Seminars

Fall 2026

Fridays at 1pm, 6364 Scott Hall. In person.

Lunch with graduate students and postdocs 12-1pm for external speakers; seminars 1-2pm, unless otherwise noted.

Date	Speaker	Position and Insitution	Title
09/04/26	NO SEMINAR
09/11/26	Jens Schmidt, Ph.D.	Associate Professor; Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology; Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering; Michigan State University	"Diverse roles of non-coding RNAs in genome integrity pathways"
09/18/26	Emily Walker, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor, Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University	"Alterations in retrograde and anterograde mitochondrial signaling result in loss of pancreatic beta cell maturity"
09/25/26	Monica M. Jablonski, Ph.D.	Hamilton Endowed Professor; Vice Chair and Director of Research; Professor of Ophthalmology, Anatomy, and Neurobiology; Associate Dean of Postdoctoral Affairs; The University of Tennessee Health Sciences	"The first step is always the hardest: My journey in entrepreneurship"
10/02/26	Jayakrishnan Nandakumar, Ph.D.	Associate Professor/UMich Dept. of MCDB	TBD
10/09/26	NO SEMINAR
10/16/26	Matthew Scaglione, Ph.D.	Associate Professor, Duke University, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology	TBD
10/23/26	Sarah Kargbo-Hill, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor/UMich Dept. of MCDB	TBD
10/30/26	Hanaa Hariri, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor/Biological Science, Wayne State University	TBD
11/06/26	Mostafa Gabr, Ph.D.	Associate Professor/Weill Cornell Medicine	TBD
11/13/26	Michelle Hays, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor/University of Michigan	TBD
11/20/26	Joongkyu Park, Ph.D.	Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University, School of Medicine	TBD
11/27/26	NO SEMINAR
12/04/26	Izabela Podgorski, Ph.D.	Professor of Pharmacology and Co-leader of Prostate Cancer Research Team, Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University, School of Medicine	TBD
12/11/26	Rajesh Rao, Ph.D.	Associate Professor/University of Michigan	TBD