MCDB Weekly News & Events - March 31, 2025

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

• Madison Rutherford, de Gouw Group, ANYL 3rd year talk, "Vocusing on VOCs."
• Remote Option: Remote: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/93446305492

1:30pm – Paul Gendler Thesis Defense @ JSCBB A115 Butcher Auditorium:

• Title: “Investigating Viral Spillover: How Dengue and HIV Adapt to New Hosts.”
• PI: Sara Sawyer, MCDB/BioFrontiers

4:30pm – QED Supergroup @ JSCBB A104:

• Robin Dowell, Ph.D., MCDB: Science and Statistics: From analyzing your own data to evaluating published papers -- you need statistics! Join us as we review stats concepts, specifically tailored towards laboratory-generated data.
• Dinner and drinks provided!

9:00am – Genome Integrity Webinar Series via Zoom:

• Zoom: https://uniroma1.zoom.us/j/95149984403
• Marta Kovatcheva, IFOM - The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy, "Cell plasticity & cell senescence in aging and disease."
• Mate Maus, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain, "Age-related metabolic bottlenecks and cancer promotion."
• For more information contact or visit us at: GenomeIntegrityita@gmail.com , https://genomeintergrityita.wixsite.com/giin

1:00pm – Emma Worden-Sapper Thesis Defense @ JSCBB B1B90:

• Title: “Emerging orthoflaviviruses and influenza A virus genome dynamics.”
• Zoom: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/97442591831 Password: DGAT2
• PI: Sara Sayer, MCDB/BioFrontiers

2:45pm – ChBE Patten Seminar @ JSCBB A108:

• Matthew Gebbie, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, “Exploring How Ionic Correlations Influence Ion Transport and Electron Transfer in Electrochemical Systems.”

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

• Eduardo Perozo, Ph.D., University of Chicago, “The Molecular Basis of Auditory Amplification: Prestin Conformational Dynamics.”
• Please join us for refreshments before the seminar. Coffee, tea, and cookies will be available outside the auditorium.

1:00pm – Biofrontiers Special Seminar @ JSCBB B115:

• Dr. Johannes Backs, Director of the Institute of Experimental Cardiology at the Heidelberg University Hospital, “HDAC signaling in cardiometabolic disease.” (Host: Leslie Leinwand)
• He and his team are exploring how environmental factors and common comorbidities, such as stress, diabetes, and cancer, affect the heart at the molecular level, leading to heart failure. This is an area of research with significant implications for both basic science and clinical applications.

4:00pm – MCDB Seminar @ Gold A2B70:

• Nick Burton, Ph.D., Van Andel Institute, "Environmental influences on animal development: from maternal effects to the microbiome.” (Host: Jennifer Hill)

4:00pm – MMB at Gold A120:

• Daniel Hassell (Copley Lab)
• Rachel Gessner (Voeltz Lab)