Training Program Schedule

2024-25 Discussions

Tuesday's from 12:00-1:00 pm in-person (please check the schedule below for room assignment)

Tier 1

Date	Location	Meetings For 2^nd-Year Students Planning to Apply for Appointment to the TG in June 2024
September 17, 2024	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building	Introductory discussion with Ben Black and Elizabeth Rhoades Academic Job Searches Panel with Cornelius Taabazuing, Lijun Zhou, Jina Ko, and Damian Dudka
October 15, 2024	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building	Jason Diaz "My career in education and outreach" Roberto Dominquez "What's hot in the actin cytoskeleton"
November 19, 2024	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building	Alum Scott Shandler "How I went from BMB PhD to a career in Biotech entrepreneurship" Jim Shorter "What's hot in amyloid therapeutics"
December 10, 2024	1412 Seminar Room, Biomedical Research Building	Alum Glennis Logsdon "My path from BMB graduate student to PI at Penn" Dirk Trauner "What's hot in chemical neuroscience"
January 21, 2025	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building	Viridiana Herrera "Passion Meets Purpose: A Career Dedicated to Discovery and Teaching" Gerd Blobel "What's hot in genome architecture"
February 25, 2025	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building	Alum Adrián Rivera-Reyes "From PhD to Science Policy" James Petersson "What's hot in photo-proximity labeling"
March 25, 2025	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building	Hilary Nelson "From proteins to populations Kathy Liu "What's hot in sex-specific RNA biology"
April 22, 2025	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building	Alum Peter Carman "From BMB to Pharma" Yihui Shen "What's hot in imaging and metabolism"

Tier 2

Date	Location	Preceptor	Meetings For Trainees
September 3, 2024	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building	Rahul Kohli	Peter Bailer (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Sam Garfinkle (Journal Club) (~30 minutes)
October 1, 2024	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building	George Burslem	Mark Bray (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Elie Mer (Journal Club) (~30 minutes)
November 12, 2024	1413 Small Conference Room, Biomedical Research Building	Kenji Murakami	Polina Holubovska (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Linh Pham (Journal Club) (~30 minutes)
December 3, 2024	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building	Kim Sharp	Raymond Carter (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Shahlo Solieva (Journal Club) (~30 minutes)
January 7, 2025	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building	Ronen Marmorstein	Elie Mer (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Peter Bailer (Journal Club) (~30 minutes)
February 4, 2025	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building	Roberto Dominguez	Shahlo Solieva (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Polina Holubovska (Journal Club) (~30 minutes)
March 4, 2025	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building	David Christianson	Linh Pham (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Raymond Carter (Journal Club) (~30 minutes)
April 8, 2025	1413 Small Conference Room, Biomedical Research Building	Bomyi Lim	Sam Garfinkle (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Mark Bray (Journal Club) (~30 minutes)

2023-24 Discussions

Tuesday's from 12:00-1:00 pm in-person (please check the schedule below for room assignment)

Tier 1

Date	Location	Meetings For 2^nd-Year Students Planning to Apply for Appointment to the TG in June 2024
September 26, 2023	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry building	Introductory discussion with Ben Black and Elizabeth Rhoades Academic Job Searches Panel with Mustafa Mir, George Burslem, Runi Das, and Hana Odeh
October 24, 2023	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry building	Topic brainstorming session with Ben Black and Elizabeth Rhoades Mark Sellmyer "What's hot in biomedical imaging"
November 28, 2023	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry building	Alum John Welsh "Working in a scientific startup" Rahul Kohli "What's hot in genome engineering"
December 19, 2023	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry building	Alum Chris Yarosh "A career path through science advocacy to research strategy" Lukasz Bugaj "What's hot in cell signaling"
January 23, 2024	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry building	Jayatri Das of the Franklin Institute "At the Intersection of Science and Society: The View from a Science Museum" Dirk Trauner "What's hot in chemical neuroscience"
February 20, 2024	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry building	Former Trainer Hillary Nelson "From Proteins to Populations" Lijun Zhou "What's hot in nucleic acids"
March 19, 2024	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry building	Alum Evan Smoak "Trained Scientist. Born Creative" Jina Ko "What's hot in microfluidics"
April 16, 2024	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry building	Alum Martin Iwanicki "How graduate school can prepare you for a career in industry." Dirk Trauner "What's hot in Chemical Neuroscience"

Tier 2

Date	Location	Preceptor	Meetings For Trainees
September 12, 2023	255 Anatomy-Chemistry building	David Christianson	Elana Baltrusaitus (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Peter Bailer (Journal Club) (~30 minutes)
October 10, 2023	255 Anatomy-Chemistry Building	Bomyi Lim	Joseph Flores (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Polina Holbovska (Journal Club) (~30 minutes)
November 14, 2023	255 Anatomy-Chemistry building	Yi-Wei Chang	Devin Kelly (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Claire Woodward (Journal Club) (~30 minutes)
December 12, 2023	255 Anatomy-Chemistry Building	Felix Wehlri	Hannah Kim (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Andy Nguyen (Journal Club) (~30 minutes)
January 9, 2024	255 Anatomy-Chemistry Building	Ronen Marmorstein	Polina Holubovska (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Hannah Kim (Journal Club) (~30 minutes)
February 6, 2024	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building	Melike Lakadamyali	Peter Bailer (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Joseph Flores (Journal Club) (~30 minutes)
March 5, 2024	1001 Stellar Chance Labs	Mike Ostap	Claire Woodward (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Devin Kelly (Journal Club) (~30 minutes)
April 2, 2024	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building	Mark Goulian	Andy Nguyen (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Elana Baltrusaitus (Journal Club) (~30 minutes)

2022-23 Discussions

Tuesday's from 12:00-1:00 pm in-person (please check the schedule below for room assignment)

Tier 1

Date	Location	Meetings For 2^nd-Year Students Planning to Apply for Appointment to the TG in June 2023
September 13, 2022	255 Anatomy-Chemistry building	Introductory discussion from Ben Black and Elizabeth Rhoades Greg Bowman “What’s hot in computational simulations of protein structure”
October 11, 2022	255 Anatomy-Chemistry building	Viridiana Herrera “My journey to STEM education and diversity outreach” Yi-Wei Chang “What’s hot in Cryo-ET”
November 8, 2022	255 Anatomy-Chemistry building	Jason Diaz “Navigating a Career in Teaching: From running experiments to running science education programs” Mustafa Mir “What’s hot in advanced imaging”
December 13, 2022	255 Anatomy-Chemistry building	Dan Ricketts “From Penn to Janssen: my journey from academia to the pharmaceutical industry.” Dave Chenoweth “What’s hot in chemical biology.”
January 17, 2023	255 Anatomy-Chemistry building	Dan Kulp: “My path from BMB student to a PI at an independent research institution.” Kenji Murakami: “What’s hot in the structural biochemistry of transcription.”
February 7, 2023	255 Anatomy-Chemistry building	Austin Zimmet: “Navigating the transition from bench science to management consulting.” Ravi Radhakrishnan: “What’s hot in computational approaches to complex biology.”
March 14, 2023	255 Anatomy-Chemistry building	Molly Sheehan: “Pursuing Equity as a Scientist.” Kara Bernstein: “What’s hot in DNA repair.”
April 18, 2023	255 Anatomy-Chemistry building	Laura Conlin: “Directing a clinical diagnostic lab.” Ronen Marmorstein: “What’s hot in structural studies related to metabolism.”

Tier 2

Date	Location	Preceptor	Meetings For Trainees
September 20, 2022	255 Anatomy-Chemistry building	Roberto Dominguez	Fred Fregoso (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Diane Rafizadeh (Journal Club) (~30 minutes)
October 25, 2022	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building	Nik Sgourakis	Sarah Gardner (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Alan Boka (Journal Club) (~30 minutes)
November 15, 2022	255 Anatomy-Chemistry building	Jim Shorter	Sam Eaton (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Adam Jabak (Journal Club) (~30 minutes)
December 20, 2022	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building	George Burslem	Adriana Santiago-Ruiz (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Sarah Gardner (Journal Club) (~30 minutes)
January 31, 2023	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building	Mark Goulian	Diane Rafizadeh (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Claire Woodward (Journal Club) (~30 minutes)
February 28, 2023	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building	David Christianson	Alan Boka (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Sam Eaton (Journal Club) (~30 minutes)
March 28, 2023	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building	Melike Lakadamyali	Adam Jabak (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Elana Baltrusaitis (Research Talk) (~30 minutes)
April 25, 2023	JF Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building	Vera Moiseenkova-Bell	Claire Woodward (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Adriana Santiago-Ruiz (Journal Club) (~30 minutes)

2021-22 Discussions

Virtual, Tuesday's 1:00-2:00 pm

Tier 1

Meetings for 2^nd-year students planning to apply for Appointment to the TG in June 2022

Date	Preceptor(s)*	Topic(s) and Speaker(s)**
September 14, 2021	Ben Black and Elizabeth Rhoades	BMB Faculty Talk: Introduction to the Training Program (~30 minutes) BMB Alumni Talk: Kevan Salimian, “How training in molecular biophysics shaped my career as an academic pathologist.” (~30 minutes)
October 12, 2021	N/A	BMB Faculty Talk: Yale E. Goldman, "What’s hot in single-molecule biophysics." (~30 minutes) BMB Alumni Talk: Nicole Martinez, "My RNA: Road to New Assistant Professor." (~30 minutes)
November 2, 2021	N/A	BMB Faculty Talk: Elizabeth Rhoades, "What’s hot in intrinsically disordered proteins/phase separation." (~30 minutes) BMB Alumni Talk: Renee Martin, "Science and Regulatory." (~30 minutes)
December 7, 2021	N/A	BMB Faculty Talk: Vera Moiseenkova-Bell, "What’s hot in EM." (~30 minutes) BMB Alumni Talk: Glennis Logsdon, "My scientific journey: from experimental to computational biologist" (~30 minutes)
January 11, 2022	N/A	BMB Faculty Talk: George Burslem, "What’s hot in protein modifications." (~30 minutes) BMB Alumni Talk: Wil Prall, "Outreach and Education Equity Initiatives as a Graduate Student at Penn." (~30 minutes)
February 8, 2022	N/A	BMB Faculty Talk: Jeff Saven, "What’s hot in protein design." (~30 minutes) BMB Alumni Talk: Samantha Falk, "From the bench to the (home) office: a career in medical communications." (~30 minutes)
March 8, 2022	N/A	BMB Faculty Talk: Cornelius Taabazuing, "What’s hot in innate immunity." (~30 minutes) BMB Alumni Talk: Ben Walters, "From Ivory to Golden Towers: An industrial career in protein biophysics." (~30 minutes)
April 5, 2022	N/A	Event Cancelled

Tier 2

Meetings for current trainees

Date	Preceptor(s)*	Trainee Presentations
September 21, 2021	Ben Black and Elizabeth Rhoades	Samuel Eaton (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Neha Srikumar (Literature/Conference Review) (~30 minutes)
October 19, 2021	Roberto Dominguez	Katie Copley (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Sarah Gardner (Research Talk) (~30 minutes)
November 16, 2021	David Christianson	Adriana Santiago (Literature/Conference Review) (~30 minutes) Ben Creekmore (Literature/Conference Review) (~30 minutes)
December 14, 2021	Mike Ostap	Fred Fregoso (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Michael Owens (Literature/Conference Review) (~30 minutes)
January 18, 2022	Melike Lakadamyali	Adriana Santiago (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Sarah Gardner (Literature/Conference Review) (~30 minutes)
February 15, 2022	Kenji Murakami	Ben Creekmore (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Katie Copley (Literature/Conference Review) (~30 minutes)
March 15, 2022 (in-person event)	Yi-Wei Chang	Michael Owens (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Fred Fregoso (Literature/Conference Review) (~30 minutes)
April 19, 2022 (in-person event)	Ronen Marmorstein	Neha Srikumar (Research Talk) (~30 minutes) Samuel Eaton (Literature/Conference Review) (~30 minutes)

2020-21 Discussions

Virtual (12:00 Noon)

Tier 1

Meetings for 2^nd-year students planning to apply for Appointment to the TG in June 2021

Date	Preceptor(s)*	Topic(s) and Speaker(s)**
September 23, 2020	Kim Sharp & Liz Rhoades	Paul Axelsen: Never and Always in Scientific Presentations
October 21, 2020	N/A	Evan O'Brien, Ph.D., transitioning to a post-doc Tobias Baumgart, What's Hot in Membrane Biophysics
November 18, 2020	N/A	Garrett Alpha-Cobb, Consulting, and Business Development Nik Sgourakis, Using NMR to understand the function of a molecular peptide trap
December 16, 2020	N/A	Sarah Bond (Trainee 2016-2017), What I've been doing since then Greg Van Duyne- The latest in HIV research
January 27, 2021	N/A	Moses W. Haimbodi, Ph.D., My journey to an HBCU Mark Goulian, What's Hot in Regulation of Cellular Networks
February 24, 2021	N/A	Sabrina Bedard, Ph.D - GlaxoSmithKline Sergei Vinogradov, What's Hot in Multiphoton Microscopy
March 24, 2020	N/A	Scott Shandler, Ph.D., MBA, Biotech entrepreneurship Megan Matthews, What's Hot in Chemical Biology
April 28, 2020	N/A	Dan Scolnick, Ph.D, JD Patent and IP law Roland Dunbrack- What's Hot in Protein Structure Prediction and (or) Design

Tier 2

Meetings for current trainees

Date	Preceptor(s)*	Topic(s) and Speaker(s)**
September 9, 2020	Kim Sharp & Liz Rhoades	Chloe Jones (Research Update) (~35 minutes) Samantha Sustek (Research Update) (~35 minutes)
October 7, 2020	Ravi Radhakrishnan	Neha Srikumar (Research Update) (~35 minutes) Chris Ostaszewski (Research Update) (~35 minutes)
November 11, 2020	Vera Moiseenkova-Bell & Ben Garcia	Pamela Gallo (Research Update) (~35 minutes) Amber Yanas (Research Update) (~35 minutes)
December 9, 2020	David Christianson	Neha Srikumar (Literature Report) (~35 minutes) Michael Owens (Literature Report) (~35 minutes)
February 10, 2021	Ronen Marmorstein	Hau Truong (Research update) (~35 minutes) Pamela Gallo ( Literature Report) (~35 minutes)
March 10, 2021	Yale E. Goldman & Ben Black	Chloe Jones (Literature Report) (~35 minutes) Michael Owens (Research update) (~35 minutes)
April 7, 2021	David Christianson	Hau Truong ( Literature Report) (~35 minutes) Chris Ostaszewski ( Literature Report) (~35 minutes)
May 12, 2021	Emmanuel Skordalakes & Jim Shorter	Samantha Sustek ( Literature Report) (~35 minutes) Amber Yanas ( Literature Report) (~35 minutes)

2019-20 Discussions

Johnson Foundation Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building (12:00 Noon)

Tier 1

Meetings for 2^nd-year students planning to apply for Appointment to the TG in June 2020

Date	Preceptor(s)*	Topic(s) and Speaker(s)**
September 25, 2019	Kim Sharp & Paul Axelsen	Introduction to the Training Program (Kim Sharp) (~35 minutes) Daniel Scolnick, Ph.D., JD Pepper Hamilton LLP (~35 minutes)
October 23, 2019	Kathy Liu & Ronen Marmorstein	Sabrina Bédard, GSK (~35 minutes) What's hot in RNA (Kathy Fange Liu)(~35 minutes)
November 20, 2019	Amish Patel	Spark Middle School Mentoring Program (~35 minutes) Nikki Kerstetter (current BMB Student in Spark Program) (~35 minutes)
December 18, 2019	Jessica Anna	What's hot in Cytoskeleton (Roberto Dominguez) (~35 minutes) Olivia Dickens (Senior BMB student) (Student Outreach Programs) (~35 minutes)
January 29, 2020	Yi-Wei Chang	What's hot in Single Molecules (Mike Ostap) (~35 minutes)
February 26, 2020	Megan Matthews	Larry Szewczuk, Janssen (~35 minutes) What's hot in Membrane Biophysics (Tobias Baumgart) (~35 minutes)
March 25, 2020	Walter Witschey	John Gledhill, Cognizance Biomarkers (~35 minutes) What's hot in MRI (Ravinder Reddy) (~35 minutes)
April 29, 2020	Ben Black	Scott Pesiridis, GSK (~35 minutes) Microscopy in Biophysics, Structural Biology (Melike Lakadamyali)(~35 minutes)

Tier 2

Meetings for current trainees

Date	Preceptor(s)*	Topic(s) and Speaker(s)**
September 11, 2019	Kim Sharp E. James Petersson	Introduction to the Training Program (Kim Sharp) (~35 minutes)
October 9, 2019	Vera Moiseenkova-Bell	Faviolla Baez-Cruz (Research Update) (~35 minutes) Julian Stoute (Literature Report) (~35 minutes)
November 13, 2019	Trevor Penning	Carl Fluck (Research Update) (~35 minutes) Mary Szurgot (Research Update)(~35 minutes)
December 11, 2019	Felix Wehrli Mark Goulian	Faviolla Baez-Cruz (Literature Report) (~35 minutes) Julian Stoute (Research Update) (~35 minutes)
February 12, 2020	Ben Garcia	Jordan Ontiveros (Literature Report) (~35 minutes) Kristen Fiore (Research Update) (~35 minutes)
March 11, 2020	Greg Van Duyne	Jordan Ontiveros (Research Update) (~35 minutes) Carolyn White (Practice Talk ACS) (~35 minutes)
April 8, 2020	David Christianson	Kristen Fiore (Practice Talk ACS) (~35 minutes) Mary Szurgot (Literature Report) (~35 minutes)
May 13, 2020	Feng Gai & Jim Shorter	Josh Allen, Oncoceutics (~35 minutes) Carl Fluck (Post Meeting, Biophysical Society or Literature Report) (~35 minutes) Isabel Yannatos (Post Meeting, Biophysical Society or Literature Report)(~35 minutes)

2018-19 Discussions

Johnson Foundation Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building (12:00 Noon)

Date	Preceptor(s)*	Topic(s) and Speaker(s)**
September 12, 2018	Josh Wand & Jeffrey Saven	Introduction to the Training Program (Josh Wand) (~35 minutes) Past Trainee Literature Presentation (Trevor van Eeuwen) (~20 minutes) Past Trainee Research Presentation (Evan O'Brien) (~20 minutes)
September 26, 2018	Ronen Marmorstein & Ben Black	"What's hot in NMR " (Josh Wand)(~35 minutes) Trainee Research Presentation (Delaine Zayas-Bazan) (~35 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Jacque Faylo) (~20 minutes)
October 10, 2018	Vera Moissenkova-Bell & Yale E. Goldman	The Spark Outreach Program (Dr. Jordan Broutman)(~35 minutes) Spark B&B (Alfredo Caro) (~10 minutes) Spark B&B (Nikki Kerstetter) (~10 minutes) What's hot in Cryo-EM (Vera Moissenkova-Bell)(~35 minutes)
October 24, 2018	Paul Axelsen & Benjamin A. Garcia	What's hot in Unnatural Amino Acids (E. James Petersson)(~35 minutes) Trainee Research Presentation (Nikaela Bryan) (~35 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Charlotte Fare) (~20 minutes)
November 7, 2018	Elizabeth Rhoades & Kristen Lynch	The Academic Track (Kristen W. Lynch)(~35 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Jordan Ontiveros) (~20 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Carolyn White) (~20 minutes)
November 21, 2018	Mark Goulian & Paul Janmey	Visualizing Biology at the Nanoscale (Melike Lakadamyali) (~35 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Isabel Yannatos) (~20 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Kristen Fiore) (~20 minutes)
December 5, 2018	Roberto Dominguez & Mike Ostap	Biophysics at Janssen: Capabilities and Case Studies (Dr. Larry Szewczuk, Janssen Pharmaceuticals)(~35 minutes) Federal Grants (Josh Wand)(~35 minutes)
January 16, 2019	Cecilia Tommos & Dave Speicher	What’s Hot in Mass Spectrometry (Dave Speicher)(~35 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Delaine Zayas Bazan) (~20 minutes) Trainee Research Presentation (Jacque Lynn Faylo) (~35 minutes)
January 30, 2019	Melike Lakadamyali & Yair Argon	SBMB in Pharma (Dr. John Gledhill, Evogen) (~35 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Nikaela Bryan) (~20 minutes) Trainee Research Presentation (Charlotte Fare) (~35 minutes)
February 13, 2019	David Christianson & John Karanicolas	From Concept to Clinic: Building a first-in-class medicine to treat cancer (Dr. Scott Pesiridis, GSK) (~35 minutes) Trainee Research Presentation (Carolyn White) (~35 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Jacque Lynn Faylo) (~20 minutes)
February 27, 2019	Trevor Penning & Greg Van Duyne	Pharma, Circular Translation of Discoveries into Therapies: The Never-ending Thesis Project (Dr. Josh Allen, Oncoceutics)(~35 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Nikaela Bryan) (~20 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Kristen Fiore) (~20 minutes)
March 13, 2019	Tobias Baumgart & Walter Witschey	What’s hot in MRI (Walter Englander)(~35 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Charlotte Fare) (~20 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Jordan Ontiveros) (~20 minutes)
March 27, 2019	Emmanuel Skordalakes & Ravi Reddy	Candidacy Exam Practice (Jordan Ontiveros) (~20 minutes) Candidacy Exam Practice (Kristen Fiore) (~20 minutes) Trainee Research Presentation (Isabel Yannatos) (~35 minutes)
April 10, 2019	Jessica Anna & Sergei Vinogradov	What's hot... (TBD)(~35 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Delaine Zayas Bazan) (~35 minutes) Candidacy Exam Practice (Isabel Yannatos)(~20 minutes)
April 24, 2019	Kenji Murakami & Amish Patel	What’s hot in computation (Kim A. Sharp) (~35 minutes) Trainee Research Presentation (Jordan Ontiveros) (~20 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Isabel Yannatos) (~35 minutes)
May 8, 2019	Megan Matthews & James Shorter	What's hot in cryo EM (Yi-Wei Chang) (~35 minutes) Trainee Research Presentation (Kristen Fiore) (~20 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Carolyn White) (~35 minutes)

*Trainer faculty guide the discussion; Professor Wand will also attend.

**Research Presentations by current and past trainees are formal polished seminar-like Powerpoint presentations of ~25 minutes in length plus 10 minutes of questions for a total of ~35 minutes in length, regarding questions on dissertation research that will be critiqued and discussed; Literature presentations are ~15-minute presentations with 5 minutes of questions for a total of ~20 minutes in length discussing a single or maximally 3 related current literature reports of particular interest to SBMB. These will be selected by consensus. ; “What’s Hot” lectures are ~30 minutes in length plus 5 additional minutes for a total of ~35 minutes in length regarding questions presented by training faculty in areas of particular interest to SBMB; Past Trainee Research Presentations are on dissertation research by students previously appointed to the SBMB training program but not yet having completed their Ph.D. degree; Meeting Highlights are summaries of meetings that trainees have attended, each trainee is expected to attend at least one major meeting; Other presentations by outside speakers are 30 minutes in length plus 5 minutes of questions for a total of ~35 minutes in length.

2017-18 Discussions

Johnson Foundation Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building (12:00 Noon)

Date	Preceptor(s)*	Topic(s) and Speaker(s)**
September 6, 2017	Josh Wand & Jeffrey Saven	Introduction to the Training Program (Josh Wand) (~35 minutes) Past Trainee Literature Presentation (Evan O'Brien) (~20 minutes)
September 20, 2017	Jessica Anna & David Christianson	"What's hot in crystallography" (David Christianson)(~35 minutes) Former Trainee Research Presentation (Nick Porter) (~35 minutes)
October 4, 2017	Ronen Marmorstein & Felix Wehrli	The Spark Outreach Program (Dr. Jordan Broutman)(~35 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Krystal Haislop) (~20 minutes) Trainee Research Presentation (Trevor van Eeuwen) (~35 minutes)
October 18, 2017	Trevor Penning & Elizabeth Rhoades	What's hot in disordered proteins (Elizabeth Rhoades)(~35 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Karen Acosta) (~20 minutes) Trainee Research Presentation (Ryan Cupo) (~35 minutes)
November 1, 2017	Yair Argon & Mark Goulian	SBMB in Pharma (Dr. Larry Szewczhuk- Janssen Pharmaceuticals)(~35 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Jacque Lynn Faylo) (~20 minutes) Trainee Research Presentation (Nicole Kerstetter) (~35 minutes)
November 15, 2017	Sergei Vinogradov and Paul Axelson	Trainee Literature Presentation (Ryan Cupo) (~20 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Delaine Zayas-Bazan) (~20 minutes) Trainee Research Presentation (Austin Zimmet) (~35 minutes)
November 29, 2017	Cecilia Tommos & Alison Sweeney	Trainee Literature Presentation (Trevor van Eeuwen) (~20 minutes) Trainee Research Presentation (Krystal Haislop) (~35 minutes)
January 17, 2018	Yale Goldman & Dave Speicher	Trainee Literature Presentation (Nicole Kerstetter) (~20 minutes) Trainee Research Presentation (Jacque Lynn Faylo) (~35 minutes) Trainee Research Presentation (Delaine Zayas Bazan) (~35 minutes)
January 24, 2018	Josh Wand	Research Funding in the US (Josh Wand) (~35 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Austin Zimmet) (~20 minutes) Trainee Research Presentation (Karen Acosta) (~35 minutes)
January 31, 2018	Emmanuel Skordalakes & Roland Dunbrack	What's hot in Protein Dynamics and Folding (Feng Gai) (~35 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Ryan Cupo) (~20 minutes)
February 14, 2018	Mike Ostap	What's hot in NMR (Josh Wand) (~35 minutes) SBMB in Pharma (Dr. Sabrina Bedard, Glaxo Smith Kline) (~35 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Krystal Haislop) (~20 minutes)
February 28, 2018	James Petersson & Kim Sharp	"What's hot in Biophysical Computation" (Ravi Radhakrishnan)(~35 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Karen Acosta) (~20 minutes) Trainee Research Presentation (Trevor van Eeuwen) (~35 minutes)
March 14, 2018	Les Dutton & Tobias Baumgart	Trainee Literature Presentation (Jacque Lynn Faylo) (~20 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Austin Zimmet) (~20 minutes) Trainee Research Presentation (Ryan Cupo) (~35 minutes)
March 28, 2018	Ravi Reddy & Greg Van Duyne	Trainee Research Presentation (Nicole Kerstetter) (~35 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Delaine Zayas Bazan) (~35 minutes)
April 11, 2018	Roberto Dominguez and Ben Garcia	Trainee Literature Presentation (Trevor van Eeuwen) (~20 minutes) Trainee Research Presentation (Krystal Haislop) (~35 minutes) Trainee Research Presentation (Jacque Lynn Faylo) (~35 minutes)
April 25, 2018	Kristen Lynch & Kenji Murakami	Trainee Literature Presentation (Nicole Kerstetter) (~20 minutes) Trainee Research Presentation (Karen Acosta) (~35 minutes) Trainee Research Presentation (Delaine Zayas Bazan) (~35 minutes)

*Trainer faculty guide the discussion; Professor Wand will also attend.

**Research Presentations by current and past trainees are formal polished seminar-like Powerpoint presentations of ~25 minutes in length plus 10 minutes of questions for a total of ~35 minutes in length, regarding questions on dissertation research that will be critiqued and discussed; Literature presentations are ~15 minute presentations with 5 minutes of questions for a total of ~20 minutes in length discussing a single or maximally 3 related current literature reports of particular interest to SBMB. These will be selected by consensus. ; “What’s Hot” lectures are ~30 minutes in length plus 5 additional minutes for a total of ~35 minutes in length regarding questions presented by training faculty in areas of particular interest to SBMB; Past Trainee Research Presentations are on dissertation research by students previously appointed to the SBMB training program but not yet having completed their Ph.D. degree; Meeting Highlights are summaries of meetings that trainees have attended, each trainee is expected to attend at least one major meeting; Other presentations by outside speakers are 30 minutes in length plus 5 minutes of questions for a total of ~35 minutes in length.

2016-17 Discussions

Johnson Foundation Library 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building (12:00 Noon)

Date	Preceptor(s)*	Topic(s) and Speaker(s)**
September 14, 2016	Josh Wand & Alison Sweeney	Introduction to the Training Program (Josh Wand) Past Trainee Research Presentation (Lucie Guo) (~40 minutes)
September 28, 2016	Ronen Marmorstein & Jim Shorter	"What's hot in crystallography" (Ronen Marmorstein)(~30-40 minutes) Former Trainee Literature Presentation (Evan O'Brien)
October 12, 2016	Paul Axelsen & Felix Wehrli	"The World of the Biotech Start-Up" (Dr. John Gledhill- Evogen) Trainee Research Presentation (Martin Iwanicki) (~40 minutes)
October 26, 2016	Sergei Vinogradov & Elizabeth Rhoades	Trainee Research Presentation (Dylan Marchione) (~40 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Stephen Meloni) (~20 minutes) Spark Outreach Program (Dr. Jordan Broutman)
November 9, 2016	David Christianson & Roland Dunbrack	Trainee Research Presentation (Krystal Haislop) (~40 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Sarah Bond) (~20 minutes) MS-HX in Big Pharma (Dr. Sabrina Bedard- GlaxoSmithKline)
November 23, 2016	Yair Argon & Ben Black	Trainee Literature Presentation (Emily Kraus) (~40 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Trevor van Eeuwen) (~20 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Simon Kelow) (~20 minutes)
December 7, 2016	James Petersson & Greg Van Duyne	Trainee Research Presentation (Simon Kelow) (~40 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Martin Iwanicki) (~20 minutes)
December 14, 2016 Location change: 255 Anatomy- Chemistry Building	Yale Goldman & Jessica Anna	Trainee Research Presentation (Emily Kraus) (~40 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Trevor van Eeuwen) (~20 minutes) "What's hot in single-molecule research" (Dr. Yale Goldman)(~30-40 minutes)
January 11, 2017	Roberto Dominguez & Trevor Penning	Trainee Research Presentation (Sarah Bond) (~40 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Krystal Haislop) (~20 minutes) Academic Biotech Start-ups (Dr. Trevor Penning)
January 25, 2017	Emmanuel Skordalakes & Benjamin Garcia	Trainee Research Presentation (Trevor van Eeuwen) (~40 minutes) Trainee Literature Presentation (Emily Kraus) (~20 minutes) "What's hot in MS in SB & MB" (Dr. Ben Garcia)(~30-40 minutes)
February 8, 2017	Jeffery Saven & Mark Goulian	Trainee Literature Presentation (Sarah Bond) (~20 minutes)
February 22, 2017	David Speicher & Ravi Radhakrishnan	Trainee Research Presentation (Dylan Marchione) (~40 minutes)
March 8, 2017	Ravinder Reddy & Kim Sharp	Trainee Research Presentation (Krystal Haislop) (~40 minutes) Trainee Research Presentation (Sarah Bond) (~40 minutes) "What's hot in theory and simulation" (Dr. Kim Sharp)(~30-40 minutes)
March 22, 2017	Walter Englander & Mike Ostap	Trainee Research Presentation (Martin Iwanicki) (~40 minutes) "Faculty Recruitment" (Dr. J. Kevin Foskett)(~30-40 minutes)
April 5, 2017	Tobias Baumgart & Paul Janmey	Trainee Research Presentation (Simon Kelow) (~40 minutes) Trainee Research Presentation (Emily Kraus) (~40 minutes) Structural Biology in Big Pharma (Dr. Scott Pesiridis) (GlaxoSmithKline)
April 19, 2017	Cecilia Tommos & Feng Gai	Trainee Research Presentation (Stephen Meloni) (~40 minutes) Trainee Research Presentation (Trevor van Eeuwen) (~40 minutes)

*Trainer faculty guide the discussion; Professor Wand will also attend.
**Research Presentations by current trainees are formal polished seminar-like Powerpoint presentations of ~30 – 40 minutes on dissertation research that will be critiqued and discussed; Literature presentations are ~15-20 minute presentations of a single or maximally 3 related current literature reports of particular interest to SBMB; “what’s hot” lectures are ~30 minutes in length presented by training faculty in areas of particular interest to SBMB; Past Trainee Research Presentations are formal polished seminar-like Powerpoint presentations of ~40 minutes on dissertation research by students previously appointed to the SBMB training program but not yet having completed their PhD degree; Meeting Highlights are summaries of meetings that trainees have attended, each trainee is expected to attend at least one major meeting; Other presentations by outside speakers are of variable length.

2015-16 Discussions

Johnson Foundation Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building (12:00 Noon)

Date	Preceptor(s)	Topic(s) and Speaker(s)
September 9	Walter Englander & Josh Wand	"What's hot in protein folding?" (Walter Englander )
September 23	David Speicher	Trainee Research Presentation (Christopher Walters)
October 7	Paul Axelsen & James Petersson	"What's hot in amyloid?"(Paul Axelsen) Trainee Research Presentation (Evan O'Brien)
October 21	Ravi Radhakrishnan & Kim Sharp	Trainee Research Presentation (Nicholas Porter)
November 4	Jeff Saven & Felix Wehrli	"What's hot in protein design" (Jeff Saven) Trainee Research Presentation (Abigail Cember)
November 18	Ben Black & Roberto Dominguez	Trainee Research Presentation (Ellen Reed)
December 2	Jessica Anna & Sergei Vinogradov	"What's hot in fast spectroscopy" (Jessica Anna) Trainee Research Presentation (Benjamin Roose)
December 16	Jim Shorter & Greg Van Duyne	Trainee Research Presentation (Dirk Auman) Trainee Research Presentation (Jacquelyn Blum)
January 13	David Christianson & Ben Garcia	Trainee Literature Presentation (Evan O'Brien)
January 27	Kenji Murakami & Gideon Dreyfuss	"What's hot in electron microscopy?" (Kenji Murakami) Trainee Literature Presentation (Nicholas Porter)
February 3	Trevor Penning & Emmanuel Skordalakes	Trainee Literature Presentation (Jacqueline Blum) Trainee Literature Presentation (Ellen Reed)
February 17	Mark Goulian & Ronen Marmorstein	"What's hot in signaling?" (Mark Goulian) Trainee Literature Presentation (Benjamin Roose) Trainee Literature Presentation (Christopher Walters)
March 2	Alison Sweeney	Trainee Literature Presentation (Dirk Auman) Trainee Literature Presentation (Abigail Cember)
March 16	Roland Dunbrack & Cecilia Tommos	Trainee Research Presentation (Evan O'Brien) Trainee Research Presentation (Abigail Cember)
March 30	Feng Gai & Ravi Reddy	Trainee Research Presentation (Nicholas Porter) Trainee Research Presentation (Benjamin Roose)
April 13	Yair Argon & Yale Goldman	"Structural biology and molecular biophysics at big pharma" (Scott Pesiridis) Trainee Research Presentation (Ellen Reed) Trainee Research Presentation (Christopher Walters)
April 27	Tobias Baumgart	Trainee Research Presentation (Dirk Auman) Trainee Research Presentation (Jacqueline Blum)

Fall 2014-15 Discussions

Johnson Foundation Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building (12:00 Noon)

Date	Preceptor(s)	Topic(s) and Speaker(s)
September 17	Wand	Organizational What’s Hot in NMR (Wand)
September 24	Marmorstein	Literature Presentation (Christine Jorge) Trainee Research Presentation (Deborah Shroder)
October 1	Englander	Startup Biotech (Dr. John Gledhill, Longevity) Literature Presentation (Golda Harris)
October 8	Skordalakes	What’s hot in EM (Dr. Dewight Williams) Trainee Research presentation (Atrish Bagchi)
October 15	Saven	Federal Funding (Wand) Trainee Research Presentation (Jarrett Remsberg)
October 22	Sharp	Literature Presentation (Atrish Bagchi) Trainee Research presentation (Evan O’Brien)
October 29	Lemmon	What’s hot in FEL Crystallography (Van Duyne) Trainee Research Presentation (James Townsend)
November 5	Tommos	Literature Presentation (Jarrett Remsberg) Trainee Research presentation (Christopher Walters)
November 12	Van Duyne	Literature Presentation (Evan O’Brien) Biophysics at Big Pharma (Dr. Jim Kranz, GSK)
November 19	Wehrli	Literature Presentation (James Townsend)
December 3	Black	Academic Track (Lemmon) Literature Presentation (Christopher Walters)

Date	Preceptor(s)	Topic(s) and Speaker(s)
January 14	Speicher	What’s Hot in MS-HX (Dr. Ben Black) Literature Presentation (Golda Harris)
January 21	Argon	RCR (Christine Jorge) Literature Presentation (Deborah Shroder)
January 28	Radhakrishnan	What’s Hot in MS not HX (Dr. Ben Garcia) Literature Presentation (Christine Jorge)
February 4	Petersson	Postdoc Overview (Dr. Trevor Penning)
February 18	Vinogradov	Outreach (TBD) Literature Presentation (Jarrett Remsberg)
February 25	Christianson	Literature Presentation (Evan O’Brien)
March 4	Ferguson	Structural Biology at Big Pharma (Dr. Scott Pesiridis, GSK) Literature Presentation (James Townsend)
March 18	Dutton	What’s Hot in Computational Biophysics (Dr. Ravi Radhakrishnan) Literature Presentation (Christopher Walters)
March 25	Ostap	Literature Presentation (Deborah Shroder) Literature Presentation (Atrish Bagchi)
April 1	Sweeney	What’s Hot in Unnatural Amino Acids (Petersson) Literature Presentation (Golda Harris)
April 8	Gai	Trainee Research Presentation (Christine Jorge) Trainee Research Presentation (Christopher Walters)
April 15	Dominguez	Trainee Research Presentation (Golda Harris) Trainee Research Presentation (Atrish Bagchi)
April 22	Axelsen	Trainee Research Presentation (Jarrett Remsberg) Trainee Research Presentation (Evan O’Brien)
April 29	Shorter	Trainee Research Presentation (James Townsend) Trainee Research Presentation (Deborah Shroder)

*Trainer faculty guide the discussion; Professor Wand will also attend
**Research Presentations by current trainees are formal polished seminar-like Powerpoint presentations of ~30 – 40 minutes on dissertation research that will be critiqued and discussed; Literature presentations are ~15-20 minute presentations of a single or maximally 3 related current literature reports of particular interest to SBMB; “what’s hot” lectures are ~30 minutes in length presented by training faculty in areas of particular interest to SBMB; Past Trainee Research Presentations are formal polished seminar-like Powerpoint presentations of ~40 minutes on dissertation research by students previously appointed to the SBMB training program but not yet having completed their PhD degree; Meeting Highlights are summaries of meetings that trainees have attended, each trainee is expected to attend at least one major meeting; Other presentations by outside speakers are of variable length.

Fall 2013-14 Discussions

Johnson Foundation Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building (12:00 Noon)

Date	Preceptor(s)*	Topic(s) and Speaker(s)**
September 11	Wand	Organizational Meeting (Josh Wand)
September 18	Sharp	Outreach: IPraxis (Meagan Hopkins-Doerr) “What’s hot in computation & theory?” (Kim Sharp)
September 25	Marmorstein	Outreach: UPenn Upward Bound (Ed Marshall) Past Trainee Research Presentation (Matt Stetz) Trainee Literature Presentation (CHRISTINE JORGE)
October 2	Goulian	Past Trainee Research Presentation (Nick Bessman) Trainee Literature Presentation (ROLAND RIVERA-SANTIAGO, RACHEL ROESCH)
October 9	Axelsen	“Federal funding of SB & MB” (Paul Axelsen) Trainee Research Presentation (LUCIE GUO, ATRISH BAGCHI)
October 16	Ferguson	“IP and the University” (Bob Schenkel, CTT) Trainee Research Presentation (GOLDA HARRIS) Trainee Research Presentation (CHRIS BIALAS)
October 23	Janmey	Trainee Research Presentation (CHRISTINE JORGE) Trainee Literature Presentation (DEBORAH SHRODERI)
October 30	Argon	Scientific Incubation (Kristin Hart, University Science Center) Trainee Literature Presentation (CHRIS BIALAS)
November 6	Reddy	“What’s hot in quantitative imaging?” (Ravi Reddy) Trainee Research Presentation (CHRIS BIALAS)
November 13	Van Duyne	“Biophysics at Big Pharma” (Jim Kranz, Glaxo Smith Kline) Trainee Research Presentation (DEBORAH SHRODER)
November 20	Goldman	“What’s hot in single-molecule experiments?”(Yale Goldman) Trainee Research Presentation (RACHEL ROESCH)
December 4	Christianson	“What’s hot in crystallography?” (David Christianson) Trainee Literature Presentation (LUCIE GUO)
December 11	Black	Trainee Literature Presentation (ATRISH BAGCHI) Trainee Literature Presentation (GOLDA HARRIS)
January 15	Dominguez	Trainee Literature Presentation ( DEBORAH SHRODER) GRC Protein Folding Meeting Highlights (CHRISTINE JORGE)
January 22	Tommos	Bioethics – NIH ORI (Josh Wand) Trainee Literature Presentation (GOLDA HARRIS)
January 29	Petersson	Trainee Literature Presentation (RACHEL ROESCH)
February 5	Ostap	“What’s hot in single-molecule experiments?” (Mike Ostap) Trainee Literature Presentation (LUCIE GUO)
February 19	Vinogradov	Trainee Literature Presentation (ROLAND RIVERA-SANTIAGO)
February 26	Speicher	“What’s hot in MS?” (Dave Speicher) Trainee Literature Presentation (GOLDA HARRIS)
March 5	Penning	Biophysical Society Meeting Highlights (DEBORAH SHRODER, ATRISH BAGCHI) Trainee Literature Presentation (CHRIS BIALAS)
March 19	Dreyfuss	Trainee Literature Presentation (ROLAND RIVERA-SANTIAGO, ATRISH BAGCHI)
March 26	Dutton	Past Trainee Research Presentation (Evan Smoak) Trainee Literature Presentation (LUCIE GUO)
April 2	Sweeney	Entrepreneurial Science: Scott Schandler (Longevity) Trainee Literature Presentation (ATRISH BAGCHI)
April 9	Wand	Bioethics - Data (Josh Wand) Keystone SB Meeting Highlights (TBN)
April 16	Wand	Past Trainee Research Presentation (Devin Dersh) Trainee Literature Presentation (RACHEL ROESCH)
April 23	Saven	Past Trainee Research Presentation (Cheryl McCullough) Trainee Literature Presentation (CHRISTINE JORGE) Note change in location to 1001 Stellar-Chance Labs for this date only
April 30	Englander	“Structural Biology at Big Pharma” (Scott Pesirdis, Glaxo Smith Kline) Trainee Research Presentation (ATRISH BAGCHI)
May 7	Wehrli	ASBMB meeting highlights (GOLDA HARRIS) Trainee Research Presentation (CHRIS BIALAS)
May 14	Gai	“What’s hot in fast spectroscopy?” (Feng Gai) Trainee Research Presentation (LUCIE GUO)
May 21	Garcia	Trainee Research Presentation (GOLDA HARRIS) Trainee Literature Presentation (DEBORAH SHRODERI)
May 28	Lemmon	Trainee Research Presentation (CHRISTINE JORGE) Trainee Literature Presentation (CHRIS BIALAS)
June 4	Baumgart	Trainee Research Presentation (ROLAND RIVERA-SANTIAGO) Trainee Literature Presentation (GOLDA HARRIS)
June 11	Shorter	Trainee Research Presentation (RACHEL ROESCH) Trainee Literature Presentation (LUCIE GUO)
June 18	Skordalakes	Trainee Research Presentation (DEBORAH SHRODER) Summary Discussion (Josh Wand)

2013-2014 SBMB Trainees shown in ALL CAPS
*Trainer faculty guide the discussion; Professor Wand will also attend
**Research Presentations by current trainees are formal polished seminar-like Powerpoint presentations of ~30 – 40 minutes on dissertation research that will be critiqued and discussed; Literature presentations are ~10-15 minute presentations of a single or maximally 3 related current literature reports of particular interest to SBMB; “what’s hot” lectures are ~20-30 minutes in length presented by training faculty in areas of particular interest to SBMB; Past Trainee Research Presentations are formal polished seminar-like Powerpoint presentations of ~40 minutes on dissertation research by students previously appointed to the SBMB training program but not yet having completed their PhD degree; Meeting Highlights are summaries of meetings that trainees have attended, each trainee is expected to attend at least one major meeting; Other presentations by outside speakers are of variable length.