Monthly Seminar Series

Seminars are held at 12:00 PM on the second Tuesday of each month. Off-cycle seminars are marked with an (*)

2026-2027 Seminar Schedule: 

September 8, 2026:
CRB postdocs present
Chloe Nagasawa (Chandler lab): "Unraveling the Regulation of MDM2-ALT1 in DNA Damage and Cancer"
Brandon Iwaniec (van Hoof lab): "tRNA introns: What are the good for? Absolutely something” 
Location: BRT 115
 

October 13, 2026:  
"Evolution of mRNA translation across the diversity of life"
Amy Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology
Harvard University
Host: Mike Kearse
Location: BRT 115
 

November 10, 2026:
"From Mutation to Mechanism: Functional Consequences of Disease-Associated DICER1 Variants." 
Shuo Gu. Ph.D.
Head, RNA Mediated Gene Regulation Section
Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute
Host: Kotaro Nakanishi 
Location: James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Inst.(460 W. 10th Ave.), room L035
 

November 15-16, 2026
2026 Schoenberg Lecture 
Nov 15: "The vigilant ribosome: how the cell decides when to live or die”, Location: Fawcett Event Center
Nov 16: TBA, Location: DHLRI 170 
Rachel Green. Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
 

December 8, 2026
EAB Members:

Jay Hesselberth, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
University of Colorado 
Location: BRT 115

 Peter Dedon, MD, Ph.D.
Underwood-Prescott Professor, Department of Biological Engineering 
MIT
 

January 12, 2027
CRB Fellows Present:

Chin Wang – Tang Lab
Debadrita Paul – Singh Lab 
Michael Brandt – Fredrick Lab

February 9, 2027:  
Amanda Hargrove, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Chemistry
University Toronto
Co-hosts: Jane Jackman and Venkat Gopalan 

March 9, 2027: 
Joel McManus, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Carnegie Mellon
Host: Agnes Karasik

April 13, 2027: 
Rob T. Batey, Ph.D.
University of Colorado Boulder
Host: Karin Musier-Forsyth

Past Seminars