The Annual CBI Symposium in Pictures

The first CBI event of each acadmic year is the Annual CBI Symposium in September. Pictures of the 2025 and 206 Symposia are highlighed below. The 2026 CBI Symposium was held on September 18 with >100 participants!

Prof. Mary Kay Pflum gets the day started with introductory remarks!

Oral Presentations and Three-Minute Thesis Competition

CBI Fellow Kelli Hummel (Kodanko Lab, Chemistry) presents her work "Cytochrome P450 Induction Through the Efficient Photoinduced Release of a Pyridinbe-Substituted Agent from Ru(II)"

CBI Fellow Emma Fidler (Ansari Lab, Biological Sciences) presents her work "Proteomic Analysis Reveals Pleiotropic Role of Splicing Factor Sub2 in rRNA Biogenesis"

CBI Fellow Michael Flynn (List Lab, Pharmacology) presents his work "Role of the Cell-surface Serine Protease Matriptase in Corneal Epithelial Homeostasis and Repair"

CBI Fellow Sadaf Dorandish (Gavande Lab, Pharmaceutical Sciences) presents her work "Targeting USP10 Deubiquitinase as a Therapeutic Strategy for NSCLC"

Three-minute thesis (3MT) presenters - 2025:

Tony Faraj (Chow lab, Chemistry)

Jessica Halter (Linz lab, Chemistry)

Peyton Long (Yi lab, Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Ali Ranjbaran (Pique-Regi lab, Molecular Medicine and Genetics)

Rachael Tiamiyu (Pflum lab, Chemistry)

Alessandra Zieleniewski (Pile lab, Biological Sciences)

Three-minute thesis (3MT) presenters - 2026:

Dayton McGrail (Kassotis lab, Pharmacology)

Andrea Van Engen-Ver Beek (Pflum lab, Chemistry)

Peyton Long (Yi lab, Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Seraphina Stager (Chow lab, Chemistry)

Congxiao Cheng (Klueh lab, Physiology)

Daniel Ehrheart (Park lab, Pharmacology)

Keynote Speaker 2026: Dr. Jumi Shin, University of Toronto

Dr. Shin gave an inspiring talk about her work on engineered proteins: "Frankenproteins: next-generation anti-cancer drugs & synthetic biology tools". She was introduced by CBI Scholar Daniel Ehrheart.

Students present their science during the Poster Session

Inspiring the next generation!

Join us next year for more great science!!

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