Genome Sciences Seminars
Wednesdays, 3:30, Foege Auditorium (Foege S-060) unless otherwise noted | remote viewing option
UW Genome Sciences brings leading researchers from a broad spectrum of scientific areas to campus to discuss the latest advances in genetics, genomics, proteomics, computational research and related emerging tools and technologies.
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Not all seminars are recorded, but those which are will be posted to the past seminars page and deleted after two weeks. Please note that a current UW NetID is required to access past seminar recordings.
Winter 2025
2/12 - Dr. Katia Koelle | Emory University
"Constraints on influenza A virus antigenic evolution"
talk will be recorded
2/19 - Dr. Celia Payen | IFF
"Biosciences at IFF – From ethanol production to the world of perfumery"
GS postdoctoral alum
| talk will not be recorded
2/26 - Dr. Anders Sejr Hansen | MIT
"Dynamics of 3D Genome Structure and Function"
talk will be recorded
3/5 - Dr. Jennifer Brophy | Stanford University
"Engineering environmentally resilient plants with synthetic biology"
student-invited speaker
| talk will be recorded
3/12 - Dr. Andrew Modzelewski | University of Pennsylvania
"Rewired regulatory pathways involving retrotransposons secure early developmental homeostasis"
Spring 2025
4/2 - Dr. Leslie Babonis | Cornell University
COGS-invited speaker
4/9 - Dr. Frank Uhlmann | The Francis Crick Institute
"Why does a chromosomes look like a chromosome? (and not like a ball of yarn)"
talk will be recorded
4/16 - Dr. Benjamin Cravatt | The Scripps Research Institute
4/23 - Dr. Soumya Raychaudhuri | Broad Institute, Harvard University
4/30 - Dr. Noah Zaitlen | UCLA
5/7 - Dr. Erez Lieberman Aiden | Baylor College of Medicine
5/14 - Zan Armstrong
COGS-invited speaker
5/21 - Dr. Tami Lieberman | MIT
student-invited speaker
5/28 - Dr. Krishna Niyogi | UC Berkeley
6/4 - Dr. Melina Claussnitzer | Broad Institute
Autumn 2025
9/24 - Dr. Christina Smolke | Stanford University
10/1 - Dr. Amy Ikui | Brooklyn College
"DNA replication during multiple division cycles in green algae"
10/8
10/15
10/22
10/29
11/5
11/12
11/19
12/3
Winter 2026
1/7
1/14
1/21
1/28
2/4
2/11
2/18
2/25
3/4
3/11
Spring 2026
4/1
4/8
4/15
4/22
4/29
5/6
5/13
5/20
5/27
6/3