technology at Azitra, Inc
Thursday, March 25*
5:00 pm
Sarah Wojiski, PhD
Director of Education
Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine (JAX GM)
Friday, March 26
12:20 pm
Gabrielle Corso
Gage Lab
Lyle King
Campellone Lab
Tuesday, March 30
3:30 pm
Munira Basrai
National Institutes of Health
Host: Barbara Mellone
Seminar Details
Thursday, April 1*
5:00 pm
Todd Arnold, PhD
Chief Laboratory Operations Officer
Sema4
Friday, April 2
12:20 pm
Bryce Santinello
Mellone Lab
Mahmoud Sharawy
May Lab
Tuesday, April 6
3:30pm
David Gilmour
Pennsylvania State University
Host: Leighton Core
Seminar Details
Thursday, April 8*
5:00 pm
Katherine Herbst, MS
Senior Research Manager
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Thursday, April 22*
5:00 pm
Greg Mirando, MS
Antibody Discovery Manager
Abcam
Friday, April 9
12:20 pm
Joseph Iovine
Alder Lab
Friday, April 23
12:20 pm
Corey Theodore
Campellone Lab
Sean Pearson
Papke Lab
Tuesday, April 20
3:30 pm
Dawn Carone (PhD, ’09)
Swarthmore College
Host: Rachel O'Neill
Seminar Details