MCDB Weekly News & Events - February 14, 2025

11:15am – IPHY Colloquium @ HUMN 250:

• Jenni Shearston, Ph.D., CU Boulder, "Chemicals and Regulation: A Focus on Menstruation, Fossil Fuel Pollution, and Disproportionate Exposure."
• Zoom: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/95825602409 Passcode: iphySP2025

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

• Guy Symonds, Jimenez Group, ANYL 3rd year talk, "PM2.5 composition, sources, chemistry and SOA formation over Manila: Insights from ASIA-AQ."
• Remote Option: Remote: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/93446305492

1:00pm – BioFrontiers Faculty Candidate Mini Symposium #3 @ JSCBB A115, Butcher Auditorium:

• Camille Testard, Ph.D., Harvard University
• Verena Link, Ph.D., NIAID
• Kaia Mattioli, Ph.D., Brigham & Women’s Hospital
• Nathan Belliveau, Ph.D., University of Washington

4:30pm – QED Supergroup @ JSCBB A104:

• Dr. Shawn McGlynn, Associate Professor at the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Institute of Science Tokyo, "Revisiting Early Metabolic Evolution with Network Expansion"
• Dinner and drinks will be provided for all attendees!

No public events

9:00am – Colorado-London RNA Club Joint Meeting Via Zoom:

• 9-10am MST (Colorado), 4-5pm GMT (London)
• Location: Virtual, please RSVP for zoom link
• Prof Jay Hesselberth (CU Anschutz), “Nanopore sequencing of intact aminoacylated tRNAs.”
• Prof Richard Jenner (University College London), “RNA binding proteins control the response of tumor-infiltrating T cells to immunotherapy.”
• Please RSVP for zoom link: https://forms.gle/JAvV2pEGixy8C8Fe6
• We will send out the link one week before the meeting

2:30pm – BCHM Seminar @ JSCBB A115, Butcher Auditorium:

• Ali Shilatifard, Ph.D., Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine "Molecular insight into transcription elongation regulatory mechanisms and epigenetics deliver critical targets for cancer therapeutics."
• Please join us for refreshments before the seminar. Coffee, tea, and cookies will be available outside the auditorium.

9:00am-5:00pm – Mycoplasma Testing Service @ Porter B254:

• https://www.colorado.edu/center/stemtech/events
• Mycoplasma Test (MycoAlert) for more than 3 samples: $26 per sample
• Mycoplasma Test (MycoAlert) for 1-3 samples: $32 per sample
• Results will be emailed within 24 hours
• For more information, contact:
  • Melody Conde: melody.conde@colorado.edu
  • Lucia-Mayela Gayosso-Miranda, Ph.D., Core Director: Luga3285@colorado.edu

4:00pm – MCDB Seminar @ Gold A2B70:

• Mark Dombrovskiy, Ph.D., David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, "Exploring the Principles of Brain Wiring through Visuomotor Transformation.” (Host: MCDB Faculty Candidate Search Committee)

12:30pm – Signaling Supergroup @ JSCBB A115:

• Pizza at 12:30pm, talks 1:00-2:15pm
• Michael Nosella (Luger Lab, BCHM), "Probing the effects of poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation on nucleosome dynamics and self-association.”
• Sashi Weerawarana (Luger Lab, BCHM), "Mitochondrial genome organization by TFAM."

4:00pm – MMB at Gold A120:

• Chris Ozeroff (Dowell/Allen Lab)
• Tanner Peltier (Odorizzi Lab)