Spring 2024
| Logistics | Talk Title | Speaker | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 4 PM [add to calendar] | A Novel Regulatory Mechanism for Sensing of Extra-cytoplasmic Copper Availability | Fevzi Daldal, University of Pennsylvania | Crysten Blaby, JGI |
| May 7, 4 PM [add to calendar] | Quantitative Biology with Droplet Microfluidics | Adam Abate, UC San Francisco | Hector Garcia Martin, BSE |
| May 21, 4 PM [add to calendar] | Synthetic Biology Advances in Environmental Sciences: Biosensors for Soil Sciences | Caroline Masiello, Rice University | Kate Zhalnina, EGSB |
| May 28, 4 PM [add to calendar] | Sustainable Production of Animal-free Biopolymers from Recombinant Microorganisms | Mattheos Koffas, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Thomas Eng, BSE |
| June 18, 4 PM [add to calendar] | The FLASH Effect: A New Form of Radiation Therapy to Treat Cancer | Corie Ralston, LBNL (Molecular Foundry) | Jamie Inman, BSE |
| June 25, 3:30 PM [add to calendar] | Complex Adaptive Traits in Beneficial Bacilli | Ilka Bischofs-Pfeifer, Max Planck Institute | Adam Arkin, EGSB |
Fall/Winter 2023-24
| Logistics | Talk Title | Speaker | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 4 PM [add to calendar] | Peering Under the Hood of Nature’s Macromolecular Machines: Motors, Rings, Springs, and Things | Brian Kelch, UMass Chan Medical School | Susan Tsutakawa, MBIB |
| Nov 7, 4 PM [add to calendar] | Quantitative Sensing of Living Cell Chemistry via Molecular Vibrations | Dan Fu, University of Washington | Aris Polyzos, MBIB |
| Nov 28, 4 PM [add to calendar] | Light-driven Electron Transfer in Heliobacteria | Kevin Redding, Arizona State University | Junko Yano, MBIB |
| Dec 5, 4 PM [add to calendar] | The Brain Health at Midlife and Menopause (BHAMM) Study | Natasha Rajah, McGill and Toronto Metropolitan University | Suzanne Baker, MBIB |
| Dec 19, 4 PM [add to calendar] | Can Computational Models and Simulations Predict Useful Biological Knowledge? | Felice C. Lightstone, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Susan Tsutakawa, MBIB |
| Jan 30, 4 PM [add to calendar] | Cognitive Resilience in Aging: From Behavior to Molecule | Kaitlin Casaletto, UC San Francisco | Suzanne Baker, MBIB |
| February 12, 4 PM [add to calendar] | Decoding GPCR Pharmacology: Atomic Details into Cellular Signaling Dynamics | Cornelius Gati, University of Southern California | Junko Yano, MBIB |
| Feb 20, 4 PM [add to calendar] | Electrochemical Hydrogenation, Hydrogenolysis, and Dehydrogenation for Reductive and Oxidative Biomass Upgrading | Kyong-Shin Choi, University of Wisconsin-Madison | Junko Yano, MBIB |
Fall/Winter 2022 - Spring 2023
| Logistics | Talk Title | Speaker | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 4 PM [add to calendar] | Recent Advances in Time-resolved Crystallography | Richard Neutze, University of Gothenburg, Sweden | Junko Yano, MBIB |
| Jan 10, 4 PM [add to calendar] | Anaerobic Nitrite Oxidation in the Ocean | Bess Ward, Princeton University | Susannah Tringe, EGSB |
| Feb 21, 11 AM [add to calendar] | Modeling and Engineering the Plant and Soil Microbiomes | Etienne Yergeau, University of Quebec | Susannah Tringe, EGSB |
| Mar 28, 4 PM [add to calendar] | Towards an Understanding of Stress Resilience through Natural and Engineered Root Systems | José R. Dinneny, Stanford University | Trent Northen, EGSB |
| Apr 18, 4 PM [add to calendar] | Engineering Nitrogen Fixation in Cereal Crops | Eduardo Blumwald, UC Davis | Henrik Scheller, EGSB |
| May 4, 4 PM [add to calendar] | Transforming Climate Policy, Advancing Racial Justice | Alvaro Sanchez, The Greening Institute | Michael Espinosa and Lauren Jabusch, BSAO |
| May 23, 4 PM [add to calendar] | Spatial Biology of Tumor-Stroma Assembloids Reveals that “Nothing is Lost, Nothing is Created, Everything is Reorganized” | Gina Bouchard, Stanford University | Amy Kronenberg, BSE |
Spring 2022
| Date & Location | Speaker | Seminar Title | Affiliation | Host & Division |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 10 AM [add to calendar] | Benjamin Engel | Exploring Molecular Landscapes Inside Cells with In Situ Cryo-electron Tomography | Helmholtz Zentrum München | Setsuko Wakao, MBIB |
| Feb 8, 4 PM [add to calendar] | Doran Bennett | Membrane Scale Models of Photosystem II | Southern Methodist University | Graham Fleming, MBIB |
| Feb 15, 4 PM [add to calendar] | Devaki Bhaya | Dynamics, Diversity, and Defense in Phototrophic Communities | Carnegie Institution at Stanford | Susannah Tringe, EGSB |
| Feb 22, 11 AM [add to calendar] | Roberto Bassi | Light Harvesting (LHC) Proteins of Plants: Role in Chloroplast Structure and Regulation of Photosynthesis | University of Verona, Italy | Graham Fleming, MBIB |
| Mar 8, 4 PM [add to calendar] | Jonathan Rittle | In Crystallo O2 Activation at Iron Active Sites | UC Berkeley | Junko Yano, MBIB |
| Mar 15, 4 PM [add to calendar] | Edouard Azzam | Prolonged Stress Responses Following Exposure to Space Radiation | Canadian Nuclear Laboratories | Amy Kronenberg, BSE |
| Mar 22, 4 PM [add to calendar] | Albert Fornace | Molecular Responses Triggered by Low-dose Radiation and Implications for Long-term Effects in Normal Tissues | Georgetown University | Priscilla Cooper, BSE |
| April 12, 4 PM [add to calendar] | Michael Adams | Insights into the Evolution of a Mitochondrial Respiratory Enzyme from Hyperthermophilic Archaea Using Cryo-EM | University of Georgia | Greg Hura, MBIB |
| May 3, 11 AM [add to calendar] | Matthias Rillig | Impacts of Multiple Global Change Factors on Soil | Freie Universität Berlin | Ying Wang, EGSB |
| May 10, 4 PM [add to calendar] | David Case | What Can we Learn from Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Macromolecular Crystals? | Rutgers University | Greg Hura, MBIB |
| May 17, 11 AM [add to calendar] | Giles Oldroyd | Achieving Sustainable Productivity in Agriculture through Beneficial Microbial Associations | University of Cambridge, UK | Margot Bezrutczyk, EGSB |
| June 7, 4 PM [add to calendar] | Joshua Schimel | Linking Microscale Processes with the Macro World: Microbes and Moisture through the Soil Profile | UC Santa Barbara | Trent Northen/Connor Tomaka, EGSB |
Fall/Winter 2021-22
| Date & Location | Speaker | Seminar Title | Affiliation | Host & Division |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 4 PM | Cara Haney | Unearthing Mechanisms in Plant-Microbiome Interactions | University of British Columbia | Ben Cole, JGI |
| October 5, 4 PM | Larry York | Functional Phenomics for Carbon Efficiency of Roots, Plants, and Ecosystems | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Aymerick Eudes, EGSB |
| Oct 12, 11 AM | Mike Jetten | Discovery of New Anaerobes in Nitrogen & Methane Cycles | Radboud University, Netherlands | Susannah Tringe, EGSB |
| Oct 26, 4 PM | Venkatesan Sundaresan | Underground Connections: Interactions of Microbiomes with Roots | UC Davis | Henrique De Paoli, BSE |
| Nov 2, 4 PM | David Savage | Reconstitution of the Bacterial CO2 Concentrating Mechanism | UC Berkeley | Greg Hura, MBIB |
| Dec 7, 11 AM | Peter Jahns | Photoprotection in Plants: The Role of PsbS and Zeaxanthin | Heinrich-Heine-University | Krishna Niyogi, MBIB |
| Dec 14, 4 PM | Sarah Lebeis | Identifying Chemicals that Drive Interactions Between Plants and Microbes during Microbiome Assembly | Michigan State University | Jonelle Basso, EGSB |
| Jan 11, 4 PM | Breeanna Urbanowicz | Hemicellulose Biosynthesis: From Genes to Function | University of Georgia, Athens | Henrik Scheller, EGSB |
| Jan 18, 11 AM | Roberta Croce | Breaking the Red Limit: Driving Oxygenic Photosynthesis with Far-red Light | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Setsuko Wakao, MBIB |
Spring 2021
| Date & Location | Speaker | Seminar Title | Affiliation | Host & Division |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 4PM (PST) | Sunil Chandran | Clean Manufacturing Powered by Biology | Amyris | Hector Garcia Martin, BSE |
| Feb 9, 4PM (PST) | Alan Aspuru-guzik | There is no Time for Science as Usual: Materials Acceleration Platforms | University of Toronto | Hector Garcia Martin, BSE |
| Feb 16, 4PM (PST) | Scott Keeney | Spo11: Shattering the Genome Makes Sure It’s Intact [watch recording] | Sloan Kettering Institute | Amy Kronenberg, BSE |
| Feb 23, 11AM (PST) | Paul Freemont | Cell-free systems, Biofoundries and Pivoting toBuild a SARS-CoV-2 Testing Platform | Imperial College London | Hector Garcia Martin, BSE |
| Mar 2, 4PM (PST) | Tanya Paull | DNA End Processing During Double-Strand Break Repair | University of Texas at Austin | Priscilla Cooper, BSE |
| Mar 9, 4PM (PST) | Katie Pollard | Tracking Ecological and Evolutionary Dynamics of Microbiomes with Genetic Variants | UC San Francisco | Ben Brown, EGSB |
| Mar 16, 4PM (PST) | Zakee Sabree | Modeling How Gut Microbes are Integral to Normal Host Growth and Development | Ohio State University | Susannah Tringe, EGSB |
| Mar 23, 4PM (PST) | Christine Kirmaier | Switching Sides: Re-Engineering Electron Transfer in Photosynthetic Bacterial Reaction Centers | Washington University St. Louis | Jan Kern, MBIB |
| Mar 30, 11AM (PST) | Joanne Chory | Fighting Climate Change with Plants: It takes a Global Village to Solve a Global Problem | Salk Institute | Ben Cole, EGSB |
| Apr 6, 11AM (PST) | Marnix Medema | Computational Omics of Plant and Microbial Biosynthetic Diversity: From Natural Product Discovery to Microbiome Ecology | University of Wageningen | Nigel Mouncey, EGSB |
| Apr 13, 11AM (PST) | Richard Neutze | Time-resolved Diffraction Experiments at an X-ray Free Electron Laser Reveal Ultrafast Structural Changes Within a Photosynthetic Reaction Center | University of Gothenburg | Junko Yano, MBIB |
| Apr 20, 4PM (PST) | Jan Leach | Interactions in the Phytobiome: Understanding the System to Manage Plant Health | Colorado State University | Susannah Tringe, EGSB |
| Apr 27, 11AM (PST) | Thomas Bell | Cancelled | Imperial College London | Trent Northen, EGSB |
| May 4, 4PM (PST) | Maria Harrison | Development and Function of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis | Cornell University | Henrik Scheller, EGSB |
| May 11, 4PM (PST) | Joshua Dunn | Biology by Design [watch recording] | Ginkgo Bioworks | Hector Garcia Martin, BSE |
| May 18, 10AM (PST) | Marie-Catherine Vozenin | From Irradiation at Ultra-high Dose Rate to FLASH Radiotherapy: Experimental, Conceptual, and Clinical Challenges | University of Lausanne | Eleanor Blakely, BSE |
| May 25, 4PM (PST) | Michael Fischbach | Cancelled | Stanford University | Dylan Chivian, EGSB |
| Jun 1, 4PM (PST) | Liz Kellogg | Cancelled | Cornell University | Greg Hura, MBIB |
| Jun 8, 11AM (PST) | Michael Brockhurst | The Ecology and Evolution of Pangenomes [watch recording] | University of Manchester | Vivek Mutalik, EGSB |
| Jun 15, 4PM (PST) | Markus Covert | Simultaneous Cross-Evaluation of Heterogeneous E. Coli Datasets via Mechanistic Simulation | Stanford University | Hector Garcia Martin, BSE |
| Jun 22, 11AM (PST) | Alexander Sommer | Cancelled | Technical University of Denmark | Deepti Tanjore, BSE |
| Jun 29, 4PM (PST) | Michael Wall | Protein Simulations and Diffraction Data for Biosciences | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Paul Adams, MBIB |
Fall/Winter 2020-21
| Date & Location | Speaker | Seminar Title | Affiliation | Host & Division |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 4 PM (PST) | Philip Benfey | Underground Signaling Networks | Duke University | Ben Cole, EGSB |
| Oct 13, 4 PM (PST) | Bonnie Hurwitz | Planet Microbe: A Cyberinfrastructure Platform for FAIR Marine Microbiome Data and Tools | University of Arizona | Chris Mungall, EGSB |
| Oct 27, 4 PM (PST) | Jeremy Baskin | Chemical Tools that IMPACT Lipid Signaling | Cornell University | Thomas Eng, BSE |
| Nov 3, 4 PM (PST) | Helmut Kirchhoff | Diffusion-dependent Electron Transport and Lipid Protein Interactions in Photosynthetic Membranes | Washington State University | Jan Kern, MBIB |
| Nov 17, 11 AM (PST) | Bill Rutherford | Oxygenic Photosynthesis Beyond the Red Limit | Imperial College, London | Jan Kern, MBIB |
| Dec 1, 4 PM (PST) | Kate White | Integrated Bioimaging of Pancreatic β -Cells During Insulin Secretion | University of Southern California | Carolyn Larabell, MBIB |
| Dec 8, 4PM (PST) | Jeff Cameron | Architecture of Microbial Metabolism in Space and Time | University of Colorado | Kris Niyogi, MBIB |
| Dec 15, 4PM (PST) | Neil King | Computational Design of Self-Assembling Protein Nanomaterials for Medical Applications | University of Washington | Greg Hura, MBIB |
| Jan 5, 4PM (PST) | Richard Braatz | MathematicalModeling of Bioreactors for Recombinant Protein Production | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Deepti Tanjore, BSE |
| Jan 12, 4PM (PST) | Stanley Perlman | COVID-19: Animal Models and Immune Responses | University of Iowa | Martha Stampfer, BSE |
| Jan 19, 4PM (PST) | Gabriela Schlau-Cohen | Action At the Nanoscale: Single-molecule Studies of Protein Motion | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Graham Fleming, MBIB |
| Jan 26, 4PM (PST) | Christoph Kirst | Mapping Whole Brain Activity and Structure at Cellular Resolution | UC San Francisco | Carolyn Larabell, MBIB |
Spring 2020
| Date & Location | Speaker | Seminar Title | Affiliation | Host & Division |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 4, Gray Auditorium 977-141, 4:00 pm | Millie Hughes-Fulford | Effects of Microgravity on the Immune System—Implications for the Moon 2024 Mission | UCSF School of Medicine | Eleanor Blakely Zizka, Biological Systems & Engineering |
| Feb. 18, IGB 91-310, 11:00 am | Paul Blainey | New Microscale Genomic and Functional Approaches for Microbes | Broad Institute/MIT | Tanya Woyke, Joint Genome Institute |
| Mar. 3, Emery Station 978-4132, 4:00 pm | Dr. Federica Brandizzi | The Plant Secretory Pathway: A Formidable Biosynthetic Factory | Michigan State University | Henrik Scheller, Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology |
| Mar. 10, IGB 91-310, 11:00 am | Stephen Quake | A Cell is a Bag of RNA | Stanford University | Ronan O’Malley, Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology |
| POSTPONED | Dr. Uwe Sauer | Metabolic Coordination Through Metabolite-Protein Interactions | ETH Zurich: Zurich, Switzerland | Trent Northen, Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology |
Fall/Winter 2019-20
| Date & Location | Speaker | Seminar Title | Affiliation | Host & Division |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 1, 66-AUD Rm 317-CR(140), 4:00 pm | Jack Gilbert | Photosynthetic Light-harvesting: Organization, Regulation, and Evolution | Washington University in St. Louis | Junko Yano, Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging |
| Oct. 8, Berkeley Lab, Building 71-264, 4:00 pm | Reinhard Schulte | Clinical Use of Radiation and National Labs: From the Past to the Future | Loma Linda University | Antoine Snijders, Biological Systems & Engineering |
| Oct. 15, 978-4132-CR-Seminar Rm. A, 4:00 pm | David Hoffman | Correlative Three-dimensional Super-resolution and Block Face Electron Microscopy of Whole Vitreously Frozen Cells | HHMI Janelia Research Campus | Manfred Auer, Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging |
| Nov. 5, Emery Station 978-4132, 4:00 pm | Sue Rhee | Deciphering the Regulatory Code of Metabolism in Arabidopsis | Carnegie Institution for Science | Jenny Mortimer and Leah Sloan, Environ Genomics & Systems Bio |
| Nov. 19, Emery Station 978-4132, 4:00 pm | Matthias Hess | Detangling the Role of Prokaryotes and Fungi during the Degradation of Plant Biomass in the Rumen using a Multi-omics Approach | University of California, Davis | Dylan Chivian, Environ Genomics & Systems Bio |
| Dec. 17, Gray Auditorium 977-141, 4:00 pm | Johan Leveau | Deconstructing the Complexity of the Plant Microbial Biome | University of California, Davis | Louise Glass, Environ Genomics & Systems Bio |
| Jan. 14, Gray Auditorium 977-141, 4:00 pm | Paul O’Maille | A Structural View of Enzyme Evolution in Chemical Communication | SRI International | Susan Celniker, Biological Systems & Engineering |
| Jan. 28, Gray Auditorium 977-141, 4:00 pm | Manuela Martins-Green | Third Hand Smoke Toxins and Their Effects on Biomarkers of Health | University of California, Riverside | Bo Hang, Biological Systems & Engineering |
Spring 2019
| Date & Location | Speaker | Seminar Title | Affiliation | Host & Division |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 12, Building 66 Auditorium, 4:00 pm | Jack Gilbert | The Microbiome in Human and Environmental Health | University of California, San Diego | Dylan Chivian, EGSB |
| Feb. 19, Aquatic Park/Potter Street, 4:00 pm | Elizbeth Sattely | Discovery and Engineering of Plant Chemistry for Plant and Human Health | Stanford University | Esther Singer, EGSB |
| Mar. 5, Building 978, Room 4132 (Emery Station), 4:00 pm | Vera Meyer | Harnessing Systems and Synthetic Biology to Reprogram the Cell Factory Aspergillus niger | Technische Universität Berlin, Germany | Louise Glass, EGSB |
| Mar. 12, Building 66 Auditorium, 4:00 pm | Dong Wang | Mechanism of DNA lesion recognition during transcription-coupled repair | University of California, San Diego | Priscilla Cooper, BSE Susan Tsutakawa, MBIB |
| Mar. 19, Building 66 Auditorium, 4:00 pm | Roland Hatzenpichler | In situ metabolism of uncultured microbes determined by a Next Generation Physiology approach | Montana State University, Bozeman | Tanja Woyke, EGSB |
| Mar. 26, 4:00 pm | Susan Lynch | Canary in the Coalmine: Neonatal Gut Microbiome and Childhood Asthma Development | University of California, San Francisco | Dylan Chivian, EGSB |
| Apr. 2, Building 977 Gray Auditorium, 12:00 pm | Crysten Blaby-Haas | Phylogenomics-Based Approaches for Protein Function Discovery in Algae | Brookhaven National Laboratory | Louise Glass, EGSB |
| Apr. 11, Building 66 Auditorium, 4:00 pm | Jennifer Ogilvie | Multidimensional Spectroscopic Studies of Purple Bacterial Photosynthesis | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | Junko Yano, MBIB |
| Apr. 23, Building 66 Auditorium, 4:00 pm | Pupa Gilbert | Life Crystals | University of Wisconsin | Caroline Ajo-Franklin, MBIB |
| Apr. 30, Building 66 Auditorium, 4:00 pm | Matthieu Barret | Processes Involved in the Assembly and Dynamics of the Seed Microbiota | Research Institute on Horticulture and Seeds, France | Lauren Lui, EGSB |
| May 7, Building 66 Auditorium, 4:00 pm | Paul Schulze-Lefert | Plant Microbiota Assembly and Functions In Plant Growth and Health | Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Germany | Susannah Tringe, EGSB |
| June 11, Building 978-4132 (Emery Station), 4:00 pm | Sébastien Mongrand | Plant Plasma Membrane Organization: Leaflet Asymmetry, Interdigitation, Domain Formation, Biological Consequences | The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)–University of Bordeaux, France | Jenny Mortimer, EGSB |
Fall 2018
| Date & Location | Speaker | Seminar Title | Affiliation | Host & Division |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 9, Berkeley Lab, Building 15-253 | Lionel Cheruzel | Light-driven P450 Enzymes Featuring Ru(II)-diimine Complexes [Abstract] | San Jose State University | Jan Kern, MBIB |
| Oct. 16, Berkeley Lab, Building 59, Room 4102 | Daniel Jacobson | Large-Scale Systems Biology Approaches to Integrated Discovery: Explainable-AI and Supercomputing as the New Microscope for Complex Systems [Abstract] | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Louise Glass, EGSB |
| Oct. 30, Aquatic Park, Gray Aud. | Devin Coleman-Karr | Drought Influences Bacterial Community Dynamics in the Grass Root Microbiome [Abstract] | UC Berkeley | Dylan Chivian, EGSB |
| Nov. 13, Emery Station, 978-4132/34 | Jeffrey Kim | Plant-Microbe Interactions and Feeding the Planet [Abstract] | The Production Board | Nathan Hillson, BSE |
| Nov. 27, Aquatic Park, Gray Aud. | Bjoern Schwer | DNA Double-strand Breaks in Neural Cells: Drivers of Genome Mosaicism, Neural Function, and Disease? [Abstract] | University of California, San Francisco | Priscilla Cooper, BSE |
| Dec. 4, Berkeley Lab, Bldg. 66 Aud. | Himadri Pakrasi | Photosynthetic Microbes as Cell Factories for Sustainable Bioproduction [Abstract] | Washington University in St. Louis | Junko Yano, MBIB |
| Dec. 11, Berkeley Lab, Aquatic Park, Gray Aud. | Robert Knight | Frontal Cortex and Human Behavior: Insights from Intracranial Recording [Abstract] | University of California, Berkeley | Kris Bouchard, BSE |
| Dec. 18, Berkeley Lab, Bldg. 66 Aud. | Markus Ribbe | Nitrogenase M-Cluster Assembly: Tracing the ‘9th Sulfur’ of the Nitrogenase Cofactor via a Semi-Synthetic Approach | University of California, Irvine | Jan Kern, MBIB |
Spring 2018
| Date & Location | Speaker | Seminar Title | Affiliation | Host & Division |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 9, Berkeley Lab, Building 66 Aud. | Anindita “Oni” Basu | Microfluidics in Single Cell Genomics and Medicine [Abstract] | University of Chicago; Argonne National Laboratory | Diane Dickel, EGSB |
| Feb. 6, Berkeley Lab, Building 66 Aud. | Marilyn Gunner | Proton Transfers in Photosystem II and Cytochromec Oxidase [Abstract] | City College of New York | Junko Yano, MBIB |
| Feb. 13, Berkeley Lab, Building 66 Aud. | John Briggs | Determining Structures In Situ Using Cryo-electron Tomography: Enveloped Viruses and Coated Vesicles [Abstract] | MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology | Eva Nogales, MBIB |
| Feb. 27, Berkeley Lab, Building 66 Aud. | Elspeth Garman | 105 Years of Crystallography: What Has it Taught Us and Where Will it Lead? [Abstract] | University of Oxford | Junko Yano, MBIB |
| Mar. 6, Berkeley Lab, Building 66 Aud. | Charles Craik | Global Analysis of Proteolysis in Disease and Applications to Other Challenging Targets [Abstract] | University of California, San Francisco | Todd Pray, BSE |
| Mar. 13, Berkeley Lab, Building 66 Aud. | Jack Griffith | How Telomere Loops Form and Protect the Ends of Our Chromosomes [Abstract] | University of North Carolina | Priscilla Cooper, BSE |
| Postponed: Mar. 20, Rescheduled for June 5, Building 977-141, Gray Aud. | Scott Kogan | From Arsenic as Leukemia Therapy to Toxins as Pediatric Leukemogens: An Acute Leukemia Journey [Abstract] | University of California, San Francisco | Jian-Hua Mao and Antoine Snijders, BSE |
| Mar. 27 at 11 AM, Building 33, Room 106 | Cheryl Kerfeld | Beyond Structure and Function: The Carboxysome and the OCP as Units of Evolution and Engineering in Cyanobacteria [Abstract] | Michigan State University; Berkeley Lab | Corie Ralston, MBIB |
| Apr. 3, Berkeley Lab, Building 66 Aud. | Jacob Hooker | Neurochemical Imaging: Connecting Basic Neuroscience to the Human Experience [Abstract] | Harvard Medical School | Jim O’Neil, MBIB |
| Apr. 10, Energy Biosciences Building, Room 115 (2151 Berkeley Way; corner of Oxford and Hearst) | Natalia Requena | Plant Developmental Rewiring During the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis [Abstract] | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | Louise Glass, EGSB |
| Apr. 17, Building 977-141, Gray Aud. | Robert Gale | The Mutation Topography of Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Implications for Precision Oncology [Abstract] | Haematology Research Center, Imperial College London | Mina Bissell, BSE |
| Apr. 24, Berkeley Lab, Building 66 Aud. | Nassos Typas | High-throughput Interaction Profiling in Bacteria [Abstract] | European Molecular Biology Laboratory | Vivek Mutalik, EGSB |
| May 1, Berkeley Lab, Building 66 Aud. | Jan Huisken | Quantifying Embryonic Development with Smart and Gentle Light Sheet Microscopy [Abstract] | Morgridge Institute for Research | Manfred Auer, MBIB |
| May 15, Berkeley Lab, Building 77, Rm. 324 | Jonathan W. Engle | Mn-51 and -52g for Positron Emission Tomography Imaging [Abstract] | University of Wisconsin, Madison | Jim O’Neil, MBIB |
| June 5, Building 977-141, Gray Aud. | Scott Kogan | From Arsenic as Leukemia Therapy to Toxins as Pediatric Leukemogens: An Acute Leukemia Journey [Abstract] | University of California, San Francisco | Jian-Hua Mao and Antoine Snijders, BSE |
| June 12, Building 977-141, Gray Aud. | Larry Smarr | Capturing the Interactive Dynamics of the Human Host/Microbiome System [Abstract] | Calit2 and University of California, San Diego | Ben Brown, EGSB |
| June 19, Berkeley Lab, Building 66 Aud. | Sarah Woodson | Visualizing RNA Folding During Ribosome Assembly [Abstract] | Johns Hopkins University | Corie Ralston, MBIB |
Fall 2017
| Date & Location | Speaker | Seminar Title | Affiliation | Host & Division |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 10, Berkeley Lab, Building 66 Aud. | Paul King | Light-Driven Electron Transfer for Mechanistic Studies of Redox Enzymes [Abstract] | NREL Biosciences Center | Junko Yano, MBIB |
| Oct. 17, Berkeley Lab, Building 66 Aud. | Matt Colgan | Bringing Together Drones, Agriculture and Genomics for More Efficient Food Production [Abstract] | Blue River Technology | John Vogel, EGSB |
| Oct. 24, Berkeley Lab, Building 59-3103 (Wang Hall) | Niren Murthy | In Vivo Delivery of Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein and Donor DNA with Gold Nanoparticles [Abstract] | University of California, Berkeley | Jim P. O’Neil, MBIB |
| Nov. 7, Building 977-141, Gray Aud. | Ge Yang | Spatial Organization of Intracellular Organelle Networks Revealed by Computational Image Analysis [Abstract] | Carnegie Mellon University | Antoine Snijders, BSE |
| Nov. 14, Berkeley Lab, Building 66 Aud. | Erik Lilleskov | How Do Plants and Their Symbiome Modify Peatland Ecosystem Feedbacks to Climate Change? [Abstract] | USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station | Susannah Tringe, EGSB |
| Dec. 5, Berkeley Lab, Building 66 Aud. | Amoolya Singh | An Automated Scientist for Designing and Optimizing Microbial Strains [Abstract] | Amyris, Inc. | Hector Garcia-Martin, BSE |
| Postponed, to be rescheduled: Dec. 12, Berkeley Lab, Building 33-106 | Cheryl Kerfeld | Beyond Structure and Function: The Carboxysome and Orange Carotenoid Protein as Units of Evolution and Engineering in Cyanobacteria [Abstract] | Michigan State University | Corie Ralston, MBIB |
Spring 2017
| Date & Location | Speaker | Seminar Title | Affiliation | Host & Division |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 10, Emery Station Rm. 4132/4134 | Jennifer Pett-Ridge | From Cradle to Grave: Using Isotopes and Imaging to Track Microbe-Mineral Interactions [Abstract] | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Steven Singer, BSE |
| Jan. 17, Aquatic Park Rm. 141 | K. C. Kent Lloyd | Improving Fitness of Humans and the Biome…the Knockout Mouse Project [Abstract] | University of California, Davis | Antoine Snijders / Jian-Hua Mao, BSE |
| Jan. 24, Bldg. 66 Aud. | Gautam Dantas | Networks of exchanging antibiotic resistance between human commensal, environmental, and pathogenic bacteria [Abstract] | Washington University School of Medicine | Dylan Chivian, EGSB |
| Jan. 31, EBI Rm. 115 | Adam Frost | How do Mitochondria Divide? A Fresh Look at Dynamin-family GTPases [Abstract] | University of California, San Francisco | Jamie Cate, MBIB |
| Feb 28, Bldg. 66 Aud. | David Kramer | The Gamut and Gambit of Photosynthesis: What Can We Learn When We Bridging the Gaps between the Lab and the World? [Abstract] | Michigan State Univ./DOE-Plant Research Laboratory | Kris Niyogi / Jan Kern, MBIB |
| Mar. 7, Bldg. 66 Aud. | Tanja Woyke & Hoi-Ying Holman | Combining Sequence Predictions for Uncultivated Microorganisms with Functional Experimentation [Abstract] | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Louise Glass, BSA / Eoin Brodie, EESA |
| Mar. 14, Bldg. 66 Aud. | Bridget Carragher | Investigating Molecular Machines Using Automated Electron Microscopy [Abstract] | New York Structural Biology Center | Eva Nogales, MBIB |
| Mar. 21, Bldg. 66 Aud. | Eric Hostetler | Toward a Disease-progression Biomarker for Alzheimer’s Disease: Discovery and Early Clinical Results of the Tau PET Tracer [18F]MK-6240 [Abstract] | Merck & Co, Inc. | Jim O’Neil, MBIB |
| Mar. 28, Emery Station Rm. 4132/4134 | Michelle O’Malley | Unlocking the Potential of Early-Branching Fungi for Biomass Breakdown & Conversion [Abstract] | University of California, Santa Barbara | Steven Singer, EGSB |
| April 4, Bldg. 66 Aud. | Lara Kueppers & John Vogel | Interplay between Population Genetics and Environmental Adaptation Shape Plant Performance, Genomes and Microbiome function [Abstract] | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; UC Berkeley | Eoin Brodie, EESA / Louise Glass, BSA |
| April 11, Bldg. 66 Aud. | Pamela Silver | Biological Design for Health and the Environment [Abstract] | Harvard Medical School | Heinz Frei / Caroline Ajo-Franklin, MBIB |
| April 18, Aquatic Park Rm. 141 | Dan Fletcher | Pushing the Boundaries: Mechanical Regulation of Actin Networks and Membrane Interfaces [Abstract] | University of California, Berkeley and BSE Division | Mina Bissell, BSE |
| [Canceled] May 2 | Brendan J. Frey | [Seminar has been canceled] | University of Toronto | Hector Garcia-Martin, BSE |
| [Postponed] May 9, Walnut Creek Rm. 310-345 | Markus Covert | Towards Whole-Cell Models of More Complex Organisms [Abstract] | Stanford University | Ben Bowen, EGSB |
| May 16, Aquatic Park Rm. 141 | David Threadgill | Precision Dietetics for Metabolic Health: Effect of Genes, Diet and Bugs [Abstract] | Texas A&M University | Jian-Hua Mao/Antoine Snijders, BSE |
| May 30, Bldg. 66 Aud. | Wah Chiu | Cryo-Electron Imaging from Molecules to Cells [Abstract] | Baylor College of Medicine | Manfred Auer, MBIB |
| June 13, Walnut Creek Rm. 149A, 11 AM | Jeffrey Dangl | The Plant Immune System and Microbiome [Abstract] | HHMI and University of North Carolina | Trent Northen, EGSB |
| June 13, Bldg. 15 Rm. 253 | Jeroen Raes | Towards Population-level Microbiome Monitoring: The Flemish Gut Flora Project [Abstract] | VIB Center for the Biology of Disease (Belgium) | Ben Brown, EGSB |
Fall 2016
| Date & Location | Speaker | Seminar Title | Affiliation | Host & Division |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 14, Aquatic Park Rm. 141 | Julia P. Cooper | Centromeres Impersonating Telomeres, and other Forms of Deception at the Chromosome End [Abstract] | Center for Cancer Research, NCI | Gary Karpen, BSE |
| Oct. 25, Walnut Creek Rm. 149A | Eduardo Blumwald | Modifications of Source-Sink Relationships and Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants [Abstract] | University of California, Davis | John Vogel, EGSB |
| Nov. 7, Bldg. 66 Aud. | Tiina Roose | Multiscale Image Based Modeling of Plant-Soil Interaction | University of Southampton | Romy Chakraborty, EESA |
| Nov. 15, Aquatic Park Rm. 141 | Francisco M. De La Vega | Translating Cancer Genomics to Precision Oncology [Abstract] | Stanford University School of Medicine | Antoine Snijders, BSE |
| Nov. 29, Bldg. 66 Aud. | Siobhan Brady | Regulation of Root Development in a Changing Environment [Abstract] | University of California, Davis | John Vogel, EGSB |
| Dec. 6, Emery Station Rm. 4132/4134 | Susan Rempe | The Unexpected Role of Ligand Number in Specific Ion Binding and Transport [Abstract] | Sandia National Laboratories | Blake Simmons, BSE |
| Dec. 13, Aquatic Park Rm. 141 | Hugo Bellen | Flies as a Discovery Tool for Human Diseases [Abstract] | Howard Hughes Medical Institute | Sue Celniker, BSE |
| Dec. 20, Bldg. 66 Aud. | Kerwin Casey Huang | The Physics of Growth and Form in Living Systems [Abstract] | Stanford University | Adam Deutschbauer, EGSB |
Spring 2016
| Date | Speaker | Seminar Title | Affiliation | Host |
| Jan 12 | Daniel Durocher | Regulation of DNA Double-Strand Repair by the Cycle [Abstract] | Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital | John Tainer, Priscilla Cooper |
| Jan 19 | Peter Denes | Micro/Nano-fabricated Tools for Biosensing [Abstract] | Berkeley Lab | Kristofer Bouchard |
| Jan 26 | Howard Chang | Genome Regulation by Long Noncoding RNAs [Abstract] | Stanford University School of Medicine | John Conboy |
| Feb 2 | Duane A. Compton | Mechanisms of Chromosomal Instability in Human Cancer [Abstract] | Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth | Amy Kronenberg |
| Feb 9 | Roger A. Greenberg | Complex Connections Between DNA Repair and Cancer [Abstract] | Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania | Early Career Scientists Society (Aniek Janssen) |
| Feb 16 | Alan Ashworth | Harnessing Genetic Deficiencies in Cancer Therapy [Abstract] | UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center | Priscilla Cooper, John Tainer |
| Mar 1 | Gene Yeo | Insights into Development and Disease from Protein-RNA Interactions [Abstract] | University of California, San Diego | John Conboy |
| Mar 8 | Zena Werb (to be rescheduled) | The Tumor Microenvironment in Breast Cancer Metastasis | University of California, San Francisco | Mina Bissell |
| Mar 15 | Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff | Constructing and Deconstructing the Tumor Microenvironment (TME) [Abstract] | University of California, San Francisco | Mina Bissell |
| Apr 5 | Saul Villeda | A Systemic Approach for Rejuvenating the Aging Brain [Abstract] | University of California, San Francisco | Kristofer Bouchard |
| Apr 12 | Delphine Lee |
The Human Breast Microbiome [Abstract]
|
John Wayne Cancer Institute | Mark LaBarge |
| Apr 19 | Elçin Ünal | From Genome Partitioning to Cellular Rejuvenation: Unique Aspects of Gametogenesis [Abstract] | University of California, Berkeley | Eva Nogales |
| Apr 26 | Linda Griffith | Move Over, Mice: How the Fusion of Systems Biology with Organs-on-Chips May Humanize Drug Development [Abstract] | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Mark LaBarge |
| May 3 | Peter Turnbaugh | Predicting and Preventing Drug Metabolism by the Human Gut Microbiome [Abstract] | University of California, San Francisco | Antoine Snijders |
| Wed, May 11 | Dorit Hanein | Quantitative Correlative Light and Electron Microscopies [Abstract] | Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute | Manfred Auer |
| May 17 | Joseph Shaw | Genomes as Indicators of Environmental Stress [Abstract] | Indiana University | Ben Brown |
| May 24 | Calvin Kuo | Organoid Modeling of Cancer [Abstract] | Stanford University School of Medicine | Paul Yaswen |
| May 31 | Adam Arkin | High-throughput Genetics for Discovering and Designing Complex Phenotypes [Abstract] | Berkeley Lab | Mark LaBarge |
| June 14 | Zhengjian Zhang | Single-Molecule Biochemistry and Chemical Biology of Human Transcription Dynamics [Abstract] | Janelia Research Campus of HHMI | Paul Adams |
Fall 2015
| Date | Speaker | Seminar Title | Affiliation | Host |
| Sep 8 | Susan Hubbard | Toward X-Ray Vision: Remote Characterization of Microbially-Mediated Ecosystem Behavior [Abstract] | Berkeley Lab | Susan Celniker |
| Sep 15 | Vivek K. Mutalik | Developing Tools and Technologies to Rationally Engineer Biosynthetic Systems [Abstract] | Berkeley Lab | Ben Brown |
| Sep 22 | Kaoru Saijo | Sex Dimorphism in Neuroinflammatory Diseases [Abstract] | University of California, Berkeley | Terumi Kohwi-Shigematsu |
| Sep 29 | Michael Weiner | Using Molecular Imaging of Brain Amyloid and Tau in Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Treatment Trials: The Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) [Abstract] | University of California, San Francisco | Bill Jagust |
| Oct 6 | Aindrila Mukhopadyay | Functional Genomics in Studying Microbial Signaling and Solvent Tolerance [Abstract] | Berkeley Lab | Mark LaBarge |
| Oct 13 | Wai-Hoi (Gary) Wong | Lower-Cost Ultrahigh-Resolution PET/CT development and Clinical Commercialization [Abstract] | MD Anderson Cancer Center | Woon-Seng Choong |
| Oct 20 | Carolyn Larabell | CT Scans of Single Cells [Abstract] | Berkeley Lab | Greg Hura |
| Oct 27 | Kevin Healy | Organs on a Chip: the Future of Personalized Medicine? [Abstract] | University of California, Berkeley | Mark LaBarge |
| Nov 3 | Michael G. Katze | Systems Virology: Host-Directed Strategies for Identifying Signatures, Targets, Drugs, and Vaccine Strategies–Can We Help Stop the Influenza, Aids, and Ebola Epidemics [Abstract] | University of Washington | Ben Brown and Susan Celniker |
| Nov 10 | Michal Hammel | A Switch Controlling DNA Networks, Compaction, and Bacterial Pathogenicity [Abstract] | Berkeley Lab, ALS | John Tainer |
| Nov 17 | Li Lan | In Situ Oxidative DNA Damage Response: Mechanisms and Human Disease [Abstract] | University of Pittsburgh | Priscilla Cooper |
| Nov 24 | Rebecca Abergel | Biological Coordination of F-Elements: From Nuclear Decontamination to Targeted Radiotherapy [Abstract] | Berkeley Lab | Gary Karpen |
| Dec 1 (Rescheduled to May 11) | Dorit Hanein | Quantitative Correlative Light and Electron Microscopies | Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute | Manfred Auer |
| Dec 8 | Susan Lees-Miller | DNA-PKcs and ATM in the DNA Damage Response and Cancer [Abstract] | University of Calgary | John Tainer |
| Dec 15 | Andrew Whitehead | Genomic Basis of Rapid Parallel Adaptation to Environmental Pollution [Abstract] | University of California, Davis | Susan Celniker |
Spring 2015
| Date | Speaker | Seminar Title | Affiliation | Host |
| Jan 6 | Ronald Zuckermann | Design, Synthesis and Assembly of Protein-Mimetic Materials | The Molecular Foundry, Berkeley Lab | John Tainer |
| Jan 13 | Victoria Seewaldt | Biology of Cancer Initiation in High-Risk African American Women: From the Bench to the Community and Back | Duke University School of Medicine | Mark LaBarge |
| Jan 16 Friday 1 PM | Erik Jorgensen | Coupling Proteins and Electron Microscopy in Time (10ms) and Space (20nm) | Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Utah | Gary Karpen |
| Jan 20 | No Seminar | |||
| Jan 27 | Kristine Yaffe | Early Adult Risk Factors for Cognitive Aging | University of California, San Francisco | William Jagust |
| Feb 3 | Alexander Marson | Human T Cell Circuitry in Health and Disease | University of California, San Francisco | Sue Celniker and Ben Brown |
| (Feb 3) Rescheduled to Nov 3 | Michael G. Katze | Systems Virology: Host-Directed Strategies for Identifying Signatures, Targets, and Drugs | University of Washington | Ben Brown |
| Feb 10 | Susan Lynch | The Gut-Airway Axis – An Evolving Paradigm in Childhood Allergic Asthma | University of California, San Francisco | Susan Celniker |
| Feb 17 | Jim Schuck | Probing Local Environments with Nano-Light | The Molecular Foundry, Berkeley Lab | Manfred Auer |
| Feb 24 | Xavier Darzacq | Single Molecule Imaging in Live Cells to Probe Nuclear Organization and Gene Regulation | University of California, Berkeley | Gary Karpen |
| Mar 3 | Scott E. Fraser | Eavesdropping on Molecular Signaling | University of Southern California | Cynthia McMurray |
| Mar 10 | Patrick Cramer | Transcription of the Genome: From Molecules to Systems | Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry | Eva Nogales |
| Mar 17 | Susannah Tringe | Microbial Communities and Greenhouse Gas Dynamics in California Coastal Wetlands | DOE Joint Genome Institute | Trent Northen |
| Mar 24 | Beverly M. Emerson | Mechanisms Controlling Epigenetic and Transcriptional Deregulation in Human Cancers | The Salk Institute for Biological Studies | Paul Yaswen |
| Apr 7 | Bennett Van Houten | Kinetics of DNA Damage Recognition: Tracking DNA Repair Enzymes at the Single Molecule Level | University of Pittsburgh | Cynthia McMurray |
| Apr 14 | Karlene Cimprich | Mechanisms for the Maintenance of Genome Stability | Stanford Medical School | John Tainer |
| (New date) Apr 16 | Michael Fischbach | Insights From a Global View of Secondary Metabolism: Small Molecules From the Human Microbiota | University of California, San Francisco | Gary Karpen |
| Apr 2 | Ke Xu | Nanoscale Biology through Super-resolution Microscopy and Correlated Electron Microscopy | University of California, Berkeley and Life Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab | Manfred Auer |
| Apr 28 | Kenneth Downing | Structure of Microtentacles: Microtubule-based Projections on Cancer Cells | Life Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab | Trent Northen |
| May 5 | Aaron Straight | RNA Dependent Regulation of Constitutive Heterochromatin | Stanford Medical School | Gary Karpen |
| May 13 | Rudolf Jaenisch | iPS Cell Technology, Gene Editing and Disease Research | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and M.I.T. | Early Career Scientists Society |
| May 19 | Jill Fuss | Building Up and Breaking Down a DNA Repair Molecular Machine | Life Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab | John Tainer |
| May 26 | Terumi Kohwi-Shigematsu | Genome Organizers Drive Changing Cell Functions: a Perspective from Multiple Biological Systems | Life Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab | Mark LaBarge |
| (June 2) To be rescheduled | Eoin Brodie | Earth Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab | Susan Celniker | |
| June 9 | Adam Biales | Omics Technology in Regulatory Ecotoxicology | US Environmental Protection Agency | Susan Celniker and Ben Brown |
| June 11 Thursday | Ashok Venkitaraman | Cellular and Molecular Organization of the Tumour Suppressive Mechanisms that Control Chromosome Stability | University of Cambridge | Early Career Scientists Society |
Fall 2014
| Date | Speaker | Seminar Title | Affiliation | Host |
| Sep 9 | Zev Gartner | Building Tissues to Understand How Tissues Build Themselves | University of California, San Francisco | Mark LaBarge |
| Sep 16 | Cheng Ming Chuong | Environmental Regulation of Stem Cell Behavior in Ectodermal Organs | University of Southern California | Mina Bissell |
| Sep 23 | Jayne Belnap | Biological Soil Crusts: Their Current and Future Roles in Dryland Water and Biogeochemical Cycles | U.S. Geological Survey | Trent Northen and Jim O’Neil |
| Sep 30 | Jennifer Druhan | Reactive Transport Approaches to Unraveling Complex Biogeochemical Processes in Groundwater Systems | Stanford University | Jim O’Neil and Trent Northen |
| Oct 7 | Dong Wang | Transcriptional Fidelity Control and DNA Lesion Recognition | University of California, San Diego | John Tainer |
| Oct 14 | Robert E. Marc | Building Retinal Connectomes | University of Utah School of Medicine | Manfred Auer |
| Oct 21 | Julian Davies | Small is Beautiful | University of British Columbia | Trent Northen |
| Oct 27 | Matthias Lutolf | 3D Microenvironment Arrays for Systems-Level Analyses of Cell Fate | Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne | Mark LaBarge |
| Nov 4 | Allan Balmain | Genes, Environment and Cancer: Lessons from the Mouse | University of California, San Francisco | Susan Celniker |
| Nov 11 | David Knowles | Imaging, Computer Vision and Vio-Complexity | Life Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab | Manfred Auer |
| Nov 1 | John Tainer | Developing Hybrid Methods and Hybrid Nanomaterials for Accurate Solution Structures | Life Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab | Gary Karpen |
| Nov 21 | Marion Leclerc | Gut Microbiota in Health and Disease | Micalis Institute, INRA, France | Trent Northen |
| Nov 25 | No Seminar | |||
| Dec 2 | Victoria Orphan | Deciphering Interactions in Microbial Consortia from Spatial Patterns in Cellular Activity | California Institute of Technology | Trent Northen |
| Dec 4 | Kris Bouchard | Functional Organization and Dynamic Coordination of Cortical Networks in Humans and Rodents | Life Sciences and Computational Research Divisions, Berkeley Lab | Gary Karpen |
| Dec 9 | David Mills | A Milk-Oriented Microbiota (MOM) in Infants: Lessons from Your Other MOM | University of California, Davis | Janice Pluth and Tamas Torok (ESD) |
| Dec 16 | Jan Vijg | Studying the Mosaic Genome: A single-Cell Approach | Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Priscilla Cooper and Judith Campisi |
Spring 2014
| Date | Speaker | Seminar Title | Affiliation | Host |
| Jan 7 | Fernando Galvez | Physiological and Genomic Footprint of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf Killifish | Louisiana State University | Ben Brown |
| Jan 9 | Jim Haber | Genome Stability and Instability in the Repair of Broken Chromosomes | Brandeis University | Gary Karpen |
| Jan 14 | Paolo Sassone-Corsi | Epigenetics, Metabolism and the Circadian Clock | University of California, Irvine | Terumi Kowhi-Shigematsu |
| (Jan 21) To be rescheduled | Nevan Krogan | From Systems to Structure: Bridging Networks and Mechanism | University of California, San Francisco | John Tainer |
| Jan 28 | Bin Yu | Modeling Visual Cortex V4 in Naturalistic Conditions with Invariant and Sparse Image Representations | University of California, Berkeley | Erwin Frise |
| Feb 4 | Siavash Kurdistani | Evolutionary Contribution of Histones to Genome Condensation | University of California, Los Angeles | Terumi Kohwi-Shigematsu |
| Feb 11 | Anna Barker | Capitalizing on the Convergence of the Biomolecular and Physical Sciences with Advanced Technologies, and Bioinformatics to Advance Biomedicine Abstract & Bio | Arizona State University | Early Career Scientists Society |
| Feb 13 | Bas van Steensel | Architecture and Dynamics of Nuclear Lamina – Genome Interactions | Netherlands Cancer Institute | Gary Karpen |
| Feb 18 | Sjors Scheres | Near-atomic Resolution Structure Determination by Cryo-EM Single-Particle Analysis | MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, United Kingdom | Eva Nogales |
| Feb 25 | Tom Reese | Organization of Synapses Molecule by Molecule with EM Tomography | NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | Manfred Auer |
| Mar 4 | Henrich Jasper | Age-related Stem Cell Dysfunction: Causes and Consequences | Buck Institute for Research on Aging | Judith Campisi |
| (Mar 11) Canceled | Frederick W. Alt | Antibodies, Genome Stability, and Cancer | HHMI and Harvard Medical School | Claudia Wiese |
| Mar 18 | Peter Jaffe | Iron Reduction in Wetland Sediments and its Effect on Selected Pollutant Immobilization and Transformation | Princeton University | Bill Moses |
| Mar 24 | Wim Vermeulen | Lesion-stalled transcription, splicing and signaling: A novel trinity in the DNA Damage Response | Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands | Priscilla Cooper |
| Apr 1 | Steve Conolly | Magnetic Particle Imaging; A Safe New Biomedical Imaging Modality | University of California, Berkeley | Grant Gullberg |
| Apr 8 | Sean Morrison | Melanoma Tumorigenesis and Metastasis | UT Southwestern Medical Center | Mina Bissell and Mark LaBarge |
| Apr 15 | Milan Makale | Nanoparticle Based Approaches for Addressing Resistant Brain Cancers | University of California, San Diego | Stephen Derenzo |
| Apr 22 | Susan Lindquist | HSF, a Potent Enabler of Malignancy | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Howard Hughes Medical Institute | Priscilla Cooper and Janice Pluth |
| Apr 29 | Erin Cram | Using C. elegans to Study Cell Sensation and Response to Mechanical Forces | Northeastern University, Boston | Gary Karpen |
| May 6 | Robert Miyaoka | Building a Better MoUSE Trap: PET Detector Development and Small animal Imaging at the University of Washington | University of Washington | William Moses |
| May 13 | Paul Williams | New Perspectives on Gene-Environment Interactions and Other Biological Relationships Using Quantile Regression | Life Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab | William Moses |
| May 20 | Mark LaBarge | Aging as a Series of Metastable Tissue States Altering Susceptibility to Breast Cancer | Life Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab | Gary Karpen |
| May 27 | Javier A. Ceja-Navarro | Insects Empowered by Microbes | Earth Sciences Division (Brodie lab), Berkeley Lab | William Moses |
| June 3 | Andrea H. Brand | Nutrient Control of Neural Stem Cells | The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, U.K. | Susan Celniker |
| June 10 | Janet K. Jansson | Omics of the Human Microbiome | Earth Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab | Antoine Snijders |
Fall 2013
| Date | Speaker | Seminar Title | Affiliation | Host |
| Sept 10 | Wenyi Wei | APC and SCF E3 Ubiquitin Ligases in Cancer and Cell Cycle Regulation | Harvard Medical School | Gary Karpen |
| Sept 17 | Jennifer Doudna | RNA-programmed Genome Defense and Editing | Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley Lab | Eva Nogales |
| Sept 24 | Karen Davies | Electron Cryo-tomography On Mitochondria: Determining the In Situ Structure and Organization of Protein Complexes Involved in ATP Synthesis | Max Planck Institute of Biophysics | Manfred Auer |
| Oct 1 | Mark Ratcliffe | The Infarct Borderzone: Computational Modeling and Mechanisms | San Francisco VA Medical Center; University of California, San Francisco | Grant Gullberg |
| Oct 8 | Grant Gullberg | Measuring Cardiac Efficiency Using PET/MRI | Life Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab | Stephen Derenzo |
| Oct 15 | Enrico Gratton | Fast Spatio-temporal Fluctuations in Live Cells | University of California, Irvine | Cynthia McMurray |
| Oct 22 | David Saloner | Imaging and Hemodynamics in Vascular Disease Progression | University of California, San Francisco | Grant Gullberg |
| (Oct 29) Rescheduled to May 20 | Mark LaBarge | Aging as a Series of Metastable Tissue States Altering Susceptibility to Breast Cancer | Life Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab | Priscilla Cooper |
| Nov 5 | Kristin Verhey | Kinesin Motors and Trafficking to the Ciliary Compartment | University of Michigan Medical School | Kenneth Downing |
| Nov 12 | Joe Costello | Evolutionary Trajectories of Low Grade Brain Tumors | University of California, San Francisco | Bahram Parvin |
| Nov 19 | Carlos Bustamante | Division of Labor and Coordination Among the Subunits of a Viral Ring ATPase | University of California, Berkeley | Susan Tsutakawa |
| (Nov 26) Rescheduled to June 10 | Janet K. Jansson | Omics of the Human Microbiome | Earth Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab | Antoine Snijders |
| Dec 3 | Erwin Frise | Generating and Exploring Large Bioimage Datasets: Insights from Spatial Gene Expression During Drosophila Development | Life Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab | Susan Celniker |
| Dec 10 | Peter Nelson | How Tumor Microenvironments Influence Treatment Resistance: The Reverse Effect Revisited | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | Judith Campisi |
| Dec 17 | Brenton Graveley | Why Are Flies So Weird? Insights From Genome-Wide Analyses of RNA Processing | University of Connecticut Health Center | Cynthia McMurray |
Spring 2013
| Date | Speaker | Seminar Title | Affiliation | Host |
| Jan 8 | Margaret Torn | The Terrestrial Carbon Cycle: Implications for Climate Feedbacks and Mitigation | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | William Moses |
| Jan 15 | John Tainer | Envisioning Complexes Controlling Biological Outcomes at the DNA Replication-repair Interface | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Priscilla Cooper |
| Jan 22 | Jeanne B. Lawrence | Regulating the Epigenome via Chromosomal RNAs: Implications for Genome Biology and Chromosome Pathology | University of Massachusetts | Mina Bissell and Mark LaBarge |
| Jan 29 | Ross Cagan | Rational Polypharmacology and Multigenic Modeling: A Drosophila Approach to Cancer Therapeutics | Mt Sinai Hospital | Susan Celniker |
| Feb 5 | Peter Jones | The Cancer Epigenome | University of Southern California | Paul Yaswen and Claudia Wiese |
| Feb 12 | Martyn Smith | Characterizing the Exposome to Complement the Genome | University of California, Berkeley | Gary Karpen |
| Feb 19 | Thomas Kornberg | The Direct-delivery Mechanism of Cell Signaling | University of California, San Francisco | Susan Celniker |
| Feb 26 | Denise Montell | Life, Death and Resurrection at the Cellular Level | University of California, Santa Barbara | Susan Celniker |
| Mar 5 | Helen M. Blau | Regulating Regeneration: Stem Cells, Newts and Niches | Baxter Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine | Mark LaBarge |
| Mar 12 | Wallace Marshall | How Cells Regulate Organelle Size | University of California, San Francisco | Ken Downing |
| Mar 19 | Claudia Wiese | Unraveling the Biology of NUCKS, a Highly Modified and Vertebrate-specific DNA-binding Protein | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Priscilla Cooper |
| Mar 26 | Bruce Alberts | Science and the World’s Future Abstract & Flyer | Science magazine and University of California, San Francisco | Early Career Scientists Society |
| April 2 | John Gerdes | Novel Fluorine-18 PET Imaging Tracers for Assessments of CNS Neurotransmitter Networks | University of Montana | James P. O’Neil |
| April 9 | Jan H.J. Hoeijmakers | Key Role of DNA Damage in Cancer and Aging | Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands | Priscilla Cooper |
| April 16 | Wendy Bickmore | Chromatin Folding in Development and Disease | MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, University of Edinburgh | Claudia Wiese and Terumi Kohwi-Shigematsu |
| April 23 | William W. Moses | Radiotracer Imaging of Microbial Systems | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Stephen Derenzo |
| April 30 | Dan Fletcher | Grace Under Pressure: Mechanical Regulation of the Cytoskeleton | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and UC Berkeley | Gary Karpen |
| May 7 | Christopher Marx | Mathematical Models and Experimental Evolution to Study Genetic Interactions and Evolution of Synthetic Microbial Communities | Harvard University | Trent Northen |
| May 14 | James Brewer | Quantitative Neuroimaging in the Clinical Setting: Toward an Earlier and More Accurate Diagnosis of Neurodegenerative Disease | University of California, San Diego | William Jagust |
| May 21 | Satoshi Minoshima | Molecular Imaging of Dementia: Past, Present, and Future | University of Washington, Seattle | William Jagust |
| May 28 | Jennifer Doudna | RNA-programmed Genome Defense and Editing | HHMI, University of California, Berkeley; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Eva Nogales |
| June 4 | Susan Gasser | Sequestering Heterochromatin Through Development: Roles for Histone Methylation | Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland | Priscilla Cooper and Janice Pluth |
| June 11 | Oliver Rando | Epigenetic Inheritance from Yeast to Mouse | University of Massachusetts | Early Career Scientists Society |
Fall 2012
| Date | Speaker | Seminar Title | Affiliation | Host |
| Sept 18 | Charlotte Kuperwasser | Recapturing Pluripotency: Links Between Cellular Reprogramming and Breast Cancer Heterogeneity | Tufts University School of Medicine | Paul Yaswen |
| Sept 25 | Claire Tomlin | Insights Gained From Mathematical Modeling of HER2 Positive Breast Cancer | University of California, Berkeley/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Susan Celniker |
| Oct 2 | Robert Mach | Differential Distribution of Dopamine D2 and D3 Receptors in the Brain Measured with PET and Autoradiography | Washington University School of Medicine | William Jagust |
| Oct 9 | Daniel Segre | Towards Dynamical Models of Ecosystem-Level Metabolism | Boston University | Ben Bowen |
| Oct 16 | Anthony Hyman | Beyond Stereo-Specificity: Liquids and Mesoscale Organization of Cytoplasm | Max Planck Institute, Germany | Eva Nogales |
| Oct 23 | John Conboy | Regulation of Alternative Splicing by Intronic Elements Near and Far | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Susan Celniker |
| Oct 30 | Bruce Cohen | Next Generation Nanocrystals for Cellular Imaging | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Andy Wyrobek and Priscilla Cooper |
| Nov 6 Moved to Oct 29 | Maria Jasin | Protecting the Genome by Homologous Recombination | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | Priscilla Cooper and Claudia Wiese |
| Nov 13 | Andrew McCulloch | Multi-Scale Modeling of the Failing Heart: From Mouse to Man | University of California, San Diego | Grant Gullberg |
| Nov 20 | Norbert Pelc | Recent Progress and Future Directions in X-Ray CT Technology | Stanford University | Grant Gullberg |
| Nov 27 | Valerie Weaver | Forcing Transformation | University of California, San Francisco | Mark LaBarge |
| Dec 4 | Stephen Kowalczykowski | Single Molecule Visualization of Protein-DNA Complexes: Watching Molecular Machines at Work | University of California, Davis | John Tainer |
| Dec 11 | Doris Doudet | Noradrenaline and the Mechanisms of Action of Electric and Magnetic Stimulation Therapies | University of British Columbia | James P. O’Neil |
| Dec 18 | Don Weeks | Massive Transcriptome Changes During Activation of the CO2-concentrating Mechanism (CCM) in Microalgae and Development of TAL Effector Nucleases (TALENs) for Targeted Gene Knockout for Yeast and Rice | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Bahram Pavin and Joel Hyman |
Spring 2012
| Date | Speaker | Seminar Title | Affiliation | Host |
| Jan 10 | Jodi Nunnari | The Behavior of Mitochondria | University of California, Davis | Eva Nogales |
| Jan 17 | David J. Brenner | A Two-Edged Sword: Risks and Benefits Associated with Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation | Columbia University Medical Center | Cynthia McMurray |
| Jan 24 | Moshe Szyf | DNA Methylation as a Molecular Link between Environment (Nurture) and DNA (Nature) | McGill University, Canada | Terumi Kohwi-Shigematsu |
| Jan 31 | Garry Nolan | Deep Structure of Trans-cellular States in Cancer and Immunity via Single Cell Mass Cytometry | Stanford School of Medicine | Mark LaBarge |
| Feb 7 | Simon Cherry | Faster than the Speed of Light: In Vivo Imaging of Radionuclides with Cerenkov Radiation | University of California, Davis | Grant Gullberg |
| Feb 14 | William Dynan | Understanding and Re-Engineering the DNA Double-Strand Break Nanomachine | Georgia Health Sciences University | Priscilla Cooper |
| Feb 21 | Christer Jansson | Biosynthesis of Alkane Biofuels in Cyanobacteria and Tobacco | Earth Sciences Division | Bahram Parvin |
| Feb 28 | Jason Lieb | Chromatin Dynamics in Cell Fate Specification and Maintenance | University of North Carolina | Susan Celniker |
| Mar 6 | Peter Walian | Proteomics of Membrane Protein Complexes | Life Sciences Division | Ken Downing |
| Mar 13 | Jay Keasling | Synthetic Biology for Synthetic Chemistry: Biological Production of Hydrocarbons | Physical Biosciences Division, Joint Biosciences Institute | Gary Karpen |
| Mar 20 | Doris Doudet | Understanding the Mechanisms of Action of Electric and Magnetic Stimulation Therapies for Depression | University of British Columbia | Bill Jagust |
| Mar 27 | Haifin Lin | A Novel Small RNA-mediated Epigenetic Program Related to Stem Cells | Yale University School of Medicine | Gary Karpen |
| April 3 | Bill Jagust | Amyloid, Aging, and Alzheimer’s Disease | Life Sciences Division and UC Berkeley | Steve Derenzo |
| April 10 To be rescheduled | Jan H. J. Hoeijmakers | The Keyrole of DNA Damage in Health and Disease | Erasmus MC, Department of Genetics, The Netherlands | Priscilla Cooper |
| April 17 | Peter Nico | The New View of Soil Carbon and Why You Should Care | Earth Sciences Division | Jim P. O’Neil |
| April 24 | David C. Lyden | Melanoma Exosomes Educate Bone Marrow Progenitor Cells Toward a Pro-metastatic Phenotype Through MET | Weill Cornell Medical College | Life Sciences Division Postdoc Society |
| May 8 | Elliot Botvinick | Optical Tweezers in the Study of Mechanobiology | University of California, Irvine | Mark LaBarge |
| May 15 | Ann Chambers | Tumor Metastasis and Dormancy | London Regional Cancer Program, London, Ontario, Canada | Life Sciences Division Postdoc Society |
| May 22 | Cynthia McMurray | From Molecules to Man: Genomic Instability to Neurodegeneration and Aging | Lifes Sciences Divsion | Susan Celniker |
| May 29 To be rescheduled | Charlotte Kuperwasser | Understanding the Connection between Cellular Reprogramming and the Development of Breast Cancer | Tufts University School of Medicine | Paul Yaswen |
| June 5 | Priscilla Cooper | Novel Intersections of DNA Repair with Replication and Transcription in Mammalian Cells | Life Sciences Division | Andrew Wyrobek |
| June 12 | Peter Fraser | Nuclear Genome Organization and Gene Expression: from Cell Populations to Single Molecule Analysis of Chromosome Folding | Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK | John Conboy |
Fall 2011
| Date | Speaker | Seminar Title | Affiliation | Host |
| Oct 4 | Sharmila Majumdar | Morphological and Functional Imaging of Bone | University of California, San Francisco | Grant Gullberg |
| Oct 11 | Julie Price | Methodology Challenges in PET Amyloid Imaging | University of Pittsburgh | Jim P. O’Neil |
| Oct 18 Rescheduled to 2012 | Anthony Hyman | Beyond Stereo-specificity: Liquids and Mesoscale Organization of Cytoplasm | Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics | Eva Nogales / Ken Downing |
| Nov 1 | Sylvain Costes | Assessing the DNA Damage Response to Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation | Life Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab | Gary Karpen |
| Nov 8 | Edward H. Egelman | Conservation and Polymorphism in Protein Polymers: Implications for Evolutionary Divergence | University of Virginia, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics | Ken Downing |
| Nov 15 | Thomas Helleday | Homologous Recombination: from Basic Understanding to Anti-cancer Treatments | University of Oxford, Cambridge, UK | Priscilla Cooper / Judith Campisi |
| Nov 22 | R. Scott Williams | DNA Repair at the Interface of Genotoxic Stress and Neurological Disease | Laboratory of Structural Biology, National Institutes of Environmental Health Science | John Tainer |
| Nov 29 | Jonathan Sweedler | Metabolomics and Chemical Imaging for Probing Cellular Heterogeneity | University of Illinois | Trent Northen |
| Dec 6 CANCELLED | Steve Long | TBD | University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign | Steve Derenzo |
| Dec 13 | Len A. Pennacchio | Beyond Exomes: Noncoding In Vivo Function and Human Disease | Genomics Division/DOE Joint Genome Institute | Susan Celniker |
Spring 2011
| Date | Speaker | Seminar Title | Affiliation | Host |
| Jan 11 | Kandice Tanner | The Role of Angular Morphomechanics on Self Assembled Multi-cellular Architecture | Life Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab | Mina Bissell |
| Jan 18 | Michael Snyder | Personal and Non-Personal Genomes: Their Analysis and Variation | Stanford University | Susan Celniker |
| Jan 25 | John Boone | Breast CT: True 3D Breast Imaging | University of California, Davis | William Moses |
| Feb 1 | David Relman | The Human Body and its Microbiome as Ecological Study Site | Stanford University | Tamas Torok |
| Feb 8 | Gary Karpen | Chromatin Regulation of Genome Stability | Life Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab | Susan Celniker |
| Feb 15 | Robert Koeppe | PET Scanning in Large Multi-center Trials: Lessons Learned from the Alzheimers Disease Neuroimaging Intitative (ADNI) | University of Michigan | William Jagust |
| Feb 22 | John Katzenellenbogen | Imaging Steroid Receptors and Receptor Function in Endocrine-Responsive Cancers | University at Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Jim P. O’Neil |
| March 1 | Judy Wall | Energy Generation in Sulfate-reducing Bacteria of the Genus Desulfovibrio | University of Missouri-Columbia | Ken Downing |
| March 8 | Keith Caldecott | New Protein Components of DNA Strand Break Detection and Repair | University of Sussex, U.K. | Priscilla Cooper |
| March 15 | Simon N. Powell | Understanding the Connections in the BRCA1-BRCA2 Pathway of Homologous Recombination: Implications for Breast Cancer Development | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | David Schild |
| March 22 | Nitin Baliga | Systems Approaches to Tackle Biological Complexity | Institute for Systems Biology | Steve Yannone |
| March 29 | Frank McCormick | New Approaches to Targeting Ras | Hellen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCSF | Mina Bissell |
| April 5 | Ron Zuckermann | Protein Mimetic Materials from the Self-assembly of Bio-inspired Peptoid Polymers | The Molecular Foundry, Berkeley Lab | Cynthia McMurray |
| April 12 | Jerry Nickles | Electrophilic Radio-halogens: Sweetening the Sour Grapes | University of Wisconsin | Jim P. O’Neil |
| April 19 | Joann Sweasy | Base Excision Repair Germline Variants and Cancer Risk | Yale University School of Medicine | Priscilla Cooper |
| May 3 | Jan Löwe | Actin-like Proteins of the Bacterial Cytoskeleton | MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, U.K. | Ken Downing |
| May 10 Rescheduled to Spring 2012 | Haifin Lin | TBD | Yale University | Gary Karpen |
| May 17 | Da-Neng Wang | Structural Basis of the Selectivity and Gating Mechanism of the Organic-ion Channel, FocA | New York University | Manfred Auer |
| May 24 | Hoi-Ying Holman | Label-free Monitoring of Chemical Reaction Dynamics in Cells During Stress-adaptive Response | Earth Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab | Ken Downing |
| May 31 | Donald Bryant | Photosynthesis in the (near) dark: biosynthesis, structure, and evolution of the most powerful light-harvesting antenna system, the chlorosomes of green chlorophototrophic bacteria | The Pennsylvania State University and Montana State University | Trent Northen |
| June 7 | Barbara Wold | Connecting Transcription Factor Binding with Function | California Institute of Technology | Susan Celniker |
Fall 2010
| Date | Speaker | Seminar Title | Affiliation | Host |
| Sept 7 | Eva Harth | Advances in Delivery of Therapeutics with Nanosponges and Nano-devices for Imaging | Vanderbilt University | Manfred Auer |
| Sept 14 | Yaakov Stern | Cognitive Reserve: from Theory to Intervention | Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons | Bill Jagust |
| Sept 28 | Carol Prives | Lessons Learned from Studies on the p53 tumor suppressor Network | Columbia University | Mina Bissell |
| Oct 5 | Steve Yannone | The Artemis Gene: At the Crossroads of Immunity and DNA Repair | Life Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab | Ken Downing |
| Oct 18 | Eric Brown | Replication Stress Responses in the Suppression of Cancer and Aging | University of Pennsylvania | Priscilla Cooper/Judy Campisi |
| Oct 26 | Jeanne Link | PET Imaging Probes for Imaging Cancer Phenotypes and Response to Therapy | University of Washington Medical Center | Jim P. O’Neil |
| Nov 2 Cancelled | Mark LaBarge | TBD | Life Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab | Priscilla Cooper |
| Nov 16 New Date | Judith Campisi | Cancer and Aging: Rival Demons | The Buck Institute for Aging Research; Life Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab | Priscilla Cooper |
| Nov 23 | Alejandro Sanchez-Alvarado | Regeneration, Stem Cells and the Planarian Schmidtea Mediterranea | HHMI; University of Utah School of Medicine | Cynthia McMurray |
| Nov 30 Rescheduled to May 24 | Hoi-Ying Holman | Real-time Molecular Measurements of Cellular Chemistry During Stress-adaptive Response | Earth Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab | Ken Downing |
| Dec 7 | Alfonso Bellacosa | Demethylation of DNA by Base Excision Repair in Mammalian Development | Fox Chase Cancer Center | Priscilla Cooper |
| Dec 14 | Grant Gullberg | Molecular Imaging In Vivo Gives Insights to Heart Failure | Life Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab | Stephen Derenzo |
