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DBBS Thesis Examination
29
Jun
Speaker: Geng Wang – “Engineering Modular RNA Detection Systems in Living Cells: From Dual-Aptamer Reporters Toward a Programmable Sensor for Diverse Genetic Information”
Jun 29, 2026
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
DBBS Thesis Examination
Farrell Learning and Teaching Center, Holden Auditorium
8
Jul
Speaker: Aparna Anand – “Unraveling the Role of Transposable Elements in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma”
Jul 08, 2026
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
DBBS Thesis Examination
Connor Auditorium
9
Jul
Speaker: Jessica Harrison – “Characterizing the Epigenomic and Transposable Element Landscapes of Human Cytotrophoblasts and Syncytiotrophoblasts during gestation and pathology: Severe Preeclampsia”
Jul 09, 2026
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
DBBS Thesis Examination
Connor Auditorium
13
Jul
Speaker: Kyoung Mi Park”- “Rapid Induction of Blastoid-Competent Naïve Human Pluripotent Stem Cells and Their Application to Investigate BAF Complex Function During Early Lineage Specification”
Jul 13, 2026
2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
DBBS Thesis Examination
Connor Auditorium
14
Jul
Speaker: Nahyun Kong – “Atypical Genetic Mechanisms: Uniparental Disomy, Somatic Mosaicism, and Mitochondrial Variation”
Jul 14, 2026
3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
DBBS Thesis Examination
Connor Auditorium
15
Jul
Speaker: Vincent Brazelton – The Invisible Crop: Harnessing Root System Architecture in Heirloom Collards for Climate-Resilient Urban Agriculture
Jul 15, 2026
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
DBBS Thesis Examination
JJK FAN Innovation Center
15
Jul
Speaker: Emily Eul – “Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cell Reprogramming During Breast Cancer Progression Promotes Myeloid-Biased Hematopoiesis”
Jul 15, 2026
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
DBBS Thesis Examination
BJC-Institute of Health, 5th floor, Allison Conference Room
21
Jul
Speaker: Benjamin Olson – “The Gut-Bladder Axis: How Symbiont Microbes Alter Urinary Tract Infections”
Jul 21, 2026
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
DBBS Thesis Examination
Holden Auditorium
24
Jul
Speaker: Sofia Smith – “Elucidating the Distinct Roles of EZH2 Gain-of-Function Events in Germinal Center B Cells”
Jul 24, 2026
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
DBBS Thesis Examination
Moore Auditorium