Science Hall Seminars
Science Hall Seminars
Science Hall Seminars: Fall 2024
All students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend the Fall 2024 seminars organized and sponsored by the Departments of Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Physics & Astronomy, as well as the U-RISE@Rowan program. Thank you to all of the amazing speakers who will be presenting this semester!
Many of the seminars listed below are interdisciplinary in nature and we encourage students of all majors to explore seminars hosted by not only their home department, but from others!
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
From Methylation to Medication: Exploring Epigenetic Targets for Novel Drugs
Speaker: Rong Huang, Ph.D. (Purdue University, Professor, Dept. of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology)
Topic: From Methylation to Medication: Exploring Epigenetic Targets for Novel Drugs (Abstract)
Date: Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Time: 2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Location: Science Hall, Room 126 and virtually via Zoom.
Who: Open to all students & faculty
Sponsored by: Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
A disordered life: Entropy in protein structure, stability, and function
Speaker: A. Joshua Wand, Ph.D. (Texas A & M University, Distinquished Professor and Head, Biochemistry & Biophysics; Professor, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Chemistry, Molecular & Cellular Medicine)
Topic: A disordered life: Entropy in protein structure, stability, and function (Abstract)
Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Time: 2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Location: Science Hall, Room 126 and virtually via Zoom.
Who: Open to all students & faculty
Sponsored by: Departments of Physics & Astronomy and Biological & Biomedical Sciences
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Marsupial epigenetics: A path towards de-extinction of the Tasmanian Tiger
Speaker: Benjamin Carone, Ph.D. (Rowan University, Associate Professor, Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences)
Topic: Marsupial epigenetics: A path towards de-extinction of the Tasmanian Tiger (Abstract)
Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Time: 2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Location: Science Hall, Room 126 and virtually via Zoom.
Who: Open to all students & faculty
Sponsored by: Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Fluorine-Displacement Based Probes to Interrogate Protein-Protein Interactions
Speaker: Ross Wang, Ph.D. (Temple University, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry)
Topic: Fluorine-Displacement Based Probes to Interrogate Protein-Protein Interactions
Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Time: 2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Location: Science Hall, Room 126 and virtually via Zoom.
Who: Open to all students & faculty
Sponsored by: Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Graduate School 101: Insights into Graduate School
Panel: Madison Dautle, Elias Elias, Rosalind Moore, Dawn Williams, Ariel Zhang (Graduate Students from the Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences)
Topic: Graduate School 101: Insights into Graduate School
- What to do as an undergraduate to build a resume for graduate school
- How to find and select a program
- A day in the life of a graduate student
- How to apply for graduate school
- Recommendations for choosing a program and a graduate advisor
- Benefits and drawbacks of going into industry before graduate school
- Insights into parenting and life management while in graduate school
Date: Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Time: 2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Location: Science Hall, Room 126 and virtually via Zoom.
Who: Open to all students & faculty
Sponsored by: Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Measuring mathematical reasoning and quantitative literacy in physics contexts
Speaker: Trevor Smith, Ph.D. (Rowan University, Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy)
Topic: Measuring mathematical reasoning and quantitative literacy in physics contexts (Abstract)
Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Time: 2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Location: Science Hall, Room 126 and virtually via Zoom.
Who: Open to all students & faculty
Sponsored by: Department of Physics & Astronomy
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Green Analytical Chemistry: Is This What We’ve Been Doing All Along?
Speaker: Nicholas Snow, Ph.D. (Seton Hall University, Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry)
Topic: Green Analytical Chemistry: Is This What We’ve Been Doing All Along? (Abstract)
Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Time: 2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Location: Science Hall, Room 126 and virtually via Zoom.
Who: Open to all students & faculty
Sponsored by: Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
A Poetic Lens on Medicine, Science and Ethics
Speaker: Wynne Morrison, MD, MBE (CHOP, Univeristy of Pennsylvania, Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care)
Topic: A Poetic Lens on Medicine, Science and Ethics (Abstract)
Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Time: 2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Location: Science Hall, Room 126 and virtually via Zoom.
Who: Open to all students & faculty
Sponsored by: Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences
Thursday, October 24, 2024
The biochemistry of pyroptotic cell death
Speaker: Cornelius Taabazuing, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania, Presidential Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics)
Topic: The biochemistry of pyroptotic cell death (Abstract)
Date: Thursday, October 24, 2024
Time: 2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Location: Chamberlain Student Center, Room 129, and virtually via Zoom.
Who: Open to all students & faculty
Sponsored by: U-RISE and the Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Boron-containing Analogs of Fosmidomycin: Synthesis and Antibacterial Properties
Speaker: John Tomsho, Ph.D (Saint Joseph’s University, Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry)
Topic: Boron-containing Analogs of Fosmidomycin: Synthesis and Antibacterial Properties (Abstract)
Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Time: 2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Location: Science Hall, Room 126 and virtually via Zoom.
Who: Open to all students & faculty
Sponsored by: Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
The spreading problem in neurodengeneration: Insights from fruit fly brains
Speaker: Maggie Panning Pearce, Ph.D. (Rowan University, Associate Professor, Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences)
Topic: The spreading problem in neurodegeneration: Insights from fruit fly brains (Abstract)
Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Time: 2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Location: Science Hall, Room 126 and virtually via Zoom.
Who: Open to all students & faculty
Sponsored by: Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Total synthesis of darobactin A
Speaker: Jonathan Maturano (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Ph.D. Candidate)
Topic: Total synthesis of darobactin A (Abstract)
Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Time: 2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Location: Science Hall, Room 126 and virtually via Zoom.
Who: Open to all students & faculty
Sponsored by: Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
TBD
Speaker: Kat Milligan-McClellan, Ph.D. (University of Connecticut, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology)
Topic: TBD
Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Time: 2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Location: Science Hall, Room 126 and virtually via Zoom.
Who: Open to all students & faculty
Sponsored by: Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences
