BMB Department Seminars Fall 2025

Wednesdays at 4 p.m. in 120 Ackert Hall

Coffee and Cookies available at 3:45 p.m. in Chalmers 168

 

Date

Speaker

Title & Abstract (pdf)

August 27

Jeffrey Comer, Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University

Sequence optimization of peptides that fold and self-assemble at water–solid interfaces

September 3

Justin Randall, Science and Engineering, University of Missouri - Kansas City

High-throughput approaches for antimicrobial peptide discovery and optimization

September 10

Morgan Milton, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, East Carolina University

Challenging the archetype: Exploration of a protein-protein interaction controlling Vibrio fischeri biofilm formation

September 17

Meng Wang, Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

ADVANCE Distinguished Lecture Series Metabolic signals in longevity regulation across scales

September 24

Buddho Chakrabarti, Physics, Kansas State University

October 1

Arash Bashirullah, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin

October 8

Amanda Brinkworth, Pathobiology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Adapting a 3D-organotypic human skin model to model the tick-pathogen-skin interface

October 15

Travis Bourret, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University

October 22

Kathrin Schrick, Biology, Kansas State University

October 29

Zachary Berndsen, Biochemistry, University of Missouri

November 5

Stephanie Gates, Biochemistry, University of Missouri

November 12

Joanna Slusky, Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas

November 19

Raghu Chivukula, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

November 26 No seminar

December 3

Lihua Wang, Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University

December 10

Randal Halfmann, Stowers Institute