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.

Date
Speaker
Title
Host
9-  Sep-2026 Akash Gupta
University of Houston
 Engineering Immunity through RNA programming and Nanoparticle Delivery. Richard Willson
16-Sep-2026 Vanessa Ezenwa
Yale University
Helminth-microbe coinfection: insights from the wild. Kerri Crawford
23-Sep-2026 Daniel Matute
University of North Carolina
 
TBD Adam Stuckert
 30-Sep-2026 Lena Steckelberg
Columbia University
 Structure, function and evolution of viral
nuclease-resistant RNAs.
Quentin Vicens
 7-Oct-2026 Peggy Biga
Texas State University
 Fish species as models for understanding growth and aging biology. Richard Meisel
 14-Oct-2026 Lan Zhou
Houston Methodist Research Institute
 
Mechanisms of JAG1-Mediated Pancreatic Cancer Immunotherapy Resistance. Ping Yi
 21-Oct-2026 Steven Wolf
University of Chicago
TBD Dinler Amaral Antunes
 28-Oct-2026 Keith Neeves
University of Colorada Anschutz Medical Campus
 Computationally driven discovery in blood coagulation. Mehmet Sen
4-Nov-2026 Sarah Signor
North Dakota State University
Transposons and the rapid evolution of genomes. Erin Kelleher
 11-Nov-2026 Dongyin Guan
Baylor College of Medicine
Circadian rhythm and precision medicine. Bin Liu
 18-Nov-2026 Qin Feng
University of Houston
 Engineering better CAR T therapies for improved cancer treatment. -
 2-Dec-2026 Ernesto Gianoli
Tarleton State University
 Adaptation of native plants to invasive plants: seeking general patterns. Martin Nunez
 9-Dec-2026 Nami McCarty
University of Texas Health Science Center
 Mitochondria-Autophagy Crosstalk in Blood Cancers. Weiyi Peng
 16-Dec-2026 Mardelle Atkins
Sam Houston State University
 Modeling cachexia: insights into how tumors cause muscle wasting . Kathleen Gajewski