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Monthly Seminar Series

Monthly Seminar Series

2025-2026 Seminar Series Schedule

Seminars will be held at 12:00 pm in 115 Biomedical Research Tower (BRT) unless otherwise noted.

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
Register here

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 - 1:00PM

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

October 7, 2025 - Virtual Seminar
Eclipse Bio 
Virtual Seminar
12:00PM - 1:30pm

October 14, 2025 - 115 Biomedical Research Tower
Dr. Shuo Gu
NIH/NCI
Harnessing microRNA Mechanisms for Cancer Therapy
Host: Kotaro Nakanishi
12:00PM - 1:30PM

November 9, 2025 - The Fawcett Center 
Science Sunday Lecture
Dr. Craig Mello
UMass Chan Medical School
RNAi: A Molecular Spark in an Information Inferno
Reception to follow
3:00PM - 4:00PM

November 10, 2025 - 170 DHLRI
Technical Talk 
Dr. Craig Mello
TBA
2:00PM - 3:00PM

*November 18, 2025 - 370 IHSC (Hamilton Hall)
Dr. Markos Koutmos
University of Michigan 
Host: Wayne Miles
12:00PM - 1:30PM

December 9, 2025 - 370 IHSC (Hamilton Hall)
Dr. Katherine Borden
Northwestern University
Robert H Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center 
Host: Li-Chun Tu
12:00PM - 1:30PM

January 13, 2026 - 115 Biomedical Research Tower
Dr. Amy Lee
Harvard University
Host: Mike Kearse
12:00PM - 1:30PM

February 10, 2026 - 115 Biomedical Research Tower
Dr. Yunsun Nam
UT Southwestern
Host: Jane Jackman
12:00PM - 1:30PM

March 10, 2026 - 115 Biomedical Research Tower
Dr. Mike Kiledjian
Rutgers University 
Host: Wen Tang
12:00PM - 1:30PM

April 14, 2026 - 115 Biomedical Research Tower
CRB Graduate Fellow Research Presentations
Host: Mike Kearse
12:00PM - 1:30PM

Past Seminars