{"id":244,"date":"2017-06-12T11:43:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T15:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/?page_id=244"},"modified":"2026-06-30T10:28:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T14:28:03","slug":"visiting-speaker-seminars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/news-and-events\/visiting-speaker-seminars\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting Speaker Seminars Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>2026-2027<\/h3>\n<h3>Seminars will be on TUESDAYS AT NOON, IN-PERSON AND VIA WEBEX<\/h3>\n<p>Event Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/uconnhealth.webex.com\/uconnhealth\/j.php?MTID=m28b132d5474ef646adbd92f651594f4f\">https:\/\/uconnhealth.webex.com\/uconnhealth\/j.php?MTID=m28b132d5474ef646adbd92f651594f4f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100.031%;height: 630px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px\">\n<td style=\"width: 9.08375%;height: 25px\"><strong>Date<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5207%;height: 25px\"><strong>Presenter<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.6603%;height: 25px\"><strong>Title<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 4.64824%;height: 25px\"><strong>Time<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.1875%;height: 25px\"><strong>Location<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.8117%;height: 25px\"><strong>Host<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px\">\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 9.08375%\">9\/08<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 18.5207%\"><strong>Kohta Saito MD, MPH<\/strong>, Asst. 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Steinberg, M.D. Clinical Scholar in <span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: inherit\">\u00a0 \u00a0 Infectious Disease<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 35.6603%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 4.64824%\">Noon<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 11.1875%\">Low Learning Center &amp; WebEx<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 15.8117%\">Wendy Mok<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px\">\n<td style=\"height: 33px;width: 9.08375%\">9\/22<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 33px;width: 18.5207%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 33px;width: 35.6603%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 33px;width: 4.64824%\">Noon<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 33px;width: 11.1875%\">Low Learning Center &amp; WebEx<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 33px;width: 15.8117%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px\">\n<td style=\"width: 9.08375%;height: 48px\">10\/06<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5207%;height: 48px\"><strong>Nele Hollmann<\/strong>, University of Georgia<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.6603%;height: 48px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 4.64824%;height: 48px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.1875%;height: 48px\">Low Learning Center &amp; WebEx<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.8117%;height: 48px\">Bernd Simon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 120px\">\n<td style=\"width: 9.08375%;height: 120px\">10\/20<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5207%;height: 120px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.6603%;height: 120px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 4.64824%;height: 120px\">Noon<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.1875%;height: 120px\">ARB Large Conference Room and WebEx<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.8117%;height: 120px\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px\">\n<td style=\"height: 14px;width: 9.08375%\">11\/03<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 14px;width: 18.5207%\"><strong>John D. Helmann, <\/strong>Professor of Microbiology, Cornell University<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 14px;width: 35.6603%\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 14px;width: 4.64824%\">Noon<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 14px;width: 11.1875%\">Low Learning Center &amp; WebEx<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 14px;width: 15.8117%\">Melissa Caimano<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px\">\n<td style=\"height: 17px;width: 9.08375%\">11\/17<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 17px;width: 18.5207%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 17px;width: 35.6603%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 17px;width: 4.64824%\">Noon<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 17px;width: 11.1875%\">ARB Large Conference Room (EG013) and WebEx<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 17px;width: 15.8117%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px\">\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 9.08375%\">12\/01<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 18.5207%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 35.6603%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 4.64824%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 11.1875%\">Low Learning Center &amp; WebEx<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 15.8117%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px\">\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 9.08375%\">12\/15<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 18.5207%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 35.6603%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 4.64824%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 11.1875%\">Onyiuke Room and WebEx<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 15.8117%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px\">\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 9.08375%\">12\/29<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 18.5207%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 35.6603%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 4.64824%\">Noon<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 11.1875%\">Low Learning Center &amp; WebEx<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 15.8117%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px\">\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 9.08375%\">01\/12<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 18.5207%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 35.6603%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 4.64824%\">Noon<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 11.1875%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 15.8117%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px\">\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 9.08375%\">01\/26<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 18.5207%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 35.6603%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 4.64824%\">Noon<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 11.1875%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 15.8117%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px\">\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 9.08375%\">02\/09<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 18.5207%\"><strong>Justyna Sikorska<\/strong>, Merck (NJ) in NMR guided drug discovery<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 35.6603%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 4.64824%\">Noon<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 11.1875%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 15.8117%\">Bernd Simon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px\">\n<td style=\"height: 17px;width: 9.08375%\">02\/23<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 17px;width: 18.5207%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 17px;width: 35.6603%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 17px;width: 4.64824%\">Noon<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 17px;width: 11.1875%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 17px;width: 15.8117%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px\">\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 9.08375%\">03\/09<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 18.5207%\"><strong>Jeffrey Tharp<\/strong> \u2013 Asst. 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