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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

DateGuest SpeakerLecture TitleHost(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
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
Apr. 7

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
"Differentiation, Communication, and Collective Behavior in Ant Societies" 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
"Signaling Through the Ubiquitin System"

David Mangelsdorf, Ph.D.
Professor & Chair
Department of Pharmacology

Apr. 23
NG3.112

Huabin Zhou, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Rosen Lab, UT Southwestern

Brown Goldstein Excellence in
Postdoctoral Research Lecture
“Illuminating the Hidden Structure of Chromatin”

Deirdre Brekken, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Postdoctoral Affairs

May 7
NG3.112

Justin Engel
Graduate Research Student
Cancer Biology, UT Southwestern

Nominata Lecture
“Chromothripsis and Genomic Instability from Mitotic Errors”

Andrew Zinn, M.D., Ph.D.
Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

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