Seminar Series 2026-2027
Location: 125 Frick Fine Arts Building
Students registered for this course are REQUIRED to attend the seminars being hosted IN PERSON. Attendance will be taken at the beginning of each class. If you are in your 4th year or higher in the PhD program, you are encouraged to attend, but are not required to register.
- Time: 11:30am
*Out of respect for the speakers, please be on time and in your seat by 11:25am -
In order to receive a passing grade, students registered for this course are only permitted 2 unexcused absences per semester. Please email cpcb.seminar@gmail.com if you need to be excused from attending.
- The use of Laptops and any other electronic devices during the talks, are prohibited. Please be courteous of the speakers.
Date |
Speaker |
Host |
Title |
| September 4, 2026 |
Bushra Raj |
Nate Lord (PITT) | |
| September 11, 2026 |
Lingyan Shi |
Jianhua Xing (PITT) |
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| September 18, 2026 |
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| September 25, 2026 | |||
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October 2, 2026
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Margot Williams |
Mo Ebrahimkhani (PITT) | |
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October 9, 2026
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NO SEMINAR
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October 16, 2026
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NO SEMINAR |
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October 23, 2026
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Mo Khalil |
Nate Lord (PITT) | |
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October 30, 2026
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Hong Zhou |
Min Xu (CMU) |
"AI-powered cryogenic electron tomography enables sub-molecular resolution cell structures without averaging"
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November 6, 2026
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Arvind Murugan |
Christian Cuba Samaniego (CMU) | |
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November 13, 2026
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NO SEMINAR |
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November 20, 2026
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Erin Molly University of Maryland |
William Yu (CMU)
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| November 27, 2026 | NO SEMINAR | ||
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December 4, 2026
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NO SEMINAR |
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WINTER BREAK |
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January 15, 2027
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January 22, 2027
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| January 29, 2027 |
Soojin Yi |
Irene Kaplow (CMU) |
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February 5, 2027
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Smita Krishnaswamy |
Nishat Anjum Bristy (CMU) | |
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February 12, 2027
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Sohrab Shah |
Yu-Chih Chen (PITT) | |
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February 19, 2027
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Ken Dill |
Mert Gur (PITT) | |
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February 26, 2027
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NO SEMINAR
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March 5, 2027
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NO SEMINAR | ||
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March 12, 2027
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NO SEMINAR | ||
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March 19, 2027
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Hannah Wayment-Steele |
David Koes (PITT) | |
| March 26,2027 |
Wei Zhou |
Martin Zhang (CMU) | |
| April 2, 2027 |
Pulin Li |
Keiskue Ishihara (PITT) | |
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April 9, 2027
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Nandita Garud |
Oana Carja (CMU) |