Past Events

2025

• Special BBMB Seminar - Sam Zeeman, Professor, Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, ETH Zurich; Beyond Simple Storage: Revealing the Cellular Machinery and Processes Underpinning Starch Granule Biosynthesis in Plants

  Nov 7, 2025 - 1:10 PM

  to Nov 7, 2025 - 2:00 PM

  Location

  1414 Molecular Biology Building

  Abstract

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• BBMB Seminar - Andy LiWang, Professor, UC Merced; How a Circadian Clock Generates an Internal Biochemical Representation of Time

  Nov 6, 2025 - 3:40 PM

  to Nov 6, 2025 - 4:40 PM

  Location

  1414 Molecular Biology Building

  Host: Vincenzo Venditti

  Read More about BBMB Seminar - Andy LiWang, Professor, UC Merced; How a Circadian Clock Generates an Internal Biochemical Representation of Time

• BBMB Seminar - Scott Nelson, Associate Professor, Iowa State University; Molecular Insights into Apicoplast DNA Replication in Malaria Parasites

  Oct 30, 2025 - 3:40 PM

  to Oct 30, 2025 - 4:40 PM

  Location

  1414 Molecular Biology Building

  Host: Dipa Sashital

  Read More about BBMB Seminar - Scott Nelson, Associate Professor, Iowa State University; Molecular Insights into Apicoplast DNA Replication in Malaria Parasites

• BBMB Seminar - Daniel Purich, Professor, University of Florida; For the Love of Enzymes: The Wanderings of a Physical Biochemist

  Oct 23, 2025 - 3:40 PM

  to Oct 23, 2025 - 4:40 PM

  Location

  1414 Molecular Biology Building

  Host: Don Beitz

  Read More about BBMB Seminar - Daniel Purich, Professor, University of Florida; For the Love of Enzymes: The Wanderings of a Physical Biochemist

• BBMB Seminar - Kathryn Yammine, Postdoctoral Researcher, Harvard University - From Structure to Therapy: The Enduring Impact of Professor Fromm on ADSS1 Research

  Oct 23, 2025 - 2:30 PM

  to Oct 23, 2025 - 3:00 PM

  Location

  1414 Molecular Biology Building

  Read More about BBMB Seminar - Kathryn Yammine, Postdoctoral Researcher, Harvard University - From Structure to Therapy: The Enduring Impact of Professor Fromm on ADSS1 Research

• BBMB Seminar - Jeffery Saven, Professor, UPenn; Nonnatural biomolecular materials using helical peptide bundles: design of structure, sequence, and electrostatic features

  Oct 16, 2025 - 3:40 PM

  to Oct 16, 2025 - 4:40 PM

  Location

  1414 Molecular Biology Building

  Host: Davit Patoyan

  Read More about BBMB Seminar - Jeffery Saven, Professor, UPenn; Nonnatural biomolecular materials using helical peptide bundles: design of structure, sequence, and electrostatic features

• BBMB Seminar - Judith Simcox, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Enter the Lipidome: a molecular fight for energy homeostasis

  Oct 9, 2025 - 3:40 PM

  to Oct 9, 2025 - 4:40 PM

  Location

  1414 Molecular Biology Building

  Host: Gustavo Macintosh

  Read More about BBMB Seminar - Judith Simcox, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Enter the Lipidome: a molecular fight for energy homeostasis

• BBMB Seminar - Ana Fiszbein, Assistant Professor, Boston University; Controlling gene expression through splicing

  Oct 2, 2025 - 3:40 PM

  to Oct 2, 2025 - 4:40 PM

  Location

  1414 Molecular Biology Building

  Host: Gustavo Macintosh

  Read More about BBMB Seminar - Ana Fiszbein, Assistant Professor, Boston University; Controlling gene expression through splicing

• BBMB Seminar - Yang Yang, Assistant Professor, Iowa State Unniversity; Mechanistic insights into coronavirus RNA synthesis and proofreading

  Sep 25, 2025 - 3:40 PM

  to Sep 25, 2025 - 4:40 PM

  Location

  1414 Molecular Biology Building

  Host: Dipa Sashital

  Read More about BBMB Seminar - Yang Yang, Assistant Professor, Iowa State Unniversity; Mechanistic insights into coronavirus RNA synthesis and proofreading

• BBMB Seminar - Huiqing (Jane) Zhou, Assistant Professor, Boston College; Detection and Modulation of RNA Chemical Modifications via Engineered Proteins

  Sep 18, 2025 - 3:40 PM

  to Sep 18, 2025 - 4:40 PM

  Location

  1414 Molecular Biology Building

  Host: Dipa Sashital

  Read More about BBMB Seminar - Huiqing (Jane) Zhou, Assistant Professor, Boston College; Detection and Modulation of RNA Chemical Modifications via Engineered Proteins

• BBMB Seminar - Tina Tootle, Professor, University of Iowa; Lipid droplets – new regulators of actin remodeling and collective cell migration

  Sep 11, 2025 - 3:40 PM

  to Sep 11, 2025 - 4:40 PM

  Location

  1414 Molecular Biology Building

  Host: Gustavo Macintosh

  Read More about BBMB Seminar - Tina Tootle, Professor, University of Iowa; Lipid droplets – new regulators of actin remodeling and collective cell migration
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  2025 BSRP πMT Research Showcase -- Free and open to all!

  Sep 4, 2025 - 3:40 PM

  to Sep 4, 2025 - 5:30 PM

  Join us for a fun and fast-paced event at the intersection of undergraduate research and science communication!

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• BBMB Seminar - Jie Xu, Assistant Professor, Iowa State University, Molecular Mechanisms of NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation

  Aug 28, 2025 - 3:40 PM

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  Location

  1414 Molecular Biology Building

  Host: Dipa Sashital

  Read More about BBMB Seminar - Jie Xu, Assistant Professor, Iowa State University, Molecular Mechanisms of NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation
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  BBMB 2025 Graduation Celebration

  May 16, 2025 - 3:00 PM

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  BBMB 2025 Graduation Celebration

  
  BBMB community: Please join us Friday, May 16th from 3-5 p.m. to celebrate our graduates!
  

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• BBMB Seminar - Mark Schmidt-Dannert, Graduate Student, Iowa State University; An integrated approach to the complex catalysis of terpene synthases applied to the model bacterial ent-kaurene synthase

  May 8, 2025 - 3:40 PM

  to May 8, 2025 - 4:40 PM

  Location

  1414 Molecular Biology Building

  Host: Reuben Peters

  Read More about BBMB Seminar - Mark Schmidt-Dannert, Graduate Student, Iowa State University; An integrated approach to the complex catalysis of terpene synthases applied to the model bacterial ent-kaurene synthase
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  Spring 2025 Corteva Agriscience Internship Presentations

  May 7, 2025 - 5:30 PM

  to May 7, 2025 - 6:30 PM

  Join us to hear from biochemistry seniors and spring 2025 Corteva Agriscience interns Michael Reynolds & Madeline Stadtmueller. Interns will share their research experience and be available for Q&A. Aimed at undergraduates and open to the public, space limited.

   

   

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• BBMB Seminar - W. Mike Henne, Associate Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center ; Organizing and re-wiring lipid metabolism

  May 1, 2025 - 3:40 PM

  to May 1, 2025 - 4:40 PM

  Location

  1414 Molecular Biology Building

  Host: Gustavo Macintosh

  Read More about BBMB Seminar - W. Mike Henne, Associate Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center ; Organizing and re-wiring lipid metabolism

• BBMB Seminar - Yang Gao, Assistant Professor, Rice University; Observing DNA synthesis by DNA polymerases: Catalysis, Fidelity Control and Drug Inhibition

  Apr 24, 2025 - 3:40 PM

  to Apr 24, 2025 - 4:40 PM

  Location

  1414 Molecular Biology Building

  Host: Scott Nelson

  Read More about BBMB Seminar - Yang Gao, Assistant Professor, Rice University; Observing DNA synthesis by DNA polymerases: Catalysis, Fidelity Control and Drug Inhibition

• BBMB Seminar - Patrice Rassam, Professor at the University of Strasbourg; The Brilliant Journey through Bacterial Membranes

  Apr 17, 2025 - 3:40 PM

  to Apr 17, 2025 - 4:40 PM

  Location

  1414 Molecular Biology Building

  Host: Julien Roche

  Read More about BBMB Seminar - Patrice Rassam, Professor at the University of Strasbourg; The Brilliant Journey through Bacterial Membranes

• BBMB Seminar - Sheena D'Arcy, Associate Professor, UT Dallas; Allosteric Regulation of Pyruvate Kinase by CryoEM and HDX-MS

  Apr 10, 2025 - 3:40 PM

  to Apr 10, 2025 - 4:40 PM

  Location

  1414 Molecular Biology Building

  Host: Eric Underbakke

  Read More about BBMB Seminar - Sheena D'Arcy, Associate Professor, UT Dallas; Allosteric Regulation of Pyruvate Kinase by CryoEM and HDX-MS