September 17: Sally Horne-Badovinac
Dr. Sally Horne-Badovinac - The University of Chicago
"Developmentally regulated changes in basement membrane composition affect matrix viscoelasticity and tissue morphogenesis"
Horne Lab Website
BCB Seminars Fall 2026
Seminars are Thursdays at 4pm in LSB 038 unless otherwise noted
October 15: Ahmad Jomaa
Dr. Ahmad Jomaa - University of Virginia
"The Ribosome as a Regulatory Hub for Protein Biogenesis and Cellular Adaptation"
Jomaa Lab WebsiteOctober 22: Wei Mi
Dr. Wei Mi - Yale University
"Regulation of Escherichia coli Lipopolysaccharide Synthesis"
Mi Lab WebsiteOctober 29: Jay Brito-Querido
Dr. Jay Brito-Querido - University of Michigan
"Structural and functional insights into repeat-associated non-AUG (RAN) translation initiation on C9orf72 mRNA in ALS/FTD"
Brito Querido Lab WebsiteNovember 5: Karyn Esser
Dr. Karyn Esser - University of Florida
"Keeping Time for the Body: Skeletal muscle clocks and systemic health"
Esser Lab WebsiteNovember 12: Justin Kollman
Dr. Justin Kollman - University of Washington
"Dynamic enzyme assemblies regulate nucleotide synthesis"
Kollman Lab Website
Previous Seminars from Spring 2026
March 26: Clarissa Durie
Clarissa Durie - University of Missouri
"Mistaken Identities: Structure & Function of Metabolic Enzymes in Legionella pneumophila"
Durie Lab WebsiteApril 16: Mary Baylies
Mary Baylies - Memorial Sloan Kettering
"Nuclear heterogeneity and Patterning: Decoding Cell Size Regulation in Skeletal Muscle Development and Disease"
Baylies Lab WebsiteApril 23: Rachelle Crosbie
Rachelle Crosbie - University of California at Los Angeles
"When Muscle Loses Its Grip: Restoring Adhesion and Function in Muscular Dystrophy"
Crosbie Lab WebsiteApril 30: Simon d'Oelsnitz
Simon d'Oelsnitz - Harvard Medical School - Wyss Institute
"Engineering Proteins for Asymmetric Chemistry"
d'Oelsnitz Contact InfoMay 7: Takashi Akera
Takashi Akera - National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Blood, and Lung Institute
"The impact of genetic cheating on reproduction and speciation"
Akera Lab Website