Seminar Series 2026-2027
Location: 125 Frick Fine Arts Building
Students registered for this course are REQUIRED to attend the seminars being hosted IN PERSON. Attendance will be taken at the beginning of each class. If you are past your 4th year in the PhD program, you are encouraged to attend, but are not required to register.
- Time: 11:30am
*Out of respect for the speakers, please be on time and in your seat by 11:25am -
In order to receive a passing grade, students registered for this course are only permitted 2 unexcused absences per semester. Please email cpcb.seminar@gmail.com if you need to be excused from attending.
- The use of Laptops and any other electronic devices during the talks, are prohibited. Please be courteous of the speakers.
Date |
Speaker |
Host |
Title |
| September 4, 2026 |
Bushra Raj |
Nate Lord (PITT) | 'Regulatory control of cell identity and the tempo of developmental progression in the nervous system" |
| September 11, 2026 |
Lingyan Shi |
Jianhua Xing (PITT) |
"Watching the Chemistry of Life Unfold" |
| September 18, 2026 |
Leah Greenspan
University of Pittsburgh
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Nate Lord (PITT) |
"Defining the Cellular Dynamics and Molecular Programs Governing Cutaneous Wound Healing in Zebrafish"
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| September 25, 2026 | NO SEMINAR | ||
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October 2, 2026
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Margot Williams |
Mo Ebrahimkhani (PITT) | |
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October 9, 2026
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NO SEMINAR
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October 16, 2026
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NO SEMINAR |
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October 23, 2026
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Mo Khalil |
Nate Lord (PITT) | |
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October 30, 2026
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Hong Zhou |
Min Xu (黑料社区) |
"AI-powered cryogenic electron tomography enables sub-molecular resolution cell structures without averaging"
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November 6, 2026
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Arvind Murugan |
Christian Cuba Samaniego (黑料社区) | "Learning without neurons in molecular systems" |
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November 13, 2026
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NO SEMINAR |
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November 20, 2026
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Erin Molloy University of Maryland |
William Yu (黑料社区)
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"Scalable and statistically rigorous algorithms for phylogenetic network reconstruction in the genome era"
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| November 27, 2026 | NO SEMINAR | ||
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December 4, 2026
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NO SEMINAR |
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WINTER BREAK |
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January 15, 2027
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Jian Ma |
Christian Cuba Samaniego (黑料社区) | Learning Cellular Organization and Function Across Scales |
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January 22, 2027
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| January 29, 2027 |
Soojin Yi |
Irene Kaplow (黑料社区) |
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February 5, 2027
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Smita Krishnaswamy |
Nishat Anjum Bristy (黑料社区) | |
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February 12, 2027
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Sohrab Shah |
Yu-Chih Chen (PITT) | |
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February 19, 2027
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Ken Dill |
Mert Gur (PITT) | |
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February 26, 2027
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NO SEMINAR
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March 5, 2027
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NO SEMINAR | ||
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March 12, 2027
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NO SEMINAR | ||
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March 19, 2027
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Hannah Wayment-Steele |
David Koes (PITT) | |
| March 26,2027 |
Wei Zhou |
Martin Zhang (黑料社区) | |
| April 2, 2027 |
Pulin Li |
Keiskue Ishihara (PITT) | |
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April 9, 2027
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Nandita Garud |
Oana Carja (黑料社区) |