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.
2019-20 Seminar Schedule
Day/Time: Wednesdays, 4:00 p.m.
Location: N-225, Parnassus, except as noted
Some (but not all) presentations may be available via livestream and recorded video. Links to the live stream and recorded video will be available in the sidebar at the start of each quarter.
October 2, 2019
"Understanding protocadherin-related epilepsies: implications for brain development."Alicia Guemez Gamboa, PhD
Northwestern
Host: Jeanne Paz, PhD
October 9, 2019
"Using developmental pathways to stimulate organ regeneration."Kristy Red-Horse, PhD
Stanford
Host: Todd Nystul, PhD
co-hosted by the UCSF DSCB Graduate Program
October 16, 2019
"Understanding acquired and genetic epilepsies through stem cell-based models."Jenny Hsieh, PhD
UT San Antonio
Host: Scott Baraban, PhD
Note alternate room: N-217
October 23, 2019
"Can sleep fix a broken brain?"Paul Shaw, PhD
Washington University St. Louis
Host: Louis Ptacek, MD
This talk will be livestreamed, but not recorded.
October 30, 2019
"Telomeres and Cancer: Tumor Suppression and Genome Instability."Titia de Lange, PhD
Rockefeller University
Host: Joseph Costello, PhD
This talk will be livestreamed, but not recorded.
November 6, 2019
"Regulation of lung progenitors and their microenvironment."Carla Kim, PhD
Harvard
Host: Tien Peng, MD
This talk will be livestreamed, but not recorded.
November 13, 2019
"Keeping order in the immune system and beyond."Alexander Rudensky, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Host: Mark Anderson, MD, PhD
November 20, 2019
"Viral nucleases reveal surprising connections in the gene expression cascade."Britt Glaunsinger, PhD
UC Berkeley
Host: Jody Baron, MD, PhD
December 4, 2019
"The cell biology of Listeria monocytogenes pathogenesis: From bacterial genetics to cancer immunotherapy."Dan Portnoy, PhD
UC Berkeley
Host: Joanne Engel, MD, PhD
K. F. Meyer Memorial Lecture
January 15, 2020
"New insights from de novo models of human cancer."Connie Eaves, PhD, FRS (C)
Terry Fox Lab, Univ. British Columbia
Host: Zena Werb, PhD
January 22, 2020
January 27, 2020
Chromatin as an oxygen sensor component of the cellSónia Rocha, PhD, FSRB
University of Liverpool
Host: Susan Fisher, PhD
Note: This seminar will be held on Monday
February 5, 2020
Finding a Niche – Microbial Colonization of Host Mucosal BarriersKatharina Ribbeck, PhD
MIT
Host: John Fahy, MD
February 12, 2020
"Stem cell quiescence: Regulation, dynamics, and chronological aging."Tom Rando MD, PhD
Stanford
Host: Andrew Brack, PhD
February 19, 2020
Molecular mechanisms of nutrient sensing and signaling by mTORC1Roberto Zoncu, PhD
UC Berkeley
Host: Jayanta Debnath, MD
This talk will be livestreamed, but not recorded.
February 26, 2020
"From Membrane to Nucleus: the Molecular Logic of Notch Signal Transduction."Stephen Blacklow MD, PhD
Harvard
Host: Mark Anderson MD, PhD
This talk will be livestreamed, but not recorded.
March 4, 2020
"The placenta is a pivotal target organ for reproductive health."Myriam Hemberger, PhD
Universtiy of Calgary
Host: Susan Fisher, PhD
March 11, 2020
"New approaches to understanding human alloimmunity and autoimmunity."Megan Sykes, MD
Columbia
Host: Audrey Parent, PhD
co-hosted by the UCSF Diabetes Center
March 18, 2020
Seeing the Light for Retinal Gene Therapy: From Fantasy to RealityJean Bennett, MD, PhD
Penn
Trefethen Family Visiting Professorship
co-hosted by the UCSF Medical Scientist Training Program
March 25, 2020
"Transposable element activation in neurodegenerative tauopathy."Bess Frost, PhD
UT San Antonio
Host: Eric Huang, MD, PhD
April 1, 2020
Jeremy Berg, PhD
Univ Chicago
Host: Jeff Wall, PhD
April 8, 2020
Xin Sun, PhD
UCSD
April 15, 2020
"Systems approaches to mitochondrial biology and disease."Vamsi Mootha, MD
Harvard
Host: Diana Laird, PhD
co-hosted by the UCSF BBC graduate programs
April 22, 2020
"Genomic analysis of enhancers in development and disease."Bing Ren, PhD
UCSD
Host: Yin Shen, PhD
May 6, 2020
"Cardiac amyloidosis: Then and now."Ronglih Liao, PhD, FAHA
Stanford
Host: Matt Springer, PhD
Note alternate room: HSW-300
May 20, 2020
"Myelin plasticity in health and disease."Michelle Monje-Deisseroth, MD, PhD
Stanford
May 27, 2020
"Genetic basis for risk and resistance of heart attack."Sekar Kathiresan, MD
CEO, Verve Therapeutics
Host: Jay Debnath, MD, PhD