Spring 2026 Seminar Series (GGG 293: Seminar in Animal Genetics)
CRN: 55296
Seminars will be Mondays from 3:10P - 5:00P in Green Hall 1022
| Date | Speaker | Speaker Institution | Title of Presentation |
| March 30, 2026 | Dr. Yin Shen | UC San Francisco | Characterizing cis-regulatory elements and genetic variants underlying the human brain development and disease |
| April 6, 2026 | Dr. Li Zhao | Rockefeller University | The origin and evolution of de novo genes and de novo proteins |
| April 13, 2026 | Dr. Aoixing Liu | Broad Institute | Aneuploidy in Humans and Cells: Origins, Phenotypic Consequences, and Biological Insights from Global Biobanks and Cancer Cohorts |
| April 20, 2026 | Dr. Hong Ji | UC Davis | Wildfire Smoke and the Airway Epithelial Epigenome |
| April 27, 2026 | Dr. Peter Sundmant | UC Berkeley | The evolution of genome structure across vertebrates |
| May 4, 2026 | Dr. Gerald Quon | UC Davis | Somatic mosaicism as a risk factor for neurological disorders |
| May 11, 2026 | Dr. Jim Kaufman | Yale University | Generalists and specialists: an ecological concept applied to diversified immune molecules |
| May 18, 2026 | Yun Song | UC Berkeley | Learning from evolutionary trajectories to predict variant effects and generate realistic biomolecules |
| May 25, 2026 | NO SEMINAR | ||
| June 1, 2026 | Dr. Tom Porter | University of Maryland | Master Regulators: Integrating Transcriptomics and Molecular Genetics to Model Hormonal Control of Chicken Growth and Development |
| June 8, 2026 | NO SEMINAR |