Seminars 2018-2019

Viviana Cristiglio from the Institut Laue-Langevin/Grenoble is presenting at our weekly Biology seminar series, hosted by Biology Professor Dan Kirschner.

Gene-Wei Li of MIT will be the guest speaker for a Biology Department seminar, hosted by Professor Michelle Meyer.

Selective vulnerability in cranial nerve development, Elizabeth Engle, M.D.

Tales of Two Regulators in an Opportunisitic Pathogen

From Cilia to Ciliopathy: The Developmental Biology of a Human Genetic Disease

Cross-talk between the nucleus and cytoplasm in rare types of muscular dystrophy

On October 18th, the biology department will be hosting its first alumni seminar at 3:30 pm in Devlin 008.  The seminar speaker will be Alexander Lorestani '09.  Alex is the CEO of Geltor Inc. based out of San Leandro, CA.  Geltor's primary focus is on the production of vegan gelatin.  Alex's seminar will focus on his time here at Boston College and how it helped prepare him for his current role of leading a company that is solving a current economic and environmental need through biology.  We hope to see you all there!

Bioenergetic bail-in mechanisms of mitochondria in cancer

Experimental Evolution of Multicellularity

Morphogenesis of the skull in normal and mutant zebrafish

Competition and Cooperation Between Microtubule-Associated Proteins Directs Motor Transport

Unraveling the Composition and Function of the Toxoplasma gondii Inner Membrane Complex

Laura Buttitta, Ph.D.

Department of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology

University of Michigan

Unveiling Metamorphosis: Examining the Coordination of Cell Cycle and Chromatin Changes in the Developing Drosophila Wing