{"id":2228,"date":"2019-10-23T15:45:31","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T15:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/biochemistry\/?page_id=2228"},"modified":"2026-06-11T09:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T14:31:13","slug":"archived","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/biochemistry\/current-seminars\/archived\/","title":{"rendered":"Archived Seminars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]December 19, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;The fascinating enzymes of riboflavin biosynthesis&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Audrey Lamb, Ph.D., Professor<br \/>\nBiochemistry and Structural Biology &amp; GCCRI, University of Texas at San Antonio UT San Antonio<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> David Libich, Ph.D.<br \/>\nIn-Person at LSOM 409L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>December 5, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Developing Personalized Nucleic Acid Medicines to Treat Rare Disease&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Michelle Hastings, Ph.D., Professor<br \/>\nUniversity of Michigan<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Reuben Harris, Ph.D.<br \/>\nIn-Person at LSOM 444B<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>November 14, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Development of Pan-Viral Nucleoside Analogues&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Katherine Seley-Radke, Ph.D., Professor<br \/>\nDepartment of Chemistry &amp; Biology, University of Maryland<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Reuben Harris, Ph.D.<br \/>\nIn-Person at LSOM 444B<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>October 31, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Bone dysplasia in children with NF1: One rotten apple spoils the barrel&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Florent Elefteriou, Ph.D., Professor<br \/>\nMolecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Jean Jiang, Ph.D.<br \/>\nIn-Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>October 17, 2025-BSB Horowitz and Lee Award Symposium 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic-<\/strong> \u201cThe path to the Nobel Prize\u201d, Sir Richard Roberts, Ph.D.<br \/>\nChief Scientific Officer, Nobel Laureate, Northeastern University, New England Biolabs<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic-<\/strong> &#8220;Towards molecular imaging of synapses&#8221;, Axel Brunger, PhD, HHMI Investigator,<br \/>\nProfessor of Molecular &amp; Cellular Physiology, Stanford University<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic-<\/strong> \u201cA quarter century at UTHSCSA -a professional and Personal view\u201d<br \/>\nBettie Sue Masters, Ph.D., D.Sc., M.D. (Hon.)<br \/>\nDistinguished University Professor Emerita, UT Health San Antonio<br \/>\nAdjunct Professor of Biochemistry, Duke University School of Medicine<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Reuben Harris, Ph.D.<br \/>\nIn-Person at Holly Auditorium, 1-5 pm<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>October 3, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Clinical implications of novel immune endometriosis subgroups&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Kate Lawrenson, Ph.D., Associate Professor<br \/>\nOB-Gyn, University of Texas at San Antonio UT San Antonio<br \/>\nHosted by: Patrick Sung, DPhil<br \/>\nIn-Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>September 19, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;How microsporidian parasites use a ballistic organelle to invade host cells&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Gira Bhabha, Ph.D., Associate Professor<br \/>\nDepartment of Biology, Johns Hopkins University<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Maria Falzone, Ph.D.<br \/>\nIn-Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>September 5, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Genetic and genomic loss arising from DNA double-strand breaks&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Maria Jasin, Ph.D., Biomedical Researcher<br \/>\nMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Anna Malkova, Ph.D.<br \/>\nIn-Person at LSOM 409L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>August 29, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Mechanisms of BRCA1\/2 and Their Partners in Homologous Recombination Repair&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Wenjing Li, Ph.D.<br \/>\nBiochemistry and Structural Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio UT San Antonio<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Weixing Zhao, Ph.D.<br \/>\nIn-Person at LSOM 409L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>August 22, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> \u201cZinc-Driven BRCT Dynamics in DNA Damage Repair: Biophysical Insights\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Shou Zhou, Ph.D.<br \/>\nBiochemistry and Structural Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio UT San Antonio<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Daohong Zhou, M.D.<br \/>\nIn-Person at LSOM 409L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>May 23, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Modulation of ion channel activity by enzymes and lipids&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Philipp Schmidpeter, PhD, Assistant Professor<br \/>\nChemistry, University of Texas San Antonio<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Drs. Maria Falzone and Reuben Harris<br \/>\nIn-Person at LSOM 309L<br \/>\nAugust 16, 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> \u201cThe Molecular Landscape of Dementia: Insights from Genetic and Microbiome Studies\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Bernard Fongang, PhD, Assistant Professor<br \/>\nUniversity of Texas at San Antonio UT San Antonio<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Reuben Harris<br \/>\nIn -Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>May 9, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS)-Activatable Prodrugs for Targeted Treatment of Ischemia\/Reperfusion Injury&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Christina Cooley, PhD, Associate Professor<br \/>\nChemistry, Trinity University, San Antonio<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Reuben Harris<br \/>\nIn-Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>April 11, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Innate and intrinsic host enzymes shaping immunity and virus infection\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Michaela Gack, PhD, Scientific Director<br \/>\nCleveland Clinic Florida Research &amp; Innovation Center<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong>Dr. Shaun Olsen<br \/>\nIn-Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>March 28, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> \u201cResponses of APOBEC3A to cancer therapeutics\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Steven A. Roberts, PhD, Associate Professor<br \/>\nMicrobiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Drs. Anna Malkova and Reuben Harris<br \/>\nIn-Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>February 28, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Drug Discovery and Development in Academic Settings&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Hong Yu Li, PhD, Professor<br \/>\nPharmacology, University of Texas at San Antonio UT San Antonio<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Reuben Harris<br \/>\nIn-Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>February 14, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> \u201cUnderstanding and Improving CRISPR Gene Editing\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Ilya Finkelstein, PhD, Associate Professor<br \/>\nMolecular Biosciences, UT Austin<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Reuben Harris<br \/>\nIn-Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>January 31, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Stress Sensing by PML: structural insights into PML-nuclear bodies formation&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Irina Bezsonova, PhD, Associate Professor<br \/>\nMolecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Connecticut<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Dmitri Ivanov<br \/>\nIn-Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>January 17, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Feeling the Force: PIEZO Ion channels in interoception&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Kara Marshall, PhD, Assistant Professor<br \/>\nNeuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Oleg Klykov<br \/>\nIn-Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>January 13, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic: <\/strong>\u201cPannexin channels as novel regulators in cancer signalling\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Silvia Penuela, PhD, Associate Professor; Associate Chair-Research Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Western Ontario<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Drs. Bruce Nicholson and Jean Jiang<br \/>\nIn-Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>December 13, 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> \u201cComputational Simulations for Cancer Research\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Andr\u00e8s Cisneros, PhD, Professor<br \/>\nUniversity of Texas at Dallas<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Reuben Harris<br \/>\nIn -Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>November 15, 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> \u201cBiophysics of Phase Separation and Implications for Function and Disease Mechanisms.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Tanja Mittag, PhD, Member<br \/>\nSt. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Patrick Sung<br \/>\nIn -Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>November 11, 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> \u201cChromatin Recognition and Modification in the DNA Damage Response.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Georges Mer, PhD, Professor<br \/>\nMayo Clinic<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Drs. Shaun Olsen and Patrick Sung<br \/>\nIn -Person at GCCRI Auditorium, 2.160<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>November 1, 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> \u201cDNA replication fork protection by the DNA repair protein RAD52 and its potential as an Anticancer Drug Target\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Maria Spies, PhD, Professor of Radiation Oncology<br \/>\nUniversity of Iowa<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Alex Mazin<br \/>\nIn -Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>October 18, 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> \u201cA New Family of Superoxide Dismutases in Fungal Pathogens\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Ahmad Galaleldeen, PhD, Professor<br \/>\nUniversity of Texas at San Antonio UT San Antonio<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Reuben Harris<br \/>\nIn -Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>October 11, 2024-BSB Horowitz and Lee Award Symposium 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic<\/strong>&#8211; Dr. Rape, \u201cFrom basic biology to new therapies: stress response signaling in development and disease\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Topic<\/strong>-Dr. Vos, \u201cUnderstanding how genomes are compacted and read\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Speakers:<\/strong> Michael Rape, Professor and HHMI Investigator, UC Berkley and<br \/>\nSeychelle M. Vos, PhD, Professor, MIT<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Reuben Harris<br \/>\nIn-Person at GCCRI Auditorium<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>October 4, 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> \u201chnRNPs &amp; RNA Biosynthesis: Insights from a Fusion-Driven Cancer\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Natasha Caplen, PhD, Investigator Genetics Branch<br \/>\nCenter for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. David Libich<br \/>\nIn -Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>September 20, 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> \u201cOral Delivery of Cx43 Carboxyl Terminal Mimetic Peptides by Milk Exosomes as Treatments for Radiation Injury and Heart Disease\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Robert Gourdie, PhD, FAHA, AIMBE, Professor<br \/>\nVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Jean Jiang<br \/>\nIn -Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>September 6, 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> \u201cPotent and Selective Small Molecule PKC\u03b5 Inhibitors for Non-Opioid Pain Applications: Enantioselective Synthesis, Structure-Activity Relationship and In Vivo Efficacy Studies\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Stanton McHardy, PhD, Associate Professor<br \/>\nUniversity of Texas at San Antonio<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Reuben Harris<br \/>\nIn -Person at LSOM 209L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>August 26, 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> \u201cGetting to the Core of Structural Biology at UT Health \u201c<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Alex Taylor, PhD, Research Assistant Professor<br \/>\nUniversity of Texas at San Antonio UT San Antonio<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Reuben Harris<br \/>\nIn -Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>August 21, 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> \u201cMolecular Mechanisms of BRCA1\/2 Mediated Genome Maintenance\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Weixing Zhao, PhD, Assistant Professor<br \/>\nUniversity of Texas at San Antonio UT San Antonio<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Reuben Harris<br \/>\nIn -Person at LSOM 409L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>May 24, 2024<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Head and neck cancer cells hijack KEAP1\/NRF2 signaling axis to promote tumor chemoresistance and distant metastasis&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Abdullah Osman, PhD, Associate Professor<br \/>\nMD Anderson Cancer Center<br \/>\nHosted by: Dr. Alex Mazin<br \/>\nIn-Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>May 10, 2024<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Interrogating the druggable proteome with proximity&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Fleur Ferguson, PhD, Assistant Professor<br \/>\nUniversity of California San Diego<br \/>\nHosted by: Dr. Shaun Olsen<br \/>\nIn-Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>April 12, 2024<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Advancing precision genome editing: understanding molecular mechanisms to engineer safer and therapeutically relevant tools&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Audrone Lapinaite, PhD, Assistant Professor<br \/>\nArizona State University<br \/>\nHosted by: Dr. Reuben Harris<br \/>\nIn-Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>March 29, 2024<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Proteolytic regulation of cytokines in innate immunity&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Cornelius Taabazuing, PhD, Assistant Professor<br \/>\nUniversity of Pennsylvania<br \/>\nHosted by: Dr. Elizabeth Wasmuth<br \/>\nIn-Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>March 1, 2024<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Dissecting the influence of NAD+ metabolism in regulating dynamic gene expression programs&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Lorena Aguilar-Arnal, PhD, Associate Professor<br \/>\nUniversidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico<br \/>\nHosted by: Dr. Kevin Koronowski<br \/>\nIn-Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>February 16, 2024<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Black spot, black death, black pearl: tales of bacterial effectors&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Kim Orth, PhD, Investigator and Professor<br \/>\nUT Howard Hughes Medical Institute\/Southwestern Medical Center<br \/>\nHosted by: Dr. Reuben Harris<br \/>\nIn-Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>February 2, 2024<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Controlling the structure of TRP channels through small molecules in CRYO-EM&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Kirill Nadezhdin<br \/>\nColumbia University<br \/>\nHosted by: Dr. Oleg Klykov<br \/>\nIn-Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>January 19, 2024<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;RAD54L regulates replication fork reversal in human cells&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Claudia Wiese, PhD, Associate Professor<br \/>\nColorado State University<br \/>\nHosted by: Dr. Alex Mazin<br \/>\nIn-Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>January 5, 2024<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;A chemical biology toolbox for probing A-to-I RNA editing&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Jennifer Heemstra, PhD, Professor<br \/>\nWashington University in St. Louis<br \/>\nHosted by: Dr. Reuben Harris<br \/>\nIn-Person at LSOM 309L<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Friday December 8, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Separate yet connected: mitochondrial and nuclear genome stability&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Agnel Sfeir, PhD, Associate Professor, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Reuben Harris<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Friday November 17, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;BRCA1 mutations to study DNA repair mechanisms in cancer&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Neil Johnson, PhD, Associate Professor, Fox Chase Cancer Center<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Weixing Zhao<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Friday November 3, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Visualizing Base Excision Repair in Chromatin&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Bret Freudenthal, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Kansas Medical Center<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Reuben Harris<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Friday October 6, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Obesity, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Zhenyu Zhong, PhD, Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Peng Zhao<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Friday September 22, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Mechanisms of RNA-mediated DNA double-strand break repair in yeast and human cells&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Francesca Storici, PhD, Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Alex Mazin<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Friday September 8, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Evolved molecular mechanism for repair protein regulation at damaged chromatin&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Justin Leung, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio UT San Antonio<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Reuben Harris<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Friday August 25, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Structural Biology of Ubiquitin and Ubiquitin-like Protein Signaling&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Shaun Olsen, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio UT San Antonio<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Reuben Harris<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Friday May 26, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Understanding Molecular Mechanism of Current Precision Genome Editing Tools: how Adenine Base Editors modify DNA&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Audrone Lapinaite, PhD, Assistant Professor, Arizona State University<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Reuben Harris<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Friday May 12, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;How Ribosomes are Made in Human Cells&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Arnaud Vanden Broeck, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Rockefeller University<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Elizabeth Wasmuth<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Friday April 14, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Understanding Human Genetic Variation with Precision Genome Editing Tools&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Alexis Komor, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of California-San Diego<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Reuben Harris<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Friday March 31, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Mechanisms of Genome Rearrangements from Mitotic Errors and Micronuclei&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Peter Ly, PhD, Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Patrick Sung<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Friday March 3, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Structural Visualization of Chromatin Regulatory Complexes by Cryo-EM&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Yuan He, PhD, Associate Professor, Northwestern University<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Weixing Zhao<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Friday February 17, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;APOBEC Enzymes at the Crossroads Between Anti-Viral Activity and Cancer Mutagenesis&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Remi Buisson, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of California-Irvine<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Reuben Harris<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Friday February 3, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Chemical Strategies for Regulating DNAInteractive Proteins: Targeting APOBEC Cytosine Deaminases and the N-Myc Transcription Factor&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Daniel Harki, PhD, Northrop Professor, University of Minnesota<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Reuben Harris<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Friday January 20, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Insights into the Hairpin-Rolling Replication Mechanism by Adeno-Associated Virus Rep Proteins&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Carlos Escalante, PhD, Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Yogesh Gupta<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Friday December 9, 2022<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Unraveling mechanisms of DNA double-stranded break repair&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Dr. Kara Bernstein, PhD, Professor, University of Pennsylvania<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Eloise Dray<\/p>\n<p>_______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday November 18, 2022<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;The Arvin&#8217;s PROTAC Discovery Engine: Insights from discovering and developing molecules that induce targeted protein degradation&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Dr. Mikos Bekes, PhD, Associate Director, Arvinas<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Shaun Olsen<\/p>\n<p>_______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday November 4, 2022<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;DNA polymerase theta protects leukemia cells from metabolic-induced DNA damage&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Tomasz Skorski, MD, PhD, DSc, Professor, Temple University, Lewis Katz School Medicine<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Alex Mazin<\/p>\n<p>_______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday October 7, 2022<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Insights into the hairpin-rolling replication mechanism by Adeno-Associated Virus Rep proteins&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Dr. Carlos Escalante, PhD, Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Yogesh Gupta<\/p>\n<p>_______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday September 23, 2022<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;The BRCA-1PALB2-BRCA2 axis in the DNA damage response and cancer development&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Dr. Bing Xia, PhD, Professor, Rutgers University<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Patrick Sung and Dr. Weixing Zhao<\/p>\n<p>_______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday September 9, 2022<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> &#8220;Systematic Chemical to Develop Biological Probes and Therapeutics&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Damian Young, PhD, Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine<br \/>\n<strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Dr. Reuben 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