Current research topics presented by visiting scholars and campus faculty. Regular seminars are held on Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. in Finley Conference Center

Seminar Series Coordinators
William Placzek, PhD
205-975-2465
placzek@uab.edu

2017-2018 Schedule

09-13-17
Shahid Mukhtar, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology, UAB
“Getting to the Edge: Network Biology Discovers Pathogens’ Contacts Points in Arabidopsis”
Host: Marek Napierala, PhD

09-20-17 NOTE: TIME CHANGE TO 1:00 PM
Natalia Kedishvili, PhD
Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, UAB
“How do cells maintain stable levels of retinoic acid: The utility of paradoxical components in biological circuits”

09-27-17
Dmitry Vassylyev, PhD
Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, UAB

10-04-17
Brett Kroncke, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Host: David Bedwell, PhD

10-11-17
Michael Chalmers
Sr. Research Advisor
Analytical Technologies Group Leader
DCR&T, Eli Lilly
Host: Matt Renfrow, PhD

10-25-17
Xinyang Zhao, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, UAB

11-01-17
Roberto DeGuzman, PhD
Professor
Department of Molecular Biophysics
University of Kansas
Host: Will Placzek, PhD

11-08-17
Dhvanit Shah, PhD
Associate Scientist
Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Host: Xinyang Zhao, PhD

11-15-17
Robert S. Welner, PhD
Assistant Professor
Hematology and Oncology, UAB

11-29-17
Susan Nozell, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology, UAB
Host: Will Placzek, PhD

12-06-17
Guojun Sheng, PhD
Professor
Kumamoto University

12-13-17
Chad Petit, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
UAB

01-10-18
Sanjib Banerjee, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
UAB

01-17-18 (Moved to 4-4-2018)
Jamil Saad, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology

01-24-18
No Seminar

01-31-18
Keith Giles, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
UAB

02-07-18
Cheng-Ming Chiang, PhD
Professor
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Host: Louise Chow and Kejin Hu

02-14-18
Christopher Willey, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
UAB

02-21-18
Haitao Li, PhD
Professor
School of Medicine, Tsinghua University
Host: Xinyang Zhao

02-28-18
Mathew Renfrow, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
UAB

03-07-18
Nicole Riddle, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
UAB

03-14-18
Robert Duronio, PhD
Professor, Director of the Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences
Department of Biology
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Host: Igor Chesnokov

03-21-18
Michael Miller, PhD
Professor
Department of Cell, Development, & Integrative Biology
UAB

03-28-18
No Seminar

04-04-18
Jamil Saad, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology

04-11-18
Mark Walter, PhD
Professor
Department of Microbiology
UAB

04-18-18
Jean Cook, PhD
Professor, Assoc. Dean for Graduate Education
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Host: Igor Chesnokov

04-25-18
Chenbei Chang, PhD
Professor
Department of Cell, Development, & Integrative Biology
UAB

05-02-18
Trygve Tollefsbol, PhD
Professor
Department of Biology
UAB

05-09-18
Roman Kondratov, PhD
Professor
Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences
Cleveland State University
Host: Igor Chesnokov

05-24-18
McKibbon Award Seminar/Reception
Finley Conference Center
4:00-6:00p.m.

05-30-18
Hui-Ting Lee, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Biophysics
Johns Hopkins University