University of Pittsburgh Department of Cell Biology

 SEMINAR SCHEDULE, 2023-2024

  • Hector Wang
    Exploring Nuclear Speckle Proteome Dynamics in Response
    to ER Stress

    Friday, April 26, 2024 - 12:00 noon - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

    Hector Wang, Graduate Student Researcher, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
    Zhu Lab

  • Amanda Suda
    Renal epithelial-derived miR-17~92 inhibits STAT3 signaling, serving a sex-specific renoprotective role in the development of acute kidney injury

    Friday, April 26, 2024 - 12:15 pm - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

    Amanda Suda, Graduate Student Researcher, ISB Graduate Program, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

  • Nan Yan, Ph.D.
    Innate Immune STING signaling, Lysosome Biology and Neurodegeneration

    Tuesday, April 30, 2024 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Nan Yan, Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Host: Jay Tan, Ph.D.

  • Liam Holt, Ph.D.
    Keynote speech for 2024 PittCell Conference

    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - All day - Frick Fine Arts Center

    Liam Holt, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU School of Medicine
    Host: Deepika Vasudevan, Ph.D.

  • Sachini Thanthirige
    Characterizing the role of different Ubiquilin paralogs and ALS associated mutants in substrate degradation activity (with Shawn Allen)

    Friday, May 3, 2024 - 12:00 noon - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

    Sachini Thanthirige, Graduate Student Researcher, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

  • Shawn Allen
    Characterizing the role of different Ubiquilin paralogs and ALS associated mutants in substrate degradation activity (with Sachini Thanthrige)

    Friday, May 3, 2024 - 12:15 pm - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

    Shawn Allen, Graduate Student Researcher, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

  • Crystal Conn, Ph.D.
    A balancing act: regulating mRNA translation for cancer progression.

    Tuesday, May 7, 2024 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Crystal Conn, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
    Host: Deepika Vasudevan, Ph.D.

  • Emily Lackner
    Regulation of endocytic capacity in kidney proximal tubule cells

    Friday, May 10, 2024 - 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

  • Binyam Mogessie, Ph.D.
    Deciphering chromosome segregation in mammalian eggs

    Tuesday, May 14, 2024 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

    Binyam Mogessie, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Yale University, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
    Host: Deepika Vasudevan, Ph.D.