Seminar Schedule
Fall 2026 Seminars
Unless otherwise announced, seminars will be held at the Houston Science Center (HSC), Room 102, at 10:00 AM. Please arrive by 9:30 AM to mingle with faculty, discuss updates, and connect with colleagues.
Reminder: Coffee is not allowed inside HSC Room 102. Please enjoy your coffee before entering the room.
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Date
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Speaker
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Title
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Host
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|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 9 | Akash Gupta University of Houston |
Engineering Immunity through RNA programming and Nanoparticle Delivery. | Richard Willson |
| Sept. 16 | Vanessa Ezenwa Yale University |
Helminth-microbe coinfection: insights from the wild. | Kerri Crawford |
| Sept. 23 | Daniel Matute University of North Carolina |
Genomics and the Origin of Species. | Adam Stuckert |
| Sept. 30 | Lena Steckelberg Columbia University |
Structure, function and evolution of viral nuclease-resistant RNAs. |
Quentin Vicens |
| Oct. 7 | Peggy Biga Texas State University |
Fish species as models for understanding growth and aging biology. | Richard Meisel |
| Oct. 14 | Lan Zhou Houston Methodist Research Institute |
Mechanisms of JAG1-Mediated Pancreatic Cancer Immunotherapy Resistance. | Ping Yi |
| Oct. 21 | Steven Wolf University of Chicago |
Identification of cancer-specific TCRs for individualized immunotherapy. | Dinler Amaral Antunes |
| Oct. 28 | Keith Neeves University of Colorada Anschutz Medical Campus |
Computationally driven discovery in blood coagulation. | Mehmet Sen |
| Nov. 4 | Sarah Signor North Dakota State University |
Transposons and the rapid evolution of genomes. | Erin Kelleher |
| Nov. 11 | Dongyin Guan Baylor College of Medicine |
Circadian rhythm and precision medicine. | Bin Liu |
| Nov. 18 | Qin Feng University of Houston |
Engineering better CAR T therapies for improved cancer treatment. | - |
| Dec. 2 | Ernesto Gianoli Tarleton State University |
Adaptation of native plants to invasive plants: seeking general patterns. | Martin Nunez |
| Dec. 9 | Nami McCarty University of Texas Health Science Center |
Mitochondria-Autophagy Crosstalk in Blood Cancers. | Weiyi Peng |
| Dec. 16 | Mardelle Atkins Sam Houston State University |
Modeling cachexia: insights into how tumors cause muscle wasting . | Kathleen Gajewski |