2025-26 Seminar Schedule
No Seminar
Erika Holzbaur, Ph.D
Professor
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Host: Rushika Perera, Ph.D
In person in room HSW-301
Special Talk in Sickle Cell Disease - GEMS
Ward Hagar, MD
UCSF
Topic: Sickle Cell Disease
In-person in room HSW-301
"Mechanisms of cellular plasticity"
Itai Yanai, Ph.D
Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Host: Andrei Goga, MD, Ph.D
In person in room HSW-301
Mike Diamond, MD, Ph.D
Herbert S. Gasser Professor
Departments of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology, Pathology & Immunology
Washington University - St. Louis
Host: Joel Ernst, Ph.D
In person in room HSW-301
Special Talk in Transplant Rejection - GEMS
Jay Gardner, MD, PhD
UCSF
Topic: Transplant Rejection
In person in room HWS-301
Vishwa Deep Dixit, DVM, Ph.D
Professor
Department of Pathology
Yale School of Medicine
Host: Tien Peng, MD
In person in room HSW-301
canceled
Thanksgiving holiday
Special Talk in Lung Cancer & Synthetic Biology - GEMS
Greg Allen, MD, PhD
UCSF
Topic: Lung Cancer & Synthetic Biology
In-person in room HSW-301
No Seminar
No Seminar
No Seminar
Special Talk on Liver Disease - GEMS
Jennifer Chen, MD
UCSF School of Medicine
Carolyn Sangokoya, MD, Ph.D
UCSF School of Medicine
Topic: MASH in the age of GLP-1 and Targeting Fibrosis
In-person in Cole Hall
“Engineering human immune system development”
Peter Zandstra, Ph.D, FEng, FRSC, CM
Professor
School of Biomedical Engineering
University of British Columbia
Host: Julie Sneddon, Ph.D
Location: Virtual only
No Seminar on Wednesday February 4th, 2026
No Seminar
Special Talk in Autoimmunity & Transplantation - GEMS
Qizhi Tang, PhD
UCSF
Topic: Autoimmunity & Transplantation
In-person in Cole Hall
"BioSocial Futures: Toward a Community Ecology of Health"
UCLA
Host: Aimee Kao, MD, PhD
Trefethen Family 'Visiting' Professorship
co-hosted by the UCSF Medical Scientist Training Program
Location HSW-301
No Seminar
Special Talk in HIV & Immunology - GEMS
Rachel Rutishauser, MD, PhD
UCSF
Topic: HIV & Immunology
In-person in Cole Hall
No Seminar
Barak Cohen, B.A
Professor
Department of Genetics
Washington University - St. Louis
Host: Nadav Ahituv, Ph.D
Location HSW-301
No Seminar
Bradley Bernstein, MD, Ph.D
Professor
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Harvard School of Medicine
Host: Elphege Nora, Ph.D
Location: HSW-301
Joseph Bass, MD, Ph.D
Professor
Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine
Northwestern University School of Medicine
Host: Dan Levine, Ph.D
Location: HSW-301
Kara Marshall, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine
Host: Elizabeth Crouch, MD, Ph.D
Location HSW-301
Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis, Ph.D
Professor
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Host: Erica Hutchins, Ph.D
*canceled
Bob Farese, MD
Member, Cell Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Alfred P. Sloan Chair in Cell Biology
Professor, Gerstner Sloan-Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Professor, Molecular Biology, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Host: Peter Turnbaugh, Ph.D
Location HSW-300
Sean Morrison, Ph.D
Director, Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern
Professor, Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern | Pediatrics
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Host: Louis Ptacek, MD
Location HSW-301
No Seminar