Seminar Series
Department of Biochemistry
BCHM 5004
Seminar Series Fall 2025
Monday at 3:00 PM ET
Fralin Hall Auditorium
Most of our seminars will be presented in person. The Biochemistry Seminar Series is in the Fralin Hall Auditorium, where you can learn something new! All seminars will be available via Zoom. To attend the seminar via Zoom, you must be a member of our weekly seminar Canvas site. All biochemistry members have been added to the site. For those outside of biochemistry, please email Lisa Jones to be added. Once added to our Canvas site, you will have access to all seminar links for the semester. We encourage you to join us every Monday 2:30 for coffee at Fralin Hall foyer and
3:00 PM ET at Fralin Hall Auditorium for BCHM 5004 Seminar.
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Speaker: Dr. Charlie Najt, Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Tech
Topic: "Lipid Droplet Signaling in Metabolic Health and Aging."
Host: Dr. Kylie Allen
Speaker: Dr. Melanie Higgins, The University of Alabama
Topic: "Microbial Natural Product and Enzyme Discovery."
Host: Dr. Kylie Allen
Speaker: Dr. Tatiane Fernandes, Virginia Tech School of Animal Sciences
Topic: "Use of stable isotopes in ruminant nutrition and metabolism."
Host: Dr. Biswarup Mukhopadhyay
Speaker: Dr. Paula V. Welander, Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University
Topic: "Discovery of unique membrane lipid biosynthesis proteins in Archaea.”
Host: Dr. Biswarup Mukhopadhyay
Speaker: Rotation Talks
Topic: TBD
Host: Dr. Justin Lemkul
Speaker: Dr. Yuan Zeng, Virginia Tech/Southern Piedmont Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Topic: TBD
Host: Dr. Biswarup Mukhopadhyay
Speaker: Lan Lou, Virginia Tech Biochemistry
Topic: "Synchronized rhythms in human body odor and mosquito olfactory behavior."
Host: Dr. Clément Vinauger
No Seminar
Speaker: Rotation Talks
Topic: TBD
Host: Dr. Justin Lemkul
Speaker: Dr. Lijuan Yuan, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia Tech
Topic: "Developing therapeutics and vaccines against enteric pathogens."
Host: Dr. Soumi Ghosh