All seminars are on Friday at 12 PM unless otherwise noted. Seminars are located at 147 Nanaline Duke Building unless otherwise noted.
FALL 2024
Research Forum
TETSUYA HIRATA, PhD, Research Scholar, Department of Biochemistry (Boyce Lab)
Duke University School of Medicine
Date: September 20, 2024
Title: O-GlcNAc Signaling in the Early Secretory Pathway
Host: Biochemistry Department
LEE ZOU, PhD, Professor & Chair, Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Duke University School of Medicine
Date: September 27, 2024
Title: Understanding and Targeting DNA Replication Stress in Cancer Therapy
Host: Dr. Pei Zhou
ALEXANDRA DEACONESCU, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Brown University
Date: October 4, 2024
Title: Mechanical Underlying Evolvability and Adaptation to Stress
Host: Dr. Richard Brennan
JAMES KIRBY, MD, Professor, Department of Pathology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Date: November 8, 2024
Title: Streptothricin F, a Miscoding Translational Inhibitor and Antibiotic Scaffold Targeting Gram-Negative Pathogens
Host: Dr. Pei Zhou
Research Forum
KARLY FORKER, PhD Student, Department of Biochemistry (Zhou Lab)
Duke University School of Medicine
Date: November 15, 2024
Title: Modeling is Believing? How AlphaFold2 can Mislead Molecular Interpretation
Host: Biochemistry Department
Research Forum
SKYLER COCHRANE, PhD, Research Scholar, Department of Biochemistry (Zhou Lab)
Duke University School of Medicine
Date: November 15, 2024
Title: Novel Antibiotics Targeting Lipid A Enzymes in Gram-negative Bacteria
Host: Biochemistry Department
Irwin Fridovich Distinguished Lecture
CHRISTOPHER CHANG, PhD, Edward and Virginia Taylor Chair Professor of Bioorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry
Princeton University
Date: November 22, 2024
Title: Activity-Based Sensing Approaches to Decipher Single-Atom Signaling
Host: Dr. Kenichi Yokoyama
YASUSHI OKAMURA, PhD, Professor, Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine
Osaka University
Date: December 13, 2024
Title: Translating Membrane Potential into Phosphoinositide Signalling by Voltage-Sensing Phosphatase; Mechanisms and Biological Roles
Host: Dr. Huanghe Yang
Spring 2025
Research Forum
SCHUMACHER LAB, Department of Biochemistry
Duke University School of Medicine
Date: January 17, 2025
Title: TBA
Host: Biochemistry Department
GARY WU, PhD, Ferdinand G. Weisbrod Professor in Gastroenterology
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Date: January 24, 2025
Title: TBA
Host: Dr. Shuo Han
Research Forum
MATTHEW TEGOWSKI, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Biochemistry (Meyer Lab)
Duke University School of Medicine
Date: February 21, 2025
Title: TBA
Host: Biochemistry Department
RYAN FLYNN, PhD, Assistant Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Harvard University
Date: February 28, 2025
Title: TBA
Host: Dr. Kate Meyer
DANIELA NICASTRO, PhD, Professor, Department of Cell Biology
UT Southwestern
Date: March 7, 2025
Title: TBA
Host: Dr. Seok-Yong Lee
Zoe Shan, PhD Student, Department of Biochemistry (Yang Lab)
Duke University School of Medicine
Date: March 21, 2025
Title: TBA
Host: Biochemistry Department
OLIVIA RISSLAND, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Date: March 28, 2025
Title: TBA
Host: Dr. Kate Meyer
Paul L. Modrich Distinguished Lecture
MICHAEL O'DONNELL, PhD, Investigator
The Rockefeller University
Date: April 4, 2025
Note Location: 103 Bryan Auditorium
Title: TBA
Hosts: Dr. Paul Modrich
MENG WANG, PhD, Janelia Senior Group Leader
Janelia Research Campus
Date: April 18, 2025
Title: TBA
Host: Dr. Shuo Han
ELIZABETH WRIGHT, PhD, Henry Lardy Professor of Biochemistry
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Date: April 25, 2025
Title: TBA
Host: Biochemistry Graduate Students
KEITH BLACKWELL, MD, Senior Investigator
Joslin Diabetes Center
Date: May 2, 2025
Title: TBA
Host: Dr. Shuo Han
The Henry Kamin Memorial Lecture
Henry Kamin’s scientific prowess was recognized by two five-year appointments to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, membership on the National Science Foundation Panel on Metabolic Biology, and the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences. The Henry Kamin Memorial Lecture honors his 42-year career at Duke University, his steadfast integrity, and his many contributions to nutritional biochemistry.
In 1997 his wife, Mrs. Dottie Kamin, initiated the lecture to honor her husband using monies provided by the Henry and Dorothy Lingle Kamin Endowment Fund of the Triangle Community Foundation.
The Hsieh Memorial Lecture
Established in memory of Tao-Hsieh, PhD, who was known as a highly regarded mentor, teacher, and researcher with accolades including an American Cancer Society Junior Faculty Award. This lecture is made possible by a generous gift from his lifelong friends, Yan-Tsong Chen, MD, PhD and Mrs. Alice Chen through the Chenzyme Foundation.
The Modrich Distinguished Lecture
This lecture honors the myriad contributions Paul Modrich has made to the field of nucleic acid biochemistry during his illustrious career at Duke University. A number of generous gifts from former graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and friends of Paul, as well as members of the Department of Biochemistry have made this lecture series possible.
The Nozaki Memorial Lecture
Yas Nozaki spent four decades at Duke doing painstaking work in pure compounds and precise measurements as the basis of solid progress in scientific knowledge. He had a love of learning and science and was a great friend and approachable colleague. His daughter Yoko Nazaki Ax and her husband Emanual Ax (the noted concert pianist) have made this lecture possible through their generous donation.
The Philip Handler Lecture
This lecture is in remembrance of Philip Handler, who has been described as a legendary instructor, with a talent for taking the most difficult medical school subjects and turning them into unique learning experiences.