University Lecture Series
The University Lecture Series (ULS) brings prominent scientists and speakers to UT Southwestern Medical Center to enhance the intellectual climate of the Medical Center community.
Time: 4 p.m. Wednesdays
Location:
Fall: Zale Foundation Lecture Hall (D1.600, South Campus)
Spring: Simmons Auditorium (NB2.EEF, North Campus)
University Lecture Series Calendar
University Lecture Series Video Library
2023-2024 Schedule
| Date | Guest Speaker | Lecture Title | Host(s) | |
| Oct. 4 | Thomas Marlovits, Ph.D. Professor and Director Institute of Structural and Systems Biology University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf - Germany |
Substrate Translocation in Molecular Machines: Deconvolution of AAA+ ATPase Motors Driving Holliday Junction Branch Migrations |
Kim Orth, Ph.D. Anju Sreelatha, Ph.D. |
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| Nov. 1 | Masashi Yanagisawa, M.D., Ph.D. Director International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine University of Tsukuba - Japan |
Deciphering the Mysteries of Sleep: toward the neuronal substrate for "sleepiness" | Mike Brown, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Molecular Genetics | Internal Medicine |
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| Nov. 15 | Michel Nussenzweig, M.D., Ph.D. Professor and Investigator Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute The Rockefeller University |
Antibody Responses to Vaccines and Infection |
Lora Hooper, Ph.D. |
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| Nov. 29 | Brent Stockwell, Ph.D. Chair of Biological Sciences Columbia University |
Integrating Metabolism, Iron, and ROS Mechanisms and Therapeutic Opportunities |
Jin Ye, Ph.D. |
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| Dec. 6 | Britt Glaunsinger, Ph.D. Professor Dept of Molecular/Cell Biology and Dept of Plant & Microbial Biology University of California at Berkeley |
Induction and Co-option of Noncoding Retrotransposons during Herpesvirus Infection | Nick Conrad, Ph.D. Professor Microbiology |
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| Jan. 24 | Jonathan Kipnis, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor Pathology and Immunology Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis |
Anatomy of Brainwashing: how does CSF flow and where? | Joachim Herz, M.D. Professor Molecular Genetics | Neurology | Neuroscience |
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| Feb. 7 | Michael Rosen, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Dept of Biophysics, Molecular Biophysics Graduate Program UT Southwestern Medical Center |
Cell Organization by Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation | Jose Rizo-Rey, Ph.D. Professor Biophysics | Biochemistry | Pharmacology |
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| Mar. 6 | Anne Brunet, Ph.D. Professor and Co-Director Paul F. Glen Laboratories for the Biology of Aging Stanford University School of Medicine |
Mechanisms of Aging and Longevity | Joseph Takahashi, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Neuroscience |
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| Mar. 20 | Hao Wu, Ph.D. Professor Structural Biology, Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Harvard Medical School |
Macromolecular Assemblies as Organizing Principles in Innate Immunity | John Schoggins, Ph.D. Associate Professor Microbiology |
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| Apr. 3 | Catherine M. Bollard, MBChB, M.D. Children's National Hospital Director, Center for Cancer & Immunology Director, Program for Cell Enhancement and Technologies for Immunotherapy Director, Immunology Initiative - Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation |
Virus-specific T cell therapies- Broadening Applicability | The Women in Science & Medicine Advisory Committee (WISMAC) | |
| Apr. 18 |
William G. Kaelin, Jr., M.D. |
The Von Hipple-Lindau Tumor Suppressor: Insights into Oxygen Sensing, Cancer, and Drugging the Undruggable | Helen H. Hobbs, M.D. Professor & Director UT Southwestern Medical Center |
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| Apr. 24 |
Brown-Goldstein Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Research |
Precise Gene Editing As A Therapy For Cardiovascular Diseases | Andrew Zinn, M.D., Ph.D. Dean Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences |
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| May 8 | Nominata Award Speaker Heankel Lyons Location: NL03.120 |
Deciphering the Language of Transcriptional Condensates in Health and Disease | Andrew Zinn, M.D., Ph.D. Dean Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences |
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