UT Health Biochemistry and Structural Biology Seminar Series

Spring 2025 Seminars

January 13, 2025
Topic: “Pannexin channels as novel regulators in cancer signalling”
Speaker: Silvia Penuela, PhD, Associate Professor; Associate Chair-Research Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Western Ontario
Hosted by: Drs. Bruce Nicholson and Jean Jiang
In-Person at LSOM 309L

January 17, 2025
Topic: “Feeling the Force: PIEZO Ion channels in interoception”
Speaker: Kara Marshall, PhD, Assistant Professor
Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine
Hosted by: Dr. Oleg Klykov
In-Person at LSOM 309L

January 31, 2025
Topic: “Stress Sensing by PML: structural insights into PML-nuclear bodies formation”
Speaker: Irina Bezsonova, PhD, Associate Professor
Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Connecticut
Hosted by: Dr. Dmitri Ivanov
In-Person at LSOM 309L

February 14, 2025
Topic: “Understanding and Improving CRISPR Gene Editing”
Speaker: Ilya Finkelstein, PhD, Associate Professor
Molecular Biosciences, UT Austin
Hosted by: Dr. Reuben Harris
In-Person at LSOM 309L

February 28, 2025
Topic: “Drug Discovery and Development in Academic Settings”
Speaker: Hong Yu Li, PhD, Professor
Pharmacology, UT Health San Antonio
Hosted by: Dr. Reuben Harris
In-Person at LSOM 309L

March 28, 2025
Topic: “Responses of APOBEC3A to cancer therapeutics”
Speaker: Steven A. Roberts, PhD, Associate Professor
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont
Hosted by: Drs. Anna Malkova and Reuben Harris
In-Person at LSOM 309L

April 11, 2025
Topic: “Innate and intrinsic host enzymes shaping immunity and virus infection”
Speaker: Michaela Gack, PhD, Scientific Director
Cleveland Clinic Florida Research & Innovation Center
Hosted by:Dr. Shaun Olsen
In-Person at LSOM 309L

May 9, 2025
Topic: “Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS)-Activatable Prodrugs for Targeted Treatment of Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury”
Speaker: Christina Cooley, PhD, Associate Professor
Chemistry, Trinity University, San Antonio
Hosted by: Dr. Reuben Harris
In-Person at LSOM 309L

May 23, 2025
Topic: “Modulation of ion channel activity by enzymes and lipids”
Speaker: Philipp Schmidpeter, PhD, Assistant Professor
Chemistry, University of Texas San Antonio
Hosted by: Drs. Maria Falzone and Reuben Harris
In-Person at LSOM 309L

Light refreshments available

Contact Hope Arce at Arceh@uthscsa.edu for meeting details