
George Golovko, PhD presents: Exploring the Omics Ocean: Turning Data Tides into Scientific Discoveries
Speaker: George Golovko, PhD. Assistant Professor, UTMB Host: Dr. Krishna Rajarathnam
Kelly T. Hughes, PhD presents "The effect of tRNA structure and codon context on translation efficiency and fidelity"
by Kelly T. Hughes, PhD. Professor, University of Utah
Kathleen H. Burns, MD, PhD presents "A Retrotransposon in Cancer: The Marker and the Mutator"
by Kathleen H. Burns, MD, PhD
Grzegorz Ira, PhD presents "Unexpected links between mitochondria and nuclear genome stability"
by Grzegorz Ira, PhD. Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
Yann Robert Chemla, PhD presents "Single-molecule measurements of switch-like regulation in DNA processing machines"
by Speaker: Yann Robert Chemla, PhD
Lukasz Jaremko, PhD presents: Harnessing Dynamics and Small Organic Molecules with NMR and cryo-EM to Innovate Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery
by Lukasz Jaremko, PhD Associate Professor, King Abdullah University Host: Dr. Junji Iwahara
Marc-Jan Gubbels, PhD presents "Machinery and machination of Toxoplasma gondii cell division"
by Marc-Jan Gubbels, PhD
Michael Sheetz, PhD presents "Reversal of Aging by Low Frequency Ultrasound through YAP1"
Speaker: Michael Sheetz, PhD Professor Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Igor Jouline, PhD presents "PAS and Cache: homologous small molecule binding sensors conserved from bacteria to humans"
by Igor Jouline, PhD, Professor of Microbiology at The Ohio State University.
Jochen Reiser, MD, PhD presents "The path is the goal: Physician-science and a potential new drug for kidney disease"
Speaker: Jochen Reiser, MD, PhD President Professor, Internal Medicine UTMB
Adam Rosenthal, PhD presents: Early lessons from single cell RNA seq of bacterial pathogens
by Adam Rosenthal, PhD Assistant Professor University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Host: Dr. Linda Kenney

Junji Iwahara, PhD presents HMGB1: a DNA-binding protein as a danger signal in extracellular space
by Junji Iwahara PhD, Professor Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Sealy Center for Structural Biology & Molecular Biophysics Host; Guy Nir, PhD
Laura Knoll, PhD presents "Modeling intestinal eukaryotic microbes in mice and microfluidic systems"
by Laura Knoll, PhD. Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Brian Beliveau, PhD presents "Technologies for investigating chromatin structure in situ"
by Brian Beliveau, PhD, Assistant Professor of Genome Sciences from University of Washington
Venigalla B. Rao, PhD presents: Bacteriophage T4: an extraordinary model for deep learning of biological mechanisms and designing of future biomedicines
by Venigalla B. Rao, PhD, Professor, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. Host: Dr. Petr Leiman
Stephanie Cologna, PhD presents "Mass spectrometry enabled proteomics and lipidomics reveal distinct biomarker signatures in Niemann-Pick Type C Disease"
by Stephanie Cologna, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Chicago
Charles Danko, PhD presents "Transcription as a lens for interpreting genome sequence"
by Charles Danko, PhD - Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine Associate Professor, Baker Institute for Animal Health Host: Dr. Michelle Ward
Lukasz Jaremko, PhD - faculty candidate - presents “Harnessing structural dynamics for next-gen chemical biology and drug discovery”
by Lukasz Jaremko, PhD, Associate Professor, Bioscience and Bioengineering, King Abdulla University of Science and Technology Host: Dr. Sanja Sever
Wenshe Ray Liu, PhD presents: Phage-Encoded Noncanonical Amino Acids for Epigenetic Drug Discovery
Speaker: Wenshe Ray Liu, PhD Texas A&M University Director, Texas A&M Drug Discovery Center Host: William Russell, PhD
Jordan Rowley, PhD presents "3D genome refolding in response to cellular cues"
by Jordan Rowley, PhD - University of Nebraska Medical Center
Barry Honig, PhD presents "Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Precise Wiring of Neural Networks"
Speaker. Barry Honig, PhD Professor Columbia University Medical enter Host: Dr. Monte Pettitt
James Noonan PhD presents: Discovering the genetic drivers of uniquely human traits
Speaker: James Noonan, PhD Albert E. Kent Professor of Neuroscience Yale School of Medicine Host: Michelle Ward, PhD
Jeffrey Brodsky, PhD presents: The Role of Protein Quality Control and ER Associated Degradation (ERAD) in Disease
Speaker: Jeffrey Brodsky, PhD Avinoff Professor and Chair of Biological Sciences University of Pittsburgh Host: Parimal Samir, PhD
Antonio Bianco, MD, PhD presents: Localized T3 production and the Epigenome of the Adult Mouse Liver
Speaker: Antonio Bianco, MD, PhD Interim Senior Vice President and Dean, John Sealy School of Medicine Chief Research Officer Host: Sanja Sever, PhD
Andrew Fire, PhD presents: Opportunistic RNAs and Acquisitive Genomes
Speaker: Andrew Fire, PhD Nobel Laureate and Professor, Pathology and Genetics Stanford University School of Medicine Host: Dr. Whitney Yin

Yuhui Whitney Yin, PhD presents, Functional synergy in mitochondrial replisome and its implication in diseases
Speaker: Yuhui Whitney Yin, PhD Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UTMB Host: Guy Nir, PhD
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Dr. Guy Nir
Phone: (409) 772-3575
Email: niguy@utmb.edu
Coordinator
Colleen C. Casey
Phone: (409) 772-8071
Email: cccasey@utmb.edu