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Seminar Series

Department of Biochemistry

BCHM 5004 Seminar Series Spring 2026 

Monday at 3:00 PM ET   Fralin Hall Auditorium

 Unless otherwise announced, all seminars will be presented in person in the Fralin Hall Auditorium. If a seminar is presented via Zoom, a link will be made available in advance.
If you have questions, please email kdallen@vt.edu or bmukhopa@vt.edu .

Check back for Spring 2026 updates! 

Speaker: Dr. Danish Khan
Topic: "Determinants and Consequences of mRNA-independent Protein Synthesis."
Host: Dr. Biswarup Mukhopadhyay

Speaker: Dr. Lijuan Yuan, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia Tech
Topic: "Studies of therapeutics and vaccines against human enteric viruses using gnotobiotic pig models and human intestinal enteroids."
Host: Dr. Soumi Ghosh

Speaker: Dr. Shabnam Hematian, Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech
Topic: "Nature's Solutions to Selective Oxidation: Lessons from Copper Enzymes."
Host: Dr. Kylie Allen

Speaker: Dr. James H. Westwood, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech
Topic: "Messages, lies, and manipulation: A peek inside the drama of parasitic plant-host interactions."
Host: Biswarup Mukhopadhyay

Speaker:  TBD, Members of the VT Biochemistry Department 
Topic:  TBD
Host:  TBD

No Seminar Spring Break 

Speaker: Dr. Jessica Swanson, University of Utah
Topic: TBD
Host: Dr. Justin Lemkul

Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Mugridge, University of Delaware
Topic: "Metals & messages: how metalloenzymes modify RNA to regulate gene expression."
Host: Dr. Kylie Allen

Speaker: Dr. Ira Blader
Topic: "Toxoplasma Oxygen Sensing: Does it Really Take a PHD to Grow a Parasite?"
Host: Dr. Biswarup Mukhopadhyay

Speaker: Dr. Dwi Susanti
Topic: TBD
Host: Dr. Biswarup Mukhopadhyay and Dr. Kylie Allen

Speaker: Pierson Rucker, Virginia Tech Biochemistry 
Topic: TBD
Host: Dr. Kylie Allen

Speaker: TBD, Members of the VT Biochemistry Department 
Topic: TBD
Host: TBD

Speaker: TBD
Topic: TBD
Host: TBD

Speaker: Ashley Gooberlet
Topic: TBD
Host: Dr. Justin Lemkul