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MLS Seminar

Seminar Class: Biophysics 7990
Section Number: 0010

Molecular Life Sciences (MLS) Seminars are held on Tuesdays at 4:10 - 5:05 pm in room 170 Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute (DHLRI).

 

Fall 2025 Schedule

August 26, 2025
Maria Spies
University of Iowa
DNA replication fork protection by the DNA repair protein RAD52 and its potential as an anticancer drug target
Host: Mark Foster, foster.281@osu.edu

September 2, 2025
Tim McKinsey
University of Colorado Denver
Title to be announced
Host: MCDB Students

September 9, 2025
Olga Anczukòw
The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
Targeting splicing-factor regulatory networks in aging and cancer
Host: Dawn Chandler, dawn.chandler@nationwidechildrens.org

September 16, 2025
Phil Zamore
University of Massachusetts/HHMI
Title to be announced
Host: Kotaro Nakanishi, nakanishi.9@osu.edu

September 23, 2025 
Pedro Batista
NIH/National Cancer Institute
Title to be announced
HostJane Jackman, jackman.14@osu.edu

September 30, 2025
Elebeoba May
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Title to be announced
Host: Adriana Dawes, dawes.33@osu.edu

October 7, 2025 - Program Specific
To be announced

October 14, 2025
Zhao Zhang
Duke University
Title to be announced
Host: Shujun Ou, ou.195@osu.edu

October 21, 2025 
Akiko Nishiyama
University of Connecticut 
Title to be announced
Host: Wenjing Sun, wenjing.sun@osumc.edu

October 28, 2025
Daisuke Kihara
Purdue University
Title to be announced
Host: Kotaro Nakanishi, nakanishi.9@osu.edu

November 4, 2025 - Program Specific
To be announced

November 18, 2025
Jeanne Stachowiak
The University of Texas at Austin
Title to be announced
Host: Emanuele Cocucci, cocucci.1@osu.edu

November 25, 2025
No Class

December 2, 2025
Mark Bayfield
York University
Title to be announced
Host: Jane Jackman, jackman.14@osu.edu

December 9, 2025
Robert Hill
Dartmouth College
Title to be announced
Host: Wenjing Sun, wenjing.sun@osumc.edu


The MLS series is the joint seminar series of the MCDB program and the Ohio State Biochemistry Program (OSBP) and the Biophysics Program.  Travel arrangements are made by Mandy Hargett (614-292-2804), Lucy Omar (614-292-1463), and Kiley Morgan-Myrick (614-292-5626) who can be reached at mlsseminar@osu.edu. Schedules are coordinated by the host.  Contact the chair of the MLS Seminar Committee, Adriana Dawes (dawes.33@osu.edu), with speaker suggestions and policy questions.  Nominations of Nobel laureates, NAS members, and HHMI investigators are typically approved without further documentation.  Nominations of other speakers doing cutting edge research of broad appeal should include a short justification and CV or similar website link.  We strongly encourage nominations of emerging young investigators, women, and under-represented minorities. We also encourage nominations from MCDB, OSBP, and Biophysics graduate students.