UT Health Biochemistry and Structural Biology Seminar Series

Fall 2025 Seminars
Bi-weekly, Friday, Noon-1 pm

August 22, 2025
Topic: “Zinc-Driven BRCT Dynamics in DNA Damage Repair: Biophysical Insights”
Speaker: Shou Zhou, Ph.D.
Biochemistry and Structural Biology, UT Health San Antonio
Hosted by: Daohong Zhou, M.D.
In-Person at LSOM 409L

August 29, 2025
Topic: “Mechanisms of BRCA1/2 and Their Partners in Homologous Recombination Repair”
Speaker: Wenjing Li, Ph.D.
Biochemistry and Structural Biology, UT Health San Antonio
Hosted by: Weixing Zhao, Ph.D.
In-Person at LSOM 409L

September 5, 2025
Topic: “Genetic and genomic loss arising from DNA double-strand breaks”
Speaker: Maria Jasin, Ph.D., Biomedical Researcher
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Hosted by: Anna Malkova, Ph.D.
In-Person at LSOM 409L

September 19, 2025
Topic: “How microsporidian parasites use a ballistic organelle to invade host cells”
Speaker: Gira Bhabha, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University
Hosted by: Maria Falzone, Ph.D.
In-Person at LSOM 309L

October 3, 2025
Topic: “Clinical implications of novel immune endometriosis subgroups”
Speaker: Kate Lawrenson, Ph.D., Associate Professor
OB-Gyn, UT Health San Antonio
Hosted by: Patrick Sung, DPhil
In-Person at LSOM 309L

October 17, 2025-BSB Horowitz and Lee Award Symposium 2025
Topic- “The path to the Nobel Prize”, Sir Richard Roberts, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer, Nobel Laureate, Northeastern University, New England Biolabs

Topic- “Towards molecular imaging of synapses”, Axel Brunger, PhD, HHMI Investigator,
Professor of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Stanford University

Topic- “A quarter century at UTHSCSA -a professional and Personal view”
Bettie Sue Masters, Ph.D., D.Sc., M.D. (Hon.)
Distinguished University Professor Emerita, UT Health San Antonio
Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry, Duke University School of Medicine
Hosted by: Reuben Harris, Ph.D.
In-Person at Holly Auditorium, 1-5 pm

October 31, 2025
Topic: “Bone dysplasia in children with NF1: One rotten apple spoils the barrel”
Speaker: Florent Elefteriou, Ph.D., Professor
Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
Hosted by: Jean Jiang, Ph.D.
In-Person at LSOM 309L

November 14, 2025
Topic: “Development of Pan-Viral Nucleoside Analogues”
Speaker: Katherine Seley-Radke, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Chemistry & Biology, University of Maryland
Hosted by: Reuben Harris, Ph.D.
In-Person at LSOM 444B

December 5, 2025
Topic: “Developing Personalized Nucleic Acid Medicines to Treat Rare Disease”
Speaker: Michelle Hastings, Ph.D., Professor
University of Michigan
Hosted by: Reuben Harris, Ph.D.
In-Person at LSOM 444B

December 19, 2025
Topic: “The fascinating enzymes of riboflavin biosynthesis”
Speaker: Audrey Lamb, Ph.D., Professor
Biochemistry and Structural Biology & GCCRI, UT Health San Antonio
Hosted by: David Libich, Ph.D.
In-Person at LSOM 409L

Light refreshments available

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