MCB Seminars

For the complete list of MCB Seminars and Events, please visit UC Events.

Date/Time Division Speaker Title Location
04/13/2026
4:00pm
Structural & Quantitative Biology Seminar Series James Fraser,
University of California, San Francisco
Cynthia A. Chan Memorial Lecture: "Statistical Structural Biology" Jarvis Auditorium, Grimes Engineering Center
04/14/2026
11:00am
Division of Immunology and Molecular Medicine Ryan Langlois,
University of Minnesota
Deciphering how viruses navigate host species barriers using a "fibroblast zoo" 101 Weill Hall
04/15/2026
3:00pm
Divisions of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Structural Biology, Division of Cell Biology, Development & Physiology, and Genetics, Genomics, Evolution & Development CANCELED - Joseph Bondy-Denomy,
University of California, San Francisco
CANCELED - Divisions of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Structural Biology, Division of Cell Biology, Development & Physiology, and Genetics, Genomics, Evolution & Development 245 Li Ka Shing Center
04/15/2026
3:00pm
Divisions of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Structural Biology, Division of Cell Biology, Development & Physiology, and Genetics, Genomics, Evolution & Development Rasmus Nielsen,
University of California, Berkeley
Mapping genotype-phenotypic associations in non-model species 100 Genetics & Plant Biology Building
04/16/2026
11:00am
MTx (Molecular Therapeutics) CANCELED-Aaron Gitler-CANCELED,
Stanford University
CANCELED-"Unmasking cryptic TDP-43 targets in ALS"-CANCELED 125 Li Ka Shing Center
04/17/2026
10:00am
Marian E. Koshland Memorial Lecture Series Katherine Burns,
University of Cincinnati
"From Mycology to Medicine: the role of neutrophils in endometriosis pathology" 100 Genetics & Plant Biology Building
04/21/2026
11:00am
Division of Immunology and Molecular Medicine John Schoggins,
UT Southwestern
Division of Immunology and Molecular Medicine 101 Weill Hall
04/22/2026
3:00pm
Divisions of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Structural Biology, Division of Cell Biology, Development & Physiology, and Genetics, Genomics, Evolution & Development Arjun Raj,
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Cellular Agency 100 Genetics & Plant Biology Building
04/23/2026
3:30pm
MTx (Molecular Therapeutics) Joseph Lewcock,
Denali
MTx Fireside Chat 125 Li Ka Shing Center
04/24/2026
10:00am
Marian E. Koshland Memorial Lecture Series Janet Iwasa,
University of Utah
"Molecular Animation: Past, Present, and Future" 100 Genetics & Plant Biology Building
04/28/2026
11:00am
Division of Immunology and Molecular Medicine Peter Savage,
University of Chicago
Self-nonself discrimination conferred by regulatory T cell specificity 101 Weill Hall
04/28/2026
3:30pm
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology Dario Alessi,
University of Dundee
"Decoding LRRK2: Mechanistic Biology Driving New Therapeutic Horizons in Parkinson’s Disease" 100 Genetics & Plant Biology Building
04/29/2026
11:00am
Divisions of Immunology and Molecular Medicine & Integrative Biology Lucie Etienne ,
Functional evolution of antiviral innate immunity accross scales 101 Weill Hall
04/29/2026
3:30pm
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology Dario Alessi,
University of Dundee
"A Molecular Magnet at the Lysosome: How Rab Proteins and Organelle Stress Activate LRRK2 in Parkinson’s Disease" 100 Genetics & Plant Biology Building
05/06/2026
3:00pm
Divisions of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Structural Biology, Division of Cell Biology, Development & Physiology, and Genetics, Genomics, Evolution & Development Carol Greider,
University of California, Santa Cruz
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology Annual Alumni Seminar: 245 Li Ka Shing Center
05/07/2026
11:00am
MTx (Molecular Therapeutics) Xiaoyu Zhang,
Northwestern University
MTx Seminar 125 Li Ka Shing Center
05/07/2026
12:30pm
IB/MCB Joint Seminar Ricardo Mallarino,
Princeton University
Joint IB/MCB Seminar 2040 VLSB
05/12/2026
11:00am
Division of Immunology and Molecular Medicine Kim Orth,
HHMI, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Black Spot, Black Death, Black Pearl: Tales of Bacterial Pathogens 101 Weill Hall
05/14/2026
11:00am
MTx (Molecular Therapeutics) Ekaterina Vinogradova,
The Rockefeller University
MTx Seminar 125 Li Ka Shing Center
05/28/2026
11:00am
MTx (Molecular Therapeutics) Jack Taunton,
University of California, San Francisco
MTx Seminar 125 Li Ka Shing Center
09/23/2026
12:00pm
INFORMAL SEMINAR Ned Wingreen,
Princeton University
Informal Seminar 101 Weill Hall
09/29/2026
3:30pm
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology Vamsi Mootha,
Harvard Medical School
Allan C. Wilson Memorial Lecture 100 Genetics & Plant Biology Building
09/30/2026
3:30pm
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology Vamsi Mootha,
Harvard Medical School
Allan C. Wilson Memorial Lecture 100 Genetics & Plant Biology Building
10/07/2026
3:30pm
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology Ned (Edward) Ruby,
California Institute of Technology
Roger Y. Stanier Memorial Lecture 100 Genetics & Plant Biology Building
10/21/2026
3:00pm
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology Annual Capstone Lecture Iswar Hariharan,
University of California, Berkeley
Genetic regulation of growth and regeneration 100 Genetics & Plant Biology Building
11/17/2026
3:30pm
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology David Baker,
University of Washington
C. H. Li Memorial Lecture 100 Genetics & Plant Biology Building
11/18/2026
3:30pm
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology David Baker,
University of Washington
C. H. Li Memorial Lecture 100 Genetics & Plant Biology Building
04/20/2027
3:30pm
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology Erik Sontheimer,
UMass Chan Medical School
Chiron Lecture 100 Genetics & Plant Biology Building
04/21/2027
3:30pm
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology Erik Sontheimer,
UMass Chan Medical School
Chiron Lecture 100 Genetics & Plant Biology Building