Events
MCBG/Cancer Bio Graduate Programs
Seminar Series Spring 2023
- Every Thursday at 1 p.m. (unless noted)
- Some external speakers with be Zoom only. All others hybrid (Zoom or in person if working in NCB).
- All students must attend seminar. Only allowed to miss three seminars per year.
- Contact Eishi Noguchi, PhD at en34@drexel.edu for meeting ID and password.
Theodore Gurrola, MCBG student (Nonnemacher Lab)
Tara Fortino, MCBG student (Lane Lab)
Eric Witze, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Cancer Biology, University of Pennsylvania
Student Host: Dorothy Benton
January 26, 2023
Zoom only
Lisa Sevenich, PhD, Institute for Tumor Biology & Experimental Therapy, Georg Speyer Haus
Student Host: Emily Esquea
February 2, 2023 (Special Time 10 a.m.)
Zoom only
Neta Erez, PhD, Professor & Chair, Department of Pathology, Tel Aviv University
Student Host: Emily Esquea
Anna Lilly, MCBG student (Golemis/Astaturov Lab)
February 16, 2023
Zoom only
Shane Liddelow, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, New York University Langone Health
Student Host: Jill Lawrence
Shih-Chun Shen, MCBG student (Muller Lab)
Emily Esquea, MCBG student (Reginato Lab)
Mihyun Oh, MCBG student (Somarowthu Lab)
Hassen Wollebo, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Inflammation, Temple University
Student Host: Jill Lawrence
Mark Witmer, Senior Director, Bristol Myers Squibb
Rachel Berman, MCBG student (Wigdhal/Nonnemacher Lab)
Brianna Trankle, MCBG student (Font-Burgada Lab)
Kayla Schardien, MCBG student (Lane Lab)
Flaviane Silva, MCBG student (Golemis Lab)
Teddy Nguyen, MCBG student (Golemis Lab)
Rotation Talks A: Gunderson, Azadegan, Majnoon, Black, Markgraf, Vaishnav, Bamb
Rotation Talks B: Abadia, Capriotti, Nagarajan, Criswell, Hausman, Shah, Sarath
Rotation Talks C: Young, Horne, Desai, Rutledge, DaCunza, Kadam, Kaur, Jana
MCBG Student-Organized Seminar Series Committee:
Jill Lawrence, Emily Esquea, Tara Fortino, Alexa Cannon, Dorothy Benton, Anna Lilly
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mauricio Reginato
Email: mjr53@drexel.edu
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January 6, 2022
Zoom only
Konstantin Budagyan, MCBG student (Chernoff Lab)
January 13, 2022
Zoom only
Rebecca Holton, MCBG student (Berkowitz Lab)
Alexa Cannon, MCBG student (Chernoff Lab)
Tuesday, January 25, 2022 (Note day change)
Zoom only
Priscilla K. Brastianos, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Mass General Cancer Center
Student host: Lorela Ciraku
Allison Yankey, MCBG student (Somarowthu Lab)
February 10, 2022
Zoom only
Harry Taylor, PhD, Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Upstate Medical University
Student host: Jill Lawrence
February 17, 2022
Zoom only
Martin McMahon, PhD, Cumming-Presidential Chair of Cancer Biology, Co-Leader of the Experimental Therapeutics Program, University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute
Student host: Alexa Cannon
Manali Potnis, MCBG student (Sell Lab)
Francesca Duncan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
Student host: Rebecca Holton
Theodore Gurrola, MCBG student (Nonnemacher Lab)
Tara Fortino, MCBG student (Lane Lab)
March 24, 2022
(Seminar at 9 am, with meetings after)
Zoom only
Johanna Joyce, PhD, Professor, University of Lausanne, Member, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
Student host: Lorela Ciraku
Andrea Rosenkranz, MCBG student (Bouchard Lab)
Ping Wang, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Student host: Allison Hess
Anna Lilly, MCBG student (Golemis/Astaturov Lab)
Shih-Chun Shen, MCBG student (Muller Lab)
Emily Esquea, MCBG student (Reginato Lab)
Rotation Talks A: Bulhassan, Hyatt, Lynch, Wallace, Charania, Ramakrishnan
Rotation Talks B: Do, Joyner, Webber, Sanders, McUmber, White
Rotation Talks C: Koser, DAngelis, Torres, Brinckman, Larson-Pollock, El Naggar
MCBG Student-Organized Seminar Series Committee:
Jill Lawrence, Rebecca Holton, Lorela Ciraku, Alexa Cannon, Allison Yankey, Mitchell Parker
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mauricio Reginato; Email: mjr53@drexel.edu
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Carly DeAntoneo, MCBG student (Balachandran Lab)
Priscila Sato, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, Drexel University College of Medicine
Student Host: Lorela Ciraku
September 16, 2021
Hybrid
Dorothy Benton, MCBG student (Chernoff Lab)
September 23, 2021
Hybrid
James Shorter, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania
Student Host: Jill Lawrence
September 30, 2021
Zoom only
Kevin Gardner, PhD, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The City College of NY
Student Host: Allison Hess
Ariel Gordon, MCBG student (Mell Lab)
October 14, 2021
Zoom only
Diana Cittelly, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Student Host: Lorela Ciraku
No Seminar: Discovery Day
John Chojnowski, MCBG student (Strochlic Lab)
November 4, 2021
Zoom only
John Schimenti, PhD, Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University
Student Host: Rebecca Holton
Mitchell Parker, MCBG student (Golemis Lab)
Jill Lawrence, MCBG student (Nonnemaker Lab)
Rotation Talks A: Do, Webber, McUmber, Joyner, Gestiada, Hyatt, Brinkman (First year PhD & MS students: TBA)
Rotation Talks B: White, El Naggar, Larson-Pollock, DeAngelis, Koser, Torres (First year PhD & MS students: TBA)
Rotation Talks C: Lynch, Sanders, Wallace, Charania, Ramakrishnan, Bulhassan (First year PhD & MS students: TBA)
Student-Organized Seminar Series Committee: Jill Lawrence; Rebecca Holton; Lorela Ciraku; Alexa Cannon; Allison Yankey; Mitchell Parker
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mauricio Reginato; Email: mjr53@drexel.edu
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All of the events listed take place at 1 p.m. in Geary Hall A, unless otherwise noted. Student talks will be teleconferened to Queen Lane Room C9. (Non-student talks will not be teleconferenced.)
Faculty Adviser
MCBG Student-Organized Seminar Series Committee
- Kris Raghavan
- Kritika Hanamshet
- Lorela Ciraku
- Sam Flashner
- Megan Meuser
- Margaret O’Connor
January 9
Sam Flashner, MCBG student (Clifford Lab)
January 16
Diane Kambach, PhD, team leader,
Field Applications Scientists, BioTek Instruments, Inc.
Student host: Lorela Ciraku
January 23
Kritika Hanamshet, MCBG student (Mazin Lab)
Wednesday, January 29 (note change of day)
David Pellman, professor of cell biology, Harvard Medical School
Student host: Sam Flashner
February 6
Joshua Jackson, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Pharmacology & Physiology,
Drexel University College of Medicine
Student host: Lorela Ciraku
February 13
Alessandro Gardini, PhD, assistant professor, Gene Expression & Regulation Program, The Wistar Institute
Student host: Lorela Ciraku
February 20
Lina Maciunas, Biochemistry student (Loll Lab)
February 27
Melody Smith, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Student host: Margaret O’Connor
March 5
Margaret O’Connor, MCBG student (Haddad Lab)
March 12
Kristie Augustyn, Biochemistry student (Jorns Lab)
POSTPONED: March 19
Sharon Cantor, PhD, associate professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Student host: Kritika Hanamshet
POSTPONED: March 26
Danielle Piazza, MCBG student (Mell Lab)
April 2
Sandra Ryeom, PhD, associate professor, Department of Cancer Biology, University of Pennsylvania
Student host: Lorela Ciraku
April 9
Lindsay Steele, MCBG student (Polyak Lab)
April 16
Priscila Sato, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, Drexel University
Student host: Lorela Ciraku
April 23
, Jasmine Peake, MCBG student (Noguchi Lab)
April 30
Andrea Rosenkranz, MCBG student (Bouchard Lab)
May 7
Rotation Talks A: First-year students: Shen, Cunanan, Al-Aloosi, De Souza,
Balkhair, Sarfaraz
May 14
Rotation Talks B: First-year students: DiDemenico, Yeakle, Karadsheh,
Dhameliya, Alruiwaili
May 21
Rotation Talks C: First-year students: Lilly, Ritts, Oleksak, Kantner, Shimpi,
Esquea