University of Pittsburgh Department of Cell Biology

 SEMINAR SCHEDULE, 2022-2023

  • 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

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    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

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    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
    Nicotra Lab

  • 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.

  • 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