Seminar Series Location/Time
All seminars take place in 409B at 11 a.m. unless otherwise indicated.
2025–2026 Faculty Seminars
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sept. 2, 2025 | Hamed Jafar-Nejad, M.D. Molecular & Human Genetics Baylor College of Medicine | "Building Better Biliary Branches" |
| Sept. 9, 2025 | Ryan S. Dhindsa, M.D., Ph.D. Pathology & Immunology Baylor College of Medicine | "Population-scale genomics for therapeutic discovery" |
| Sept. 16, 2025 | Hongjie Li, Ph.D. Molecular and Human Genetics Baylor College of Medicine | "Mapping Aging and Longevity at Cellular Resolution Across the Whole Organism" |
| Sept. 23, 2025 | Ashish Kapoor, Ph.D. IMM-Center for Human Genetics UTHealth Houston | "Molecular genetic basis of electrocardiographic QT interval variability" |
| Sept. 30, 2025 | Guangyu Wang, Ph.D. Cardiovascular Sciences Houston Methodist | "AI Approaches for Multi-Modality Genomics and Image in Biomedicine" |
| Oct. 7, 2025 | George Rodney, Ph.D. Integrative Physiology Baylor College of Medicine | "Turning the Heat Down in Skeletal Muscle" |
| Oct. 14, 2025 | Jun Wang, Ph.D. Baylor College of Medicine | "To Beat or Not to Beat: A Hippin in the Heart" |
| Oct. 28, 2025 | Lachlan Rach, Ph.D. Health, Medicine & Behavioural Sciences The University of Queensland, Australia | "Development of venom peptide inhibitors of acid-sensing ion channel 1a as potential therapeutics for multiple sclerosis." |
| Nov. 4, 2025 | David Durgan, Ph.D. Integrative Physiology Baylor College of Medicine | "Blood Pressure Regulation: A Microbial Perspective" |
| Nov. 11, 2025 | Mehmet Şen, Ph.D. Department of Biology & Biochemistry University of Houston | "Molecular Chorography of Integrins: Mapping Metal-Driven Confirmations" |
| Nov. 18, 2025 | Vishnu Dileep, Ph.D. Department of Molecular and Human Genetics Baylor College of Medicine | "Neurodegeneration: The Role of Genome Organization and Stability" |
| Nov. 25, 2025 | NO SEMINAR | Happy Thanksgiving! |
| Dec. 16, 2025 | NO SEMINAR | Happy Holidays! |
| Dec. 23, 2025 | NO SEMINAR | Happy Holidays! |
| Jan. 6, 2026 | NO SEMINAR | Happy New Year! |
| Jan. 20, 2026 | Fansen Meng, Ph.D. Integrative Physiology Baylor College of Medicine | “Gene therapy CM-YAPon protects the mouse heart from myocardial infarction” |
| Jan. 27, 2026 | Bruno Di Stefano, Ph.D. Center for Cell and Gene Therapy Baylor College of Medicine | "Dissecting RNA Mechanisms of Cell Fate and Oncogenesis" |
| Feb. 03, 2026 | Xiao Li, Ph.D. Integrative Physiology Baylor College of Medicine | "Remodeling of the Tissue Microenvironment in Pediatric Heart Failure" |
| Feb. 10, 2026 | Jeremy E. Wilusz, Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Baylor College of Medicine | "Harnessing RNA endonucleases to control gene outputs" |
| Feb. 17, 2026 | Mario Escobar , Ph.D. Department of Bioengineering Rice University | "Re-programing the powerhouse: CRISPR activation-mediated regulation of cardiac mitochondria" |
| Feb. 24, 2026 | Kohei Umezu, Ph.D. Integrative Physiology Baylor College of Medicine | "In vivo dynamics of mouse ovulation and oocyte transport" |
| March 3, 2026 | Pamela Wenzel, Ph.D. Integrative Biology and Pharmacology UT Health Houston | “Mechanometabolism in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Fate Determination” |
| March 10, 2026 | Joseph Hyser, Ph.D. Virology & Microbiology Baylor College of Medicine | "Viroporin Calcium Signaling: Making Waves in the Host/Virus Arms Race" |
| March 17, 2026 | Elizabeth Vrazel Cancer and Cell Biology Program Medicine - Endocrinology Baylor College of Medicine | "Mechanisms by Which Estrous Cycles Influence Beige Fat Appearance" |
| March 24, 2026 | Thomas A. Cooper, M.D. Pathology & Immunology Baylor College of Medicine | "Mechanistic insights of RNA toxicity and disrupted RNA processing from modeling myotonic dystrophy in mice" |
| March 31, 2026 | Barna Dubok, Ph.D. Neurology Baylor College of Medicine | "Plasticity of inhibitory synapses in the healthy brain and in epilepsy" |
| April 7, 2026 | Alexander Sandweiss, M.D., Ph.D. Pediatrics Neurology and Developmental Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine | “Pediatric NMDA Receptor Encephalitis: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once" |
| April 14, 2026 | Ronald J. Parchem, Ph.D. Molecular and Cellular Biology Baylor College of Medicine | "The role of microRNA in embryonic stem cells" |
| Apr 21, 2026 | Gustavo Ayala, M.D. Pathology and Laboratory Medicine UT Health Houston | "Of Nerves and Cancer" |
| April 28, 2026 | Rachel Arey, Ph.D. Molecular and Cellular Biology Baylor College of Medicine | TBD |
| May 5, 2026 | Ergun Sahin, M.D., Ph.D. Integrative Physiology Baylor College of Medicine | TBD |
| May 12, 2026 | Jacob Reimer, Ph.D. Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine | TBD |
| May 19, 2026 | Raghu Kalluri, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Cancer Biology Division of Discovery Science University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | TBD |
| May 26, 2026 | Melanie Samuel, Ph.D. Huffington Center on Aging Baylor College of Medicine | TBD |