Research Forum Schedule
Wednesdays
12:00-1:00 PM
1425 BPS
Fall 2025
| Date | Speaker | Lab | Tentative Title | Introduction | Evaluators |
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| August 27 | Peggy Petroff | CMB Business Meeting | |||
| Sept. 3 | Alaina Burghardt | Q and Alaina | |||
| Sept. 10 | Peggy Petroff |
So, you've been asked to give a talk.... |
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| Sept. 17 | Chalk Talks | ||||
| Sept 24 | Kaylie Chiles | Arora Lab | Jackson Kubal | John Vusich, Jenny Schuster | |
| Oct. 1 | Lexi Vu | Pyeon Lab | RCR - “Research integrity: Good recordkeeping, Responsible AI, and Laboratory Safety” | Sarah Marei | Joel Landa, Sudhanshu Mishra |
| Oct.8 | Kate Brittain | Parent Lab | PUMPKING CARVING | ||
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Oct. 15 |
Gloria Baker | Chilvers Lab | "Fusarium Head Blight: Species Concepts and Fungicide Resistance" | Visakuo Tsurho | Kate Brittain, Mackenzie Kapanka |
| Oct. 22 | Brigette Berke | Petroff Lab | "Dissecting the Immune Mechanism Underlying Ovarian Inflammation and Follicular Loss in the absence of AIRE" | Jackson Kubal | David Medina Suarez, Kaylie Chiles |
| Oct. 29 | Grace Miller | Haus Lab | "Rooted in Lunar Agriculture: Characterizing Root Development in Regolith Simulant" | Sarah Marei | Lexi Vu, Xuan Xie |
| Nov. 5 |
Sarah Marei
Bana Abolibdeh |
Andrechek Lab
Hong Lab |
"Investigating mechanisms of lymph node metastasis in breast cancer using an E2F5-deficient mouse model"
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Kiera Savage
Visakuo Tsurho |
Amir Roshanzadeh, Jaewon Sim
Jesus Garcia Lerena, Joanne Thompson |
| Nov. 12 | Mojdeh Mahmoudian | Ferreira Lab | Jackson Kubal | Jamie Lord, Ahmed Zarea | |
| Nov. 19 | Mackenzie Kapanka | Yu Lab | Sarah Marei | Farina Aziz, Joel Landa | |
| Nov. 26 | HAPPY THANKSGIVING | ||||
| Dec. 3 | Joel Landa | Hegg Lab | Kiera Savage | Jenny Schuster, John Vusich |
Spring 2026
| Date | Speaker | Lab | Title | Introduction | Evaluators |
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| Jan. 14 | Dr. Peggy Petroff | CMB New Student Orientation | |||
| Jan. 21 | Jackson Kubal | ||||
| Jan. 28 | Joanne Thompson | Federica Brandizzi | |||
| Feb. 4 | Lucas Reist | Bjoern Hamberger | Bana Abolibdeh |
Grace Miller, Kaylie Chiles |
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| Feb. 11 |
**RELOCATE TO ISTB** Rita Strakovsky |
NIH Fellowship Applications | Jeanne Holladay | ||
| Feb. 18 | Cathy Ernst | USDA Grants | Jackson Kubal | ||
| Feb. 25 | Matt Bernard | RTSF | Mojdeh Mahmoudian | ||
| March 4 | SPRING BREAK | ||||
| March 11 | Tony Schilmiller | Mass Spec and Metabolomics Core | Sarah Marei | ||
| March 18 | Amir Roshanzadeh | Sophia Lunt | Maddie Marshall | Brigette Berke-Reynolds, Ahmed Zarea | |
| March 25 | Maddie Marshall | Yuan Wang | Grace Miller | Ian McCrary, Jamie Lord | |
| April 1 | Michaela TerAvest | NSF Fellowship Applications | Kiera Savage | ||
| April 8 | RCR - Lexi Vu | Bana Abolibdeh | |||
| April 15 | Hoda Nouri | John LaPres | Jeanne Holladay | Joel Landa, Mackenzie Kapanka | |
| April 22 | Kiera Savage | Amy Ralston | Jackson Kubal | John Vusich, Jenny Schuster |