Seminar Series
Fall 2025
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.
View the list of Seminars at the Intersection of Biology and Chemistry.
September 10, 2025
Title: "Improving Learning Experiences through Constructive Alignment of Course Components"
Prof. Renee Cole, University of Iowa
Host: Prof. Ira Caspari-Gnann
September 17, 2025
Title: "Probing Chemistry at the Angstrom-Scale via Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Combined with Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy"
Prof. Nan Jiang, University of Illinois Chicago
Host: Prof. Arthur Utz
September 19, 2025; Friday 4:15 PM
Title: "Unlocking the Mysteries of Alzheimer's Disease with Macrocyclic β-Sheet Peptides"
Prof. James Nowick, University of California, Irvine
Host: Prof. Krishna Kumar
September 24, 2025
Title: "Chemical Biology of Nucleic Acid-Binding Proteins"
Prof. Yinsheng Wang, University of California, Riverside
Host: Prof. Kevin Clark
October 1, 2025
Title: "Coarse-Grained Simulation of Protein and RNA Phase Separation"
Prof. Jianhan Chen, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Host: Prof. Xinqiang Ding
October 15, 2025
Title: TBA
Prof. Petra Reinke, University of Virginia
Host: Prof. Charles Sykes
October 22, 2025
Title: "Advancing SERS Biosensing Through Adaptable Sensor Design and Field-Ready Applications"
Prof. Pietro Strobbia, University of Cincinnati
Host: Prof. Charles Mace
October 29, 2025
Title: "Revisiting the Central Dogma in the Age of Epigenomes and Epitranscriptomes"
Prof. Peter Dedon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Host: Prof. Kevin Clark
November 5, 2025
Title: TBA
Prof. Jeffrey Hartgerink, Rice University
Host: Prof. Joshua Kritzer
November 19, 2025
Title: TBA
Prof. Wengong Jin, Northeastern University
Host: Prof. Xinqiang Ding
December 3, 2025
Title: TBA
Prof. Chuck Henry, Colorado State University
Host: Prof. Charles Mace
December 10, 2025
Title: TBA
Prof. Sara Buhrlage, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Host: Prof. Joshua Kritzer