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 Demian Sainz if you are not already on one of our listservs.
In person: Speaker and audience at room N-225, 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.
2021-22 Seminar Schedule
September 29, 2021
“Functional Mechanism and Therapeutic Targeting of Metadherin in Metastatic Breast Cancer”Yibin Kang, PhD
Princeton University
Host: Hani Goodarzi, PhD
zoom only
October 6, 2021
"Organismal and cellular proprioception: mechano-sensitive channels’ function in regulating cellular secretion and morphogenesis"Kang Shen, PhD
Stanford University
Host: Xin Duan, PhD
zoom only
October 13, 2021
“CAR T cells and Carbohydrates”Avery Posey, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Host: Justin Eyquiem, PhD
zoom only
October 20, 2021
“Bacterial regulation of vitamin A transport in the intestine”Lora Hooper, PhD
UT Southwestern
Host: Tiffany Scharschmidt, MD
zoom only
October 27, 2021
Stromal-Immune Interactions in Health, Disease and ImmunotherapyShannon Turley, PhD
Genentech
Host: Ari Molofsky, PhD
zoom only (not recorded)
November 3, 2021
“Pluripotent stem cells to model and treat lung disease”Darrell Kotton, MD
Boston University
Host: Tien Peng, MD
In person at Room N-225
November 10, 2021
“Transposable element activation in neurodegenerative tauopathy'Bess Frost, PhD
UT San Antonio
Host: Eric Huang, MD, PhD
In person at Room N-225
November 17, 2021
Engineering human tissues for medical impactGordana Vunjak-Novakovic, PhD
Columbia University
Host: Todd McDevitt, PhD and Matt Kutys, PhD
zoom only
December 1, 2021
“Revisiting immune gateways to the brain”Jonathan Kipnis, PhD
Washington Univ
Host: Ari Molofsky, PhD
In person at Room N-225
January 12, 2022
“Associative analysis in panels of inbred mice reveal novel sleep regulatory processes.”Ketema Paul, PhD
UCLA
Host: Louis Ptacek, PhD
zoom only
January 19, 2022
Sensations from within: neuronal mechanisms of body-brain communicationStephen Liberles, PhD
Harvard University
Host: Julie Sneddon, PhD
zoom only
January 26, 2022
“Nuclear mechanotransduction: regulation of cell fate and integrity”Sara Wickstrom, PhD
University of Helsinki
Host: Matt Kutys, PhD
Seminar at a special time: 10:00-11:00am
Zoom only
February 2, 2022
“Intracellular Membrane Contact Sites, Lipid Dynamics and Neurodegeneration”Pietro De Camilli, MD
Yale
Host: Rushika Perera, PhD
zoom only
February 16, 2022
“Networked clocks in the brain and body: Circadian control of physiology and behavior”Erik Herzog, PhD
Washington University - St Louis
Host: Ying-Hui Fu, PhD
zoom only
February 23, 2022
Base Editing and Prime Editing: Precision Gene Correction Without Double-Strand DNA BreaksDavid Liu, PhD
Harvard, Broad Institute
Host: Zev Gartner, PhD
zoom only
March 2, 2022
Inequities in Personalized Medicine: Pharmacogenomics in Indigenous communitiesKatrina Claw, PhD
University of Colorado
Hosts: Kathy Giacomini, PhD and Dianne Laboy-Cintron
zoom livestreamed at room N-225
March 9, 2022
Frontiers in Therapeutic DevelopmentLevi Garraway, MD, PhD
Genentech
Host: Aimee Kao, MD, PhD
In person at Room N-225
March 16, 2022
Role of intraepithelial lymphocytes in colorectal cancerDaniel Mucida, PhD
Rockefeller University
Host: Peter Turnbaugh, PhD
In person at Room N-225
March 30, 2022
Unraveling the adaptation of Staphylococcus aureus during bloodstream infectionVictor Torres, PhD
NYU
Host: Joel Ernst, MD and Shaeri Mukherjee, PhD
In person at Room N-225
April 6, 2022
Extracellular Vesicles - Integrators of Homeostasis: Lessons from PigmentationGraça Raposo, PhD
Institut Curie
Host: Aparna Lakkaraju, PhD
Seminar at a special time: 10:00-11:00am
Zoom only
April 13, 2022
“The generation of neural diversity”Claude Desplan, PhD
NYU
Host: Elphege Nora, PhD
In person at Room N-225
April 20, 2022
“Genome Topology Controls The Timing Of Gene Activity During Development”Mike Levine, PhD
Princeton University
Host: Licia Selleri, PhD
zoom only
April 27, 2022
NO SEMINAR today, this seminar was postponed to 1/18/23
Ashani T. Weeraratna, PhD, John Hopkins, Host: Rushika Perera, PhD
May 4, 2022
“Transposable elements and epigenome evolution”Ting Wang, PhD
Washington Univ - St. Louis
Host: Yin Shen, PhD
In person at Room N-225
May 11, 2022
Mechanogenetic pathways as drivers of endothelial cell functionGuillermo García-Cardeña, PhD
Harvard
Hosts: Matt Kutys, PhD
zoom only
May 18, 2022
Translating immunology into new therapies for Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseFiona Powrie, PhD
Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Oxford UK
Host: Jason Cyster, PhD
Seminar at a special time: 10:00-11:00am
Zoom only
May 25, 2022
Mechanisms of Fate Determination in the Vertebrate RetinaConnie Cepko, PhD
Harvard
Host: Tomasz Nowakowski, PhD
zoom only