Conferences & Events
John H. Blaffer Lecture Series
Each week from September through May, an internationally recognized scientist is invited to speak and present his or her latest results. Students have the opportunity to meet and interact with these distinguished scientists. Swathi Arur, Ph.D., is the Chair and coordinator of the Blaffer Lecture Series.
For further information or access to a lecture, please contact
Lisa M. Watson, Administrative Coordinator
at BlafferSeries@mdanderson.org.
Tuesdays, 12-1 p.m. CST (New Time)
September through May
Spring 2021 Blaffer Schedule
January 19, 2021
Speaker: Rahul Satija Ph.D., Core Faculty Member, New York Genome Center (NYGC), Associate Professor, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University (NYU)
Title: "Integrated Analysis of Multimodal Single Cell Data""
Host: Nicholas Navin, Ph.D., Department of Genetics
January 26, 2021
Speaker: Douglas Green, Ph.D., Chair, Immunology Department, Co-Leader, Cancer Biology Program, Peter C. Doherty Endowed Chair of Immunology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Title: "LAP and LANDO: Non-Canonical Functions of Autophagy Proteins in Anti-Cancer Immunity and Alzheimer's Disease"
Host: George Eisenhoffer, Ph.D., Department of Genetics
Feburary 2, 2021
Speaker: Elaine Ostrander, Ph.D., Chief & Distinguished Investigator, Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch, NIH/ NHGRI, Bethesda, MA
Title: "Dog, Traits and Breeds: Genetics Behind it All"
Host: Richard Behringer, Ph.D., Department of Genetics
Feburary 9, 2021
Speaker: Matthew Disney, Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Chemistry and Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL
Title: "Sequence-Based Design of Small Molecules Targeting RNA"
Host: Ralf Krahe, Ph.D., Department of Genetics
Feburary 23, 2021 - Rescheduled to Spring 2022
Speaker: Sarah Tishkoff, Ph.D., David & Lyn Silfen University Professor Departments of Genetics & Biology, Perelman School of Medicine School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
Title: "Genomic Evolution and Adaptation in Africa: Implications for Health and Disease"
Host: Ralf Krahe, Ph.D., Department of Genetics
March 2, 2021
Speaker: Richard M. White, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Title: "Zebrafish - Where Development Meets the Microenvironment "
Host: George Eisenhoffer, Ph.D., Department of Genetics
March 9, 2021
Speaker: Thea D. Tlsty, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pathology and Director of the Center for Translational Research in the Molecular Genetics of Cancer, University of California, San Francisco
Title: "Stromal Reprograming and Cancer: Cause? Cure?"
Host: Gigi Lozano, Ph.D., Department of Genetics
March 23, 2021
Speaker: Douglas Menke., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Genetics, Director, Developmental Biology Alliance, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Title: "Leaping Lizards! A New Reptilian Model for Studies of Gene Function in Development and Evolution”
Host: Richard Behringer, Ph.D., Department of Genetics
March 30, 2021
Speaker: Sue Biggins, Ph.D., Senior Vice President and Director, Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
Title: "Detecting and Correcting Errors in Mitosis"
Host: Swathi Arur, Ph.D., Department of Genetics
April 6, 2021
Speaker: Deborah Yelon Ph.D., Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego
Title: "Creating Pattern and Shape during Organogenesis in Zebrafish"
Host: Michael Galko, Ph.D., Department of Genetics
Research Exchange Series
Each week from September through May, this series alternates faculty from across the Texas Medical Center (TMC) with senior trainees from the Department of Genetics to discuss their research. This series highlights the breadth and depth of science in the TMC and provides an opportunity to establish collaborations across the numerous institutions in the TMC. It is also a forum for senior students and post-doctoral trainees to present their studies.
George Eisenhoffer, Ph.D. and Georgios Karras, Ph.D. will host this series.
For further information or access to a seminar, please contact Elva Lopez at eplopez@mdanderson.org.
Mondays, 11 a.m. -12 p.m.
September through May
Spring 2021 Research Exchange Schedule
February 1, 2021
Amanda Wasylishen, PhD, Instructor (Lozano Lab)
Department of Genetics, MD Anderson
February 8, 2021
Matthew
Gubin, PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of Immunology,
MD Anderson
February 15, 2021
Bruno Di Stefano, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular and Cellular
Biology, Baylor College of Medicine
February 22, 2021
Darlan Conterno Minussi, Graduate Research Assistant (Navin Lab)
Department of Genetics, MD Anderson
March 1, 2021
Momoko
Yoshimoto, MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Center for Stem
Cell & Regenerative Medicine, McGovern Medical School, UTHealth
March 8, 2021
Rebecca Burdine, PhD, Professor
Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
March 22, 2021
Tasneem Bawa-Khalfe, PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston
March 29, 2021
Eric Boerwinkle, PhD, Professor
Dean of UTHealth School of Public Health M. David Low Chair in Public Health Kozmetsky Family Chair in Human Genetics Professor, Center for Human Genetics and Department of Epidemiology Associate Director, Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine
April 5, 2021
Nagireddy
Putluri, PhD, Associate Professor
Department of Molecular
and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine
April 12, 2021
Amber Luong, MD, PhD, Professor
Center of Immunology and Autoimmune Diseases at the Institute of Molecular
Medicine, McGovern Medical School, UTHealth
April 19, 2021
Denada Dibra, PhD, Instructor (Lozano Lab)
Department of Genetics, MD Anderson
April 26, 2021
Tapsi Kumar, Rosalie B. Hite Graduate Research Assistant (Navin
Lab)
Department of Genetics, MD Anderson
May 3, 2021
Andrew Truman, PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
May 10, 2021
Kory Evans, PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of Biosciences, Rice University