Department of Biochemistry

Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talk

Suess -- Selective 57 Fe Labeling of Iron-Sulfur Proteins

February 28, 2025

Friday, 2/28/2025 11:10 am-12:10 pm Shapiro Campus Center, Room 236
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks
Daniel Suess (MIT Department of Chemistry)
"Selective 57 Fe Labeling of Iron-Sulfur Proteins" See: https://chemistry.mit.edu/profile/daniel-l-m-suess/
Host: Maria-Eirini Pandelia. Contact mepandelia@brandeis.edu for more information.

Kardon -- Controlling mitochondrial function by protein unfolding

March 7, 2025

Friday, 3/7/2025 11:10 am-12:10 pm Shapiro Campus Center, Room 236
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks (Admitted Students' Day)
Julia Kardon (Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Brandeis University)
"Controlling mitochondrial function by protein unfolding" See: https://www.brandeis.edu/biochemistry/faculty/kardon-julia.html
Contact kardon@brandeis.edu for more information.

Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks

March 14, 2025

Friday, 3/14/2025 11:10 am-12:10 pm Shapiro Campus Center, Room 236
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks (Rotation Talks)
Host: Niels Bradshaw. Contact niels@brandeis.edu for more information.

Johnson -- Mechanism and evolution of gasdermin pore formation

March 21, 2025

Friday, 3/21/2025 11:10 am-12:10 pm Shapiro Campus Center, Room 236
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks (Admitted Students' Day)
Alex Johnson (Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Brandeis University)
"Mechanism and evolution of gasdermin pore formation" See: https://scholarworks.brandeis.edu/esploro/profile/alex_johnson/overview
Contact alexj@brandeis.edu for more information.

Gibson -- Induced Proximity Approaches to Cancer Therapeutics

April 4, 2025

Friday, 4/4/2025 11:10 am-12:10 pm Shapiro Campus Center, Room 236
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks
Will Gibson (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)
"Induced Proximity Approaches to Cancer Therapeutics"
Host: Lizbeth Hedstrom. Contact hedstrom@brandeis.edu for more information.

Chao -- Regulating mitochondrial dynamics and ultrastructure

April 11, 2025

Friday, 4/11/2025 11:10 am-12:10 pm Shapiro Campus Center, Room 236
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks
Luke Chao
"Regulating mitochondrial dynamics and ultrastructure" See: https://molbio.massgeneral.org/labs/chao-lab/
Host: Julia R. Kardon. Contact kardon@brandeis.edu for more information.

Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks

April 25, 2025

Friday, 4/25/2025 11:10 am-12:30 pm Shapiro Campus Center, Room 236
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks (Biochemistry Dept. Senior Honors Talks- Day 2)
Host: Timothy Street. Contact tstreet@brandeis.edu for more information.

Lim -- New Insights into an OLD Nuclease

May 2, 2025

Friday, 5/2/2025 11:10 am-12:10 pm TBA
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks
Hoong Lim (New England Biolabs)
"New Insights into an OLD Nuclease" See: https://www.neb.com/en-us/research-labs/lim-lab/meet-the-team?srsltid=AfmBOoq4Txln-eCjimHpLtcRkDiScvOtM-CWjIM3_lf8_Yb_NTr1Y4jI
Host: Alex Johnson. Contact alexj@brandeis.edu for more information.

Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks

May 9, 2025

Friday, 5/9/2025 11:10 am-12:10 pm TBA
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks (Rotation Talks)
Host: Niels Bradshaw. Contact niels@brandeis.edu for more information.