Conferences & Events
ERO-RO Research Seminar Series
Every month an internationally recognized scientist is invited to speak and present his or her latest results. Students have the opportunity to meet and interact with these distinguished scientists. Junjie Chen, Ph.D., is the chair and coordinator of the ERO Seminar Series.
For further information, please contact EROAdmin@mdanderson.org
SPDR Seminar Series
Every other Thursday, students, postdoctoral fellows and residents conducting research in Experimental Radiation Oncology and Radiation Oncology departments present their latest results. The seminar includes a Q&A that allows interaction and discussion among students, postdocs and faculty members.
For further information, please contact EROAdmin@mdanderson.org
ERO-RO Research Seminar Series Schedule
September 5, 2024
Speaker: Han Xu, Ph.D.
Title: Professor
Institution: MD Anderson Cancer Center
Host: Junjie Chen, Ph.D.
October 3, 2024
Speaker: Jun-Lin Guan, Ph.D.
Title: Professor
Institution: University of Cincinnati
Host: Boyi Gan, Ph.D.
October 17, 2024
Speaker: Wafik El-Deiry, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P.
Title: Professor
Institution: Brown University
Host: Khandan Keyomarsi, Ph.D.
November 7, 2024
Speaker: Lajos Pusztai, M.D., D.Phil.
Title: Professor
Institution: Yale School of Medicine
Host: Khandan Keyomarsi, Ph.D.
November 21, 2024
Speaker: Sharon Cantor, Ph.D.
Title: Professor
Institution: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Host: Junjie Chen, Ph.D.
December 5, 2024
Speaker: Qianben Wang, Ph.D.
Title: Professor
Institution: Duke University School of Medicine
Host: Di Zhao, Ph.D
January 16, 2025
Speaker: Or Gozani, M.D., Ph.D.
Title: Professor
Institution: Stanford University
Host: Pawel Mazur, Ph.D.
February 6, 2025
Speaker: H. Charles Manning, Ph.D.
Title: Professor
Institution: Cancer Systems Imaging, MD Anderson
Host: Gabriel Sawakuchi, Ph.D.
February 20, 2025
Speaker: Michael Story, Ph.D.
Title: Professor
Institution: Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville
Host: Gabriel Sawakuchi, Ph.D.
March 6, 2025
Speaker: Long Nguyen, M.D., M.S.
Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
Host: Wen Jiang, M.D., Ph.D.
March 20, 2025
Speaker: Andrew Aguirre, MD, Ph.D.
Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: Harvard Medical School
Hosts: Albert Koong, M.D., Ph.D., and Dadi Jiang, Ph.D.
April 3, 2025
Speaker: Pankaj K. Singh, Ph.D.
Title: Professor & Chairman
Institution: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Hosts: Albert Koong, M.D., Ph.D., and Dadi Jiang, Ph.D.
April 17, 2025
Speaker: Siyuan Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.
Title: Associate Professor
Institution: UT Southwestern Medical Center
Host: Li Ma, Ph.D.
May 1, 2025
Speaker: Timothy A. Springer, Ph.D.
Title: Professor
Institution: Harvard Medical School
Host: Marian Kalocsay, Ph.D.
May 15, 2025
Speaker: Tobias Walther, Ph.D.
Title: Program Chair & Professor
Institution: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Host: Marian Kalocsay, Ph.D.
SPDR Seminar Series
September 12, 2024
Held via Zoom
Speaker: Noor Abdulkareem, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Helen Piwnica-Worms Laboratory
Speaker: Chen Braun, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Lin Laboratory
September 26, 2024
Held via Zoom
Speaker: Linjie Luo, Postdoctoral Fellow in the KeyHunt Laboratory
Speaker: Hampartsoum Barsoumian, Instructor in the Welsh Laboratory
October 10, 2024
Held via Zoom
Speaker: Xiong Chen, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Gan Laboratory
Speaker: Francisco Saenz, Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Michael Spiotto, M.D., Ph.D.
October 24, 2024
Held via Zoom
Speaker: Xiao-ting Jiang, Graduate Student in the KeyHunt Laboratory
Speaker: Tianyu Wang, Graduate Research Assistant, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, in the Koong Laboratory
November 14, 2024
Held via Zoom
Speaker: Yang Zhao, Instructor in the Ma Laboratory
Speaker: Trey Waldrop, M.D./Ph.D. Student, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, in the Schueler Laboratory
December 12, 2024
Held via Zoom
Speaker: Tiantian Ma, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Junjie Chen Laboratory
Speaker: Thanh Lam, Graduate Research Assistant, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, in the Grosshans Laboratory