University of Pittsburgh Department of Cell Biology

 SEMINAR SCHEDULE, 2023-2024

  • 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.