The weekly Seminars in Biomedical Sciences attract renowned faculty from all over the world to present cutting-edge research related to human health and disease. The seminars are open to the entire community.
Supported in part by the Cancer Cell Map Initiative.
Day/Time: Wednesdays, 4:00 p.m.
The seminars will be held by one of the following:
Zoom only: Zoom streaming links will be sent out on weekly announcements to those on the BMS listservs. Please review our Zoom etiquette guidelines before joining the meeting. You will be able to ask questions of the presenters via Zoom. Please contact Meredith Miner if you are not already on one of our listservs.
In person: Speaker and audience at Parnassus Campus.
Some (but not all) presentations may be recorded. Links to the live stream and recorded video will be available in the sidebar at the start of each quarter.
2024-25 Seminar Schedule
October 2, 2024
A genomic toolkit for sensing cellular states in neural crest developmentMarcos Simoes-Costa, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Systems Biology
Harvard Medical School
Host: Erica Hutchins, PhD
In-person in room HSW-302
October 9, 2024
No Seminar
October 16, 2024
"Expanding the cytokine alphabet for immunotherapy"
Christopher Garcia, PhD
Stanford University
Host: Jeroen Roose, PhD
In-person in room HSW-302
October 23, 2024
Special Talk in Biology of Human Disease
Sara Suliman, PhD, MPH
UCSF
Topic: Tuberculosis
In-person in room HSW-302
October 30, 2024
Vishwa Deep Dixit, DVM, PhD
Yale University
Host: Tien Peng, MD
Seminar canceled
November 6, 2024
"Structure-Function and Evolutionary Relationships of Alphavirus Entry Receptors"
Michael Diamond, MD, PhD
Washington University - St. Louis
Host: Joel Ernst, MD
Seminar canceled
November 13, 2024
Special Talk in Biology of Human Disease
Raymond Swanson
UCSF
Topic: Ischemic Stroke
In-person in room HSW-302
November 20, 2024
No Seminar
December 4, 2024
No Seminar
December 11, 2024
Special Talk in Biology of Human Disease
Ezequiel Goldschmidt, MD, PhD
UCSF
Topic: Neurosurgery
In-person in room HSW-302
January 15, 2025
No Seminar
January 22, 2025
Special Talk in Biology of Human Disease
Carolyn Sangokoya, MD, PhD
UCSF
Topic: Growing Up With Obesity
In-person in room HSW-302
Seminar canceled
January 29, 2025
"Adaptive control of innate immunity"Taia Wang, MD, PhD, MSCl
Stanford University
Host: Maggie Feeney, MD
In-person in room HSW-302
This seminar will not be recorded
February 5, 2025
No Seminar
February 11, 2025
*This seminar will be exceptionally held on Tuesday*
"RNA-Targeted Therapies for Neurodegenerative Diseases"
Timothy Miller, MD, PhD
Washington University - St. Louis
Host: Aimee Kao, MD, PhD
In-person in room HSW-302
This seminar will not be recorded
February 19, 2025
Special Talk in Biology of Human Disease
Robert Lustig, MD
UCSF
Topic: Growing Up With Obesity
In-person in room HSW-302
February 26, 2025
Kathrin Plath, PhD
UCLA
Host: Elphege Nora, PhD
In-person in room HSW-302
This seminar will not be recorded
March 5, 2025
No Seminar
March 12, 2025
"LINCing the nucleus to endothelial cell function in blood vessels"
Victoria Bautch, PhD
University of North Carolina
Host: Matt Kutys, PhD
In-person in room HSW-302
This seminar will not be recorded
March 19, 2025
Special Talk in Biology of Human Disease
Speaker: Sam Pleasure, MD, PhD & Michael Wilson, MD
Institution: UCSF
Topic: Autoimmune Encephalitis
In-person in room HSW-302
April 2, 2025
"Scaling up Genome writing in yeast and other creatures"
Jef Boeke, PhD
NYU Langone Health
Host: Elphege Nora, PhD
In-person in room HSW-302
April 9, 2025
No Seminar
April 16, 2025
Evan Macosko, MD, PhD
Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, MGH
Host: Daniel Mordes, MD, PhD
In-person in room HSW-302
April 23, 2025
Erika Holzbaur, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Host: Daniel Mordes, PhD
In-person in room HSW-302
Seminar canceled
April 30, 2025
Peter Zandstra, PhD, FEng, FRSC, CM
University of British Columbia
Host: Julie Sneddon, PhD
In-person in room HSW-302
Seminar canceled
May 7, 2025
Charles Sawyers, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Host: Joel Ernst, MD
Virtual Seminar:
https://ucsf.zoom.us/j/93601408852?pwd=0lbku19EDUsoF1qLdkCdsGdVqJSIpk.1
Meeting ID: 936 0140 8852
Password: 445682
May 14, 2025
Kristen Brennand, PhD
Yale University
Host: Nadav Ahituv, PhD
In-person in room HSW-302
May 21, 2025
Kimberly Stegmaier, MD
Harvard University
Host: William Weiss, MD, PhD
In-person in room HSW-302
May 28, 2025
Marion Pepper, PhD
University of Washington
Host: Mark Ansel, PhD
In-person in room HSW-302