Conferences and Events
Hosted Seminar Series
Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis Seminar Series
A bimonthly lecture series, held on first and third Thursdays during the academic year at 11:00 a.m., featuring scientists whose research interests complement those of departmental faculty.
Work-in-Progress Seminar
A bimonthly forum, held on second and fourth Thursdays at 11:00 a.m., for students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty to present their ongoing research and gain valuable feedback from colleagues.
WIP Schedule — Fall 2025
(2nd & 4th Thursdays, 11:00 a.m.)
10.24.2024
Angela Ting, Ph.D.
The story of the (mRNA) tail
11.14.2024
Kevin McBride, Ph.D.
12.12.2024
To be determined
01.09.2025
Josimar Moreira, M.D., Ph.D.
(Santos Lab)
01.23.2025
Puspa Das, Ph.D.
(Cheng Lab)
02.13.2025
Zeba Siddiqui, Ph.D.
(Wood Lab)
02.27.2025
Charles Ishak, Ph.D.
03.13.2025
No Meeting — Spring Break
03.27.2025
To be determined
(Cole Lab)
04.10.2025
Srinivas Animireddy, Ph.D.
(Bartholomew Lab)
04.24.2025
Marcos Estecio, Ph.D.
05.08.2025
To be determined
(Richie Lab)
05.22.2025
To be determined
(Xu Lab)
06.12.2025
To be determined
06.26.2025
To be determined
07.10.2025
To be determined
07.24.2025
Karen Vasquez, Ph.D.
(UT Austin)
Related Seminar Series
Graduate Program in Genetics & Epigenetics (G&E) Monthly Student Seminar Series (GEM)
Held on the second Thursday of the month at 12:00 p.m., this series is organized and presented by students from G&E labs. Most GEM seminars feature two student research talks.
Enjoy Science Seminar Series
The Enjoy Science seminars highlight the faculty research across MD Anderson and are typically held on 1st and 3rd Thursdays at 10:00 a.m.
John H. Blaffer Lecture Series
The Blaffer Lecture series, organized by the Department of Genetics, is held on Tuesdays at 12:00 p.m. during the academic year. Blaffer speakers are prominent researchers from a variety of fields and trainees have the opportunity to meet in a small group setting with the speakers.
Conferences & Retreats
Graduate Program in Genetics & Epigenetics (G&E) Retreat
The G&E Retreat was held October 27-28, 2023
Camp Allen, Navasota, Texas
Center for Cancer Epigenetics Annual Spring Retreat
The most recent CCE retreat was held June 28, 2024
at the Cooley Center
Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis Seminar Speakers, Fall 2024
Seminars will be held on Thursdays at 11:00 a.m., unless noted otherwise
Thursday, September 5, 2024
High-throughput genomics for precision medicine
Gaelen Hess, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biomolecular Chemistry and Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine
Wisconsin Institutes of Medical Research
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Title to be announced
Daniel De Carvalho, Ph.D.
Helen M. Cooke Professorship in Cancer Epigenetics
Professor, Medical Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
CSO Adela
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Canceled
Gary Hon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Bioinformatics
Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Thursday, October 17, 2024
FFPE-CUTAC for comprehensive epigenomic profiling in oncology
Ye Zheng, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, MD Anderson
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Decoding BAF chromatin remodeling complexes in cell fate determinations
Swetansu Hota, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Indiana University School of Medicine
Thursday, November 21, 2024
open
Thursday, December 5, 2024
Title to be announced
Kristopher W. Brannan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Center for RNA Therapeutics & Houston Methodist Cancer Center
Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Sciences, Academic Institute
Assistant Member, Research Institute
Houston Methodist-Weill Cornell Medicine Medical College
Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis Seminar Speakers, Spring 2024
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Mapping and analysis of a global reference genetic interaction network for human cells
Chad Myers, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Co-Director of Graduate Studies for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
University of Minnesota
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Chromatin crosstalk: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities
Chao Lu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Genetics & Development
Columbia University Medical Center
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Connected landscapes: Chromatin mechanisms of cancer and pluripotency
Alexey Soshnev, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology
The University of Texas San Antonio
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Mechanism and function of polycomb silencing and beyond
Yi Zhang, Ph.D.
HHMI Investigator
Fred S. Rosen endowed Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Exploring specificity in proximal proteome recruitment associated with cancer fusions
Anne-Claude Gingras, Ph.D., FRSC
Senior Investigator
Director, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Vice President, Research, Sinai Health
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Ribosome level translation regulation by RNA binding proteins in the mammalian male germ cell
Elizabeth Snyder, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Sciences
Rutgers University - New Brunswick
Thursday, April 11, 2024 (rescheduled from January 18)
Functional dissection of complex and molecular trait variants at single nucleotide resolution
Ryan Tewhey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine
Appointments with Tufts University and The University of Maine
Thursday, April 18, 2024
New layers of RNA polymerase II transcriptional control in cancer
Berkley Gryder, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Decoding the pathogenic non-coding genome
Jian Xu, Ph.D.
Member, St. Jude Faculty
Pathology Department
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 - postponed
Joseph Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Investigator, Epigenetics and Stem Cell Biology Laboratory
Single Cell Dynamics Group
NIH/NIEHS
Thursday, May 16, 2024
The 3D architecture of genetics and gene regulation
Fulai Jin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine
Associate Professor, Computer and Data Sciences, Case School of Engineering
Co-Leader, Cancer Genomics and Epigenomics Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Friday, June 28, 2024
Special Seminar - Cooley Center
CCE Retreat Keynote Address
Discovery of an MTA-cooperative PRMT5 inhibitor
Ho Man Chan, Ph.D.
Head of Epigenetics, Research & Development, AstraZeneca