BMB Fall 2026 Seminar Series

BMB FALL 2026 SEMINAR SERIES Location: BPS 1415, 12:00-12:50 p.m.
9/3/2026 IP (In-person)	Kelly Kim	Michigan State University	Olorunseun Ogunwobi	“The right protein in the right place: Mechanisms of membrane protein targeting and assembly.”
9/10/2026 IP	Michelle Hulin	Michigan State University	Melanie Balbach	“Phage-host interactions shape virulence gene expression in the plant pathogen pseudomonas syringae.”
9/17/2026 IP	Aditya Kunjapur	University of Delaware	Emma Boismier	“Bringing new chemistry to life through genome sculpting”
9/24/2026 IP	Lisa Mydy	Purdue University	Erich Grotewold & Rob Last	“How do plants BURP? Mechanistic insights in unique plant cyclic peptide biosynthesis.”
10/1/2026 IP	Benjamin Roche	University of North Dakota	Tommy Vo	“Studying cellular quiescence uncovers new biology: ERH is a repressor of RNA export.”
10/8/2026 IP	Richa Sardana	Cornell University	Aleksandra Skirycz	“Uncovering mechanisms of protein localization and quality control.”
10/15/2026 IP	Yang Yang	Van Andel Institute	Sundharraman Subramanian	“Cryo-EM structures of amyloids: Insights into aggregation, progression, and pathogenesis in neurodegenerative diseases.”
10/22/2026 IP	Stanley Huang	Ohio State University	Jennifer Jacob	“Metabolic checkpoints in tumor macrophages for cancer immunotherapy.”
Fall Break
11/05/2026 IP	Alexander Banks	Harvard Medical School	Erik Martinez Hackert	“Activins in Type 2 diabetes, friend or foe?”
11/12/2026 IP	Zeribe Nwosu	Cornell University	Chinedum Udekwu	“Histone deacetylase 1 inhibition reprograms metabolism in pancreatic cancer.”
11/19/2026 IP	Anthony Koleske	Yale School of Medicine	Min-Hao Kuo	“Mechanisms underlying TRIO-related disorders and possible therapeutic strategies”
Thanksgiving
12/03/2026 Tolbert Lecture IP	Catalin Voiniciuc	University of Florida	Sue Rhee	“Carbon in motion: From plant metabolism to bioengineered glycans.”
12/10/2026 Sweeley Lecture IP	Heather Hundley	Indiana University	Christina Fitzsimmons	“Rewiring the genome: Novel biological functions of the ADAR family of RNA binding proteins.”

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