In our popular seminar series, NYU Langone’s Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology invites outstanding researchers to speak about their ongoing work and enhance our community’s understanding of critical advances in the field.

Seminars take place on Thursdays from 2:00PM to 3:00PM.

2024–25 Seminars

October 10, 2024
“Control of Transcriptional Identity and Tissue Homeostasis: Lessons from the Gastrointestinal Tract”
Diego Pasini, PhD
University of Milan & European Institute of Oncology
Host: Karim-Jean Armache, PhD

October 24, 2024
“In situ Structural Biology of HIV-1: from Capsid Assembly to Nuclear Import”
Peijun Zhang, PhD
University of Oxford
Host: David Stokes, PhD

November 7, 2024
“ATP-dependent remodeling of hexasomes, nucleosomes and chromatin condensates.”
Geeta Narlikar, PhD
University of California San Francisco
Host: Karim-Jean Armache, PhD

November 14, 2024
“Complex, segregating genetic variation govern the stress responses of long-lived bats”
Juan Manuel Vazquez, PhD
University of California – Berkeley
Host: Michele Pagano, MD

November 21, 2024
“Viral RNA structures that cofound enzymes evolved to destroy them”
Jeffrey Kieft, PhD
New York Structural Biology Center
Host: Alexander Serganov, PhD

December 12, 2024
“Form Follows Function: A New Paradigm of Pancreatic Cancer Progression”
Matteo Ligorio, MD, PhD
UT Southwestern
Host: Michele Pagano, MD

February 6, 2025
“RNA Modifications in Health and Disease”
François Fuks, PhD
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Host: Karim-Jean Armache, PhD