Erik Herzog, PhD
, 4:00-5:00
October 28, 2026Erik Herzog, PhDViktor Hamburger Distinguished Professor of Arts and SciencesWashington University in St. Louis"Maternal-fetal communication: Circadian clocks in gestation"Host: Louis Ptacek, PhDLocation: Virtual Over Zoom Katie Herm & Gilbert Herrera
, 11:30-12:30
October 29, 2026Katie Herm (student)"Ghosts of Glucose Past: Maternal Hyperglycemia Epigenetically Remodels Offspring Pancreas"Hong Zhu et al.,Epigenetically regulated pancreatic GABA-somatostatin signaling underlies gestational diabetes–induced glucose intolerance in offspring.Sci. Transl. Med.18,eadx8909(2026).DOI:10.1126/scitranslmed.adx8909 Coaches: Adrian Erlebacher, PhD and Greg Ku, MD, PhDGilbert Herrera (student)Adam Kazerounian & Jenny Liu
, 11:30-12:30
November 5, 2026Adam Kazerounian (student)"Haunted by Introgression: Ghosts in the Modern Human Genome"Yulin Zhang et al., Recovering signatures of archaic hominin introgression using ancestral recombination graphs. Science393,eaef8874(2026). DOI:10.1126/science.aef8874Coaches: Tony Capra, PhD and Nadav Ahituv, PhDJenny Liu (student)GEMS Seminar - Licia Selleri, MD, PhD and Jason Pomerantz, MD
, 4:00-5:00
GEMSNovember 6, 2026*exceptionally on FridayLicia Selleri, MD, PhD and Jason Pomerantz, MDTopic: Human Congenital DiseaseLocation: In Person in HSW-301No Seminar
Sam McBrayer, PhD
, 4:00-5:00
November 18, 2026Sam McBrayer, PhDAssistant Professor, Children's Research InstituteUT Southwestern Medical Center"Metabolite signaling in development and disease"Host: Joe Costello, PhDLocation: In Person in HSW-301No Seminar
GEMS Seminar - Tippi MacKenzie, MD and Billie Lianoglou, MS
, 4:00-5:00
GEMS December 2, 2026Tippi MacKenzie, MD and Billie Lianoglou, MSTopic: In utero surgeryLocation: In Person in HSW-301