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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Mar. 26 | Iain M. Cheeseman, Ph.D. Professor of Biology MIT/Whitehead Institute |
"Unlocking the Hidden Proteome" |
Peter Ly, Ph.D. |
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| Mar. 27 D1.600 |
David Altshuler, M.D., Ph.D. EVP and Chief Scientific Officer Vertex Pharmaceuticals |
Dennis K. Stone University Lecture in Biomedical Science "Humanizing Drug Discovery" |
Helen H. Hobbs, M.D. Professor Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development |
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| Apr. 7 |
Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Ph.D. |
Rupert Billingham Lecture "Imaging mRNA translation: from micron to atomic scales" |
William Prinz, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Department of Cell Biology |
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| Apr. 9 | Daniel Kronauer, Ph.D. Professor, Rockefeller University Investigator, HHMI |
"Differentiation, Communication, and Collective Behavior in Ant Societies" | Janko Gospocic, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry |
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| Apr. 22 NG3.112 |
Brenda A. Schulman, Ph.D. |
David Garber Lecture Department of Pharmacology "Signaling Through the Ubiquitin System" |
David Mangelsdorf, Ph.D. Professor & Chair Department of Pharmacology |
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| Apr. 23 NG3.112 |
Huabin Zhou, Ph.D. |
Brown Goldstein Excellence in “Illuminating the Hidden Structure of Chromatin” |
Deirdre Brekken, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Postdoctoral Affairs |
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| TBD | TBD | Nominata Lecture | Andrew Zinn, M.D., Ph.D. Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences |
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