Physiology/PMI Seminar Series: Spring 2023

January 01, 2023
2:00PM-3:00PM
Austrian Auditorium - Clinical Research Bldg, 415 Curie Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Mondays @ 2:00PM

Location: CRB, Austrian Auditorium (415 Curie Blvd.) or virtually at https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/99219477102

  • *1/23/2023: Elizabeth Lennon, DVM, PhD, Pamela Cole Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

    Title:Defense of the intestinal barrier across species”

    *(Joint Seminar - Deans’ Distinguished Visiting Professorship)
  • 1/30/2023: Katsu Funai, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah
    Title: “Mitochondrial membrane lipids and respiratory efficiency”
  • 3/6/2023: Gary Yellen, PhD, Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
    Title: “Brain cell metabolism and excitability: a two-way street”
  • 3/13/2023: Stefan Raunser, PhD, Professor and Director, Department of Structural Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology (Dortmund)

    Title: “Cryo-ET reveals sarcomere structures at molecular resolution”

  • 3/20/2023: Rachel Green, PhD, Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
    Title: “Ribosome collisions as a signaling hub to impact cell fate”
  • 3/27/2023: Liang Feng, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Stanford University
    Title: TBD
  • 4/3/2023: Charles Sindelar, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
    Title: “Molecular gearshift mechanisms of the bacterial flagellum” 
  • 4/17/2023 (ATLE**): Samantha Lewis, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkley
    Title: TBD [followed by ATLE reception in CRB 702 directly after seminar]
  • 4/24/2023: Rodrigo Maillard, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University
    Title:Single molecule optical tweezers reveal a dual role of conformational dynamics in Protein kinase A regulation” 
  • 5/1/2023 (ATLE**): Mary Munson, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, UMass Chan Medical School
    Title: TBD [followed by ATLE reception in CRB 702 directly after seminar]
  • 5/8/2023 (ATLE**): Jie Xiao, PhD, Professor, Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
    Title: “A single-molecule view of the dynamics and functions of prokaryotic cytoskeletons in cell division” [followed by ATLE reception in CRB 702 directly after seminar]
  • (**ATLE = At The Leading Edge series)