2021-2022 Seminars

Monday, September 13, 4:00 pm, Rhiju Das, Stanford University
Monday, October 4, 4:00 pm, Byron Purse, San Diego State University
Monday, October 18, 4:00 pm, Tim Stasevich, Colorado State University – Link to recording
Monday, November 8, 4:00 pm, Zhonggang Hou & Jun Hee Lee – Link to recording
Monday, December 13, 4:00 pm, Paul Donlin-Asp, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
Monday, December 20, 4:00 pm, Alisha ‘Jonesy’ Jones, Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Munich

~winter break~

Monday, January 10, 4:00 pm, Rachel Niederer, Yale School of Medicine
Monday, January 31, 4:00 pm, Jailson (Jay) Brito Querido, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Monday, February 14, 4:00 pm, Margaret (Maggie) Rodgers, Johns Hopkins University
Monday, March 7, 4:00 pm, Selene L. Fernandez-Valverde, Langebio, Cinvestav
Monday, March 28, 4:00 pm, Wendy Gilbert, Yale School of Medicine
Monday, April 11, 4:00 pm, Silvi Rouskin, Harvard Medical School
Monday, April 18, 4pm, Paul Magwene, Duke University
Monday, May 9, 4pm, Sika Zheng, UC Riverside, School of Medicine
Monday, May 23, 4:00 pm, Analisa DiFeo & Bambarendage (Pini) Perera

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