talks I've attended in 2025

October

• Bronwyn Lucas, "Towards single molecule structural cell biology with cryo-EM," Chemical and Structural Biology Seminar Series, Rockefeller University. 10/14/25.
• Paola Arlotta, "Organoids as avatars to understand human brain development (and disease)," Stem Cell Biology Seminar, Rockefeller University. 10/2/25.

September

• Karl Diesseroth, "Brain-wide screening for evolutionarily conserved dynamical principles," Friday Lecture Series, Rockefeller University. 9/26/25.
• Sean Brady," N-acylphe - converging on a new class of antibiotics," Pels Family Center Chemical & Structural Biology Retreat, Rockefeller University. 9/25/25.
• Natalia Ketaren, "Synergistic nanobody pairs as a compelling therapeutic strategy targeting rapidly evolving disease agents," Pels Family Center Chemical & Structural Biology Retreat, Rockefeller University. 9/25/25.
• Quinn Sievers, "A base editor screen of ligandable cysteines in primary human T cells identifies candidate drug targets controlling T cell activation," Pels Family Center Chemical & Structural Biology Retreat, Rockefeller University. 9/25/25.
• Leishemba Thoidingjam, "Activating VCP to enhance targeted protein degradation," Pels Family Center Chemical & Structural Biology Retreat, Rockefeller University. 9/25/25.
• Katya Vinogradova, "Chemical proteomic approaches to study post-translational and pharmacological landscapes of immune dysfunction," Pels Family Center Chemical & Structural Biology Retreat, Rockefeller University. 9/25/25.
• Dylan Barcelos, "AlphaFold2 structure of TM6SF2 template large-library docking for discovery of potent binders," Pels Family Center Chemical & Structural Biology Retreat, Rockefeller University. 9/25/25.
• Yukti Dhingra, "RNA Polymerase inhibitors reveal active site motions essential for the nucleotide addition cycle," Pels Family Center Chemical & Structural Biology Retreat, Rockefeller University. 9/25/25.
• Chris Lima, "Chemical strategies to capture intermediates in the ubiquitin conjugation cascade," Pels Family Center Chemical & Structural Biology Retreat, Rockefeller University. 9/24/25. #
• Rafal Piwowarczyk, "Cryo-EM snapshots of ribosome assembly nucleation," Pels Family Center Chemical & Structural Biology Retreat, Rockefeller University. 9/24/25.
• Giorgos Hiotis, "MscM uses a novel gating mechanism for bacterial mechanosensitive channels," Pels Family Center Chemical & Structural Biology Retreat, Rockefeller University. 9/24/25.
• Alfred Chin, "Force-modulated structural landscape of the catch bonding actin crosslinker alpha-actinin-4," Pels Family Center Chemical & Structural Biology Retreat, Rockefeller University. 9/24/25.
• Elizabeth Campbell, "The many ways to inhibit bacterial transcription," Pels Family Center Chemical & Structural Biology Retreat, Rockefeller University. 9/24/25.
• David Reich, "Ancient DNA as a Window into Human History and Biology," Friday Lecture Series, Rockefeller University. 9/16/25. #
• Cees Dekker, "Single-molecule biophysics studies of DNA loop extrusion by SMC motor proteins," The Anderson Cancer Symposium, Rockefeller University. 9/12/25.
• Anja Groth, "Epigenetic cell memory: how cells copy their epigenome," The Anderson Cancer Symposium, Rockefeller University. 9/12/25.

August

• Anastacia Gusach, "Preventing specimens from interacting with the air-water interface," Rockefeller University. 8/7/25.

April

• Mary Munson, "Exocyst functions to control exocytic SNARE complex assembly and vesicle fusion," CDB Seminar Series, University of Michigan. 4/16/25.
• Nicole Koropatkin, "Microbial carb loading: how gut bacteroides eat starch," LSI Structure Seminar, University of Michigan. 4/11/25.
• Yamuna Krishnan, "Intracellular electriophysiology," LSI Seminar Series, University of Michigan. 4/10/25.
• Jean-Francois Collet, "Why do Gram-negative Bacteria Have an Outer Membrane?," MCDB Seminar, University of Michigan. 4/9/25. #
• Lily Hahn, "Cargo adaptors use a handhold mechanism to engage with myosin V for organelle transport," CDB Thesis Defense, University of Michigan. 4/3/25.
• Tunahan Uygen, Guangming Luo, and Pilar Rivero Rios, "How yeast is providing insights into brain function, neurodegeneration, and cancer," CDB Colloquium, University of Michigan. 4/2/25.

March

• Chia-Yu Kang, "Cryo-EM structure of eukaryotic fluoride exporter (FEX) reveals fluoride transport mechanism," LSI Structure Seminar, University of Michigan. 3/21/25.
• Phung Huynh, "Angkorian Homecoming: Resettlement and Returning Home," Penny Stamps Speaker Series, University of Michigan. 3/20/25.
• Chi-Chia Wang, "Developing a high-throughout, multiplexed single-molecule detection platform for precision," LSI Colloquium, University of Michigan. 3/20/25.
• Suhadinie Gamage, "Cargo receptors and pathways mediating endoplasmic reticulum to Golgi transport," LSI Colloquium, University of Michigan. 3/20/25.
• Kathleen Burns, "A retrotransposon in cancer: the marker and the mutator," LSI Seminar Series, University of Michigan. 3/13/25.
• Arun Radhakrishnan, "Cellular signaling by cholesterol," Biological Chemistry Seminar, University of Michigan. 3/11/25.
• Katy Speckhart, "Mechanistic insights into how a DNA and RNA virus hijack the cellular secretory pathway to cause infection," CMB Dissertation Defense, University of Michigan. 3/5/25.

February

• Zoe Yeoh, "A minimal complex of KHNYN and zinc-finger antiviral protein binds and degrades single-stranded RNA," LSI Structure Seminar, University of Michigan. 2/28/25.
• Sean Chen, "GPCR signal transduction affected by water and lipids," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/17/25.
• Miah Turke, "Lipid packing defects are necessary and sufficient for alpha-synuclein membrane binding," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/17/25.
• Katie Kraichely, "The two SNARE motifs of the neuronal SNARE SNAP25 have distinct yet interdependent regulatory roles in SNARE assembly and membrane fusion," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/17/25.
• Nathalie Reuter, "Mechanism of lipid uptake and release by STARD lipid transfer proteins," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/17/25.
• Caroline Brown, "A high-throughput platform for mapping the nanoscale cartography of the native membrane," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/17/25.
• Kate Poole, "Cell-cell interactions are modulated by force sensing ion channels," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/17/25.
• Padmini Rangamani, "Insights gained from spatial models of cellular mechanotransduction," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/17/25.
• Diego Suchenski Loustaunau, "DNAHX: a novel, non-motile dynein family identified by cryo-EM, endogenously," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/16/25.
• Dorit Hanein, "Molecular mechanism of actin filament stiffening by cations," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/16/25.
• Sebastian Duno-Miranda, "Automated tracking of actin learned structures (ATLAS) in the motility assay," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/16/25.
• Joseph Slivka, "Stepping dynamics of dynein characterized by MINFLUX," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/16/25.
• Shayna Redford, "Utilizing the baculovirus expression system to study kinesin-2 motility in primary cilia," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/16/25.
• Takashi Ishikawa, "Cryo-ET analysis of cilia reveals conformational change of dyneins and their cooperation with other proteins in situ," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/16/25.
• Julia Shangguan, "Intrinsically disordered regions are crucial for myosin 10 cargo binding as revealed by HDX/XL-MS and DNA-PAINT," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/16/25.
• Christopher Yengo, "Impact of magnesium and ionic strength reveal role of crucial salt bridge in the motor domain of human cardiac myosin abolished by E525K mutation," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/16/25.
• Alana Cowell, "Exploring isoform dependent Arp2/3 structural flexibility through cryo-EM," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/16/25.
• Gonzalo L. Gonzalez-Del Pino, "Allosteric mechanism of membrane fusion activation in a herpesvirus," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/16/25.
• Yuqi Qin, "TMEM63C cryo-EM structure indicates its function as a monomer," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/16/25.
• Jason Mears, "Conformation changes govern assembly and constriction of the mitochondrial fission protein, DRP1," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/16/25.
• Danielle Grotjahn, "Structural mapping of mitochondrial co-translational import in cells," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/16/25.
• Elizabeth Wright, "Viruses through the looking glass - a cryo-EM journey," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/15/25.
• Wei Lü, "Cryo-EM at physiological temperatures reveals novel insights into TRPM4," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/15/25.
• Beata Turnovà, "Contextual analysis for in situ cryo-electron tomography," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/15/25.
• Zachary Berndsen, "The structure and dynamics of Apolipoprotein B100 from human low-density lipoprotein," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/15/25.
• Chen Sun, "Human endogenous retrovirus HERV-K envelope glycoprotein structures in pre- and post-fusion conformations by cryo-EM," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/15/25.
• Giulia Palmero, "Refining cryo-EM maps using quantum-mechanical density calculations to accurately characterize poorly solved regions in protein-nucleic acid complexes," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/15/25.
• Hanlin Wang, "Understanding the RAVE-mediated regulation of yeast V-ATPase," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/15/25.
• Lauren Ann Metskas, "Development of novel method for in situ binding affinity measurements using cryo-electron microscopy," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/15/25.
• Stephanie Gupton, "The regulation of membrane expansion and remodeling in developing neurons," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/15/25.
• Dragomir Milovanovic, "Sequence-encoded molecular grammar governs the formation of synaptic condensates," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/15/25.
• Bonnie Murphy, "Cryo-EM in colour: reconstructed electron energy loss analysis for low-dose elemental mapping in cryopreserved complexes," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/15/25.
• Kai Zhang, "High-resolution in situ structures of mitochondrial complexes," Biophysical Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2/15/25.
• Stacey Kirby, "The bureau of personal belonging," Penny Stamps Lecture, University of Michigan. 2/6/25.
• Haoxi Wu, "How cells make membrane proteins," Faculty Candidate Seminar - Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan. 2/4/25.

January

• Brandon Chen, "Cellular mechanisms of mitochondrial-organelle cross talk in cancer metabolism," CMB Thesis Defense, University of Michigan. 1/17/25.
• Rashaad Newsome, "Engineering Futures: Art, Code, and the Architecture of Liberation," Penny Stamps Lecture, University of Michigan. 1/16/25.
• Zhe J. Liu, "Precise imaging tools for multiscale spatial biology," LSI Speaker Series, University of Michigan. 1/9/25.