Seminar Series
Department of Biochemistry
BCHM 5004 Seminar Series Spring 2026
Monday at 3:00 PM ET Fralin Hall Auditorium
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