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 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.
2023-24 Seminar Schedule
October 4, 2023
“Order and Disorder in Genome Organization”Tom Misteli, PhD
NIH Distinguished Investigator, Director NCI Center for Cancer Research
Host: Abby Buchwalter, PhD
In-person in room N-225
October 11, 2023
NO SEMINAR
October 18, 2023
Redefining the Etiology of MDS and AML pathogenesis and treatment Niche Driven Inflammatory Regulation in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of myeloid malignanciesStavroula Kousteni, PhD
Columbia University
Host: Tamara Alliston, PhD
In-person in room N-225
October 25, 2023
"Metabolic Signals in Longevity Regulation"Meng Wang, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine/Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Host: Emily Holdberg, PhD
co-hosted by Bakar Aging Research Institute
In person at Room N-225
November 1, 2023
Houra Merrikh, PhD
Vanderbilt School of Medicine
Host: Babak Javid, MB, PhD
In person at Room N-225
November 8, 2023
Alistair Boettiger, PhD
Stanford University
Host: Licia Selleri MD, PhD
In person at Room N-225
November 15, 2023
"The neuro-vascular interactions in the CNS"Chenghua Gu, MD
Harvard Medical School, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Host: Guo Huang, PhD
In person at Room N-225
November 29, 2023
Adam J. Engler, PhD
UC San Diego
Host: Matt Kutys, PhD
In person at Room N-225
December 6, 2023
Teresa O'Meara, PhD
University of Michigan
Host: Emily Goldberg, PhD
In person at Room N-225
January 17, 2024
Genevieve Wojcik, PhD
Johns Hopkins
Host: Emily Goldberg, PhD
In person at Room N-225
January 24, 2024
Mihalis Lionakis, MD, Sc.D
NIH/ NIAID Intramural Program
Host: Suzanne Nobel, MD, PhD
In person at Room N-225
January 31, 2024
Shingo Kajimura, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Host: Jay Debnath, MD
In person at Room N-225
February 7, 2024
"Dynamic RNA regulation during cortical development and disease"Debra Silver, PhD
Duke University
Host: Elliott Sherr, MD, PhD
In person at Room N-225
February 14, 2024
Julie Siegenthaler, PhD
University of Colorado
Host: Erica Hutchins, PhD
In person at Room N-225
February 21, 2024
Alissa Armstrong, PhD
University of South Carolina
Host: Erica Hutchins PhD
In person at Room N-225
February 28, 2024
Panagiotis Roussos, MD, PhD
Mt. Sinai
Host: Nadav Ahituv, PhD
In person at Room N-225
March 6, 2024
Betty Diamond, MD
Northwell Health
Host: Aimee Kao, MD, PhD
In person at Room N-225
April 3, 2024
Marcia Haigis, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Host: Rushika Perera, PhD
In person at Room N-225
April 10, 2024
Shruti Naik, PhD
New York University
Host: Tien Peng, MD
In person at Room N-225
April 17, 2024
Heather Chrisofk, PhD
UCLA
Host: Jay Debnath, MD
In person at Room N-225
April 24, 2024
Mariella Filbin, MD, PhD
Harvard University and Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Host: Tomasz Nowakowski, PhD
In person at Room N-225
May 1, 2024
Richard Mann, PhD
Columbia University
Host: Licia Selleri, MD, PhD
In person at Room N-225
May 8, 2024
Mike Diamond, MD, PhD
Washington University - St. Louis
Host: Joel Ernst, MD
In person at Room N-225
May 15, 2024
Jason Spence, PhD
University of Michigan
Host: Tien Peng, MD
In person at Room N-225
May 22, 2024
Luisa Iruela-Arispe, PhD
Northwestern University
Host: Matt Kutys, PhD
In person at Room N-225
May 29, 2024
Priya Rajasethupathy, MD, PhD
Rockefeller University
Host: Betsy Crouch, MD, PhD
In person at Room N-225