Beyond our formal seminar series, Cell Biology often hosts ad hoc seminars and lectures for our community. Cell Bio Seminars generally feature researchers who happens to be passing through or in town for a conference near Boston. Dissertation Seminars are held when our PhD students complete their tenure with us. We rarely miss an opportunity to feature new and exciting research! If there are no seminars listed below currently, check back in a few weeks as one is bound to pop up.

Current Academic Year

DATEEVENTSPEAKERTALK TITLE
Sept. 16, 2024Cell Bio SeminarAkinao Nose, Ph.D.Design Principles of Neural Circuits Generating Adaptive Animal Behaviors
Oct. 24, 2024Dissertation DefenseMatthew BairdRegulation of the proteasome by Hul5 and calmodulin
Nov. 18, 2024Dissertation DefenseSamantha SedorMolecular Insights into Noncanonical Histone Chaperone Complexes
Nov. 19Cell Bio SeminarKathy F. Liu, Ph.D.Catalytic and Non-Catalytic Roles of rRNA-Modifying Enzymes in Leukemogenesis
Nov. 22, 2024Cell Bio SeminarGunnar von Heijne, Ph.D.CANCELED: Cotranslational protein folding
Nov. 22, 2024Dissertation DefenseRichard Chen HanAdaptive Innovation in the Octopus Ribosome
Feb. 28, 2025Cell Bio SeminarProf. Alwin KöhlerTardigrade Extremotolerance - Life at the Edge
Apr. 11, 2025Dissertation DefenseTina ZeinaSynthesis of ubiquitin chains at the proteasome
Apr. 14, 2025Cell Bio SeminarProf. Dr. Roland BeckmannClearing translational stalls at the ER by coordination of UFMylation and RQC
Apr. 17, 2025Dissertation DefenseJuntao YuMechanism of Replisome-Mediated Parental Histone Inheritance
Apr. 23, 2025Dissertation DefenseMartha OrdonezMechanisms of cysteine regulation of liver cholesterol metabolism and adipose tissue thermogenesis
May 2, 2025Dissertation DefenseSilvia Huerta LopezThe Neural Basis of a Thirst-dependent Odor Spotlight