Speakers
November 3, 2023
“Review Commons and the new culture of preprint review“
Sara Monaco, PhD
Managing Editor
Review Commons (EMBO)
Host: Borrelli Lab
Location: Plumwood/Showa Denko Lecture Hall
Time: 2 pm
In-Person Location: Plumwood House, Room 166
November 9, 2023
“RBBP6 anchors mRNA 3’ end processing to nuclear speckles“
Yoseop Yoon, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Shi Lab
Host: Shi Lab
Location: Plumwood/Showa Denko Lecture Hall
Time: 9 am
In-Person Location: Plumwood House, Room 166
November 16, 2023
“Aging-associated DNMT3A mutations in the immune cells“
Yuri Lee, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Byun Lab
Host: Byun Lab
Location: Plumwood/Showa Denko Lecture Hall
Time: 9 am
In-Person Location: Plumwood House, Room 166
November 29, 2023
“Unraveling the role of Toxoplasma gondii‘s mitochondrial superoxide dismutase“
James Tirtorahardjo
Dissertation Defense, Andrade Lab
Host: Andrade Lab
In-Person Location: Tamkin Hall F114
Time: 12 pm
Telecast via Zoom: https://uci.zoom.us/j/94495275012
November 30, 2023
“New recombinant viral tools for neural network mapping”
Alexis Bouin, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Semler Lab
Host: Semler Lab
Location: Plumwood/Showa Denko Lecture Hall
Time: 9 am
In-Person Location: Plumwood House, Room 166
December 6, 2023
“Using reverse genetics to probe SARS-CoV-2 infection and pathogenesis“
Vineet D. Menachery, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Host: Semler Lab
Location: Plumwood/Showa Denko Lecture Hall
Co-Sponsored by the UCI Center for Virus Research
December 7, 2023
“Signaling and Metabolic Regulation of m6A RNA Modification“
Ki-Hong Jang, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Lee Lab
Host: Lee Lab
Location: Plumwood/Showa Denko Lecture Hall
Time: 9 am
In-Person Location: Plumwood House, Room 166
January 3, 2024
“Transcriptional control at coding and non-coding RNA loci”
Karen Adelman, PhD
Edward S. Harkness Professor
Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Harvard Medical School
Host: Shi Lab
Location: Plumwood/Showa Denko Lecture Hall
January 10, 2024
“Splicing Dysregulation and Antisense Targeting in Cancer”
Adrian Krainer, PhD
St. Giles Foundation Professor
Cancer Center
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Host: Lee Lab
Location: Plumwood/Showa Denko Lecture Hall
January 11, 2024
“A previously missing link between repeat DNA, genomic instability, and viruses”
Julia Li, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
UCSD
Location: Plumwood/Showa Denko Lecture Hall
January 17, 2024
“Nuclear RNA binding proteins: Concertmasters of the macrophage innate immune response”
Kristin Patrick, PhD
Assistant Professor
Microbial Pathogenesis & Immunology
Texas A&M
Host: Shi Lab
Location: Plumwood/Showa Denko Lecture Hall
January 24, 2024
“RNA and Chromatin based Mechanisms of Cellular Plasticity”
Sihem Cheloufi, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry
University of California, Riverside
Host: Hertel Lab
Location: Plumwood/Showa Denko Lecture Hall
February 1, 2024
“The Role of Alternative Splicing in Biology and Disease“
Jessie Altieri, MS
Graduate Student, Hertel Lab
Host: Hertel Lab
Location: Tamkin F114 Lecture Hall
Time: 9 am
February 8, 2024
“Elucidating the Role of IFN-λ in Alpha Herpesvirus Neuroinvasion“
Stephanie Salazar
Graduate Student, Koyuncu Lab
Host: Koyuncu Lab
Location: Plumwood House, Room 166
Time: 9 am
February 15, 2024
“Deciphering epigenetic crosstalk using long-read sequencing“
Annie Trinh
Graduate Student, Douning Lab
Host: Downing Lab
Location: Plumwood House, Room 166
Time: 9 am
February 29, 2024
“Dopaminergic Control of the Prefrontal Cortex“
Lauren Otsuka
Graduate Student, Borrelli Lab
Host: Borrelli Lab
Location: Plumwood House, Room 166
Time: 9 am
March 7, 2024
“Understanding and targeting essential amino acid metabolism for treating TSC kidney tumors”
Cuauhtemoc Ramirez
Graduate Student, Lee Lab
Host: Lee Lab
Location: Plumwood House, Room 166
Time: 9 am
March 14, 2024
“Investigating “Kick and Kill” HIV Cure Strategies using Protein Kinase C-mediated Latency Reversal“
José Arely Moran
Graduate Student, Marsden Lab
Host: Marsden Lab
Location: Plumwood House, Room 166
Time: 9 am
March 21, 2024
“Deciphering host innate immune responses to tick-borne Rickettsia“
Jessie Anh Phuong Luu
Graduate Student, Burke Lab
Host: Burke Lab
Location: Plumwood House, Room 166
Time: 9 am
March 28, 2024
“Non-nuclear Functions of the pre-mRNA 3′ End Processing Factor Symplekin“
Marielle Valdez
Graduate Student, Shi Lab
Host: Shi Lab
Location: Plumwood House, Room 166
Time: 9 am
April 10, 2024
“Barcodes, bottlenecks and influenza A virus population dynamics“
Anice Lowen, PhD
Professor
Department of Pathology & Microbiology
Emory University School of Medicine
Host: Semler Lab
Location: Plumwood/Showa Denko Lecture Hall
Time: 4 pm
April 11, 2024
“Pathogens & You: Syphilis“
Catherine Diamond, MD
Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine
Alan Barbour, MD
Distinguished Professor, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
UC Irvine
Host: Barbour Lab
Location: Tamkin F114
Time: 9 am
April 18, 2024
“My path to becoming a virologist who focused on herpes simplex virus gene regulation“
Rozanne Sandri-Goldin, PhD
Professor Emerita
Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
UC Irvine
Host: MMG Department
Location: Plumwood House, Room 166
Time: 9 am
April 24, 2024
“Breaking the Clock: Post-translational Regulation of Chlamydial Development“
Scot Ouellette, PhD
Professor
Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Host: Tan Lab
Location: Plumwood House, Room 166
April 25, 2024
“Peromyscus leucopus – a reservoir of zoonotic agents and a model for understanding infection tolerance”
Ana Milovic
Graduate Student, Barbour Lab
Dissertation Defense
Host: Barbour Lab
Location: Plumwood House, Room 166
Time: 1 pm
May 9, 2024
“TBA“
Dequina Nicholas, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular biology and Biochemistry
UC Irvine
Host: MMG Department
Location: Plumwood House, Room 166
May 16, 2024
“TBA“
Evgeny Kvon, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Developmental and Cell Biology
UC Irvine
Host: MMG Department
Location: Plumwood House, Room 166
May 23, 2024
“Pathogens & You“
Hannah Nam, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Bert Semler, PhD
Distinguished Professor, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
UC Irvine
Host: MMG Department
Location: Tamkin F114
Time: 9 am
June 6, 2024
“TBA“
Brian Paegel, PhD
Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
UC Irvine
Host: MMG Department
Location: Plumwood House, Room 166