University of Pittsburgh Department of Cell Biology

 SEMINAR SCHEDULE, 2023-2024

  • Tricia Serio, PhD
    TBA

    Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 3:00 pm - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Tricia Serio, PhD, Professor, Dean of the College of Natural Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    Host: Ora A. Weisz, Ph.D.

  • Vladimir Gelfand, PhD
    Unconventional functions of conventional kinesin in oocytes and neurons

    Tuesday, October 2, 2018 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Vladimir Gelfand, PhD, Cell & Molecular Biology, Northwestern University
    Host: Alexander Sorkin, Ph.D.

  • Ian Macara, PhD
    Watching Polarity Protein Dynamics in the Living Cell

    Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 11:00 am - SPECIAL ROOM LOCATION: BST3, Room 6014

    Ian Macara, PhD, Professor & Chair, Cell & Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt Univ School of Medicine
    Host: Yang Hong, Ph.D.

  • Scott Hansen, PhD
    Emergent Properties and Enzymology of Membrane Proximal Signaling Events

    Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - 11:00 am - SPECIAL ROOM LOCATION: BST3, Room 6014

    Scott Hansen, PhD, Assistant Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Oregon
    Host: Gerry Hammond, Ph.D.

  • Joshua Chappie, PhD
    Structural characterization of nucleotide-powered molecular machines involved in bacterial defense and DNA repair

    Tuesday, December 4, 2018 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Joshua Chappie, PhD , Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, Cornell University
    Host: Marijn G. Ford, Ph.D.

  • Robust Integrative Proteomics for In-depth Nanobody Discovery

    Tuesday, February 12, 2019 - 11:00 am - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • Producing a Large Repertoire of Therapeutic Nanobodies for Combinatory Immunotherapy

    Tuesday, February 19, 2019 - 11:00 am - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • Localization dynamics of endogenous fluorescently-labeled RAF1 in EGF-stimulated cells

    Tuesday, February 19, 2019 - 11:00 am - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • Plasma membrane heterogeneity and PIP2 dynamics

    Tuesday, February 26, 2019 - 11:00 am - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • Wei Dong
    Regulation of Plasma Membrane Targeting and Activity of Polarity Proteins

    Tuesday, February 26, 2019 - 11:00 am - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

    Wei Dong, Research Instructor, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
    Hong Lab

  • First Salty, Then Sweet: Regulation of Stress-Induced Protein Translation by Intracellular Glycosylation

    Friday, March 1, 2019 - 12:00 noon - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • Plasma membrane targeting of polarity protein and phosphoinositides homeostasis under hypoxia

    Tuesday, March 5, 2019 - 11:00 am - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • The N-Cadherin interactome in primary cardiomyocytes as defined by quantitative proteomics

    Tuesday, March 5, 2019 - 11:00 am - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • The Molecular Characterization of Alpha-T-Catenin

    Friday, March 8, 2019 - 12:00 nonn - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • Itziar Pinilla-Macau
    Regulation of EGF receptor ubiquitination and endocytosis

    Tuesday, March 12, 2019 - 11:00 am - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

    Itziar Pinilla-Macau, Research Instructor, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
    Sorkin Lab

  • Stress-MAPK p38-mediated and ligand-induced EGFR internalization crosstalk

    Tuesday, March 12, 2019 - 11:00 am - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • Effects of Stretch on the Bladder Umbrella Cell Apical Junctional Ring

    Friday, March 15, 2019 - 12:00 noon - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD
    Molecular puzzles in transmembrane signaling

    Tuesday, March 19, 2019 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Chemistry & Anesthesia, University of California San Francisco
    Host: Alexander Sorkin, Ph.D.

  • The cryoEM structure of Mvp1

    Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - 11:00 am - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • Tarique Bagalkot
    Localization of the dopamine transporter (DAT) in mouse brain and puzzling effects of amphetamine on DAT and retromer

    Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - 11:00 am - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

    Tarique Bagalkot, Research Instructor, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
    Sorkin Lab

  • Mechanisms of Ptdlns (4,5) P2 Homeostasis at the Plasma Membrane

    Friday, March 29, 2019 - 12:00 noon - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • Gerry Hammond, Ph.D.
    Lipid signals in physiology and cancer

    Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Gerry Hammond, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

  • Yi Shi, Ph.D.
    Diving into the Dichotomous Humoral Immunity

    Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Yi Shi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

  • Cara Gottardi, PhD
    Cell-cell adhesion and signaling in health and disease

    Tuesday, April 16, 2019 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Cara Gottardi, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Northwestern University
    Host: Adam Kwiatkowski, Ph.D.

  • Lan Huang, PhD
    Cross-linking Mass Spectrometry for Interactomics and Structural Biology

    Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Lan Huang, PhD, Professor, Physiology & Biophysics, University of California, Irvine
    Host: Yi Shi, Ph.D.

  • Suzanne Hoppin, PhD
    Understanding the mitochondrial outer membrane fusion machine

    Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Suzanne Hoppin, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry, University of Washington
    Host: Marijn G. Ford, Ph.D.

  • Amy A Kiger, PhD Keynote Speaker
    2019 MGDB/CBMP/ISB Retreat

    Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - 8:30am - 4:00pm - Hilton Garden Inn, 3454 Forbes Avenue

    Amy A Kiger, PhD Keynote Speaker, Click to view PDF of complete itinerary for MGDB/CBMP/ISB Retreat

  • Vivek Malhotra, PhD
    Membrane Trafficking Symposium Keynote Speech: “New Mechanisms and Pathways of Protein Secretion”

    Thursday, May 2, 2019 - 4:00 pm - Frick Fine Arts Building

    Vivek Malhotra, PhD, ICREA Research Professor and Chair, CRG, Barcelona, Spain
    Host: Adam Kwiatkowski, Ph.D.

  • Julie Brill, PhD
    Phosphoinositide signaling during sperm development: location, location, location

    Tuesday, May 7, 2019 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Julie Brill, PhD , Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics & Director of Collaborative Program in Developmental Biology; University of Toronto
    Host: Gerry Hammond, Ph.D.

  • Marijn G. Ford, Ph.D.
    Structural Insights into the SNX-BAR protein Mvp1

    Tuesday, May 14, 2019 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Marijn G. Ford, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

  • Thesis Defense - Defining the properties and toxicity mechanisms of non-canonical translation products associated with ALS and Huntington’s Disease using C. elegans

    Wednesday, May 15, 2019 - 1:00 pm - Lecture Room 1, Scaife Hall

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • Adam Kwiatkowski, Ph.D.
    Cardiomyocyte adhesion complexes and their linkage to the cytoskeleton

    Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Adam Kwiatkowski, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

  • Chelsea Merkel
    Thesis Defense - The Adherens Junction Interactome and the Role of Vinculin in Cytoskeletal Integration at the Cardiomyocyte ICD

    Friday, June 21, 2019 - 1:00 pm - Scaife Hall lecture Room 1

    Chelsea Merkel, Past Graduate Student Researcher, IBGP, Cell Biology & Molecular Biology, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
    Kwiatkowski Lab

  • Keynote Speaker: Phyllis Hanson, MD., PhD
    Cell Biology Faculty Retreat Keynote Lecture : ESCRT function in membrane repair

    Friday, September 13, 2019 - 11:00 am - Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium

    Keynote Speaker: Phyllis Hanson, MD., PhD, Professor & Chair Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School
    Cell Biology Annual Retreat
    Host: Alexander Sorkin, Ph.D.

  • Terence S. Dermody, MD
    Form and Function of Reovirus Replication Organelles

    Tuesday, October 8, 2019 - 11:00am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Terence S. Dermody, MD, Vira I. Heinz Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

  • Dissertation Defense: Effects of Stretch on the Bladder Umbrella Cell Apical Junctional Ring
    Advisor: Gerard Apodaca, PhD
    Chair: Thomas Kleyman, MD
    Members: Alexander Sorkin, PhD, Marcelo Carattino, PhD, Bruce McClane, PhD

    Monday, October 14, 2019 - 1:00pm - Renal Conference Room, Presbyterian Hospital, Room F946

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • David Bilder, PhD
    Cold-blooded cancer: tumor-host interactions in DrosophilaTBA

    Tuesday, October 29, 2019 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    David Bilder, PhD, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley

  • Richard A. Anderson, PhD
    Phosphoinositide signaling controls everything - EVEN p53

    Tuesday, November 12, 2019 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Richard A. Anderson, PhD, Professor, Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Plasma membrane targeting of polarity protein and phosphoinositides dynamics under hypoxia

    Tuesday, February 11, 2020 - 11:00am - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • TFG (tropomyosin receptor kinase fused gene): a new component of early endosomes

    Tuesday, February 11, 2020 - 11:00am - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • Molecular Characterization of ⍺T-Catenin

    Friday, February 14, 2020 - 12:00 noon - Cell Biology Conference Room, S373 BST

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • The Desmoglein2 interactome in primary cardiomyocytes as defined by quantitative proximity proteomics

    Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - 11:00am - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • Itziar Pinilla-Macau
    EGFR endocytosis: the role of Cbl-b

    Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - 11:00am - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

    Itziar Pinilla-Macau, Research Instructor, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
    Sorkin Lab

  • Mechanisms of Ptdlns (4,5) P2 Homeostasis at the Plasma Membrane

    Friday, February 28, 2020 - 12:00 noon - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • Mechanical and molecular development of cardiomyocyte adhesion complexes.

    Tuesday, March 3, 2020 - 11:00am - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • TBA

    Tuesday, March 3, 2020 - 11:00am - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • A conserved sugar-free mechanism for regulation of the hypertonic stress response by O-GlcNAc transferase

    Friday, March 6, 2020 - 12:00 noon - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • Characterization of Pre-analytical Variables and their Influence on High-performance Plasma Amyloid-beta Biomarkers for Alzheimer Disease

    Tuesday, March 10, 2020 - 11:00am - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • Wei Dong
    TBA

    Tuesday, March 10, 2020 - 11:00am - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

    Wei Dong, Research Instructor, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
    Hong Lab

  • Gerry Hammond, Ph.D.
    TBA

    Tuesday, March 17, 2020 - 11:000 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Gerry Hammond, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

  • Tarique Bagalkot
    TBA

    Tuesday, March 24, 2020 - 11:00am - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

    Tarique Bagalkot, Research Instructor, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
    Sorkin Lab

  • TBA

    Tuesday, March 24, 2020 - 11:00am - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • Yi Shi, Ph.D.
    "Next-gen" antibody proteomics: cutting-edge technologies, data-driven science, and drug therapeutics.

    Tuesday, March 31, 2020 - 11:00am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Yi Shi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

  • Jay Tan, Ph.D.
    TBA

    Tuesday, April 7, 2020 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Jay Tan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Aging Institute, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

  • Antentor Hinton, PhD
    TBD

    Tuesday, April 14, 2020 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Antentor Hinton, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa
    Host: Sandra A. Murray, Ph.D.

  • Antonis Kourtidis, PhD
    TBA

    Tuesday, April 21, 2020 - 11:00am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Antonis Kourtidis, PhD, Assistant Professor, Regenerative Medicine & Cell Biology, Medical University of South Carolina
    Host: Adam Kwiatkowski, Ph.D.

  • Pascal Zinn, MD, PhD
    TBD

    Tuesday, May 12, 2020 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Pascal Zinn, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh
    Host: Gerry Hammond, Ph.D.

  • Scott Emr, PhD - Keynote Speaker
    [canceled] Cell Biology Faculty Retreat

    Friday, September 18, 2020 - 1:00 pm - Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium

    Scott Emr, PhD - Keynote Speaker, Professor of Molecular Biology & Genetics, Cornell University
    Host: Alexander Sorkin, Ph.D.

  • Jennifer Pluznick, PhD
    TBA

    Tuesday, September 29, 2020 - 12:00 noon - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Jennifer Pluznick, PhD, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins, Department of Physiology, Cellular & Molecular Medicine Program
    Host: Michael B. Butterworth, Ph.D.

  • Gunther Hollopeter, PhD
    Allosteric Regulation of the AP2 Clathrin Adaptor Complex

    Tuesday, December 15, 2020 - 11:00 am - Zoom meeting

    Gunther Hollopeter, PhD, Assistant Professor, Cornell University, Department of Molecular Medicine
    Host: Marijn G. Ford, Ph.D.

  • Emily Mangano Rocha, PhD
    LRRK2 inhibition prevents endolysosomal deficits in Parkinson’s disease

    Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - 11:00 am - Zoom meeting

    Emily Mangano Rocha, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh
    Host: Alexander Sorkin, Ph.D.

  • Sahana  Balasubramanian
    Mechanistic Insight into Scribble Function during Cardiomyocyte Maturation

    Friday, February 26, 2021 - 12:00 noon - Zoom meeting

    Sahana Balasubramanian, Graduate Student Researcher, Cell Biology & Molecular Physiology, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
    Kwiatkowski Lab

  • Mechanism of p38 MAPK induced EGFR internalization

    Tuesday, March 2, 2021 - 11:00 am - Zoom meeting

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  • Revealing how plasma membrane microdomains influence diffusion of Ptdlns(4,5)P2 in living cells

    Tuesday, March 9, 2021 - 11:00 am - Zoom meeting

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  • Tarique Bagalkot
    Dopamine Transporter Localization in Medial Forebrain Bundle Axons Indicates Its Long-Range Transport Primarily by Membrane Diffusion with a Limited Contribution of Vesicular Traffic on Retromer-Positive Compartments

    Tuesday, March 9, 2021 - 11:00 am - Zoom meeting

    Tarique Bagalkot, Research Instructor, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

  • Itziar Pinilla-Macau

    Cbl-b E3 ubiquitin ligase role in EGF receptor endocytosis

    Tuesday, March 16, 2021 - 11:00am - Zoom meeting

    Itziar Pinilla-Macau, Research Instructor, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

  • The Desmoglein2 interactome in primary cardiomyocytes as defined by quantitative proximity proteomics subclassify adhesion complexes

    Tuesday, March 16, 2021 - 11:00 am - Zoom meeting

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  • Claire Weckerly
    Expanding the Toolkit to Study the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Lipid Metabolism

    Friday, March 19, 2021 - 12:00 noon - Zoom meeting

    Claire Weckerly , Graduate Student Researcher, Cell Biology & Molecular Physiology, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
    Hammond Lab

  • Mass-spectrometry phosphoproteomics to identify signaling pathways triggered by endosomal EGF receptor

    Tuesday, March 23, 2021 - 11:00 am - Zoom meeting

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  • Morgan Ricci
    Subcellular regulation of PI3K Signaling

    Friday, March 26, 2021 - 12:00 noon - Zoom meeting

    Morgan Ricci, Graduate Student Researcher, Cell Biology & Molecular Physiology, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

  • Identification and confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein variants using MinION sequencing and mass spectrometry

    Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - 11:00 am - Zoom meeting

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  • Pib2 regulation of TORC1 activity in S. cerevisiae

    Friday, April 2, 2021 - 12:00 noon - Zoom meeting

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • Yi Shi, Ph.D.
    A novel and inhalable therapy for the evolving COVID-19 pandemic

    Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 11:00 am - Zoom meeting

    Yi Shi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

  • Thesis defense: Genetic regulation of the cellular and organismal response to hypertonic stress in C. elegans

    Thursday, April 8, 2021 - 1:00 PM - Zoom meeting

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • Corinne Farrell
    The role of microRNAs in estrogen regulation of aldosterone signaling in the kidney distal nephron

    Friday, April 9, 2021 - 12:00 noon - Zoom meeting

    Corinne Farrell, Graduate Student Researcher, Cell Biology & Molecular Physiology, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

  • Alan Watson, Ph.D.
    Towards a framework for high-throughput high-resolution imaging of whole tissues

    Tuesday, April 13, 2021 - 11:00 am - Zoom meeting

    Alan Watson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

  • Jay Tan, Ph.D.
    A Phosphoinositide Signaling Pathway Mediates Lysosomal Membrane Repair

    Tuesday, April 20, 2021 - 11:00 am - Zoom meeting

    Jay Tan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Aging Institute, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

  • Benjamin A. Garcia, PhD
    Quantitative proteomics for understanding epigenetic cancer mechanisms

    Tuesday, April 27, 2021 - 11:00 am - Zoom meeting

    Benjamin A. Garcia, PhD, John McCrea Dickson M.D. Presidential Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania

  • Manuel Michaca
    Investigating ITAM-signaling and SYK in Allorecognition Response of Hydractinia

    Friday, April 30, 2021 - 12:00 noon - Zoom meeting

    Manuel Michaca, Graduate Student Researcher, Cell Biology & Molecular Physiology, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

  • Mechanisms of PtdIns(4,5)P2 Homeostasis at the Plasma Membrane

    Friday, May 7, 2021 - 12:00 noon - Zoom meeting

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • Thesis Defense: Biochemical characterization of αT-catenin ligand binding. Contact Graduate Program Coordinator Sarah Biancardi at sab181@pitt.edu to request zoom meeting details. All Members of the Graduate Faculty of the University are Invited

    Monday, July 12, 2021 - 1:00pm - Zoom meeting

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • Rafael Casellas, PhD
    B cell transcriptional regulation and antibody production

    Tuesday, July 27, 2021 - 11:00am - Zoom meeting

    Rafael Casellas, PhD, Lymphocyte Nuclear Biology & National Institutes of Health
    Host: Yi Shi, Ph.D.

  • Craig Wilcox, PhD
    Fighting Misconduct Allegations Through Responsible Conduct of Research - host: Saleem Khan, Ph.D.

    Tuesday, August 10, 2021 - 11:00 am - Zoom meeting

    Craig Wilcox, PhD, Department of Chemistry, Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences, Research Integrity Officer, University of Pittsburgh

  • Elizabeth Ransey, PhD
    Bridging the Gap: Engineering connexin proteins as novel tools for neural circuit modulation

    Friday, October 29, 2021 - 10:00am - Virtual

    Elizabeth Ransey, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Laboratory for Psychiatric Neuroengineering, Senior Investigator, Duke University
    Host: Deepika Vasudevan, Ph.D.

  • Matthew Bailey, PhD
    Salt intake, glucocorticoids and hypertension

    Tuesday, December 7, 2021 - 11:00 am - Virtual

    Matthew Bailey, PhD, Personal Chair of Renal Physiology, Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh
    Host: Michael B. Butterworth, Ph.D.

  • Jeanne Stachowiak, PhD
    Intrinsically disordered protein networks as physical drivers of membrane traffic

    Tuesday, February 1, 2022 - 11:00 am - Zoom meeting

    Jeanne Stachowiak, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
    Host: Marijn G. Ford, Ph.D.

  • Laura Bahr
    Molecular Mechanisms that Coordinate Immunity and Fertility

    Friday, February 4, 2022 - 12:00 noon - Zoom meeting

    Laura Bahr, Graduate Student Researcher, Cell Biology & Molecular Physiology, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
    Ghazi Lab

  • Claire Weckerly
    The role of PLD activity in PA production and PIP2 homeostasis during PLC signaling

    Friday, February 18, 2022 - 12:00 noon - Zoom meeting

    Claire Weckerly , Graduate Student Researcher, Cell Biology & Molecular Physiology, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
    Hammond Lab

  • TBA

    Tuesday, February 22, 2022 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • Aaron Kolski-Andreaco, Ph.D.
    Beyond the Pore: Unconventional Approaches to Modulating Ion Channel Activity

    Tuesday, February 22, 2022 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Aaron Kolski-Andreaco, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
    Devor Lab

  • The dual roles of Pib2: a key regulator of TORC1 reactivation and inhibition in S. cerevisiae

    Friday, February 25, 2022 - 12 noon - Zoom meeting

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • Wei Dong
    TBA

    Tuesday, March 1, 2022 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Wei Dong, Research Instructor, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
    Hong Lab

  • Tarique Bagalkot
    TBA

    Tuesday, March 1, 2022 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Tarique Bagalkot, Research Instructor, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
    Sorkin Lab

  • Iaroslavna Vasylieva, Ph.D.
    TBA

    Tuesday, March 8, 2022 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Iaroslavna Vasylieva, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
    Watson Lab

  • TBA

    Tuesday, March 8, 2022 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • Profiling Drug: Protein Interactions with Label-Free Differential Proteomics

    Tuesday, March 15, 2022 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

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    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • Lydia Grmai, Ph.D.
    TBA

    Tuesday, March 15, 2022 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Lydia Grmai, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
    Vasudevan Lab

  • Linton M. Traub, Ph.D.
    The Linton Traub Memorial Symposium on Endocytic Traffic - download full schedule Traub Symposium [pdf]

    Friday, March 25, 2022 - 10:00 am - 3:00 pm - 6014 BST3

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  • Sahana  Balasubramanian
    Mechanistic Insight into Scribble Function during Cardiomyocyte Maturation

    Friday, April 1, 2022 - 12:00 noon - Zoom meeting

    Sahana Balasubramanian, Graduate Student Researcher, Cell Biology & Molecular Physiology, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
    Kwiatkowski Lab

  • Alan Watson, Ph.D.
    Tool development to facilitate collection, analysis and visualization of large imaging datasets

    Tuesday, April 12, 2022 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Alan Watson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

  • Manuel Michaca
    Investigating the role of SYK and SHARK in the cnidarian, Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus

    Friday, April 15, 2022 - 12:00 noon - Zoom meeting

    Manuel Michaca, Graduate Student Researcher, Cell Biology & Molecular Physiology, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

  • Deepika Vasudevan, Ph.D.
    The Integrated Stress Response as a regulator of photoreceptor degeneration

    Tuesday, April 19, 2022 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Deepika Vasudevan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

  • Morgan Ricci
    Subcellular regulation of PI3K Signaling (note: changed to Zoom meeting - contact Sarah Biancardi at sab181@pitt.edu for meeting details)

    Friday, April 22, 2022 - 12:00 noon - Zoom meeting

    Morgan Ricci, Graduate Student Researcher, Cell Biology & Molecular Physiology, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

  • Antonis Kourtidis, PhD
    Epithelial cell mechanoregulation through a cadherin-associated RNAi machinery

    Tuesday, April 26, 2022 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Antonis Kourtidis, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology, Medical University of South Carolina
    Host: Adam Kwiatkowski, Ph.D.

  • Corinne Farrell
    Sexual Dimorphic Regulation of MicroRNAs Alters Sodium Transport in the Kidney Distal Nephron

    Friday, April 29, 2022 - 12:00 noon - Zoom meeting

    Corinne Farrell, Graduate Student Researcher, Cell Biology & Molecular Physiology, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
    Butterworth Lab

  • Elias T. Spiliotis, PhD
    Spatial control of microtubule-based membrane traffic by septin GTPases

    Thursday, June 30, 2022 - 11:00 am - Victoria Hall Lecture Room 125

    Elias T. Spiliotis, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Drexel University College of Arts and Sciences
    Host: Alexander Sorkin, Ph.D.

  • A Novel Homeostatic Mechanism Tunes PI(4,5)P2-dependent Signaling at the Plasma Membrane

    Friday, July 8, 2022 - 12:00 noon - 6014 BST-3

    ,
    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • Karina Vargas, PhD
    Synuclein regulates synaptic vesicle recycling

    Tuesday, July 12, 2022 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Karina Vargas, PhD, Research Scientist, The Eugene Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue, Engineering Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole
    Host: Alexander Sorkin, Ph.D.

  • Michael Marks, Ph.D.
    Keynote Speech - Title TBA

    Friday, September 23, 2022 - 11:00 am - CB Retreat @ Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium

    Michael Marks, Ph.D., Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children\'s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania
    Host: Alexander Sorkin, Ph.D.

  • Stella Sun, PhD
    Cryo-ET: A scale-bridging imaging to understand complex biological machinery in context using human parasite cytoskeleton as an example

    Tuesday, October 25, 2022 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Stella Sun, PhD, Assistant Professor Department of Structural Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
    Host: Alexander Sorkin, Ph.D.

  • Meiyan Jin, PhD
    Molecular mechanisms and regulation of membrane trafficking events in human iPS cells

    Tuesday, November 1, 2022 - 11:00am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Meiyan Jin, PhD, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology
    Host: Alexander Sorkin, Ph.D.

  • A functional characterization of Pib2: a key TORC1 regulator in S. cerevisiae

    Thursday, November 10, 2022 - 1:00pm - BST-S100A or Zoom

    ,
    Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

  • Michelle Bland, PhD
    Fixing for a fight: immune regulation of growth and metabolism in Drosophila

    Tuesday, February 14, 2023 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Michelle Bland, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia
    Host: Deepika Vasudevan, Ph.D.

  • Laura Bahr
    Molecular Mechanisms that Coordinate Immunity and Fertility

    Friday, February 24, 2023 - 12:00 noon - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

    Laura Bahr, Graduate Student Researcher, Cell Biology & Molecular Physiology, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
    Ghazi Lab

  • Iaroslavna Vasylieva, Ph.D.
    Scalable Analysis Pipeline for Mapping Brain Cells in Big Microscopy Data

    Tuesday, March 14, 2023 - 11:00 am - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

    Iaroslavna Vasylieva, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
    Watson Lab

  • Michelle Starz-Gaiano, PhD
    Cell signaling and tissue architecture coordinate cell migration dynamics in Drosophila

    Tuesday, March 28, 2023 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Michelle Starz-Gaiano, PhD, Professor, Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
    Host: Lydia Grmai, Ph.D.

  • Morgan Ricci
    Mechanistic Insight Into PI3K/Akt Pathway Spatiotemporal Dynamics

    Friday, March 31, 2023 - 12:00 noon - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

    Morgan Ricci, Graduate Student Researcher, Cell Biology & Molecular Physiology, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
    Hammond Lab

  • Xiangyun Wei, PhD
    Orientational Cell Adhesions (OCAs) for Tissue Morphogenesis

    Tuesday, April 4, 2023 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Xiangyun Wei, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh
    Host: Alexander Sorkin, Ph.D.

  • Manuel Michaca
    Investigating the Homeostatic role of the Integrated Stress Response in adipose tissue

    Friday, April 7, 2023 - 12:00 noon - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

    Manuel Michaca, Graduate Student Researcher, Cell Biology & Molecular Physiology, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

  • Andrew Kowalczyk, PhD
    Structural and Functional Roles for Intercellular Junctions in Regulating Endoplasmic Reticulum Organization and Dynamics

    Tuesday, April 11, 2023 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Andrew Kowalczyk, PhD, Professor of Dermatology and Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Department Dermatology, Penn State College of Medicine
    Host: Adam Kwiatkowski, Ph.D.

  • Anjon W. Audhya, PhD
    Regulation of membrane remodeling in development and disease

    Tuesday, April 18, 2023 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Anjon W. Audhya, PhD, Senior Associate Dean for Basic Research, Biotechnology, and Graduate Studies, Rennebohm Research Professor, Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin
    Host: Alexander Sorkin, Ph.D.

  • Manuel Leonetti, Ph.D.
    Local Traffic Symposium 2023 Keynote Speech - \"OpenCell: Intracellular Cartography of the Human Proteome\" Symposium full schedule includes speakers Jay Tan (Ageing Institute - Pitt), Terrence Dermody (Children\'s Hospital of Pittsburgh), Yongxin Zhao (CMU) and Laura Lackner (Northwestern) Laura Lackner - Northwestern

    Wednesday, May 3, 2023 - 4:00 pm - Frick Fine Arts Building

    Manuel Leonetti, Ph.D., Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
    Host: Gerry Hammond, Ph.D.

  • Emily Lackner
    Flow Dependent Modulation of Kidney Proximal Tubule Endocytic Traffic

    Friday, May 5, 2023 - 12:00 noon - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

    Emily Lackner, Graduate Student Researcher, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
    Weisz Lab

  • Yang Xiang, Ph.D.
    Go with the flow: shear stress mechanosensing in internal senses

    Tuesday, September 19, 2023 - 11:00am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Yang Xiang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology, UMASS Medical School
    Host: Yang Hong, Ph.D.

  • Sergio Grinstein, Ph.D.
    Keynote speech 2023 Cell Biology Faculty Retreat, title "Membrane and cytoskeletal dynamics in macrophages"

    Friday, September 22, 2023 - 4:00 pm - Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium

    Sergio Grinstein, Ph.D., University of Toronoto, Dept of Biochemistry
    Host: Alexander Sorkin, Ph.D.

  • Sarah Cohen, Ph.D.
    Illuminating organelle dynamics in differentiation and neurodegenerative disease

    Tuesday, October 3, 2023 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Sarah Cohen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, UNC- Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology
    Host: Gerry Hammond, Ph.D.

  • Shiori Sekine, PhD
    Mitochondrial Import-Coupled Stress Response ~A fine system to signal from mitochondria to the cytosol~

    Tuesday, October 24, 2023 - 11:00am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Shiori Sekine, PhD, Assistant Professor , Aging Institute, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

  • Shipra Das, Ph.D.
    TALEN-mediated CAR-T cell engineering strategies for safe and effective targeting of solid tumors

    Tuesday, October 31, 2023 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Shipra Das, Ph.D., Associate Director, Immuno-Oncology and Innovation Program Management | Cellectis Inc.
    Host: Deepika Vasudevan, Ph.D.

  • Lisa Sharkey, Ph.D.
    From Mutations to Mechanisms: UBQLN2\'s Role in Protein Quality Control and Neurodegenerative Disease

    Tuesday, December 5, 2023 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Lisa Sharkey, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan
    Host: Matthew Wohlever, Ph.D.

  • Corinne Farrell
    The miR-17~92 cluster regulates aldosterone signaling: Contributions to sex differences in sodium transport in the distal nephron

    Tuesday, January 23, 2024 - 9:00 am - BST-S120 Lecture Room

    Corinne Farrell, Graduate Student Researcher, Cell Biology & Molecular Physiology, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
    Butterworth Lab

  • Claire Weckerly
    New Tools to Study Phosphatidic Acid Regulation with Live-Cell Imaging

    Friday, March 1, 2024 - 12:00 noon - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

    Claire Weckerly , Graduate Student Researcher, Cell Biology & Molecular Physiology, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
    Hammond Lab

  • Morgan Ricci
    Mechanistic Insight into PI3K/Akt Pathway Spatiotemporal Dynamics

    Friday, March 22, 2024 - 12:00 noon - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

    Morgan Ricci, Graduate Student Researcher, Cell Biology & Molecular Physiology, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
    Hammond Lab