Johan Paulsson, PhD
, 4:00-5:00
October 14, 2026Johan Paulsson, PhDSolomon Professor of Biophysics and Systems BiologyHarvard Medical School"Quantitative approaches to single cell dynamics with applications to bacteria and sepsis"Host: Babak Javid, PhDLocation: In Person in HSW-301*This seminar will not be recordedGabriel Loeb, MD, PhD & Adam Fillion
, 11:30-12:30
October 15, 2026Gabriel Loeb, MD, PhD (faculty)"Stress: What is it good for?"Jiang Q, et al. ZFP36L2 orchestrates stress-adaptive plasticity in regeneration and cancer. Nature. 2026 Aug 5. doi: 10.1038/s41586-026-10890-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42557330.Adam Fillion (student)"Arc-hitect of Spread: How a Viral-Like Protein Packages Tau for Its Journey Between Neurons”GEMS Seminar
, 4:00-5:00
GEMSOctober 21, 2026Topic: ALSHost: TBALocation: In Person in HSW-301Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD & Venus Hagan
, 11:30-12:30
October 22, 2026Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD (faculty)TBDVenus 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 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)Jenny Liu (student)Moderators: Sena Cinar & Ana CoutlakisLocation: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission BayGEMS Seminar
, 4:00-5:00
GEMSNovember 6, 2026*exceptionally on FridayTopic: TBAHost: TBALocation: 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-301