Spring 2021
january 6, 2021 to january 8, 2021 |
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| 9:30am | Intersections Science Fellows Symposium | Visit https://www.intersectionssciencefellows.com/ for info and registration link |
january 8, 2021 |
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| 12:30pm | MCDB Faculty RIP | Presenter: TBA |
january 25, 2021 |
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| 1:00pm | Plant Biology Seminar Series | Hany Dweck and Wanyue Wang, Carlson Lab Title: Hany Dweck; ”Evolutionary shifts in taste coding in the fruit pest Drosophila suzukii” Title: Wanyue Wang; ”Ripe fruit, sugars, and texture: the egg laying preference of the agricultural pest Drosophila suzukii” |
january 27, 2021 |
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| 8:30am | MCDB Faculty Search Symposium | Presenters: Binyam Mogessie (University of Bristol) Sinisa Hrvatin (Harvard Medical School) Akankshi Munjal (Harvard Medical School) Daniel Rodriques-Leal (Inari Agriculture Inc) D’Juan Farmer (University of Southern California) Xin Zhou (University of California, San Francisco) |
february 5, 2021 to february 6, 2021 |
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| 9:45am | MCGD Graduate Student Recruitment | |
| 9:45am | PMB Graduate Student Orientation | |
february 8, 2021 |
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| 1:00pm | Plant Biology Seminar Series | Anastasiya Andriyash Title: ”PP2-A13 and Autophagy & Agroinfiltration of Tagged Split GFP Constructs” Emma Corcoran Title: “Systematic screen of histone H4 in Arabidopsis thaliana” |
february 11, 2021 |
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| 3:00pm | MCDB Equity Discussion Group | We will be discussing the first two episodes of the “Nice White Parents”podcast (available through ApplePodcasts, Spotify, and Google Play). |
| 4:00pm | MCDB Safety and Security Meeting w/Chief Campbell | Please join Vivian Irish (Chair, MCDB), Farren Isaacs (DGS), Thierry Emonet (Chair, DEI Committee) and special guest, Chief Anthony Campbell (Yale Police) on Thursday, Feb. 11 at 4:00pm via Zoom: https://yale.zoom.us/j/95855348037, as they discuss campus safety and address your concerns. This is meant to be an interactive session, so please come prepared with any questions or concerns you may have. |
february 12, 2021 |
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| 12:30pm | MCDB Faculty RIP | Presenter: Shirin Bahmanyar Title: “Lipid synthesis coordinates cellular dynamics. |
february 15, 2021 |
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| 1:00pm | Plant Biology Seminar Series | Lauren Dickinson Title: ”Increasing gene targeting efficiency through T-DNA amplification in plant” Ruirui Huang Title: ”Do epigenetic timers underlie petal development?” |
february 16, 2021 |
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| 12:30pm | MCDB Executive Committee Meeting - FACULTY ONLY | |
| 3:00pm | MCDB English Conversation Group | |
february 18, 2021 |
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| 12:30pm | MCDB Full Faculty Meeting - FACULTY ONLY | |
february 19, 2021 to february 20, 2021 |
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| 9:45am | MCGD Recruitment | |
february 22, 2021 |
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| 1:00pm | Plant Biology Seminar Series | Daniel Tarte Title: “Seasonal regulation of secondary metabolism in Arabidopsis” Xing Wu Title : ”Uncovering hidden diversity in plants” |
february 23, 2021 |
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| 12:00pm | MCDB Thesis Defense | Holly Merta, Bahmanyar Lab “Analyzing the role of ER membrane biogenesis in mitotic fidelity” |
| 2:30pm | Special MCDB Primary Faculty Meeting - FACULTY ONLY | |
february 25, 2021 |
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| 2:30pm | MCDB Thesis Defense | Gadareth Higgs, Breaker Lab “Discovery and Validation of Riboswitches and Other ncRNAs in 50+ Bacterial Genomes” |
march 1, 2021 |
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| 1:00pm | Plant Biology Seminar Series | Qingqing Wang: Title: “Summer photoperiod-induced genes in Arabidopsis” |
march 3, 2021 |
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| 4:00pm | MCDB Seminar Series | Samantha Dundon, AxioMX an Abcam Company Title: “The Non-Academic Pivot: My journey from postdoc to industry scientist” Hosted by Vivian Irish |
march 8, 2021 |
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| 1:00pm | Plant Biology Seminar Series | Lori Tausta, Strobel Lab Title: “The Fluoride Channel, FEX, is Required for Fluoride Tolerance in Plants” |
march 12, 2021 |
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| 12:30pm | MCDB Faculty RIP | Presenter: Thierry Emmonet Title: TBA |
march 15, 2021 |
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| 1:00pm | Plant Biology Seminar Series | Benoit Mermaz Title: “Linker Histone H1 affect genomic stability in plants” Chris Gisriel Titlte: ”Elucidating the mechanism of photoactivation in photosystem II using cryo-EM” |
march 22, 2021 |
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| 1:00pm | Plant Biology Seminar Series | Daniel Rodriguez-Leal, Inari Agriculture Title: ”From model systems and basic research, to crops and industry. A CRISPR journey…” |
march 24, 2021 |
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| 4:00pm | MCDB Seminar Series | Jean-Ju Chung, Yale School of Medicine, Cellular & Molecular Physiology Title: “CatSper: The Ca2+ channel in the sperm function” Hosted by Megan King |
march 26, 2021 |
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| 1:00pm | MCDB Graduate Student RIP | Presenters: Marvin Bennett, Lauren Dickinson, Siddhartha Dhakal, Gadareth Higgs, Xueying Shang, Zenan Wang, Wanyue Wang, Ruirui Huang, Daniel Tarte, Xing Wu, first set of flash talks by 2nd year students |
march 29, 2021 |
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| 1:00pm | Plant Biology Seminar Series | Yi-Chun Huang Title: ”Characterization of histone modifications associated with genome stability” Ted Leung Titles: “Photoperiodic Genes in Arabidopsis thaliana” |
march 31, 2021 |
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| 4:00pm | MCDB Seminar Series | No MCDB Seminar Scheduled |
april 7, 2021 |
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| 4:00pm | MCDB Seminar Series | No MCDB Seminar Scheduled |
april 8, 2021 |
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| 10:00am | MCDB Thesis Defense - Lauren Winkler | “Cutting the Gordian knot: resolving the mechanism of cis-regulation by LincRNA-p21” |
april 9, 2021 |
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| 12:30pm | MCDB Faculty RIP | Presenter: Craig Crews Title: “PROTAC-mediated Protein Degradation: Hijacking the Cellular Ubiquitin/Proteasome System as a New Therapeutic Modality” |
april 12, 2021 |
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| 1:00pm | Plant Biology Seminar Series | Geoffrey Thomson Title: “The Trouble with Transgenes: Revisiting a fundamental plant science tool” Valentin Joly Title: “Let’s chop it up! Questioning the functions of Arabidopsis heterochromatin with large-scale deletions” |
april 14, 2021 |
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| 4:00pm | MCDB Seminar Series | No MCDB Seminar Scheduled |
april 16, 2021 |
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| 1:00pm | MCDB Graduate Student RIP | Presenters: Aparaajita Balaji, Jake Carrasquillo rodriguez, Elizabeth Caves, Peter Ciaccia, Shane Elliott, Elizabeth Gordon, Tianshuo Liu, Laura Quinto, Emerson Santiago, Han Wan, Yi-chun Huang, Ted Leung, second set of flash talks be 2nd year students |
april 19, 2021 |
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| 1:00pm | PMB Seminar Series | Timothy Mcnellis, CAES Title: “Dissecting host and non-host plant-bacterial interactions to improve fire blight disease management” Hosted by Yannick Jacob |
april 21, 2021 |
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| 4:00pm | MCDB Seminar Series | Sue Jaspersen, Stowers Institute for Medical Research Title: “The Dynamic Inner Nuclear Membrane Proteome” Hosted by Shirin Bahmanyar |
april 26, 2021 |
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| 1:00pm | Plant Biology Seminar Series | Vijaykumar Veerappan, Eastern Connectitut State University Title: “Forward Genetics Forever: Anthocyanin and Proanthocyanidin Pigmentation Mutants in the Model Legume Plant Medicago truncatula” |
april 28, 2021 |
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| 4:00pm | MCDB Seminar Series | Ahna Skop, University of Wisconsin, Madison Title: ”The midbody is a translationally active RNP granule necessary for intercellular communication” Hosted by Valerie Horsley |
april 30, 2021 to may 6, 2021 |
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| 8:30am | MCDB Undergraduate Oral Presentations |
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april 30, 2021 to may 6, 2021 |
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| 8:30am | MCDB Undergraduate Oral Presentations | |
may 3, 2021 |
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| 1:00pm | Plant Biology Seminar Series | Ivy Lin Title: “Hormonal regulation of phyllotaxy and thorn growth in Citrus” Shenqi Wang Title: ”Discovery and production of plant secondary metabolism using computational and synthetic biology technologies” Anastasiya Andriyash Title: “Molecular basis of fruit preference in Drosophila larvae” - Carlson Lab Rotation Title: “Generation of constructs for genetic ablation in citrus” - Irish Lab Rotation |
may 5, 2021 |
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| 4:00pm | MCDB Seminar Series | No MCDB Seminar Scheduled |
may 7, 2021 |
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| 8:30am | MCDB Undergraduate Poster Presentation | |
may 10, 2021 |
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| 1:00pm | Plant Biology Seminar Series | Wenxin Yuan Title: ”Improving genome editing in plants by applying programmed T-DNA amplification” Morgan Vanderwall Titles: “Uncovering the Wintertime Function of a Plant Sugar-binding F-box Protein” |
may 12, 2021 |
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| 4:00pm | MCDB Seminar Series | Jeremy Baskin, Cornell University Title; “Chemical tools that IMPACT lipid signaling” Hosted by Stavroula Hatzios |
may 14, 2021 |
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| 12:30pm | MCDB Faculty RIP | Presenter: Josein van Wolfswinkel Title: TBA |
may 18, 2021 |
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| 3:00pm | MCDB Undergraduate End of Year Celebration. | |
may 19, 2021 |
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| 3:00pm | MCDB Equity Discussion Group | |
| 4:00pm | MCDB Seminar Series | Daniel Kiehart, Duke University Title: “Biophysics and Genetics of Cell Sheet Morphogenesis: Dorsal Closure in Drosophila as a Model System” Hosted by Vivian Irish |
may 24, 2021 |
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| 8:30am | Yale University Commencement |
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