Upcoming Seminars



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Kevin Flynn, PhD – Beyond Basement Membranes: UltiMatrix and Other Matrices for Stem Cells and Organoids

November 14, 2022

 
Kevin Flynn  (Ph.D. from CSU in my lab (as Neuroscience/CMB student) in 2008; postdoc in Munich Germany with Frank Bradke [Read More...]















BMB Kickoff

August 29, 2022

 
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Lindsay Winkenbach – Defense

August 26, 2022

 
Translation-dependent mRNA localization in the C. elegans embryo [Read More...]























































































Cryo-Electron Microscopy @ CSU

January 27, 2022

 
A discussion about bringing state of the art electron microscopy for life science research to campus Two symposia to discuss current and future EM research on campus, provide vendor presentations of 200 kV cryo-electron microscopes, and close with a round table Q&A discussion session [Read More...]



Cryo-Electron Microscopy @ CSU

January 20, 2022

 
A discussion about bringing state of the art electron microscopy for life science research to campus Two symposia to discuss current and future EM research on campus, provide vendor presentations of 200 kV cryo-electron microscopes, and close with a round table Q&A discussion session [Read More...]



Craig Marshall Ph.D. Defense

December 13, 2021

 
“Mechanisms of transcription termination and polarity in hyperthermophilic Archaea” [Read More...]



Marco Mangone

November 15, 2021

 
“miRNAs and Alternative Polyadenylation” Abstract: MiRNAs are small regulatory RNAs that pair with 3’UTRs and repress mRNA translation. Because these recognition elements are degenerated, and small, miRNA targets are difficult to identify, thus the vast majority are still unknown. Alternative Polyadenylation (APA) is an elusive process that produces genes with different mRNA 3’end isoforms. While [Read More...]



Soham Ghosh

November 8, 2021

 
Emerging roles of nuclear mechanobiology: in development, homeostasis and degeneration [Read More...]



Matt Baer M.S. Defense

November 4, 2021

 
“Characterizing Unique Features of Prion-like Domains Recruited to Stress Granules” 11/4/2021, 1:00 PM in MRB 312 [Read More...]



Tingting Yao Promotion Seminar

October 4, 2021

 
Sensing and making sense of ubiquitin signals 10/4/2021, 10:00-11:00 AM in MRB 312 [Read More...]



Erin Nishimura – Promotion and Tenure Seminar

September 27, 2021

 
“How mRNA transcripts are spatially patterned to direct developmental outcomes” 9/27/2021 10:00-11:00 AM in MRB 312 [Read More...]



Tom Santangelo Promotion Seminar

September 20, 2021

 
Vignettes with King Phillip 9/20/2021, 10:00-11:00 AM in MRB 312 [Read More...]



2021-2022 Academic Year Kick Off

August 30, 2021

 
MRB 312 10:00 AM Refreshments 9:30 AM [Read More...]



Ryan Czarny Ph.D. Defense

August 6, 2021

 
“Site-Specific Function of Endonuclease G and CPS6 to enable Vertebrate function in an Invertebrate model” [Read More...]



Gaia Bublitz M.S. Defense

June 10, 2021

 
“Characterization of Interactions of Lipoquinone Derivatives Within Model Membrane Systems” [Read More...]



Dylan Parker – Ph.D. Defense

June 8, 2021

 
mRNA localization in Caenorhabditis elegans embryogenesis [Read More...]



Charlotte Cialek Ph.D. Defense

May 27, 2021

 
“Examining translation control from a new perspective”   https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8969835256?pwd=TUtDZW9lUW8wV3NndUtNbkdGQmdjUT09 [Read More...]



Amanda Koch – Ph.D. Defense

May 25, 2021

 
Strange Translation – Investigating IRES-mediated and codon non-optimal translation dynamics at the single mRNA level in living cells [Read More...]



Dr. Maria Vera Ugalde

December 7, 2020

 
“Imaging single mRNA molecules to investigate the regulation of the stress response” [Read More...]



Sangjin Kim

November 30, 2020

 
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Robert Wimbish Ph.D. Defense

November 5, 2020

 
Make or break: molecular requirements for kinetochore-microtubule attachment regulation [Read More...]



Travis Sanders Ph.D. Defense

November 5, 2020

 
POST-INITIATION ACTIVITIES OF THE ARCHAEAL RNA POLYMERASE IN A CHROMATIN LANDSCAPE [Read More...]









Harshad Ghodke

November 2, 2020

 
‘Molecular Mechanisms of transcription and repair coupling’ [Read More...]



Dr. Thomas Boothby

September 28, 2020

 
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Prof. Gerald Schatten

September 14, 2020

 
“LOVE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19: Career Planning Now And the Future of Assisted Reproduction” [Read More...]



Isaac Babcock M.S. Defense

July 3, 2020

 
“A Common Molecular Pathway Leading to Cofilin-Actin Rods in Rodent Models of Major Human Dementias” [Read More...]



Colleen Watkins Ph.D. Defense

June 11, 2020

 
Long Range Interaction Networks within 3DPOL and the Roles They Play in Picornavirus Genome Replication and Recombination [Read More...]



Luisa Prada – Ph.D. Defense

May 11, 2020

 
“Ubiquitin homeostasis and it’s regulation by DUB and conjugating enzyme interactions” [Read More...]



Hazheen Shirnekhi – Ph.D. Thesis Defense

April 6, 2020

 
“Investigating mitotic vulnerabilities that arise upon oncogenic cell transformation” [Read More...]



Amanda Broad – Ph.D. Defense

March 30, 2020

 
“A New Dawn for Aurora B Regulation: Shining Light on Multiple Discrete Populations of Aurora B Kinase at Centromeres and Kinetochores” [Read More...]



Aubrey Ibele

March 9, 2020

 
TBA [Read More...]



Matthew Marzo – Ph.D. Defense

February 27, 2020

 
“Budding yeast dynein: lessons for human neurological disease” [Read More...]



Andrew Carter

February 24, 2020

 
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Lisa N. Petrella

February 10, 2020

 
“Regulating chromatin compaction during development at the right and place” [Read More...]



Zvi Murry

January 27, 2020

 
“Zebrafish Eye Development: Rac and the Creepy Crawlers of the Eye” [Read More...]



Oliver Zill – Genentech

December 9, 2019

 
“My journey in science so far: from basic genetics research in yeast to developing personalized cancer immunotherapies” [Read More...]



Ben Prytherch – Colorado State University

December 2, 2019

 
“The Case Against Statistical Significance” The flagship journal of the American Statistical Association recently published a special issue titled ‘Moving to a World Beyond p < 0.05’.  In the lead editorial of issue, a controversial recommendation was given: we should all stop saying “statistically significant”.  Why do so many statisticians object to the popular use [Read More...]






Dr. Shing Ho

November 11, 2019

 
“Demystifying the National Science Foundation and Federal Employment” [Read More...]



Ph.D. Defense, May 31, 2019

May 31, 2019

 
“Multi-Color Visualization and Quantification of Single RNA HIV-1 Programmed Ribosomal Frameshifting Dynamics in Living Cells” [Read More...]



Ph.D. Defense, Tuesday April 30, 2019

April 30, 2019

 
“Understanding Regulation of HIV-1 Protease Precursor Autoprocessing” [Read More...]



BMB Seminar Monday, April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

 
“Painting Chromatin with Synthetic Protein Chemistry” [Read More...]



CANCELED BMB Seminar, Monday, April 22, 2019

April 22, 2019

 
“Aneuploidy, tetraploidy, and centrosomes: a numbers game”     [Read More...]



BMB Seminar Monday, April 8, 2019

April 8, 2019

 
“The ribosome cooperates with a chaperone to guide multi-domain protein folding” [Read More...]



BMB Seminar Monday, March 25, 2019

March 25, 2019

 
“The Mechanism and Regulation of the Dynein/Dynactin Machinery” [Read More...]



BMB Seminar Monday, March 11, 2019

March 11, 2019

 
Dr. Alexey Merz presenting “How to get into and out of the Golgi”   [Read More...]



BMB Seminar Monday, February 25, 2019

February 25, 2019

 
“Molecular basis of membrane protein biogenesis” [Read More...]



BMB Seminar: Monday January 28, 2019

January 28, 2019

 
“Attractive and Repellent Chemotaxis start with distinct Actin-based Mechanisms” [Read More...]



BMB Seminar: Monday, December 3, 2018

December 3, 2018

 
“Imaging single mRNPs reveals new insights into RNA localization and translation” [Read More...]



BMB Seminar: Monday, November 26, 2018

November 26, 2018

 
“Microproteonomics and Transcriptomics analyses of laser capture microdissected cell protrusions” [Read More...]






BMB Seminar: Monday, October 29, 2018

October 29, 2018

 
“Google, Gatorade, and GPS – A world transformed by university Ideas” [Read More...]






BMB SEMINAR, Monday, October 15, 2018

October 15, 2018

 
“Mechanisms controlling formation and stabilization of kinetochores microtubule attachments during mito” [Read More...]



BMB Seminar, Monday, September 24, 2018

September 24, 2018

 
“mRNA Localization: Delivering the Message” [Read More...]



BMB Seminar Monday, September 17, 2018

September 17, 2018

 
“Microtubule Cartography: The Role of Microtubule-Associated Proteins in Lattice Gating” [Read More...]



BMB Seminar, Monday, September 10, 2018

September 10, 2018

 
“Chromosomes on the edge: coupling kinetochores to dynamic microtubule ends” [Read More...]



BMB Seminar, Monday Aug. 27, 2018

August 27, 2018

 
  “From the deep biosphere to the human gut: tracking microbial methylamine metabolism across ecosystem” [Read More...]



2018 Robert and A-Young Woody Lecture

June 11, 2018

 
 Membrane Remodeling by the ESCRT Pathway Wes Sundquist University of Utah Department of Biochemistry Dr. Sundquist is known for his research into the structure and biochemistry of the ESCRT proteins that facilitate membrane rearrangements and vesicle formation during intracellular transport, and these proteins also play major roles in the assembly of enveloped viruses such as [Read More...]



Ph.D. Defense: Wednesday May 16, 2018

May 16, 2018

 
“CARGO INDUCED RECRUITMENT OF THE ENDOCYTIC ADAPTOR PROTEIN SLA1 AND THE ROLE OF SLA1-CLATHRIN BINDING IN PROGRESSION OF ENDOCYTOSIS” [Read More...]



Ph.D. Defense, Monday May 14, 2018

May 14, 2018

 
“Investigating the roles prion-like domains play in cellular stress responses”   [Read More...]






Special Seminar: May 8, 2018

May 8, 2018

 
“Catalyzing Advocacy for Science and Engineering: Learning about science policy and how to be an effective advocate”   [Read More...]



BMB SEMINAR: Monday, April 30, 2018

April 30, 2018

 
“Regulation of Basement Membrane Secretion in Blood Vessels” [Read More...]



Seminar: Monday April 23, 2018

April 23, 2018

 
“Approaching Instruction as a Scientist” [Read More...]



BMB SEMINAR: April 16, 2018

April 16, 2018

 
“Allostery along the ATP hydrolysis cycle of dengue viral NS3 helicase“ [Read More...]



BMB SEMINAR: April 2, 2018

April 2, 2018

 
“A quantitative framework to study sub-cellular mRNA localization” [Read More...]



Alison Thurston Ph.D. Defense

March 20, 2018

 
“The Chromatin Binding Factor Spn1 Contributes to Genome Instability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae” [Read More...]



Yajie Gu Ph.D. Defense

March 20, 2018

 
STRUCTURAL INSIGHTS INTO CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY FACTOR 1 AND ITS NUCLEOSOME ASSEMBLY MECHANISM” [Read More...]



BMB Seminar: Monday, March 19, 2018

March 19, 2018

 
“Membrane scission by the ESCRT-III complex” [Read More...]



BMB Seminar: Monday, March 5, 2018

March 5, 2018

 
“Understanding Epigenetic Regulation of Copy Number” [Read More...]



BMB Seminar: Monday, February 26, 2018

February 26, 2018

 
“Single molecule action of transcription factor in living cells: Lessons from the tumor-suppressor p53” [Read More...]



Seminar: Monday, January 29, 2018

January 29, 2018

 
“Measuring chromatin organization and transcription in single cells” [Read More...]






Seminar Monday December 4, 2017

December 4, 2017

 
“Site-specific protein conjugation strategies for the preparation of homogenous Antibody Drug Conjugates”   [Read More...]



Seminar Monday November 27, 2017

November 27, 2017

 
“More than just motors: mobile signaling complexes that regulate synaptic function” [Read More...]



Seminar, Monday November 13, 2017

November 13, 2017

 
“Reversing EMT as a therapeutic strategy for metastatic cancer.” [Read More...]



Seminar, Monday November 6, 2017

November 6, 2017

 
“Making The Transition To Industry: My Experience With Pharmaceutical Development” [Read More...]



Seminar, Monday October 16, 2017

October 16, 2017

 
“Unraveling the function of germ-granule RNPs in C. elegans.” [Read More...]



Seminar, Monday October 9, 2017

October 9, 2017

 
“Achieving accurate chromosome segregation in mitosis: The making and breaking of dynamic kinetochore-microtubule attachments” [Read More...]






Presenting August 28, 2017

August 28, 2017

 
“Being a woman scientist in Jordan; reality, the dream and the future” [Read More...]



Presenting August 21, 2017

August 21, 2017

 
“Transcription factors GAF and HSF act at distinct regulatory steps to modulate stress-induced gene activation” [Read More...]



Presenting May 1

May 1, 2017

 
 “Cell polarization during maize stomatal development” [Read More...]



Presenting April 24

April 24, 2017

 
“Biology of trace element economy”   [Read More...]















































































































































































































Quantitative analysis of the mechanisms of cellular motility, endocytosis and cytokinesis

March 14, 2014

 
Dr. Pollard has pioneered the use of a combination of biochemistry, biophysics, microscopy and genetics to investigate how cells control the assembly and disassembly of actin filaments during cellular movements. Please join us for the second seminar of the Woody Lectureship supported by an endowment established by Robert and A-Young Woody upon their retirement from [Read More...]

























































Regulation of MCM Helicase Loading and Activation

June 18, 2013

 
Post-doctoral candidate, Rebecca Ferguson, Ph.D, UC-Denver, will present Regulation of MCM Helicase Loading and Activation, Tuesday, June 18th at 11:00 a.m. in MRB 230. [Read More...]









































































































Accidental Molecular Biologist: A Life Studying the “Oddpols”, Eukaryotic RNA Polymerases I & III

April 23, 2012

Marv Paule, after 39 years at CSU, is retiring and will give three talks (4/12, 4/19 at 4:00PM and 4/23 at 10:00AM) summarizing his scientific career, some thoughts on education and career preparation, and other random thoughts. [Read More...]






Accidental Molecular Biologist: A Life Studying the “Oddpols”, Eukaryotic RNA Polymerases I & III

April 19, 2012

Marv Paule, after 39 years at CSU, is retiring and will give three talks (4/12, 4/19 at 4:00PM and 4/23 at noon) summarizing his scientific career, some thoughts on education and career preparation, and other random thoughts. [Read More...]









Accidental Molecular Biologist: A Life Studying the “Oddpols”, Eukaryotic RNA Polymerases I & III

April 12, 2012

Marv Paule, after 39 years at CSU, is retiring and will give three talks (4/12, 4/19 at 4:00PM and 4/23 at 10:00AM) summarizing his scientific career, some thoughts on education and career preparation, and other random thoughts. [Read More...]






























TBA

December 8, 2011

 
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