MCDB Weekly News & Events - May 5, 2025

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9:00am – SBBB 2025 Symposium @ CU Anschutz Center for Bioethics and Humanities Fulginiti Pavilion:

From Discovery to Recovery: How Basic Science Paves the Way for Translational Applications
Speakers Include:
- Aarash Bordbar, Co-founder, CTO Sinopia Biosciences
- Alex Holehouse, Washington University School of Medicine
- Jeff McFarlane, Fort Lewis College
- Vijay Ramani, University of California San Franscico
- Seychelle Vos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Register for free at https://forms.gle/M8Maxw4CaEUTy7sn6 , registration deadline is April 1^st

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

Zoom: https://uniroma1.zoom.us/j/95149984403
Anna Kajaste-Rudnitski, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, "Crosstalk between Viral Vectors and DNA Damage Responses in Gene Therapy."
Raphael Ceccaldi, Institut Curie, Paris, France, "Uracil misincorporation triggers homologous recombination and selectively kills BRCA1/2-deficient tumors."
For more information contact or visit us at: genomeintegrityitaly@gmail.com, https://genomeintegrityita.wixsite.com/giin

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8:30am – CU Boulder Spring Commencement @ Folsom Field Stadium

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

12:00pm – MCDB Commencement Ceremony @ Recreation Center Upper Gym

Additional departmental commencement ceremonies taking place across campus all day

4:00pm – MMB at Gold A120:

Upcoming Stem Cell Research and Technology Resource Center Events:

May 12-22, 2025: Long Two-week hiPSC Culturing Workshop.
June 22-25, 2025: Long-week 3D Culturing Workshop.
July 7-18, 2025: Long Two-week hiPSC Culturing Workshop.
September 22-26, 2025: Assess and Maintain Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Quality Workshop.
October 20-24, 2025: Long-week hiPSC-derived Neural Culturing Workshop.
November 17-21, 2025: Long Two-week hiPSC-CRISPR-Cas-9 Genome Editing (knock in/out) Workshop.
December 15-19, 2025: Long-week 3D Culturing Workshop.
Prerequisite: Strong interest in working with Stem Cells
Details, Agenda, and Registration: Mayela Gayosso, Ph.D., iPSC Core Director: Luga3285@colorado.edu
Space is limited to 10 participants
Participants are responsible for travel and accommodation

May 12, 2025 @ 8:15am-3:45pm – 18th Annual Signaling and Cellular Regulation Symposium @ JSCBB A115 Butcher Auditorium:

Plenary speakers Dr. Effie Apostolou (Weill Cornell Medical College) and Dr. Kevan Shokat (University of California, San Francisco)
Additional talks by grad students and postdocs from SCR mentor labs
Poster session of current SCR trainees’ research
Held at JSCBB, no registration necessary

May 15-16, 2025 @ All Day – Gold Symposium @ MUEN Auditorium:

May 19, 2025 @ 10:00am – Sharon Wu Thesis Defense @ JSCBB A104:

Thesis Title: “Exploring The Diversity of Virus-Host Compatibility: Cell Entry Receptor Usage by Clade D Arenaviruses.”
Advisor: Sara Sawyer, Ph.D.

May 20-22, 2025 – Rocky Mountain Advanced Computing Consortium (RMACC) High Performance Computing Symposium @ Wolf Law School:

June 27, 2025 @ 9:30am-6:00pm – 2025 Front Range Cytoskeleton Meeting @ CU Anschutz Medical Campus:

We are excited to announce the upcoming Front Range Cytoskeleton Meeting. Dick McIntosh (Distinguished Professor Emeritus, MCDB CU Boulder) will be our Keynote speaker. Please register as soon as possible so that we can plan accordingly.
REGISTRATION: https://forms.gle/aKhoYzPRvUixAG8q8
DETAILS: https://sites.google.com/view/2025frcmcuamc/home

August 7, 2025, 9:00am-4:00pm – MCDB Graduate Student Symposium @ JSCBB Butcher Auditorium A115 & Lobby:

Please send questions to MCDB Graduate Student Committee: Hope Townsend, Chelsea Drown, Colin Sempeck, Rachel Gessner