We are a group of scientists interested in using the nematode C. elegans to understand biology.
Participating Labs:
Anna Allen, Erik Andersen, Jill Bettinger, Luisa Cochella, Orna Cohen-Fix, Ann Corsi, Andrew Davies, David Eisenmann, Ashley Frakes, Amanda Gibson, Andrew Gordus, Eric Haag, Iqbal Hamza, John Hanover, Aimee Jaramillo-Lambert, Casonya Johnson, Antony Jose, Katja Kasimatis, Byung-Eun Kim, John Kim, Yumi Kim, Michael Krause, Laura Mathies, Katherine McJunkin, Kevin O'Connell, Damien O'Halloran, Eyleen O'Rourke, Ariel Pani, Jennifer Powell, Geraldine Seydoux, Diane Shakes, Hari Shroff, Harold Smith, Jessica Tanis, Bruce Vogel, and Jiou Wang.
Where we meet:
We meet at BS004 in the Biological Sciences Building at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County or online over Zoom.
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Upcoming Meetings: All meetings begin at 9.00 am.
Over zoom [VIRTUAL below] or In-person with food provided by speakers
[Updates/Changes to be announced by Katie McJunkin]
1/9/26 in person Will Simmons Seydoux Lab
1/9/26 in person Eric Haag Haag Lab
1/23/26 virtual Diane Shakes Shakes Lab
1/23/26 virtual Anna Hakes Seydoux Lab
2/6/26 in person Ran Yu Hamza Lab
2/6/26 in person Asan Turdiev Haag Lab
2/20/26 virtual Amelia Alessi John Kim Lab
2/20/26 virtual Jeyashre Nathan Elango Krauchunas Lab
3/6/26 in person Fu (Ben) Dong Jose Lab
3/6/26 in person Lo-Yu Chang Cochella Lab
3/20/26 virtual Swarup Mishra O'Rourke Lab
3/20/26 virtual Sabrina White Lazetic Lab
4/3/26 in person Rimpei Kuroiwa Seydoux Lab
4/3/26 in person Shannon Pfeiffer Jaramillo-Lambert Lab
4/17/26 virtual Eric Cormack Cochella Lab
4/17/26 virtual Richa Maheshwari Cohen-Fix Lab
5/1/26 in person Devavrat Bodas Seydoux Lab
5/1/26 in person Areebah Rahman Frakes Lab
5/15/26 virtual Kevin Hackbarth Haag Lab
5/15/26 virtual Paaramitha Warushavithana Lazetic Lab
5/29/26 in person Jonathan Soldemyr Hamza Lab
5/29/26 in person Julie Zhou John Kim Lab
6/12/26 no BWC MAPSS topic meeting
6/26/26 in person Jim Mullins Gordus Lab
6/26/26 in person Brenda Cesar Yumi Kim Lab
7/10/26 virtual Acadia Grimme McJunkin Lab
7/10/26 virtual Noah Gurley Seydoux Lab
7/24/26 in person Jason Pfister O'Connell Lab
7/24/26 in person Ailin Zhou Yumi Kim Lab
8/7/26 virtual Greg Reilly Haag Lab
8/7/26 virtual Archie Qi Seydoux Lab
8/21/26 in person Farzaneh Shahabi Allen Lab
8/21/26 in person Basma Taleb Seydoux Lab
9/4/26 no BWC Labor Day
9/18/26 in person Ana Curinha Seydoux Lab
9/18/26 in person Dehao Zhu Jose Lab
10/2/26 virtual Karli Sunnergren Tanis Lab
10/2/26 virtual Dustin Howard Lazetic Lab
10/16/26 in person Amanda Ray Gordus Lab
10/16/26 in person Brennan Danlasky Seydoux Lab
10/30/26 virtual Andrew Croituru O'Rourke Lab
10/30/26 virtual Mya Fillion Jaramillo-Lambert Lab
11/13/26 in person Maya Mastronardo Andersen Lab
11/13/26 in person Calvin Runnels Gordus Lab
11/27/26 no BWC Thanksgiving
12/11/26 in person Youngyong Park John Kim Lab
12/11/26 in person Rachel Hexamer Jaramillo-Lambert Lab
Past Meetings
Postdoc Positions Available!
Announcements (By Katie McJunkin)
Celebrating Antony's tenure with dinner at Carolina Kitchen. [clockwise from left]: Mike Krause, Matthew Buechner, David Eisenmann, Antony Jose, Geraldine Seydoux, Eric Haag, Bruce Vogel, Iqbal Hamza, Orna Cohen-Fix, Kevin O'Connell, Ann Corsi, Andy Golden, Anna Allen, Katherine McJunkin.
Geraldine Seydoux elected to the National Academy
Celebrating Geraldine's election to NAS with dinner at Ranazul. [clockwise from left]: Anna Allen, Eric Haag, Kevin O'Connell, Orna Cohen-Fix, Iqbal Hamza, Andy Golden, Bruce Vogel, Antony Jose, John Hanover, Harold Smith, Mike Krause, Geraldine Seydoux, Matthew Buechner. The night featured Guitar playing by Eric and an amazing rendition of Ella Fitzgerald's Summertime by Harold.
...@ Kevin O'Connell's hand-made bar
@ Geraldine Seydoux's backyard for Memorial Day
...@ Kevin O'Connell's bar again celebrating the start of 2024
...@ Ann Corsi's place celebrating start, middle, peak Summer 2024
Hari Shroff wins award from President Obama for his work towards "Google Worm"!