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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

2024-2025 Schedule

Date   Guest Speaker Lecture Title Host(s)
Sept. 18   Joachim Herz, M.D.
Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics
UT Southwestern 
"Defective Endosomal Acidification in Alzheimer's Disease"

Helen H. Hobbs, M.D.
Professor
Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development

Oct. 17   David W. Russell, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Molecular Genetics
UT Southwestern 
"Alvin Taurog Memorial Lecture Department of Pharmacology" David Mangelsdorf, Ph.D.
Professor & Chair
Department of Pharmacology
Oct. 30   John A. Rogers, Ph.D.
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Neurological Surgery
Northwestern University 
"Frontier Developments in Bioelectronics for Medicine – From Soft, Wireless Wearables to Bioresorbable Temporary Implants" Yasin Dhaher, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Mar. 12   Craig C. Mello, Ph.D.
Professor, RNA Therapeutics Institute
U. Massachusetts Chan Medical School 
"RNAi: A Molecular Spark in an Information Inferno" Don Gammon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology

Jeffrey Woodruff, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Cell Biology
Mar. 26   Iain M. Cheeseman, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
MIT/Whitehead Institute
 
"Unlocking the Hidden Proteome" 

Peter Ly, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology 
&
Jeffrey Woodruff, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Cell Biology

Mar. 27   David Altshuler, M.D., Ph.D.
EVP and Chief Scientific Officer
Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Dennis K. Stone University Lecture for Translational Science


"Humanizing Drug Discovery"

Helen H. Hobbs, M.D.
Professor
Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development


Apr. 7
10:00AM
 

Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Ph.D. 
Senior Group Leader, HHMI
Janelia Research Campus
 

Rupert Billingham Lecture 
Department of Cell Biology 

"Imaging mRNA translation: from micron to atomic scales"

William Prinz, Ph.D. 
Professor and Chair
Department of Cell Biology 
Apr. 9   Daniel Kronauer, Ph.D.
Professor, Rockefeller University 
Investigator, HHMI 
Title TBD  Janko Gospocic, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Apr. 22
NG3.112
 

Brenda A. Schulman, Ph.D.
Director and Scientific Member
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry 
   

David Garber Lecture Department of Pharmacology
Title TBD  
David Mangelsdorf, Ph.D.
Professor & Chair
Department of Pharmacology
Apr. 23
NG3.112
  TBD Brown Goldstein Excellence in
Postdoctoral Research Lecture
Deirdre Brekken, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Postdoctoral Affairs 
TBD   TBD Nominata Lecture  Andrew Zinn, M.D., Ph.D.
Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences 

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