Dissertation title: "Elucidating Ciliopathies: The Role of Empty Spiracles Homeobox 2 and Cannabinoid Signaling in Cilia Development Across Embryonic Tissues" Advisor: Rebecca Wingert

Dissertation title: "Further Characterization of a Novel Microtubule Binding Protein, ClipR-76, and Its Role in Cardiomyocyte Development"

     Jeremiah P. Freeman Organic Syntheses Lectureship "Rewriting Protein Modification" Abstract:  Nature regulates many biological processes through post-translational modifications that modify protein activity and relay signals through protein networks. Interpretation…

     Warren Center Lecture Like a Champion Series "Predicting Small Molecule Binding to Cryptic Protein Pockets Formed by Dynamic Loops"   Brittany Morgan "Our Journey from Antibiotic Resistance to Vaccine Development"   Michael McConnell Originally…

  CBBI "Next Generation Carbohydrate-based Vaccines Against Lethal Challenges of Staphylococcus Aureus”

Tentative Schedule: 8:30-9:00 am light refreshments = coffee and breakfast snacks 9:00-9:30 faculty talk 1 9:30-10:00 faculty talk 2 10:00-10:30 trainee talks 1-2 10:30-11:00 break 11:00-11:30 faculty talk 3 11:30-12:00 faculty talk 4 12:00-1:15 lunch 1:15-1:45 faculty talk 5 1:45-2:15 faculty talk…

     Biochemistry Seminar "Discovery and Engineering of the Antibody Response to a Prominent Skin Commensal"      Paper Link:   https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08489-4…

Dr. Celeste Karch, Professor of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis “Defining molecular drivers of tauopathy using stem cell models” Originally published at biology.nd.edu.

"Targeting Protein Stability to Treat Misfolding Diseases” Originally published at chemistry.nd.edu.

Mario De Florio Brown University 154 Hurley Hall3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Scientific Machine Learning for Dynamical Systems Indentification The advancement of Physics-Informed Machine Learning (PIML) methods will empower scientists to swiftly and effectively address unresolved…

Dissertation title: "ClpX as a tool for assessing the impact of rate and direction of vectorial protein appearance on folding outcome" Advisor: Dr. Patricia Clark

Dr. Pamela Martinez, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign “Viral dynamics across scales: from host heterogeneity to pathogen diversity”. Originally published at biology.nd.edu.

The Office of the Provost will conclude the spring 2025 Connections Series by inviting faculty, staff, graduate students, and postdocs to learn more about the 2024 Strategic Framework Grant recipients…

Sarah Veatch, Professor of Biophysics and Physics, Director, Biophysics Program Seminar title: "Biological tuning of the membrane phase transition facilitates plasma membrane organization and function" Isolated cell plasma membranes are biologically tuned to be in a single phase at growth…

Gianluca Geraci Sandia National Laboratory 3:45 PM127 Hayes-Healy CenterA tea will precede the event at 3:15 pm in 101A Crowley Hall. Deviations from the Beaten Track in Multi-Fidelity Uncertainty Quantification: A Brief Journey from Non-Hierarchical Estimators to More…

     Physical/Analytical Seminar "Computational Strategies for Designing Macromolecular Photocatalysts: First Principles Simulations, Data-Driven Approaches, and Quantum Annealing" Originally published at chemistry.nd.edu.

This one-day meeting of Midwest research laboratories interested in protein folding, aggregation, binding, and dynamics features talks and posters (from graduate students and postdocs, plus two PIs). Topics include:1. In vitro experiments: protein folding, binding, aggregation, dynamics2.…

     Reilly Lecture I "Origins of Cancer Biology and Targeted Cancer Therapy" Originally published at chemistry.nd.edu.

     Reilly Lecture II "Overcoming the Undruggable Nature of the Most Common Human Oncogene, K-Ras" Originally published at chemistry.nd.edu.