The first CBI event of each acadmic year is the Annual CBI Symposium in September. Pictures of the 2025 Symposium are highlighed below. The next CBI Symposium will be held in September 2026!
Friday, September 26, 2025: 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:
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)
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Peter Scott, University of Michigan
Dr. Scott gave an inspiring talk about his journey from being a PhD student at Durham University, UK to his role as Director of PET and Molecular Imaging at The University of Michigan: "We are Explorers in Radiochemical Space: Adventures in PET Imaging, Theranostics, and Artificial Intelligence"
Students present their science during the Poster Session
Inspiring the next generation!
Join us next year for more great science!!