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Seminar Series

About Seminar

The BMOL Seminar Series offers a wide variety of presentations given by students, faculty, and respected members of the scientific community. It is open to the members of Boise State’s campus as well as the public. If you would like to be added to the seminar mailing list, please email us at bmolseminar@boisestate.edu.

Seminars will be held in the Education Building, Room 109 unless otherwise stated in the schedule.

Fall 2026 Seminar Series Schedule

Date and Time Speaker, Affiliation, and Topic of DiscussionEvent Page Link
September 2nd
3:00 – 4:15 PM		NAME: Dr. Martin Lawrence, Montana State University
TITLE: Catch and Release – Structural Insights into Prokaryotic Iron Homeostasis		​Dr. Lawrence’s Seminar Page
September 10th
9:30 – 10:30 AM
Dissertation Defense
NAME: Mia Toronto, Ph.D. Candidate
TITLE: Recovery, Stability, and Quantification of Water-Soluble Vitamins in Fortified Dairy Foods
LOCATION: MBEB 4001		Mia Toronto’s Seminar Page
September 16th
3:00 – 4:15 PM		NAME: Dr. Dhiman Ray, University of Oregon
TITLE: Molecular Simulation and Artificial Intelligence to Understand RNA Conformational Dynamics and Ligand Binding
HOST: Dr. Rajesh Nagarajan, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry		Dr. Ray’s Seminar Page
September 30th
3:00 – 4:15 PM		NAME: Dr. Allan Albig, Department of Biological Sciences, Boise State University
TITLE: Notch Biomolecular Condensates (Notchosomes)		Dr. Albig’s Seminar Page
October 7th
3:00 – 4:15 PM		Student Research Presentations
NAME: Dawson Bell, BMOL Ph.D. Student
TITLE: Small Chemical Modifications Alter Antifreeze Glycoprotein Activity Through Water-Mediated Conformational Change
ADVISOR: Drs. Konrad Meister and Oliviero Andreusssi, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

NAME: Kaden Shaw, BMOL Ph.D. Student
TITLE: The Function and Discovery of Ice Nucleating Proteins
ADVISOR: Dr. Konrad Meister, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
October 14th
3:00 – 4:15 PM		NAME: Dr. Mary Cloud Ammons Anderson, VA Medical Center
TITLE: Predicting the Unpredictable: A Multiomics Approach to Diabetic Foot Ulcer Healing
October 23rd
9:00 – 10:00 am		Dissertation Defense
NAME: Noah Souza, Ph.D. Candidate
TITLE: AB5 Toxins: From Salmonella Pathogenesis to Staphylococcus aureus Vaccine Development		Noah Souza’s Seminar Page
October 28th
3:00 – 4:15 PM		NAME: Dr. Katie Johnson, Boise State University
TITLE: Behind the Research: How the Vivarium Supports Animal Welfare, Rigor, and Reproducibility
November 11th
3:00 – 4:15 PM		NAME: Dr. Gunes Uzer, Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Boise State University
TITLE: TBD
December 2nd
3:00 – 4:15 PM		NAME: Dr. Thomas Perkins, University of Colorado
TITLE: TBD

Spring 2027 Seminar Series Schedule

Date and Time Speaker, Affiliation, and Topic of DiscussionEvent Page Link
January 20th
3:00 – 4:15 PM
February 3rd
3:00 – 4:15 PM
February 17th
3:00 – 4:15 PM
March 3rd
3:00 – 4:15 PM
March 24th
3:00 – 4:15 PM
April 7th
3:00 – 4:15 PM
April 21st
3:00 – 4:15 PM

Affiliate Seminar Series

If you are interested in watching talks presented by other departments (i.e., Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Physics), refer to the links below:

Department of Biological Sciences Seminars

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Seminars

Department of Physics Seminars and Events