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Molecular Life Sciences Seminar Schedule

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.