Seminars for the Fall 2025 & Spring 2026 Terms
All Seminars begin at 2:00PM Unless Otherwise Noted
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September 30
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Edward Schmidt |
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MSU |
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Discovery of a robust yet previously unknown pathway cells use to produce the amino
acid cysteine |
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Procrastinator Theater |
| October 7 Hilleman Symposium |
Danny Benjamin |
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Duke University |
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Repurposing Medicines for Use in Orphan Populations: Bench to Bedside |
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Blake Wiedenheft |
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Procrastinator Theater |
| October 14 |
Seth Pincus |
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MSU |
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Attacking Persistent Virus Infections with Cytotoxic Immunoconjugates: Does the Mechanism
of Cell Death Matter? |
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Lewis 304 |
| October 21 |
Don Smith and Brian Bothner |
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MSU |
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How Mass Spectrometry can advance your research program |
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Core Facilities |
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Lewis 304 |
| October 28 |
No Seminar |
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| November 4 |
Nathaniel Burman |
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MSU - PhD Defense |
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Molecular Machines that Defend Bacteria from Viral Infection |
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Blake Wiedenheft |
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Procrastinator |
| November 11 |
VETERAN'S DAY HOLIDAY |
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| November 18 |
Anindya Bandyopadhyay |
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International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Mexico City, Mexico |
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Gene editing for Global South: Perspective of CIMMYT |
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Blake Wiedenheft |
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Procrastinator Theater |
| November 25 |
Diane Bimczok
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MSU |
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TBD - Sabbatical Research |
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Procrastinator Theater |
| December 2 |
MSU PhD Defense |
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Procrastinator Theater |
| February 3 |
Seth Walk |
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MSU |
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TBD - Sabbatical Research |
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Procrastinator Theater |
| February 10 |
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Procrastinator Theater |
| February 17 |
Sean Crosson |
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Michigan State University |
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TBD |
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Jerod Skyberg |
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Procrastinator Theater |
| February 24 |
Deborah Keil |
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MSU |
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TBD |
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Lewis 304 |
| March 3 |
Christopher Vassallo |
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University of Montana |
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TBD |
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Blake Wiedenheft |
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Procrastinator Theater |
| March 10 |
Tentative: Keynote Speaker 2026 Rocky Mountain Cryo-EM Symposium |
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Blake Wiedenheft |
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Procrastinator Theater |
| March 17 |
SPRING BREAK |
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| March 24 |
Hannah Frank |
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Tulane University |
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TBD |
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Heather Callaway |
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Procrastinator Theater |
| March 31 |
Andrew Hrychowian |
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University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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TBD |
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Patrick Secor |
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Procrastinator Theater |
| April 7 |
Semma Lakdawala |
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Emory University |
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TBD |
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Emma Loveday |
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Procrastinator Theater |
| April 14 |
MSU PhD Defense |
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TBD |
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Procrastinator Theater |
| April 21 |
MSU PhD Defense (Tentatively) |
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TBD |
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Procrastinator Theater |
| April 28 |
MSU PhD Defense |
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TBD |
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Procrastinator Theater |
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