Work In Progress Seminar Series

The Molecular Mechanisms of Disease (MMoD) Predoctoral Training Program hosts seminars on the third Thursday of each month from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Beadle Center Room E103

FALL 2026

Date

Presenters

Presentation Title

September 17

Lingwen Zhang | Graduate Research Assistant | Dr. Limei Zhang's Lab | Biochemistry | University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Structural Basis of Iron-Sulfur Cluster-Mediated Stress Sensing and Transcriptional Regulation by SufR-Like Proteins

Tatiana Flores | Graduate Research Assistant | Dr. Catherine Eichhorn’s Lab | Chemistry | University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Mechanistic Investigation of HEXIM1 and HIV-1 Tat Interactions with the 7SK RNP Using Solution NMR and Mass Spectrometry

October 15

Ethan Bentley | Graduate Research Assistant | Dr. Amanda Ramer-Tait’s Lab | Complex Biosystems | University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Determining the Role of the Gut Microbiome in Gastrointestinal Acute Radiation Syndrome (GI-ARS) Survivorship

Luis Resendiz | Graduate Research Assistant | Dr. James Checco’s Lab | Chemistry | University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Progress Towards Determining the Role of Acetylation on Alpha-Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone (α-MSH) Neuropeptides

November 19

TBATBA

January 21

TBATBA

February 18

TBATBA

April 21

MMoD Annual Symposium (Location TBA)N/A