2023-2024
DATEEVENTSPEAKERTALK TITLE
Oct. 12, 2023Cell Bio SeminarPaul Lehner, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.S.How immunosurveillance by HUSH protects your genome from the reverse flow of genetic information
May 13, 2024Cell Bio SeminarManu Hegde, M.D., Ph.D.Factors and mechanisms for biogenesis of the membrane proteome
May 29, 2024Cell Bio SeminarYoko Yazaki Sugiyama, Ph.D. Cortical Neural Circuits That Shape Memory Formation During Song Acquisition 
June 7, 2024Cell Bio SeminarElvan Böke, Ph.D.Evading ageing: Mitochondrial and proteostatic adaptations in oocytes
June 7, 2024Cell Bio SeminarBernhard Lechtenberg, Ph.D.Branched ubiquitin chain formation 
by the RBR E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF14 
in ribosomal quality control

2022-2023
DATEEVENTSPEAKERTALK TITLE
Oct 24, 2022Cell Bio SeminarVaclav VeverkaAn interplay between order and disorder in proteins regulates transcription elongation
March 7, 2023Cell Bio SeminarJorge AzevedoDissecting the mechanism of protein import into peroxisomes using a mammalian cell-free in vitro system
March 15, 2023Cell Bio SeminarOlaf StemmannSeparase-mediated deacetylation of cohesin by HDAC8 facilitates sister chromatid separation
April 12, 2023Cell Bio SeminarPedro CarvalhoQuality control of membrane proteins at the endoplasmic reticulum
June 8, 2023Cell Bio SeminarNikos HatzakisA Quantum Leap of Understanding Protein Membrane Interactions by Single Particle Microscopy and Machine Learning
June 16, 2023Cell Bio SeminarSung-Yon KimWarm and full: neural circuits for behavioral regulation of homeostasis
July 21, 2023Cell Bio SeminarNoboru MizushimaIntracellular degradation by autophagy-dependent and independent pathways

2021-2022
DATEEVENTSPEAKERTALK TITLE
June 27, 2022Cell Bio SeminarHarald StenmarkMembrane Dynamics and Cancer
July 7, 2022Cell Bio SeminarEinat ZalckvarPeroxisomes - From systematic screens to human diseases
July 19, 2022Cell Bio SeminarDaniel GerlichChromosome dynamics during the cell cycle
July 22, 2022Cell Bio SeminarBrenda SchulmanUnfolding mysteries of cullin-RING E3 ubiquitin ligases

2020-2021
DATESPEAKERTALK TITLE
Feb 17, 2021Shenhav Cohen, PhDStructural and Metabolic Control of Cell Size: New Concepts in Muscle Biology
Mar 09, 2021Andrea I McClatchey, PhDCell polarity in morphogenesis and tumorigenesis

2019-2020
DATESPEAKERTALK TITLE
Mar 23, 2020Shasha Chong, PhDIlluminating the dark proteome that regulates gene transcription by live-cell single-molecule imaging
Mar 5, 2020Nora Kory, PhDMitochondrial transporters and cell metabolism
Mar 2, 2020Lindsay Case, PhDProtein phase separation regulates transmembrane signaling
Feb 27, 2020Lucas Farnung, PhDBarriers to transcription
Feb 25, 2020Meng-meng Fu, PhDBuilding the Oligodendrocyte: Mechanisms of Acentrosomal Microtubule Nucleation and mRNA Transport
Feb 14, 2020Anna Greka, MD, PhDTMED9 and protein quality control: implications for toxic proteinopathies
Feb 3, 2020Alwin Köhler, MDThe role of liquid-liquid phase separation in nuclear ubiquitin signaling
Jan 17, 2020Hermann Steller, PhDLife without aggregates: regulated protein degradation in neuronal function and neurodegenerative diseases
Nov 21, 2019Oliver Bell, PhDMaintenance of mESC identity by Polycomb Repressive Complexes
Nov 13, 2019Suzanne HoppinsUnderstanding the mitochondrial outer membrane fusion machine
Sep 27, 2019Junjie Hu, PhDMembrane fusion mediated by dynamin-like proteins
Sep 20, 2019Benjamin Ohlstein, MD, PhDStem Cell Replacement in the Intestine: You Can Go Home Again
Sep 13, 2019Ramesh Nayak, PhDPeer Review of Research Grant applications with the review procedure of R01, R03, R15, R21, R34, P01, P50, Small Business (SBIR) and F32 postdoctoral applications and the definition of Criteria and Consideration for Research Project Grant Critiques at NIH
Sep 6, 2019Sara Rossana Zanivan, PhDCancer associated fibroblasts: the architects of the tumour stroma
Sep 3, 2019Bernd Bukau, PhDMechanism of amyloid disintegration by the Hsp70 chaperone network

2018-2019
DATESPEAKERTALK TITLE
Nov 1, 2018Steeve Boulant, PhDClathrin-coated plaques regulate cell migration by identifying topographical cues left by focal adhesion in the extracellular matrix
Nov 16, 2018Sabine Petry, PhDMolecular insight into microtubule nucleation
Dec 17, 2018Radhika Subramanian, PhDBuilding micron-scale cellular structures from protein building blocks
Jan 29, 2019Simon Wing, MDModulation of metabolism and glucocorticoid signaling by the USP19 deubiquitinating enzyme
Feb 20, 2019 Alexander I. Sobolevsky, PhDStructural and functional studies of vanilloid subtype TRP channels
Mar 1, 2019Ivan Dikic, MD, PhDUnconventional serine ubiquitination and ER remodeling
Mar 29, 2019Jorge Ruas, PhDRegulation of tryptophan-kynurenine metabolism by exercised muscle: from energy metabolism to mental health
Apr 17, 2019Julie Mahamid, PhDMolecular Views into Cellular Function by in-cell Cryo-Electron Tomography
Apr 30, 2019Yifat Merbl, PhDProteasome Footprinting: Global views of degradation
May 28, 2019Alvaro Martinez del Pozo, PhDThe sphingomyelin-cholesterol interaction behind the metamorphosis driving a water-soluble protein into the membrane
May 29, 2019Brendan Canning, PhDNeural encoding mechanisms in cough
Jun 10, 2019Jamie Blaza, PhDMammalian respiratory complex I through the lens of cryoEM
Jul 1, 2019Eunyong Park, PhDStructure and function of the mitochondrial protein import channel TOM complex
Jul 18, 2019Thomas Misgeld, MDDynamics and diversity of mitochondria in the mammalian nervous system
Aug 2, 2019Mohan Balasubramanian, PhDReconstituting eukaryotic cytokinesis
Aug 9, 2019Liang Feng, PhDStructure, dynamics and mechanism of SWEET sugar transporters

2017-2018
DATESPEAKERTALK TITLE
Sep 20, 2017Kapil RamachandranA neuronal-specific plasma membrane proteasome complex degrades nascent polypeptides into extracellular signaling peptides
Sep 27, 2017Ingrid Wertz, MD, PhDUSP7 inhibitors reveal deubiquitinase enzymology and cell biology mechanisms
Nov 2, 2017Miratul Muqit MB,ChB, PhDPINK1 kinase signalling pathways in Parkinson's disease
Nov 13, 2017Yukio Fujiki, PhDPeroxisome homeostasis: physiology, biogenesis, and disorders
Nov 21, 2017David J Pagliarini, PhDDefining mitochondrial protein function through systems biochemistry
Dec 13, 2017Vikram Khurana, MD, PhDGenetic and spatial dissection of proteotoxicities from yeast to human neurons
Jan 22, 2018Thomas Kornberg, PhDContact-dependent cell-cell signaling essential for development and cancer
Feb 16, 2018Jesus Perez-Gil, PhDMolecular machineries and the assembly of membrane conductive networks at the respiratory air-liquid interface
Feb 28, 2018Ru Gunawardane, PhDUsing CRISPR/Cas9 and live imaging to model stem cell organization and dynamics
Mar 9, 2018Alwin Köhler, MDLipid storage at the inner nuclear membrane
May 11, 2018Ron Vale, PhDRNA aggregation and neurodegeneration
May 16, 2018Russell Jones, PhDVisualizing T cell metabolism in vivo: New insights using metabolomics
Jun 15, 2018Eva Hoffmann, PhDGenome Diversification, Chromosome Segregation and Reproductive Aging in Human Females
Jun 20, 2018Bil ClemonsStructural insights into the targeting of tail-anchored membrane proteins to the ER
Jul 3, 2018Ron KopitoParallel genome-wide CRISPR analysis identifies a role for heterotypic ubiquitin chains in ERAD
Jul 3, 2018Bert van den Berg, PhDPorins and pedal bins
Jul 16, 2018Christian Klambt, PhDGlial Barriers and Behavior in Drosophila
Jul 19, 2018Nicolas Thomä, PhDUbiquitination for a good cause - Understanding CRL4 ubiquitin ligases

2016-2017
DATESPEAKERTALK TITLE
Sep 27, 2016Rosanna Piccirillo, PhDActivation of the SDF1/CXCR4 pathway retards muscle atrophy during cancer cachexia
Nov 2, 2016Vivek MalhotraBuilding blocks and scaffolds controlling the size of transport carriers for collagen and chylomicron secretion
Jan 11, 2017Manuel Thery, PhDMicrotubule rejuvenation
Jan 25, 2017Michele Mishto, PhD & Juliane Liepe, PhDI. Proteasome-catalyzed peptide splicing and its biological implications II. From in silico to the clinic: methods to study proteasome-catalysed peptide splicing
Mar 3, 2017James Nathan, MD, PhDUsing human forward genetic screens to explore the metabolic control of oxygen sensing enzymes
Mar 29, 2017Luca Scorrano, MD, PhDMitochondrial dynamics: back to where we started
Apr 13, 2017Chiara Zurzolo, MD, PhD,Tunneling nanotubes: mechanism of formation and role in the intercellular spreading of prion-like aggregates in neurodegenerative diseases
Apr 24, 2017Cole Haynes, PhDMitochondrial stress responses, innate immunity and toxic genomes
May 1, 2017David Rubinsztein, MD, PhD,Autophagy and Neurodegeneration
Jun 5, 2017Billy TsaiHow a non-enveloped virus penetrates a biological membrane to cause infection
Jul 7, 2017Zuzana Storchova, PhDAneuploidy in human cells: from Down’s syndrome to cancer
Jul 14, 2017Ramanujan "Manu" HegdeA new pathway for membrane protein insertion at the ER
Aug 3, 2017Helder Maiato, PhDChromosome-intrinsic and -extrinsic factors involved in mitotic fidelity

2015-2016
DATESPEAKERTALK TITLE
Oct 5, 2015Jean-Paul Vincent PhDTrafficking and regulation of the Wnt signal
Oct 21, 2015Bill Wickner PhDMembrane Fusion works Entirely Differently than You Thought!
Oct 23, 2015Jon Lorsch, PhDDeveloping a More Productive, Efficient and Sustainable Biomedical Research Enterprise
Feb 8, 2016Dan Kaganovich, Ph.D.Imperfect asymmetry: a mechanism of asymmetric partitioning of aging factors during mitosis in mammalian cells
Mar 21, 2016Johan Auwerx, MD, PhDCross-species genetic mapping of targets in metabolism and aging
Mar 30, 2016Jason Gestwicki, PhDTargeting Protein-Protein Interactions in the Chaperone Network to Tune Protein Folding
Apr 29, 2016Charles Horn, PhDThe shrew guide to neural circuits for vomiting
Jun 1, 2016George J Murphy, PhDPluripotent stem cell modeling of human disease
Jun 22, 2016David M Smith, PhDThe proteasome: an allosteric machine that is corrupted by a common oligimer in neurodegenerative diseases
Jul 18, 2016Christian Schlieker, PhDMolecular insights into the etiology of nuclear envelopathies: implications for protein quality control and cholesterol metabolism
Aug 2, 2016Nadinath Nillegoda, PhDFrom prokaryotes to eukaryotes: Deciphering the networking code of J- proteins

2014-2015
DATESPEAKERTALK TITLE
Sep 8, 2014Peter Juo, PhDRegulation of glutamate receptor trafficking by the ubiquitin signaling system in C. elegans
Sep 23, 2014Karim Mekhail, PhDFrom spatial genome organization to RNA-DNA hybrid regulation
Mar 31, 2015Marco Sandri, MDSignaling pathways that control protein homeostasis and energy balance in muscle
Jun 4, 2015KJ PatelHow endogenous DNA damage corrupts the production of blood
Jun 19, 2015Anne Bertolotti, PhDSurviving protein quality control failure

2013-2014
DATESPEAKERTALK TITLE
May 13, 2013Prof Christophe LamazeMembrane Dynamics and Mechanics in Intracellular Signaling
Oct 7, 2013Anthony Koleske, PhDAdhesion receptor signaling to the cytoskeleton mediates dendrite arbor and dendritic spine stability
Nov 15, 2013Tatsuo Fukagawa, PhDCentromere specification and assembly in vertebrates
Nov 22, 2013Vahid Khoddami, PhDTarget profiling and functional analysis of RNA cytosine methyltransferases
Jan 29, 2014Alejandro Buschiazo, PhDNovel insights into bacterial signaling: the 'one sequence - multiple structures' perspective
Jan 31, 2014Steven Finkbeiner, MD, PhDInsights into neurodegenerative disease gained from single cell analysis
Jul 8, 2014Andreas Matouschek, PhDProtein targeting to the proteasome: is there a second code?
Jul 18, 2014Hiten Madhani, MD, PhDPolycomb/PRC2 in the yeast Cryptococcus neoformans: insights into the control H3K27 methylation