BTP members participate in seminars relevant to their research interests.
BTP Spring 2024 Seminars
Thursday February 1st, 2024
“Developing Affordable Conjugate Vaccines: Antigens, Carrier Proteins, Chemistry, and Business”
Dr. Andrew Lees, Fina Biosolutions
(Chemistry Seminar)
11:30 AM
LGRT 1681
Host: Igor Kaltashov
Friday February 16th, 2024
“Re-creating cellular protein synthesis and posttranslational modification on-chip for cell-free bionanomanufacturing of therapeutics”
Professor Susan Daniel, Cornell University
(Polymer Science and Engineering Seminar)
3:35 PM
Conte A110/111 & Zoom
Hosted by: Maria Santore
Tuesday February 27th, 2024
Angela Mabb, Georgia State
(MCB Seminar)
4:00 PM
Morrill 2 Rm 222
Hosted by: Eric Strieter/ChangHui Pak
Friday February 29th, 2024
Professor Robert Tampé, Gothe University Frankfurt
(Chemistry Seminar)
11:30 AM
Mahoney Seminar
Hosted by: Min Chen
Tuesday March 5th, 2024
Jason Gestwick, UCSF
(MCB Seminar)
4:00 PM
Morrill 2 Rm 222
Hosted by: Peter Chien/Jenny Rauch
Tuesday March 12th, 2024
Flora Vaccarino, Yale Neuroscience
(MCB Seminar)
4:00 AM
Morrill 2 Rm 222
Hosted by: Beatriz Martinez-Martin/Lydia Proskauer
Thursday March 14th, 2024
Marcin Drag, Wroclaw University of Technology
(Chemistry Seminar)
11:30 AM
LGRT 1681
Hosted by: Jeanne Hardy
Tuesday March 26th, 2024
Nicole Daos, USD
(MCB Seminar)
4:00 PM
Morrill 2 Rm 222
Hosted by: Beatriz Martinez-Martin
Wednesday 27th, 2024
“A new insight into regulatory T cell development in thymus”
Xuguang Tai, National Cancer Institute, NIH
(Veterinary and Animal Science Seminar)
4:00 PM (Refreshments at 3:45 PM)
221 Integrated Sciences Building
Refreshments at 3:45PM
Hosted by: Leonid Povezinsky
Tuesday March 29th, 2024
“Designed Nanoscale Materials through DNA-Programmable Assembly”
Professor Oleg Gang, Columbia University
(Polymer Science and Engineering Seminar)
3:35 PM
Conte A110/111 & Zoom
Hosted by: Greg Grason
Tuesday April 9th, 2024
Yang Tao, Van Andel Institute
(MCB Seminar)
4:00 PM
Morrill 2 Rm 222
Hosted by: Jungwoo Lee
Wednesday April 10th, 2024
“Necroptosis, inflammation, and tumorigenesis”
Zheng Gang Liu, National Cancer Institute, NIH
(Veterinary and Animal Science)
4:00 PM (Refreshments at 3:45 PM)
221 Integrated Science Building
Hosted by: Elena Pobezinskaya
Wednesday April 16th, 2024
Li-Huei Tsai, MIT
(MCB Seminar)
4:00 PM
Morrill 2 Rm 222
Hosted by: ChangHui Pak
Wednesday April 24th, 2024
“Evaluating immune responses to radiation therapy and immunomodulation in translational animal models of head and neck cancer”
Keara Boss, DVM, Colorado State University
(Veterinary and Animal Science)
4:00 PM (Refreshments at 3:45 PM)
221 Integrated Sciences Building
Hosted by: Joseph Jerry
Thursday April 25th, 2024
Professor. B. Montgomery Pettitt, University of Texas
(Chemistry Seminar)
11:30 AM
LGRT 1681
Hosted by: Jianhan Chen
Friday April 26th, 2024
Professor Ashley Carter, Amherst College
(Polymer Science and Engineering Seminar)
3:35 PM
Conte A110/111 & Zoom
Hosted by: Al Crosby
Tuesday April 30th, 2024
Maria Lara-Tejero, Yale
(MCB Seminar)
4:00 PM
Morrill 2 Rm 222
Hosted by: Alejandro Heuck
Wednesday May 1st, 2024
“Tissue specific hydrogels and tumor dormancy”
Shelly Peyton, UMass Amherst
(Veterinary and Animal Science Seminar)
4:00 PM (Refreshments at 3:45 PM)
221 Integrated Sciences Building
Hosted by: Lisa Minter
Tuesday May 7th, 2024
Dan Geschwind, UCLA
(MCB Seminar)
4:00 PM
Morrill 2 Rm 222
Hosted by: ChangHui Pak