BTP Seminars Spring 2022

Stuart Lindsay, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University
“Protein Electronics: How Electrons Get Around in Proteins”
Thursday, February 3 at 11:30 am
Zoom Seminar:  https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/91578039280
Host: Min Chen (Chemistry)

Hernán Burbano, University College London
“Reinforcing plant evolutionary genomics using ancient DNA”
Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 4 pm
Morrill Science Center 2 South, Room 222
Host: Sibongile Mafu (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)

Ananth Annapragada, Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine
 Friday, February 4^th, 2022 1:30 – 2:30 PM
LSL N410 or on Zoom: (https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/9778906501)
Host: Dr. Stacyann Bailey (Biomedical Engineering)

Cara Boutte, UT Arlington
Tuesday, February 8 at 4 pm
Zoom Seminar:
Hosts:  Peter Chien (BMB) and Sloan Siegrist (Microbiology)

Joseph Gozgit, Odyssey Therapeutics
“Discovery of Potent and Selective Small Molecule Inhibitors for Cancer: Targeting KIT in GIST and PARP7 in Squamous Cell Lung Cancer”
Wednesday February 9 at 4:10pm
Zoom Seminar:  https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/93540058379?pwd=S2JqSkdCQmNqSzA1RWpFRUx1WkZNZz09
Host:  Kathleen Arcaro, PhD (VASCI)

Jia Niu, Boston College
“Sustainably-Oriented Approaches to Precision Main-Chain Macromolecules”
Thursday, February 17 at 11:30 am
LGRT 1634 and Zoom
Host: Mingxu You (Chemistry)

Joseph Freeman, Rutgers University
“Bioactive Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering”
Friday Feb. 18, 2022, 1:30-2:30 pm
LSL N410 or on Zoom: (https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/9778906501)
Host: Prabhani Atukorale (Biomedical Engineering)

David Mooney, Harvard University
“Viscoelasticity: From Cells to Medical Devices”
Friday Feb. 25, 2022, 1:30-2:30 pm
LSL N410 or on Zoom: (https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/9778906501)
Host: Stacyann Bailey (Biomedical Engineering)

Todd Miller,  Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
“Estrogen therapy for ER+ breast cancer: mechanistic insights and opportunities for enhanced efficacy”
Wednesday March 23 at 4:00pm
Zoom Seminar:  https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/93540058379?pwd=S2JqSkdCQmNqSzA1RWpFRUx1WkZNZz09
Host:  Joseph Jerry (VASCI)

Bridgette Shannon, 3M
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 11:30am
LGRT 201 or via Zoom
Host: Sarah Perry (Chemical Engineering)

Yevgeny Brudno, UNC Chapel Hill
Friday April 1, 2022, 1:30-2:30 pm
 LSL N410 or on Zoom: (https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/9778906501)
Host: Cathal Kearney

Folami Ideraabdullah, University of North Carolina, School of Medicine
Tuesday, April 5 at 4 pm
Zoom Seminar:  Integrated Sciences Building Room 221 if in person
Host:  Katherine Chacon Vargas

Nana Minkah, Seattle Children’s Research Institute
“On the case of the interfering interferon: Understanding how IFN signaling impairs the adaptive immune response to malaria infection”
Wednesday April 6 at 4:00pm
Zoom Seminar:  https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/93540058379?pwd=S2JqSkdCQmNqSzA1RWpFRUx1WkZNZz09
Host:  Alissa Rothchild, PhD (VASCI)

Prof. Ishac Nazy, McMaster University
Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 11:30 am
LGRT 1634 and Zoom
Host: Igor Kaltashov (Chemistry)

Prof. Crina Nimigean, Cornell University
Thursday, April 28, 2022 at 11:30 am
LGRT 1634 and Zoom
Host: Jianhan Chen (Chemistry)

Eno Ebong, Northeastern University
Friday Apr 29, 2022, 1:30-2:30 pm
LSL N410 or on Zoom: (https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/9778906501)
Host: Prabhani Atukorale (Biomedical Engineering)

Roby Bhattacharyya, Massachusetts General Hospital/Broad Institute
“Transcriptional profiling to accelerate infectious disease diagnostics
Tuesday, May 3 at 4 pm
Zoom Seminar:  Integrated Sciences Building Room 221 if in person
Hosts:  Peter Chien (BMB) and Sloan Siegrist (Microbiology)

Prof. Laura Kiessling, MIT
Thursday, May 5, 2022 at 11:30 am
LGRT 1634 and Zoom
Host: Eric Strieter (Chemistry)