Schedule 2024

BioLunch will run this year from June 14th until August 2nd, with a seminar every Wednesday!

DatePresenter
5/29/2024Carissa Gaghan
Melissa Daeschner
Faihaa Ahmed
6/5/2024Andrew RatchfordLabs: Joshua Pierce: Department of Chemistry / Lauren Schnabel: Department of Clinical Sciences
Title: Understanding the antimicrobial activity of natural product-derived lipoxazolidinone: SYNX_0001
Nasif Mahmood
6/12/2024Kritika ShresthaLab: Dr. Arion Kennedy, Project title is "Significance of H2Kb expression on dendritic cells in MASH"
Yang Tang
Jared Franges
6/19/2024Victoria YarmeyLab: Adriana San Miguel (of the San Miguel Lab) . Presentation title is "Stop and Smell the ROS’s: Neuronal Detection of Oxidants in C. elegans".
Michael BergmanLab: Dr. Carol Hall. Title: Computational Design of Plastic-Binding Peptides for Microplastic Remediation
6/26/2024Yafan ZhangLab: Lin Group. Presentation in Bioinformatics.
Melika OsarehLab: Brown Advanced Wound Healing Lab & Fisher Translational Orthopaedics Lab. Presentation: Injectable Synthetic Platelet-based Therapy Enhances Clot Formation in Synovial Fluid Joint Injury Model
7/3/2024Jared CossinLab: Dr. Gavin Williams lab

Presentation: "The Use of a Promiscuous CoA Ligase for the Generation of Starter Units, Enabling Diverse Polyketide Production"
Tianyu LiLab: Dr. Nathan Crook lab
Presentation Title: Engineering Vibrio natriegens for degrading and assimilating Poly(ethylene terephthalate)
7/10/2024Kiran AliLab: Gluck Tissue Engineering Lab. Presentation: Scaffolds for the in vitro recapitulation of Purkinje fibers
Sydney HarnedLab: Dr. Martha Burford Reiskind's. Presentation: "The population genomics of juvenile southern flounder in north carolina estuaries. "
7/17/2024Shafayet Ali
Shannon ConnardDr. Lauren Schnabel
Presentation: Evaluation of antiadhesive therapies for tenosynovitis
7/24/2024Alissa MeoLab: Williams Lab
Presentation Title: Biosensor-guided Directed Evolution of Natural Products
Kate SimonLab/Dept: Olby Lab, Department of Clinical Sciences
Presentation Title: Placebo Effect in Clinical Trials of Senior Dogs with Cognitive Impairment
Corey FeboLab: Hall Group. (PI is Dr. Carol Hall) Chemical Engineering Department.

Presentation title: be "Computational Design of Peptides to Inhibit Multiple Clostridium difficile Toxin B subtypes".
7/31/2024Sina Jamalzadegan
Sam HamacherLab: Dr. Casey Theriot's lab. Presentation Title: "Characterization of genetically modified Clostridium sporogenes MF001 and its impact on gut bile acid biotransformations"
Bradley ScholtenLabs: Martha Burford Reiskind and Roland Kays.
Presentation Title: "Assessing the spread of antibiotic resistant Salmonella and E. coli in songbirds and at birdfeeders."
8/7/2024Christina BournePI: Dr. Elisa Crisci
Lab: Department of Population Health and Pathobiology. Title: In vitro analysis of Selenium-tested porcine alveolar macrophages upon PRRSV infection