Past Seminars
Spring 2024
Toshi Hige, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Peter K. Jackson, PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine
Paul Jenkins, University of Michigan Medical School
Jess Thaxton, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Peter M. Douglas, UT Southwestern, Medical Center
Fall 2023
Tanner Fadero, PhD, Altos Labs, Bay Area Institute
Katalin Susztak, PhD University of California, Berkeley
Danfeng Cai, PhD, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Samantha Lewis, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Lori O’Brien, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Spring 2023
Katja Brose, PhD, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Anna Dunaevsky, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Terren Niethamer, PhD, Perelman School of Medicine of University of Pennsylvania
Luke Wiseman, PhD, Scripps Research
Samantha Lewis, PhD, University of California – Berkley
Nihal Altan Bonnet, PhD, National Institute of Health
Mike Henne, PhD, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Chantell Evans, PhD, Duke University
Fall 2022
David Gate, PhD, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Purushothama Rao Tata, PhD, Duke University
Jimena Giudice, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cell Biology and Physiology
Jadranka Loncarek, PhD, National Health Insitute, The National Cancer Institute
Iain Drummond, PhD, MDI Biological Laboratory
Sean Megason, PhD, Harvard University
Michael Bressan, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cell Biology and Physiology
Spring 2022
Biafra Ahanonu, PhD, University of California San Francisco
Samantha Butler, PhD, University of California Los Angelous
Giorgia Quadrato, PhD, University of Southern California
Nicola Allen, PhD, SALK Institute for Biological Studies
Dale Abel, PhD, University of California Los Angelous
Shernaz Bamji, PhD, University of British Columbia
Stephanie Gupton, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Fall 2021
Roberto Weigert, PhD, National Institutes of Health
Marcos Frank, PhD, Washington State University
Elizabeth Ransey, PhD, Duke University
Alejandra San Martin, PhD, Emory University
Susanne Rafelski, PhD, Allen Institute for Cell Science
Alfred C. Johnson, PhD, National Institute of Health
Spring 2021
Robert C. Froemke, PhD, Skirball Institute, New York University
Wolfram Goessling, MD, PhD, Harvard Medical School
Benjamin L. Prosser, PhD, The Peelman School, University of Pennsylvania
Brielle Ryan Ferguson, PhD, Stanford University
Gia Voeltz, University of Colorado Boulder
David Castillo-Azofeifa, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
Jeff Carroll, PhD, Western Washington University
Fall 2020
Bridget Williams-Simmons, PhD, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Rita L. Strack, PhD, Nature Methods
Liqun Luo, PhD, Stanford University
Spring 2020
Brenda Kostelecky, PhD, Cascadia Data Alliance at Fred Hutch
Paola Arlotta, PhD, Harvard University
Lynne E. Maquat, PhD, University of Rochester
Eva N. Grayck, MD, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus
James Olzmann, PhD, University of California – Berkley
Fall 2019
Jeffrey A. Whitsett, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Ruth E. Gimeno, PhD, Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company
Yvette R. Seger, PhD, FASEB (Foundation of American Societies of Experimental Biology
David Harrison, MD, FACC, FAHA, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Rejji Kuruvilla, PhD, John Hopkins University
Maxence Nachury, PhD, University of California San Francisco
Tomas Kircchausen, PhD, Harvard University Medical Center
Benjamin L. Prosser, PhD, The Peelman School, University of Pennsylvania
Spring 2019
Thomas Blanpied, PhD, University of Maryland
Andrew Russo, PhD, University of Iowa
Gary D. Hammer, MD, PhD, University of Michigan
Donald E. Ingber, MD, PhD, Duke University
Ann Dean, PhD, NIDDK –National Institute of Health
Albert La Spada, MD, PhD, Duke University
Erika L.F. Hozau, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Stephen Liberles, PhD, Harvard University
Fall 2018
Marcelo G. Bonini, PhD, The Medical College of Wisconsin
Ruth Gimeno, PhD, Eli Lilly and Company
Martin Ferris, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jason Shepherd, PhD, The University of Utah
Tammy R. Collins, PhD, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Shmuel Muallem, PhD, National Institute of Health, NIDR
Brian Fiske, PhD, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
Spring 2018
Cagla Eroglu, PhD, Duke University Medical Center
Nadine Hempel, PhD, Pennsylvania State University
Robert Tarran, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cell Biology and Physiology
Dee U. Silverthorn, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin
Elaine Fuchs, PhD, The Rockefeller University
Aaron Mercer, PhD, Novo Nordisk Research Center
Garret Stuber, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cell Biology and Physiology
Benjamin D. Humphreys, MD, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Fall 2017
Erez S. Lieberman Aiden, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine
Christopher B. Newgard, PhD, Duke University School of Medicine
Scott Soderling, PhD Duke University School of Medicine
Michael Bagnat, PhD, Duke University Medical Center
Avital Rodal, PhD, Brandeis University
Kristy Red-Horse, PhD, Pennsylvania State University
Darrell N. Kotton, MD, Boston University School of Medicine
Spring 2017
Roger Davis, PhD, University of Massachusetts
Elizabeth Engle, MD, Harvard University Medical School
Melina Kibbe, MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Robert Ross, MD, University of California – San Diego
Robert Marc, PhD, University of Utah School of Medicine
Michael Ehlers, MD, PhD, Biogen Company
Denise Montell, PhD, University of California Santa Barbara
Jeffrey Mogill, PhD, McGill University
Susan Quaggin, MD, Northwestern University
Fall 2016
Spencer Smith, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cell Biology and Physiology
Edward Bahnson, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Surgery
Jan Lammerding, PhD, Cornell University
Lori Wallrath, PhD, University of Iowa
Anne Eichmann, PhD, Yale University
Donald Gill, PhD, Pennsylvania State University
Spring 2016
Wade Harper, PhD, Harvard University
Sacha Nelson, MD, PhD, Brandeis University
Darryl C. Zeldin, MD, National Institute of Health/ National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Sandra L. Schmid, MD, PhD, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Stephanie Gupton, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cell Biology and Physiology
Manfred Boehm, PhD, National Institute of Health
Steve McCarroll, PhD, Harvard University
Margaret Gardel, PhD, Institute for Biophys. Dynamics James Frank Institute
Fall 2015
Mark Zylka, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cell Biology and Physiology
Gregg Gundersen, PhD, Columbia University
Steven S. Rosenfield, MD, PhD, Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Yishi Jin, PhD, University of California, San Diego
James Alvarez, PhD, University of California, San Diego
Taekjip Ha PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hans Clevers, PhD, Hebrecht Institute
Andrew C. Dudley, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cell Biology and Physiology
Spring 2015
Partha Roy, PhD, University of Pittsburgh
Cortney Griffin, PhD Oklahoma State University
Andreas Burkhalter, PhD, Washington University
Barry Connors, PhD, Brown University
Manfred Boehm, PhD, National Institute of Health
Bill Copeland, PhD, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Henry Higgs, PhD, Dartmouth
Ken Korach, PhD, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Steve Young, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bettina Winckler, PhD, University of Viriginia
Ned Sharpless, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Fall 2014
Nico Katsanis, Phd, Duke University
Michael Conn, PhD, Oregon Health & Science University
Sarita Sastry, PhD, Texas A&M
Troy Ghashghaei, PhD, North Carolina State University
Brent Hoffman, PhD, Duke University
Michael Beers, MD, University of Pennsylvania
Jim Bamburg, PhD, Colorado State University
Juan M. Melero Martin, PhD, Harvard Medical School Andrew Dudley
Yimin Zou, PhD, UC San Diego
Curt Sigmund, PhD, University of Iowa
Spring 2014
Yosuke Mukoyama, PhD, National Institute of Health/NHLBI
Doug Robinson, PhD, John Hopkins School of Medicine
Marc Caron, PhD, Duke University
Douglas Green, PhD, St. Jude Children’s Hospital
Nate Sawtell, PhD, Columbia University
Phillip Keller, PhD, Janelia Farm Research Campus
Anil Bidani, MD, Loyola University
Spring 2012
Brigid L.M. Hogan, PhD, Duke University
Gary Bird, PhD, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Oliver Smithies, DSc, UNC-Chapel Hill
Nico Katsanis, PhD, Duke University
Juan Melero-Martin, PhD, Harvard University
Morris Birnbaum, U Penn School of Medicine
David L. Mattson, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin
Bonnie Sloane, PhD, Wayne State School of Medicine
David Williams
David Stepp, PhD, Medical College of Georgia
Amy Pasquinelli, UCSD
Augustine Choi, Boston
Leslie Leinwand, PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder
Yan-hua Chen, East Carolina University
James McNew, Rice University
Raghu Kalluri, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Adam Kwiatkowski, Pittsburgh
Larry Zipursky, PhD, University of California Los Angelous
Fall 2012
Amy Maddox, PhD, Universite de Montreal
Monte S. Willis, MD, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Division of Cardiology Department of Medicine
James D. Stockand, PhD, UT San Anton
Tatiana Rebrik, PhD, Duke University, Eye Center
Richard Youle, National Institute of Health
Nicholas (Nico) Katsanis, PhD, Duke University
Sidney Simon, PhD, Duke University
Gian Garriga, PhD, UC Berkeley
Wolfgang Bergemeier, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Darwin Bell, PhD, Medical University of South Carolina
Anna Greka, MD, Harvard
James E. Bear, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Andrew C. Dudley, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Martina Gentzsch, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill