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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