Events

Kara Marshall, Ph.D

, 4:00-5:00
Kara Marshall, Ph.DAssistant ProfessorDepartment of NeuroscienceBaylor College of MedicineHost: Elizabeth Crouch, MD, Ph.DLocation HSW-301

Barbara Perez & Annika Mittelhauser

, 11:30-12:30
Barbara Perez (student)"The Targets Were There All Along: Ultra Sensitive Receptors Unlock a New Class of Solid Tumor Targets"

Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis, Ph.D

, 4:00-5:00
Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis, Ph.DProfessorDepartment of Cell and Developmental BiologyMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterHost: Erica Hutchins, Ph.D*canceled

Leighton Pu & Claire Rammel

, 11:30-12:30
Leighton Pu (student)"Just relax: how unwinding reduces metastatic potential"Bai, Y., et al (2026). Epigenetic regulation of chromosomal instability by EZH2 methyltransferase. Cancer Discovery, 16(1), 135–154. https://doi.org/10.1158/2159-8290.CD-25-0947Coaches: Jonathan Chou, PhD and Joe Costello, PhDClaire Rammel (student)"Anti-Viral, Pro-Injury, The MAVS Paradox in Ischemic Heart Disease"

Bob Farese, MD

, 4:00-5:00
Bob Farese, MDProfessorDepartment of Cell BiologyMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterHost: Peter Turnbaugh, Ph.DLocation HSW-300

Alessandra Veinbachs & Jack Reid

, 11:30-12:30
Alessandra Veinbachs (student)"Phone-a-(long distance) friend: Lesion-remote astrocytes support microglial white matter repair"McCallum, S., Suresh, K.B., Islam, T.S. et al. Lesion-remote astrocytes govern microglia-mediated white matter repair. Nature 649, 959–970 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09887-yCoaches: Ari Molofsky, MD, PhD and Anna Molofsky, MD, PhDJack Reid (student)"Some of This, Some of That: Fine-tuned Control of Cell Fates"

Sean Morrison, Ph.D

, 4:00-5:00
Sean Morrison, Ph.DProfessorChildren's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern | PediatricsUT Southwestern Medical CenterHost: Louis Ptacek, MDLocation HSW-301

Hana Takei & Mina Takegami

, 11:30-12:30
Hana Takei (student)TBDLiu, X., Huang, R., Ku, Z., Xie, J., Chen, H., et al. (2026). Claudins interact with LILRB immune inhibitory receptors to promote myeloid immunosuppression in cancer. Science Immunology. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciimmunol.adt7832Coaches: Oscar Aguilar, PhD and Jonathan Chou, MD, PhDMina Takegami (student)TBDModerators: Charles Crain & Zimo Zhang

No Seminar

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No Seminar

No JC

, 11:30-12:30