BMS Seminar Series
Seminars are held Thursdays at 12:00pm unless otherwise noted.
All seminars will be held in-person unless otherwise noted
Fall 2024
Thursday, September 19, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Yarnell Lecture Hall 4
"Genetic conflicts during meiosis drive the rapid evolution of essential chromatin proteins"
Harmit Malik, PhD
Co-sponsored with Cornell Reproductive Sciences Center (CoRe)
Professor and Associate Director
Basic Sciences Division
Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Hosted by: Anna Wood and Dr. Paula Cohen
Thursday, October 17, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Lecture Hall 3
"Bat flight with cold wings: biomechanics and thermoregulation in flying bats"
Thursday, November 21, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Lecture Hall 3
"Dissecting and targeting cancer plasticity"
Gastrointestinal Oncologist
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Hosted by: Dr. Anushka Dongre
Thursday, December 19, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Lecture Hall 3
"Amino acid and one-carbon metabolism homeostasis in health and disease"
Assistant Professor
Chemical Biology
Rutgers University
Hosted by: Dr. Praveen Sethupathy and Donald Long Jr.
Spring 2024
Thursday, January 18, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Lecture Hall 3
"Unveiling the Intersection of Lipid Metabolism, Immune Modulation, and Therapeutic Opportunities in Non-Small Cell Lung Adenocarcinoma"
Glenn E. Simmons Jr., PhD
BMS Faculty Spotlight
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Cornell University
Thursday, February 15, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Lecture Hall 3
"Examining the unconventional role of ANG-Tie2 signaling in pancreatic CAF/ECM unit function"
Thursday, March 21, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Lecture Hall 2
"Riding a wave, going down a slope - collective stem cell behaviors during skin regeneration"
Professor
Department of Developmental & Cell Biology
University of California Irvine
Hosted by: Dr. Andrew White
Thursday, April 18, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Lecture Hall 3
"Systems Pharmacology and Machine Learning Identifies Druggable Cancer Cell-stroma Interactions"
Associate Professor
Human Biology Division
Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Hosted by: Dr. Praveen Sethupathy
Thursday, May 16, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Lecture Hall 3
"Common genetic variation in dogs regulates gene expression and breed-specific phenotypic variation"
Postdoctoral Fellow
Comparative Genetics Section
National Institutes of Health
Hosted by: Dr. Adam Boyko
Thursday, June 20, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Lecture Hall 3
"Persistent genomic instability affects mammalian placenta development"
Munisha Mumingjiang, PhD
BMS Postdoc Spotlight
NYSCF Druckenmiller Postdoc Fellow - Schimenti Lab
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Cornell University
Fall 2023
Thursday, September 21, 2023 - 12:15 - 1:15pm
Lecture Hall 3
"Targeting Hypoxia-Adenosinergic Immune-Suppression to Reprogram the Tumor Microenvironment and Improve Cancer Immunotherapy"
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Northeastern University
Hosted by: Dr. Anushka Dongre
Thursday, October 19, 2023 - 12:15 - 1:15pm
Lecture Hall 3
"Precision Medicine in Ovarian Cancer: Targeting Phosphate Dysregulation"
Research Scientist
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Hosted by: Dr. Praveen Sethupathy
Thursday, November 9, 2023 - 12:15 - 1:15pm
Lecture Hall 3
"Variation in Human Sexually Dimorphic Phenotypes May Be More Affected by Culture Than Genetics"
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Genetics
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Hosted by: Dr. Brandon Hedrick
Thursday, December 14, 2023 - 12:15 - 1:15pm
Lecture Hall 3
"Epigenetic alterations promote pancreatic cancer progression and metastasis"
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
University of California - Davis
Hosted by: Dr. Andrea Flesken-Nikitin
Spring 2023
Thursday, January 26, 2023 - 12:00 - 1:00pm
Lecture Hall 5
"Nerve-mediated (Re)generation of the salivary gland: from bench to bedside"
Assistant Professor
Department of Cell & Tissue Biology
University of California, San Francisco
Hosted by: BMS Seminar Committee and the Cornell University Stem Cell Program
Thursday, March 16, 2023 - 12:00 - 1:00pm
Lecture Hall 3
"A Balancing Act: Regulating RNA Translation for Cancer Progression"
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
Hosted by: BMS Seminar Series Committee
Thursday, March 30, 2023 - 12:00 - 1:00pm
Lecture Hall 3
"Regeneration of the Uterus"
Assistant Professor
Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Harvard University
Hosted by: BMS Seminar Committee and the Cornell University Stem Cell Program
Thursday, April 27, 2023 - 12:00 - 1:00pm
Lecture Hall 3
"Investigating Simple Breed Stereotypes and Genetically Complex Traits in Thousands of Pet Dogs"
Thursday, May 18, 2023 - 12:00 - 1:00pm
Lecture Hall 3
"Genotoxic aldehydes in cancer and aging"
Assistant Professor
Division of Nutritional Sciences
Cornell University
Hosted by: Paul Soloway
Fall 2022
Tuesday, September 20 - 4:00 - 5:00pm
Lecture Hall 5
"Diet-induced Plasticity in the Hypothalamus as a Causal Factor for Obesity"
Associate Professor
Evnin Family Chair in Alzheimer's Research
The Jackson Laboratory
Hosted by: Dr. John Schimenti
Spring 2022
Tuesday, April 19th - 4:00 - 5:00pm
Lecture Hall 1
"Functional Annotation of Cancer-Specific Enhancer Elements at Single-Cell Resolution"
Assistant Professor
Department of Genetics
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Hosted by: Dr. Praveen Sethupathy
Tuesday, April 26th - 2:00 - 3:00pm
Virtual Event
"Introduction to the Respiratory System"
Associate Professor of Anatomy
School of Veterinary Medicine
Texas Tech University
Zoom Link: https://bit.ly/Hafez-TeachingSeminar
Meeting ID: 951 2915 5538
Passcode: CVM2022
Thursday, April 28th - 12:30 - 1:15pm
Virtual Event
"The science of who we are: studying structure and function of people in the veterinary profession"
Courtesy Clinical Associate Professor
College of Veterinary Medicine
Cornell University
Zoom Link: https://bit.ly/Morello-ResearchSeminar
Meeting ID: 996 6385 0921
Passcode: CVM2022