Spring 2024
Date (Wednesday) | Time CDT/CST | Format | Speaker | Institution | MCB Host |
Jan. 10 | 11 a.m. CST | Zoom | Michele Carbone, Ph.D. | University of Hawai’i at Manoa | Cheryl Walker, Ph.D. |
Jan. 17 | 11 a.m. CST | In-person | Anders Sejr Hansen, Ph.D. | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Kyle Eagen, Ph.D. |
Jan. 24 | 11 a.m. CST | Zoom | Tracy Bale, Ph.D. | University of Colorado | Cheryl Walker, Ph.D. |
Feb. 7 | 11 a.m. CST | In-person | Kenneth Zaret, Ph.D. | Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania | Margaret Goodell, Ph.D. |
Feb. 14 | 11 a.m. CST | Zoom | Dario Valenzano, Ph.D. | Leibniz Institute on Aging | Rachel Arey, Ph.D. |
Feb. 21 | 11 a.m. CST | In-Person | Rachel Green, Ph.D. | Johns Hopkins University | Jason Lee, Ph.D. |
Feb. 28 | 11 a.m. CST | In-Person | Iannis Aifantis, Ph.D. | New York University | Bruno Di Stefano, Ph.D. |
March 6 | 11 a.m. CST | In-person | Ronald Evans, Ph.D. | Salk Institute for Biological Sciences | Bert O’Malley, M.D. |
March 13 | 11 a.m. CST | Zoom | Gilbert Weidinger, Ph.D. | Ulm University | Jason Mills, M.D., Ph.D. |
March 20 | 11 a.m. CST | In-person | Bing Ren, Ph.D. | University of California San Diego | Kyle Eagen, Ph.D. |
March 27 | 11 a.m. CDT | Zoom | Liling Wan, Ph.D. | University of Pennsylvania | Kyle Eagen, Ph.D. |
April 3 | 11 a.m. CST | In-Person | Lucas Farnung, Ph.D. | Harvard Medical School | Courtney Hodges, Ph.D. |
April 10 | 11 a.m. CST | Zoom | Hao Zhu, Ph.D. | UT Southwestern Medical Center | Zheng Sun, Ph.D. |
April 17 | 11 a.m. CST | In-Person | Pamela Silver, Ph.D. | Harvard Medical School | Margaret Goodell, Ph.D. |
April 24 | 11 a.m. CST | Zoom | Karen Oegema, Ph.D. | University of California San Diego | Ruhee Dere, Ph.D. |
May 1 | 11 a.m. CST | In-Person | Luca Scorrano, Ph.D. | Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine | Gloria Echeverria, Ph.D. |
May 8 | 11 a.m. CST | Zoom | Jason Carroll, Ph.D. | University of Cambridge | Bert O’Malley, M.D. |
May 15 | 11 a.m. CST | Zoom | Montserrat, Rojo de la Vega, Ph.D. | Cancer Cell | Xi Chen, Ph.D. |
Fall/Winter 2023
Date (Wednesday) | Time CDT/CST | Format | Speaker | Institution | MCB Host |
Sept. 13 | 11 a.m. CST | In-person | Peter Lewis, Ph.D. | University of Wisconsin | Kyle Eagen, Ph.D. |
Sept. 20 | 11 a.m. CST | Zoom | Stephanie Xie, Ph.D. | University of Health network, University of Toronto | Andre Catic, Ph.D. |
Sept. 27 | 11 a.m. CST | In-person | Jun Wu, Ph.D. | Ut Southwestern Medical Center | Bruno Di Stefano, Ph.D. |
Oct. 4 | 11 a.m. CST | Zoom | Martin Denzel, Ph.D. | Cambridge Institute of Science | Rachel Arey, Ph.D. |
Oct. 11 | 11 a.m. CST | In-person | Michael Kharas, Ph.D. | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | Courtney Hodges, Ph.D. |
Oct. 18 | 11 a.m. CST | Zoom | Sabine Petry, Ph.D. | Princeton University | Ruhee Dere, Ph.D. |
Oct. 25 | 11 a.m. CST | Zoom | Hugo Snippert, Ph.D. | University of Medical Center Utrecht | Ron Parchem, Ph.D. |
Nov. 1 | 11 a.m. CST | In-person | Shreya Raghavan, Ph.D. | Texas A&M University | Rachel Arey, Ph.D. |
Nov. 8 | 11 a.m. CST | Zoom | Hon Leong, Ph.D. | University of Toronto | Xiang Zhang, Ph.D. |
Nov. 15 | 11 a.m. CST | In-person | Georgios Karras, Ph.D. | The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center | Andre Catic, Ph.D. |
Seminar Thanksgiving Break Nov. 20, 2023 – Nov. 24, 2023 | |||||
Nov. 29 | 11 a.m. CST | In-person | Robert Krenick, Ph.D. | Houston Methodist | Rachel Arey, Ph.D. |
Dec. 6 | 11 a.m. CST | Zoom | Bruce Lanphear, Ph.D. | Simon Fraser University | Daniel Gorelick, Ph.D. |
Dec. 13 | 11 a.m. CST | Zoom | Andrea Pauli, Ph.D. | IMP, Vienna | Margot Williams, Ph.D. |
Seminar Winter Break Seminars will resume starting Jan. 10, 2024 |
Fall/Winter 2022
Date (Wednesday) | Time CDT/CST | Format | Speaker | Institution | MCB Host |
Sept. 7 | 11 a.m. CDT | In-person | Ronald Parchem, Ph.D. | Baylor College of Medicine | Margaret Goodell |
Sept. 14 | 11 a.m. CDT | Zoom | Yadira Soto-Feliciano, Ph.D. | MIT Department of Biology | Courtney Hodges |
Sept. 21 | 10 a.m. CDT | Zoom | Lena Pernas, Ph.D. | Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing | Jason Lee |
Sept. 28 | 11 a.m. CDT | In-person | Holly Ingraham, Ph.D. | University of California, San Francisco | Sean Hartig |
Oct. 5 | 11 a.m. CDT | In-person | Christopher Glass, M.D., Ph.D. | University of California, San Diego | Bert O'Malley |
Oct. 12 | 11 a.m. CDT | Zoom | Celina Juliano, Ph.D. | University of California, Davis | Blair Benham-Pyle |
Oct. 19 | 11 a.m. CDT | In-person | Amber Stratman, Ph.D. | Washington University School of Medicine | Rachel Arey |
Oct. 26 | 11 a.m. CDT | In-person | Thorold Theunissen, Ph.D. | Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis | Jason Mills |
Nov. 2 | 11 a.m. CDT | In-person | Myles Brown, M.D. | Harvard Medical School | Bert O'Malley |
Nov. 9 | 11 a.m. CST | In-person | Carmen Marsit, Ph.D. | Emory University | Cheryl Walker |
Nov. 16 | 11 a.m. CST | Zoom | Mayssa Mokalled, Ph.D. | Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis | Margot Williams |
Nov. 23 | No Seminar - Thanksgiving | ||||
Nov. 30 | 11 a.m. CST | ODGL In-person, Cullen | Tom Rapoport, Ph.D. | Harvard Medical School | Pengxiang Huang |
Dec. 7 | 11 a.m. CST | Zoom, N315 | Jane Skok, Ph.D. | New York University School of Medicine | Kyle Eagen |
Dec. 14 | 11 a.m. CST | Zoom, N315 | Kourosh Zarringhalam, Ph.D. | University of Massachusetts Boston | Gloria Echeverria |
Dec. 21 | No Seminar - Winter Break | ||||
Dec. 28 | No Seminar - Winter Break |
Previous Seminar Series
Spring 2022
Date (Wednesday) | Speaker | Institution | Houston | Speaker Time | MCB Host |
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Jan. 12 | Donna Martin, M.D., Ph.D. (Co-Sponsor w/CPEH) | University of Michigan | 11 a.m. CDT | 12 p.m. EDT | Courtney Hodges |
Jan. 19 | Manu O. Platt, Ph.D. | Georgia Tech | 11 a.m. CDT | 12 p.m. EDT | TBD |
Thursday Jan. 27 | Christopher Vakoc, M.D., Ph.D. | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | 11 a.m. CDT | 12 p.m. EDT | Margaret Goodell |
Feb. 2 | NO SEMINAR | ||||
Feb. 9 | Amander Clark, Ph.D. | University of California, Los Angeles | 11 a.m. CST | 9 a.m. PST | Bruno Di Stefano |
Feb. 16 | Jason McLellan, Ph.D. | The University of Texas at Austin | 11 a.m. CST | 11 a.m. CST | Margaret Goodell |
Tuesday Feb. 22 | Craig Cameron, Ph.D. (Co-Sponsor w/MVM & IMSB) | University of North Carolina, School of Medicine | 11 a.m. CST | 12 p.m. EST | Margaret Goodell |
Feb. 23 | Cole Trapnell, Ph.D. (virtual) | University of Washington | 11 a.m. CST | 9 a.m. PST | Cristian Coarfa |
March 2 | Christopher Glass, M.D., Ph.D. | University of California, San Diego | 11 a.m. CST | 9 a.m. PST | Bert O'Malley |
March 9 | Malu Tansey, Ph.D. | University of Florida | 11 a.m. CDT | 12 p.m. EDT | Rachel Arey |
March 16 | Judy Lieberman, M.D., Ph.D. | Harvard | 11 a.m. CDT | 12 p.m. EDT | Xi Chen |
March 23 | Donita Brady, Ph.D. | University of Pennsylvania | 11 a.m. CDT | 12 p.m. EDT | Xi Chen |
March 30 | Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, Ph.D. | California Institute of Technology | 11 a.m. CDT | 9 a.m. PDT | Margaret Goodell |
April 6 | Samantha Morris, Ph.D. | Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis | 11 a.m. CDT | 11 a.m. CDT | Margot Williams |
April 13 | Cherie Butts, Ph.D. | Biogen, Cambridge, MA | 11 a.m. CDT | 12 p.m. EDT | Margaret Goodell |
April 20 | Aviv Regev, Ph.D. (virtual) | MIT, Department of Biology | 11 a.m. CDT | 12 p.m. EDT | Xi Chen |
April 27 | Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D. | Baylor College of Medicine | 11 a.m. CDT | 11 a.m. CDT | Margaret Goodell |
May 4 | Yejing Ge, Ph.D. (local) | MD Anderson Cancer Center | 11 a.m. CDT | 11 a.m. CDT | Ron Parchem |
May 11 | Jing Yang, Ph.D. | University of California, San Diego | 11 a.m. CDT | 9 a.m. PDT | Yi Li |
May 18 | Donald McDonnell, Ph.D. | Duke University | 11 a.m. CDT | 12 p.m. EDT | Bert O'Malley |
May 25 | Danwei Huangfu, Ph.D. | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | 11 a.m. CDT | 12 p.m. EDT | Ron Parchem |
Fall 2021
Date | Speaker | Institution | Time Houston (CST) | Speaker Local Time | Host |
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Sept. 8 | Feng Shao, Ph.D. | National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China | 9 a.m. | 10 a.m. | Xi Chen |
Sept. 15 | Alissa Armstrong, Ph.D. | University of South Carolina | 11 a.m. | 12 p.m. | Dan Gorelick |
Sept. 22 | Kate McDole, Ph.D. | MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology | 11 a.m. | 5 p.m. | Margot Williams |
Sept. 29 | Christie Towers, Ph.D. | Salk Institute for Biological Studies | 11 a.m. | 9 p.m. | Dan Gorelick |
Oct. 6 | Inigo Martincorena, Ph.D. | Wellcome Trust Cancer Research Institute UK | 11 a.m. | 5 p.m. | Margaret Goodell |
Oct. 13 | Carsten Janke, Ph.D. | Institut Curie, Paris, France | 10 a.m. | 5 p.m. | Ruhee Dere |
Oct. 20 | Bin-Zhi Qian, Ph.D. | University of Edinburgh, Scotland | 11 a.m. | 5 p.m. | Xiang (Shawn) Zhang |
Oct. 27 | Johan Auwerx, M.D., Ph.D. | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland | 10 a.m. | 5 p.m. | Rachel Arey |
Nov. 3 | Neelanjan Mukherjee, Ph.D. | University of Colorado Anshutz School of Medicine | 11 a.m. | 10 a.m. | Dan Gorelick |
Nov. 10 | Jonathan Weissman, Ph.D. | MIT, Department of Biology | 11 a.m. | 12 p.m. | Jeff Rosen |
Nov. 17 | Avery August, Ph.D. | Cornell University | 11 a.m. | 12 p.m. | Stacy Lloyd |
Nov. 24 | NO SEMINAR - THANKSGIVING | ||||
Dec. 1 | Patrick Stover, Ph.D. | Texas A&M University | 11 a.m. | 11 a.m. | Richard Finnell |
Dec. 8 | Yubin Zhou, M.D., Ph.D. | Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University | 11 a.m. | 11 a.m. | Margaret Goodell |
Dec. 15 | Crystal Rogers, Ph.D. | University of California, Davis | 11 a.m. | 9 a.m. | Dan Gorelick |
Spring 2021
Date | Speaker | Institution | Time Houston (CST) | Speaker Local Time | Host |
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Jan. 6 | No Seminar | - | - | - | |
Jan. 13 | Chi Van Dang | Wistar University | 4 p.m. | 5 p.m. | Cliff Dacso |
Jan. 20 | Camila Dos Santos | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | 4 p.m. | 5 p.m. | Xiang "Shawn" Zhang |
Jan. 27 | Cassandra Extavour | Harvard | 4 p.m. | 5 p.m. | Ron Parchem |
Feb. 3 | Eva Nogales | UC Berkeley | 4 p.m. | 2 p.m. | Peggy Goodell |
Feb. 10 | Lori Sussel | University of Colorado-Denver | 4 p.m. | 3 p.m. | Sean Hartig |
Feb. 17 | Ralph DeBerardinis | University of Texas South West | 4 p.m. | 4 p.m. | Peggy Goodell |
Feb. 24 | Linda Hendershot | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | 4 p.m. | 4 p.m. | Xi Chen |
March 3 | Celeste Simon | University of Pennsylvania | 4 p.m. | 5 p.m. | Xi Chen |
March 10 | Russell Vance | UC Berkeley | 4 p.m. | 2 p.m. | Jason Lee |
March 17 | Trista North | Harvard | 4 p.m. | 5 p.m. | Dan Gorelick |
March 24 | Mike Kastan | Duke University | 4 p.m. | 5 p.m. | Bert O'Malley |
March 31 | Francisco Quintana | Brigham and Women's Hospital | 4 p.m. | 5 p.m. | Dan Gorelick |
April 7 | Brad Cairns | University of Utah | 11 a.m. | 10 a.m. | Anil Panigrahi |
April 14 | Sandra Murray - PENDING | University of Pittsburgh | Stacy Lloyd | ||
April 21 | Or Gozani | Stanford University | 4 p.m. | 2 p.m. | Cheryl Walker |
April 28 | Cigall Kadoch | Dana-Farber | 4 p.m. | 5 p.m. | Peggy Goodell |
May 5 | Neil Hanchard | BCM Molecular & Human Genetics | 4 p.m. | 4 p.m. | Goodell or Gorelick |
May 12 | Peter Tontonoz | UCLA | 4 p.m. | 2 p.m. | David Lonard |
May 19 | Celeste Simon | UPenn | 11 a.m. | Xi Chen | |
May 26 | Ralph DeBerardinis | UTSW Medical Center | 11 a.m. | Peggy Goodell |