Autumn 2025 MLS Schedule
MLS Seminars will be held in room 170 Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute (DHLRI) from 4:10-5:05p.m., unless otherwise indicated.
OSBP Specific Seminars will be held in room 165 Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute (DHLRI) from 4:10-5:05p.m., unless otherwise indicated.
August 26, 2025
Maria Spies, Ph.D.
University of Iowa
Host: Mark Foster, Ph.D., foster.281@osu.edu
September 2, 2025
Tim McKinsey, Ph.D.
University of Colorado Denver
Host: MCDB students, mcdb@osu.edu
September 9, 2025
Olga Anczukȯw, Ph.D.
The Jackson Laboratory for Genomics
Host: Dawn Chandler, Ph.D., dawn.chandler@nationwidechildrens.org
September 16, 2025
Phillip Zamore, Ph.D.
University of Massachusetts / Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Host: Kotaro Nakanishi, Ph.D., nakanishi.9@osu.edu
September 23, 2025
TBD
September 30, 2025
Elebeoba May, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Host: Adriana Dawes, Ph.D., dawes.33@math.ohio-state.edu
October 7, 2025-OSBP Program Specific
TBD
October 14, 2025
Zhao Zhang, Ph.D.
Duke University School of Medicine
Host: Shujun Ou, Ph.D., ou.195@osu.edu
October 21, 2025
Akiko Nishiyama, Ph.D.
University of Connecticut
Host: Wenjing Sun, Ph.D., sun.2004@osu.edu
October 28, 2025
Daisuke Kihara, Ph.D.
Purdue University
Host: Kotaro Nakanishi, Ph.D., nakanishi.9@osu.edu
November 4, 2025-OSBP Program Specific
TBD
November 11, 2025
NO SPEAKER SCHEDULED-VETERAN'S DAY-OFFICES CLOSED
November 18, 2025
Jeanne Stachowiak, Ph.D.
University of Texas at Austin
Host: Emanuele Cocucci, MD, Ph.D., cocucci.1@osu.edu
November 25, 2025
NO SPEAKER SCHEDULED-WEEK OF THANKSGIVING
December 2, 2025
Mark Bayfield, Ph.D.
York University
Host: Jane Jackman, Ph.D., jackman.14@osu.edu
December 9, 2025
Robert Hill, Ph.D.
Dartmouth College
Host: Wenjing Sun, sun.2004@osu.edu
Save the Date!
Thursday, May 21, 2026
Life Sciences IGP Annual Symposium
at The Ohio Union
The MLS series is the joint seminar series of Biophysics, MCDB and OSBP. Travel arrangements for MLS seminar are handled by Amanda Hargett, MCDB Program Manager, Kiley Morgan-Myrick, Biophysics Program Manager and Lucy Omar, OSBP Program Manager, who can be reached at mlsseminar@osu.edu. Schedules are coordinated by the host. Contact the chair of the MLS Seminar Committee, Adriana Dawes (dawes.33@math.ohio-state.edu), with speaker suggestions and policy questions. Speaker nominations of Nobel laureates, NAS members, and HHMI investigators are typically granted without further documentation. Nominations of other speakers doing cutting edge research of broad appeal should include a short justification and CV or similar website link. We strongly encourage nominations of emerging young investigators, women, and under-represented minorities. We also encourage nominations from Biophysics, MCDB and OSBP graduate students.