BMS Journal Club

2025-26 Journal Club Schedule

Journal Club Co-Directors: Elizabeth Crouch, MD, PhD and Julia Carnevale, MD
Day/Time: Thursdays, 11:30 a.m - 12:30 p.m. except as noted
Location: In person on the Parnassus campus, with a livestream/Zoom option to Mission Bay as well. The Zoom link will be sent out with the email reminder sent to the BMS listservs or can be accessed here: Zoom Link


Please contact Meredith Miner if you are not already on one of our listservs.
Links to previous livestreams and recorded video are in the sidebar.

See the BMS Journal Club Archives in the right sidebar for past journal club descriptions and recordings.


September 10, 2026 

Maya Graham, MD, PhD (faculty)
"Unraveling malignant cell states in glioma progression"

Johnson, K.C., Spitzer, A., Varn, F.S. et al. Acquired genetic and cell-state changes in IDH-mutant glioma progression. Nature 655, 1048–1059 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10612-6


Sena Cinar (student)

Moderators: Venus Hagan & Katie Herm

Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay


September 17, 2026

Sara Suliman, PhD (faculty)

TBD

Branchett, W.J., Kim, JW., Shields, J. et al. Airway immune signatures of protection and disease progression in recent human tuberculosis household contacts. Nat Immunol (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-026-02544-0


Ana Coutlakis (student)

Moderators: Gilbert Herrera & Adam Kazerounian

Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay


October 1, 2026

Jeremy Reiter, MD, PhD (faculty)

Charles Crain (student)

Moderators: Jenny Liu & Chang Liu

Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay


October 8, 2026

Zachary Steinhart, PhD (faculty)

Jalen Evans (student)

Moderators: Annika Mittelhauser & Barbara Perez Escareno

Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay


October 15, 2026

Gabriel Loeb, MD, PhD (faculty)

Adam Fillion (student)

Moderators: Leighton Pu & Claire Rammel

Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay


October 22, 2026

Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD (faculty)

Venus Hagan (student)

Moderators: Jack Reid & Mina Takegami

Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay


October 29, 2026

Katie Herm (student)

Gilbert Herrera (student)

Moderators: Hana Takei & Zimo Zhang

Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay


November 5, 2026

Adam Kazerounian (student)

Jenny Liu (student)

Moderators: Sena Cinar & Ana Coutlakis

Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay


January 7, 2027

Chang Liu (student)

Annika Mittelhauser (student)

Moderators: Charles Crain & Jalen Evans

Location: TBD


January 14, 2027 

Barbara Perez Escareno (student)

Leighton Pu (student)

Moderators: Adam Fillion & Romina Abbasian

Location: TBD


January 21, 2027

Claire Rammel (student) 

Jack Reid (student)

Moderators: Kyra Boorsma Bergerud & Allyssa Bradley

Location: TBD


January 28, 2027

Mina Takegami (student)

Hana Takei (student)

Moderators: Serena Chang and Kade Copple

Location: TBD


February 12, 2027

Zimo Zhang (student)

Romina Abbasian (student)

Moderators: Alex Pennacchio & Isra Raza

Location: TBD


February 18, 2027

Kyra Boorsma Bergerud (student)

Allyssa Bradley (student)

Moderators: Elijah Khalil Rosales & Faith St. Amant 

Location: TBD


February 25, 2027

Serena Chang (student)

Kade Copple (student) 

Moderators: Matthew Tate & Abigail Tramell 

Location: TBD


March 4, 2027

Philip Dierks (student)

Nicole Flores Hernandez (student)

Moderators: Carinna Tran & Tim Wu

Location: TBD


April 1, 2027

Anna Ju (student)

Mahak Kathpalia (student)

Moderators: Philip Dierks & Nicole Flores Hernandez

Location: TBD


April 8, 2027

Jessica Keane (student)

Jackson Lariee (student)

Moderators: Anna Ju & Melissa Bu

Location: TBD


April 15, 2027

Alicia Meshulam (student)

Lorraine Nuniz (student)

Moderators: Mahak Kathpalia & Anjeli Mase

Location: TBD