2025 - 2026 Distinguished Lecture Series
12:00 noon – 1:00 pm • 147 Nanaline Duke
10/20/2025 Anshul Kundaje
Associate Professor of Genetics and Computer Science at Stanford University
Deep Learning Models of Regulatory DNA: A Comparison of Model Design Choices.
11/17/2025 Julie Theroit
Professor Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Electrifying Secrets of Cell Motility and Wound-Healing.
1/26/2026 Jin Zhang
Professor and vice Chair, Department of Pharmacology Professor, Departments of Bioengineering and Chemistry & Biochemistry University of California, San Diego
Illuminating the Biochemical Activity Architecture of the Cell.
3/16/2026 Meng Wang
Senior Group Leader - HHMI Janelia Research Campus
Metabolic Signals Mediate Communication across Scales.
4/20/2026 Julie Siegenthaler
Associate Professor, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus Department of Pediatrics - Section of Developmental Biology
Guardians and Guides at CNS borders: Diverse roles for brain fibroblasts in development and disease.
5/11/2026 Malene Hansen
Chief Scientific Officer & Professor Buck Institute for Research on Aging Novato, CA
On Cellular Recycling in Aging and Disease: The Importance of Taking Out the Trash.
6/4/2026 Thomas Lecuit
Professor, Collège de France. Chair: Dynamics of living systems
Whence Biological Forms?