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2025 – 2026<\/h3>\n

Mondays at Noon, In-Person and via Webex<\/h3>\n

Link<\/span><\/b>:<\/strong>\u00a0https:\/\/uconnhealth.webex.com\/uconnhealth\/j.php?MTID=m28b132d5474ef646adbd92f651594f4<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

MBB Conference Room E2036<\/h3>\n

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Date<\/strong><\/td>\nPresenter<\/strong><\/td>\nTitle<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
8\/25<\/td>\nGraduate Student Meeting<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9\/1<\/td>\nLabor Day<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9\/8<\/td>\nJC – Rachel Godek (Page Lab)<\/td>\nTwelve phosphomimetic mutations induce the assembly of recombinant full-length human tau into paired helical filaments<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9\/15<\/td>\nJC – Angela Cupo ( Page Lab)<\/td>\nA chemical-genetic system to rapidly inhibit the PP2A-B56 phosphatase reveals a role at metaphase kinetochores<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9\/22<\/td>\nJC – Hiep Nguyen (Peti Lab)<\/td>\nAllosteric regulation of the tyrosine phosphatase PTP1B by a protein\u2013protein interaction<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9\/29<\/td>\nJC – Gabby Soriano\u00a0 (Vargas Lab)<\/td>\nAutomated orthogonal tRNA generation<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10\/6<\/td>\nJC – Wen Liu (Chou Lab)<\/td>\nAgonist antibody to guanylate cyclase receptor NPR1 regulates vascular tone<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10\/13<\/td>\nIndigenous People’s Day<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10\/20<\/td>\nWIP – Kate Bruder (Paulino Lab)<\/td>\nCharacterization of human Ankle2 LEM Domain and its Binding Partners in the Context of Zika Virus Infection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10\/27<\/td>\nJC- Betty Abebe (Chou Lab)<\/td>\n\n

Architecture and activation of single-pass transmembrane receptor guanylyl cyclase<\/a><\/h1>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

11\/3<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/10<\/td>\nWIP – Ruoyu Yang (Oh Lab)<\/td>\nMultifactorial modulation of skin processes in Staphylococcus<\/em>\u2013skin interactions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/17<\/td>\nJC – Byron Dillon Vannest (Caimano Lab)<\/td>\nBinding of Fusobacterium nucleatum<\/em>\u00a0autotransporter adhesin CbpF to human CEACAM1 and CEACAM5: A Velcro model for bacterium adhesion<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/24<\/td>\nThanksgiving Recess<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12\/1<\/td>\nWIP – Caroline McNaboe (Heinen Lab)<\/td>\n\u201cInvestigating Selective Advantage of Mismatch Repair Loss in Colonic Organoids\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12\/8*<\/td>\nWIP – Alex Radecki (Vargas Lab)<\/td>\nAn auxiliary tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase offers Salmonella enterica<\/em>\u00a0Typhimurium a fitness advantage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12\/9<\/td>\nJC – Jipeng Yue (Mok Lab)<\/td>\nAquatic environment drives the emergence of cell wall-deficient dormant forms in Listeria<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12\/15*<\/td>\nWIP – Daniel Fairchild\u00a0 (Bezsonova\/Weller Lab)<\/td>\nIsoform-specific Recognition of G-Rich Nucleic Acid Sequences by Promyelocytic Leukemia Protein PML<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12\/22 – 29<\/td>\nWinter Break<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\/12<\/td>\nMBB Prelim Prep<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\/19<\/td>\nMartin Luther King’s Day<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\/26<\/td>\nWIP – Tvesha Parikh (Page Lab)<\/td>\nInvestigating how SLiM crosstalk in the AKAP\/RII signaling platform defines Calcineurin activity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2\/2<\/td>\nWIP -Wen Liu (Chou Lab)<\/td>\nStructure Basis and Regulatory Mechanism of Transmembrane Signaling through Guanylyl Cyclase Natriuretic Peptide Receptor 2.<\/p>\n

Unusual binding of the Macrolide\u00a0Goniodomin-A to Actin Filaments Explains its Cell Toxicity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2\/9<\/td>\nWIP – Angela Cupo ( Page Lab)<\/td>\nDetermining the roles of PP6 subunits in holoenzyme assembly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2\/16<\/td>\nPresident’s Day<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2\/17#<\/td>\nWIP – Dane Geddes-Buehre (Korzhnev Lab)<\/td>\nStructure, Dynamics, and Inhibition of Protein Complexes in Translesion Synthesis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2\/23<\/em><\/td>\nWIP – Gabby Soriano\u00a0 (Vargas Lab) – VIRTUAL ONLY<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nInvestigating the Functional Differences of Human eEF1As in tRNA Aminoacylation and Their Role in Peripheral Neuropathies<\/p>\n

Developing a Platform for Engineering Suppressor-tRNATrp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

3\/2<\/td>\nWIP – Hiep Nguyen ( Peti Lab)<\/td>\nElucidating the phosphatase-independent activity of the protein tyrosine phosphatase Shp2 in RAS\/MAPK signaling<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3\/9<\/td>\nSpring Recess<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3\/16<\/td>\nWIP – Travis LaGree (Mok Lab)<\/td>\nSensitivity\u00a0of uropathogenic Escherichia coli <\/em>to topoisomerase inhibitors is modulated by changes to the nutrient environment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3\/23<\/td>\nWIP – Angela Power (Mok Lab)<\/td>\nHow the External Environment Impacts the Physiology and Antibiotic Susceptibility of Recalcitrant Pathogens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3\/30<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4\/06<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4\/13<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4\/14<\/td>\nWIP – Jipeng Yue (Mok Lab)<\/td>\nImpact of DNA repair and microbial interactions on S. aureus <\/em>antibiotic tolerance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4\/20<\/td>\nWIP – Betty Abebe (Chou Lab)<\/td>\nIsolation of Human Natriuretic Peptide Receptor 3 (NPR3) for Structural Elucidation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4\/27<\/td>\nWIP – Nisha Mahey (Mok Lab)<\/td>\nPost-fluoroquinolone treatment molecular events and nutrient availability modulate Staphylococcus aureus <\/em>antibiotic persistence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4\/28<\/td>\nWIP – Rachel Godek (Page Lab)<\/td>\nDefining the architecture and mechanisms of substrate recruitment by the PP2A family of phosphatases<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5\/4<\/td>\nWIP – Byron Dillon-Vannest (Caimano Lab)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5\/11*<\/td>\nWIP – Gabriella Chatman (Chou Lab)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

* These dates are outside of the academic calendar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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