Monthly Seminar Series
Monthly Seminar Series
2025-2026 Seminar Series Schedule
Seminars are held at 12:00 PM on the second Tuesday of each month. Off-cycle seminars are marked with an (*).
August 19, 2025 - 180 IHSC (Hamilton Hall)
Genscript - Special Seminar
Presenters: Mark Shulewitz, PhD Field Applications Scientist - GenScript
Dorcus Lohese, Sales Account Manager - GenScript
12:00 - 1:30PM
Registration is required
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September 9, 2025 - 370 IHSC (Hamilton Hall)
CRB Postdoctoral Research Presentations
Dr. René Arvola (Singh & Amacher Lab)
Dissecting unexpected connections between transcriptional control and Nonsense Mediated mRNA Decay
Dr. Bappaditya Roy (Fredrick Lab)
Why Bacteroidia ribosomes tuck in their tails
12:00PM - 1:30PM
September 10, 2025 - Virtual Seminar
CRB Co-Hosting The RNA Collaborative
Speaker: Kotaro Nakanishi - Center for RNA Biology
Gene Silencing by cityRNAs.
Speaker: Simon Bullock - Cambridge University RNA Club
Getting the message across: a structural mechanism for selecting diverse mRNAs for subcellular localisation
Moderator: Rene Arvola
10:00AM - 11:00AM
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 - Virtual Seminar
Eclipse Bio
Virtual Seminar
12:00PM - 1:00pm
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 - 115 Biomedical Research Tower - Postponed
Dr. Shuo Gu
NIH/NCI
Harnessing microRNA Mechanisms for Cancer Therapy
Host: Kotaro Nakanishi
12:00PM - 1:30PM
*Sunday, November 9, 2025 - Fawcett Center Conference Theater
Schoenberg Lectureship:
Dr. Craig Mello
UMass Chan Medical School
Public Lecture co-hosted by Science Sundays
Lecture - 3:00PM - 4:00PM
RNAi: A Molecular Spark in an Information Inferno
Reception - 4:00PM - 5:00PM
*Monday, November 10, 2025 - 170 DHLRI
Technical Talk
RNAi: A Molecular Spark in an Information Inferno, Take 2
2:00PM - 3:00PM
*Tuesday November 18, 2025 - 370 IHSC (Hamilton Hall)
Dr. Markos Koutmos
University of Michigan
How RNA-modifying enzymes shape stress responses and disease outcomes
Host: Wayne Miles
12:00PM - 1:30PM
Tuesday, December 9, 2025 - 370 IHSC (Hamilton Hall)
Dr. Katherine Borden
Northwestern University
Robert H Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
Cancer cells hijack mRNA processing to change the message
Host: Li-Chun Tu
12:00PM - 1:30PM
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 - 115 Biomedical Research Tower
Dr. Yunsun Nam
UT Southwestern
Deciphering the Protein-RNA Crosstalk —How Proteins Recognize RNAs for Processing and Modification
Host: Jane Jackman
12:00PM - 1:30PM
Tuesday, March 10, 2026 - 115 Biomedical Research Tower
Dr. Mike Kiledjian
Rutgers University
Glyco-Modified RNAs in Extracellular Vesicles
Host: Wen Tang
12:00PM - 1:30PM
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 - 115 Biomedical Research Tower
CRB Graduate Fellow Research Presentations
Xiaoyuan Yang - Fu & Tang Lab
Deciding RNA Fate: The Coordinated Roles of MUT-7 and RDE-3 in Gene Silencing
Andrew Savidge - Nakanishi Lab
Tiny RNAs provide mechanistic insights into Argonaute Syndrome
Margaret Bohmer - Guo Lab
Stoichiometry determination of the asymmetrical ATP-binding pRNA hexamer that drives the phi29 DNA-packaging motor
Host: Mike Kearse
12:00PM - 1:30PM
2026-2027 Seminar Schedule:
September 8, 2026:
Two postdocs present
TBA
October 13, 2026:
Amy Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology
Harvard University
Host: Mike Kearse
November 10, 2026:
Shuo Gu. Ph.D.
Head, RNA Mediated Gene Regulation Section
Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute
Host: Kotaro Nakanishi
November 15-16, 2026
2026 Schoenberg Lecture
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
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:
Davide Ruggero, Ph.D.
Goldberg-Benioff Endowed Professorship in Prostate Cancer Translational Biology
University of California, San Francisco
Host: Mike Kearse (and Dan Schoenberg)
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