BIOL/MB&B 339 Spring 2026 Seminars

All Seminars are Wednesdays at 12:15-1:15pm in Exley 058 unless otherwise noted


January 28+

Jaeseung Hahn, Columbia University

Bacterial Ninja Warrior: Context-dependent immune evasion for safe and effective bacterial cancer therapy

Location: Shanklin 107
Time: 12:10pm

Host: Cohan

February 4*

Luke E. Berchowitz, Columbia University

The dual lives of pathogenic structures: from functional amyloids to domesticated capsids

Time: 12:10pm

Host: MacQueen

February 11+ 

NO SEMINAR

February 18*

Leslie Caromile, UConn Health Center for Vascular Biology

Repurposing of PSMA-targeted diagnostic and therapeutic agents

Time: 12:10pm

Host: Padilla

February 25+

Zachary Blount, Michigan State University

Exploration of Evolution's Alternative Paths with a Microbial Time Machine

Host: Cohan

March 4*

Oluwarotimi Folorunso, McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Catching Stress in the Act: Insights from Adolescet Rodent Models for Studying Psychiatric Disorders

Host: Padilla

March 25+

Jelena Platisa, Southern Connecticut State University and Columbia University

Title TBD

Host: Feng

April 1*

Robert Dempski, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Title TBD

Host: Padilla

April 8+

Adele Bubnys, Arbor Bio

Title TBD

Host: Murolo and WEStern Blots

April 15*

Chenshu Liu, Lehigh University

Title TBD

Host: MacQueen

April 22+

Joyce Powzyk, Wesleyan University

Title TBD

Host: Biology

April 29*

Oleh Khalimonchuk, University of Nebraska

Title TBD

Host: Padilla

 

 

+Hosted by the Department of Biology
*Hosted by the Department of MB&B
^Hosted by the Molecular Biophysics Program