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2025-2026<\/h3>\n

Seminars will be on TUESDAYS AT NOON, IN-PERSON AND VIA WEBEX<\/h3>\n

Event Link: https:\/\/uconnhealth.webex.com\/uconnhealth\/j.php?MTID=m28b132d5474ef646adbd92f651594f4f<\/a><\/p>\n

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9\/09<\/td>\nDr. Smita Gopinath, Assistant Professor, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard Medical School<\/td>\nVaginal microbiome and antiviral immunity<\/td>\nNoon<\/p>\n

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Low Learning Center & WebEx<\/p>\n

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Wendy Mok\/Sandy Weller<\/p>\n

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9\/23<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNoon<\/td>\nLow Learning & WebEx<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10\/07<\/p>\n

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Nicholas Ashton,\u00a0Instructor in Radiation Oncology,\u00a0Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,\u00a0Radiation Oncology,\u00a0Dana-Farber Cancer Institute<\/p>\n

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ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins at replication forks<\/td>\n <\/p>\n

Noon<\/p>\n

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ARB Large Conference Room (EG013) & WebEx<\/p>\n

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Irina Bezsonova<\/p>\n

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10\/17<\/td>\nDr. Michael Sattler – Professor Biomolecular NMR-Spectroscopy TUM School of Natural Sciences Director, Bavarian NMR Center Technical University of Munich, Germany Institute of Structural Biology, Head of Department, Molecular Targets and Therapeutics Center, Helmholtz Munich, Germany<\/td>\nNMR in integrative structural biology – from dynamic protein-RNA interactions to novel therapeutics<\/td>\nNoon<\/td>\nOnyiuke and WebEx<\/td>\nBernd Simon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10\/21<\/p>\n

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Shiaulou Yuan, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Center
\nMassachusetts General Hospital
\nHarvard Medical School<\/td>\n		Grow with the flow! Mechanosensing and signaling by cilia in left-right axis patterning<\/p>\n

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Noon<\/p>\n

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ARB Large Conference Room (EG013) & WebEx<\/td>\nSteve King<\/p>\n

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11\/04<\/td>\nDr. Charles E. Bell- Professor, Ohio State University College of Medicine<\/td>\nMechanism of DNA Repair by Single Strand Annealing from Cryo-EM Structures of a RAD52 Homolog from Yeast Mitochondria<\/td>\nNoon<\/td>\nLow Learning Center and WebEx<\/td>\n\u00a0Sandra Weller<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/18<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nOnyiuke and WebEx<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12\/02<\/td>\nDr. Sasan Jalili – Assistant Professor
\nThe Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine<\/td>\n		Engineering tools to interrogate the host immunity, microbiome and their interactions<\/td>\n<\/td>\nARB Large Conference Room (EG013) and WebEx<\/td>\nWendy Mok & Oscar Vargas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12\/16<\/td>\nDr. Oriana S Fisher, Assistant Professor, Wesleyan University, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry<\/td>\nThe structural basis for copper recognition and regulation in Gram positive bacteria<\/td>\nNoon<\/td>\nARB Large Conference Room (EG013)\u00a0 and WebEx<\/td>\n\u00a0Irina Bezsonova<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12\/30<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNoon<\/td>\nARB Large Conference Room (EG013) and WebEx<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\/13<\/td>\nDale Kreitler – AMX Beamline Scientist, Structural Biology Program,\u00a0<\/span>National Synchrotron Light Source II<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nAccelerating drug discovery with synchrotrons: the x-ray crystallographic fragment screening facility at NSLS-II<\/td>\nNoon<\/td>\nLow Learning Center and WebEx<\/td>\nDane Geddes-Buehre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\/27<\/td>\nHuan-Xiang Zhou, Professor and LAS Endowed Chair in the Natural Sciences, UIC Chemistry University of Illinois Chicago<\/td>\nAtomistic view of biomolecular condensates<\/span><\/td>\nNoon<\/td>\nLow Learning Center and WebEx<\/td>\nJoanna Paulino<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2\/10<\/td>\nVenkata P. Dandey, Ph.D. – Director\/Associate Professor, Cryo-EM Facility,\u00a0Center for Open Research Resources & Equipment (COR\u00b2E) <\/a><\/td>\nAdvancing Cryo-EM Sample Preparation Through High-Precision Robotic<\/td>\nNoon<\/td>\nLow Learning Center and WebEx<\/td>\nIrina Bezsonova<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2\/24<\/td>\nDr. Sarah Rowe-Conlon, Associate Professor, UNC-Chapel Hill<\/td>\nUnderstanding the hidden drivers of antibiotic treatment failure – CANCELLED\/Rescheduled<\/span><\/td>\nNoon<\/td>\nARB Large Conference Room and WebEx<\/td>\nWendy Mok<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2\/27<\/td>\nMichael Nilges, Professor, Vice President for Technology, Institut Pasteur, Paris<\/td>\nEndopilus Assembly in the Type II Secretion System: Lessons from AlphaFold<\/td>\nNoon<\/td>\nE-2036 Conference Room & WebEx<\/td>\nSimon Bernd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3\/10<\/td>\nDr. Yong-qing Li-Professor of Physics, East Carolina University<\/td>\nModeling bacterial spore germination – heterogeneity, commitment, memory, and CaDPA release<\/td>\nNoon<\/td>\nLow Learning Center & WebEx<\/td>\nPeter Setlow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3\/17<\/td>\nDr. Sergey Melnikov, Principal Investigator and University Fellow at Biosciences Institute\u00a0Newcastle University, UK.<\/td>\nHibernation of biological molecules<\/td>\n<\/td>\nLow Learning Center & WebEx<\/td>\nOscar Vargas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3\/24<\/td>\nOliver Clarke, Assistant Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics (in Anesthesiology and the Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research)<\/span><\/td>\nStructures of ankyrin and stomatin complexes: Two mechanisms of membrane protein organization in the red blood cell<\/td>\nNoon<\/td>\nLow Learning Center & WebEx<\/td>\nRebecca Page<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4\/07<\/td>\nDr. Shuo Han – Assistant Professor, Biochemistry, Duke University<\/td>\nDeciphering the language of gut bacteria in host longevity<\/td>\nNoon<\/td>\nLow Learning Center\u00a0 and\u00a0 WebEx<\/td>\n\u00a0Wendy Mok<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4\/21<\/td>\nDr. Sarah Rowe-Conlon, Associate Professor, UNC-Chapel Hill<\/td>\nUnderstanding the hidden drivers of antibiotic treatment failure<\/td>\nNoon<\/td>\nARB Large Conference Room and WebEx<\/td>\nWendy Mok<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5\/05<\/td>\nDr. Ane Landajuela Larma – Associate Research Scientist, Yale School of Medicine<\/td>\nMembrane Fission Across Domains of Life: Insights from bacterial sporulation and FisB<\/td>\nNoon<\/td>\nLow Learning Center and WebEx<\/td>\nPeter Setlow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5\/19<\/td>\nQian Chen, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, MS601 University of Toledo<\/td>\nRegulation of cell division by the mechanosensitive polycystin channels<\/td>\nNoon<\/td>\nARB Large Conference Room and WebEx<\/td>\nSteven Chou<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6\/02<\/td>\nSrujana Samitha Yadavalli, PhD \u2013 Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Institute for Infectious & Inflammatory Diseases (i3D)<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNoon<\/td>\nLow Learning Center and WebEx<\/td>\nOscar Vargas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6\/16<\/td>\nCaroline Laplante, Ph.D., Associate Professor\u00a0Goodnight Early Career Innovator\u00a0CFEP Quantitative and Computational Developmental Biology Cluster Co-leader\u00a0Comparative Molecular Medicine Training Program MPI\u00a0Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine\u00a0North Carolina State\u00a0University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nNoon<\/td>\nARB Large Conference Room and WebEx<\/td>\nSteven Chou<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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