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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
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 - 1:30PM

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

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

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

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

Past Seminars