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Molecular & Cell Biology & Genetics (MCBG) 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.

January 5, 2023
Hybrid

Theodore Gurrola, MCBG student (Nonnemacher Lab)

January 12, 2023
Hybrid

Tara Fortino, MCBG student (Lane Lab)

January 19, 2023
Hybrid

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

February 9, 2023
Hybrid

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

February 23, 2023
Hybrid

Shih-Chun Shen, MCBG student (Muller Lab)

March 2, 2023
Hybrid

Emily Esquea, MCBG student (Reginato Lab)

March 9, 2023
Hybrid

Mihyun Oh, MCBG student (Somarowthu Lab)

March 16, 2023
Hybrid

Hassen Wollebo, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Inflammation, Temple University
Student Host: Jill Lawrence

March 23, 2023
Hybrid

Mark Witmer, Senior Director, Bristol Myers Squibb

March 30, 2023
Hybrid

Rachel Berman, MCBG student (Wigdhal/Nonnemacher Lab)

April 6, 2023
Hybrid

Brianna Trankle, MCBG student (Font-Burgada Lab)

April 13, 2023
Hybrid

Kayla Schardien, MCBG student (Lane Lab)

April 20, 2023
Hybrid

Flaviane Silva, MCBG student (Golemis Lab)

April 27, 2023
Hybrid

Teddy Nguyen, MCBG student (Golemis Lab)

May 5, 2023
Hybrid

Rotation Talks A: Gunderson, Azadegan, Majnoon, Black, Markgraf, Vaishnav, Bamb

May 12, 2023
Hybrid

Rotation Talks B: Abadia, Capriotti, Nagarajan, Criswell, Hausman, Shah, Sarath

May 19, 2023
Hybrid

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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Spring 2022 Seminar Series

January 6, 2022
Zoom only

Konstantin Budagyan, MCBG student (Chernoff Lab)

January 13, 2022
Zoom only

Rebecca Holton, MCBG student (Berkowitz Lab)

January 20, 2022
Hybrid

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

February 3, 2022
Hybrid

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

February 24, 2022
Hybrid

Manali Potnis, MCBG student (Sell Lab)

March 3, 2022
Zoom only

Francesca Duncan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
Student host: Rebecca Holton

March 10, 2022
Hybrid

Theodore Gurrola, MCBG student (Nonnemacher Lab)

March 17, 2022
Hybrid

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

March 31, 2022
Hybrid

Andrea Rosenkranz, MCBG student (Bouchard Lab)

April 7, 2022
Zoom only

Ping Wang, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Student host: Allison Hess

April 14, 2022
Hybrid

Anna Lilly, MCBG student (Golemis/Astaturov Lab)

April 21, 2022
Hybrid

Shih-Chun Shen, MCBG student (Muller Lab)

April 28, 2022
Hybrid

Emily Esquea, MCBG student (Reginato Lab)

May 5, 2022
Hybrid

Rotation Talks A: Bulhassan, Hyatt, Lynch, Wallace, Charania, Ramakrishnan

May 12, 2022
Hybrid

Rotation Talks B: Do, Joyner, Webber, Sanders, McUmber, White

May 19, 2022
Hybrid

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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Fall 2021 Seminar Series

September 2, 2021
Hybrid

Carly DeAntoneo, MCBG student (Balachandran Lab)

September 9, 2021
Hybrid

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

October 7, 2021
Hybrid

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

October 21, 2021

No Seminar: Discovery Day

October 28, 2021
Hybrid

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

November 11, 2021
Hybrid

Mitchell Parker, MCBG student (Golemis Lab)

November 18, 2021
Hybrid

Jill Lawrence, MCBG student (Nonnemaker Lab)

November 25, 2021

No Seminar: Thanksgiving

December 2, 2021
Hybrid

Rotation Talks A: Do, Webber, McUmber, Joyner, Gestiada, Hyatt, Brinkman (First year PhD & MS students: TBA)

December 9, 2021
Hybrid

Rotation Talks B: White, El Naggar, Larson-Pollock, DeAngelis, Koser, Torres (First year PhD & MS students: TBA)

December 16, 2021
Hybrid

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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Spring 2020 Seminars and Student Talks

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 2020

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 2020

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 2020

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 2020

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 2020

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

 

A Molecular & Cell Biology & Genetics program graduate student working in a laboratory at Drexel University College of Medicine.