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

DateSpeakerSpeaker InstitutionTitle of Presentation
March 30, 2026Dr. Yin ShenUC San FranciscoCharacterizing cis-regulatory elements and genetic variants underlying the human brain development and disease
April 6, 2026Dr. Li ZhaoRockefeller UniversityThe origin and evolution of de novo genes and de novo proteins
April 13, 2026Dr. Aoixing LiuBroad InstituteAneuploidy in Humans and Cells: Origins, Phenotypic Consequences, and Biological Insights from Global Biobanks and Cancer Cohorts
April 20, 2026Dr. Hong JiUC DavisWildfire Smoke and the Airway Epithelial Epigenome
April 27, 2026Dr. Peter SundmantUC BerkeleyThe evolution of genome structure across vertebrates
May 4, 2026Dr. Gerald QuonUC DavisSomatic mosaicism as a risk factor for neurological disorders
May 11, 2026Dr. Jim KaufmanYale UniversityGeneralists and specialists: an ecological concept applied to diversified immune molecules
May 18, 2026Yun SongUC BerkeleyLearning from evolutionary trajectories to predict variant effects and generate realistic biomolecules
May 25, 2026NO SEMINAR  
June 1, 2026Dr. Tom PorterUniversity of MarylandMaster Regulators: Integrating Transcriptomics and Molecular Genetics to Model Hormonal Control of Chicken Growth and Development
June 8, 2026NO SEMINAR