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
September through May
Fall 2021 Blaffer Schedule
September 14, 2021
Speaker: Anne-Claude Gingras, PhD, Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics University of Toronto, Senior Investigator, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
Title: "Proximity Interactomes: Using a Reference Map of a Human Cell to Navigate Cancer Signaling and Viral Infections"
Host: Junjie Chen, PhD, Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology
September 21, 2021
Speaker: Elly Margaret Tanaka, PhD, Biochemist and Senior scientist Research Institute of Molecular Pathology in Vienna, Austria
Seminar @11:00 AM
Title: "Understanding Cellular and Molecular Determinants of Regeneration Ability"
Host: Swathi Arur PhD, Department of Genetics
September 28, 2021
Speaker: Kıvanç Birsoy, PhD, Assistant Professor, Head of Laboratory of Metabolic Regulation and Genetics, Rockefeller University, New York, NY
Title: "Deciphering Compartmentalization of Oxidative Metabolism"
Host: Boyi Gan, PhD, Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology
October 5, 2021
Speaker: Ann Miller, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology (MCDB), University of Michigan
Title: "Maintenance and Remodeling of Epithelial Cell-Cell Junctions during Cell Shape Changes"
Host: George Eisenhoffer, PhD, Department of Genetics
October 12, 2021
Speaker: Sarah Teichmann, PhD, FMedSci FRSCellular Genetics Programme Head, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Director of Research, University of Cambridge
Title: "Cells of the Human Gut Mapped through Space and Time"
Host: Nicholas Navin, PhD, Department of Genetics
October 19, 2021
Speaker: Eileen White, PhD, Deputy Director, Chief Scientific Officer, Associate Director for Basic Science at the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Distinguished Professor, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at Rutgers University
Title: "Metabolic Regulation of the Anti-Cancer Immune Response"
Host: Gigi Lozano, PhD, Department of Genetics
October 26, 2021
Speaker: Christoph Plass, PhD, Professor, Department of Epigenomics and Cancer Risk Factors, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
Title: "Evolution and Cellular Origin of the Cancer Methylome"
Host: Ralf Krahe, PhD, Department of Genetics
November 2, 2021
Speaker: Peter Campbell, PhD, Professor, Head of Cancer, Ageing and Somatic Mutation and Senior Group Leader, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxon, Cambridge
Title: "Somatic Mutations in Normal Tissues”
Host: Nicholas Navin, PhD, Department of Genetics
November 9, 2021
Speaker: Nadia Carlesso, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Developmental & Stem Cell Biology, Associate Director of Basic Research, Gehr Family Center for Leukemia Research, Beckman Research Institute at City of Hope, Durate, CA
Title: "Deciphering Inflammation in the Bone Marrow Microenvironment"
Host: Margarida Santos, PhD, Department of Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis
November 16, 2021
Speaker: Lillian Fritz-Laylin, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Title: ""Our Evolving View of Cell Motility""
Host: Pierre McCrea, PhD, Department of Genetics
November 30, 2021
Speaker: Mikko Taipale, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto
Title: "Functional Proteomics by Induced Proximity"
Host: Nidhi Sahni, PhD, Department of Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis
December 7, 2021
Speaker: Taekjip Ha, PhD (HHMI), Professor of Biophysics & Biophysical Chemistry, Biophysics, & Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Title: "Light, CRISPR and DNA Repair"
Host: Bin Wang, PhD, Department of Genetics
December 14, 2021
Speaker: Trachette Jackson, PhD,Professor of Mathematics and University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor at the University of Michigan
Title: "Turning Cancer Discoveries into Effective Treatments with the Aid of Mathematical Modeling"
Host: Vicki Huff, PhD, 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
Fall 2021 Research Exchange Schedule
September 27, 2021
Natasha Kirienko, PhD, Associate Professor
Department of BioSciences, Rice University
October 4, 2021
Andrea Stavoe, PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, McGovern Medical School, UT Health
October 11, 2021
Malcolm Moses, Graduate Research Assistant (Behringer Lab)
Department of Genetics, MD Anderson
October 18, 2021
Irina Larina, PhD, Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Physiology, Baylor College of Medicine
October 25, 2021
Krishna Bhat, PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, MD Anderson
November 1, 2021
Peter Ly, PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology, |Cellular Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center
November 8, 2021
Jake Leighton, Graduate Research Assistant (Navin Lab)
Department of Genetics, MD Anderson
November 15, 2021
Marcos de Moraes, PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of BioSciences, Rice University
November 29, 2021
Jae-Il
Park, PhD, Associate Professor
Department of Experimental
Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson
December 6, 2021
Raisa A Reyes Castro, Graduate Research Assistant (Arur Lab)
Department of Genetics, MD Anderson
December 13, 2021
Ankur Saxena, PhD, Assistant
Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, University of
Illinois at Chicago