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Formal Seminars

Fall 2026

Speakers and Titles to be announced. 

Date Time Speaker & Host Title Format
August 28 11:00 a.m. Nicholas Ashton, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Freudenthal Lab,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center
Ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins at replication forks Hybrid
September 4 11:00 a.m

Dr. Emily Beck, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas; invited by Dr. Lejla Zubcevic

Genomic, biochemical, and physiological compensation to mitochondrial variation and heteroplasmy Hybrid
September 11 11:00 a.m. Dr. Lejla Zubcevic, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center Zubcevic lab research forum Hybrid
September 18 11:00 a.m. Dr. Chad Slawson, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center O-GlcNAc in Health and Disease Hybrid
September 25 11:00 a.m. Dr. Coral Zhou, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas; invited by Dr. Lejla Zubcevic Hybrid
October 2 11:00 a.m. Hybrid
October 9 11:00 a.m.
Dr. Alexey Ladokhin, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center
Hybrid
October 16 11:00 a.m. Hybrid
October 23 11:00 a.m. Dr. Haifan Wu, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Wichita State University; invited by Dr. Lejla Zubcevic Hybrid
October 30 11:00 a.m. Hybrid
November 6 HUB - seminar
November 13 11:00 a.m. Dr. Ben Woolbright, Assistant Professor, Department of Cancer Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center; invited by Dr. Lejla Zubcevic Hybrid
November 20 11:00 a.m. Dr. Paula Zamora, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics, and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center; invited by Dr. Lejla Zubcevic Hybrid
November 27 No Seminar - Thanksgiving
December 4 11:00 a.m.
Dr. Prakash Kharel, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center
Hybrid

Spring 2027

Speakers and titles forthcoming.

Date Time Speaker & Host Title Format
January 22 11:00 a.m.     Hybrid
January 29 11:00 a.m.     Hybrid
February 5 11:00 a.m.     Hybrid
February 12 11:00 a.m.     Hybrid
February 19 11:00 a.m.     Hybrid
February 26 11:00 a.m.     Hybrid
March 5 11:00 a.m.     Hybrid
March 12   No seminar    
March 19   No seminar – Spring Break    
March 26   No seminar    
April 2 11:00 a.m.     Hybrid
April 9 11:00 a.m.     Hybrid
April 16   No seminar (hold for SRF)    
April 23 11:00 a.m.     Hybrid
April 30 11:00 a.m.     Hybrid

Past Formal Seminars

KU School of Medicine

University of Kansas Medical Center
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
1080 HLSIC ,  Mailstop 3030
Kansas City, KS 66160-7421