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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