Seminar Series
Spring 2026
All seminars are held in the Pearson Chemistry Building, 62 Talbot Ave., Rm. P-106 on the Medford Campus at 12:00 pm unless otherwise noted. For further information, please contact Marianne O'Connell at (617) 627-2649 or by email marianne.o_connell@tufts.edu.
Please note: Visitors are welcome to attend all seminars.
January 14, 2026
Title: "Detection and Modulation of RNA Chemical Modifications via Engineered Proteins"
Prof. Huiqing (Jane) Zhou, Boston College
Host: Prof. Joshua Kritzer
February 25, 2026
Title: TBA
Prof. Rommie Amaro, University California, San Diego
Host: Prof. Xinqiang Ding
March 4, 2026
Title: "Exploration of Functional, Evolutionary and Design Landscapes of Protein Families Using Latent Generative and Coevolutionary Approaches"
Prof. Faruck Morcos, University of Texas, Dallas
Host: Prof. Xinqiang Ding
March 11, 2026
Title: TBA
Prof. Rachel Farber, Kansas University
Host: Prof. Charles Sykes
March 25, 2026
Title: "Programing Responsive Assemblies from PNA-encoded and Folded Peptides"
Prof. Nicolas Winssinger, University of Geneva
Host: Prof. Krishna Kumar
April 1, 2026
Title: "Spatial Regulation of Chromatin Proteins"
Prof. Khoa Tran, Tufts University
Host: Prof. Xinqiang Ding
April 8, 2026
Title: "Electric Fields and Enzyme Catalysis Probed by the Vibrational Stark Effect"
Prof. Steven Boxer, Stanford University
Host: Prof. Krishna Kumar
April 14, 2026; 4:30 PM Room P-112
Title: TBA
Prof. Ming Chen, Purdue University
Host: Prof. Xinqiang Ding
April 22, 2026
Title: TBA
Prof. Allison Walker, Vanderbilt University
Host: Prof. Joshua Kritzer