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.
2026-27 Seminar Schedule
No seminar on October 7, 2026
October 14, 2026
Johan Paulsson, PhD
Professor of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School
Topic: Virology & Microbial Pathogenesis
Host: Babak Javid, PhD
Location: In Person in HSW-301
GEMS
October 21, 2026
Topic: TBA
Host: TBA
Location: In Person in HSW-301
October 28, 2026
Erik Hezog, PhD
Professor of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis
Topic: Neuobiology
Host: Louis Ptacek, PhD
Location: In Person in HSW-301
GEMS
November 4, 2026
Topic: TBA
Host: TBA
Location: In Person in HSW-301
No Seminar on November 11, 2026
November 18, 2026
Sam McBrayer, PhD
Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern
Topic: Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Host: Joe Costello, PhD
Location: In Person in HSW-301
No Seminar on November 25, 2026
GEMS
December 2, 2026
Topic: TBA
Host: TBA
Location: In Person in HSW-301
No Seminar on December 9, 2026
No Seminar on January 6, 2027
January 20, 2027
GEMS Seminar
Topic: TBA
Host: TBA
Location: In Person in HSW-301
January 27, 2027
Jason Stein, PhD
Associate Professor, UNC Chapel Hill
Topic: Human Genetics
Host: Lauren Weiss, PhD
Location: In Person in HSW-301
No Seminar on February 3, 2027
February 10, 2027
Ondine Cleaver, PhD
Professor, UT Southwestern
Topic: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Host: Julie Sneddon, PhD
Location: In Person in HSW-301
February 17, 2027
GEMS Seminar
Topic: TBA
Host: TBA
Location: In Person in HSW-301
February 24, 2027
Russ Altman, MD, PhD
Professor, Stanford University
Topic: Bioengineering, Genetics, Medicine, Biomedical Data Science
Host: MSTP/Aimee Kao, MD, PhD
Location: In Person in HSW-301
No Seminar on March 3, 2027
March 10, 2027
GEMS Seminar
Topic: TBA
Host: TBA
Location: In Person in HSW-301
No Seminar on March 17, 2027
March 31, 2027
Mia Huang, PhD
Professor, Scripps Research
Topic: Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Host: Jay Debnath
Location: In Person in HSW-301
Special Seminar: BMS x Immuno-X Seminar
April 14, 2027
Shruti Naik, PhD
Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
Topic: Immunology
Host: Mark Ansel, PhD
Location: In Person in HSW-301
No Seminar on April 21, 2027
April 28, 2027
Shawn Xiang Zhang, PhD
Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
Topic: Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Host: Andrei Goga, PhD
Location: In Person in HSW-301
No Seminar on May 5, 2027
May 12, 2027
Amander Clark, PhD
Professor, UCLA
Topic: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
Host: Diana Laird, PhD
Location: In Person in HSW-301
May 19, 2027
Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis, PhD
Professor, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Topic: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
Host: Erica Hutchins, PhD
Location: In Person in HSW-301