Seminar Series
Seminars are subject to change.
In-person seminars are held in MSB 2.135.
Link to the BMB Seminar Calendar (external link) on Google Calendars
2026-2027 Seminar Series
Upcoming Speakers
Jian Zhou, Ph.D. (external link)
Assistant Professor
Section of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine
University of Chicago
“From Predictive to Mechanistic AI Models of Genome Regulation”
Monday, November 16, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.
Host: Zhichao Xu, Ph.D.
Previous Speakers
Weiwei Dang, Ph.D. (external link)
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
“Epigenetic Regulation of Aging – Lessons Learned from Yeast to Mammalian Stem Cells”
Monday, September 21, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.
Host: Jake Chen, Ph.D.
Dongyin Guan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
UTHealth Houston
“Integrating Multi-Omics and Machine Learning to study Circadian Rhythms, Metabolic Disorders and Cancer”
Monday, October 12, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.
Host: Xiaotian Zhang, Ph.D.
Hojong Yoon, Ph.D. (external link)
Assistant Professor
Department of Experimental Therapeutics
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
“Rewiring the Protein Interactome to Expand the Druggable Proteome”
Monday, October 19, 2026 @ 10:30 a.m.
Host: Xiaotian Zhang, Ph.D.
Xiaoyang Zhang, Ph.D. (external link)
Assistant Professor
Department of Oncological Sciences
University of Utah School of Medicine
“Investigating Gene Dysregulation in the 3D Cancer Genome”
Monday, November 2, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.
Host: Zhichao Xu, Ph.D.
Speakers in the Fall 2025 – Spring 2026 Season
Biao Qiu, Ph.D. (external link)
Research Specialist
Biochemistry and Biophysics
Weill Cornell Medical College
“Mechanism and Pharmacology of a Human Glutamate Transporter”
Monday, March 30, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m. – MSB 2.006
Host: Julio Cordero-Morales
Stefanie Schmieder, Ph.D. (external link)
Instructor of Pediatrics
Boston Children’s Research Unit
Boston Children’s Hospital
“Dynamic regulation of the plasma membrane lipidome and its effects on cell function”
Monday, April 06, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.
Eric Gibbs, PhD (external link)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Physiology & Biophysics
Case Western Reserve University
“Molecular Structure and function of Glycine Receptors and a Broader Vision of Glycinergic Synaptic Regulation “
Thursday, April 9, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m. – 5th Floor Gallery
Han Xu, Ph.D. (external link)
Assistant Professor
Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, Division of Discovery Science
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Monday, April 20, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.
Daisuke Nakada, Ph.D. (external link)
Henry and Emma Meyer Professor in Molecular Genetics
Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Monday, April 27, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.
Xinzhu Yu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
IMM-Center for Neuroimmunology and Glial Biology Discovery Science
UTHealth McGovern Medical School
Monday, May 4, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.
Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede, Ph.D. (external link)
Professor
Charles W. Duncan Jr.- Welch Chair in Chemistry Department of Chemistry
Rice University
Monday, May 18, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.