September 9^th

Peter M. Tessier, PhD 
Albert M. Mattocks Professor
Departments of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Biology Program
Biointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan
Title: "Drug-like antibodies by design and directed evolution"

Hosts: Dr. Chenran Wang & Grant Hagedorn
Moderators: Bibek Raj Karki & Timothy Nixon

September 16^th

VIRTUAL PRESENTATION

Ning Fang, PhD                                                                                         Professor, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Title: "Science of Rock'n'Roll in Live Cells"

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Host: Dr. Jiajie Diao
Moderators: Emma Uible

September 23^rd

Mary Bedard, MSTP/CCB Graduate Student, Dr. Susa Wells' Lab 
Title: "A host/pathogen single cell transcriptome atlas of HPV16 infected squamous epithelium identifies a virus-induced ELF3 positive cell population"

Fuchun Yang, PhD Post-Doc, Dr. Jun-Lin Guan's Lab
Title: "The role of autophagy in lymphangiosarcoma development"

Moderators: Johnny Donovan & Angelle Jones

September 30^th

Caterina Bartolacci, Post-Doc, Dr. Pier Paolo Scaglioni                                   Title: "FASN inhibition induces ferroptosis in mutant KRAS lung cancer"

Cristina Andreani, Post-Doc, Dr. Pier Paolo Scaglioni                                      Title: "Resistance to FASN inhibition and ferroptosis in mutant KRAS lung cancer"

Moderators: James Davis & Mary Nguyen

October 7^th

Stan DeVore, CCB Graduate Student, Dr. Gurjit Khurana Hershey's Lab
2021 Cardell Fellow for Excellence in Graduate Research
Title: "The Role of CARD14 in Atopic Dermatitis"

Gregory Bick, PhD Post-Doc, Dr. Xiaoting Zhang's Lab
Title: "MED1's role in eRNA transcription and phase separation"

Moderators: Phillip Witcher & Zhiyun Yu

VIRTUAL PRESENTATION

Sidi Chen, PhD
Associate Professor, Yale School of Medicine
Title: "Gene Editing and Immunotherapy"

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Host: Dr. Chenran Wang
Moderator: Mary Bedard

October 21^st

November 4^th

November 18^th

TIME CHANGE: 1:00pm to 2:00pm

VIRTUAL PRESENTATION

Kornelia Polyak, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Department of Medical Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 
Title: "Immune escape and immunotherapy in breast cancer"

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Host: Dr. Jun-Lin Guan
Moderator: Austin MacMillan   

December 2^nd

Josh Bennett, CCB Graduate Student, Dr. Daniel Starczynowski's Lab
Title: "Dissecting the role of IRAK1 and IRAK4 in AML"

Pranjal Sarma, PhD Post-Doc, Dr. Dave Plas' Lab
Title: "Combination S6K and AXL targeting impairs pyrimidine biosynthesis to induce cytotoxic responses in PTEN-deficient glioblastoma"

Moderator: Anusha Acharya

December 9^th

Ian Mersich, CCB Graduate Student, Dr. Biplab Dasgupta's Lab
Title: "Therapeutic targeting of purine metabolism in DIPG"

Mingang Hao, PhD Post-Doc, Dr. Jun-Lin Guan's Lab
Title: "In vivo CRISPR knockout screen of autophagy-related genes for factors regulating breast cancer lung metastasis"

Moderators: Julianna Korns & Tanner Wherley

December 16^th