Seminars

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IMM Seminars

Unless otherwise specified, all seminars will be held at 11 AM in the Beth Robertson Auditorium at IMM (1825 Pressler, Room 104).

DATE AND HOSTFall 2025 - Spring 2026 IMM SEMINAR SERIES SPEAKERS
October 3, 2025
Host: Kristin Eckel-Mahan, PhD
Speaker: Jeff Jones, PhD
Institution: Texas A&M University

Presentation title: Structural and functional divergence of a circadian output circuit between nocturnal and diurnal species
October 10, 2025
Host: Priyatansh Gurha, PhD
Speaker: Mark T. Bedford, PhD
Institution: MD Anderson Cancer Center

Presentation title:
Signaling Downstream of PRMT5: Old and New Effectors
October 24, 2025
Host: Mikhail Kolonin, PhD
Speaker: Keri L. Schadler, PhD
Institution: MD Anderson Cancer Center

Presentation title: Exercise changes the pancreas cancer microenvironment to promote treatment efficacy
October 31, 2025
Host: Qingchun Tong, PhD
Speaker: Xinzhu Yu, PhD
Institution: UT Health-IMM

Presentation Title: TBA
November 7, 2025
Host: LongJun Wu, PhD
Speaker: Dongjoo Choi, PhD
Institution: UT Health-IMM

Presentation title: TBA
November 14, 2025
Host: Kendra Carmon, PhD
Speaker: Yuan-Hung Lo, PhD
Institution: MD Anderson Cancer Center

Presentation title: TBA
November 21, 2025
Host: Wenliang Li, PhD
Speaker: Yu "Nancy" Huang, PhD
Institution: Texas A&M University

Presentation title: TBA
December 5, 2025
Host: LongJun Wu, PhD
Speaker: Melanie Samuel, PhD
Institution: Baylor College of Medicine

Presentation title: TBA
December 12, 2025
Host: Kai Sun, PhD
Hongyuan Yang, PhD
Institution: UT Health Houston

Presentation title: TBA
January 16, 2026
Host: Kristin Mahan, PhD
Speaker: Cynthia Ju, PhD
Institution: UT Health Houston

Presentation title: TBA
January 23, 2026
Host: Ashish Kapoor, PhD
Speaker: Lilei Zhang, PhD
Institution: Baylor College of Medicine

Presentation title: TBA
January 30, 2026
Host: Priyatansh Gurha, PhD
Speaker: Blaine Bartholomew, PhD
Institution: MD Anderson Cancer Center

Presentation title: TBA
February 6, 2026
Host: Zhiqiang An, PhD
Speaker: Jin Wang, PhD
Institution: Baylor College of Medicine

Presentation title: TBA
February 13, 2026
Host: Mikhail Kolonin, PhD
Speaker: Pernilla Wittung Stafshede, PhD
Institution: Rice University

Presentation title: TBA
February 20, 2026
Host: Ashish Kapoor, PhD
Speaker: Georgios Karras, PhD
Institution: MD Anderson Cancer Center

Presentation title: TBA
February 27, 2026
Host: Ali J. Marian, MD
Speaker: Priyatansh Gurha, PhD
Institution: UT Health-IMM

Presentation title: TBA
March 6, 2026
Host: Mikhail Kolonin, PhD
Bovay Lecture
Speaker: TBA
Institution: TBA

Presentation title: TBA
March 20, 2026
Host: LongJun Wu, PhD
Speaker: Zhongcong Xie, PhD
Institution: UT Health Houston

Presentation title: TBA
March 27, 2026
Host: Kristin Mahan, PhD
Speaker: Eveline Barbieri, PhD
Institution: Texas Children's Hospital

Presentation title: TBA
April 3, 2026
Host: Wenliang Li, PhD
Speaker: Faye M. Johnson, MD, PhD
Institution: MD Anderson Cancer Center

Presentation title: TBA
April 10, 2026
Host: Aaron Cox, PhD
Speaker: Makoto Fukuda, PhD
Institution: Baylor College of Medicine

Presentation title: TBA
April 17, 2026
Host: Nami McCarty, PhD
Speaker: Weiyi Peng, PhD
Institution: University of Houston

Presentation title: TBA
April 24, 2026
Host: LongJun Wu, PhD
CNG Symposium
Speakers: Various TBA
Institutions: Various

May 8, 2026
Host: Qingyun Liu, PhD
Speaker: Katelyn Handley, MD
Institution: UT Physicians Houston

Presentation title: TBA
May 15, 2026
Host: Ali J. Marian, PhD
Speaker: Leila Rouhi, PhD
Institution: UT Heatlh-IMM

Presentation title: TBA
May 22, 2026
Host: Eva Sevick, PhD
Speaker: George Golovko, PhD
Institution: University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)

Presentation title: TBA

Questions regarding The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine’s Seminar Series can be directed to both:

Ashish Kapoor Phone: 1-713-500-2439 or email

Kai Sun  Phone: 1-713-500-3190 or email

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