MCD Biology Seminars

The Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Department seminar series (BIOL 291 & BIOL 292) occurs every Monday and Friday of the academic year 12:00-1:05 PM in Natural Sciences Annex 101

You can add the MCD Biology Seminars calendar below to your personal Google calendar by clicking the Google Calendar icon on the bottom right corner of the calendar below.

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Spring 2025 

Monday

March 31

OPEN DATE 

Friday

April 4

OPEN DATE 

Monday
April 7

Olivia Rissland, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics 

Coding regions are potent reservoirs of regulatory potential

Host: Manny Ares

Nat Sci Annex 101, 12-1 pm

Monday
April 7

Stefan Abreo, Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Zuo Lab

Title: TBD

Biomed 200, 2-3 pm

Friday

April 11

 OPEN DATE

Monday
April 14

Nenad Sestan, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience

Origins of the Prefrontal Cortex and Cognitive Networks: What Makes Us Human

Host: Bin Chen

Nat Sci Annex 101, 12-1 pm

Friday
April 18 

Michelle Youlton, Greider Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC

Title: TBD

Third Year Talk

Viktor Yurevych, Salama Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC

Title: TBD

Third Year Talk

Nat Sci Annex 101, 12-1 pm

Monday
April 21

Goran Bozinovic, Lecturer, UC San Diego, Division of Biological Sciences 

Biology vs. Chronology signal / noise ratios: implications in gene expression data acquisition and interpretation

Host: Art Marquez

Nat Sci Annex 101, 12-1 pm

Friday
April 25

Art Marquez, Colquitt Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC

Title: TBD

Third Year Talk

Michael Sharma, Kellogg Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC

Title: TBD

Third Year Talk

Nat Sci Annex 101, 12-1 pm

Monday
April 28

Han Arbach, Allen Institute, Program Officer, Frontiers Group

Title: TBD

Host: oSTEM

Nat Sci Annex 101, 12-1 pm

Friday
May 2

Valerie Smaliy, Carpenter Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC

Title: TBD

Third Year Talk

Nat Sci Annex 101, 12-1 pm

Monday
May 5

OPEN DATE

Friday
May 9

Emily Kogan, Zuo Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC

Title: TBD

Third Year Talk

Raana Mogharrab, Forsberg Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC

Title: TBD

Third Year Talk

Nat Sci Annex 101, 12-1 pm

Monday
May 12

Sujatha Jagannathan, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

When to shoot the messenger: Decoding the logic of mRNA surveillance

Hosts: Josh Arribere

Nat Sci Annex 101, 12-1 pm

Friday
May 16

Samira Yitiz, Carpenter Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC

Title: TBD

Third Year Talk

Cayla Lagousis, Colquitt Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC

Title: TBD

Third Year Talk

Nat Sci Annex 101, 12-1 pm

Monday
May 19

Julie Cooper, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Life at the edge of the chromosome: surprises about the roles of telomeres in safeguarding genome integrity

Host: Needhi Bhalla

Nat Sci Annex 101, 12-1 pm

Friday

May 23

OPEN DATE

Monday

May 26

NO SEMINAR: MEMORIAL DAY

Friday

May 30

 OPEN DATE

Monday

June 2

OPEN DATE

Friday

June 6

OPEN DATE 

 

For accommodations, please call 831-459-4986.