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
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Speaker |
Title & Abstract (pdf) |
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August 27 |
Jeffrey Comer, Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University |
Sequence optimization of peptides that fold and self-assemble at water–solid interfaces |
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September 3 |
Justin Randall, Science and Engineering, University of Missouri - Kansas City |
High-throughput approaches for antimicrobial peptide discovery and optimization |
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September 10 |
Morgan Milton, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, East Carolina University |
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September 17 |
Meng Wang, Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
ADVANCE Distinguished Lecture Series Metabolic signals in longevity regulation across scales | |
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September 24 |
Buddho Chakrabarti, Physics, Kansas State University |
Applied soft matter physics: From phase separation to chromatin and beyond | |
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October 1 |
Canceled: Arash Bashirullah, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin |
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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 | |
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October 15 |
Postponed until Spring 2026: Travis Bourret, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University |
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October 22 |
Kathrin Schrick, Biology, Kansas State University |
Transcriptional regulators of elongation growth and glucosinolate biosynthesis in the plant epidermis | |
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October 29 |
Zachary Berndsen, Biochemistry, University of Missouri |
The Lipoprotein Structural Landscape: Insights from Humans and Insects | |
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November 5 |
Stephanie Gates, Biochemistry, University of Missouri |
VCP/p97 Regulation by Cofactor Interactions and Conformational Switching | |
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November 12 |
Joanna Slusky, Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas |
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November 19 |
Raghu Chivukula, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School |
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| November 26 | No seminar | ||
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December 3 |
Lihua Wang, Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University |
Vaccine and porcine-derived neutralizing monoclonal antibody development against swine fever | |
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December 10 |
Randal Halfmann, Stowers Institute |