UT Health Biochemistry and Structural Biology Seminar Series
Fall 2026
Bi-weekly, Friday, Noon-1 pm
August 21, 2026
Topic: “Timing Liver Metabolism: Circadian Control of Nuclear Receptors and Endocrine Communication”
Speaker: Kevin Koronowski, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Biochemistry and Structural Biology, UT Health San Antonio
Hosted by: TBD
LSOM 409L
September 25, 2026
Topic: “Topoisomerase I and G-quadruplex DNA”
Speaker: Nayun Kim, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology, The University of Texas at Austin
Hosted by: Anna Malkova, Ph.D.
LSOM 409L
October 9, 2026
Topic: “Tracking the molecular fate of DNA-protein crosslinks in mammalian cells”
Speaker: Rajula Elango Alleva, Ph.D. Tenure-Track Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Services
Hosted by: Anna Malkova, Ph.D.
LSOM 409L
October 23, 2026
BSB Horowitz and Lee Award Symposium 2026
Topic 1: “A cure for hepatitis C, now what”
Speaker 1: Charles M. Rice, Ph.D. Professor of Virology, The Rockefeller University, Nobel Prize laureate
Topic 2: “The Dance of Protein and DNA in Nucleotide Excision Repair”
Speaker 2: Wei Yang, Ph.D. Distinguished Investigator at National Institutes of Health
Hosted by: Reuben Harris, Ph.D.
In-Person at LSOM lecture hall 3.102B, 1-5 pm
November 6, 2026
Topic: “The nervous system at the intersection of cancer plasticity and metastasis”
Speaker: Simon Grelet, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center
Hosted by: Shaun Olsen, Ph.D.
LSOM 409L
November 20, 2026
Topic: “From Ku to PARylation: Repairing an Evolving Genome”
Speaker: Shan Zha, MD, Ph.D. Professor of Pediatrics, Pathology & Cell Biology and Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University
Hosted by: Weixing Zhao, Ph.D.
LSOM 409L
December 11, 2026
Topic: “Incorporating drug metabolism into academic drug discovery”
Speaker: Michael Cameron, Ph.D. Professor-Research, Department of Molecular Medicine, UF Health University of Florida
Hosted by: Philip LoVerde, Ph.D.
LSOM 409L
All talks are in-person.
Contact Hope Arce at Arceh@uthscsa.edu for meeting details
