October: Understanding the complicated sex lives of parasitic schistosomes - James J. Collins, Ph.D.

October 28, 2025
10:00am - 11:00am
Belfer Research Building,
Rooms 204A/B/C
Dr. Collins is a Professor at Univeristy of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investisgator. Dr. Collins also holds the endowed titles of Jan and Bob Bullock Distinguished Chair for Science Education; Jane and Bud Smith Distinguished Chair in Medicine, and; Rita C. and William P. Clements, Jr. Scholar in Biomedical Research.
Host: Dr. Kirk Deitsch
Upcoming Lectures
November 25, 2025 - 10:00am - 11:00am | John Rubinstein, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto; Senior Scientist, Molecular Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. |
January 27, 2026 - 10:00am - 11:00am | Evgeny Nudler, Ph.D., Julie Wilson Anderson Professor of Biochemistry, New York University Langone Health. |
February 24, 2026 - 10:00am - 11:00am | TBD |
March 24, 2026 - 10:00am - 11:00am | Margaret Phillips, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Sam G. Winstead and D. Andrew Bell Distinguished Chair in Biochemistry. |
April 21, 2026 - 10:00am - 11:00am | TBD |
We are grateful to the following donors for their support.
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Past Lectures
September: Host Cell Defense: New Nanomachines in Immunity to Infection - John MacMicking, Ph.D.

September 22, 2025
10:00am - 11:00am
Belfer Research Building,
Rooms 302A/B
Dr. MacMicking is a Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis and of Immunology at Yale University's School of Medicine. Dr. MacMicking is also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator.