UT Health Biochemistry and Structural Biology Seminar Series

Fall 2023 Seminars

Friday August 25, 2023

Topic: “Structural Biology of Ubiquitin and Ubiquitin-like Protein Signaling”
Speaker: Shaun Olsen, PhD, Associate Professor
UT Health San Antonio
Hosted by: Dr. Reuben Harris
In-Person at LSOM 309L

Friday September 8, 2023

Topic: “Evolved molecular mechanism for repair protein regulation at damaged chromatin”
Speaker: Justin Leung, PhD, Associate Professor
UT Health San Antonio
Hosted by: Dr. Reuben Harris
In-Person at ALTC 2.214

Friday September 22, 2023

Topic: “Mechanisms of RNA-mediated DNA double-strand break repair in yeast and human cells”
Speaker: Francesca Storici, PhD, Associate Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology
Hosted by: Dr. Alex Mazin
In-Person at LSOM 309L

Friday October 6, 2023

Topic: “Obesity, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases”
Speaker: Zhenyu Zhong, PhD, Assistant Professor
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Hosted by: Dr. Peng Zhao
In-Person at LEC 3.09L

Friday November 3, 2023

Topic: “Visualizing Base Excision Repair in Chromatin”
Speaker: Bret Freudenthal, PhD, Associate Professor
University of Kansas Medical Center
Hosted by: Dr. Reuben Harris
In-Person at LSOM 309L

Friday November 17, 2023

Topic: “BRCA1 mutations to study DNA repair mechanisms in cancer”
Speaker: Neil Johnson, PhD, Associate Professor
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Hosted by: Dr. Weixing Zhao
In-Person at LSOM 309L

Friday December 8, 2023

Topic: “Separate yet connected: mitochondrial and nuclear genome stability”
Speaker: Agnel Sfeir, PhD, Associate Professor
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Hosted by: Dr. Reuben Harris
In-Person at LSOM 309L

For more information on the virtual seminars, please contact Diane Galvan