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 2025 SEMINARS!
| Date | Time | Location | UMass Host/Dept. | Title / Guest Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 5, 2025 | 4:00 p.m. | ISB 221 | VASCI | Dr. Prabhani Atukorale: "Leveraging engineering strategies and innate immunity for new cancer vaccines" |
| February 7, 2025 | 3:35 p.m. | Conte A110-111 | PSE | Professor Gregory Sotzing (University of Connecticut): “PolyCannabinoids, A Patent Awarded Sustainable Platform Technology… from Flowers!” |
| February 12, 2025 | 4:00 p.m. | ISB 221 | VASCI: Leonid Pobezinsky | Dr. Erietta Stelekati (Miami Miller School of Medicine): "T cell responses to immunotherapy regulated by microRNAs: the synergy of two Nobel prizes" |
| February 14, 2025 | 3:35 p.m. | Conte A110-111 | PSE | Dr. Emily Agnello (UMass Amherst): “Investigating the Assembly Mechanism of a Long-Tailed Thermophilic Bacteriophage Using Cryo-Electron Microscopy” |
| February 19, 2025 | 4:00 p.m. | ISB 221 | VASCI: Joe Jerry | Dr. Francisco Sanchez-Rivera (MIT): "Functional studies of genetic variation using precision genome editing." |
| February 20, 2025 | 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | LSL 330/340 | Chemistry: Joseph DuChene | Prof. Daniel Nocera (Harvard University) |
| February 20, 2025 | 4:00 p.m. | Morrill Science Center 2 South, Room 222 | PB: Greg Gregory | Jenn Brophy (Standford University): "Reprogramming root growth with synthetic biology" |
| March 12, 2025 | 4:00 p.m. | ISB 221 | VASCI: Kim Tremblay | Dr. Vikki Abrahams (Yale University): "Novel signaling mechanisms at the maternal-fetal interface in chorioamnionitis and preterm birth." |
| March 13, 2025 | 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | LGRT 1681 | Chemistry: Jianhan Chen | Prof. Carlos Castaneda (Syracuse University) |
| March 14, 2025 | 3:35 p.m. | Conte A110-111 | PSE | Professor Ritu Raman (MIT): “4D Tissue Engineering of Biological Actuators for Medicine and Machines” |
| March 27, 2025 | 4:00 p.m. | Morrill Science Center 2 South, Room 222 | PB: Sibongile Mafu | Philipp Zerbe (UC Davis): "Investigating plant terpenoid metabolism toward crop and bioproduct applications" |
| April 17, 2025 | 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | LGRT 1681 | Chemistry: Richard Vachet | Prof. Ryan Julian (University of California-Riverside): "Site-specific photodissociation of peptide bonds: a new tool for top-down proteomics " |
| April 24, 2025 | 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | LGRT 1681 | Chemistry: Igor Kaltashov | Dr. Rachel Ogorzalek-Loo (UCLA) |
| May 1, 2025 | 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | LGRT 1681 | Chemistry: Michelle Farkas | Joshua Kritzer (Tufts University) |
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