BMS Seminar Series

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 development

Marcos 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


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


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


March 5, 2025

No Seminar


March 12, 2025

Victoria Bautch, PhD
University of North Carolina
Host: Matt Kutys, PhD
In-person in room HSW-302


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

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: Rushika Perera, PhD

In-person in room HSW-302


April 30, 2025

Peter Zandstra, PhD, FEng, FRSC, CM
University of British Columbia

Host: Julie Sneddon, PhD
​​​​​In-person in room HSW-302


May 7, 2025

Charles Sawyers, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering

Host: Joel Ernst, MD

In-person in room HSW-302


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