MCDB Weekly News & Events - April 7, 2025

12:20pm – ANYL Seminar @ Ekeley W165/166:

• Jonathan Slade, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, "Into the Mist: Exploring the Physicochemical Properties of Marine Aerosols and Their Impacts on the Fate of Plastic Additives in the Atmosphere."
• Remote Option: Remote: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/93446305492

2:45pm – Patten Seminar @ JSCBB A108:

• Joe Lubach, Ph.D., Synthetic Molecule Pharmaceutical Sciences, Genentech, Inc., “Molecular-Level Insights into Pharmaceutical Drug Products via Multinuclear Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy.”

4:00pm – Neuroscience Seminar @ MUEN E214:

• Susan Ingram, Ph.D., CU Anschutz, “Persistent inflammation regulates the endocannabinoid system and presynaptic CB1 receptors.”
• Light snacks will be served. If you have any questions, please contact Serge Campeau (serge.campeau@colorado.edu) 

3:30pm – Biochemistry Seminar Sponsored by BioFrontiers @ JSCBB A115 Butcher Auditorium:

• Dr. Sunil Kumar, Ph.D., University of Denver, "Chemical Biology to Drug Discovery in Neurogeneration and Beyond." (Host: Roy Parker)

12:00pm – Office for Access & Community Engagement Seminar @ IBS 150:

• Join us for an important conversation on Resisting Colonial Legacies in Supervision!
• In this session, participants will explore how traditional supervisory methods are rooted in colonial principles and discuss strategies to reshape these practices. You’ll learn how to adopt culturally responsive methods and address challenges like paternalism, perfectionism, and urgency, with five actionable takeaways to better meet the needs of Gen-Z and Gen Alpha.
• Presenters: Jasimine Evans, Tzigane Martin, and Brooke Nelson
• Food will be served, and registration is required for attendance.
• Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSetW5Vr_u_U-sQ6jm6YX2AegGdftI6WuN6Xa99B3SUYN6bPeA/viewform

4:30pm – MCDB Retirement Party @ Gold A120:

• Our dear colleagues Jeanie Balch, Nancy Guild, Ken Krauter,  and Mike Klymkowsky are retiring in May.
• What a wonderous impact they have had on generations of undergraduate and graduate students across CU Boulder, on increasing the stature of MCDB research and educational mission, on building a strong MCDB community of staff and researchers and helping other departments to learn and grow, and their dedicated service to MCDB, CU Boulder, as well as at national and international levels.  They are truly irreplaceable people and friends!  We have been so lucky to count you as key members of MCDB. Please come celebrate their accomplishments and to wish them the best as they start their next adventures.

12:30pm – Biophysics Supergroup @ JSCBB A115:

• Pizza at 12:30pm, talks 1:00-2:15pm
• Faith Olulana (Neu Lab, ME) “A Granular Extracellular Matrix-Based Biomaterial for Cartilage Tissue Engineering.”
• Rosie Garris (Cameron Lab, BCHM) “Investigating changes in protein mobility during carboxysome formation.”

4:00pm – MMB at Gold A120:

• Phuoc Huynh (Whiteley Lab)
• Alexzanah Griffin (Xue Lab)