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DTSTAMP:20261005T140549
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MCDB Seminar Series> From NextGen Epi/Proteomics to  Molecular Glue Discovery
DESCRIPTION:To illustrate how our technology-driven approach enables us to address fundamental biological questions and translate these insights into therapeutic discoveries\, I will describe three newly developed high-throughput screening (HTS) technologies\, ranging from the elucidation of the underlying molecular mechanisms of transcriptional regulation to single-cell proteomics and molecular glue discovery.\n\nBio: Dr. Heng Zhu is a full professor of pharmacology and molecular sciences and oncology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. His research focuses on developing high-throughput screening technologies\, including proteome arrays\, VirD arrays\, and a highly multiplexed DAPPL platform to investigate important basic science and translational questions. \n\nDr. Zhu is a pioneer proteomics technologist who co-invented protein microarray technology. Currently\, his team is engaged in understanding the impacts of DNA epigenetic modifications on transcriptional regulation\, characterization of function GWAS SNPs\, and biomarker discovery.\n\nDr. Zhu received his undergraduate degree in chemistry from Peking University in Beijing\, China. He earned his Ph.D. from Clemson University. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in genetics at Yale University. Dr. Zhu joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2004.\n\nDr. Zhu's work has been recognized with numerous awards and honors\, including two Chair's Awards from the Gordon Research Conference.
UID:151233-21911131@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151233
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns
LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1060
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DTSTAMP:20261005T140924
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261030T120000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MCDB Seminar Series> The Price of Protection: Molecular Control of Plant Growth and Defense
DESCRIPTION:Defense comes at a cost\, and in plants that cost can be strikingly visible. Elevated defense is often accompanied by reduced growth\, delayed development\, and lower seed production. Plants manage this growth–defense balance in part through jasmonate\, a lipid-derived hormone produced in response to wounding and insect attack. Jasmonate acts as a molecular glue between an F-box protein and a family of transcriptional repressors\, triggering their degradation and thereby activating defense gene expression. I will describe how this signaling mechanism is translated into transcriptional and physiological outputs\, and what happens when its components are perturbed. I will show how genetic dissection of this pathway reveals a tight coupling between growth and defense\, how the conserved Mediator kinase CDK8 regulates jasmonate-dependent transcription\, and how nutrient availability shapes the deployment of particular defense programs. Together\, these findings illustrate how plants integrate hormone signaling\, transcriptional regulation\, and nutrient availability to balance the competing demands of growth and defense.\n\nBio:\nUniversity Distinguished Professor\, MSU Foundation Professor\, Member\, National Academy of Sciences\, Fulbright U.S. Scholar\n\nResearch: Molecular and Biochemical Basis of Plant-Insect Interactions\nResearch in our laboratory is aimed at understanding how plants respond to insect herbivory and other forms of wound stress. We use both tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) as experimental model systems for three related areas of investigation: (1) we are elucidating the mechanism of synthesis and action of the plant hormone jasmonate\; (2) we are studying how jasmonate-regulated defensive compounds thwart insect attack\; and (3) we are studying the development and metabolic function of glandular trichomes in tomato. These projects provide training in several areas of modern plant biology\, including: analysis of protein-protein and receptor-hormone interactions\; transcriptional networks\; plant development\; genetics of plant-insect interactions\; protein biochemistry/proteomics\; metabolism and metabolomics\; and crop improvement for insect resistance.
UID:151238-21911132@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151238
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns
LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1060
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DTSTAMP:20260831T123349
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T120000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MCDB Seminar Series>
DESCRIPTION:Title and abstract coming soon!
UID:151239-21911137@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151239
CLASS:PUBLIC
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CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns
LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1060
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DTSTAMP:20260831T123500
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T130000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MCDB Seminar Series>
DESCRIPTION:Title and abstract coming soon!
UID:151240-21911138@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151240
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns
LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1060
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260831T123620
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261120T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261120T130000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MCDB Seminar Series>
DESCRIPTION:Title and abstract coming soon!
UID:151241-21911139@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151241
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns
LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1060
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DTSTAMP:20260831T123739
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T130000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MCDB Seminar Series>
DESCRIPTION:Title and abstract coming soon!
UID:151242-21911140@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151242
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns
LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1060
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