BTP Seminars

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BTP offers students a chance to participate and attend seminars surrounding and relevant to their research. Each seminar is unique and poses an opportunity to gain more knowledge about topics and areas of the biotech field.

SPRING 2026 SEMINARS!

DateTimeLocationUMass Host/Dept.Title/Guest Speaker
January 29, 202611:30 am - 12:30 pmISB 221Chemistry“Detecting and Modulating Proteins with Multifunctional Molecular Probes” - David Margulies (Weizmann Insitute of Science- Rehovot, Israel)
February 3, 20264:00 pm - 5:00 pmISB 221MCBIlluminating Female Reproductive Longevity Mechanisms Through Engineered Oocyte Aging" - Binyam Mogessie
February 5, 202611:30 am - 12:30 pmISB 221Chemistry“Neuro-Epitranscriptomics: Measuring RNA Modifications in the Brain and Single Neurons” - Prof. Kevin Clark (Tufts University, Department of Chemistry)
February 20, 20263:30 pm - 4:30 pmPSE A110Polymer Science & Materials EngineeringProf. Lutz Grossmann
February 24, 2026TBDISB 221MCB"Microfluidic Studies of Microbes in Porous Media " - Dr. Sang Hyun Lee (UMass Amherst)
February 24, 202611:30 am - 12:30 pmLGRT 201Chemical & Biomolecular EngineeringProf. William A. Phillip
February 26, 202611:30 am - 12:30 pmISB 221Chemistry“CRISPR analysis of B lymphocyte Iron Metabolism and Sensitivity to the Ferroptosis Cell Death Pathway” - Prof. Benjamin Gewurz
(Mass General Brigham, Broad Institute, and Harvard Medical School)
March 5, 202611:30 am - 12:30 pmISB 221Chemistry“Biosynthetic and Structural Insights into Backbone-modified Peptide Natural Products” - Prof. Michael Freeman (University of Minnesota, College of Biological Sciences)
March 6, 202611:30 amMorrill II Room 222Microbiology"Breaking the Cycle: Targeting Insect Tyrosine Metabolism to Disrupt Vector-Borne Disease Transmission" - Dr. Alvaro Acosta Serrano (University of Notre Dame)
March 12, 20264:00 pmMorrill II Room 222Plant Biology"Gene regulation and cell type-specific mechanisms underpinning plant defense" - Dr. Philip Bates (Washington State University)
March 25, 20264:00 pm - 5:00 pmGSMN 153Material Science & EngineeringProf. Peter Reinhart (IALS)
March 26, 20264:00 pmMorrill II Room 222Plant BiologyDr. David Mendoza-Cózatl (University of Missouri)
March 27, 202611:30 amMorrill II Room 222Microbiology"The Role of the DNA Landscape in Promoting Mismatch Repair and Preventing Cancer" - Dr. Carol M. Manhart (Temple University)
March 31, 2026TBDISB 221MCB"Dissecting the contribution of aging to late-onset neurodegeneration via directly reprogrammed human neurons " - Dr. Andrew Yoo (Washington University in St. Louis)
April 9, 2026
4:00 pmMorrill II Room 222Plant BiologyDr. Ek Han Tan (The University of Maine)
April 10, 20263:30 pm - 4:30 pmPSE A110Polymer Science & Materials EngineeringProf. Kelly Burke
April 14, 2026
TBDTBDPlant Biology & MCBDr. Nancy Keller (University of Wisconsin-Madison
April 21, 2026TBDISB 221MCBDr. Boce Zhang (University of Florida)
April 21, 202611:30 am - 12:30 pmLGRT 201Chemical & Biomolecular EngineeringProf. Razi Epsztein
April 23, 20264:00 pmMorrill II Room 222Plant BiologyDr. Erich Grotewold (Michigan State Unviersity)
April 24, 20263:30 pm - 4:30 pmPSE A110Polymer Science & Materials EngineeringProf. R. Konane Bay
April 28, 2026TBDTBDPlant Biology & MCBDr. Carol M Manhart (Temple University)
May 5, 2026TBDISB 221MCBDr. Melody Morris (UMass Amherst)
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