2025-2026 Seminars

Date Place Speaker Topic
Sept 19, 2025
9-10 AM
virtual Mohamad Habes, PhD
Associate Professor, UT Health San Antonio; Co-PI, South Texas Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Imaging Core; Director, Biggs Institute Neuroimaging Core; Director, Neuroimage Analytics Laboratory; Director, RII BIAD
From Data to Diagnosis: AI-Powered Imaging for Diverse Brain Health Research
Oct 17, 2025
9-10 AM
virtual Ovijit Chaudhuri, PhD
Associate Professor, Stanford University
Cell Migration and Morphogenesis in Viscoelastic Matrices
Nov 21, 2025
9-10 AM
virtual Jean Jiang, PhD
Professor and Zachry Distinguished University Chair, UT Health San Antonio
Connexin Channels in Mechanotransduction and Cancer Bone Metastasis: From Mechanisms to Therapeutic Opportunities
Dec 2025   no seminar due to holidays  
Jan 23, 2026
9-10 AM
virtual Jie Zheng, PhD
Regent Distinguished Research Professor, UT San Antonio
Molecular Understanding and Evidence of Amyloid Cross-Seeding
Feb 20, 2026
9-10 AM
virtual Cory Hallam, PhD
Executive Vice President, Applied Science and Innovation, Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Changing the World with the Creation of a Live Attenuated TB Vaccine—the Path Ahead by Launching TXB BioPharma in San Antonio
Mar 27, 2026
9-10 AM
virtual Philipp Scherer, PhD
Professor and Director of Touchstone Diabetes Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Inflamed and Entangled: Fat & Fibrosis in the Cardio-Renal-Metabolic Syndrome
Apr 27, 2026
2:30-3:30 PM
UTHSA
ALTC 3.303
David Meltzer, MD, PHD
Associate Dean for Clinical Science, Translation, Chief Section of Hospital Medicine, and Fanny Pritzker Professor of Medicine, The University of Chicago
Comprehensive Care for Patients at Increased Risk of Hospitalization