The CMB seminars exhibit the breadth of research being conducted among CMB laboratories by CMB students. CMB Seminar is hosted weekly and presented by current CMB students who share their dissertation research, including background, methods, results, and discussion. CMB faculty and students are expected to attend and participate by enriching discussion with questions and conversation, in addition to providing students constructive feedback.
Our seminars are open to all in the University community. If you would like to be included on our weekly seminar announcement email distribution list, please email us.
The upcoming year is currently being scheduled, but take a look at last year's presenters and titles for an idea of the type of research our students conduct.
| 2024-2025 | Presenter (Lab) | Title |
|---|---|---|
| June 11 | Cameron Cordero (Steven Roberts) | "Oxidation-induced mutational landscape in human cells" |
| June 18 - July 23 | - - - SUMMER BREAK - - - | |
| July 30 | Jacob Dearborn (Dev Majumdar) | "Exploring Functional Consequences of B Cell Receptor Expression Heterogeneity" |
| August 6 | Jayita Barua (Dan Weiss) | "Effects of Mesenchymal Stromal Cell therapy on neutrophil infiltration during Acute Lung Injury" |
| August 13 | William Dowell (Dev Majumdar) | "Defining Intramuscular Inflammatory Responses to mRNA/LNP Therapeutics" |
| August 20 | Jubilee Ajiboye (Chris Huston) | "Combinative strategy to advance target-based anticryptosporidial drug discovery" |
| August 27 | Vanessa Lopez (Steven Roberts) | "Mechanism of TOP1-dependent mutations in human cancer” |
| September 3 | Juliana Barbosa Torreao Dau (Yvonne Janssen-Heininger) Israel Odekunle (Bebo Seward) Joe Walzer (Vikas Anathy) | “The role of glutaredoxin in lung alveolar stem cells” “Mapping the early cellular event in KRAS-driven Lung adenocarcinoma” “The role of UPR at the intersection of asthma and influenza” |
| September 10 | Allison Racela (Bebo Seward) Maggie Trout (James Stafford) | “Loss of STK11 in KRAS-driven Lung Adenocarcinoma causes NFκB-mediated Transcriptional Activation” “Investigating and Overcoming Mechanisms of ONC201 Resistance in DMG" |
| September 17 | Jason Rengo (Mark Nelson) Amila Semic (Jason Stumpff) | "The Heart of the Bladder" "Investigating the Effects of Microenvironments on Cell Division" |
| September 24 | Justin Paluba (Chris Berger/Wen Ma) Alexis Roberson (David Bernstein) | “AI-based structural predictions for intrinsically disordered proteins” “Predictive Modeling of Microbial Growth within Infant Gut Microbiome” |
| October 1 | Tylar Kirch (Dev Majumdar) James Lignos (Karen Glass) Courtney Waytashek (Dimitry Krementsov) | “Identifying Regulators of the B Cell Receptor” “Characterizing epigenetic regulation by a conserved bromodomain containing protein in apicomplexan parasites” “Mouse-ters of Infection: Genetic mapping of superior gammaherpesvirus control” |
| October 8 | Randi Termos (Brian Cunniff) | "Miro1-mediated mitochondrial positioning in the development and metastasis of breast cancer" |
| October 15 | No Seminar Scheduled | |
| October 22 | Victoria Gibson (Brian Cunniff) | “Peroxiredoxin 3 Supports, Mitochondrial Bioenergetics, Mesothelioma Tumor Growth and Metastatic Gene Expression” |
| October 29 | Bri Hilton (Jon Boyson) | “Regulation of γδ T cell effector programming by the SLAM/SAP signaling pathway” |
| November 5 | ELECTION DAY | |
| November 12 | Erin Gaston (Steve Roberts) | "APOBEC3A Deamination of Transcription Loops" |
| November 19 | Program Meeting | |
| November 26 | THANKSGIVING | |
| December 3 | Sylvester Languon (Dev Majumdar) | "Proximity proteomics identifies IFI16 as a host factor of coronavirus infection" |
| December 10 | Katherine Horrigan (Jon Boyson) | "Stk11 loss is associated with an expansion of gamma delta T cells with pro-tumor and immunosuppressive potential" |
| December 17 | Zach Miller (Dev Majumdar) | “Examining the role of PABPC1 in B cell Post-Transcriptional Regulation” |
| December 24 | WINTER BREAK | |
| December 31 | WINTER BREAK | |
| January 7 | Sarah-Catherine Paschall (Jason Stumpff) | Investigating Mechanisms for Spatial and Temporal Control of Kinesin Motors" |
| January 14 | Ally Langley (John Salogiannis) | "Dual modes of microtubule-based transport: adaptors and hitchhikers" |
| January 21 | Mona Ruban | "Perks Of Inhibiting PERK- Regulation of Cytokine Release During IAV Infection" |
| January 28 | No CMB Seminar Scheduled | CMB Interviews |
| February 2 | No CMB Seminar Scheduled | |
| February 11 | Maurice Newton (Yvonne Janssen-Heininger) | "Investigating the Role of Endoplasmic Reticulum Oxidoreductin 1A (ERO1A) in Aberrant Epithelial Plasticity and Lung Remodeling After Influenza-induced Lung Injury" |
| February 18 | Regina Visconti (Mary Tierney) | "VTI13 and VPS26C are essential for polarized and expansive growth in Arabidopsis" |
| February 25 | Sebastian Duno Miranda (David Warshaw) | "β-cardiac myosin molecular motor function is altered due to cardiomyopathy-associated mutations" |
| March 4 | TOWN MEETING DAY | |
| March 11 | SPRING BREAK | |
| March 18 | Emily Joyce (Albert van der Vliet) | "Redox-Dependent Regulation of DUOX1 NADPH Oxidase Activity" |
| March 25 | Soyeon Gullickson (Eyal Amiel) | "The Impact of Substrate Competition between iNOS and Arginase on Dendritic Cell Metabolism" |
| April 1 | Shae Weingart (Travis Todd and John Green) | "Renewal of Inhibited Behavior in Female Rats" |
| April 8 | Gopika Nandagopal (Paula Deming) | |
| April 15 | Alyssa Hurley (Steve Roberts) | "Regulation of APOBEC3A transcription in breast cancer" |
| April 22 | No CMB Seminar Schedule | |
| April 29 | No CMB Seminar Schedule | |
| May 6 | Jacob Mackinder (Matthew Wargo) | "Investigating antimicrobial synergy with sphingosine" |
| May 13 | Shannon Prior (Paula Deming) | Cancelled: "STK11 loss promotes glutamine-dependent HBP flux conferring enhanced metastatic properties in KRAS lung adenocarcinoma" |
| May 20 | No CMB Seminar Schedule | |
| May 27 | Josh Victor (Nimrat Chatterjee) | "Novel Roles of REV1 in Viral Pathogenesis" |