The twelfth annual Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology Symposium will be held on Thursday, May 1st, 2025 from 11AM-6PM at the University of Pittsburgh Frick's Fine Arts Building.

The symposium will feature Dr. Michelle Wang from the Physics Department at Cornell University as the Keynote Speaker, but will also include talks from MBSB students and faculties, a nearly 2-hour long poster session concurrent with lunch, concurrent meetings for MBSB students and faculty, and a reception at the conclusion of the symposium. 

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Keynote Speaker: 

Dr. Michelle Wang
Cornell University

"Talk Title TBA"   

Abstract Submission Form Here!

Program Details - MBSB Symposium 2024

Program Information: MBSB Symposium 2025, May 1st

 
11:00-11:10 Program Welcome 
 
Noon Session 1: 
Chaired by Benjamin Wang 
 
11:10 am   TBD 
Umit Akbey, PhD 
Assistant Professor, Department of Structural Biology 
 
11:40 am    TBD 
Giancarlo Gonzalez 
 
12:00 pm   Lunch and Poster Sessions 
 
1:45 pm   Concurrent Sessions: Career Development for Students & MBSB Business Meeting for Faculty (Auditorium)  
 
Afternoon Session 2: 
Chaired by Sophia Staggers 
 
2:50 pm           TBD 
Sunil Saxena, PhD 
Professor, Department of Chemistry 
 
3:20 pm TBD 
Jacob Wolfe 
 
3:40 pm            TBD 
Michael Dalton 
 
4:00 pm            DNA Topology and Mechanics of Fundamental Processes 
Michelle Wang, PhD 
James Gilbert White Distinguished Professor of the Physical Sciences, Cornell University 
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator 
Member of National Academy of Sciences 
Professor, Physics  
 
5:00 pm           Reception