Lecture Series 118, 2024—2025

Lecture Time and LocationPast Speakers & Abstracts

#1    Thursday, October 24, 2024 - abstract

Abby Dernburg, PhD

How and Why Chromosomes Get Together During Meiosis

Abby Dernburg, PhD

University of California, Berkeley

#2    Thursday, November 21, 2024 - abstract

Ardem Patapoutian, PhD

May The Force Be With You! Piezo Channels in Sensory Physiology and Disease

Ardem Patapoutian, PhD

Scripps Research
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

#3    Thursday, March 20, 2025 - abstract

Eric Olson, PhD

Muscle Making and Muscle Breaking: From Developmental Mechanisms to New Therapies for Muscle and Heart Disease

Eric Olson, PhD

University of Texas, Southwestern

#4    Thursday, April 17, 2025 - abstract

Elizabeth Villa, PhD

Opening Windows into the Cell: Bringing Structure to Cell Biology Using Cryo-Electron Tomography

Elizabeth Villa, PhD

University of California, San Diego
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

#5    Thursday, May 15, 2025 - abstract

Leslie Leinwand, PhD

How Basic Science Led to Treatment of a Deadly Heart Disease

Leslie Leinwand, PhD

University of Colorado
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

#6    Thursday, October 16, 2025 - abstract

Kevan Shokat, PhD

Overcoming the Undruggable Nature of the Most Common Human Oncogene: KRAS

Kevan Shokat, PhD

University of California, San Francisco
University of California, Berkeley
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

#7    Thursday, November 20, 2025 - abstract

Oliver Hobert, PhD

Homeoboxes in the Nervous System

Oliver Hobert, PhD

Columbia University
Howard Hughes Medical Institute