Seminars 2024-2025
BMB Seminars take place most Thursdays in the Basic Sciences Auditorium 2.212 at 4pm.
Please note: NO Seminar on Oct. 3, Nov. 28, Dec. 26, and March 20.
New events and details are added often, check back for the latest list of seminars.
Exploring the Omics Ocean: Turning Data Tides into Scientific Discoveries
by George Golovko, PhD. Assistant Professor, UTMB
Kelly T. Hughes, PhD presents "The effect of tRNA structure and codon context on translation efficiency and fidelity"
by Kelly T. Hughes, PhD. Professor, University of Utah
Kathleen H. Burns, MD, PhD presents "A Retrotransposon in Cancer: The Marker and the Mutator"
by Kathleen H. Burns, MD, PhD
Grzegorz Ira, PhD presents "Unexpected links between mitochondria and nuclear genome stability"
by Grzegorz Ira, PhD. Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
Yann Robert Chemla, PhD presents "Single-molecule measurements of switch-like regulation in DNA processing machines"
by Speaker: Yann Robert Chemla, PhD
Marc-Jan Gubbels, PhD presents "Machinery and machination of Toxoplasma gondii cell division"
by Marc-Jan Gubbels, PhD
Michael Sheetz, PhD presents "Reversal of Aging by Low Frequency Ultrasound through YAP1"
Speaker: Michael Sheetz, PhD Professor Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Igor Jouline, PhD presents "PAS and Cache: homologous small molecule binding sensors conserved from bacteria to humans"
by Igor Jouline, PhD, Professor of Microbiology at The Ohio State University.
Jochen Reiser, MD, PhD presents "The path is the goal: Physician-science and a potential new drug for kidney disease"
Speaker: Jochen Reiser, MD, PhD President Professor, Internal Medicine UTMB
Adam Rosenthal, PhD presents "Early lessons from single cell RNA seq of bacterial pathogens"
by Adam Rosenthal, PhD Assistant Professor University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Junji Iwahara, PhD presents "HMGB1: a DNA-binding protein as a danger signal in extracellular space"
by Junji Iwahara PhD, Professor Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Sealy Center for Structural Biology & Molecular Biophysics
Laura Knoll, PhD presents "Modeling intestinal eukaryotic microbes in mice and microfluidic systems"
by Laura Knoll, PhD. Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Brian Beliveau, PhD presents "Technologies for investigating chromatin structure in situ"
by Brian Beliveau, PhD, Assistant Professor of Genome Sciences from University of Washington
Venigalla B. Rao, PhD presents "Bacteriophage T4: an extraordinary model for deep learning of biological mechanisms and designing of future biomedicines"
by Venigalla B. Rao, PhD, Professor, The Catholic University of American, Washington, D.C.
Stephanie Cologna, PhD presents "Mass spectrometry enabled proteomics and lipidomics reveal distinct biomarker signatures in Niemann-Pick Type C Disease"
by Stephanie Cologna, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Chicago
Charles Danko, PhD presents "Transcription as a lens for interpreting genome sequence"
by Charles Danko, PhD - Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine Associate Professor, Baker Institute for Animal Health Host: Dr. Michelle Ward
Lukasz Jaremko, PhD - faculty candidate - presents “Harnessing structural dynamics for next-gen chemical biology and drug discovery”
by Lukasz Jaremko, PhD, Associate Professor, Bioscience and Bioengineering, King Abdulla University of Science and Technology Host: Dr. Sanja Sever
Wenshe Ray Liu, PhD presents "Phage-Encoded Noncanonical Amino Acids for Epigenetic Drug Discovery”
Speaker: Wenshe Ray Liu, PhD Texas A&M University Director, Texas A&M Drug Discovery Center Professor in Chemistry, Translational Medical Sciences, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Cell Biology & Genetics, and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Jordan Rowley, PhD presents "3D genome refolding in response to cellular cues"
by Jordan Rowley, PhD - University of Nebraska Medical Center
Barry Honig, PhD presents "Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Precise Wiring of Neural Networks"
Speaker. Barry Honig, PhD Professor Columbia University Medical enter Host: Dr. Monte Pettitt
James Noonan PhD presents "Discovering the genetic drivers of uniquely human traits"
Speaker: James Noonan, PhD Albert E. Kent Professor of Neuroscience Yale School of Medicine Host:
Jeffrey Brodsky, PhD presents "The Role of Protein Quality Control and ER Associated Degradation (ERAD) in Disease"
Speaker: Jeffrey Brodsky, PhD Avinoff Professor and Chair of Biological Sciences University of Pittsburgh Host: Parimal Samir, PhD
Antonio Bianco, MD, PhD presents “Localized T3 production and the Epigenome of the Adult Mouse Liver.”
Speaker: Antonio Bianco, MD, PhD Interim Senior Vice President and Dean, John Sealy School of Medicine Chief Research Officer Host: Sanja Sever, PhD
Andrew Fire, PhD presents "Opportunistic RNAs and Acquisitive Genomes"
Speaker: Andrew Fire, PhD Professor, Pathology and Genetics Stanford University School of Medicine Host: Dr. Whitney Yin
Yuhui Whitney Yin, PhD presents "TBD"
Speaker: Yuhui Whitney Yin, PhD Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UTMB Host: Guy Nir, PhD
Seminars by Academic Year
Seminar Contacts
Chair
Dr. Guy Nir
Phone: (409) 772-3575
Email: niguy@utmb.edu
Coordinator
Colleen C. Casey
Phone: (409) 772-8071
Email: cccasey@utmb.edu