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

 

Stefan Abreo, M.S. Thesis Defense, Zuo Lab

Title: How sleep deprivation and aging affect the brain

Biomed 200, 2-3 pm

Friday

April 11

Julie Ahringer, Gordon Institute, University of Cambridge

Uncovering How the Genome Directs Development

Host: Susan Strome

Nat Sci Annex 101, 12-1 pm

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: Determining the Effects of Subtelomeric Sequences on Telomere Length Regulation

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: Investigating the Role of Gene Regulatory Factors in Complex Motor Circuit Development and Skill Stabilization During Birdsong Learning

Third Year Talk

Michael Sharma, Kellogg Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC

Title: Mechanisms that link cell cycle entry to cell growth

Third Year Talk

Nat Sci Annex 101, 12-1 pm

Monday
April 28

Han Arbach, Allen Institute, Program Officer, Frontiers Group

Title: Tall Tails: An unexpected journey through tadpoles and viruses to find the next frontier

Host: oSTEM

Nat Sci Annex 101, 12-1 pm

Friday
May 2

Valerie Smaliy, Carpenter Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC

Title: Determining GAPLINC's Mechanism in Macrophages

Third Year Talk

Viktor Yurevych, Salama Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC

Title: Developing a liquid biopsy for cortical organoid development using extracellular RNA

Third Year Talk

Nat Sci Annex 101, 12-1 pm

 

Ryan Hoffman, Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Haussler Lab

Title: With New Guidance and Reduced Stress – A Trajectory is Set

Cerebral Organoids: A model for developing brains

Nat Sci Annex 101, 3-4 pm

Monday
May 5

Apple Vollmers, Postdoctoral Researcher, Genentech

Title: Stromal Cells as Macrophage Niches

Host: David Boyd

Nat Sci Annex 101, 12-1 pm

Friday
May 9

Emily Kogan, Zuo Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC

Title: Stress, Synapses, and Psychedelics: A Trip Through Neuroplasticity

Third Year Talk

Raana Mogharrab, Forsberg Lab - MCD Biology, UCSC

Title: High Stakes, Small Plate(lets): Understanding Age-Induced Thrombosis

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

Yvonne Vasquez, Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Vaske Lab

Title: TBD

Biomed 200, 10-11 am

 

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

Dustin Niblett, Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Noller Lab

Title: TBD

Nat Sci Annex 101, 12-1 pm

Monday

May 26

NO SEMINAR: MEMORIAL DAY

Wednesday 

May 28

Joshua Shaffer, Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Sharma Lab

Title: TBD

Biomed 200, 12-1 pm

Friday

May 30

Alexander Esparza, M.S. Thesis Defense, Chen Lab

Title: TBD

Nat Sci Annex 101, 12-1 pm

Monday

June 2

Jaron Mercer, UC Santa Cruz, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Title: TBD

Nat Sci Annex 101, 12-1 pm

Wednesday

June 4

Navid Zebarjadi, Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Kellogg Lab

Title: TBD

Biomed 200, 1-2 pm

Friday

June 6

Mustapha Major, M.S. Thesis Defense, Kim Lab

Title: TBD

Nat Sci Annex 101, 12-1 pm

Friday

June 13th

Ahna Skop, University of Wisconsin- Madison, Department of Genetics, Medical Genetics

Title: TBD

Host: Jordan Ward

Biomed 300, 12:00 - 1:00 pm

 

For accommodations, please call 831-459-4986.