The BMG Seminar Series presentations will be in-person unless noted.
![September 20, 2023: The Paradox of Wild-Type p53 Genotype in Refractory Cancers - Mechanisms and Therapeutic Opportunities](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/102548_Siddik_Z_03_New_110717_edited-fb1e1d8b89016b828613529fcd09f886.jpg)
September 20, 2023: The Paradox of Wild-Type p53 Genotype in Refractory Cancers - Mechanisms and Therapeutic Opportunities
Zahid Siddik, Ph.D.
Department of Experimental Therapeutics
Division of Cancer Medicine
MD Anderson Cancer Center
10:15-11:15 am
Finley Conference Center
Host: William Placzek, Ph.D.
![September 27, 2023: Life in boiling acid - the molecular biology of Archaea](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/steve-bell-76552dbc8d7045ad8c9b4f7aec1764aa.jpeg)
September 27, 2023: Life in boiling acid - the molecular biology of Archaea
Steve Bell, PhD
Departments of Biology & Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Indiana University Bloomington
10:15-11:15 a.m.
Bevill Biomedical Research Building, BBRB 263
Host: David Schneider, Ph.D.
![October 4, 2023: Into the Unknown: Research in the Time of COVID-19](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/Gaggar-2385e9754fbcb7b60fadfd9fbffa4f2e.jpg)
October 4, 2023: Into the Unknown: Research in the Time of COVID-19
Amit Gaggar, Ph.D.
Department of Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Medicine
University of Alabama Birmingham
10:15-11:15 am
Bevill Biomedical Research Building, BBRB 263
Host: Chad Petit
![October 11, 2023: Surviving and Adapting to Stress: Translational Control and the Integrated Stress Response](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/Wek_Ronald_04_4x6_web_edited-9d3ded74391ca5661eb75f7ceef6d326.jpg)
October 11, 2023: Surviving and Adapting to Stress: Translational Control and the Integrated Stress Response
Ronald Wek, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Indiana University School of Medicine
10:15-11:15 am
Bevill Biomedical Research Building, BBRB 263
Host: David Bedwell, Ph.D.
![October 18, 2023: Context is Queen - The impact of cell-type and biological sex on disease manifestation and treatment](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/Lasseigne_photo_edited-c5c7ee4cbd5d9af19ad2061c775bb5e1.jpg)
October 18, 2023: Context is Queen - The impact of cell-type and biological sex on disease manifestation and treatment
Brittany Lasseigne, Ph.D.
Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
University of Alabama Birmingham
Note time change: 10:30-11:30 am
Bevill Biomedical Research Building, BBRB 170
Host: Chad Petit, Ph.D.
![October 25, 2023: Commensal-Pathogen Interactions in Chronic Respiratory Infections](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/Kiedrowski_edited1-f5ec756b26e26d7acd057a601b0ad5ef.jpg)
October 25, 2023: Commensal-Pathogen Interactions in Chronic Respiratory Infections
Megan Kiedrowski, Ph.D.
Department of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care
University of Alabama Birmingham
10:15-11:15 am
Bevill Biomedical Research Building, BBRB 263
Host: Jerry Wang, Ph.D.
![November 1, 2023: Mitochondrial and Genetic Contributors to Parkinson Disease Etiology](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/Rita_Cowell_22-v2-small-crop_edited-36a880ee07f8938fdee8bd302bad3cb2.jpg)
November 1, 2023: Mitochondrial and Genetic Contributors to Parkinson Disease Etiology
Rita Cowell, Ph.D.
Department of Neurology
University of Alabama Birmingham
10:15-11:15 am
Bevill Biomedical Research Building, BBRB 263
Host: Chad Petit, Ph.D.
![November 8, 2023: Cryo-EM structures of natively decorated ciliary doublet microtubule and associated complexes](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/Zhang_IMG_6174_edited-ae8bd6ec83ff923ea384d403da608a54.jpg)
November 8, 2023: Cryo-EM structures of natively decorated ciliary doublet microtubule and associated complexes
Rui Zhang, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BioPhysics
Washington University/St. Louis School of Medicine
10:15-11:15 am
Bevill Biomedical Research Building, BBRB 263
Host: Jerry Wang, Ph.D.
![November 15, 2023: No Seminar](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/heersink-logo-3f301de3a1e65171426c0145d18034f5.png)
November 15, 2023: No Seminar
Note: No Seminar
![November 22, 2023: Week of Thanksgiving](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/Thanksgiving_quote-1_edited-ed1c9e0a513ca0af2de6fdecdffddc7f.png)
November 22, 2023: Week of Thanksgiving
There will be no seminar this week due to the Thanksgiving Holidays.
![November 29, 2023: Stem Cell Gene Editing for Correction of Genetic Diseases](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/Davis_image_edited-5aa19df58d4a927a6a3fa1fff3e282c4.jpg)
November 29, 2023: Stem Cell Gene Editing for Correction of Genetic Diseases
Brian Davis, Ph.D.
Department of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care
University of Alabama Birmingham
10:15-11:15 am
Finley Conference Center
Host: Chad Petit, Ph.D.
![December 6, 2023: How bacteria swim: Visualizing flagellar assembly and rotation by cryo-electron tomography](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/Liu_edited-85bcfa636efd25e995f36c61e67dbee6.jpg)
December 6, 2023: How bacteria swim: Visualizing flagellar assembly and rotation by cryo-electron tomography
Jun Liu, Ph.D.
Department of Microbial Pathogenesis
Yale School of Medicine
Note time change: 10:30-11:30 am
Bevill Biomedical Research Building, BBRB 170
Host: Jerry Wang, Ph.D.
![December 13, 2023: New Directions in Ovarian Cancer Research](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/sharon_stack_edited-5c1a3d64d01d6fc1ea8968345852b032.jpg)
December 13, 2023: New Directions in Ovarian Cancer Research
Sharon Stack, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Director, Harper Cancer Research Institute
University of Notre Dame
10:15-11:15 am
Finley Conference Center
Host: Romi Gupta, Ph.D.
![December 20, 2023: No Seminar](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/heersink-logo-3f301de3a1e65171426c0145d18034f5.png)
December 20, 2023: No Seminar
Note: No Seminar
![December 27, 2023: Christmas Holidays](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/istockphoto-870456496-612x612_Christmas-3119b7372156345bf3ebd8a13992ffd3.jpg)
December 27, 2023: Christmas Holidays
There will be no seminar this week due to the Christmas Holiday.
![January 3, 2024: New Year's Holidays](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/istockphoto-1452132380-612x612_2024-5ae1d903240dce890528674ff77b88cb.jpg)
January 3, 2024: New Year's Holidays
There will be no seminar this week due to the New Year's Holiday.
![January 10, 2024: No Seminar](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/heersink-logo-3f301de3a1e65171426c0145d18034f5.png)
January 10, 2024: No Seminar
![January 17, 2024: Cilia, the Polycystins, and Factors Influencing Cystic Kidney Diseases Progression](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/Yoder_edited-fe5fc9b629f5eb7ca5d5090d49da41dc.jpg)
January 17, 2024: Cilia, the Polycystins, and Factors Influencing Cystic Kidney Diseases Progression
Bradley Yoder, Ph.D.
Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
University of Alabama Birmingham
10:15-11:15 am
Faculty Office Tower (FOT) 1101
Host: Chad Petit, Ph.D.
![January 24, 2024: A Multidrug Bacterial Efflux Pump Links Pathogenesis With Antimicrobial Resistance](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/shafer-bil-421x300_edited-29d5193e392ebd5a1ccd69b2eb0109b9.jpg)
January 24, 2024: A Multidrug Bacterial Efflux Pump Links Pathogenesis With Antimicrobial Resistance
William M. Shafer, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Emory University School of Medicine
10:15-11:15 am
Faculty Office Tower (FOT) 1202
![January 31, 2024: Characterizing Methylarginine “reader” proteins](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/Bedford_3_edited-e46df3aca3c1cfd14a3ce7ab935495c1.jpg)
January 31, 2024: Characterizing Methylarginine “reader” proteins
Mark T. Bedford, Ph.D.
Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
10:15-11:15 am
Faculty Office Tower (FOT) 1202
Host: Romi Gupta, Ph.D.
![February 7, 2024: Nanoscale axial imaging reveals flexible vesicle formation dynamics in clathrin mediated endocytosis](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/Mattheyses_Photo-6d336125a6b8db12a390bee1b362831a.jpg)
February 7, 2024: Nanoscale axial imaging reveals flexible vesicle formation dynamics in clathrin mediated endocytosis
Alexa Mattheyses, Ph.D.
Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology
University of Alabama Birmingham
10:15-11:15 am
Finley Conference Center
Host: David Schneider, Ph.D.
![February 14, 2024: You are when you eat: How to eat more and live longer (if you’re a fruit fly)](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/mimi-shirasu-d974c19a81209cce7df6b4019b2c8fd0.jpg)
February 14, 2024: You are when you eat: How to eat more and live longer (if you’re a fruit fly)
Mimi Shirasu-Hiza, PhD
Professor of Genetics and Development
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Department of Genetics and Development
10:15-11:15 am
Finley Conference Center
Host: Igor Chesnokov
![February 21, 2024: Distinct Negative Elongation Factor conformations regulate RNA polymerase II promoter proximal pausing](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/Seychelle_Vos_edited-734c992c76435690184c8fb35a0dee1e.jpg)
February 21, 2024: Distinct Negative Elongation Factor conformations regulate RNA polymerase II promoter proximal pausing
Seychelle Vos, Ph.D.
Department of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
10:15-11:15 am
Finley Conference Center
Host: David Schneider, Ph.D.
![February 28, 2024: Structural Analysis of Peptide and Protein Assemblies](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/conticello-vincent-4f5182921d993f49c051b8dda7e0792e.jpg)
February 28, 2024: Structural Analysis of Peptide and Protein Assemblies
Vincent Conticello, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Emory University
10:15-11:15 am
Finley Conference Center
Host: Jerry Wang, Ph.D.
![March 6, 2024: Structure-guided design of vaccines](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/rebecca-dubois-350_edited-a4f34842f6372cf3c029681a633c17ae.jpg)
March 6, 2024: Structure-guided design of vaccines
Rebecca DuBois, Ph.D.
Department of Biomolecular Engineering
University of California Santa Cruz
10:15-11:15 am
Finley Conference Center
Host: Chad Petit, Ph.D.
![March 13, 2024: Surveying the Pharmacological Landscape of Cells with Synthetic Biology](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/UUHC_210827_5007_square_1-7b42e1c3fcecd0675e5870d818d1cead.jpg)
March 13, 2024: Surveying the Pharmacological Landscape of Cells with Synthetic Biology
Justin G. English, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry
University of Utah School of Medicine
10:15-11:15 am
Finley Conference Center
Host: Lindsay Rizzardi, Ph.D.
![March 20, 2024:Genetic and epigenetic inheritance through the lens of chromatin occupancy](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/MacAlpine_David-8c85472ce1d0220479d95ad8b9914351.png)
March 20, 2024:Genetic and epigenetic inheritance through the lens of chromatin occupancy
David MacAlpine, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
Duke University
10:15-11:15 am
Finley Conference Center
Host: Igor Chesnokov, Ph.D.
![March 27, 2024: Structure-based Development of Non-degrader Molecular Glues to Selectively Stabilize a Tumor Suppressor Complex](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/Derek J. Taylor PhD-924001ec0829f4af10da83172fc75345.jpg)
March 27, 2024: Structure-based Development of Non-degrader Molecular Glues to Selectively Stabilize a Tumor Suppressor Complex
Derek J. Taylor, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry and Department of Pharmacology
School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
10:15-11:15 am
Finley Conference Center
Host: Gino Cingolani, Ph.D.
![April 3, 2024: No seminar](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/heersink-logo-3f301de3a1e65171426c0145d18034f5.png)
April 3, 2024: No seminar
![April 10, 2024: How do protein domains of low sequence complexity work?](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/DrMcKnight_edited-d2291daeb8f76283abf456b47982a1c6.jpg)
April 10, 2024: How do protein domains of low sequence complexity work?
Steven McKnight, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
10:15-11:15 am
Finley Conference Center
Host: Narendra Wajapeyee, Ph.D.
![April 17, 2024: Tumor suppressor p53 and its mutants in cancer](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/Feng_Zhaohui_web_edited-a8e842dec981dd4f94de0af4d3d1cc99.jpg)
April 17, 2024: Tumor suppressor p53 and its mutants in cancer
Zhaohui Feng, Ph.D.
Department of Radiation Oncology
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University
10:15-11:15 am
Finley Conference Center
Host: Narendra Wajapeyee, Ph.D.
![April 24, 2024: Single-stranded RNA phages: from bacterial lysis to virulence reduction](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/junjiezhang_new-440x323_edited-88b9e891af4347ace0505ab10b0b55f0.png)
April 24, 2024: Single-stranded RNA phages: from bacterial lysis to virulence reduction
Junjie Zhang, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
Texas A&M University
10:15-11:15 am
Finley Conference Center
Host: Jerry Wang, Ph.D.
![May 1, 2024: No Seminar](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/heersink-logo-3f301de3a1e65171426c0145d18034f5.png)
May 1, 2024: No Seminar
![May 8, 2024:Impact of RNA modifications in the translational machinery on protein synthesis](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/Koutmouv2_edited-ed37a908e222062396b096abb6680c12.jpg)
May 8, 2024:Impact of RNA modifications in the translational machinery on protein synthesis
Kristin Koutmou, Ph.D.
Department of Biological Chemistry
University of Michigan Medical School
10:15-11:15 am
Finley Conference Center
Host: David Bedwell, Ph.D.
![May 15, 2024: Targeting cancer signaling nodes to overcome metastasis and therapy resistance](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/Kang-1dda652a35f202206f81d4605f56aa5a.jpg)
May 15, 2024: Targeting cancer signaling nodes to overcome metastasis and therapy resistance
Sumin Kang, PhD
Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Emory University
10:15-11:15 am
Finley Conference Center
Host: Narendra Wajapeyee, Ph.D.
![May 22, 2024: Role of RNA structure in pathogenesis and emergence of zoonotic viruses](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/hyde-3ba5f5907840f19c5b46ff60187018be.jpg)
May 22, 2024: Role of RNA structure in pathogenesis and emergence of zoonotic viruses
Jennifer Hyde, PhD
Department of Microbiology
University of Washington Medicine
10:15-11:15 am
Finley Conference Center
Host: Chad Petit, Ph.D.
![May 29, 2024: No seminar](/medicine/biochem/media/widgetkit/heersink-logo-3f301de3a1e65171426c0145d18034f5.png)
May 29, 2024: No seminar
For more information on the BMG Seminar series, contact Chad Petit, cpetit@uab.edu.
Seminar Series Coordinator
Chad Petit, PhD
205-975-3398
cpetit@uab.edu
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