DRS Seminars
All DRS Seminars are held at noon (12pm) on the UTSA Main Campus in the Biosciences Building (BSB), Loeffler Room (3.03.02).
January 27, 2025
Short talks for DRS PhD Program Fall 2025 Recruitment
Drs. Alexey Soshnev and Brian Hermann, UTSA NDRB faculty
Department Host: Dr. Hyoung-gon Lee
February 3, 2025
TBD
UTSA NDRB Faculty Candidate Seminar
Department Host: Dr. Brian Hermann
February 10, 2025
TBD
TBD
Department Host: Dr. Brian Hermann
February 17, 2025
Dose-dependent germ cell toxicity of a low-dose phthalate mixture
Dr. Daniel Spade, Brown University
Department Host: Dr. John McCarrey
February 24, 2025
Developmental origins of testicular germ cell tumors in mice
Dr. Jason Heaney, Baylor College of Medicine
Department Host: Dr. Lacy Barton
March 3, 2025
The evolution of reproductive incompatibilities in Drosophila
Dr. Yasir Ahmed-Braimah , Syracuse University
Department Host: Dr. Jeffrey Vedanayagam
March 10, 2025
No Seminar
Spring Break
March 17, 2025
TBD
Dr. Lacey Luense, Texas A&M University
Department Host: Dr. Brian Hermann
March 24, 2025
Computer-Aided Drug Discovery through Virtual Screening
Yaxia Yuan, UT Health San Antonio
Department Host: Dr. Brian Hermann
March 31, 2025
Investigating in vitro tau aggregation for identification of therapeutics
Veena Prasad, UTSA DRS PhD student
Department Host: Dr. C. Truman Gamblin
April 7, 2025
Epigenetic effects of adverse lifestyle choices in males
Laura Chavez, UTSA DRS PhD student
Department Host: Dr. John McCarrey
April 14, 2025
New perspectives on the ovarian reserve and reproductive longevity from fate mapping and naked mole-rats
Dr. Diana Laird, University of California, San Francisco
Department Host: Dr. Lorena Roa de la Cruz (postdoc) & Dr. Lacy Barton
April 21, 2025
Unraveling the Functional Role of Testicular Peritubular Macrophages Using the Acute MEHP Exposure Model in Pubertal Rats
Dr. John Richburg, UT Austin
Department Host: Dr. Brian Hermann
April 28, 2025
Genetic and developmental mechanisms of climate resilience and adaption to ecological opportunity in fishes
Dr. Jacob Daane, University of Houston
Department Host: Krystal Goyins (PhD student) & Dr. Lacy Barton
May 5, 2025
Rotation Talks
1st year UTSA DRS PhD Students
Department Host: Dr. Brian Hermann
