Seminars 2025-2026

BMB Seminars take place most Thursdays in the Basic Sciences Auditorium 2.212 at 4pm.

Please note: NO Seminar on Nov. 27, Dec. 18, Dec. 25, Jan.1 and Mar. 19.
New events and details are added often, check back for the latest list of seminars.

TBA - September 4, 2025

September 4, 2025 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

TBA - September 11, 2025

September 11, 2025 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

Joseph Wenke, PhD presents TBA

September 18, 2025 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

De Witt Sumners, PhD presents: Randon Knotting in Biology and Chemistry

September 25, 2025 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

Zucai Suo, PhD presents: DNA base excision repair in nucleus and mitochondria

October 9, 2025 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

TBA - October 16, 2025

October 16, 2025 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

TBA - October 23, 2025

October 23, 2025 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

Craig Cameron, PhD presents: Complexities of the Enterovirus Lifecycle Revealed by Analysis of Single Cells and Cell Pairs

October 30, 2025 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

Umesh Desai, PhD presents: Nature’s Enigmatic Biopolymers Glycosaminoglycans – From Mechanisms to Medicines

November 6, 2025 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

TBA - November 13, 2025

November 13, 2025 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

Yunfeng Chen, PhD presents: TBA

November 20, 2025 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

Wah Chiu, PhD presents - TBA

December 4, 2025 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

TBA - December 11, 2025

December 11, 2025 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

TBA - January 8, 2026

January 8, 2026 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

TBA - January 15, 2026

January 15, 2026 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

TBA - January 22, 2026

January 22, 2026 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

TBA - January 29, 2026

January 29, 2026 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

TBA - February 5, 2026

February 5, 2026 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

Guy Nir, PhD presents - Unraveling the topology of entire chromosomes with locus-specificity and nanometric accuracy

February 12, 2026 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

Michelle Ward, PhD presents: TBA

February 19, 2026 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

TBA - February 26, 2026

February 26, 2026 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

TBA - March 5, 2026

March 5, 2026 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

TBA - March 12, 2026

March 12, 2026 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

TBA - March 26, 2026

March 26, 2026 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

TBA - April 2, 2026

April 2, 2026 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

TBA - April 9, 2026

April 9, 2026 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

TBA - April 16, 2026

April 16, 2026 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

TBA - April 23, 2026

April 23, 2026 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

TBA - April 30, 2026

April 30, 2026 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

TBA - May 7, 2026

May 7, 2026 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

Sushmita Roy, PhD presents: TBA

May 14, 2026 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

Ido Golding, PhD presents: Bacteriophage Dormancy: Emerging Principles & Open Questions

May 21, 2026 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

TBA - May 28, 2026

May 28, 2026 - 4pm-5pm Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building - 1005 Stand Street, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

Past Events

Seminars by Academic Year

Seminar Contacts

Chair

Dr. Guy Nir
Phone: (409) 772-3575
Email: niguy@utmb.edu

Coordinator

Colleen C. Casey
Phone: (409) 772-8071
Email: cccasey@utmb.edu