Basic Science Academic Department Seminars

January 2024

The basic science academic departments welcome members of the Northwestern community to attend upcoming seminars.

Please click on the event times for more details and updates.

Tuesday, January 9

10:00 a.m. | Evolutionary Trajectories and Genomic Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance

Anupama Khare, PhD
NIH Stadtman Investigator
Laboratory of Molecular Biology
National Cancer Institute Center for Cancer Research

Host: Department of Microbiology-Immunology

Friday, January 12

1:00 p.m. | BMG Journal Club

Pranathi Vadlamani
PhD Candidate
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Foltz Lab
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Evan Courser
DGP Student
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Eichner Lab
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Host: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Tuesday, January 16

Noon | Optimizing the Antigen-Adjuvant-Administration Trifecta to Elicit Mucosal Immunity

Purnima Dubey, PhD
Associate Professor of Microbial Infection and Immunity
The Ohio State University

Host: Department of Microbiology-Immunology

Thursday, January 18

10:00 a.m. | Neurodegeneration: Intra-Lysosomal Lipid Metabolism in the Driver's Seat

Monther Abu-Remaileh, PhD
Institute Scholar of ChEM-H
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and of Genetics
Stanford University

Host: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Friday, January 19

1:00 p.m. | Biochemistry, Epigenetics and Metabolism (BEaM) Forum

Mazhar Adli, PhD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Reproductive Science in Medicine)
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Ben Katz, MD
Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases)
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Host: Simpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics

Tuesday, January 23

Noon | Viral and Parasitic Manipulations of the Host

Tiffany Reese, PhD
W.W. Caruth, Jr. Scholar in Biomedical Research
Assistant Professor of Immunology and Microbiology
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Host: Department of Microbiology-Immunology

Wednesday, January 24

Noon | The Expanding and Unexpected Functions of a Mitochondria-ER-Plasma Membrane Contact Site

Laura Lackner, PhD
Associate Professor of Molecular Biosciences
Northwestern University 

Host: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

Thursday, January 25

10:00 a.m. | Mechanisms of RNA-Dependent Epigenetic Chromatin Regulation

Aaron Johnson, PhD
Director, Biomedical Sciences PhD Program
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Host: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Friday, January 26

1:00 p.m. | BMG Journal Club 

Pei Zhu, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Peek Lab
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Sammy Alhayek
Research Technician 
Mendillo Lab
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Host: Department Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Tuesday, January 30

Noon | IFNγ-independent Control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Rhesus Macaques

Daniel Barber, PhD
Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, T-Lymphocyte Biology Section
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Host: Department of Microbiology-Immunology

Wednesday, January 31

Noon | CDB Trainee Seminar

Role of Chromatin Remodeling Complex, cBAF, in Driving an Efficient Germinal Center B Cell Response

Ajay Abraham 
Research Associate, Shukla Lab
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Differential Shear Stress Impacts Nuclear Integrity of Aortic Endothelium

Jocelyn Salvador 
Graduate Student, Arispe Lab 
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Host: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology