Biophysics seminar

The biophysics seminar is a concerted effort between The Ohio State University's Department of Physics and the Biophysics graduate program. Speakers at Biophysics seminars consist of an external guest speaker, current Biophysics students, or Ohio State faculty members.

Current Biophysics pre-candidacy students should register for the seminar course offered through the Department of Physics. Post-candidacy Biophysics students are required to attend but not to register for the course. For all Biophysics students and other students enrolled in the course for credit, student presentations within small groups to enhance student presentation skills and provide open discussion are considered components of the seminar. Additional course information is available on the Carmen page for the course. Please let Dr. Ralf Bundschuh know if you are taking the course for credit or are a post-candidacy student in the Biophysics program and don't have access to the Carmen page.

Date Time Speaker Title

9/11/2024
Smith room 10:30 Stephanie Gupton
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Coordinating Membrane Delivery and Cytoskeletal Remodeling in Neuronal Morphogenesis

12:00 Karna Gowda
Department of Microbiology On prediction and predictability in microbial community function

10/2/2024
Smith room 11:00 Yuan He
Johns Hopkins University Structure and Mechanism of DNA Double-Strand Break Repair by Non-Homologous End-Joining

12:30 Jenna Thuma
Davis lab Troponin Enhanceropathies: A novel role for the troponin genes

1:00 Bryan Gemler
Bundschuh lab Identification of leader-trailer helices of precursor ribosomal RNA in all phyla of bacteria and archaea

11/1/2024
Smith room 11:00 Tom Chou
University of California at Los Angeles Structured population models for cell size, proofreading reactions, and kinetic theory

12:30 Nam Chu
Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics Structural and Mechanistic Basis of mTOR Complex 2 Activation of Akt

11/8/2024
Smith room 10:00 Sanjeevi Sivasankar
University of California at Davis Engineering cadherin mediated cell-cell adhesion

11:20 Hua Zhu
Departent of Surgery The role of non-coding small RNAs in myocardial infarction

11/19/2024
Smith room 12:15 Yangnan Gu
University of California at Berkely Toward Understanding the Nuclear Membrane Function in Plants

1:45 Daisy Alvarado
Belyy lab Investigating Activity of Eph Receptors with Optogenetic Control of Oligomerization

2:15 Emily Chan
Kural lab Endocytosis-Driven Polarity and Migration in Breast Cancer Cells

2/12/2025
Smith room 11:00 Lydia Kisley
Case Western Reserve University Super-resolution fluorescence imaging of extracellular environments

12:30 Christopher Fang-Yen
Department of Biomedical Engineering Optical Dissection of Brain and Behavior in a Worm

3/5/2025
Smith room 11:00 Ogün Adebali
Sabanci University Exploring protein variants and associated disorders through phylogenetic approaches

12:30 Megha Sehgal
Department of Psychology Role of neuronal and dendritic plasticity in memory organization

4/2/2025
Smith room 11:00 Junyan Yu
Gallego-Perez lab Engineered Extracellular Vesicles as Non-viral Delivery System for Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) Treatment

11:30 Mia Kordowski
Higuita Castro lab Non-viral Gene Delivery using Engineered Extracellular Vesicles to Reprogram Human Annulus Fibrosus Cells on 3D Matrices Mimicking Health and Disease

12:30 Elizabeth Komives
University of California, San Diego Functional disorder in NFκB signaling

4/11/2025
Smith room 12:30 William (Memo) Carpenter
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Label-free and fluorescence spectroscopic observations of single biomolecular nanoparticles in an anti-Brownian electrokinetic (ABEL) trap

2:00 Song Tan
Pennsylvania State University Molecular recognition of the nucleosome by chromatin enzymes and factors

4/18/2025
BRT 115 1:30 Daniel Starr
University of California at Davis
Robert Ross Lecture Mechanisms regulating the biophysical properties of the cytoplasm in a multicellular animal

3:00 Opportunity for trainees to meet with Robert Ross lecturer BRT 115

Seminar Class:	Physics 7891
Course #:	23260
Section #:	0020

Date	Time	Speaker	Title
9/11/2024 Smith room	10:30	Stephanie Gupton University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Coordinating Membrane Delivery and Cytoskeletal Remodeling in Neuronal Morphogenesis
9/11/2024 Smith room	12:00	Karna Gowda Department of Microbiology	On prediction and predictability in microbial community function
10/2/2024 Smith room	11:00	Yuan He Johns Hopkins University	Structure and Mechanism of DNA Double-Strand Break Repair by Non-Homologous End-Joining
	12:30	Jenna Thuma Davis lab	Troponin Enhanceropathies: A novel role for the troponin genes
	1:00	Bryan Gemler Bundschuh lab	Identification of leader-trailer helices of precursor ribosomal RNA in all phyla of bacteria and archaea
11/1/2024 Smith room	11:00	Tom Chou University of California at Los Angeles	Structured population models for cell size, proofreading reactions, and kinetic theory
11/1/2024 Smith room	12:30	Nam Chu Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics	Structural and Mechanistic Basis of mTOR Complex 2 Activation of Akt
11/8/2024 Smith room	10:00	Sanjeevi Sivasankar University of California at Davis	Engineering cadherin mediated cell-cell adhesion
11/8/2024 Smith room	11:20	Hua Zhu Departent of Surgery	The role of non-coding small RNAs in myocardial infarction
11/19/2024 Smith room	12:15	Yangnan Gu University of California at Berkely	Toward Understanding the Nuclear Membrane Function in Plants
	1:45	Daisy Alvarado Belyy lab	Investigating Activity of Eph Receptors with Optogenetic Control of Oligomerization
	2:15	Emily Chan Kural lab	Endocytosis-Driven Polarity and Migration in Breast Cancer Cells
2/12/2025 Smith room	11:00	Lydia Kisley Case Western Reserve University	Super-resolution fluorescence imaging of extracellular environments
2/12/2025 Smith room	12:30	Christopher Fang-Yen Department of Biomedical Engineering	Optical Dissection of Brain and Behavior in a Worm
3/5/2025 Smith room	11:00	Ogün Adebali Sabanci University	Exploring protein variants and associated disorders through phylogenetic approaches
3/5/2025 Smith room	12:30	Megha Sehgal Department of Psychology	Role of neuronal and dendritic plasticity in memory organization
4/2/2025 Smith room	11:00	Junyan Yu Gallego-Perez lab	Engineered Extracellular Vesicles as Non-viral Delivery System for Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) Treatment
	11:30	Mia Kordowski Higuita Castro lab	Non-viral Gene Delivery using Engineered Extracellular Vesicles to Reprogram Human Annulus Fibrosus Cells on 3D Matrices Mimicking Health and Disease
	12:30	Elizabeth Komives University of California, San Diego	Functional disorder in NFκB signaling
4/11/2025 Smith room	12:30	William (Memo) Carpenter Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry	Label-free and fluorescence spectroscopic observations of single biomolecular nanoparticles in an anti-Brownian electrokinetic (ABEL) trap
4/11/2025 Smith room	2:00	Song Tan Pennsylvania State University	Molecular recognition of the nucleosome by chromatin enzymes and factors
4/18/2025 BRT 115	1:30	Daniel Starr University of California at Davis Robert Ross Lecture	Mechanisms regulating the biophysical properties of the cytoplasm in a multicellular animal
4/18/2025 BRT 115	3:00	Opportunity for trainees to meet with Robert Ross lecturer	BRT 115

Biophysics Seminar