The Exchange
BMB's The Exchange - Graduate Students and colleagues Summer 2023
Tuesday Noon Pizza "Chalk" Talks
BMB graduate students and students working in BMB laboratories, join us for this summer's Tuesday noon pizza informal "chalk" talks. We meet at 12 p.m. outside at the picnic tables in the garden, weather permitting, or in room 208 if inclement weather.
| Date | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|
| June 6 | Katie Thompson |
| June 13 | Bailey Kleven |
| June 20 | Diego Granados-Villanueva |
| June 27 | Joshua Kaste |
| July 11 | Michael Nikolovski |
| July 18 | Warren Sink |
| July 25 | Rachel Nicholas |
| August 1 | Louisa Elllis |
| August 8 | Nick Moreno |
| August 15 | Ceren Kilinc and Isaiah Kaufman |
BMB's The Exchange - Graduate Students and colleagues Fall 2022 – Spring 2023
BMB graduate students and students working in BMB laboratories, join us for discussion of science and the conduct of science. The Exchange is a venue for intellectual and professional growth of our graduate students! All sessions will meet at 8 a.m. – 9 a.m. unless otherwise noted
Students taking BMB 978 attend The Exchange to satisfy course requirements.
Fall 2022
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 30 | Introductions, volunteering for presentations and luncheons, and some thoughts on putting your best foot forward for a journal club talk. | ||
| Sep. 6 | Dr. Thomas Tomasiak, U. Arizona | Journal Club: Structural biology of drug-transporter interactions | Peixuan Yu and Natasha George |
| Sep. 13 | The Ph.D. qualifying exam: Tales from the Crypt and other true stories | ||
| Sep. 20 (7:30 a.m.) |
Dr. Eric Berling and members of MSU’s VERITIES team | VERITIES: Exploring scientific truths for deeper understanding of responsible conduct of research. | |
| Sep. 27 | Misconceiving Merit; Meritocracy in Academia, a sobering appraisal | ||
| Oct. 4 | Dr. Yiliang Ding, John Innes Centre | Journal Club: RNA structure in gene regulation | Liz Harper, Anna Antoniak, Ben Dolgikh |
| Oct. 11 | Dr. Stephanie Moon, U. Michigan | Journal Club: Translational regulation in human health and disease | Rachel Nicolas and Megan Gruenberg |
| Oct. 18 | The Experience of Internships in Graduate School | Fabio Gomez, Wenjie Qi, Hannah Parks, Nick Schlecht | |
| Oct. 25 | Dr. Eunyong Park, UC Berkeley | Journal Club: Cryo-EM of membrane proteins | Diego Granados-Villanueva, Shannon Donnelly, Majid Jafari |
| Nov. 1 | Scientific writing: AI-generated scientific content? Article 1 and Article 2 | ||
| Nov. 8 | Dr. Yi-Fang Tsay, Academia Sinica, Taiwan | Journal Club: Plant nitrate transport and signaling | Emily Lanier, Bailey Kleven, Louisa Ellis, Angel McKay Whiteman |
| Nov. 15 | Dr. Maria Gambetta, U. Lausanne | Journal Club: Chromatin structure and gene regulation | Jamie Lord, Matt Faber, Joydeep Rakshit |
| Nov. 29 | Dr. Anna West, Duke University | Journal Club: Neurobiology – disease and gene regulation | Katie Thompson, Isaiah Kaufman, Amberly Crawford |
| Dec. 6 | Erik Martinez-Hackert and guests | Careers in industry | |
Spring 2023
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 10 | Natalia Hubbs (Porcek) from Hanover College, Indiana | Academic jobs | |
| Jan. 17 | Dr. Giulia Palermo, UC Riverside | Journal Club: Molecular dynamics of CRISPR complexes | Diego Granados, Anna Antoniak, Majid Jafari |
| Jan. 24 | Dr. Amy Cullinan, Seer Bio. | Journal Club: NOTE: this presentation will focus on a proteomics analysis firm and on the career of our speaker! Not the usual one paper event. | Krystina Hird, Bailey Kleven, Shannon Donnelly |
| Jan. 31 | Philipp Zerbe, UC Davis | Journal Club: Plant secondary metabolites | Angel McKay-Whiteman, Ben Dolgikh, George Kusi-Appiah |
| Feb. 7 | Dr. Ariel Furst, MIT | Journal Club: Bio-electrochemistry | Liz Harper, Amberly Crawford, Allen Treviso |
| Feb. 14 | Dr. Jennifer Bridwell-Rabb, University of Michigan | Journal Club: Chlorophyll and metalloenzymes | Louisa Ellis, Peixuan Yu, Isaiah Kaufman |
| Feb. 21 | Brooke Jeffrey | Introducing the Graduate Student Accessibility and Support Network (GSASN) | |
| Feb. 28 | Dr. Amanda Schalk | Enzyme by Design discussing start-up culture and careers | |
| Mar. 14 | Dr. Brian Kelch, U. Mass. Worcester | Journal Club: DNA replication and repair complexes | Katie Thompson, Rachel Nicholas, Michael Nikolovski |
| Mar. 21 | Dr. Jason Ridlon, U. Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Journal Club: Microbiome metabolism of bile acids and steroids | Warren Sink, Hsin-ying Lin, Kai-Ching Hsiao |
| Mar. 28 | Brooke Jeffrey | Introducing the Graduate Student Accessibility and Support Network (GSASN) | |
| Apr. 4 | Aaron Reifler, PhD, Med. Director, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs | Exploring careers with MSU resources! | |
| Apr. 11 | Dr. Crisanto Gutierrez, Autonomous U. Madrid | Journal Club: Cell cycle regulation | Carson Broeker, Joshua Kaste, Christina Plantz |
| Apr. 18 | Mary Huff, Ph.D. (neuroscience, U. Iowa) | Mental Health in Academia. Link | |
| Apr. 25 7:30 a.m. |
Eric Berling | VERITIES – exploring scientific virtues as basis of RCR, with Eric Berling | |