Monthly Seminars
TriPoD hosts monthly seminars of students, postdocs, and faculty on topics relevant to protein design. These highlight current research, new published advances, or “how to” informational talks.
Dr. Kai Johnsson (Max Planck Institute)
Recording the Physiologyical History of Cells with Chemical Labeling
Kai Johnsson, Ph.D. - Director, Department of Chemical Biology, Max Plank Institute for Medical Research
Format: Online
Time: 2-3PM EDT, Jun 26th, 2026
Join: https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/2058937020?pwd=MVp1VTNYbWFpZ25BK3ltM2dCNElEUT09
Dr. Blake Rasor (NCSU)
Move Fast and Make Things: Cell-free Systems for Protein Screening
Blake Rasor, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NCSU
Format: Online
Time: 5 - 5:30PM, April 2, 2026
Join: https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/95751102988
Dr. Bruce Donald (Duke) & Dr. Carol Hall (NCSU)
Determining, Predicting, and Designing the Structures of Flexible Proteins and Proteins with Intrinsically Disordered Regions
Bruce Randall Donald, Ph.D. — James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Duke University
Computational Design of Peptides
Carol Hall, Ph.D. — Distinguished Professor of Engineering, NC State University (NCSU)
Format: In Person
Location: Room 147, Nanaline Building, Duke university, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Time: 5-6PM EDT, Mar 5th, 2026
Dr. Jeremy Baskin (Cornell University)
Membrane Editing and Proximity Proteomics Reveals Regulators of Lipid Homeostasis
Jeremy M. Baskin, Ph.D. — Associate Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Cornell University
Format: Online
Time: 5–6 PM EDT, Thursday, February 5, 2026
Join: https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/98466561214
Tomiris Mulikova (UNC) & Dr. Kapil Devkota (Duke)
Designing Allostery Using Deep Learning Methods
Tomiris Mulikova — PhD Student, Kuhlman Lab, UNC Chapel Hill
Understanding the Language and Form of Ultra High-throughput Virtual Screening
Kapil Devkota, Ph.D. — Postdoctoral Associate, Singh Lab, Duke University
Format: Online
Time: 5–6PM EDT, Thursday, January 15, 2026
Join: https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/91564694119
Dr. Ben Hackel (University of Minnesota)
Engineering Synthetic Miniproteins as Ligand Scaffolds
Ben Hackel, Ph.D. — Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, University of Minnesota
Format: Online
Time: 5:00–6:00 PM EDT, Thursday, December 4, 2025
Join: https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/99029507656
Dr. Philip Romero (Duke)
Machine Learning to Navigate Sequence-function Landscapes for Protein Engineering
Philip A. Romero, Ph.D. — Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
Format: Online
Time: 5:00–6:00 PM EDT, October 16, 2025
Join: https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/98277839842
Dr. Li (NCSU) & Dr. Tadross (Duke)
Dr. Li (NCSU)
Dr. Tadross (Duke)
Format: In person at NCSU
Location: Room 3001, Engineering Building 2, NC State
Time: 5-6PM Thursday, September 4, 2025
Dr. Christian Dallago (Duke)
Engineering BioML: Scaling and Efficiency to Understand and Design Proteins
Christian Dallago, Ph.D. — Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Duke University
Format: Online
Time: 5:00–6:00 PM EDT, August 7, 2025
Join: https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/98995859561
Dr. Tim Stasevich (Colorado State University)
AI-assisted Protein Design to Rapidly Convert Antibody Sequences to Intrabodies Targeting Diverse Peptides and Histone Modifications
Tim Stasevich, Ph.D. — Associate Professor in Biochemistry, Colorado State University
Format: Online
Time: 5:00–6:00 PM EDT, July 10, 2025
Join: https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/91557807312S
Dr. Lei Wang, UCSF
Biospecific Chemistry for Covalent Linking of Biomacromolecules
Lei Wang, Ph. D. - Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UCSF
Format: Online
Time: 5:00–6:00 PM EDT, June 5, 2025
Join: https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/93806671298