Happening @ Michigan

Defense: Characterizing the Function of CSLD Proteins During Plant Cell Wall Deposition in Arabidopsis

Jiyuan Yang

Mentor: Erik Nielsen

Virtual Seminar - "Metabolic engineering strategies: from static to dynamic rewiring of microbial metabolic networks”

Filipa Pereira, Ph.D.

Filipa Pereira, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow European Molecular Biology Laboratory Link to attend: https://umich.zoom.us/j/93168574796

Webinar: Learning Health Systems in the Time of COVID-19

This 90-minute webinar is designed to introduce individuals to the overall concept of learning health systems, focusing on core components...

POSTPONED Sensory representation in the Drosophila brain

Sophie Caron, University of Utah

This seminar has been postponed due to the re-opening of the BSB for research....

RNA Innovation Seminar, Jeffery Twiss, MD, PhD, Professor, Interim Departmental Chair, SmartState Chair in Childhood Neurotherapeutics, University of South Carolina

Talk Title TBA

Jeffery Twiss, MD, PhD, Professor, Interim Departmental Chair, SmartState Chair in Childhood Neurotherapeutics, University of South Carolina

Health & Fitness + COVID-19:

The Rapid Pivot to Telehealth & Virtual Fitness

Shelter-in-place orders caused all patient/client-centric allied health and fitness providers to quickly pivot exclusively to a virtual...

The role of Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule in development and diseases

Hao Liu, PhD Candidate

We are pleased to announce that Hao Liu will present his dissertation defense on June 18th, 2020 through a live stream virtual seminar!...

Using Precision Health resources to empower your COVID-19 research

Erin O'Brien Kaleba

How to use Precision Health resources (MGI and more) to empower your COVID-19 research...

PhD Defense: Matthew S. Willsey

Decoding, Modulating, and Imaging Sensorimotor Pathways in the Brain

NOTICE: This event will be held via Zoom. The link will be placed below....

PhD Defense: Daniel Quevedo

Design, Applications, and Processing of Synthetic Protein Nanoparticles

NOTICE: This event will be held digitally via Blue Jeans. The link will be placed below....

EEB student evaluation seminar: Trait-performance relationships: influence of leaf traits on plant growth and mortality

Minh Chau N. Ho, EEB Ph.D. Student

Chau presents her preliminary seminar...

Kate A. Fitzgerald, PhD, Vice Chair, Research, Department of Medicine,

Title: "lnc’ing RNA to Innate Immunity"

Registration link: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_25jkEySCT6q3UWjxfRU13Q...

PhD Defense: Charles Lu

Precision Neuromodulation of Sensorimotor Systems

NOTICE: This event will be held via Zoom. The link will be placed below....

PhD Defense: Benjamin Juliar

Proteolytic and Mechanical Matrix Remodeling During Capillary Morphogenesis

NOTICE: This event will be held via BlueJeans. The link will be placed below....

LHS Collaboratory Webinar - Global LHS for COVID-19

International Collaboration to Realize a Global LHS for COVID-19: Lessons from Italy, Spain, and the USA

Please join us for this special webinar session on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 from 10:00 am - 11:30 pm EDT.  Registration:...

PhD Defense: Katy Norman

A Computational Systems Approach to Elucidate New Mechanisms Involved in Progressive Lung Disease

NOTICE: This event will be held via BlueJeans. The link will be posted below....

Tissue-Specific Roles for Hedgehog Co-Receptors During Vertebrate Embryogenesis

Martha Echevarria, PhD Candidate

We are pleased to announce that Martha Echevarria will present her dissertation defense on July 31st, 2020 through a live stream virtual...

PhD Defense: Josiah Simeth

Quantifying Regional and Global Liver Function Via Gadoxetic Acid Uptake

Notice: This event will be held via BlueJeans. The link will be placed below....

Defense: Building the Biofilm Matrix: Gene Regulation and Cell Organization

Janet Price

Mentor: Matt Chapman

Merck Symposium

Valerie Schmidt(University of California, San Diego) , Paul Chirik(Princeton University)

Valerie Schmidt(University of California, San Diego) , Paul Chirik(Princeton University)

EEB dissertation defense: Frog trophic and morphological diversity: phylogenetic and spatial patterns

Joanna Larson, U-M EEB Ph.D. Student

Joanna defends her dissertation Joanna's favorite frog, Sphaenorhynchus lacteus. Image credit: Consuelo Alarcon Rodriguez.

EEB dissertation defense: The diversity of mycoviruses in early-diverging fungi, and their evolutionary implications

Jillian Myers, U-M EEB Ph.D. Student

Jill presents her dissertation watercolor image inspired by one of Jill's study organisms, Allomyces, painted by her Mom

EEB dissertation defense: Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of complex host-parasite communities

Camden Gowler, U-M EEB Ph.D. Student

Camden presents his dissertation

Chemistry-Biology Interface Symposium

This virtual symposium will feature a plenary lecture, talks from faculty and students, and a virtual poster session.

PhD Defense: Ziwen Zhu

Targeting Branched Chain Amino Acid Metabolism in Tumor Microenvironment

NOTICE: This event will be held via Zoom. The link will be placed below....

Mechanisms of Coat Assembly and Regulation in Membrane Trafficking- Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar

Dr. Lauren Parker Jackson

Dr. Lauren Parker Jackson will give the Department of Biological Chemistry virtual seminar on Tuesday September 8th, 2020. You must have a...

DCMB / CCMB Weekly Seminar Series

Sally Camper, Ph.D., "Birth defects affecting neuroendocrine function: Three bioinformatic vignettes"

Abstract: Birth defects that interfere with craniofacial development can result in cognitive, neurosensory, and neuroendocrine defects that...

RNA Collaborative Seminar featuring: Sue Hammoud, Human Genetics & Justin Colacino, Environmental Health Sciences

ZOOM REGISTRATION REQUIRED: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GjVNcoWtRG6OkzxSDmfb8A...

POSTPONED: EEB Virtual Seminar: Community ecology as a collection of coupled oscillators

John Vandermeer, Asa Gray Distinguished University Professor of EEB, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor

Professor Vandermeer will present on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020.

U-M Structure Seminar: Structural and functional characterization of Small Multidrug Resistance (SMR) transporters

Ali Kermani, Ph.D.

Ali Kermani, Ph.D. Research Fellow, Stockbridge Lab University of Michigan

Identifying Emergency Funds and How to Advocate for Making Room in Your Financial Aid Package

Advance registration is required; look for the Zoom link at the bottom of your confirmation email after registering....

EEB dissertation defense: Past, present, and future: fungal community responses to disturbances in north temperate forests

Buck Castillo, U-M EEB Ph.D. Student

Buck defends his dissertation

Andy Ault Promotion Seminar

Analytical

What's New in DNA Replication? Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar/Rowena Matthews Lecture

Dr. Michael O'Donnell

Dr. Michael O'Donnell will give the Department of Biological Chemistry virtual Rowena Matthews Lectureship on Tuesday September 15th,...

DCMB / CCMB Weekly Virtual Seminar featuring Gioele La Manno, Ph.D. (EPFL Life Sciences Early Independent Research Scholar (ELISIR)

Revealing the brain’s molecular anatomy with single-cell and tomography-based spatial transcriptomics

I will present our comprehensive single-cell transcriptome atlas of mouse brain development spanning from gastrulation to birth. In this...