BTP Seminars Fall 2022

BTP Seminars Fall 2022

David Clemmer, Indiana University,
“Developing mass spectrometry-based methods for understanding the structures and stabilities of model proteins and protein complexes”
Thursday, Sept 8 at 11:30 am
ISB 221
Host: Igor Kaltashov (Chemistry)

Sarah Slavoff, Yale University
“Dark matter of the human proteome”
Thursday, Sept 22 at 11:30 am
ISB 221
Host: Jeanne Hardy (Chemistry)

Hyunmin Yi, Tufts University
“Nanobiofabrication: Integrated Fabrication Approaches for Biopolymeric-Synthetic Hybrid Materials”
Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022 – 11:30am
Host: Jungwoo Lee (Chem Eng)

Olivier Julien, University of Alberta
“The role of proteolysis in apoptosis and infectious diseases”
Thursday, Oct 6 at 11:30 am
ISB 221
Host: Jeanne Hardy (Chemistry)

Celia Schiffer, University of Massachusetts Medical School
“Deciphering and Avoiding Complex Mechanisms of Drug Resistance from HIV to SARS-CoV-2 Integrating: Structural Biology, MD and ML”
Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 11:30 am
ISB 221
Host: (Chemistry)

Shumin TanTufts University School of Medicine
“Host-pathogen interactions in Mycobacterium tuberculosis”
Tuesday Oct 18th, 4 pm
Morrill Science Center 2-221
Host: Alissa Rothchil (VASCI)

Patrick Rothwell, University of Minnesota
“New Tricks for an Old Dog: the Function of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme in Brain Circuits”
Wednesday, Oct 19th, 2022 at 4:00 pm
Morrill Science Center II Room 222
Host: Elena Vazey / Emily Rothwell

Peter Arvan University of Michigan
“ER stress and insulin misfolding”
Tuesday Oct 25th, 4 pm
Morrill Science Center 2-221
Host: Alicia Timme-Laragy

Prof. Laura Kiessling MIT
Thursday, October 27, 2022 at 11:30 am
ISB 221
Host: (Chemistry)
Dan Finley Harvard Medical School
Tuesday Nov 1st, 4 pm
Morrill Science Center 2-221
Host: Eric Strieter

Michelle O’Malley, University of California at Santa Barbara
“Engineering microbes and consortia with novel functions”
Tuesday, November 8, 2022 – 11:30am
Zoom Virtual Seminar (Email wallace@ecs.umass.edu for Zoom Link)
Host: Lauren Andrews (Chemical Engineering)

Robert KirchdoerferUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
“Coronaviruses”
Tuesday Nov 8th, 4 pm
Morrill Science Center 2 Room 221
Hosts: Carolina Santamaria, Yadi Bermudez, and Sloan Siegris (Microbiology)

Prof. Ian Webb IUPUI School of Science
“Exploiting Chemical Modifications for Structural Elucidation by Mass Spectrometry”
Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 11:30 am
ISB 221
Host: (Chemistry)

Sally Temple, Neural Stem Cell Institute, Rensselaer NY
“Investigating Tauopathy Mechanism and Interventions with 3D brain organoids”
Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 4:00 pm
Morrill Science Center II Room 222
Host: Jennifer Rauch (BMB)

BTP Seminars Spring 2023

Kathryn Whitehead, Carnegie Mellon University
“From Farm to Pharmacy: A Strawberry-Derived Solution to Oral Protein Delivery”
Tuesday,March 7, 2023 at 11:30 am
S330-340 Life Science Laboratories
Host: Shelly Peyton (Chem Eng)

Shelley D. Minteer, University of Utah
Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 11:30 am
LGRT 201
Host: Nick Wu (Chem Eng)

Guo-Li Ming, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Wednesday, April 19th , 2023 at 4:00 pm
Morrill Science Center II Room 222
Host: ChangHui Pak (BMB)