2025 – 2026
Mondays at Noon, In-Person and via Webex
Link: https://uconnhealth.webex.com/uconnhealth/j.php?MTID=m28b132d5474ef646adbd92f651594f4
MBB Conference Room E2036
| Date | Presenter | Title |
| 8/25 | Graduate Student Meeting | |
| 9/1 | Labor Day | |
| 9/8 | JC – Rachel Godek (Page Lab) | Twelve phosphomimetic mutations induce the assembly of recombinant full-length human tau into paired helical filaments |
| 9/15 | JC – Angela Cupo ( Page Lab) | A chemical-genetic system to rapidly inhibit the PP2A-B56 phosphatase reveals a role at metaphase kinetochores |
| 9/22 | JC – Hiep Nguyen (Peti Lab) | Allosteric regulation of the tyrosine phosphatase PTP1B by a protein–protein interaction |
| 9/29 | JC – Gabby Soriano (Vargas Lab) | Automated orthogonal tRNA generation |
| 10/6 | JC – Wen Liu (Chou Lab) | Agonist antibody to guanylate cyclase receptor NPR1 regulates vascular tone |
| 10/13 | Indigenous People’s Day | |
| 10/20 | WIP – Kate Bruder (Paulino Lab) | Characterization of human Ankle2 LEM Domain and its Binding Partners in the Context of Zika Virus Infection |
| 10/27 | JC- Betty Abebe (Chou Lab) |
Architecture and activation of single-pass transmembrane receptor guanylyl cyclase |
| 11/3 | ||
| 11/10 | WIP – Ruoyu Yang (Oh Lab) | Multifactorial modulation of skin processes in Staphylococcus–skin interactions |
| 11/17 | JC – Byron Dillon Vannest (Caimano Lab) | Binding of Fusobacterium nucleatum autotransporter adhesin CbpF to human CEACAM1 and CEACAM5: A Velcro model for bacterium adhesion |
| 11/24 | Thanksgiving Recess | |
| 12/1 | WIP – Caroline McNaboe (Heinen Lab) | “Investigating Selective Advantage of Mismatch Repair Loss in Colonic Organoids” |
| 12/8* | WIP – Alex Radecki (Vargas Lab) | An auxiliary tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase offers Salmonella enterica Typhimurium a fitness advantage |
| 12/9 | JC – Jipeng Yue (Mok Lab) | Aquatic environment drives the emergence of cell wall-deficient dormant forms in Listeria |
| 12/15* | WIP – Daniel Fairchild (Bezsonova/Weller Lab) | Isoform-specific Recognition of G-Rich Nucleic Acid Sequences by Promyelocytic Leukemia Protein PML |
| 12/22 – 29 | Winter Break | |
| 1/12 | MBB Prelim Prep | |
| 1/19 | Martin Luther King’s Day | |
| 1/26 | WIP – Tvesha Parikh (Page Lab) | Investigating how SLiM crosstalk in the AKAP/RII signaling platform defines Calcineurin activity |
| 2/2 | WIP -Wen Liu (Chou Lab) | Structure Basis and Regulatory Mechanism of Transmembrane Signaling through Guanylyl Cyclase Natriuretic Peptide Receptor 2.
Unusual binding of the Macrolide Goniodomin-A to Actin Filaments Explains its Cell Toxicity. |
| 2/9 | WIP – Angela Cupo ( Page Lab) | Determining the roles of PP6 subunits in holoenzyme assembly |
| 2/16 | President’s Day | |
| 2/17# | WIP – Dane Geddes-Buehre (Korzhnev Lab) | Structure, Dynamics, and Inhibition of Protein Complexes in Translesion Synthesis |
| 2/23 | WIP – Gabby Soriano (Vargas Lab) – VIRTUAL ONLY | Investigating the Functional Differences of Human eEF1As in tRNA Aminoacylation and Their Role in Peripheral Neuropathies
Developing a Platform for Engineering Suppressor-tRNATrp |
| 3/2 | WIP – Hiep Nguyen ( Peti Lab) | Elucidating the phosphatase-independent activity of the protein tyrosine phosphatase Shp2 in RAS/MAPK signaling |
| 3/9 | Spring Recess | |
| 3/16 | WIP – Travis LaGree (Mok Lab) | Sensitivity of uropathogenic Escherichia coli to topoisomerase inhibitors is modulated by changes to the nutrient environment |
| 3/23 | WIP – Angela Power (Mok Lab) | How the External Environment Impacts the Physiology and Antibiotic Susceptibility of Recalcitrant Pathogens |
| 3/30 | ||
| 4/6 | WIP – Jipeng Yue (Mok Lab) | |
| 4/13 | WIP – Rachel Godek (Page Lab) | |
| 4/20 | WIP – Betty Abebe (Chou Lab) | |
| 4/27 | WIP – Nisha Mahey (Mok Lab) | |
| 5/4 | WIP – Byron Dillon-Vannest (Caimano Lab) | |
| 5/11* | WIP – Gabriella Chatman (Chou Lab) |
* These dates are outside of the academic calendar.