2026-27 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"
Sena Cinar (student)
"Mission Inflatable: Mast cell gatekeepers of the brain"
Coaches: Ari Molofsky, MD, PhD and Tom Arnold, MD
Moderators: Venus Hagan & Katie Herm
Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay
September 17, 2026
Sara Suliman, PhD (faculty)
"The Airway Immune Balance Between Tuberculosis Protection and Progression"
Ana Coutlakis (student)
"Inside the Mind of an Escape Artist: Using Escape Pathways to Guide HIV-1 bNAb Combination Therapy"
Coaches: Rachel Rutishauser, MD, PhD and Nadia Roan, PhD
Moderators: Gilbert Herrera & Adam Kazerounian
Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay
October 1, 2026
Charles Crain (student)
"LEF’t in TCF1’s shadow: LEF1 defines a T stem cell population in chronic antigen settings"
Coaches: Rachel Rutishauser, MD, PhD and Simone Minnie, PhD
Moderators: Jenny Liu & Chang Liu
Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay
October 8, 2026
Zachary Steinhart, PhD (faculty)
"Turning back the clock for cancer immunotherapy with CRISPR"
"Controlling Fate: How BACH2 Tunes CAR T-Cell Memory, Effector Function, and Persistence"
Chang, TC., Heard, A., Lattin, J. et al. BACH2 regulates T cell lineage state to enhance CAR T cell function. Nat Immunol 27, 413–424 (2026).
Coaches: Greg Allen, PhD and Zachary Steinhart, PhD
Moderators: Annika Mittelhauser & Barbara Perez Escareno
Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay
October 15, 2026
Gabriel Loeb, MD, PhD (faculty)
"Stress: What is it good for?"
Adam Fillion (student)
"Arc-hitect of Spread: How a Viral-Like Protein Packages Tau for Its Journey Between Neurons”
Coaches: Greg Allen, PhD and Magnus Hoffmann, PhD
Moderators: Leighton Pu & Claire Rammel
Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay
October 22, 2026
Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD (faculty)
TBD
Venus Hagan (student)
"Aberrant excitatory neuronal ERBB4 promotes Alzheimer's Disease Pathology"
Lee, S.Y., Park, E., Lee, HE. et al. Aberrant excitatory neuronal ERBB4 promotes Alzheimer’s disease pathology. Nature (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10964-z
Coaches: Biswa Ramani, MD, PhD and Sarah Kaufman, MD, PhD
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: HSW-301
January 14, 2027
Barbara Perez Escareno (student)
Leighton Pu (student)
Moderators: Adam Fillion & Romina Abbasian
Location: HSW-301
January 21, 2027
Claire Rammel (student)
Jack Reid (student)
Moderators: Kyra Boorsma Bergerud & Allyssa Bradley
Location: HSW-301
January 28, 2027
Mina Takegami (student)
Hana Takei (student)
Moderators: Serena Chang and Kade Copple
Location: HSW-301
February 12, 2027
Zimo Zhang (student)
Romina Abbasian (student)
Moderators: Alex Pennacchio & Isra Raza
Location: HSW-301
February 18, 2027
Kyra Boorsma Bergerud (student)
Allyssa Bradley (student)
Moderators: Elijah Khalil Rosales & Faith St. Amant
Location: HSW-301
February 25, 2027
Serena Chang (student)
Kade Copple (student)
Moderators: Matthew Tate & Abigail Tramell
Location: HSW-301
March 4, 2027
Philip Dierks (student)
Nicole Flores Hernandez (student)
Moderators: Carinna Tran & Tim Wu
Location: HSW-301
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
April 22, 2027
Alex Pennacchio (student)
Isra Raza (student)
Moderators: Jessica Keane & Ali Veinbach
Location: TBD
April 15, 2027
Elijah Khalil Rosales (student)
Faith St. Amant (student)
Moderators: Jackson Larlee & Daniel Zhang
Location: TBD
May 6, 2027
Matthew Tate (student)
Abigail Tramell (student)
Moderators: Alicia Meshulam
Location: TBD
May 13, 2027
Carinna Tran (student)
Tim Wu (student)
Moderators: Lorraine Nuniz
Location: TBD